document_title: List of solar eclipses in the 21st century

question_text: when was the last year we had a solar eclipse

text:
Lists of solar eclipses

Geometry of a total solar eclipse
(not to scale)

Centuries

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Eclipses seen from

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See also Lists of lunar eclipses

text: During the 21st century, there will be 224 solar eclipses of which 77 will be partial, 72 will be annular, 68 will be total and 7 will be hybrids between total and annular eclipses. Of these, two annular and one total eclipse will be non-central,[1] in the sense that the very center (axis) of the moon's shadow will miss the earth (for more information see gamma).[2] In the 21st century the greatest number of eclipses in one year is four, in 2011, 2029, 2047, 2065, 2076, and 2094. The predictions given here are by Fred Espenak of NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center.[1]

text: At this point, the longest duration in which the moon completely covered the sun, known as totality, was during the solar eclipse of July 22, 2009. This total solar eclipse had a maximum duration of 6 minutes and 39 seconds. The longest possible duration of a total solar eclipse is 7 minutes and 32 seconds. The longest annular solar eclipse of the 21st century took place on January 15, 2010, with a duration of 11 minutes and 8 seconds. The maximum possible duration is 12 minutes and 29 seconds. The eclipse of May 20, 2050, will be the second hybrid eclipse in the span of less than one year, the first one being on November 25, 2049.[a]

text: The next solar eclipse (Partial) will occur on February 15, 2018; the last solar eclipse (Total) occurred on August 21, 2017.

text: The table contains the date and time of the greatest eclipse (in dynamical time, which in this case is the time when the axis of the Moon's shadow cone passes closest to the centre of Earth; this is in Universal Time). The number of the saros series that the eclipse belongs to is given, followed by the magnitude of the eclipse (the fraction of the Sun's diameter obscured by the Moon) and the type of the eclipse (either total, annular, partial or hybrid). For total and annular eclipses, the duration of the eclipse is given, as well as the location of the greatest eclipse (the point of maximum eclipse) and the path width of the total or annular eclipse. The geographical areas from which the eclipse can be seen are listed.[3]

text:
Date
Time of
greatest eclipse
(UTC)
Saros
Type
Magnitude
Central
duration
(min:s)
Location
Path width
Geographical area
Ref(s)

km
mi

2001-06-21 June 21, 2001
12:04:46
127
Total
1.050
4:57
-11.3 11°18′S 2°42′E / 11.3°S 2.7°E / -11.3; 2.7
200
120
Total: Angola, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Mozambique and Madagascar
Partial: South America, Africa

[a][4]

2001-12-14 December 14, 2001
20:53:01
132
Annular
0.968
3:53
00.6 0°36′N 130°42′W / 0.6°N 130.7°W / 0.6; -130.7
126
78
Annular: Nicaragua and Costa Rica
Partial: North and Central America, northwestern South America, Hawaii

[a][4]

2002-06-10 June 10, 2002
23:45:22
137
Annular
0.996
0:23
34.5 34°30′N 178°36′W / 34.5°N 178.6°W / 34.5; -178.6
13
8.1
Annular: Manado, Indonesia, Guam, Northern Mariana Islands, and Puerto Vallarta, Mexico
Partial: eastern Asia, northeastern Australia, North America, Hawaii

[a][4]

2002-12-04 December 4, 2002
07:32:16
142
Total
1.024
2:04
-39.5 39°30′S 59°36′E / 39.5°S 59.6°E / -39.5; 59.6
87
54
Total: Angola, Botswana, Zimbabwe, South Africa, Mozambique and South Australia
Partial: Africa, Antarctica, Indonesia, Australia

[a][4]

2003-05-31 May 31, 2003
04:09:22
147
Annular
0.938
3:37
66.6 66°36′N 24°30′W / 66.6°N 24.5°W / 66.6; -24.5
—
Annular: Greenland, Iceland, northeastern Scotland, Faroe Islands, Shetland Islands
Partial: Eastern Europe, northern and western Asia, Middle East, Alaska, Greenland and northwestern Canada

[a][4]

2003-11-23 November 23, 2003
22:50:22
152
Total
1.038
1:57
-72.7 72°42′S 88°24′E / 72.7°S 88.4°E / -72.7; 88.4
495
308
Total: East Antarctica
Partial: Australia, New Zealand, Antarctica, southern Chile and Argentina

[a][4]

2004-04-19 April 19, 2004
13:35:05
119
Partial
0.737
—
-61.6 61°36′S 44°18′E / 61.6°S 44.3°E / -61.6; 44.3
—
Partial: Antarctic Peninsula, east Antarctica, southern Africa
[a][4]

2004-10-14 October 14, 2004
03:00:23
124
Partial
0.928
—
61.2 61°12′N 153°42′W / 61.2°N 153.7°W / 61.2; -153.7
—
Partial: eastern Russia, Mongolia, Northeastern China, Korea, Japan, Hawaii, western Alaska
[a][4]

2005-04-08 April 8, 2005
20:36:51
129
Hybrid
1.007
0:42
-10.6 10°36′S 119°00′W / 10.6°S 119.0°W / -10.6; -119.0
27
17
Hybrid: Venezuela, Colombia, Panama, southeastern French Polynesia, Bounty Islands
Partial: Pacific, Mexico, Central America, Caribbean, western South America, New Zealand, West Antarctica

[a][4]

2005-10-03 October 3, 2005
10:32:47
134
Annular
0.958
4:32
12.9 12°54′N 28°42′E / 12.9°N 28.7°E / 12.9; 28.7
162
101
Annular: Portugal, Spain, Algeria, Tunisia, Libya, Chad, Sudan, Kenya and Somalia
Partial: Africa, Europe, Western Asia, Middle East and India Pakistan

[a][4]

2006-03-29 March 29, 2006
10:12:23
139
Total
1.052
4:07
23.2 23°12′N 16°42′E / 23.2°N 16.7°E / 23.2; 16.7
104
65
Total: Brazil, Ghana, Togo, Benin, Nigeria, Niger, Libya, northwest Egypt, Turkey, Georgia, southwestern Russia and Kazakhstan
Partial: North Africa, Central Africa, eastern Brazil, Central Asia, Middle East, India Pakistan and Europe

[a][4]

2006-09-22 September 22, 2006
11:41:16
144
Annular
0.935
7:09
-20.6 20°36′S 9°06′W / 20.6°S 9.1°W / -20.6; -9.1
261
162
Annular: Guyana, Suriname and French Guiana
Partial: South America, West Africa, Southern Africa, Antarctic Peninsula, east Antarctica

[a][4]

2007-03-19 March 19, 2007
02:32:57
149
Partial
0.876
—
61.0 61°00′N 55°30′E / 61.0°N 55.5°E / 61.0; 55.5
—
Partial: Asia, western Alaska
[a][4]

2007-09-11 September 11, 2007
12:32:24
154
Partial
0.751
—
-61.0 61°00′S 90°12′W / 61.0°S 90.2°W / -61.0; -90.2
—
Partial: Central and Southern South America, Antarctic Peninsula, east Antarctica, south Atlantic
[a][4]

2008-02-07 February 7, 2008
03:56:10
121
Annular
0.965
2:12
-67.6 67°36′S 150°30′W / 67.6°S 150.5°W / -67.6; -150.5
444
276
Annular: West Antarctica
Partial: Antarctica, southeastern Australia, New Zealand, southeastern Melanesia, southeastern Micronesia, southeastern Polynesia

[a][4]

2008-08-01 August 1, 2008
10:22:12
126
Total
1.039
2:27
65.7 65°42′N 72°18′E / 65.7°N 72.3°E / 65.7; 72.3
237
147
Total: Nunavut, northern Greenland, central Russia, western Mongolia, western China
Partial: Nova Scotia, PEI, New Brunswick, Quebec, Nunavut, Greenland, northern Europe, Asia

[a][4]

2009-01-26 January 26, 2009
07:59:45
131
Annular
0.928
7:54
-34.1 34°06′S 70°12′E / 34.1°S 70.2°E / -34.1; 70.2
280
170
Annular: southeast Sumatra, Jakarta and Borneo
Partial: Southern Africa, east Antarctica, South East Asia, Philippines, Australia

[a][4]

2009-07-22 July 22, 2009
02:36:25
136
Total
1.080
6:39
24.2 24°12′N 144°06′E / 24.2°N 144.1°E / 24.2; 144.1
258
160
Total: central and northeastern Pakistan India, Bhutan, Bangladesh, Myanmar, China, northern part of the Ryukyu Islands (Satsunan)
Partial: Southeast Asia, Japan, South Korea, the Philippines, Indonesia, Central Pacific Ocean area and its islands

[a][4]

2010-01-15 January 15, 2010
07:07:39
141
Annular
0.919
11:08
01.6 1°36′N 69°18′E / 1.6°N 69.3°E / 1.6; 69.3
333
207
Annular: Central African Republic, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda, Maldives, southeastern India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Myanmar, central China
Partial: Africa, Southeastern Europe, Middle East, Asia

[a][4]

2010-07-11 July 11, 2010
19:34:38
146
Total
1.058
5:20
-19.7 19°42′S 121°54′W / 19.7°S 121.9°W / -19.7; -121.9
259
161
Total: Southern Chile and Argentina, Southeastern Polynesia
Partial: southwestern South America, French Polynesia, Hawaii

[a][4]

2011-01-04 January 4, 2011
08:51:42
151
Partial
0.858
—
64.7 64°42′N 20°48′E / 64.7°N 20.8°E / 64.7; 20.8
—
Partial: Europe, Northern Africa, Central Asia, Middle East
[a][4]

2011-06-01 June 1, 2011
21:17:18
118
Partial
0.601
—
67.8 67°48′N 46°48′E / 67.8°N 46.8°E / 67.8; 46.8
—
Partial: Iceland, northern Canada, Alaska, northeastern Asia, Greenland, northern Scandinavia
[a][4]

2011-07-01 July 1, 2011
08:39:30
156
Partial
0.097
—
-65.2 65°12′S 28°36′E / 65.2°S 28.6°E / -65.2; 28.6
—
Partial: Southern Indian Ocean near Antarctica
[a][4]

2011-11-25 November 25, 2011
06:21:24
123
Partial
0.905
—
-68.6 68°36′S 82°24′W / 68.6°S 82.4°W / -68.6; -82.4
—
Partial: Southwestern South Africa, Antarctica, Tasmania, New Zealand
[a][4]

2012-05-20 May 20, 2012
23:53:54
128
Annular
0.944
5:46
49.1 49°06′N 176°18′E / 49.1°N 176.3°E / 49.1; 176.3
237
147
Annular: Southern China, Hong Kong, Macau, Kyushu, Shikoku, southern Honshu, Tokyo, Oregon, California, Nevada, Utah, Arizona, New Mexico, Texas
Partial: Pacific, eastern Asia, North America, Hawaii

[a][4]

2012-11-13 November 13, 2012
22:12:55
133
Total
1.050
4:02
-40.0 40°00′S 161°18′W / 40.0°S 161.3°W / -40.0; -161.3
179
111
Total: Arnhem Land and central Cape York Peninsula, Australia, Kermadec Islands, New Zealand
Partial: Australia, New Zealand, Melanesia, Southeastern South America, Southern Pacific, Polynesia, Antarctic Peninsula, West Antarctica, Talos Dome

[a][4]

2013-05-10 May 10, 2013
00:26:20
138
Annular
0.954
6:03
02.2 2°12′N 175°30′E / 2.2°N 175.5°E / 2.2; 175.5
173
107
Annular: Western Australia, Northern Territory and Queensland, Australia, Louisiade Archipelago, Solomon Islands, Kiribati
Partial: Australia, New Zealand, Central Pacific, Hawaii, Indonesia

[a][4]

2013-11-03 November 3, 2013
12:47:36
143
Hybrid
1.016
1:40
03.5 3°30′N 11°42′W / 3.5°N 11.7°W / 3.5; -11.7
58
36
Hybrid: Gabon, Republic of the Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda, Kenya, Ethiopia
Partial: Eastern America, Eastern Canada, Caribbean, Eastern South America, South Europe, Africa

[a][4]

2014-04-29 April 29, 2014
06:04:33
148
Annular (non-central)
0.987
—
-70.6 70°36′S 131°18′E / 70.6°S 131.3°E / -70.6; 131.3
—
Annular: western Wilkes Land

Partial: South Indian Ocean, Australia, east Antarctica

[a][4]

2014-10-23 October 23, 2014
21:45:39
153
Partial
0.811
—
71.2 71°12′N 97°12′W / 71.2°N 97.2°W / 71.2; -97.2
—
Partial: Northern Pacific, North America, Mexico, Eastern Russia
[a][4]

2015-03-20 March 20, 2015
09:46:47
120
Total
1.045
2:47
64.4 64°24′N 6°36′W / 64.4°N 6.6°W / 64.4; -6.6
463
288
Total: Faroe Islands, Svalbard, North Atlantic, North Pole
Partial: Greenland, Europe, Central Asia, Western Russia

[a][4]

2015-09-13 September 13, 2015
06:55:19
125
Partial
0.788
—
-72.1 72°06′S 2°18′W / 72.1°S 2.3°W / -72.1; -2.3
—
Partial: Southern Africa, South Indian Ocean, east Antarctica
[a][4]

2016-03-09 March 9, 2016
01:58:19
130
Total
1.045
4:09
10.1 10°06′N 148°48′E / 10.1°N 148.8°E / 10.1; 148.8
155
96
Total: Indonesia, Micronesia, Marshall Islands
Partial: Southeastern Asia, Korea, Japan, Eastern Russia, Alaska, northwestern Australia, Hawaii, Pacific

[a][4]

2016-09-01 September 1, 2016
09:08:02
135
Annular
0.974
3:06
-10.7 10°42′S 37°48′E / 10.7°S 37.8°E / -10.7; 37.8
100
62
Annular: Atlantic, Central Africa, Madagascar, Indian
Partial: Africa, Indian Ocean

[a][5]

2017-02-26 February 26, 2017
14:54:33
140
Annular
0.992
0:44
-34.7 34°42′S 31°12′W / 34.7°S 31.2°W / -34.7; -31.2
31
19
Annular: southern Chile and Argentina, Angola, southwestern Katanga
Partial: Southern and Western Africa, Southern South America, Antarctica

[a][4]

2017-08-21 August 21, 2017
18:26:40
145
Total
1.031
2:40
37.0 37°00′N 87°42′W / 37.0°N 87.7°W / 37.0; -87.7
115
71
Total: Oregon, Idaho, Wyoming, Nebraska, northeastern Kansas, Missouri, Southern Illinois, Western Kentucky, Tennessee, Southwestern North Carolina, northeastern Georgia, South Carolina
Partial: North America, Hawaii, Greenland, Iceland, British Isles, Portugal, Central America, Caribbean, northern South America, Chukchi Peninsula

[a][4] [6]

2018-02-15 February 15, 2018
20:52:33
150
Partial
0.599
—
-71.0 71°00′S 0°36′E / 71.0°S 0.6°E / -71.0; 0.6
—
Partial: Antarctica, Southern South America
[a][4]

2018-07-13 July 13, 2018
03:02:16
117
Partial
0.336
—
-67.9 67°54′S 127°24′E / 67.9°S 127.4°E / -67.9; 127.4
—
Partial: South Australia, Victoria, Tasmania, Indian Ocean, Budd Coast
[a][4]

2018-08-11 August 11, 2018
09:47:28
155
Partial
0.737
—
70.4 70°24′N 174°30′E / 70.4°N 174.5°E / 70.4; 174.5
—
Partial: Northeastern Canada, Greenland, Iceland, Arctic Ocean, Scandinavia, northern British Isles, Russia, northern Asia
[a][4]

2019-01-06 January 6, 2019
01:42:38
122
Partial
0.715
—
67.4 67°24′N 153°36′E / 67.4°N 153.6°E / 67.4; 153.6
—
Partial: Northeastern Asia, Southwestern Alaska, Aleutian Islands
[a][4]

2019-07-02 July 2, 2019
19:24:08
127
Total
1.046
4:33
-17.4 17°24′S 109°00′W / 17.4°S 109.0°W / -17.4; -109.0
201
125
Total: Pitcairn Islands, central Argentina and Chile, Tuamotu Archipelago
Partial: South America, Easter Island, Galapagos Islands, Southern Central America, Polynesia

[a][4]

2019-12-26 December 26, 2019
05:18:53
132
Annular
0.970
3:40
01.0 1°00′N 102°18′E / 1.0°N 102.3°E / 1.0; 102.3
118
73
Annular: northeastern Pakistan Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, Qatar, United Arab Emirates, Oman, Lakshadweep, Southern India, Sri Lanka, northern Sumatra, southern Malaysia, Singapore, Borneo, central Indonesia, Palau, Micronesia, Guam
Partial: Asia, Western Melanesia, northwestern Australia, Middle East, East Africa

[a][4]

2020-06-21 June 21, 2020
06:41:15
137
Annular
0.994
0:38
30.5 30°30′N 79°42′E / 30.5°N 79.7°E / 30.5; 79.7
21
13
Annular: Democratic Republic of the Congo, Sudan, Ethiopia, Eritrea, Yemen, Empty Quarter, Oman, southern Pakistan, northern India, New Delhi, Tibet, southern China, Chongqing, Taiwan
Partial: Asia, Southeastern Europe, Africa, Middle East, West Melanesia, Western Australia, Northern Territory, Cape York Peninsula

[a][4]

2020-12-14 December 14, 2020
16:14:39
142
Total
1.025
2:10
-40.3 40°18′S 67°54′W / 40.3°S 67.9°W / -40.3; -67.9
90
56
Total: Southern Chile and Argentina, Kiribati, Polynesia
Partial: Central and Southern South America, Southwest Africa, Antarctic Peninsula, Ellsworth Land, Western Queen Maud Land

[a][4]

2021-06-10 June 10, 2021
10:43:07
147
Annular
0.943
3:51
80.8 80°48′N 66°48′W / 80.8°N 66.8°W / 80.8; -66.8
527
327
Annular: Northern Canada, Greenland, Russia
Partial: Northern North America, Europe, Asia

[a][7]

2021-12-04 December 4, 2021
07:34:38
152
Total
1.037
1:54
-76.8 76°48′S 46°12′W / 76.8°S 46.2°W / -76.8; -46.2
419
260
Total: Antarctica
Partial: South Africa, South Atlantic
[a][7]

2022-04-30 April 30, 2022
20:42:36
119
Partial
0.640
—
-62.1 62°06′S 71°30′W / 62.1°S 71.5°W / -62.1; -71.5
—
Partial: Southeast Pacific, Southern South America
[a][7]

2022-10-25 October 25, 2022
11:01:20
124
Partial
0.862
—
61.6 61°36′N 77°24′E / 61.6°N 77.4°E / 61.6; 77.4
—
Partial: Europe, northeast Africa, Mid East, West Asia
[a][7]

2023-04-20 April 20, 2023
04:17:56
129
Hybrid
1.013
1:16
-09.6 9°36′S 125°48′E / 9.6°S 125.8°E / -9.6; 125.8
49
30
Hybrid: Indonesia, Australia, Papua New Guinea
Partial: Southeast Asia, East Indies, Philippines, New Zealand
[a][7]

2023-10-14 October 14, 2023
18:00:41
134
Annular
0.952
5:17
11.4 11°24′N 83°06′W / 11.4°N 83.1°W / 11.4; -83.1
187
116
Annular: Western United States, Central America, Colombia, Brazil
Partial: North America, Central America, South America
[a][7]

2024-04-08 April 8, 2024
18:18:29
139
Total
1.057
4:28
25.3 25°18′N 104°06′W / 25.3°N 104.1°W / 25.3; -104.1
198
123
Total: Mexico, central and northeastern United States, East Canada
Partial: North America, Central America
[a][7]

2024-10-02 October 2, 2024
18:46:13
144
Annular
0.933
7:25
-22.0 22°00′S 114°30′W / 22.0°S 114.5°W / -22.0; -114.5
266
165
Annular: Southern Chile, Southern Argentina
Partial: Pacific, Southern South America
[a][7]

2025-03-29 March 29, 2025
10:48:36
149
Partial
0.938
—
61.1 61°06′N 77°06′W / 61.1°N 77.1°W / 61.1; -77.1
—
Partial: Northwest Africa, Europe, northern Russia
[a][7]

2025-09-21 September 21, 2025
19:43:04
154
Partial
0.855
—
-60.9 60°54′S 153°30′E / 60.9°S 153.5°E / -60.9; 153.5
—
Partial: South Pacific, New Zealand, Antarctica
[a][7]

2026-02-17 February 17, 2026
12:13:06
121
Annular
0.963
2:20
-64.7 64°42′S 86°48′E / 64.7°S 86.8°E / -64.7; 86.8
616
383
Annular: Antarctica
Partial: South Argentina, Chile, South Africa, Antarctica
[a][7]

2026-08-12 August 12, 2026
17:47:06
126
Total
1.039
2:18
65.2 65°12′N 25°12′W / 65.2°N 25.2°W / 65.2; -25.2
294
183
Total: Arctic, Greenland, Iceland, Spain, Northeastern Portugal
Partial: Northern North America, Western Africa, Europe
[a][7]

2027-02-06 February 6, 2027
16:00:48
131
Annular
0.928
7:51
-31.3 31°18′S 48°30′W / 31.3°S 48.5°W / -31.3; -48.5
282
175
Annular: Chile, Argentina, Atlantic
Partial: South America, Antarctica, West and South Africa
[a][7]

2027-08-02 August 2, 2027
10:07:50
136
Total
1.079
6:23
25.5 25°30′N 33°12′E / 25.5°N 33.2°E / 25.5; 33.2
258
160
Total: Morocco, Spain, Algeria, Tunisia, Libya, Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Yemen, Somalia
Partial: Africa, Europe, Mid East, West and South Asia
[a][7]

2028-01-26 January 26, 2028
15:08:59
141
Annular
0.921
10:27
03.0 3°00′N 51°30′W / 3.0°N 51.5°W / 3.0; -51.5
323
201
Annular: Ecuador, Peru, Brazil, Suriname, Spain, Portugal
Partial: Eastern North America, Central and South America, Western Europe, northwest Africa
[a][7]

2028-07-22 July 22, 2028
02:56:40
146
Total
1.056
5:10
-15.6 15°36′S 126°42′E / 15.6°S 126.7°E / -15.6; 126.7
230
140
Total: Australia, New Zealand
Partial: Southeast Asia, East Indies
[a][7]

2029-01-14 January 14, 2029
17:13:48
151
Partial
0.871
—
63.7 63°42′N 114°12′W / 63.7°N 114.2°W / 63.7; -114.2
—
Partial: North America, Central America
[a][7]

2029-06-12 June 12, 2029
04:06:13
118
Partial
0.458
—
66.8 66°48′N 66°12′W / 66.8°N 66.2°W / 66.8; -66.2
—
Partial: Arctic, Scandinavia, Alaska, northern Asia, northern Canada
[a][7]

2029-07-11 July 11, 2029
15:37:19
156
Partial
0.230
—
-64.3 64°18′S 85°36′W / 64.3°S 85.6°W / -64.3; -85.6
—
Partial: Southern Chile, Southern Argentina
[a][7]

2029-12-05 December 5, 2029
15:03:58
123
Partial
0.891
—
-67.5 67°30′S 135°42′E / 67.5°S 135.7°E / -67.5; 135.7
—
Partial: Southern Argentina, Southern Chile, Antarctica
[a][7]

2030-06-01 June 1, 2030
06:29:13
128
Annular
0.944
5:21
56.5 56°30′N 80°06′E / 56.5°N 80.1°E / 56.5; 80.1
250
160
Annular: Algeria, Tunisia, Greece, Turkey, Russia, northern China, Japan
Partial: Europe, Northern Africa, Mid East, Asia, Arctic, Alaska
[a][7]

2030-11-25 November 25, 2030
06:51:37
133
Total
1.047
3:44
-43.6 43°36′S 71°12′E / 43.6°S 71.2°E / -43.6; 71.2
169
105
Total: Botswana, South Africa, Australia
Partial: South Africa, Southern Indian Ocean, East Indies, Australia, Antarctica
[a][7]

2031-05-21 May 21, 2031
07:16:04
138
Annular
0.959
5:26
08.9 8°54′N 71°42′E / 8.9°N 71.7°E / 8.9; 71.7
152
94
Annular: Angola, Republic of the Congo, Zambia, Tanzania, south Indian Ocean, Malaysia, Indonesia
Partial: Africa, south Asia, East Indies, Australia
[a][8]

2031-11-14 November 14, 2031
21:07:31
143
Hybrid
1.011
1:08
-00.6 0°36′S 137°36′W / 0.6°S 137.6°W / -0.6; -137.6
38
24
Hybrid: Pacific, Panama
Partial: south United States, Central America, northwest South America
[a][8]

2032-05-09 May 9, 2032
13:26:42
148
Annular
0.996
0:22
-51.3 51°18′S 7°06′W / 51.3°S 7.1°W / -51.3; -7.1
44
27
Annular: south Atlantic
Partial: south South America, South Africa
[a][8]

2032-11-03 November 3, 2032
05:34:13
153
Partial
0.855
—
70.4 70°24′N 132°36′E / 70.4°N 132.6°E / 70.4; 132.6
—
Partial: Asia
[a][8]

2033-03-30 March 30, 2033
18:02:36
120
Total
1.046
2:37
71.3 71°18′N 155°48′W / 71.3°N 155.8°W / 71.3; -155.8
781
485
Total: east Russia, Alaska
Partial: North America
[a][8]

2033-09-23 September 23, 2033
13:54:31
125
Partial
0.689
—
-72.2 72°12′S 121°12′W / 72.2°S 121.2°W / -72.2; -121.2
—
Partial: south South America, Antarctica
[a][8]

2034-03-20 March 20, 2034
10:18:45
130
Total
1.046
4:09
16°06′N 22°12′E / 16.1°N 22.2°E / 16.1; 22.2
159
99
Total: Nigeria, Cameroon, Chad, Sudan, Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Iran, Afghanistan, Pakistan, India, China
Partial: Africa, Europe, west Asia
[a][8]

2034-09-12 September 12, 2034
16:19:28
135
Annular
0.974
2:58
-18.2 18°12′S 72°36′W / 18.2°S 72.6°W / -18.2; -72.6
102
63
Annular: Chile, Bolivia, Argentina, Paraguay, Brazil
Partial: Central America, South America
[a][8]

2035-03-09 March 9, 2035
23:05:54
140
Annular
0.992
0:48
-29.0 29°00′S 154°54′W / 29.0°S 154.9°W / -29.0; -154.9
31
19
Annular: New Zealand, Pacific
Partial: Australia, Mexico, Antarctica
[a][8]

2035-09-02 September 2, 2035
01:56:46
145
Total
1.032
2:54
29.1 29°06′N 158°00′E / 29.1°N 158.0°E / 29.1; 158.0
116
72
Total: China, Korea, Japan, Pacific
Partial: east Asia, Pacific
[a][8]

2036-02-27 February 27, 2036
04:46:49
150
Partial
0.629
—
-71.6 71°36′S 131°24′W / 71.6°S 131.4°W / -71.6; -131.4
—
Partial: Antarctica, south Australia, New Zealand
[a][8]

2036-07-23 July 23, 2036
10:32:06
117
Partial
0.199
—
-68.9 68°54′S 3°36′E / 68.9°S 3.6°E / -68.9; 3.6
—
Partial: south Atlantic
[a][8]

2036-08-21 August 21, 2036
17:25:45
155
Partial
0.862
—
71.1 71°06′N 47°00′E / 71.1°N 47.0°E / 71.1; 47.0
—
Partial: Alaska, Canada, Arctic, west Europe, northwest Africa
[a][8]

2037-01-16 January 16, 2037
09:48:55
122
Partial
0.705
—
68.5 68°30′N 20°48′E / 68.5°N 20.8°E / 68.5; 20.8
—
Partial: north Africa, Europe, Mid East, west Asia
[a][8]

2037-07-13 July 13, 2037
02:40:36
127
Total
1.041
3:58
-24.8 24°48′S 139°06′E / 24.8°S 139.1°E / -24.8; 139.1
201
125
Total: Australia, New Zealand
Partial: East Indies, Australia, Pacific
[a][8]

2038-01-05 January 5, 2038
13:47:11
132
Annular
0.973
3:18
02.1 2°06′N 25°24′W / 2.1°N 25.4°W / 2.1; -25.4
107
66
Annular: Cuba, Dominican Republic, Cote d'Ivoire, Ghana, Niger, Chad, Egypt
Partial: east North America, north South America, Atlantic, Africa, Europe
[a][8]

2038-07-02 July 2, 2038
13:32:55
137
Annular
0.991
1:00
25.4 25°24′N 21°54′W / 25.4°N 21.9°W / 25.4; -21.9
31
19
Annular: Colombia, Venezuela, Mauritania, Morocco, Mali, Niger, Chad, Sudan, Ethiopia, Kenya
Partial: North and Central America, South America, Africa, Europe, Mid East
[a][8]

2038-12-26 December 26, 2038
01:00:10
142
Total
1.027
2:18
-40.3 40°18′S 164°00′E / 40.3°S 164.0°E / -40.3; 164.0
95
59
Total: Australia, New Zealand, south Pacific
Partial: southeast Asia, East Indies, Australia, New Zealand, south Pacific, Antarctica
[a][8]

2039-06-21 June 21, 2039
17:12:54
147
Annular
0.945
4:05
78.9 78°54′N 102°06′W / 78.9°N 102.1°W / 78.9; -102.1
365
227
Annular: Alaska, north Canada, Norway, Sweden, Finland, Estonia, Russia
Partial: North America, west Europe
[a][8]

2039-12-15 December 15, 2039
16:23:46
152
Total
1.036
1:51
-80.9 80°54′S 172°48′E / 80.9°S 172.8°E / -80.9; 172.8
380
240
Total: Antarctica
Partial: south South America
[a][8]

2040-05-11 May 11, 2040
03:43:02
119
Partial
0.531
—
-62.8 62°48′S 174°24′E / 62.8°S 174.4°E / -62.8; 174.4
—
Partial: Australia, New Zealand, Antarctica
[a][8]

2040-11-04 November 4, 2040
19:09:02
124
Partial
0.807
—
62.2 62°12′N 53°24′W / 62.2°N 53.4°W / 62.2; -53.4
—
Partial: North and Central America
[a][8]

2041-04-30 April 30, 2041
11:52:21
129
Total
1.019
1:51
-09.6 9°36′S 12°12′E / 9.6°S 12.2°E / -9.6; 12.2
72
45
Total: Angola, Republic of the Congo, Uganda, Kenya, Somalia
Partial: Brazil, Africa, Mid East
[a][9]

2041-10-25 October 25, 2041
01:36:22
134
Annular
0.947
6:07
09.9 9°54′N 162°54′E / 9.9°N 162.9°E / 9.9; 162.9
213
132
Annular: Mongolia, China, Korea, Japan, Pacific
Partial: east Asia, Pacific
[a][9]

2042-04-20 April 20, 2042
02:17:30
139
Total
1.061
4:51
27.0 27°00′N 137°18′E / 27.0°N 137.3°E / 27.0; 137.3
210
130
Total: Malaysia, Indonesia, Philippines, north Pacific
Partial: east and southeast Asia, Australia, Pacific

[a][9]

2042-10-14 October 14, 2042
02:00:42
144
Annular
0.930
7:44
-23.7 23°42′S 137°48′E / 23.7°S 137.8°E / -23.7; 137.8
273
170
Annular: Thailand, Malaysia, Indonesia, Australia, New Zealand
Partial: south-east Asia, East Indies, south Pacific, Antarctica

[a][9]

2043-04-09 April 9, 2043
18:57:49
149
Total (non-central)
1.010
—
61.3 61°18′N 152°00′E / 61.3°N 152.0°E / 61.3; 152.0
—
Total: northeast Russia
Partial: north North America, northeast Asia
[a][9]

2043-10-03 October 3, 2043
03:01:49
154
Annular (non-central)
0.950
—
-61.0 61°00′S 35°18′E / 61.0°S 35.3°E / -61.0; 35.3
—
Annular: south Indian Ocean
Partial: Antarctica, southwest Australia, Indian Ocean
[a][9]

2044-02-28 February 28, 2044
20:24:40
121
Annular
0.960
2:27
-62.2 62°12′S 25°36′W / 62.2°S 25.6°W / -62.2; -25.6
—
Annular: south Atlantic
Partial: Antarctica, South America
[a][9]

2044-08-23 August 23, 2044
01:17:02
126
Total
1.036
2:04
64.3 64°18′N 120°24′W / 64.3°N 120.4°W / 64.3; -120.4
453
281
Total: Greenland; Canada's Northwest Territories and Nunavut, Alberta, southwestern Saskatchewan; Montana, North Dakota
Partial: north Asia, western North America, Greenland

[a][9]

2045-02-16 February 16, 2045
23:56:07
131
Annular
0.928
7:47
-28.3 28°18′S 166°12′W / 28.3°S 166.2°W / -28.3; -166.2
281
175
Annular: New Zealand, Pacific
Partial: Australia, Hawaii

[a][9]

2045-08-12 August 12, 2045
17:42:39
136
Total
1.077
6:06
25.9 25°54′N 78°30′W / 25.9°N 78.5°W / 25.9; -78.5
256
159
Total: south United States, Haiti, Dominican Republic, Venezuela, Guyana, French Guyana, Suriname, Brazil
Partial: North, Central and South America, western Africa

[a][9]

2046-02-05 February 5, 2046
23:06:26
141
Annular
0.923
9:42
04.8 4°48′N 171°24′W / 4.8°N 171.4°W / 4.8; -171.4
310
190
Annular: Papua New Guinea, Hawaii, California, Oregon, Idaho
Partial: Australia, western United States
[a][9]

2046-08-02 August 2, 2046
10:21:13
146
Total
1.053
4:51
-12.7 12°42′S 15°12′E / 12.7°S 15.2°E / -12.7; 15.2
206
128
Total: Brazil, Angola, east Namibia, Botswana, South Africa, Swaziland, south Mozambique
Partial: Africa

[a][9]

2047-01-26 January 26, 2047
01:33:18
151
Partial
0.891
—
62.9 62°54′N 111°42′E / 62.9°N 111.7°E / 62.9; 111.7
—
Partial: east Asia, Alaska
[a][9]

2047-06-23 June 23, 2047
10:52:31
118
Partial
0.313
—
65.8 65°48′N 178°00′W / 65.8°N 178.0°W / 65.8; -178.0
—
Partial: north Canada, Greenland, northeast Asia
[a][9]

2047-07-22 July 22, 2047
22:36:17
156
Partial
0.361
—
-63.4 63°24′S 160°12′E / 63.4°S 160.2°E / -63.4; 160.2
—
Partial: southeast Australia, New Zealand
[a][9]

2047-12-16 December 16, 2047
23:50:12
123
Partial
0.882
—
-66.4 66°24′S 6°36′W / 66.4°S 6.6°W / -66.4; -6.6
—
Partial: Antarctica, south Chile, south Argentina
[a][9]

2048-06-11 June 11, 2048
12:58:53
128
Annular
0.944
4:58
63.7 63°42′N 11°30′W / 63.7°N 11.5°W / 63.7; -11.5
272
169
Annular: midwest United States, Quebec, Ontario, Greenland, Iceland, Norway, Sweden, Russia, Afghanistan
Partial: North America, Caribbean, north Africa, Europe, west Asia

[a][9]

2048-12-05 December 5, 2048
15:35:27
133
Total
1.044
3:28
-46.1 46°06′S 56°24′W / 46.1°S 56.4°W / -46.1; -56.4
160
99
Total: Chile, Argentina, Namibia, Botswana
Partial: south South America, southwest Africa

[a][9]

2049-05-31 May 31, 2049
13:59:59
138
Annular
0.963
4:45
15.3 15°18′N 29°54′W / 15.3°N 29.9°W / 15.3; -29.9
134
83
Annular: Peru, Ecuador, Colombia, Venezuela, Guyana, Senegal, Mali, Burkina Faso, Ghana, Nigeria
Partial: southeast United States, Central America, South America, Africa, south Europe

[a][9]

2049-11-25 November 25, 2049
05:33:48
143
Hybrid
1.006
0:38
-03.8 3°48′S 95°12′E / 3.8°S 95.2°E / -3.8; 95.2
21
13
Hybrid: Saudi Arabia, Yemen, Malaysia, Indonesia
Partial: east Africa, south Asia, East Indies, Australia

[a][9]

2050-05-20 May 20, 2050
20:42:50
148
Hybrid
1.004
0:21
-40.1 40°06′S 123°42′W / 40.1°S 123.7°W / -40.1; -123.7
27
17
Hybrid: south Pacific
Partial: New Zealand, southwest South America

[a][9]

2050-11-14 November 14, 2050
13:30:53
153
Partial
0.887
—
69.5 69°30′N 1°00′E / 69.5°N 1.0°E / 69.5; 1.0
—
Partial: northeast United States, east Canada, north Africa, Europe
[a][9]

2051-04-11 April 11, 2051
02:10:39
120
Partial
0.985
—
71.6 71°36′N 32°12′E / 71.6°N 32.2°E / 71.6; 32.2
—
Partial: Asia, Alaska, Canada, Greenland
[a][10]

2051-10-04 October 4, 2051
21:02:14
125
Partial
0.602
—
-72.0 72°00′S 117°42′E / 72.0°S 117.7°E / -72.0; 117.7
—
Partial: Antarctica, Australia, New Zealand
[a][10]

2052-03-30 March 30, 2052
18:31:53
130
Total
1.047
4:08
22.4 22°24′N 102°30′W / 22.4°N 102.5°W / 22.4; -102.5
164
102
Total: central Pacific, Mexico, United States, central Atlantic
Partial: Central and North America, north South America

[a][10]

2052-09-22 September 22, 2052
23:39:10
135
Annular
0.973
2:51
-25.7 25°42′S 175°00′E / 25.7°S 175.0°E / -25.7; 175.0
106
66
Annular: Australia, south Pacific
Partial: New Zealand, Antarctica, West Indies

[a][10]

2053-03-20 March 20, 2053
07:08:19
140
Annular
0.992
0:50
-23.0 23°00′S 83°00′E / 23.0°S 83.0°E / -23.0; 83.0
31
19
Annular: central Indian Ocean, Indonesia
Partial: Africa, Indies, Australia, Antarctica

[a][10]

2053-09-12 September 12, 2053
09:34:09
145
Total
1.033
3:04
21.5 21°30′N 41°42′E / 21.5°N 41.7°E / 21.5; 41.7
116
72
Total: Spain, Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, Libya, Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Maldives, Indonesia
Partial: Greenland, Africa, Europe, Asia

[a][10]

2054-03-09 March 9, 2054
12:33:40
150
Partial
0.668
—
-72.0 72°00′S 97°54′E / 72.0°S 97.9°E / -72.0; 97.9
—
Partial: Antarctica, South Africa, Madagascar, Chile
[a][10]

2054-08-03 August 3, 2054
18:04:02
117
Partial
0.066
—
-69.8 69°48′S 121°18′W / 69.8°S 121.3°W / -69.8; -121.3
—
Partial: Antarctica
[a][10]

2054-09-02 September 2, 2054
01:09:34
155
Partial
0.979
—
71.7 71°42′N 82°18′W / 71.7°N 82.3°W / 71.7; -82.3
—
Partial: Asia, United States, Canada, Greenland
[a][10]

2055-01-27 January 27, 2055
17:54:05
122
Partial
0.693
—
69.5 69°30′N 112°12′W / 69.5°N 112.2°W / 69.5; -112.2
—
Partial: Canada, United States, Mexico, Cuba
[a][10]

2055-07-24 July 24, 2055
09:57:50
127
Total
1.036
3:17
-33.3 33°18′S 25°48′E / 33.3°S 25.8°E / -33.3; 25.8
202
126
Total: South Africa
Partial: Africa, Antarctica

[a][10]

2056-01-16 January 16, 2056
22:16:45
132
Annular
0.976
2:52
03.9 3°54′N 153°30′W / 3.9°N 153.5°W / 3.9; -153.5
95
59
Annular: central Pacific, Mexico
Partial: New Zealand, western North America

[a][10]

2056-07-12 July 12, 2056
20:21:59
137
Annular
0.988
1:26
19.4 19°24′N 123°42′W / 19.4°N 123.7°W / 19.4; -123.7
43
27
Annular: central Pacific, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Brazil
Partial: south North America, Central America, north South America

[a][10]

2057-01-05 January 5, 2057
09:47:52
142
Total
1.029
2:29
-39.2 39°12′S 35°12′E / 39.2°S 35.2°E / -39.2; 35.2
102
63
Total: southern Atlantic, southern Indian Ocean
Partial: Africa, Antarctica, Australia

[a][10]

2057-07-01 July 1, 2057
23:40:15
147
Annular
0.946
4:23
71.5 71°30′N 176°12′W / 71.5°N 176.2°W / 71.5; -176.2
298
185
Annular: China, Mongolia, Russia, Canada, United States
Partial: Asia, North America

[a][10]

2057-12-26 December 26, 2057
01:14:35
152
Total
1.035
1:50
-84.9 84°54′S 21°48′E / 84.9°S 21.8°E / -84.9; 21.8
355
221
Total: Antarctica
Partial: Australia
[a][10]

2058-05-22 May 22, 2058
10:39:25
119
Partial
0.414
—
-63.5 63°30′S 61°06′E / 63.5°S 61.1°E / -63.5; 61.1
—
Partial: South Africa, Madagascar
[a][10]

2058-06-21 June 21, 2058
00:19:35
157
Partial
0.126
—
65.9 65°54′N 9°54′E / 65.9°N 9.9°E / 65.9; 9.9
—
Partial: Russia, Greenland, Norway, Sweden, Finland
[a][10]

2058-11-16 November 16, 2058
03:23:07
124
Partial
0.764
—
62.9 62°54′N 174°12′E / 62.9°N 174.2°E / 62.9; 174.2
—
Partial: Russia, China, Mongolia, Japan
[a][10]

2059-05-11 May 11, 2059
19:22:16
129
Total
1.024
2:23
-10.7 10°42′S 100°24′W / 10.7°S 100.4°W / -10.7; -100.4
95
59
Total: central Pacific, Ecuador, Peru, Brazil
Partial: North, Central and South America

[a][10]

2059-11-05 November 5, 2059
09:18:15
134
Annular
0.942
7:00
08.7 8°42′N 47°06′E / 8.7°N 47.1°E / 8.7; 47.1
238
148
Annular: France, Libya, Egypt, Sudan, Ethiopia, Eritrea, Somalia, Indonesia
Partial: Africa, Europe, Asia

[a][10]

2060-03-30 April 30, 2060
10:10:00
139
Total
1.066
5:15
28.0 28°00′N 20°54′E / 28.0°N 20.9°E / 28.0; 20.9
222
138
Total: Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Benin, Nigeria, Niger, Chad, Libya, Egypt, Turkey, Kazakhstan, Russia
Partial: Africa, Asia

[a][10]

2060-10-24 October 24, 2060
09:24:10
144
Annular
0.928
8:06
-25.8 25°48′S 28°06′E / 25.8°S 28.1°E / -25.8; 28.1
281
175
Annular: Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Angola, Namibia, Botswana, South Africa
Partial: Africa, Antarctica, South America

[a][10]

2061-04-20 April 20, 2061
02:56:49
149
Total
1.048
2:37
64.5 64°30′N 59°12′E / 64.5°N 59.2°E / 64.5; 59.2
559
347
Total: Kazakhstan, Russia
Partial: Asia, Middle East, North America

[a][11]

2061-10-13 October 13, 2061
10:32:10
154
Annular
0.947
3:41
-62.1 62°06′S 54°24′W / 62.1°S 54.4°W / -62.1; -54.4
743
462
Annular: Antarctica, Argentina, Chile
Partial: South America
[a][11]

2062-03-11 March 11, 2062
04:26:16
121
Partial
0.933
—
-61.0 61°00′S 147°06′W / 61.0°S 147.1°W / -61.0; -147.1
—
Partial: Antarctica, Australia, New Zealand
[a][11]

2062-09-03 September 3, 2062
08:54:27
126
Partial
0.975
—
61.3 61°18′N 150°18′E / 61.3°N 150.3°E / 61.3; 150.3
—
Partial: Greenland, Europe, Asia
[a][11]

2063-02-28 February 28, 2063
07:43:30
131
Annular
0.929
7:41
-25.2 25°12′S 77°42′E / 25.2°S 77.7°E / -25.2; 77.7
280
170
Annular: Indian Ocean, Indonesia, Malaysia, Mindanao, Philippines
Partial: Africa, Indies, southeast Asia, the rest of Philippines, Antarctica, Australia

[a][11]

2063-08-24 August 24, 2063
01:22:11
136
Total
1.075
5:49
25.6 25°36′N 168°24′E / 25.6°N 168.4°E / 25.6; 168.4
252
157
Total: China, Mongolia, Japan, central Pacific
Partial: Asia, central Pacific

[a][11]

2064-02-17 February 17, 2064
07:00:23
141
Annular
0.926
8:56
07.0 7°00′N 69°42′E / 7.0°N 69.7°E / 7.0; 69.7
295
183
Annular: Zaire, Zambia, Tanzania, India, Nepal, Bangladesh, Bhutan, China
Partial: Africa, Asia
[a][11]

2064-08-12 August 12, 2064
17:46:06
146
Total
1.049
4:28
-10.9 10°54′S 96°00′W / 10.9°S 96.0°W / -10.9; -96.0
184
114
Total: Central Pacific, Chile, Argentina
Partial: Americas, Antarctica

[a][11]

2065-02-05 February 5, 2065
09:52:26
151
Partial
0.912
—
62.2 62°12′N 21°54′W / 62.2°N 21.9°W / 62.2; -21.9
—
Partial: North America, Europe, West Asia
[a][11]

2065-07-03 July 3, 2065
17:33:52
118
Partial
0.164
—
64.8 64°48′N 71°54′E / 64.8°N 71.9°E / 64.8; 71.9
—
Partial: northern Europe, Russia
[a][11]

2065-08-02 August 2, 2065
05:34:17
156
Partial
0.490
—
-62.7 62°42′S 46°30′E / 62.7°S 46.5°E / -62.7; 46.5
—
Partial: Antarctica, South Africa, Madagascar
[a][11]

2065-12-27 December 27, 2065
08:39:56
123
Partial
0.877
—
-65.4 65°24′S 149°12′W / 65.4°S 149.2°W / -65.4; -149.2
—
Partial: Chile, Argentina, Antarctica, Australia
[a][11]

2066-06-22 June 22, 2066
19:25:48
128
Annular
0.943
4:40
70.1 70°06′N 96°24′W / 70.1°N 96.4°W / 70.1; -96.4
309
192
Annular: Russia, Alaska, Canada
Partial: North America, northern Europe, north Asia
[a][11]

2066-12-17 December 17, 2066
00:23:40
133
Total
1.042
3:14
-47.4 47°24′S 175°48′E / 47.4°S 175.8°E / -47.4; 175.8
152
94
Total: Australia, New Zealand, south Pacific
Partial: Australia, Antarctica, New Zealand
[a][11]

2067-06-11 June 11, 2067
20:42:26
138
Annular
0.967
4:05
21.0 21°00′N 130°12′W / 21.0°N 130.2°W / 21.0; -130.2
119
74
Annular: central Pacific, Ecuador, Peru
Partial: Americas
[a][11]

2067-12-06 December 6, 2067
14:03:43
143
Hybrid
1.001
0:08
-06.0 6°00′S 32°24′W / 6.0°S 32.4°W / -6.0; -32.4
4
2.5
Hybrid: Honduras, Nicaragua, Colombia, Venezuela, Guyana, Brazil, Nigeria, Cameroon, Chad, Sudan
Partial: Americas, Africa, south Europe

[a][11]

2068-05-31 May 31, 2068
03:56:39
148
Total
1.011
1:06
-31.0 31°00′S 123°12′E / 31.0°S 123.2°E / -31.0; 123.2
63
39
Total: Australia, New Zealand
Partial: Indies, Australia, Antarctica
[a][11]

2068-11-24 November 24, 2068
21:32:30
153
Partial
0.911
—
68.5 68°30′N 131°06′W / 68.5°N 131.1°W / 68.5; -131.1
—
Partial: North America, Russia
[a][11]

2069-04-21 April 21, 2069
10:11:09
120
Partial
0.899
—
71.0 71°00′N 101°18′W / 71.0°N 101.3°W / 71.0; -101.3
—
Partial: Europe, Asia, north Africa, North America
[a][11]

2069-05-20 May 20, 2069
17:53:18
158
Partial
0.088
—
-68.8 68°48′S 69°54′W / 68.8°S 69.9°W / -68.8; -69.9
—
Partial: South America, Antarctica
[a][11]

2069-10-15 October 15, 2069
04:19:56
125
Partial
0.530
—
-71.6 71°36′S 5°30′W / 71.6°S 5.5°W / -71.6; -5.5
—
Partial: Antarctica
[a][11]

2070-04-11 April 11, 2070
02:36:09
130
Total
1.047
4:04
29.1 29°06′N 135°06′E / 29.1°N 135.1°E / 29.1; 135.1
168
104
Total: Sri Lanka, Myanmar, Thailand, Laos, Vietnam, Philippines
Partial: Asia, Indies, Alaska, Canada
[a][11]

2070-10-04 October 4, 2070
07:08:57
135
Annular
0.973
2:44
-32.8 32°48′S 60°24′E / 32.8°S 60.4°E / -32.8; 60.4
110
68
Annular: Angola, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Mozambique, Madagascar
Partial: Africa, Antarctica, Australia

[a][11]

2071-03-31 March 31, 2071
15:01:06
140
Annular
0.992
0:52
-16.7 16°42′S 37°00′W / 16.7°S 37.0°W / -16.7; -37.0
31
19
Annular: Chile, Argentina, Paraguay, Brazil, Republic of the Congo, Zaire
Partial: South America, Africa, Antarctica

[a][12]

2071-09-23 September 23, 2071
17:20:28
145
Total
1.033
3:11
14.2 14°12′N 76°42′W / 14.2°N 76.7°W / 14.2; -76.7
116
72
Total: Mexico, Colombia, Venezuela, Guyana, Suriname, French Guiana, Brazil
Partial: Americas, Africa

[a][12]

2072-03-19 March 19, 2072
20:10:31
150
Partial
0.720
—
-72.2 72°12′S 30°24′W / 72.2°S 30.4°W / -72.2; -30.4
—
Partial: Antarctica, South America
[a][12]

2072-09-12 September 12, 2072
08:59:20
155
Total
1.056
3:13
69.8 69°48′N 102°00′E / 69.8°N 102.0°E / 69.8; 102.0
732
455
Total: Russia
Partial: Greenland, Europe, Asia
[a][12]

2073-02-07 February 7, 2073
01:55:59
122
Partial
0.677
—
70.5 70°30′N 114°54′E / 70.5°N 114.9°E / 70.5; 114.9
—
Partial: Asia, Alaska
[a][12]

2073-08-03 August 3, 2073
17:15:23
127
Total
1.029
2:29
-43.2 43°12′S 89°24′W / 43.2°S 89.4°W / -43.2; -89.4
206
128
Total: Chile, Argentina
Partial: South America, Antarctica
[a][12]

2074-01-27 January 27, 2074
06:44:15
132
Annular
0.980
2:21
06.6 6°36′N 78°48′E / 6.6°N 78.8°E / 6.6; 78.8
79
49
Annular: Sudan, Ethiopia, Somalia, Sri Lanka, Myanmar, Thailand, Laos, Vietnam, China, Japan
Partial: Africa, Asia, Indies
[a][12]

2074-07-24 July 24, 2074
03:10:32
137
Annular
0.984
1:57
12.8 12°48′N 133°42′E / 12.8°N 133.7°E / 12.8; 133.7
58
36
Annular: Thailand, Cambodia, Vietnam, Philippines
Partial: Asia, Indies, Australia, New Zealand
[a][12]

2075-01-16 January 16, 2075
18:36:04
142
Total
1.031
2:42
-37.2 37°12′S 94°06′W / 37.2°S 94.1°W / -37.2; -94.1
110
68
Total: Chile, Argentina, Paraguay, Brazil
Partial: New Zealand, South America, Antarctica
[a][12]

2075-07-13 July 13, 2075
06:05:44
147
Annular
0.947
4:45
63.1 63°06′N 95°12′E / 63.1°N 95.2°E / 63.1; 95.2
262
163
Annular: south Europe, Russia
Partial: Europe, Asia, Africa, north North America
[a][12]

2076-01-06 January 6, 2076
10:07:27
152
Total
1.034
1:49
-87.2 87°12′S 173°42′W / 87.2°S 173.7°W / -87.2; -173.7
340
210
Total: Antarctica
Partial: Australia, South America
[a][12]

2076-06-01 June 1, 2076
17:31:22
119
Partial
0.290
—
-64.4 64°24′S 51°12′W / 64.4°S 51.2°W / -64.4; -51.2
—
Partial: South America, Antarctica
[a][12]

2076-07-01 July 1, 2076
06:50:43
157
Partial
0.275
—
67.0 67°00′N 98°06′W / 67.0°N 98.1°W / 67.0; -98.1
—
Partial: Russia, North America
[a][12]

2076-11-26 November 26, 2076
11:43:01
124
Partial
0.731
—
63.7 63°42′N 40°06′E / 63.7°N 40.1°E / 63.7; 40.1
—
Partial: Africa, Europe, west Asia
[a][12]

2077-05-22 May 22, 2077
02:46:05
129
Total
1.029
2:54
-13.1 13°06′S 148°18′E / 13.1°S 148.3°E / -13.1; 148.3
119
74
Total: Australia
Partial: Indies, Australia, New Zealand, Antarctica
[a][12]

2077-11-15 November 15, 2077
17:07:56
134
Annular
0.937
7:54
07.8 7°48′N 70°48′W / 7.8°N 70.8°W / 7.8; -70.8
262
163
Annular: United States, Caribbean, Colombia, Venezuela, Brazil, Guyana, Suriname, French Guiana
Partial: Americas

[a][12]

2078-05-11 May 11, 2078
17:56:55
139
Total
1.070
5:40
28.1 28°06′N 93°42′W / 28.1°N 93.7°W / 28.1; -93.7
232
144
Total: Mexico, United States
Partial: Americas
[a][12]

2078-11-04 November 4, 2078
16:55:44
144
Annular
0.926
8:29
-27.8 27°48′S 83°18′W / 27.8°S 83.3°W / -27.8; -83.3
287
178
Annular: Chile, Argentina
Partial: Americas, Antarctica
[a][12]

2079-05-01 May 1, 2079
10:50:13
149
Total
1.051
2:55
66.2 66°12′N 46°18′W / 66.2°N 46.3°W / 66.2; -46.3
406
252
Total: United States, Canada, Greenland
Partial: west Americas, Europe, Africa, Asia
[a][12]

2079-10-24 October 24, 2079
18:11:21
154
Annular
0.948
3:39
-63.4 63°24′S 160°36′W / 63.4°S 160.6°W / -63.4; -160.6
495
308
Annular: Antarctica, New Zealand
Partial: South America
[a][12]

2080-03-21 March 21, 2080
12:20:15
121
Partial
0.873
—
-60.9 60°54′S 85°54′E / 60.9°S 85.9°E / -60.9; 85.9
—
Partial: Antarctica, Africa
[a][12]

2080-09-13 September 13, 2080
16:38:09
126
Partial
0.874
—
61.1 61°06′N 25°48′E / 61.1°N 25.8°E / 61.1; 25.8
—
Partial: North America, Europe, Africa
[a][12]

2081-03-10 March 10, 2081
15:23:31
131
Annular
0.930
7:36
-22.4 22°24′S 36°42′W / 22.4°S 36.7°W / -22.4; -36.7
277
172
Annular: Chile, Argentina, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Benin, Nigeria, Cameroon
Partial: South America, Africa, Antarctica
[a][13]

2081-09-03 September 3, 2081
09:07:31
136
Total
1.072
5:33
24.6 24°36′N 53°36′E / 24.6°N 53.6°E / 24.6; 53.6
247
153
Total: Central Europe, France, Switzerland, Austria, Slovenia, Hungary, Croatia, Serbia, Romania, Greece, Bulgaria, Turkey, Syria, Iraq, Kuwait, Qatar, UAE, Saudi Arabia, Oman
Partial: Africa, Europe, Asia
[a][13]

2082-02-27 February 27, 2082
14:47:00
141
Annular
0.930
8:12
09.4 9°24′N 47°06′W / 9.4°N 47.1°W / 9.4; -47.1
277
172
Annular: Peru, Brazil, Suriname, French Guiana, Portugal, Spain, France, Italy, Germany, Austria
Partial: Americas, Europe, Africa
[a][13]

2082-08-24 August 24, 2082
01:16:21
146
Total
1.045
4:01
-10.3 10°18′S 151°48′E / 10.3°S 151.8°E / -10.3; 151.8
163
101
Total: Indonesia, New Guinea, South Pacific
Partial: Indies, Australia, Antarctica, New Zealand
[a][13]

2083-02-16 February 16, 2083
18:06:36
151
Partial
0.943
—
61.6 61°36′N 154°06′W / 61.6°N 154.1°W / 61.6; -154.1
—
Partial: Mexico, United States, Canada
[a][13]

2083-07-15 July 15, 2083
00:14:23
118
Partial
0.017
—
64.0 64°00′N 37°42′W / 64.0°N 37.7°W / 64.0; -37.7
—
Partial: Greenland
[a][13]

2083-08-13 August 13, 2083
12:34:41
156
Partial
0.615
—
-62.1 62°06′S 67°30′W / 62.1°S 67.5°W / -62.1; -67.5
—
Partial: South America, Antarctica
[a][13]

2084-01-07 January 7, 2084
17:30:23
123
Partial
0.872
—
-64.4 64°24′S 68°30′E / 64.4°S 68.5°E / -64.4; 68.5
—
Partial: Antarctica, South America
[a][13]

2084-07-03 July 3, 2084
01:50:26
128
Annular
0.942
4:25
75.0 75°00′N 169°06′W / 75.0°N 169.1°W / 75.0; -169.1
377
234
Annular: Russia, United States, Canada
Partial: northern Europe, Asia, North America
[a][13]

2084-12-27 December 27, 2084
09:13:48
133
Total
1.040
3:04
-47.3 47°18′S 47°42′E / 47.3°S 47.7°E / -47.3; 47.7
146
91
Total: South Atlantic, Indian Ocean
Partial: Africa, Antarctica, Australia
[a][13]

2085-06-22 June 22, 2085
03:21:16
138
Annular
0.970
3:29
26.2 26°12′N 131°18′E / 26.2°N 131.3°E / 26.2; 131.3
106
66
Annular: India, Myanmar, China, central Pacific
Partial: Asia, Indies, Australia
[a][13]

2085-12-16 December 16, 2085
22:37:48
143
Annular
0.997
0:19
-07.3 7°18′S 160°48′W / 7.3°S 160.8°W / -7.3; -160.8
10
6.2
Annular: central Pacific
Partial: Australia, North America
[a][13]

2086-06-11 June 11, 2086
11:07:14
148
Total
1.017
1:48
-23.2 23°12′S 12°30′E / 23.2°S 12.5°E / -23.2; 12.5
86
53
Total: Namibia, Botswana, South Africa
Partial: South America, Africa
[a][13]

2086-12-06 December 6, 2086
05:38:55
153
Partial
0.927
—
67.4 67°24′N 96°12′E / 67.4°N 96.2°E / 67.4; 96.2
—
Partial: Asia
[a][13]

2087-05-02 May 2, 2087
18:04:42
120
Partial
0.801
—
70.3 70°18′N 127°36′E / 70.3°N 127.6°E / 70.3; 127.6
—
Partial: north Europe, north Asia, North America
[a][13]

2087-06-01 June 1, 2087
01:27:14
158
Partial
0.215
—
-67.8 67°48′S 165°24′E / 67.8°S 165.4°E / -67.8; 165.4
—
Partial: New Zealand
[a][13]

2087-10-26 October 26, 2087
11:46:57
125
Partial
0.470
—
-71.0 71°00′S 130°30′W / 71.0°S 130.5°W / -71.0; -130.5
—
Partial: South America, Antarctica
[a][13]

2088-04-21 April 21, 2088
10:31:49
130
Total
1.047
3:58
36.0 36°00′N 15°06′E / 36.0°N 15.1°E / 36.0; 15.1
173
107
Total: Mauritania, western Sahara, Mali, Algeria, Tunisia, Greece, Turkey, Russia, Kazakhstan, China
Partial: North America, Africa, Europe, Asia
[a][13]

2088-10-14 October 14, 2088
14:48:05
135
Annular
0.973
2:38
-39.7 39°42′S 56°00′W / 39.7°S 56.0°W / -39.7; -56.0
115
71
Annular: Chile, Argentina
Partial: South America, Antarctica, Africa
[a][13]

2089-04-10 April 10, 2089
22:44:42
140
Annular
0.992
0:53
-10.2 10°12′S 154°48′W / 10.2°S 154.8°W / -10.2; -154.8
30
19
Annular: Australia, central Pacific
Partial: Antarctica, North America
[a][13]

2089-10-04 October 4, 2089
01:15:23
145
Total
1.033
3:14
07.4 7°24′N 162°48′E / 7.4°N 162.8°E / 7.4; 162.8
115
71
Total: China, Central Pacific
Partial: Asia, Indies, Australia
[a][13]

2090-03-31 March 31, 2090
03:38:08
150
Partial
0.784
—
-72.1 72°06′S 156°18′W / 72.1°S 156.3°W / -72.1; -156.3
—
Partial: Antarctica, Australia, New Zealand
[a][13]

2090-09-23 September 23, 2090
16:56:36
155
Total
1.056
3:36
60.7 60°42′N 40°30′W / 60.7°N 40.5°W / 60.7; -40.5
463
288
Total: Canada, Greenland, United Kingdom, France
Partial: North America, Europe, Africa, north Asia
[a][13]

2091-02-18 February 18, 2091
09:54:40
122
Partial
0.656
—
71.2 71°12′N 17°48′W / 71.2°N 17.8°W / 71.2; -17.8
—
Partial: North Africa, Europe, Asia
[a][14]

2091-08-15 August 15, 2091
00:34:43
127
Total
1.022
1:38
-55.6 55°36′S 150°30′E / 55.6°S 150.5°E / -55.6; 150.5
236
147
Total: southern Antarctic Ocean, near Antarctica
Partial: Australia, Antarctica, New Zealand

[a][14]

2092-02-07 February 7, 2092
15:10:20
132
Annular
0.984
1:48
09.9 9°54′N 48°42′W / 9.9°N 48.7°W / 9.9; -48.7
62
39
Annular: Panama, Colombia, Venezuela, Guyana, Morocco, Algeria
Partial: Americas, Europe, Africa
[a][14]

2092-08-03 August 3, 2092
09:59:33
137
Annular
0.979
2:31
05.6 5°36′N 30°18′E / 5.6°N 30.3°E / 5.6; 30.3
75
47
Annular: Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Benin, Nigeria, Cameroon, Chad, Central African Republic, Sudan, Kenya, Somalia
Partial: Africa
[a][14]

2093-01-27 January 27, 2093
03:22:16
142
Total
1.034
2:58
-34.1 34°06′S 136°24′E / 34.1°S 136.4°E / -34.1; 136.4
119
74
Total: Australia
Partial: Indies, Australia, Antarctica, New Zealand
[a][14]

2093-07-23 July 23, 2093
12:32:04
147
Annular
0.946
5:11
54.6 54°36′N 1°18′E / 54.6°N 1.3°E / 54.6; 1.3
241
150
Annular: United States, Canada, Central Europe, Turkey, Iraq, Iran, Afghanistan, Pakistan
Partial: Americas, Europe, Africa, Asia

[a][14]

2094-01-16 January 16, 2094
18:59:03
152
Total
1.034
1:51
-84.8 84°48′S 10°36′W / 84.8°S 10.6°W / -84.8; -10.6
329
204
Total: Antarctica
Partial: South America, Antarctica, New Zealand
[a][14]

2094-06-13 June 13, 2094
00:22:11
119
Partial
0.162
—
-65.3 65°18′S 163°36′W / 65.3°S 163.6°W / -65.3; -163.6
—
Partial: southern Antarctic Ocean, near Antarctica
[a][14]

2094-07-12 July 12, 2094
13:24:35
157
Partial
0.422
—
68.0 68°00′N 152°48′E / 68.0°N 152.8°E / 68.0; 152.8
—
Partial: North America, Asia
[a][14]

2094-12-07 December 7, 2094
20:05:56
124
Partial
0.705
—
64.7 64°42′N 95°00′W / 64.7°N 95.0°W / 64.7; -95.0
—
Partial: North America
[a][14]

2095-06-02 June 2, 2095
10:07:40
129
Total
1.033
3:18
-16.7 16°42′S 37°12′E / 16.7°S 37.2°E / -16.7; 37.2
145
90
Total: Namibia, South Africa, Botswana, Zambia, Mozambique, Madagascar
Partial: Africa

[a][14]

2095-11-27 November 27, 2095
01:02:57
134
Annular
0.933
8:47
07.2 7°12′N 169°48′E / 7.2°N 169.8°E / 7.2; 169.8
285
177
Annular: China, Korea, Japan, central Pacific
Partial: Asia, Indies, Australia

[a][14]

2096-05-22 May 22, 2096
01:37:14
139
Total
1.074
6:07
27.3 27°18′N 153°24′E / 27.3°N 153.4°E / 27.3; 153.4
241
150
Total: Indonesia, Central Pacific, Philippines
Partial: Asia, Indies, Australia, North America
[a][14]

2096-11-15 November 15, 2096
00:36:15
144
Annular
0.924
8:53
-29.7 29°42′S 163°18′E / 29.7°S 163.3°E / -29.7; 163.3
294
183
Annular: Malaysia, Indonesia, New Guinea, Australia, New Zealand
Partial: Indies, Antarctica
[a][14]

2097-05-11 May 11, 2097
18:34:31
149
Total
1.054
3:10
67.4 67°24′N 149°30′W / 67.4°N 149.5°W / 67.4; -149.5
339
211
Total: Alaska, Russia
Partial: Asia, North America, northern Europe
[a][14]

2097-11-04 November 4, 2097
02:01:25
154
Annular
0.949
3:36
-65.8 65°48′S 86°48′E / 65.8°S 86.8°E / -65.8; 86.8
411
255
Annular: Antarctica
Partial: Australia
[a][14]

2098-04-01 April 1, 2098
20:02:31
121
Partial
0.798
—
-61.0 61°00′S 38°06′W / 61.0°S 38.1°W / -61.0; -38.1
—
Partial: Antarctica, South America
[a][14]

2098-09-25 September 25, 2098
00:31:16
126
Partial
0.787
—
61.1 61°06′N 101°00′W / 61.1°N 101.0°W / 61.1; -101.0
—
Partial: Asia, North America
[a][14]

2098-10-24 October 24, 2098
10:36:11
164
Partial
0.006
—
-61.8 61°48′S 95°30′W / 61.8°S 95.5°W / -61.8; -95.5
—
Partial: southern Antarctic Ocean, near Antarctica
[a][14]

2099-03-21 March 21, 2099
22:54:32
131
Annular
0.932
7:32
-20.0 20°00′S 149°00′W / 20.0°S 149.0°W / -20.0; -149.0
275
171
Annular: central Pacific
Partial: Australia, New Zealand, Antarctica, North America
[a][14]

2099-09-14 September 14, 2099
16:57:53
136
Total
1.068
5:18
23.4 23°24′N 62°48′W / 23.4°N 62.8°W / 23.4; -62.8
241
150
Total: Canada, United States, central Atlantic
Partial: Americas, Africa

[a][14]

2100-03-10 March 10, 2100
22:28:11
141
Annular
0.934
7:29
12.0 12°00′N 162°24′W / 12.0°N 162.4°W / 12.0; -162.4
257
160
Annular: central Pacific, Hawaii, Northwestern United States
Partial: Australia, North America
[a][14]

2100-09-04 September 4, 2100
08:49:20
146
Total
1.040
3:32
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document_title: The Handmaid's Tale (TV series)

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text: The Handmaid's Tale (TV series)

text: Plot[edit]

text: In the near future, human fertility rates collapse as a result of sexually transmitted diseases and environmental pollution.[2] With this chaos in place, the totalitarian, Christian theonomic government of "Gilead" establishes rule in the former United States in the aftermath of a civil war.[3][4][5] Society is organized by power-hungry leaders along a new, militarized, hierarchical regime of fanaticism and newly created social classes, in which women are brutally subjugated, and by law are not allowed to work, own property, handle money, or read.[5] Worldwide infertility has resulted in the conscription of the few remaining fertile women in Gilead, called "Handmaids", according to an "extremist interpretation" of a Biblical account.[5] They are assigned to the homes of the ruling elite, where they must submit to ritualized rape with their male masters in order to become pregnant and bear children for those men and their wives.

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text: Alongside the red-clad Handmaids, much of society is now grouped into classes that dictate their freedoms and duties. Wives are expected to run their households and wear blue, Marthas are housekeepers and cooks, Aunts train and oversee the Handmaids, Eyes watch over the general populace for signs of rebellion, Hunters track down people attempting to flee the country, and Jezebels are prostitutes.

text: June Osborne, renamed Offred (Elisabeth Moss), is the Handmaid assigned to the home of Gileadan Commander Fred Waterford (Joseph Fiennes) and his wife Serena Joy (Yvonne Strahovski). She is subject to the strictest rules and constant scrutiny; an improper word or deed on her part can lead to brutal punishment. Offred, who is named after her male master like all Handmaids, can remember the "time before", when she was married with a daughter and had her own name and identity, but all she can safely do now is follow the rules of Gilead in the hope that she can someday live free and be reunited with her daughter. The Waterfords, key players in the rise of Gilead, have their own conflicts with the realities of the society they have helped create.

text: Cast[edit]

text: Main[edit]

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Elisabeth Moss as June Osborne/Offred, a woman who was captured attempting to flee the country with her husband Luke and daughter Hannah. Due to her fertility she becomes a handmaid to Commander Fred Waterford and his wife, Serena Joy, and is named "Offred".
Joseph Fiennes as Commander Fred Waterford, a high-ranking government official and June's master. Both he and his wife played an instrumental role in Gilead's founding. He wishes to connect with June outside of what Gilead dictates is lawful between a handmaid and her master, and starts inviting her to nightly games of Scrabble.
Yvonne Strahovski as Serena Joy Waterford, Fred's wife and a former conservative cultural activist who appears to have accepted her new limited role in a society she helped create. She is poised and deeply religious, but capable of great cruelty and is often callous in her treatment of June. She is desperate to become a mother.
Alexis Bledel as Emily/Ofglen, June's shopping partner. Although June is initially wary of her, it is revealed she is not as pious as she seems and the two become friends. She had a wife and son, and was a university lecturer in cellular biology. Being homosexual is punishable by death under Gilead and most university professors are sent to labor camps, but she was spared due to her fertility. She is later captured and punished for her relationship with a Martha, and is sent to another household where she becomes "Ofsteven". She is involved with a resistance movement called "Mayday".
Madeline Brewer as Janine/Ofwarren, a handmaid who entered the Red Center for training at the same time as June, and considers June a friend due to her kind treatment. Initially non-compliant, her right eye is removed as a punishment. She becomes mentally unstable due to her treatment, and often behaves in temperamental or childlike ways. She gives birth to a child for Warren and Naomi Putnam; they name her "Angela" but Janine insists that her name is "Charlotte". She is later reassigned and becomes "Ofdaniel".
Ann Dowd as Aunt Lydia, a woman in charge of overseeing the handmaids in their education and duty. She is brutal and subjects insubordinate handmaids to harsh physical punishment, but also cares for the handmaids and believes deeply in their mission and the Gilead doctrine. She appears to have a soft spot for Janine, even going so far as to address her by her given name on occasion.
O. T. Fagbenle as Luke Bankole, June's husband from before Gilead. As June is his second wife, their union is considered invalid in the new society and Hannah is considered illegitimate. Initially June believes him to have been killed, but it is later revealed that he managed to escape to Canada.
Max Minghella as Nick Blaine, Commander Waterford's driver and a former drifter from Michigan who has feelings for June. June and Nick develop an intimate relationship, and she eventually discovers that he is an Eye, a spy for Gilead.
Samira Wiley as Moira, June's best friend since college. She is already at the Red Center when June enters handmaid training; but is able to escape before being assigned to a home. She is recaptured and becomes "Ruby", a Jezebel. She seems to have given up hope of ever being free, but upon meeting June again regains the conviction to attempt another escape.
Amanda Brugel as Rita, a Martha at the Waterford home. She once had a son who died fighting in the civil war when he was nineteen years old.[6]

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Ever Carradine as Naomi Putnam, Commander Warren Putnam's wife. She views her baby merely as a status symbol and has no sympathy for the handmaids.
Kristen Gutoskie as Beth, a Martha at Jezebel's. She has an arrangement with Nick where she trades illegal alcohol and other contraband for drugs, which the Jezebels use. She has a casual sexual relationship with him and is aware that he is an Eye.
Tattiawna Jones as Ofglen #2, who replaces Emily in the position after she's captured by the Eyes. She follows the rules and does not wish to upset the status quo, but this is because she believes her life as a handmaid to be better than the difficult, impoverished life she led prior to Gilead, rather than out of religious piety.
Nina Kiri as Alma, another handmaid who trained at the Red Center with June, Moira and Janine. She is frank and chatty, often trading gossip and news with June. She is also involved with Mayday and becomes June's first contact with the resistance group.
Jenessa Grant as Ofsamuel, a local handmaid with a friendly and talkative nature.
Jordana Blake as Hannah Osborne, June's daughter.

text: Episodes[edit]

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No.
Title
Directed by
Teleplay by
Original release date

1
"Offred"
Reed Morano
Bruce Miller
April 26, 2017 (2017-04-26)

A woman flees from a group of men with guns, but she is captured and separated from her young daughter; her husband has vanished. She is known as Offred, a handmaid to Commander Fred Waterford. Offred goes grocery shopping with her companion, Ofglen. On the way home, they pass by a wall of men who have been hanged for crimes such as being gay, working in an abortion clinic, being Jewish, and being Catholic.[7] In a flashback, various women are indoctrinated into the handmaid roles by Aunt Lydia, who tells them about declining birth rates and that they are "special", serving a Biblical purpose. Offred enters the room and notices Moira, a woman she knew at college. One woman in the class, Janine, answers Lydia back and is shocked with a cattle prod before having her right eye removed as punishment. In the present, Commander Waterford tries to impregnate Offred as she lies in the lap of his wife, Serena Joy. The next day, the handmaids gather in an open field where Lydia announces a man has raped a pregnant handmaid. As punishment, the handmaids are allowed to beat him to death. Janine tells Offred that Moira is dead. On the way home, Ofglen tells Offred that she had a wife and son and warns her there is an Eye (a secret spy) in her house. Through voiceover, Offred reveals her true name, June, and that she intends to survive to find her daughter.

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"Birth Day"
Reed Morano
Bruce Miller
April 26, 2017 (2017-04-26)

Offred and Ofglen go shopping and they reveal more personal information about themselves to each other. While they are walking, Offred and Ofglen see St. Paul Catholic Church, the local church they belonged to, being destroyed by the new régime.[8][7] Ofglen tells Offred that the régime also bulldozed St. Patrick's Cathedral in Manhattan to try to "erase" the fact that it ever existed; Offred asks how Ofglen knows this information and she reveals that she is part of a resistance against the government.[9] Ofglen asks her to join, but Offred declines. Nick, Commander Waterford's driver, tells Offred that the Commander wants to see her alone later that night, which is forbidden. Nick also warns her “Don't get too close to [Ofglen]. It's dangerous.” Offred and other handmaids go to a home to witness the birth of Ofwarren's (formerly Janine's) child, named "Angela" by the Puttnams, but "Charlotte" by Ofwarren. In flashbacks, June remembers the birth of her own daughter, Hannah. At that time healthy births were already rare, and a woman tried to kidnap Hannah but was arrested. Offred goes to the Commander's office, unsure of what will happen, but he just wants to play Scrabble. She laughs with relief when she returns to her room. The next day, Offred prepares to tell Ofglen what happened that night, but when she goes outside, it's a different woman who introduces herself as Ofglen.

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"Late"
Reed Morano
Bruce Miller
April 26, 2017 (2017-04-26)

In flashbacks, the rise of Gilead is detailed. June and all the other women at her office are fired because "it's the law now". June and Moira also learn that the government has frozen all women's bank accounts and that they can no longer own property. In the present, Serena takes Offred to see Ofwarren and the baby. Offred fears Ofwarren is delusional and comments on her behaviour to Serena. Nick drives Offred home and there is a black van waiting. Offred is interrogated by an Eye and Aunt Lydia about her knowledge of Ofglen. Offred eventually reveals she knew Ofglen was gay and quotes one of the Beatitudes from the Bible; for this, Lydia shocks Offred with a cattle prod. Before she can leave the room, Offred responds by quoting the Bible back: “Blessed are those who suffer for the cause of righteousness, for theirs is the kingdom of Heaven.” That would have earned her a much more serious beating but Serena intervenes, yelling at them to stop as she believes that Offred is pregnant. Nick visits Offred in her room to check on her and they share an intimate moment. Offred later tells Serena that she's not pregnant so Serena angrily drags her to her room and loudly orders her not to come out. In a flashback, June and Moira attend a protest against the new laws that is suppressed by automatic gunfire and explosives. In the present, Ofglen and the Martha she's in a relationship with are charged with "gender treachery", with Ofglen receiving a lesser sentence because she can still bear children. The Martha is executed by hanging as Ofglen watches, sobbing and horrified. Later, Ofglen (now referred to by her "old" name, Emily) wakes up in a clinic, having undergone female genital mutilation surgery as explained by Aunt Lydia. She then screams out of grief and anger.

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"Nolite Te Bastardes Carborundorum"
Mike Barker
Leila Gerstein
May 3, 2017 (2017-05-03)

Offred, who is banished to her room, goes into the closet where she finds the Latin phrase Nolite Te Bastardes Carborundorum scratched into the wall. Rita, the Commander's housekeeper, finds Offred lying in the closet but Offred tells her that she fainted. Believing she is ill, Serena has Offred sent to the hospital for a check-up. While examining Offred, the physician remarks that the Commander is sterile, because "most of those guys are". He offers to impregnate her but she declines. In flashbacks, Aunt Lydia teaches the handmaids (including June and Moira) about the "Ceremony": when the Commander rapes a handmaid. Later, June lures Aunt Elizabeth into the bathroom saying a toilet has overflowed, and Moira threatens the Aunt with a shiv. June and Moira take her to the basement where Moira takes the Aunt's outfit and they tie her up. June and Moira begin their escape, hoping to leave via train to Boston, which has safehouses. When Moira is asking one of the guards for directions, June is approached by another guard who is suspicious of her being alone. Moira gets on the train, leaving June behind, but June smiles at her to let her know it's okay. June is later punished by having her feet whipped. In the present, Commander Waterford has an unsuccessful Ceremony night with Offred. Later that night, the Commander and Offred have another game of Scrabble where she asks him about the Latin phrase; he tells her it means "Don't let the bastards grind you down". She also inquires about the previous Offred, in which he tells her that she committed suicide because life was unbearable. He makes it known that he doesn't want that to happen again and releases Offred from her solitary confinement.

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"Faithful"
Mike Barker
Dorothy Fortenberry
May 10, 2017 (2017-05-10)

Serena suggests to Offred that she have sex with Nick in case Commander Waterford is sterile. At the grocery store, Offred talks to the original Ofglen, now called Ofsteven, but she is not as responsive as she used to be. During a Ceremony night, The Commander touches Offred's thigh, which she later tells him never to do again. Nick reveals to Offred that he is indeed an Eye. At an open-air market, Offred questions Ofsteven about the resistance group called "Mayday" (from the French, m'aidez meaning 'help me'). Ofsteven steals one of the guards' cars and proceeds to drive away; in the process, she kills a guard by running him over but she is caught and put into a van. Later that day, Serena leads Offred up to Nick's room where she waits by the door while they have Ceremony-like sex. Flashbacks detail Luke and June's first meeting and courtship. Offred returns to Nick's place alone later that night and they share an intimate night.

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"A Woman's Place"
Floria Sigismondi
Wendy Straker Hauser
May 17, 2017 (2017-05-17)

Mexican delegates visit the Commander's home in an effort to create partnerships in trade and see the effects of the Gilead cultural movement. The head of the Mexican delegation is a woman who questions Offred about her experience in Gilead. With great self-control, Offred tells them, "I have found happiness". After the meeting, Offred visits the Commander's office for their usual discussions where some tensions flare up between them. He asks her to kiss him "like you mean it". She kisses the Commander and leaves, ferociously brushing her teeth afterwards. The handmaids are then taken to a party to honour Gilead and show the foreign delegates their success, including presenting the children of Gilead. Offred's friend remarks that the delegates are interested in fertile women as a commodity to be traded between the two nations. The next day, as the delegates are leaving, Offred tells them the brutal truth about Gilead. She pleads for their help, but the Mexican ambassador claims that she cannot help Offred and explains her own country's dire situation. When Offred is left alone with the ambassador's assistant, he claims her husband is alive and that he can send a message to him. Flashbacks detail Serena and Fred's life before and during the beginnings of the Gilead movement. Serena is revealed to have been a conservative cultural activist during the "life before", with a passion and intelligence equal to that of her husband's (as well as a special fondness for movie popcorn). She even wrote a book about her beliefs, titled A Woman's Place, which contained the famous line "do not mistake a woman's meekness for weakness". However, after the takeover, she is shown to be completely shut out of the new government planning (to Fred's dismay). Rather symbolically, as she prepares to accept her new limited role in the society she helped create, a copy of her book is seen being thrown out in the trash.

7
"The Other Side"
Floria Sigismondi
Lynn Renee Maxcy
May 24, 2017 (2017-05-24)

The episode chronicles the story of Luke after he is separated from his wife and daughter. Luke is shot by Gileadan guards and taken in an ambulance to be interrogated. He escapes when the ambulance gets into an accident and he takes some supplies with him. Evidence of the country's violent takeover is everywhere. After passing out from his wounds, he is awoken by a resistance group (viewed as "undesirables" by Gilead) who are traveling to Canada; these survivors included a Roman Catholic nun, an escaped handmaid, a homosexual man and a daughter of a US army soldier.[10] Initially reluctant, Luke joins them after one of the survivors, Zoe, shows him that Gileadan authorities hanged local townspeople from the rafters of their church for resisting.[11][12] As they are boarding a boat, they are shot at by Gileadan guards, who kill several members of the group. Luke and one of the members, a mute blonde woman who was being trained as a handmaid, survive and flee. Flashbacks prior to Luke, June and their daughter Hannah being separated are detailed. June and Luke get help from Mr. Whitford, a man who knew June's mother. He drives them safely out of town and drops them off at a secluded cabin in the woods. Luke and June wait as Mr. Whitford gets documentation for them to escape to Canada. They are confronted by a hunter, who tells them Whitford has been caught and hanged. But the man says he can help them get over the border. Three years later, Luke and the mute blonde woman are living safely in "Little America", based in Toronto, Ontario. Missing person flyers are posted everywhere in the main administrative office. Luke receives the letter from June, which reads "I love you so much. Save Hannah."

8
"Jezebels"
Kate Dennis
Kira Snyder
May 31, 2017 (2017-05-31)

Commander Waterford gifts Offred with makeup and a dress as he is taking her out for the night. Nick drives them to Boston to an underground brothel where prostitutes known as "Jezebels" work. Offred spots Moira working in the club and they briefly reunite. Nick trades drugs and pregnancy tests for alcohol with one of the brothel's Marthas. Offred goes to see Moira again, where she explains to Offred about how Quakers tried to help her escape, but were caught.[13][14] Moira had the choice of either being sent to the colonies or one of the brothels.[14] Moira tells Offred, "Forget about escaping. This is Gilead. No one gets out." Offred reveals to Moira that she knows Luke is alive. Flashbacks detail how Nick got involved with the Gilead movement and how he became an Eye after reporting a Commander for breaking protocol with his handmaids. There are other flashbacks to the suicide of the previous Offred, with Serena pointedly saying to her husband, "What did you think was going to happen?" In the present, after Nick drives Waterford and Offred home, he ends his relationship with Offred, which upsets and angers her. Offred receives a gift from Serena, a music box. The episode closes with Offred etching "You are not alone" into the closet wall.

9
"The Bridge"
Kate Dennis
Eric Tuchman
June 7, 2017 (2017-06-07)

Ofwarren's daughter is presented to Commander Putnam and his wife. Offred is worried about Ofwarren's mental state but Aunt Lydia informs her that "she's tougher than you think". Ofwarren, now known as Ofdaniel, is taken to her new home. During her first Ceremony night with her new Commander, Ofdaniel forcefully stops it and sobs. At the market, Alma pulls Offred aside and lets her know that she knows about the resistance group "Mayday". Alma tells her to retrieve a package from Jezebel's. Offred convinces Waterford to take her to Jezebel's again that very night. After Offred and Waterford have sex in their room, he presents Moira as he believes a sexual attraction between the two was the reason Offred wanted to come back. Offred talks to Moira about having her retrieve the package from the bar, but she refuses, which angers Offred. Moira seems to have completely given up. Back at the house, Offred is awoken by Serena, who takes her to a bridge where Ofdaniel is standing on the edge with Charlotte. Various Gileadan guards, the Putnams, Waterfords, and Aunt Lydia are also present. Ofdaniel loudly accuses Commander Putnam of lying to her and accuses him of having promised to leave his wife for her. Offred is able to convince Ofdaniel to give her the child but Ofdaniel jumps, attempting suicide. She is pulled out by the guards and lies comatose in hospital with Aunt Lydia by her side, who calls her "stupid". Commander Putnam is later seen being led into a black van by guards due to the accusations made by Ofdaniel. Serena Joy tries to offer comfort to Mrs. Putnam and offers help with the baby, which she curtly refuses. Mrs. Putnam then reminds Serena of the first Offred, saying that "men don't change". Serena is seen going into Fred's office. At the market, Offred is given a package by the butcher, sent by Moira from Jezebels. At the brothel, Moira kills a client and takes his clothes, jubilantly driving off in his car.

10
"Night"
Kari Skogland
Bruce Miller
June 14, 2017 (2017-06-14)

This episode begins with a flashback to when June was first captured and sent to the red center, receiving her first indoctrination lesson from Aunt Lydia. Serena discovers the trips to Jezebel's and strikes Offred in anger before forcing her to take a pregnancy test, which is positive. Serena then directs her anger at her husband, telling him about the pregnancy and that the child is not his. She also says he is weak and that God would never allow him to pass on that weakness. On learning the news, Nick shares a brief, tender moment with Offred. Serena and Offred visit the house that Offred's daughter, Hannah, now lives; Offred can see her daughter through a gate. While Serena does not allow Offred to reveal herself to Hannah, she assures her that she is doing fine. Serena also warns Offred that as long as nothing bad happens to her child, nothing bad will happen to Hannah. Offred furiously curses Serena in a breathless rant, only to be told to be quiet; yelling is not good for the baby. Fred participates in Commander Putnam’s trial: he himself is all for leniency but is told there have been too many occurrences of this kind of sin recently and an example has to be made. Mrs. Putnam herself has asked that her husband receive the harshest punishment possible, as she fears for his immortal soul. Ultimately, Putnam's left hand is amputated. In the evening, Offred pleads with Fred to protect her daughter. He asks if he is the father of her child and she says "of course", to which he replies "you do that so well." Later, Fred is seen being quite gentle and conciliatory towards Serena. The package from Jezebel's is revealed to contain letters from women who have lost family members and been enslaved in the Gilead takeover. Later, a somewhat emotional Aunt Lydia gathers the handmaids for an execution: they are to stone someone who has endangered a child. The convict turns out to be Janine/Ofdaniel. The handmaids hesitate and Ofglen #2 is brutally beaten when she breaks rank and voices her angry refusal. The other women, beginning with Offred, drop their stones, each saying "I'm sorry, Aunt Lydia" (a phrase they were taught early in their indoctrination). The guards are ready to kill them all, but Aunt Lydia frantically tells them that the handmaids are her responsibility. She tells the women to go home, assuring them that there will be consequences. Not long after, a black van comes for Offred, much to Fred and Serena's surprise and indignation. Nick quietly urges her to trust him and go with them. As she is being led out, Offred whispers to Rita where to find the hidden letters. In a side story, Moira makes it to Canada and is reunited with Luke.

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text: Production[edit]

text: A straight-to-series order by Hulu of The Handmaid's Tale was announced in April 2016, with Elisabeth Moss set to star.[15] Based on the 1985 novel of the same name by Margaret Atwood, the series was created by Bruce Miller, who is also an executive producer with Daniel Wilson, Fran Sears, and Warren Littlefield.[15] Atwood serves as consulting producer, giving feedback on some of the areas where the series expands or modernizes the book.[15][16] She also co-wrote every episode[17] and also had a small cameo role in the first episode.[18] Moss is also a producer.[19] In June 2016, Reed Morano was announced as director of the series.[20] Samira Wiley, Max Minghella, and Ann Dowd joined the cast in July 2016.[21][22][23] Joseph Fiennes, Madeline Brewer and Yvonne Strahovski were cast in August 2016,[24][25][26] followed by O. T. Fagbenle and Amanda Brugel in September 2016.[27][28] In October 2016, Ever Carradine joined the cast,[29] and Alexis Bledel was added in January 2017.[30]

text: Filming on the series took place in Toronto, Mississauga, Hamilton, and Cambridge, Ontario, from September 2016 to February 2017.[31][32] The first full trailer of the TV series was released by Hulu on YouTube on March 23, 2017.[33] The series premiered on April 26, 2017.[34]

text: On May 3, 2017, The Handmaid's Tale was renewed for a second season to premiere in 2018.[35] Moss told the news media that the subsequent episodes will cover further developments in the story, filling in some of the unanswered questions and continuing the narrative already "finished" in the book.[36] The second season will consist of 13 episodes and will begin filming in fall 2017.[37] Alexis Bledel will return as a series regular. Showrunner Bruce Miller stated that he envisioned ten seasons of the show, stating "Well, you know, honestly, when I started, I tried to game out in my head what would ten seasons be like? If you hit a home run, you want energy to go around the bases, you want enough story to keep going, if you can hook the audience to care about these people enough that they're actually crying at the finale."[38]

text: Broadcast[edit]

text: The first three episodes of the series premiered on April 26, 2017, with the subsequent seven episodes added on a weekly basis.[34][39] In Canada, the series is broadcast by Bravo, beginning with the first two episodes premiering on April 30.[40] In Scandinavia, the series is available on HBO Nordic.[41] In the UK and Ireland, the series premiered on May 28, 2017, and airs every Sunday on Channel 4.[42]

text: In New Zealand, the series was released on the subscription video on demand service Lightbox on June 8, 2017.[43] In Australia, the series premiered on the TV channel SBS's video streaming service SBS on Demand on July 6, 2017.[44]

text: Reception[edit]

text: The Handmaid's Tale has received high acclaim from television critics. On Metacritic, it has a score of 92 out of 100 based on 40 reviews, indicating "universal acclaim".[45] The season has a 96% approval rating on Rotten Tomatoes with an average score of 8.63 out of 10 based on 92 reviews. The site's critical consensus is, "Haunting and vivid, The Handmaid's Tale is an endlessly engrossing adaptation of Margaret Atwood's dystopian novel that's anchored by a terrific central performance from Elisabeth Moss."[46] Daniel Fienberg of The Hollywood Reporter called it "probably the spring's best new show and certainly its most important".[47] Jen Chaney of Vulture gave it a highly positive review, and wrote that it is "A faithful adaptation of the book that also brings new layers to Atwood's totalitarian, sexist world of forced surrogate motherhood" and that "this series is meticulously paced, brutal, visually stunning, and so suspenseful from moment to moment that only at the end of each hour will you feel fully at liberty to exhale".[48]

text: There was much debate on whether parallels could be drawn between the series (and by extension, the book it is based on) and American society following Donald Trump's and Mike Pence's election as President of the United States and Vice President of the United States, respectively.[49][50]

text: Accolades[edit]

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Year
Award
Category
Recipients
Result

2017

Primetime Emmy Awards[51]
Outstanding Drama Series
The Handmaid's Tale
Won

Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series
Elisabeth Moss
Won

Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series
Ann Dowd
Won

Samira Wiley
Nominated

Outstanding Directing for a Drama Series
Reed Morano for "Offred"
Won

Kate Dennis for "The Bridge"
Nominated

Outstanding Writing for a Drama Series
Bruce Miller for "Offred"
Won

Outstanding Guest Actress in a Drama Series
Alexis Bledel
Won

Outstanding Casting for a Drama Series
Russell Scott, Sharon Bialy, Sherry Thomas
Nominated

Outstanding Cinematography for a Single-Camera Series (One Hour)
Colin Watkinson for "Offred"
Won

Outstanding Period/Fantasy Costumes for a Series, Limited Series, or Movie
Ane Crabtree, Sheena Wichary for "Offred"
Nominated

Outstanding Production Design for a Narrative Contemporary or Fantasy Program (One Hour or More)
Julie Berghoff, Evan Webber, Sophie Neudorfer for "Offred"
Won

Outstanding Special Visual Effects in a Supporting Role
Brendan Taylor, Stephen Lebed, Leo Bovell, Martin O'Brien, Winston Lee, Kelly Knauff, Zach Dembinski, Mike Suta, Cameron Kerr for "Birth Day"
Nominated

TCA Awards[52]
Program of the Year
The Handmaid's Tale
Won

Outstanding Achievement in Drama
Won

Outstanding New Program
Nominated

Individual Achievement in Drama
Elisabeth Moss
Nominated

Gold Derby TV Awards[53]
Drama Series
The Handmaid's Tale
Nominated

Drama Actress
Elisabeth Moss
Won

Drama Guest Actress
Alexis Bledel
Won


document_title: The Rime of the Ancient Mariner

question_text: rime of the ancient mariner life and death

text: The Rime of the Ancient Mariner

text: Synopsis[edit]

text: The mariner's tale begins with his ship departing on its journey. Despite initial good fortune, the ship is driven south by a storm and eventually reaches Antarctic waters. An albatross appears and leads them out of the ice jam where they are stuck, but even as the albatross is praised by the ship's crew, the mariner shoots the bird:

text:
With my cross-bow,
I shot the albatross.

text: The crew is angry with the mariner, believing the albatross brought the south wind that led them out of the Antarctic. However, the sailors change their minds when the weather becomes warmer and the mist disappears:

text:
'Twas right, said they, such birds to slay,
That bring the fog and mist.

text: They soon find that they made a grave mistake in supporting this crime, as it arouses the wrath of spirits who then pursue the ship "from the land of mist and snow"; the south wind that had initially led them from the land of ice now sends the ship into uncharted waters near the equator, where it is becalmed.

text:
Day after day, day after day,
We stuck, nor breath nor motion;
As idle as a painted ship
Upon a painted ocean.

Water, water, every where,
And all the boards did shrink;
Water, water, every where,
Nor any drop to drink.

The very deep did rot – Oh Christ!
That ever this should be.
Yea, slimy things did crawl with legs,
Upon the slimy sea.

text: The sailors change their minds again and blame the mariner for the torment of their thirst. In anger, the crew forces the mariner to wear the dead albatross about his neck, perhaps to illustrate the burden he must suffer from killing it, or perhaps as a sign of regret:

text:
Ah! Well a-day! What evil looks
Had I from old and young!
Instead of the cross, the albatross
About my neck was hung.

text: Eventually, the ship encounters a ghostly hulk. On board are Death (a skeleton) and the "Night-mare Life-in-Death", a deathly-pale woman, who are playing dice for the souls of the crew. With a roll of the dice, Death wins the lives of the crew members and Life-in-Death the life of the mariner, a prize she considers more valuable. Her name is a clue to the mariner's fate: he will endure a fate worse than death as punishment for his killing of the albatross.

text: One by one, all of the crew members die, but the mariner lives on, seeing for seven days and nights the curse in the eyes of the crew's corpses, whose last expressions remain upon their faces. Eventually, this stage of the mariner's curse is lifted after he appreciates the sea creatures swimming in the water. Despite his cursing them as "slimy things" earlier in the poem, he suddenly sees their true beauty and blesses them ("a spring of love gush'd from my heart, and I bless'd them unaware"); suddenly, as he manages to pray, the albatross falls from his neck and his guilt is partially expiated. The bodies of the crew, possessed by good spirits, rise again and help steer the ship. In a trance, the mariner hears two spirits discussing his voyage and penance, and learns that the ship is being powered preternaturally:

text:
The air is cut away before,
And closes from behind.

text: Finally the mariner comes in sight of his homeland, but is initially uncertain as to whether or not he is hallucinating.

text:
Oh! Dream of joy! Is this indeed
The light-house top I see?
Is this the hill? Is this the kirk?
Is this mine own countree?

We drifted o'er the harbour-bar,
And I with sobs did pray—
O let me be awake, my God!
Or let me sleep alway.

text: The rotten remains of the ship sink in a whirlpool, leaving only the mariner behind. A hermit on the mainland had seen the approaching ship and had come to meet it with a pilot and his boy, in a boat. When they pull him from the water, they think he is dead, but when he opens his mouth, the pilot has a fit. The hermit prays, and the mariner picks up the oars to row. The pilot's boy goes crazy and laughs, thinking the mariner is the devil, and cries, "The Devil knows how to row". As penance for shooting the albatross, the mariner, driven by guilt, is forced to wander the earth, telling his story over and over, and teaching a lesson to those he meets:

text:
He prayeth best, who loveth best
All things both great and small;
For the dear God who loveth us,
He made and loveth all.

text: After relaying the story, the mariner leaves, and the wedding guest returns home, and wakes the next morning "a sadder and a wiser man".

text: The poem received mixed reviews from critics, and Coleridge was once told by the publisher that most of the book's sales were to sailors who thought it was a naval songbook. Coleridge made several modifications to the poem over the years. In the second edition of Lyrical Ballads, published in 1800, he replaced many of the archaic words.

text: Inspiration for the poem[edit]

text:
"Ah ! well a-day ! what evil looks
Had I from old and young!
Instead of the cross, the Albatross
About my neck was hung."

text: The poem may have been inspired by James Cook's second voyage of exploration (1772–1775) of the South Seas and the Pacific Ocean; Coleridge's tutor, William Wales, was the astronomer on Cook's flagship and had a strong relationship with Cook. On this second voyage Cook crossed three times into the Antarctic Circle to determine whether the fabled great southern continent existed.[1] Critics have also suggested that the poem may have been inspired by the voyage of Thomas James into the Arctic.[2]

text: According to William Wordsworth, the poem was inspired while Coleridge, Wordsworth, and Wordsworth's sister Dorothy were on a walking tour through the Quantock Hills in Somerset.[3] The discussion had turned to a book that Wordsworth was reading, A Voyage Round The World by Way of the Great South Sea (1726) by Captain George Shelvocke. In the book, a melancholy sailor, Simon Hatley, shoots a black albatross:

text: We all observed, that we had not the sight of one fish of any kind, since we were come to the Southward of the streights of le Mair, nor one sea-bird, except a disconsolate black Albatross, who accompanied us for several days ... till Hattley, (my second Captain) observing, in one of his melancholy fits, that this bird was always hovering near us, imagin'd, from his colour, that it might be some ill omen ... He, after some fruitless attempts, at length, shot the Albatross, not doubting we should have a fair wind after it.

text: As they discussed Shelvocke's book, Wordsworth proffers the following developmental critique to Coleridge, which importantly contains a reference to tutelary spirits: "Suppose you represent him as having killed one of these birds on entering the south sea, and the tutelary spirits of these regions take upon them to avenge the crime."[3] By the time the trio finished their walk, the poem had taken shape.

text: Bernard Martin argues in The Ancient Mariner and the Authentic Narrative that Coleridge was also influenced by the life of Anglican clergyman John Newton, who had a near-death experience aboard a slave ship.[citation needed]

text: The poem may also have been inspired by the legends of the Wandering Jew, who was forced to wander the earth until Judgement Day for a terrible crime, found in Charles Maturin's Melmoth the Wanderer, M.G. Lewis' The Monk (a novel Coleridge reviewed) and the Flying Dutchman.[4][5]

text: It is claimed that the harbour at Watchet in Somerset was the primary inspiration for the poem, although some time before, John Cruikshank, a local acquaintance of Coleridge’s, had related a dream about a skeleton ship manned by spectral sailors.[6] In September 2003, a commemorative statue, by Alan B Herriot of Penicuik, Scotland, was unveiled at Watchet harbour.[7]

text: Coleridge's comments[edit]

text: In Biographia Literaria, Coleridge wrote:

text: The thought suggested itself (to which of us I do not recollect) that a series of poems might be composed of two sorts. In the one, incidents and agents were to be, in part at least, supernatural, and the excellence aimed at was to consist in the interesting of the affections by the dramatic truth of such emotions, as would naturally accompany such situations, supposing them real. And real in this sense they have been to every human being who, from whatever source of delusion, has at any time believed himself under supernatural agency. For the second class, subjects were to be chosen from ordinary life...In this idea originated the plan of the 'Lyrical Ballads'; in which it was agreed, that my endeavours should be directed to persons and characters supernatural, or at least Romantic; yet so as to transfer from our inward nature a human interest and a semblance of truth sufficient to procure for these shadows of imagination that willing suspension of disbelief for the moment, which constitutes poetic faith. ... With this view I wrote the 'Ancient Mariner'.[8]

text: In Table Talk, Coleridge wrote:

text: Mrs Barbauld once told me that she admired The Ancient Mariner very much, but that there were two faults in it -- it was improbable, and had no moral. As for the probability, I owned that that might admit some question; but as to the want of a moral, I told her that in my own judgement the poem had too much; and that the only, or chief fault, if I might say so, was the obtrusion of the moral sentiment so openly on the reader as a principle or cause of action in a work of such pure imagination. It ought to have had no more moral than the Arabian Nights' tale of the merchant's sitting down to eat dates by the side of a well, and throwing the shells aside, and lo! a genie starts up, and says he must kill the aforesaid merchant, because one of the date shells had, it seems, put out the eye of the genie's son.[9]

text: Wordsworth's comments[edit]

text: Wordsworth wrote to Joseph Cottle in 1799:

text: From what I can gather it seems that the Ancient Mariner has upon the whole been an injury to the volume, I mean that the old words and the strangeness of it have deterred readers from going on. If the volume should come to a second Edition I would put in its place some little things which would be more likely to suit the common taste.

text: However, when Lyrical Ballads was reprinted, Wordsworth included it despite Coleridge's objections, writing:

text: The Poem of my Friend has indeed great defects; first, that the principal person has no distinct character, either in his profession of Mariner, or as a human being who having been long under the control of supernatural impressions might be supposed himself to partake of something supernatural; secondly, that he does not act, but is continually acted upon; thirdly, that the events having no necessary connection do not produce each other; and lastly, that the imagery is somewhat too laboriously accumulated. Yet the Poem contains many delicate touches of passion, and indeed the passion is every where true to nature, a great number of the stanzas present beautiful images, and are expressed with unusual felicity of language; and the versification, though the metre is itself unfit for long poems, is harmonious and artfully varied, exhibiting the utmost powers of that metre, and every variety of which it is capable. It therefore appeared to me that these several merits (the first of which, namely that of the passion, is of the highest kind) gave to the Poem a value which is not often possessed by better Poems.

text: Early criticisms[edit]

text: Upon its release, the poem was criticized for being obscure and difficult to read. The use of archaic spelling of words was seen as not in keeping with Wordsworth's claims of using common language. Criticism was renewed again in 1815–16, when Coleridge added marginal notes to the poem that were also written in an archaic style. These notes or glosses, placed next to the text of the poem, ostensibly interpret the verses much like marginal notes found in the Bible. There were many opinions on why Coleridge inserted the gloss.[10] Charles Lamb, who had deeply admired the original for its attention to "Human Feeling", claimed that the gloss distanced the audience from the narrative, weakening the poem's effects. The entire poem was first published in the collection of Lyrical Ballads. Another version of the poem was published in the 1817 collection entitled Sibylline Leaves[11] (see 1817 in poetry).

text: Interpretations[edit]

text: On a surface level the poem explores a violation of nature and the resulting psychological effects on the mariner and on all those who hear him. According to Jerome McGann the poem is like a salvation story. The poem's structure is multi-layered text based on Coleridge's interest in Higher Criticism. "Like the Iliad or Paradise Lost or any great historical product, the Rime is a work of transhistorical rather than so-called universal significance. This verbal distinction is important because it calls attention to a real one. Like The Divine Comedy or any other poem, the Rime is not valued or used always or everywhere or by everyone in the same way or for the same reasons."[12]

text: George Whalley, in his 1946–47 essay, "The Mariner and the Albatross", suggests that the Ancient Mariner is an autobiographical portrait of Coleridge himself, comparing the mariner's loneliness with Coleridge's own feelings of loneliness expressed in his letters and journals.[13]

text: In popular culture[edit]

text: In addition to being referred to in several other notable works, due to the popularity of the poem the phrase "albatross around one's neck" has become an English language idiom referring to "a heavy burden of guilt that becomes an obstacle to success".[14]

text: The phrase "Water, water, every where, | Nor any drop to drink" has appeared widely in popular culture, but usually given in a more natural modern phrasing as "Water, water, everywhere | But not a drop to drink"; some such appearances have, in turn, played on the frequency with which these lines are misquoted.[15]

text: The poem is referenced in the script of the 1939 film The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.[16]

text: The Iron Maiden song "The Rime of the Ancient Mariner" from their fifth studio album Powerslave, was inspired by and based on the poem.[17]

text: Notes[edit]

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Jump up ^ Cooke, Alan (2000). "Thomas James". Dictionary of Canadian Biography Online. Retrieved 5 March 2007.
^ Jump up to: a b Keach, William (ed.): "The Complete Poems / Samuel Taylor Coleridge", pages 498–99. Penguin, 1997.
Jump up ^ Fulmer, O. Bryan (October 1969). "The Ancient Mariner and the Wandering Jew". Studies in Philology. 66 (5): 797–815. JSTOR 4173656.  (pay site)
Jump up ^ John Clute and John Grant, eds. (1999). The encyclopedia of fantasy. Macmillan. p. 210. ISBN 978-0-312-19869-5. CS1 maint: Uses editors parameter (link) Excerpt available at Google Books.
Jump up ^ "Samuel Taylor Coleridge". poetryfoundation.org. 11 December 2016. Retrieved 12 December 2016.
Jump up ^ "Coleridge and Watchet – Watchet Museum". watchetmuseum.co.uk. Retrieved 12 December 2016.
Jump up ^ Coleridge, Samuel Taylor. "Chapter XIV". Biographia Literaria. Retrieved 12 May 2013.
Jump up ^ TableTalks, p. 106 http://www.english.uga.edu/~nhilton/232/stc/comp4f.htm
Jump up ^ Duncan Wu, A Companion to Romanticism, Blackwell Publishing, 1998, p 137. ISBN 0-631-21877-7
Jump up ^ "GradeSaver: The Rime of the Ancient Mariner-Study Guide – About The Rime of the Ancient Mariner".
Jump up ^ McGann, Jerome J. The Beauty of Inflections: Clarendon Press, 1985.
Jump up ^ Whalley, George (July 1947). "The Mariner and the Albatross". The University of Toronto Quarterly. 16: 381–398. doi:10.3138/utq.16.4.381.  Reprinted in Kathleen Coburn, eds. (1967). Coleridge: A Collection of Critical Essays. Prentice-Hall. CS1 maint: Uses editors parameter (link)
Jump up ^ "albatross around one's neck". Houghton Mifflin. 1997.
Jump up ^ "Ten literary quotes we all get wrong". The Telegraph. Retrieved 26 July 2016.
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