<P> The solar eclipse of August 21 , 2017 , dubbed `` The Great American Eclipse '' by the media , was a total solar eclipse visible within a band across the entire contiguous United States , passing from the Pacific to the Atlantic coasts . As a partial solar eclipse , it was visible on land from Nunavut in northern Canada to as far south as northern South America . In northwestern Europe and Africa , it was partially visible in the late evening . In Asia , it was visible only at the eastern extremity , the Chukchi Peninsula . </P>
<P> The solar eclipse of August 21 , 2017 , dubbed `` The Great American Eclipse '' by the media , was a total solar eclipse visible within a band across the entire contiguous United States , passing from the Pacific to the Atlantic coasts . As a partial solar eclipse , it was visible on land from Nunavut in northern Canada to as far south as northern South America . In northwestern Europe and Africa , it was partially visible in the late evening . In Asia , it was visible only at the eastern extremity , the Chukchi Peninsula . </P>
when did we have our last total eclipse
when did we have our last total eclipse
August 21 , 2017
August 21 , 2017