Annular solar eclipse
Saturday, 6 February 2027
11:00 EST 86% covered at greatest eclipse
Penumbral lunar eclipse
Saturday, 20 February 2027
18:13 EST 0% covered at greatest eclipse
Penumbral lunar eclipse
Sunday, 18 July 2027
12:03 EST 0% covered at greatest eclipse
Total solar eclipse
Monday, 2 August 2027
06:07 EST 100% covered at greatest eclipse
Penumbral lunar eclipse
Tuesday, 17 August 2027
03:14 EST 0% covered at greatest eclipse
These are the global instants. Whether you can see an eclipse from New York depends on whether the sun or moon is above your horizon at the time — an eclipse at local midnight is real, and invisible to you.
Why eclipses come in pairs
The moon’s orbit is tilted about five degrees to the earth’s, so at most new moons its shadow misses us and at most full moons it passes above or below our shadow. Only when a new or full moon happens near one of the two points where the orbits cross can an eclipse occur.
Those crossing points line up with the sun twice a year, for about a month each time, and a lunar eclipse falls roughly a fortnight either side of a solar one. That is why eclipses arrive in pairs, and occasionally in threes, and then nothing for months.
Never look at a partially eclipsed sun without a proper solar filter. Sunglasses, exposed film and smoked glass are not filters, and the damage is painless while it happens.