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Eclipses in 2024, 2025, and 2026

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April 8, 2024 total solar eclipse
April 8, 2024 total solar eclipse
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Eclipses are of two kinds: solar and lunar. Solar eclipses occur when the Moon comes between the Sun and Earth. Such eclipses are either total, when the Moon completely blocks the Sun; annular, when the Moon is far from Earth and so covers the central part of the Sun, allowing the narrow ring of the Sun’s edge to shine around the Moon; or partial, when the Moon covers only some of the Sun. Lunar eclipses can be total, when the Moon passes through Earth’s shadow; partial, when the Moon goes through only some of Earth’s shadow; or penumbral, when the Moon goes through only the outermost parts of Earth’s shadow and thus dims only slightly.

The table below lists all the eclipses that will occur in 2024, 2025, and 2026 and where on Earth they will occur. The places where one can see a total or an annular solar eclipse are distinguished from places where one can experience a partial solar eclipse.

date kind type place
March 25, 2024 lunar penumbral North and South America
April 8, 2024 solar total partial: North and Central America; total: northern Mexico, central U.S., and eastern Canada
September 18, 2024 lunar partial North and South America, Europe, and Africa
October 2, 2024 solar annular partial: South Pacific and South America; annular: southern Chile and Argentina
March 14, 2025 lunar total North and South America, Europe, and Africa
March 29, 2025 solar partial northwestern Africa, Europe, and northwestern Russia
September 7, 2025 lunar total Europe, Africa, Asia, and Australia
September 21, 2025 solar partial New Zealand and Antarctica
February 17, 2026 solar annular partial: southern Chile and Argentina, Antarctica, and southern Africa; annular: Antarctica
March 3, 2026 lunar total Asia, Australia, and North and South America
August 12, 2026 solar total partial: Alaska, Canada, and Greenland; total: eastern Greenland
August 28, 2026 lunar partial North and South America, Europe, and Africa
Erik Gregersen