We compiled some important solar eclipses of the past and the future, accompanied with a european scale view of the obscured region. Maps are available on a national scale for total solar eclipses
near Switzerland. These maps should clarify the date of the last and the next
total eclipses in Switzerland and Germany. Several larger newspaper and magazines published
some erroronous data on this topic.
| Cylindrical Projection | Date | Eclipse
Type | Maximum
Phase | Maximum
Duration | Geographical Area |
|---|
 |
1706 May 12 Wednesday | Total | 106.0% | 4m10.3s |
- Partial:
- Europe
- Total:
- Germany, Switzerland, Austria
|
 |
1724 May 22 Monday | Total | 106.5% | 4m36.9s |
- Partial:
- Western and northern Europe
- Total:
- Germany, Switzerland, Austria
|
 |
1842 July 8 Friday | Total | 105.5% | 4m09.6s |
- Partial:
- Europe
- Total:
- Switzerland, Austria
Portugal, Spain, France, Italy
|
 |
1887 August 19 Friday | Total | 105.3% | 3m53.9s |
- Partial:
- Eastern and Central Europe
- Total:
- Germany
|
 |
1912 April 17 Wednesday | Total-Annular | 100.1% | 0m05.9s |
- Partial:
- Europe
- Total:
- France
- Annular:
- Germany (changes to annular just about 90km from the border), France
|
 |
1961 February 15 Wednesday | Total | 103.7% | 2m48.8s |
- Partial:
- Europe
- Total:
- France, Italy
|
 |
1990 July 22 Sunday | Total | 104.0% | 2m36.2s |
- Partial:
- (Northern) Scandinavia, Russia
- Total:
- Finnland
|
 |
1999 August 11 Wednesday | Total | 102.9% | 2m27.3s |
- Partial:
- Eastern Canada, Greenland, Europe, Northern Africa, Asia
- Total:
- Atlantic Ocean, England, France, Belgium, Luxembourg, Germany,
Austria, Hungary, Slowenia, Yugoslavia, Romania, Bulgaria, Turkey, Syrian Arab Republic,
Iraq, Iran, Pakistan, India
Precise Maps
|
 |
2003 May 31 Saturday | Annular | | |
- Partial:
- Eastern and northern Europe
- Annular:
- Iceland, Svalbard
|
| Cylindrical Projection | Date | Eclipse
Type | Maximum
Phase | Maximum
Duration | Geographical Area |
|---|
 |
2005 October 3 Monday | Annular | | |
- Partial:
- Whole Europe
- Annular:
- Spain
|
 |
2006 March 29 Wednesday | Total | | |
- Partial:
- Whole Europe
- Total:
- Greece (Island of Kastellorizon), Turkey
|
 |
2008 August 1 Friday | Total | | |
- Partial:
- Europe without Spain, southern Italy and Greece
- Total:
- Northern Greenland, Russia
|
 |
2011 January 4 Tuesday | Partial | | |
- Partial:
- Europe, without UK, Portugal and western Spain
|
 |
2013 November 3 Sunday | Total-Annular | | |
- Partial:
- Southern Europe
- Total or Annular:
- Equatorial Africa
|
 |
2026 August 12 Wednesday | Total | 104.0% | 2m21.5s |
- Partial:
- Western and northern Europe
- Total:
- Spain, Portugal (at sunset)
|
 |
2027 August 2 Monday | Total | 108.0% | 6m27.1s |
- Partial:
- Whole of Europe
- Total:
- Spain (Gibraltar)
|
 |
2081 September 3 Wednesday | Total | 107.3% | 5m37.3s |
- Partial:
- Whole of Europe
- Total:
- France, Switzerland, Germany, Austria, Italy, Slowenia, Hungary, Croatia
|
 |
2135 October 7 Friday | Total | 106.1% | 4m53.7s |
- Partial:
- Europe
- Total:
- England, Netherlands, Germany, Poland, Czech Republic, Hungary, Ukraine, Moldova
|
The national borders are considered as of at the end of the 20th century.
