Yesterday's Solar Eclipse Was First of Six Eclipses In 2019 With 'Super Wolf Blood Moon' Up Next

Are you ready for five more incredible eclipses in 2019? Yesterday's partial solar eclipse peaked in northeast Russia when 60% of the Sun was blocked by the Moon, but there are five more eclipses coming up this year that deserve your attention, according to FORBES. 

In fact, 2019 contains a pantheon of eclipses of different types, and eclipse-chasers are getting excited. "The two eclipses I am most looking forward to are the Jan 21 total lunar eclipse, and the July 2 total solar eclipse visible from Chile and Argentina," says Fred Espenak, retired NASA astrophysicist and eclipse expert based in Arizona Sky Village. Known as Mr. Eclipse, he recently posted an article that discusses the details of all eclipses in 2019. After those two events, there's a partial lunar eclipse on July 16, and an annular solar eclipse on December 26. However, between the two is a rare Transit of Mercury when the smallest planet in the solar system will appear to cross the Sun's disk over the course of a few hours on November 11, 2019.

So, is 2019 something of a 'dream year' for eclipse-watchers?

"Each year is a dream year for an eclipse enthusiast - after all, there are at least two solar eclipses each year," says Jay Pasachoff, a professor of astronomy at Williams College in Williamstown, Massachusetts, and Chair of the International Astronomical Union Working Group on Solar Eclipses. "In 2018, with no total solar eclipse, there were three partials; my wife and I were in Buenos Aires in February, Tasmania in July, and Sweden in August." However, Pasachoff has big plans for this year. Having just witnessed Sunday's partial solar eclipse near Tokyo, Japan, he is making plans for July's total solar eclipse.

However, before 'the big one'...