People who chase shadows

Why this site exists

A total eclipse lasts a few minutes and takes months to plan. Before every trip we ended up with ten tabs open: a map here, a table of times there, the weather in a third and hotels in a fourth. None of them answered the question that really matters: if I stand exactly here, what will I see?

Total Eclipse Map answers that. Tap any point and we tell you when day turns to night, how long it lasts, how high the Sun will be and where to look.

How we work

• NASA data. Every place is calculated from Fred Espenak's Besselian elements (NASA/GSFC), the same ones observatories use.
• Checked. We compare results with figures published by reference sources and explain the margin of error.
• Sourced weather. Clear-sky odds come from Jay Anderson, the meteorologist who specialises in eclipses, and we always cite him.
• Safety first. We only recommend glasses and filters meeting ISO 12312-2.

Five languages, one shadow

The Moon's shadow ignores borders: it crosses Spain, North Africa, Egypt and Arabia. That is why the site is in Spanish, English, French, German and Italian, and every place has its own page with its local time.

How we are funded

The site is free and will stay free. We are funded by affiliate links to Amazon and Booking.com: if you buy or book through them we earn a small commission at no cost to you. Rankings come from the calculations, never from commissions. Full details in our affiliate disclosure.

After 2027

2 August 2027 is just the start. On 26 January 2028 an annular “ring of fire” eclipse will be visible from southern Spain, and the shadow will keep crossing the planet after that. We will be here, map ready.

Get in touch

Found a mistake, want to suggest a place, or writing a story? Email hola@totaleclipsemap.com. We read everything.