France will witness a solar eclipse on Wednesday, August 12th - here's how to get the best view. This interactive map, from France’s Centre National d’études Spatiales (CNES), reveals the scale of the eclipse visible and various times from all parts of the country. Safety adviceCNES also offers the following advice to observe a solar eclipse safely. The next total solar eclipse visible directly from France will be September 3rd, 2081. But, an annular eclipse – the one with the famous ‘ring of fire’ beloved of photographers – will cross southern France and Spain on January 26th, 2028.