The sun as taken by the joint ISAS/NASA spacecraft Yohkoh in soft X-rays. Courtesy of NASA/NSSDC.

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Date Annular or Total Description
January 4, 1992 annular Over the Pacific Ocean, ending in S. California. Hawaii and other western states had a partial eclipse.
June 30, 1992 total Beginning of eclipse was visible at sunrise in Uruguay, but most of it was visible over the Atlantic Ocean.
May 10, 1994 annular Crossed the U.S. from southwest to the northeast; the end of the eclipse was visible in northwest Africa. The path of annularity reached the U.S. in Arizona and New Mexico, crossed Texas and Oklahoma, and then coontinues northeast. Partial phases were visible throughout the U.S.
November 3, 1994 total Crossed the middle of S. America. Totality reaches S. Peru, N. Chile, Bolivia, Paraguay, Argentina and Brazil.
April 29, 1995 annular Visible from S. America and lasted up to 6 minutes and 38 seconds. Crossed Ecuador, Peru, Colombia and Brazil.
October 24, 1995 total Visible over south Asia, for 2 minutes and 10 seconds. Visible in Iran, Afghanistan, Pakistan, India, Bangladesh, Myanmar, Thailand, Cambodia, Laos, and Vietnam.
March 9, 1997 total The path of totality crossed Mongolia, Siberia, and Arctic regions.
February 26, 1998 total Lasted 4 minutes 9 seconds and crossed Panama, Colombia, Venezuela, and Carribbean Islands.
August 22, 1998 annular Lasted 3 minutes 14 seconds. Crossed Indonesia, Malaysia, and some islands of Oceania.
February 16, 1999 annular Crossed Australia and lasted up to 1 minute and 18 seconds.
August 11, 1999 total 2 minutes 23 seconds. Crossed Europe and southern Asia. Crossed France, Belgium, Luxemburg, Germany, Australia, Hungary, Serbia, Romania, Bulgaria, Turkey, Iraq, Iran, Pakistan, and India.
This is a picture of the solar eclipse that happened on August 11, 1999 over Europe, the last total eclipse of the millennium. Taken in Strasbourg, France. Courtesy of the ESA D/Sci Serco/Medialab and NASA-F Espanola.