{
  "id": 657510,
  "title": "The UAE will not see a total solar eclipse until September 2081, 55 years from now",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/12/the-uae-will-not-see-a-total-solar-eclipse-until-september-2081-55",
  "topic": "science",
  "section": "Science",
  "published": "2026-08-12T10:00:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Gulf News",
    "slug": "gulf-news",
    "url": "https://gulfnews.com/uae/the-uae-will-not-see-a-total-solar-eclipse-until-september-2081-55-years-from-now-1.500638479"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Dubai: A total solar eclipse will not be visible in the UAE until September 2081, which is 55 years from now. The most recent solar eclipse visible from the UAE was a partial one on October 25, 2022, covering about 39% of the Sun's disc and lasting over two hours. Another remarkable event was the annular solar eclipse on December 26, 2019, the first of its kind in 172 years. The next partial eclipses visible in the UAE are on August 2, 2027, and June 1, 2030.",
  "summary": "Dubai: Today's total solar eclipse sweeps across northern Russia, Greenland, Iceland and northern Spain. It does not come anywhere near the Emirates. The next total solar eclipse visible from the UAE falls on 3 September 2081. Fifty-five years from now. Most people reading this will not see one from this country. Today's eclipse: what can we see? Nothing. Ibrahim Al Jarwan, chairman of the…",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
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  "coverage": {
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}