Total solar eclipse
Sunday, December 26, 2038 at 12:58 AM 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
December 14, 2020
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Peak (UTC)
Saturday, Dec 25
Type
Total solar eclipse
Obscuration
100%
Distance to shadow axis
1,839 km
Greatest-eclipse point
40.3° S, 163.9° E
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.