DALLAS (NEWSnet/AP) — Whether you saw the moon completely block the sun, were foiled by cloudy weather or weren’t along the path of Monday’s total solar eclipse, you may be interested in when is the next chance to catch a glimpse.

Total solar eclipses happen about every year or two or three, due to a precise alignment of the sun, moon and Earth. They can cast a shadow anywhere across the globe, but the synchronicity usually happens in remote areas like the South Pacific.

We have the dates and geographic locations of upcoming solar spectacles:

When is the Next Total Solar Eclipse?

 

Save the date: The next full solar eclipse, on Aug. 12, 2026, will pass over the northern fringes of Greenland, Iceland and Spain.

There also will be a total eclipse on Aug. 2, 2027, taking place in Egypt along with the Central Atlantic and Mediterranean area.

When is the Next Eclipse in the US?

 

The next U.S. taste of totality comes in 2033 when an eclipse brushes Alaska and Russia. And in 2044, one will cross Greenland and western Canada, touching swaths of North Dakota and Montana.

An eclipse on the scale of Monday’s event won’t happen again until Aug. 12, 2045.

“But it will be pretty spectacular,” said Mary Urquhart, a planetary scientist at the University of Texas at Dallas. “It’s going to go coast to coast.”

That eclipse will first greet viewers in Northern California, slicing through Utah, Colorado and Mississippi on its way to Cape Canaveral, Florida.

When Are the Lunar Eclipse Dates?

 

A partial lunar eclipse on Sept. 17 will be visible over Europe and much of Asia, Africa, North America and South America.

And a full lunar eclipse will be visible early on March 14, 2025, in the U.S.

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