When was the last total solar eclipse in north america?

This is part of NASA's official eclipse home page. It contains maps of all total and annular solar eclipses visible from North America from 1851 to 2100. read more

Maps of Solar Eclipses in North America. The following maps show the path of every total or annular solar eclipse visible from North America during the 19th, 20th and 21st centuries. The maps are broken down into 50 year periods and are organized by eclipse type (total or annular). Each map is stored as a gif of 82 to 86 kilobytes. read more

The last total solar eclipse viewed from contiguous United States was on Feb. 26, 1979 whose path passed through the northwestern U.S. states of Washington, Oregon, Idaho, Montana, North Dakota, and Canadian provinces of Saskatchewan, Manitoba, Ontario and Quebec. read more

The last time any part of the country experienced a total solar eclipse was nearly 40 years ago, on February 26, 1979. The path of the eclipse started in the Northwest, beginning in Washington and traveling east to North Dakota before moving into Canada. read more