When will the next total solar eclipse happen in the U.S.?

On August 21, 2017, parts of the U.S. will experience a total solar eclipse that will block out the entire sun in a major event dubbed the "Great American Eclipse."

It's been 38 years since such an event was seen in the continental U.S. and nearly a century since it was visible from coast to coast.

And it won't be the last.

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For Americans unfortunate enough to miss out on the astronomical phenomenon this year, they won't have to wait much longer to see the next total solar eclipse viewable in the U.S., which is only seven years away.

Monday's total solar eclipse is unique in that it's the first eclipse to pass over the entire U.S. in the 21st century -- the last eclipse of this magnitude occurred in 1918.

But after that event passes, Americans will have the chance to view yet another total solar eclipse that falls within its borders on April 8, 2024. According to NASA, the event's path of totality -- a narrow band of land that has a prime view of the moon completely eclipsing the sun -- will span from Texas to Maine.

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After the 2024 total solar eclipse, there won't be another in the U.S. for two decades. The next total solar eclipse will be viewable only in Montana on Aug. 23, 2044, and the following year, a solar eclipse with a similar totality path to the one this year will occur on Aug. 12, 2045.

After those, the southern region of the U.S. will experience solar eclipses in both 2052 and 2078, and the northeastern region of the country will experience one in 2079. Alaska will experience its own exclusive total solar eclipses in 2033 and 2097.

But if seven years is too long of a wait for some, there are other vantage points for viewing a total solar eclipse, like Argentina, which will experience a total solar eclipse on July 2, 2019.

Check out the next six total solar eclipses happening across the world from now until 2026 here.