The Annular Eclipse of April 8

Abstract

THE occurrence of a central solar eclipse within the limits of the British Isles is a somewhat rare event. On the average, one total eclipse is visible here in seventy years, and one annular eclipse in about sixty years. It is, therefore, noteworthy that the decade now commencing supplies examples of both. There has been no British total solar eclipse since 1724, the interval being about three times the average; the last annular eclipse was in 1858. After the present decade there will be totalities in 1999 and 2090, and annularity in 2093.