Past Eclipses & Webcasts

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Past Eclipses & Webcasts

Total Solar Eclipse 2017

View the live streams of the total solar eclipse from August 21, 2017.

The Exploratorium presented a real-time webcast of the total solar eclipse from Micronesia. Our team traveled to the coral island of Woleai, in the Pacific Ocean, to bring you this astronomical event.

Hybrid Solar Eclipse

Sunday, November 3, 2013

A hybrid eclipse is neither totally total nor totally annular—it's both. Learn what a hybrid eclipse is and how it works here.

Annular Solar Eclipse

Thursday, May 9–Friday, May 10, 2013

Not every solar eclipse is a total solar eclipse—but there's still plenty to enjoy about annular eclipses, where the moon blocks out just the center of the sun. Learn about annular eclipses, and especially about this one from 2013.

Annular Solar Eclipse: May 20, 2012

An annular eclipse doesn't block out the whole sun—but you can still enjoy the "ring of fire" that shines around the moon when one occurs.

Total Solar Eclipse

Tuesday, November 13, 2012

Discover the rare beauty of a total solar eclipse—part of a series preparing for the 2012 eclipse over the Pacific Ocean.

Transit of Venus: The Rarest Eclipse

locks out the sun, you won't find it during the Transit of Venus—that is, Venus passing in front of the sun. However, watching Venus travel in front of the majesty of the sun has its own appeal.