The day has finally arrived, and while Exmouth will become the epicentre of the world’s Total Solar Eclipse attention, it doesn’t mean the people of Perth will miss out.
A Total Solar Eclipse occurs somewhere on Earth approximately every 18 months, making this an incredibly rare occurrence for Western Australia. Today’s astronomical event will mark the first Total Solar Eclipse to occur in WA since the 20th of June, 1974.
What makes this Total Solar Eclipse even more special is that the path will be over some of the more remote parts of Earth. It’s estimated that approximately 375,000 people will be positioned to see a totality/annularity (100%) eclipse — that’s about 0.004% of the world’s population.
Perth Total Solar Eclipse Times
The eclipse is set to begin around 10:00 am and last for over two hours with the annularity set to occur around 11:30 am in Exmouth. However, according to timeanddate.com, Perth will experience our annularity at 11:20 am which will be approximately 76% of a full eclipse.
| Event | Local Time |
|---|---|
| Partial Eclipse begins | April 20th at 10:04:31 am |
| Full Eclipse begins | April 20th at 11:29:48 am |
| Maximum Eclipse | April 20th at 11:30:17 am |
| Full Eclipse ends | April 20th at 11:30:46 am |
| Partial Eclipse ends | April 20th at 01:02:34 pm |
Live Stream
If you don’t want to head outside and look up, you can stay inside and watch on your monitor or phone. Perth Observatory and timeanddate.com will be providing live footage of the Total Solar Eclipse.
Will there be another Total Solar Eclipse in Western Australia
As this is an incredibly rare event, if you’re unable to witness this eclipse, the next one won’t occur until 2028. WA will witness just five more total eclipses in the next 50 years:
- 22 July 2028: Total Eclipse – North WA
- 13 July 2037: Total Eclipse – Geraldton
- 26 December 2038: Total Eclipse – Onslow)
- 17 December 2066: Total Eclipse – Margaret River, Augusta, Denmark, and Albany)
- 31 May 2068: Total Solar Eclipse – Perth
Tag us in your astrophotography
Use the hashtag #soperth and tag @so.perth on Instagram to share your eclipse photos with us. We’ll be sharing as many of them as we can.
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