Yahoo Movies When is the next total solar eclipse? 2024 'will be even better'
The 'Great American Eclipse' captivated millions around the world - it was the most-observed and most-photographed eclipse in history.
However, if you misssed it, do not despair: the next eclipse takes place on July 2, 2019 - crossing Chile and Argentina.
And Americans won't have to wait long for the next US eclipse - an event that many scientists believe will be even more impressive than Monday's natural wonder.
Britons will have to wait somewhat longer.
Chile and Argentina are next
An eclipse on July 2, 2019 will span a huge arc across the southern Pacific, before crossing South America.
The moon is expected to block out the sun for up to 4 minutes and 33 seconds over Chile and Argentina - far longer than Monday's 'Great American Eclipse', which lasted a little more than two minutes in the path of totality.
Chile and Argentina also have the good fortune of being under the path of a total eclipse the following year, in 2020.
The Second Great American Eclipse
Americans will have to wait less than seven years for the next total solar eclipse - an event that scientists predict will top the August 21 2017 event.
The path of the total eclipse will travel through Mexico, Texas and up across the highly-populated north-east of the US.
The April 8, 2024 eclipse will pass over cities such as Austin, Dallas, Cleveland, New York, and Montreal.
It will hit Southern Illinois University in Carbondale, which also witnessed the total eclipse on Monday.
The university has branded itself "The Eclipse Crossroads of America".
The last total eclipse in the US was 38 years ago.
How about the UK?
It's a long time before there'll be another total solar eclipse in the UK - 73 years to be precise.
There have been just eight total eclipses in Britain across the past five centuries.
1999 was the last one, which was visible in Devon and Cornwall. There won't be another until September 23, 2090.
Other notable forthcoming eclipses
2021: Antarctica 2026: the Arctic, Greenland, Iceland, Spain
2027: Morocco, Spain, Algeria, Libya, Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Yemen, Somalia
2028: Australia, New Zealand
2030: Botswana, South Africa, Australia
To keep updated, Nasa keeps a record of every solar eclipse that will take place over the next 1,000 years.
