Solar eclipse paths, 2026–2035

Past eclipses over Australia since 1970

Every solar eclipse from 1970 to 2016 whose path of totality or ring of fire crossed the Australian mainland or Tasmania. Paths come from NASA eclipse data. Each link opens a replay on the map, and you can drop a pin to see the local time and how long it lasted. The 2023 Exmouth hybrid is in the main list above.

• Indian Ocean · Augusta · Albany

  Total solar eclipse – 20 June 1974

  Southern Indian Ocean, Amsterdam Island, south-west Western Australia (Augusta to Albany), Southern OceanA winter-afternoon totality that crossed the southern Indian Ocean and clipped the south-west corner of Western Australia. The centre line stayed just offshore, so the coast from Augusta to Albany sat inside the northern half of the path.
• Tanzania · Mount Gambier · Melbourne

  Total solar eclipse – 23 October 1976

  Tanzania, Indian Ocean, Seychelles outer islands, South Australia, Victoria, New South Wales, Tasman SeaTotality began at sunrise in Tanzania, crossed the Indian Ocean and swept over south-eastern Australia late in the afternoon. Melbourne was the largest city in the path.
• Tasmania · New Zealand · South Pacific

  Annular solar eclipse – 4 February 1981

  Southern Ocean, south-west and southern Tasmania, Stewart Island (New Zealand), South Pacific, ends at sunset off PeruA thin, short ring of fire that started at sunrise south of mainland Australia and crossed southern Tasmania soon after dawn on 5 February local time. The path then ran across the South Pacific to sunset off South America.
• Perth · Tasmania · New Zealand

  Annular solar eclipse – 15 January 1991

  Western Australia (Perth to Esperance), Southern Ocean, northern Tasmania, New Zealand, South Pacific, French PolynesiaA long ring of fire at sunrise on 16 January local time. It began just off the Western Australian coast, so Perth saw a low annular Sun, and it reached northern Tasmania later that morning before crossing New Zealand and the Pacific.
• Mid West WA · Tennant Creek · Gulf Country

  Annular solar eclipse – 16 February 1999

  Southern Indian Ocean, Prince Edward Islands, Western Australia, Northern Territory, Queensland (Gulf of Carpentaria, Cape York), Coral SeaA very narrow ring of fire, under 100 km wide, that crossed the Indian Ocean and then all of northern Australia in the late afternoon. The Moon nearly covered the Sun, so the ring was thin.
• Southern Africa · Ceduna · Outback SA

  Total solar eclipse – 4 December 2002

  Angola, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Botswana, South Africa, Mozambique, Indian Ocean, South Australia (Ceduna to Lyndhurst), sunset end near the Queensland–NSW cornerTotality crossed southern Africa in the morning and ended in outback South Australia at sunset. Ceduna had about half a minute of totality with the Sun low in the west.
• Arnhem Land · Cape York · Cairns

  Total solar eclipse – 13 November 2012

  Northern Territory (Arnhem Land), Gulf of Carpentaria, Queensland (Cape York, Cairns, Port Douglas), South PacificTotality began at sunrise over Arnhem Land and crossed Cape York to the Far North Queensland coast early on 14 November local time. Cairns had about two minutes of totality an hour after daybreak.
• Pilbara · Tennant Creek · Cape York

  Annular solar eclipse – 10 May 2013

  Western Australia (Pilbara), Northern Territory, Queensland (Gulf of Carpentaria, Cape York), Papua New Guinea (Louisiade Archipelago), Solomon Islands, Kiribati, PacificA morning ring of fire that began at sunrise in the Pilbara and crossed the Northern Territory and Cape York before heading into the Pacific. The path was about 200 km wide over Australia.