Solar and Lunar Eclipses

In a given year, between 4 and 7 eclipses occur, including those of the Sun and the Moon. Normally an eclipse of the Sun and one of the Moon are accompanied, that is, one takes place half a lunation after the other, so every year there are at least two solar and two lunar eclipses.

Eclipses are visible from Spain:

Eclipses are not visible from Spain:

 

Although it is common to be able to observe a partial solar eclipse every few years from a given location, it is not the same to be able to witness a total or annular eclipse. In Spain, the last visible annular eclipse occurred in 2005, and the last total eclipse was seen in 1959, and only from the Canary Islands; the Iberian Peninsula has not seen a total solar eclipse since 1912. This drought of eclipses is going to end soon, as in the years 2026-2028 there will be two total eclipses and one annular eclipse that will be visible from some point of our geography.

 

Upcoming total or annular solar eclipses visible from Spain