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Eclipses in the Year 2026

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Annular Solar Eclipse: 17 February

The annular eclipse is visible from Antarctica. The partial eclipse is visible from the southern tip of South America, southern Africa, and Madagascar, as well as Antarctica.

Total Lunar Eclipse: 3 March

The entire eclipse is visible from northwestern North America, Hawaii, northeastern Asia, New Zealand, and eastern Australia. The eclipse is partially visible from the Americas, Asia, and Greenland. The eclipse is not visible from Africa, Europe, and Iceland.

Total Solar Eclipse: 12 August

The path of totality crosses Greenland, Iceland, and Spain. The partial eclipse is visible the northern parts of North America, western Europe, and western Africa.

The image at the right shows a portion of the sky centred on the Sun at the instant of greatest eclipse. The Sun's disk is drawn to scale but the extent of the corona depends upon the level of solar activity at the time.

The Sun is in the constellation of Leo, with first-magnitude star Regulus to the east and the familiar "backward question mark" outlining the lion's head and shoulders to the northeast. Two planets lie northwest of the Sun. Jupiter shines at magnitude −1.78 almost 11° away and tiny Mercury, at magnitude −1.02, is 15° distant. Both planets are in the constellation of Cancer. Interestingly, the eclipse takes place during the peak of the Perseid meteor shower.

Partial Lunar Eclipse: 28 August

The entire eclipse is visible from South America, eastern North America, and southern Greenland. The eclipse is partially visible from New Zealand, western North America, Europe, Africa, and the Middle East. The eclipse is not visible from Australia and most of Asia.