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List of solar eclipses in the 20th century

During the 20th century, there were 228 solar eclipses of which 78 were partial, 73 were annular, 71 were total and 6 were hybrids between total and annular eclipses. Of these, two annular and three total eclipses were non-central, in the sense that the very center (axis) of the Moon's shadow will miss the Earth. In the 20th century, the greatest number of eclipses in one year is five, in 1935, though the years 1917, 1946, 1964, 1982 and 2000 had four eclipses each. One month, July 2000, featured two solar eclipses, on July 1 and July 31. The predictions given here are by Fred Espenak of NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center.

Notable eclipses of the 20th century
May 29, 1919: this total eclipse was photographed by Arthur Eddington to verify general relativity (see Eddington experiment) • June 20, 1955: longest total eclipse between 1901 and 2000, lasting a maximum of 7 minutes and 8 seconds • June 30, 1973: a Concorde jet flew along the path, thereby extending the length of totality to 74 min. • March 29, 1987: second hybrid eclipse in less than one year, the first being on October 3, 1986. • July 11, 1991: solar eclipse with the shortest gamma, of only −0.00412. • July 31, 2000: the second solar eclipse within one calendar month, the first being on July 1, 2000. == Eclipses ==
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