Will I see a solar eclipse?
Every solar eclipse until 2030, where the Sun goes dark and where you only see part of it. The big one comes first: the total eclipse of 2 August 2027 over Spain and North Africa, the longest seen from land until 2114.
Totality: Greenland, Iceland, northern Spain
Partial eclipse seen from Europe, North Africa, northern North America.
Ring of fire: Chile, Argentina, the Atlantic
Partial eclipse seen from South America, western and southern Africa.
Totality: Spain, Gibraltar, Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, Libya, Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Yemen, Somalia
Partial eclipse seen from Europe, Africa, the Middle East, western Asia.
Ring of fire: Ecuador, Peru, Brazil, Suriname, Portugal, Spain
Partial eclipse seen from the Americas, western Europe, north-west Africa.
Totality: Australia (incl. Sydney), New Zealand
Partial eclipse seen from South-East Asia, Australia, New Zealand.
Partial eclipse seen from North and Central America.
Partial eclipse seen from the Arctic, Scandinavia, Alaska, northern Asia and Canada.
Partial eclipse seen from southern Chile and Argentina.
Partial eclipse seen from southern Argentina and Chile, Antarctica.
Ring of fire: Algeria, Tunisia, Greece, Turkey, Russia, northern China, Japan
Partial eclipse seen from Europe, North Africa, the Middle East, Asia.
Totality: Botswana, South Africa, Australia
Partial eclipse seen from southern Africa, Australia, Antarctica.
Dates, types and durations from NASA's eclipse list (Fred Espenak, NASA GSFC). Duration = the longest anywhere on the path. Town-by-town pages exist for 2 August 2027; the 2028 eclipses come next.
Solar eclipses: questions
Monday 2 August 2027, across southern Spain, Gibraltar, northern Morocco, North Africa, Egypt and Saudi Arabia, with up to 6 min 23 s of totality near Luxor. Check your town. After that: 22 July 2028 in Australia and New Zealand.
In a total eclipse the Moon covers the whole Sun: the sky goes dark, stars come out and the corona shows. In an annular eclipse the Moon is a little farther away and too small, so a bright ring stays: no darkness, and eye protection is needed the whole time.
Only partial ones in the next few years. On 2 August 2027 about 42% of the Sun is covered in London; for totality, southern Spain is a short flight away. London on 2 August 2027.
Use eclipse glasses or a solar viewer made to ISO 12312-2 whenever any part of the Sun is visible. Only during totality itself, when the Sun is completely covered, is it safe to look without them.