Our sky chart shows you the total solar eclipse as seen from Wuhan, China, today. During these amazing events – whenever the new moon swings directly in front of the sun and completely covers it – the sky turns suddenly from day into night, and stars pop into view. To see this, you must be located along today’s long yet narrow total eclipse path that stretches from India to the middle of the Pacific Ocean.

More often than not, no eclipse happens at new moon, because the new moon usually sweeps to the north or to the south of the sun. There are several lunar and solar eclipses each year, however, and the next solar eclipse will come on January 15, 2010.

People ask when a total solar eclipse will be visible in the mainland United States. It won’t happen until August 21, 2017. The next total eclipse after that will be on April 8, 2024. Here’s a map that shows all the total solar eclipses occurring in North America from 2001-2050, thanks to the eclipse master Fred Espenak.

July 22 solar eclipse visible from Asia

Eclipse path for July 22, 2009 total solar eclipse

Cool animation of the July 22, 2009 total solar eclipse

Written by Bruce McClure

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