What are the solar eclipse dates for 2027 and 2028?

From NASA's canon: an annular eclipse on February 6, 2027, a total eclipse on August 2, 2027, an annular eclipse on January 26, 2028 and a total eclipse on July 22, 2028. Greatest-eclipse UTC times and broad regions for each are in the table above.

When is the next total solar eclipse?

After the total eclipse of August 12, 2026 over Greenland, Iceland and Spain, the next total solar eclipse is August 2, 2027, crossing Morocco, Spain, Libya, Egypt and Saudi Arabia with up to 6 minutes 23 seconds of totality. The one after that is July 22, 2028 over Australia and New Zealand.

What time is the solar eclipse where I live?

Choose the eclipse and your city, or type your latitude and longitude, in the local eclipse calculator. It returns partial-phase start, maximum and end in your time zone. Examples: on August 12, 2026 London sees about 91% of the Sun covered at 19:13 BST; on August 2, 2027 Luxor has 6 min 21 s of totality centred on 13:05 local time; on July 22, 2028 Sydney has 3 min 48 s of totality at 14:01 AEST.

How much of the Sun will be covered at my location?

The calculator reports two numbers. Magnitude is the fraction of the Sun's diameter covered; obscuration ("Sun covered") is the fraction of its disk area. Obscuration is lower than magnitude in a partial eclipse: a magnitude of 0.50 covers only about 40% of the disk. Only inside the path of totality does coverage reach 100%.

How many days until the next solar eclipse?

The countdown at the top of this page shows days, hours, minutes and seconds until NASA's greatest-eclipse UTC time for the next eclipse in the 2024–2035 list, and moves to the following eclipse automatically once one has passed. Local start and end times differ by location.

How many solar eclipses happen each year?

There are between 2 and 5 solar eclipses per year. At least 2 must occur because the Sun and Moon align near a lunar node twice per year. Total solar eclipses are rarer — on average about 1.5 per year globally, but any given location on Earth sees one only every 375 years on average.

What is the difference between a total and an annular solar eclipse?

In a total eclipse, the Moon is close enough to Earth that its apparent diameter exceeds the Sun's, so it completely blocks the solar disk and reveals the corona. In an annular eclipse, the Moon is near apogee (farther from Earth) and appears smaller, leaving a bright "ring of fire" around it.

What is a hybrid solar eclipse?

A hybrid eclipse begins as an annular eclipse along part of its path but transitions into a total eclipse for another segment, because the curvature of Earth brings some observers closer to the Moon during the event. These are rare — roughly 5% of all solar eclipses.

How long does totality last?

The maximum duration of totality depends on the Moon's distance from Earth and the observer's position on the central path. The theoretical maximum is about 7 minutes 32 seconds. Most totalities are between 1 and 4 minutes. Annular eclipses can last up to 12 minutes of "ring of fire."

Why is the path of totality so narrow?

The Moon's umbra — the cone of complete shadow — is only about 100 to 200 km wide where it touches Earth's surface. The penumbra (partial shadow) is much wider (thousands of kilometers), which is why partial eclipses are visible across large regions.

Are the dates and times accurate?

Local times come from the same Besselian elements and method as NASA's Javascript Solar Eclipse Explorer and match it to well under a second for the same ΔT. This page uses ΔT = 69.2 s; NASA's canon extrapolated 74–81 s for these years, which shifts times by a few seconds. Lunar limb profile and atmospheric refraction are not modelled, so near the edge of the path of totality allow a margin of several seconds and a few hundred metres.

Solar Eclipse Calculator

Pick an eclipse and a city or your coordinates to get local start, maximum and end times, how much of the Sun is covered, totality duration and Sun altitude, plus every eclipse visible from that place through 2035.

Solar eclipse dates for 2027 and 2028 are February 6, 2027 (annular), August 2, 2027 (total, up to 6m 23s), January 26, 2028 (annular) and July 22, 2028 (total).

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Countdown target: NASA greatest-eclipse time in UTC, not your local contact time.

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Eclipse times at your location

Pick an eclipse and a city, or enter coordinates. Contact times, Sun coverage and Sun altitude are computed in your browser from NASA Besselian elements; your location is not sent anywhere.

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West longitudes and south latitudes are negative.

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Event	Local time	UTC	Sun alt.

Every eclipse visible from this location, 2024–2035

Date	Type here	Sun covered	Maximum (local)

Eclipse Predictions by Fred Espenak and Chris O'Byrne (NASA's GSFC); Besselian elements from the NASA Solar Eclipse Explorer. ΔT = 69.2 s; no lunar-limb or refraction correction, so allow a few seconds near the path edges.

Solar Eclipse Dates 2024–2035

Source: NASA Canon of Solar Eclipses: 2001–2100. Click or press Enter on any row to update the diagram.

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Broad visibility region

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Region search matches the broad NASA-oriented summary below; it does not prove visibility from a city or address.

Date	Type	Greatest (UTC)	Max central phase	Primary Visibility

Eclipse Geometry

Total Solar Eclipse — Moon fully covers the Sun

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Diagram is schematic — not to scale. Click a table row to switch between eclipse types.

Eclipse Types

Total: Moon completely covers the Sun. Corona visible. Requires standing in the narrow umbra path.
Annular: Moon near apogee — appears smaller, leaving a "ring of fire" around the solar disk.
Hybrid: Appears total along some of the path and annular along others due to Earth's curvature. Rare (~5% of eclipses).
Partial: Only the penumbra reaches your location; the Moon covers part of the Sun but not the center.

View the Sun safely

Except during the brief total phase of a total solar eclipse, never look directly at the Sun without specialized solar viewing protection. For partial or annular eclipses, use safe eclipse glasses or a handheld viewer that complies with ISO 12312-2. Regular sunglasses are not safe. Cameras, binoculars and telescopes require front-mounted solar filters; do not look through them while wearing eclipse glasses.

NASA eclipse viewing safety guidance

Quick answer

Solar eclipse dates for 2027 and 2028 are February 6, 2027 (annular), August 2, 2027 (total, up to 6m 23s), January 26, 2028 (annular) and July 22, 2028 (total). Every year has between 2 and 5 solar eclipses.

Examples

Total eclipse date	Max totality	Broad path
Aug 2, 2027	6m 23s	Spain, North Africa, Saudi Arabia
Jul 22, 2028	5m 10s	Australia, New Zealand
Nov 25, 2030	3m 44s	Southern Africa, Australia
Mar 30, 2033	2m 37s	Alaska, Russia
Mar 20, 2034	4m 9s	West Africa, India, China

Enter your city to see local times and % of the Sun covered for each eclipse.

Summary

This tool computes local circumstances for every solar eclipse from 2024 to 2035 using the Besselian elements published in NASA's Five Millennium Canon of Solar Eclipses: for a city or latitude/longitude it gives the local type (partial, annular or total), the start, maximum and end times in your time zone and UTC, the magnitude, the fraction of the Sun's disk covered, the duration of totality or annularity and the Sun's altitude. It also lists every eclipse visible from that place, a global eclipse table with greatest-eclipse UTC times, and a countdown to the next eclipse.

How it works

Each eclipse is described by NASA Besselian elements: polynomials for the Moon's shadow axis (x, y), the Sun's declination and hour angle (d, μ), and the penumbra and umbra radii (l1, l2).
Your latitude, longitude and height are converted to geocentric coordinates (ρ sin φ′, ρ cos φ′) on the Earth ellipsoid NASA uses (flattening 1/298.257).
The calculator iterates to the instant when you are closest to the shadow axis (maximum eclipse), then solves for the first and last contacts with the penumbra (C1, C4) and, inside the path, the umbra (C2, C3).
Magnitude = (L1 − m) ÷ (L1 + L2); obscuration is the overlap area of the solar and lunar disks. Times use ΔT = 69.2 s (IERS 2024–2026 value), so they can differ by a few seconds from bulletins that assume another ΔT.
The countdown ticks toward the global greatest-eclipse time in UTC; your local maximum comes from the local calculator.
The eclipse table highlights the next upcoming eclipse and marks past eclipses as completed.
Click any eclipse row to update the SVG diagram showing the alignment geometry for that eclipse type.
The diagram labels the umbra and penumbra shadow cones, showing why totality is visible only in a narrow path.

Use cases

Plan travel to the path of totality for a future total solar eclipse.
Teach students about eclipse geometry and the umbra vs. penumbra.
Quickly find when and where the next annular or hybrid eclipse occurs.
Understand the difference between total, annular, hybrid, and partial solar eclipses.
Compare published maximum central-phase durations; local duration requires a path/contact-time calculator.
Use as a reference when building eclipse observation or photography plans.
Check which continent or ocean a rare hybrid eclipse crosses.
Settle debates about upcoming eclipse dates with authoritative NASA-sourced data.

Frequently Asked Questions

Last updated: 2026-10-09 · Reviewed by Nham Vu