Tukuk-OS🌑 Eclipse Calendar
Solar & lunar eclipses for the next years · dates, paths, safety
An eclipse happens when the Sun, Earth and Moon line up exactly enough for one to cast its shadow on another: a solar eclipse at new moon, when the Moon’s shadow sweeps a track across Earth; a lunar eclipse at full moon, when the whole Moon passes through Earth’s shadow and glows brick-red. Alignments need the new or full moon to fall near the two points where the orbits cross (the nodes), which is why eclipses come in seasons roughly every six months.
Every upcoming eclipse
| Eclipse | Date | Countdown | Visibility |
|---|---|---|---|
| 🌞 Annular solar eclipse | 6 February 2027 | in 92 nights | South America: Peru, Bolivia, Brazil; partial across much of the continent |
| 🌑 Total lunar eclipse | 20 February 2027 | in 106 nights | Americas, Europe, Africa, western Asia |
| 🌞 Total solar eclipse | 2 August 2027 | in 269 nights | Southern Spain, Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, Libya, Egypt (Luxor on the centre line), Saudi Arabia, Yemen, Somalia |
| 🌞 Annular solar eclipse | 26 January 2028 | in 446 nights | Galápagos Islands, Peru, Ecuador, Brazil; partial across the Americas |
| 🌞 Total solar eclipse | 22 July 2028 | in 624 nights | Australia (Western Australia through the east coast), New Zealand; partial across the Pacific |
| 🌑 Total lunar eclipse | 31 December 2028 | in 786 nights | Asia, Australia, Pacific, New Zealand |
Each eclipse, one card
🌞 6 February 2027 — Annular solar eclipse
Where: South America: Peru, Bolivia, Brazil; partial across much of the continent
Ring-of-fire crossing the Andes and the Amazon — one of the great eclipse trips of the decade for the southern hemisphere.
🌑 20 February 2027 — Total lunar eclipse
Where: Americas, Europe, Africa, western Asia
Totality visible at a convenient hour across the Atlantic world; the Moon’s southern edge grazes deep into the umbra for a long, dark eclipse.
🌞 2 August 2027 — Total solar eclipse
Where: Southern Spain, Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, Libya, Egypt (Luxor on the centre line), Saudi Arabia, Yemen, Somalia
The longest land-accessible totality until 2063 — up to 6m23s. Egypt’s eclipse cruises to Luxor and the pyramids sell out years ahead, and southern Spain is the easiest European departure point.
🌞 26 January 2028 — Annular solar eclipse
Where: Galápagos Islands, Peru, Ecuador, Brazil; partial across the Americas
A ring of fire that starts over the Galápagos — eclipse plus wildlife trip in one window.
🌞 22 July 2028 — Total solar eclipse
Where: Australia (Western Australia through the east coast), New Zealand; partial across the Pacific
The first total eclipse in Australia since 2012 — outback highways to Sydney under totality, ~5 minutes of dark at Sydney’s edge of the path.
🌑 31 December 2028 — Total lunar eclipse
Where: Asia, Australia, Pacific, New Zealand
A New Year’s Eve total lunar eclipse — ring in at midnight under a red Moon across Asia and Australia.
Viewing a solar eclipse safely
There is exactly one safe moment: the few minutes of totality, when the Moon covers the Sun completely and it is safe to look with bare eyes — the corona appears, the temperature drops, and birds go quiet. Every other second — including 99% coverage during an annular or partial phase — requires certified ISO 12312-2 solar filters. Regular sunglasses, smoked glass and phone cameras without filters damage eyes and sensors in seconds. Lunar eclipses need no protection at all; they are safe and beautiful with the naked eye.
Why dates repeat: the Saros
Eclipses recur in saros cycles of 18 years, 11 days and 8 hours — after that span the Sun–Moon–Earth geometry nearly rebuilds itself, giving a similar eclipse shifted about a third of the way westward around the planet. It is the same arithmetic NASA’s catalogs run five millennia in both directions.