(Page updated 6 October 2015) The next solar eclipse visible from Australia will be a partial one (totality occurs North of Australia) and be visible from across Northern Australia on Wednesday 9 March 2016.
![Appearance of Sun at maximum eclipse for Broome (Western Australia), Cairns (Queensland), Townsville (Queensland), Thursday Island (Queensland), Alice Springs (Northern Territory), Charters Towers (Queensland), Burketown (Queensland) and Darwin (Northern Territory) on Wednesday 9 March 2016.](http://nightskyonline.info/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/9_March_2016_Partial_Solar_Eclipse_Sun_at_maximum_eclipse_for_Australian_Towns_Paul_Floyd_Nightskyonline_info-300x182.gif)
A poster about this eclipse can be downloaded from my Free ‘Space posters’ page.
The about image is courtesy of NASA’s Solar Eclipse Website.