Total solar eclipse
Wednesday, August 12, 2026 at 05:45 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 1, 2008
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August 22, 2044
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Peak (UTC)
Wednesday, Aug 12
Type
Total solar eclipse
Obscuration
100%
Distance to shadow axis
5,725 km
Greatest-eclipse point
65.2° N, 25.2° 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.