Eclipses in 2026, 2027, and 2028

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Erik Gregersen

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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 2026, 2027, and 2028 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
February 17, 2026	solar	annular	partial: south 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: east Greenland, northern Spain, and Balearic Islands
August 28, 2026	lunar	partial	North and South America, Europe, and Africa
February 6, 2027	solar	annular	partial: South America and west Africa; annular: south Chile and Argentina
February 20, 2027	lunar	penumbral	North and South America, Africa, Asia, Europe, and western Australia
July 18, 2027	lunar	penumbral	east Africa, Asia, and Australia
August 2, 2027	solar	total	partial: Europe, northern and east Africa, and central and south Asia; total: north Africa and Arabian peninsula
August 17, 2027	lunar	penumbral	North and South America, west Africa, and eastern Australia
January 12, 2028	lunar	partial	North and South America, Africa, Europe, and western Asia
January 26, 2028	solar	annular	partial: eastern North America, northern South America, west Africa, and western Europe; annular: Ecuador, Peru, Brazil, and Spain
July 6, 2028	lunar	partial	Europe, Africa, Asia, and Australia
July 22, 2028	solar	total	partial: southeast Asia, Indonesia, Philippines, Australia; total: Australia and New Zealand
December 31, 2028	lunar	total	western North America, Africa, Asia, Europe, and Australia

Erik Gregersen

Eclipses in 2026, 2027, and 2028

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