--- title: When Are All of the Solar and Lunar Eclipses in 2019? description: 2019 will feature a total solar eclipse, a total lunar eclipse, an annular solar eclipse and more. 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The most exciting such event for U.S.-based stargazers may be the so-called “Super Blood Wolf Moon Eclipse” on Jan. 21, says Christian Veillet, an astronomer at the Large Binocular Telescope Observatory in Arizona. “The January lunar eclipse will be special, at least for the U.S. It’s really seen by the whole of America and South America and nicely centered, so everyone will be able to see all the totality phase of it, so it’s a nice show,” he says. Viellet says 2019 won’t have any solar or lunar events that are especially rare, like [2017’s total solar eclipse](http://time.com/4750899/total-solar-eclipse/), which was the first of its kind to be visible exclusively from the United States since the country’s founding. Still, there’s plenty to see in the night sky over the next 12 months. Of course, like all celestial happenings, your ability to view these events can depend on your location on Earth as well as the local weather. From the Super Blood Wolf Moon Eclipse in January to the total solar eclipse in July, here are five solar and lunar phenomena to watch in 2019: ## January 6: Partial Solar Eclipse On Jan. 6, stargazers in parts of East Asia and the Pacific will be able to witness a partial solar eclipse. A solar eclipse occurs when the sun is obscured by the moon. If the sun, moon and Earth are lined up, you get a total solar eclipse. But if that alignment is off, it can result in a partial solar eclipse, and only part of the sun will appear to be blocked by the moon. January’s partial solar eclipse will the last until [April 2022](https://www.timeanddate.com/eclipse/solar/2022-april-30), when another will be visible in parts of South America and Antarctica. ## **January 21: Super Blood Wolf Moon Eclipse** On Jan. 21, people in North America, South America, Greenland, Iceland and more will be able to view a lunar eclipse that some are calling the “[Super Blood Wolf Moon Eclipse](http://time.com/5489267/super-blood-wolf-moon-total-lunar-eclipse/).” The astronomical event, a simultaneous total lunar eclipse and a [“supermoon,”](http://time.com/5125152/what-is-a-supermoon-january-2018/) will take place on the night of Jan. 20 into the morning of Jan. 21\. During the event, the moon will fall completely into Earth’s shadow, and appear red-colored and slightly larger than usual for about an hour. The Super Blood Wolf Moon Eclipse will be the last total lunar eclipse until 2021. ## **July 2: Total Solar Eclipse** On July 2, people in parts of Chile and Argentina will be able to witness a total solar eclipse just before sunset. Those in some other places, including Ecuador; Brazil; Uruguay and Paraguay, will only be able to witness a partial solar eclipse, according to [Space.com](https://www.space.com/33784-solar-eclipse-guide.html). A total solar eclipse occurs when the moon blocks the entire view of the sun, leaving just the corona visible to those viewing from Earth. (While the sun is 400 times bigger than the moon in diameter, the moon happens to be 400 times closer to Earth, giving it the relative size needed to block out the sun.) July’s total solar eclipse will be relatively long, lasting almost two minutes in some places. According to [NASA](https://eclipse.gsfc.nasa.gov/SEmono/TSE2009/TSE2009.html), the longest total solar eclipse of the 21st century occurred in July 2009, lasting six minutes and 39 seconds; it was visible through most of Southeast Asia. July’s total solar eclipse is the last such event until December 2020, when another total solar eclipse will be visible over similar parts of South America. ## **July 16: Partial Lunar Eclipse** On July 16, people in much of Europe and Asia, as well as parts of south and east North America, South America and Antartica, will be able to view a partial lunar eclipse. A partial lunar eclipse occurs when the Earth moves between the sun and the moon, but the bodies are not perfectly aligned. During a partial lunar eclipse, the moon falls partially into Earth’s shadow (also called the umbra), leaving only a portion of it visible to those on Earth. July’s partial lunar eclipse will be the last until November 2021. ## **December 26: Annular Solar Eclipse** The day after Christmas 2019, people in eastern Europe, much of Asia, and northern and western Africa will be able to witness a “ring of fire” caused by an annular solar eclipse. An annular solar eclipse occurs when the moon appears to cover the center of the sun, leaving just the sun’s outer edges visible — forming a so-called “ring of fire.” Annular comes from the Latin word for ring, “annulus.” The difference between an annular solar eclipse and a total solar eclipse? During an annular solar eclipse, the moon is further away from the Earth. That means it appears to be smaller in the sky and does not completely cover the sun, leaving just the “ring of fire,” according to [NASA](https://science.nasa.gov/solar-eclipse-beaded-ring-fire). The next annular eclipse will be in [June 2020](https://eclipse.gsfc.nasa.gov/SEgoogle/SEgoogle2001/SE2020Jun21Agoogle.html). ## Transcript [ SOUND ] I'm Lisa Eadicicco, a technology correspondent with Time and I'm here with Ken Sklute, a cannon explorer of light, and he's going to share some tips on how to photograph the total solar eclipse that is coming up on August twenty- first. [ MUSIC ] It's the first time in nearly four decades that this is happening in the US, so it's an extremely rare opportunity. First of all, Ken, would you like to kind of walk us through the equipment that you'll need to get started? Gladly. I've brought three different level cameras with me. This is the Powershot XS60 and Canon has bundled this with the solar filter that we We need the one next to it that we brought, is the Rebel t7i. It's a little step up, and on the other side here, we've got kind of the pro side, where we've got a 600 mm lens on our latest, our 5d mark 4. And reaching out with these long lenses, we get a really nice sized sun disk Is there any way to photograph this with a smart phone? I don't see that happening. The smart phones have very small lenses. We're hoping that people move up to kind of a real camera, with it being such a unique event. [ MUSIC ] So you mentioned a solar filter before. Can you talk a little bit more about why it's so important to use one? The solar filter being on the lens protects both the camera and your vision. Now it's really important to keep it on the length of the eclipse, and we'll be taking it off just for totality. The moon at a certain point is gonna step right in front of the sun, and it's gonna produce a diamond ring, just that little glisten in one of the corners. Once that disappears, then that's safe that you can take the solar filter off, because that's Beginning of totality. But totality is gonna last anywhere from 2 minutes to 2 minutes and 42 seconds. Ken would you mind walking us through just how to set up the shot and how to get the right angle and the right exposure? To do that. [ MUSIC ] Mount the camera to the tripod. in this case, turn the camera back up toward the angle of the sun that I'm hoping to photograph in app. Once you put a camera on a tripod, you want to make sure that you turn off the image stabilization So we don't want the camera vibrating on a tripod. I'm also gonna take off autofocus. I'm going to focus at the point I want to but but I don't want it to stay on. The next thing I'd want to want to do is adjust my screen that I don't have to get below the camera now to look up. Next, I want to make sure I'm on the right mode. And that mode is going to be manual. With every lens you're gonna be using, we wanna make sure that that lens is to the fullest extension. I have some tape that I wanna make sure that I put on here as the lens is tilted up and gravity is pulling it back down, we wanna prevent that from happening. I'm gonna place the solar filter Right on the lens, a simple little screw- in. So it sits right there. I would align the sun where it's going to be and make sure I have that right in the center because that's the best part of the optics. And from this point, I'm ready to make some exposures. 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