SKY · SOLAR ECLIPSES · SOUTH AFRICA
When's the next solar eclipse you can actually see from Cape Town, and what will it look like from here? Below is each upcoming eclipse that reaches Cape Town — how much of the Sun gets covered, the local date and time of day, and whether the Sun is even above your horizon when it happens.
Cape Town is in (or right beside) the path of totality — if skies are clear this is the rare one: a full total eclipse. Get exact local contact times nearer the date.
Totality — the Sun fully covered for a brief, dramatic minute or two.
Times are computed for Cape Town from the greatest-eclipse instant in the NASA eclipse canon · local time. For to-the-second contact times, check a local-circumstances tool nearer the date.
Totality — the Sun fully covered for a brief, dramatic minute or two, around 8:52 AM local.
Also on the calendar but not visible from Cape Town: total solar eclipse on 2026-08-12, annular solar eclipse on 2027-02-06, total solar eclipse on 2027-08-02, annular solar eclipse on 2028-01-26, total solar eclipse on 2028-07-22, annular solar eclipse on 2030-06-01. See where each is visible on the global eclipse calendar.
This page is “what Cape Townsees.” To see the path of totality drawn across the map and which countries it crosses, the Sun canvas has the full picture.