Total Solar Eclipse of 2 August 2046

Total eclipse · saros 146

Greatest totality

4m 51s

NASA catalogue central duration.

Magnitude

1.053

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

The path

Totality runs from Brazil across the south Atlantic into southern Africa.

BrazilAngolaNamibiaBotswanaSouth AfricaMozambique

Why it matters: A trans-Atlantic path linking Brazil and southern Africa.

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.