"Rare Local Total Solar Eclipse Occurs"
The upcoming Total Solar Eclipse on Monday will be the last in the Fort Wayne area for quite some time, with the city sitting in 99.9 percent totality. The next total solar eclipse passing directly over Fort Wayne is not until September 14th, 2099, with partial eclipses occurring in the meantime. The next total solar eclipse in the United States will be on August 12th, 2045. Experts predict eclipses by observing patterns and using mathematical formulas.