Welcome to Eclipse Atlas!
It all begins with an idea.
Today, one year before the next total solar eclipse on August 12, 2026, is the launch day of EclipseAtlas.com.
We love eclipses and we love maps. Eclipse maps are the perfect synthesis of science and art and they inspire people to go see nature’s greatest sight, a total eclipse of the Sun.
Today is a beginning. Over the coming years, we will be adding these types of content:
More new eclipse maps and animations for coming solar eclipses. We’ll do our best to create eclipse content of beauty, accuracy, and function. Total solar eclipses are so magnificent that they deserve maps that are of high aesthetics, scientifically based, and useful for the purpose of finding your best location to view an eclipse.
We’ll add educational content on understanding eclipses, how to view eclipses safely, and how to read an eclipse map for maximum utility. Before we do so, you’ll find some of this content on greatamericaneclipse.com. Another great source of resources is eclipse.aas.org/resources.
As we uncover more gems of outstanding historic eclipse maps, we will continually add them to our galleries. If you know of treasures of eclipse maps that we don’t have or if you are developing new eclipse maps of quality, please let us know. You can reach us at the Contact form at the bottom of the About page.
We’ll develop analysis of great eclipse maps of the past as well as short biographies of eclipse cartographers and the history of publications such as almanacs and ephemerides.
Over time, we’ll expand our coverage to include lunar eclipses and related phenomena such as transits of Venus and Mercury. We’ll also showcase historic eclipse maps with multiple eclipse paths.
We’ve published two prior websites, eclipse-maps.com and greatamericaneclipse.com. Eclipse Atlas is intended to eventually replace our prior websites, but they will remain active for some time.
We will publish future blog posts to announce new and significant additions to this website. We will write on the amazing work by others who are advancing the field of high-precision eclipse mapping. We’ll also review new books, apps, websites, videos, and other resources on eclipses.