Total solar eclipse
Sunday, April 20, 2042 at 02:16 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
April 8, 2024
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Peak (UTC)
Saturday, Apr 19
Type
Total solar eclipse
Obscuration
100%
Distance to shadow axis
1,885 km
Greatest-eclipse point
27.0° N, 137.3° 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.