Solar Eclipses Visible From PEI, Canada

I've used data from Fred Espenak, at EclipseWise.com. The listings below were not computed. They were compiled manually by examining the eclipse maps produced by Fred Espenak.

All dates are in the Gregorian Calendar. All times are in Atlantic Standard Time (AST), which is UTC - 4h.

Total Solar Eclipses Visible From PEI, From 1000 To 3000

Gregorian Date Duration Altitude Time(AST) ΔT Mag Best Location Map Comment
1203-05-12 1m28s 12.2° 18:24 718s 1.003 North Cape map Also visible at East Point.
1285-06-04 1m15s 65.0° 12:58 515s 1.007 Tyne Valley map Central line from West Cape to Souris. Hybrid Annular-Total-Annular.
1379-05-16 4m22s 63.4° 12:32 347s 1.016 North Cape map Very much like 2024-04-08. Visible in Quebec City, Lisbon, Gibraltar.
1972-07-10 2m09s 33.2° 16:36 43s 1.017 Dalvay map Entire Island in the path. Monday. Central from Dalvay to Murray River.
2024-04-08 3m14s 32.4° 15:36 71s 1.023 North Cape map Visible from Kensington west. Monday.
2079-05-01 2m28s 11.3° 06:10 107s 1.022 Murray Harbour map Entire Island in the path, but center-line misses it to the SE.
2106-05-03 2m00s 40.3° 15:20 134s 1.005 North Cape map Visible only in the Tignish area.
2200-04-14 1m21s 53.0° 12:00 271s 1.008 North Rustico map Central from Borden to North Rustico. Half of the Island is in the path.
2205-07-17 3m39s 56.6° 10:38 280s 1.016 North Cape map Visible from Richmond up to North Cape. Very much like 2024-04-08.
2381-07-22 3m18s 08.3° 04:47 733s 1.032 West Point map The entire Island in the path. Central from West Point to Cascumpec Bay.
2690-06-28 2m43s 19.6° 17:55 2119s 1.011 East Point map Visible in the Tignish area and in northern Kings County.

The altitude is the altitude of the Sun above the horizon.

ΔT is related to the gradual slowing of the Earth's rotation, and is used when calculating the circumstances of an eclipse.

The number of total solar eclipses visible from PEI, in each millenium:

The 1972 Eclipse

Monday July 10, 1972. From articles in the Charlottetown Guardian:

The 1970 Eclipse

The eclipse of 1970-03-07 (Saturday) was a partial eclipse for PEI.

From the Charlottetown Guardian for Friday, the weather forecast was: "Saturday sunny in all regions [of the Maritimes]".

Solar Eclipses Near The Maritimes, From 1000 to 3000

A/T stands for Annular/Total. I haven't investigated hybrid eclipses here.

Gregorian Date A/T Tracks Over
1008-10-31A NS coast.
1062-12-03A West Cape PEI.
1071-11-24A Cape Breton.
1079-07-01T the tip of southern NS.
1127-06-11A PEI.
1138-11-04A PEI.
1203-05-12T PEI
1209-07-03A Cabot Strait.
1234-03-01A PEI.
1232-10-15T southern NS.
1254-08-14A PEI.
1285-06-04T PEI.
1352-05-14T ends just before PEI.
1355-03-14A PEI.
1364-03-04A PEI.
1379-05-16T western PEI.
1395-01-21T ends in Maine.
1427-04-26A southern NS.
1440-02-03T Total tracks through NL.
1478-07-29T Total tracks south of NS.
1491-05-08A just off the NS coast.
1536-06-18A PEI.
1554-06-29A moves SE over southern NB and NS.
1569-09-10T ends in southern NS.
1656-01-25A near PEI.
1663-09-01T moves SE through NL.
1672-08-22T moves SE through southern Maine.
1684-07-12T moves NE south of NS.
1726-09-25 T moves SE through NL.
1722-12-08 A moves SE through Maine, NS.
1748-07-25 A moves NE over the St. Lawrence.
1757-08-14 A over PEI, but just at the very end.
1766-08-05 A over PEI.
1791-04-03 A over PEI.
1831-02-12 A along NS coast.
1875-09-29 A south of NS.
1900-05-28 T south of NS.
1963-07-20 T Maine, southern tip of NS.
1970-03-07 T NS Atlantic coast.
1972-07-10 T across PEI, Stanhope to Murray Harbour.
1994-05-10 A over NS.
2024-04-08 T over PEI, Kensington and West.
2079-05-01 T all of PEI.
2093-07-23 A western PEI.
2106-05-03 T over PEI, just catches North Cape.
2200-04-14 T over PEI, centerline from Borden to North Rustico.
2205-07-17 T over PEI, Tyne Valley and up west.
2251-07-19 A over southern NS.
2267-03-26 A over western PEI.
2294-03-27 A over PEI.
2301-11-01 A over southern NB, NS.
2323-09-01 A over Cape Breton.
2381-07-22 T all of PEI.
2505-06-03 T over NS.
2551-06-05 A over northern NB.
2620-09-18 T over NL.
2650-08-19 A over NS.
2667-03-16 A over southern NS.
2678-08-09 A over southern NS.
2690-06-28 T over PEI, Tignish area, top half of Kings county.
2728-11-23 T over southern NB, NS.
2748-05-19 A over NL.
2770-03-19 A over PEI.
2904-01-08 A over PEI.
2912-12-29 A over NL.
2967-01-31 A over PEI.
2978-06-26 A over NL.
2990-05-15 T over southern NB.

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