Solar Eclipses visible in South Africa in the Twentieth Century 101 
Nearer the Orange River the eclipse will, of course, be greater; but 
in no part of the Colony will it be a striking one. 
(12) Total Eclipse of June 30, 1992. 
The central line of this total eclipse passes in a south-easterly 
direction about 350 miles out from the Cape of Good Hope. The 
eclipse is therefore greatest at the Cape Peninsula, amounting to about 
eight-tenths of the sun’s disc. 
In the eastern districts the amount of eclipse is one half. The time 
of maximum eclipse at Cape Town is 1 h. 33 m., afternoon (G.M.T.). 
(13) Total Eclipse of November 3, 1994. 
This total eclipse passes almost parallel to the south coast of the 
Colony, at a distance of 200 miles. 
The northern limit of totality comes nearest to the coast at about 
150 miles south of Cape St. Francis. The eclipse will therefore be 
greatest at the coast towns. At Port Elizabeth and East London only 
a tenth of the sun’s disc will be visible. 
At Cape Town the amount of eclipse will be slightly less. In the 
districts bordering on the Orange River two-thirds of the sun will 
be obscured. At Port Elizabeth the greatest eclipse takes place at 
3h. 6 m. (G.M.T.). 
(14) Total Eclipse of August 11, 1999. 
This total eclipse will pass about 650 miles south-west of Cape 
Agulhas. In the South-western Provinces the amount of eclipse will 
be about two-thirds. In the Eastern Provinces the amount will be 
less than one half. The eclipse will be greatest in the Colony about 
noon (G.M.T.). 
APPENDIX. 
THE following tables give the direction of the eight eclipses—seven 
annular and one total—already referred to as being central in South 
Africa, 
In the first column is given the hour angle of the sun ; in the second, 
the duration of central eclipse; and in the others the northern and 
southern limits and central line of total or annular eclipse. 
As the hour angle of the sun is the apparent local time, the Green- 
wich mean time of central eclipse can easily be found by first reducing 
