Where and when to see the next solar eclipse

Solar eclipse map on a 3D globe

See the path of totality of any solar eclipse between 1999 and 2100, follow the shadow minute by minute and check how much of the Sun is covered where you are.

• Local times of first contact, maximum and last contact
• Viewing guide with eye safety advice

Find a city in the path of totality

Every known city and town under the umbra or antumbra of an eclipse, with local contact times, how long totality lasts, the Sun’s altitude and the average cloud cover. Compare places side by side and pick where to travel.

How a solar eclipse works

Umbra, penumbra and antumbra explained with drawings. The difference between a total, annular, hybrid and partial eclipse, why not every new moon gives one, what the contacts C1 to C4 are and how to watch safely.

Eclipses that changed history and science

From the Assyrian eclipse of 763 BCE and the eclipse of Thales to the discovery of helium in 1868 and the 1919 test of Einstein’s relativity: eight eclipses, each with its path on the globe.