Total Solar Eclipse of 26 December 2038

Total eclipse · saros 142

Greatest totality

2m 18s

NASA catalogue central duration.

Magnitude

1.027

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

The path

Totality crosses Australia, New Zealand and the south Pacific.

AustraliaNew Zealand

Why it matters: A Boxing Day totality for Australia and New Zealand.

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.