Total Solar Eclipse — 23 September 2090

astronomy

The next total solar eclipse to cross England after 2026 (the 1999 Cornwall eclipse being the last). Path runs from the Arctic and northern Canada/Greenland, over southwest Ireland, then along the south coast of England — including all of Cornwall and Devon — before crossing the Channel Islands and Brittany and finishing at sunset over Belgium.

Key figures

• Greatest eclipse: 16:56:36 UT, near 60.7°N 40.5°W (North Atlantic)

• Maximum duration: 3m36s; maximum path width: 463 km — both noticeably bigger than 1999 or 2026

• Cornwall (nr Mullion) is close to the centreline again: totality reaches Cornwall ~17:33 UT, duration on the centreline ~2m51s

• Eclipse finishes ~17:37 UT over France/Belgium at sunset

• Countries in the path: Canada, Greenland, Ireland, United Kingdom, France, Belgium

Sources

Wikipedia: Solar eclipse of 23 September 2090

MoonBlink path description

EclipseWise prime page

created 2026-08-12