Beijing

:Peking is also the name of an asteroid, see 2045 Peking.

Astronomical phenomena

The previous total solar eclipse can be seen from the center of Beijing ({{coor dm|39|54.4|N|116|23.5|E}}) was solar eclipse of 1277-Oct-28 occurred on October 28 1277. But Beijing was Dadu, the capital of Yuan Dynasty then, where the urban area of the city was some northeast to the present city center. Beside this one, there were also some much recently total and annular solar eclipses can be seen from other parts of the municipality, they are:

Related Topics:
Solar eclipse - The center of Beijing - Solar eclipse of 1277-Oct-28 - October 28 - 1277 - Dadu - Yuan Dynasty

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• Solar eclipse of 1005-Jan-13 (total, but the totality cannot be seen from the center of the city)
• Solar eclipse of 1021-Aug-11 (total, but the totality cannot be seen from the center of the city)
• Solar eclipse of 1189-Feb-17 (annular, the annularity can be seen from the urban area)
• Solar eclipse of 1277-Oct-28 (total, the totality can be seen from the urban area)
• Solar eclipse of 1292-Jan-21 (annular, the annularity can be seen from the urban area)
• Solar eclipse of 1521-Apr-07 (total, but the totality can be seen only from the far north of the municipality)
• Solar eclipse of 1561-Feb-14 (annular, the annularity can be seen from the urban area)
• Solar eclipse of 1665-Jan-16 (annular, the annularity can be seen from the urban area)
• Solar eclipse of 1666-Jul-02 (total, but the totality can be seen only from very limited area in the southwest of the municipality)
• Solar eclipse of 1697-Apr-21 (total, but the totality can be seen only from the northwest of the municipality)
• Solar eclipse of 1760-Jun-13 (total, but the totality can be seen only from very southwest of Fangshan District)
• Solar eclipse of 1802-Aug-28 (annular, the annularity can be seen from the urban area)

While the next total solar eclipse can be seen from Beijing will be the solar eclipse of 2035-Sep-02 occurs on September 2 2035, which can be seen from almost the whole municipality except some far north and far south area.

Related Topics:
Solar eclipse of 2035-Sep-02 - September 2 - 2035

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Wikisource has an article about partial, total and annular solar eclipses can be seen from Beijing from 2001 to 3000. http://wikisource.org/wiki/Solar_eclipses_as_seen_from_Beijing

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