Total Solar Eclipse 2024: List of last 10 Surya Grahan; see which of them were visible in India

Last 10 Solar Eclipses: The year's first solar eclipse (Surya Grahan) is taking place today (April 8, 2024, Monday). It is a total solar eclipse. As per NASA website, the solar eclipse will be seen in North America, including Mexico, the United States, and Canada. Along with that, the solar eclipse will also be visible in Western Europe, Atlantic, the Pacific, Central America, Arctic, Mexico, the northern reaches of South America, the Northwestern region of England and Ireland. The celestial event, however, will not be visible in India. The last such solar eclipse was noted in 1971. During a solar eclipse, Moon positions itself between Sun and Earth, casting a shadow on planet Earth, which can either partially or completely obscure Sun's luminosity. The solar eclipse is happening two weeks after the year's first lunar eclipse of the year, which happened on March 25, 2024.  

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In this write-up, we take you through the last 10 solar eclipse as per the NASA website.

October 14, 2023

It was an annular solar eclipse, which started at 18:00:40 and lasted five minutes and 17 seconds. The eclipse was visible in parts of North America, Central America, South America, including the US, Central America, Colombia, and Brazil.

April 20, 2023 

It was a hybrid solar eclipse, which started at 04:17:55 and lasted one minute and 16 seconds. The eclipse was visible in parts of Asia, East Indies, Australia, Philippines, New Zealand, Indonesia, Australia, and Papua New Guinea.

October 25, 2022  

It was a partial solar eclipse, which started at 11:01:19. The eclipse was visible in Europe, north Africa, west Asia, including the Middle East.

April 30, 2022 

It was a partial solar eclipse, which started at 20:42:36. The eclipse was visible in parts of Antarctica, South Africa, South Atlantic and total Antarctica.

December 04, 2021 

It was a total solar eclipse, which started at 07:34:38 and lasted one minute and 54 seconds. The eclipse was visible in parts of Asia, East Indies, Australia, Philippines, New Zealand, Indonesia, Australia, and Papua New Guinea.

June 10, 2021 

It was an annular solar eclipse, which started at 10:43:06 and lasted three minutes and 51 seconds. The eclipse was visible in parts of  North America, Europe, Asia, Canada, Greenland, and Russia.

December 14, 2020 

It was an total solar eclipse, which started at 16:14:39 and lasted two minutes minutes and 10 seconds. The eclipse was visible in parts of Pacific, South America, Antarctica. The total eclipse was visible in the South Pacific, Chile, Argentina, and South Atlantic.

June 21, 2020 

It was an annular solar eclipse, which started at 06:41:15 and lasted 38 seconds. The eclipse was visible in parts of  Africa, Europe, and Asia. The annular eclipse was visible in Central Africa, South Asia, China, and the Pacific.

December 26, 2019 

It was an annular solar eclipse, which started at 05:18:53 and lasted three minutes and 39 seconds. The eclipse was visible in parts of Asia and Australia. The annular eclipse was visible in Saudi Arabia, India, Sumatra, and Borneo. 

July 02, 2019 

It was a total solar eclipse, which started at 19:24:07 and lasted four minutes and 33 seconds. The eclipse was visible in parts of South Pacific, South America. The total eclipse was visible in the Pacific, Chile, and Argentina.