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Solar eclipse of August 21, 2017. A total solar eclipse will take place on Monday, August 21, 2017. A solar eclipse occurs when the Moon passes between Earth and the Sun, thereby totally or partly obscuring the image of the Sun for a viewer on Earth.
There will also be a solar eclipses on September 1, 2016 that will be visible from Africa and parts of the Indian Ocean. A solar eclipse on February 26, 2017 will be visible from South America, Africa and Antarctica. The next solar eclipse that can be seen in the United States and North America will be on August 21, 2017, NASA says. According to NASA, the solar eclipses in March will be a total eclipse, as will the August 2017 eclipse. The September 2016 and February 2017 eclipses will both be annular eclipses, which means a ring of sunlight will remain visible.