Total Solar Eclipse of 20 March 2034

Total eclipse · saros 130

Greatest totality

4m 09s

NASA catalogue central duration.

Magnitude

1.046

Fraction of the Sun's diameter covered at greatest eclipse.

The path

Totality runs from central Africa through Egypt and the Middle East into south Asia.

NigeriaCameroonChadSudanEgyptSaudi ArabiaIranAfghanistanPakistanIndiaChina

Why it matters: Egypt gets its second totality in seven years, on nearly the same ground as 2027.

This page carries NASA catalogue facts only — no city timings yet. When this eclipse gets close enough to plan, it will get the same treatment as 2027 and 2028: local circumstances computed for the path cities with our validated engine, cloud climatology where a source exists, and honest dashes where one doesn't.

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Source: NASA GSFC eclipse catalogue (SEdecade tables), fetched 2026-08-09.