For Leeds - Jan 4th 2011.
When the sun almost lines up with the moon, but not all the way and shows a partial solar eclipse.
There is a partial solar eclipse that will occur 1 June 2011 over North America and Greenland.
The next total lunar eclipse will occur on December 21, 2010, and will be visible from anywhere in North America.
The next solar eclipse visible in England will occur on August 12, 2026. This will be a partial solar eclipse, where a portion of the Sun will be obscured by the Moon. For a more significant solar eclipse, the next total solar eclipse visible in parts of the UK will take place on September 23, 2090.
http://www.mreclipse.com/Special/LEprimer.html
For an eclipse to occur the Sun, Moon and Earth must be in line. For a total eclipse the centers of each object must be all on the same line (a very special condition). If they are not, a partial eclipse will occur. The times that all 3 objects are aligned perfectly occur much less frequently than the partial alignment resulting in the partial eclipses. The related link below shows a nice diagram which will make this clearer.
The next total lunar eclipse will occur on December 21st. The next partial solar eclipse will occur on January 4th. For more information, look at the Related Links below.
The next total lunar eclipse is expected to occur on May 16-17, 2022. This will be a partial lunar eclipse that will be visible from parts of North and South America, East Asia, Australia, and the Pacific region.
There will be a partial lunar eclipse on June 26, 2010, which will be visible from the west coast of the US, from Australia, and from Japan and the eastern part of Asia. There will be a total lunar eclipse on December 21, 2010, which will (weather permitting!) be visible from anyplace in North America.
The next total solar eclipse will be on November 13, 2012. For this eclipse it will be visible from northern Australia and the southern Pacific Ocean.The next partial eclipse however, will occur on June 1, 2011, this is the second of four partial eclipses in 2011.
There will be an annular/partial solar eclipse on May 20, 2012.
This question was posted on December 19, 2010. The next lunar eclipse is TOMORROW NIGHT, the evening of December 20, 2010. This will be a total lunar eclipse, visible anywhere (weather permitting!) in North America. There will be a partial solar eclipse on May 20, 2012. There will be partial solar eclipses every few years after that. The next TOTAL solar eclipse for Minneapolis, MN will be on September 14, 2099.