Next solar eclipse
Annular path: Southern Chile, Argentina (Viedma, Bahía Blanca), eastern Uruguay (Punta del Este), far southern Brazil, then at sunset Ivory Coast, Ghana (Accra), Togo, Benin and south-western Nigeria.
Partial across much of South America, Antarctica and western and southern Africa.
Next lunar eclipse
Visible from the Americas, Europe, Africa and Asia (a deep penumbral eclipse: a faint shading only).
Times of greatest eclipse and zodiac positions are calculated with the same astronomy engine as the rest of MySkySoul (tropical zodiac). Paths, visibility and durations are taken from NASA’s eclipse catalogues. Never look at the Sun without certified eclipse glasses. How we calculate.
The next solar and lunar eclipse are shown at the top of this page, followed by every eclipse until 2030 with where it can be seen.
In a solar eclipse the Moon passes in front of the Sun, at new Moon; it is seen only along a narrow path (total or annular) with a partial eclipse around it. In a lunar eclipse the Earth’s shadow falls on the Moon, at full Moon; it is seen from the whole night side of the Earth.
Only with certified eclipse glasses (ISO 12312-2) or a pinhole projector. Ordinary sunglasses are not safe. Only during the brief total phase of a total solar eclipse can you look without protection.
On 2 August 2027 the path of totality crosses southern Spain, Gibraltar, northern Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, Libya, Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Yemen and Somalia. Totality lasts up to 6 minutes 23 seconds near Luxor, Egypt.
Astrologers treat eclipses as stronger new and full Moons that mark turning points, and look at the sign and house where they fall in a birth chart. Eclipses come in pairs, sometimes three, about two weeks apart.