Overview

• Experts at UNAM and other institutions have confirmed the viral claim of a global eclipse causing six days of darkness in August 2025 is physically impossible and scientifically unfounded.
• A total lunar eclipse will occur on the night of September 7–8, 2025, featuring about 1 hour 22 minutes of totality within a roughly 5½-hour penumbral-to-end window and visible across Europe, Africa, Asia and parts of Oceania.
• On August 12, 2026, a total solar eclipse will cross northwestern Spain—especially A Coruña—spurring early hotel bookings and municipal plans to distribute ISO 12312-2 certified eclipse glasses.
• NASA has confirmed that the August 2, 2027 solar eclipse will deliver the longest totality of the century—approximately 6 minutes and 22–23 seconds—along a 258 km-wide path through Europe, Africa and southern Asia.
• Authorities and ophthalmologists stress the exclusive use of certified solar filters for partial phases, safe viewing only during totality, and reliance on live streams for regions outside the eclipse paths, such as Argentina, Mexico and much of North America.