Total solar eclipse
Monday, August 21, 2017 at 06:25 PM UTC
Saros family
Eclipses ~18 years and 11 days apart — same orbital geometry, shifted ~120° west each cycle.
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Total solar eclipse
August 11, 1999
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Total solar eclipse
September 1, 2035
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Peak (UTC)
Monday, Aug 21
Type
Total solar eclipse
Obscuration
100%
Distance to shadow axis
2,786 km
Greatest-eclipse point
37.0° N, 87.7° W
More eclipses to explore
Browse the catalog by date — the next and previous eclipses by peak time, regardless of type. For closely related events of the same type spaced ~18 years apart, see the Saros family panel on the left.