Overview
- NASA has published official paths for two upcoming total solar eclipses, with the first on August 12, 2026 and the second on August 2, 2027.
- The August 12, 2026 eclipse will produce totality along a northern route that crosses Greenland, Iceland, northern Russia, parts of the Atlantic and small areas of Spain and Portugal.
- The August 2, 2027 eclipse will track from the Atlantic into northern Africa and the Middle East and will deliver an unusually long maximum totality of about six minutes and 22 seconds near sites such as Luxor, Egypt.
- Experts warn that safe viewing requires ISO 12312-2 certified eclipse glasses and proper solar filters for binoculars or telescopes, and they point viewers who are outside the paths to NASA livestreams and other online coverage.
- The long 2027 totality is driving scientific campaigns, photography expeditions and tourism planning to places with clear skies and central-line viewing, while millions more will see only partial phases outside the narrow bands of totality.