Annular solar eclipse 26 January 2028 – Global map

On 26 January 2028, an annular solar eclipse will be visible from South America, Portugal and Spain. During ‘annularity’, the Moon is directly between Earth and the Sun, but at a point along its elliptical orbit where it’s farther from Earth and is too small to completely cover the Sun, leaving a ‘ring of fire’ in the sky. Large parts of the rest of Europe, the Americas and western Africa will witness a partial solar eclipse. 

This global map shows where an annular (red) and the partial (orange) eclipse will be visible. The eclipse will follow the red band of annularity from the left (west) to the right (east). Click here to see a map of annularity in Spain.  

The European Space Agency (ESA) obtained these maps from the Spanish National Geographic Institute, based on calculations from the Spanish Astronomical Observatory.  

Within 2026–2028, there are two other ‘European solar eclipses’. On 12 August 2026, a total solar eclipse is visible from eastern Greenland, western Iceland, the northern half of Spain and the northeast corner of Portugal. And on 2 August 2027, a total solar eclipse is visible from southern Spain, northern Africa and the Middle East. Other parts of Europe will witness a partial eclipse on these dates.   

For more information on ESA’s activities for these eclipses, please visit www.esa.int/solareclipse.  

Remember: never look directly at the Sun, even when partially eclipsed, without proper eye protection such as special solar eclipse glasses, or you risk permanent eye damage. 

[Image description: A map of Earth as a globe, centred on South America. A red curve marked 'annular eclipse' reaches from the Pacific Ocean, past the Galápagos, across Ecuador, Peru, Brazil and French Guiana, crossing the Atlantic and ending after crossing the Portugal and Spain. A wide orange band marked 'partial eclipse' surrounds this curve, covering most of the Americas, western Europe and northwest Africa.]