Total Solar Eclipse of 12 August 2045

Total eclipse · saros 136

Greatest totality

6m 06s

NASA catalogue central duration.

Magnitude

1.077

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

The path

Totality crosses the southern US, the Caribbean and northern South America.

United StatesHaitiDominican RepublicVenezuelaGuyanaSurinameFrench GuianaBrazil

Why it matters: The next 6-minute giant — same saros family as 2027, crossing the US coast to coast.

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.