| Total eclipse of P&O

P&O Cruises Australia will take up a prime position for a rare solar eclipse in 2023 on its Ningaloo King of Eclipse cruise.

Sailing from Fremantle on 17 Apr 2023, the five-night cruise on board Pacific Explorer will track over Western Australia’s North West Cape near Exmouth, which is the only location on the mainland where the total solar eclipse can be viewed.

The celestial event will take place at 11.27am on 20 April 2023, as the moon completely covers the sun for one minute and 16 seconds, ensuring the sun’s fainter corona is visible to the naked eye.

There were only five total solar eclipses visible from Australia last century, and it has been almost 50 years since Western Australia has experienced one.

The 2023 total solar eclipse is particularly special as it will occur as part of a rare hybrid eclipse, a kind which has not been visible from Australia for almost a millennium – register your interest HERE.