Can you feel the excitement? We can. Millions of people traveled to witness the total solar eclipse August 21, 2017, and when it was over, many of them asked: When’s the next one?

As it turns out, the next total eclipse of the Sun occurs July 2, 2019. Its path starts in the South Pacific near Pitcairn Island and ends over land, having touched just two countries: Chile and Argentina.

Totality of the 2019 eclipse will be 70 percent longer than the 2017 event. This is because Earth is not always at the same distance from the Sun, and the Moon is not always the same distance from Earth. Since the Earth-Sun distance varies by 3 percent and the Moon-Earth distance by 12 percent, the length of totality fluctuates from one eclipse to the next. So, while the eclipse of August 2017 had a totality lasting 2 minutes 40 seconds, the next one will be a bit longer.

Maximum eclipse, a worthy 4 minutes 33 seconds, occurs over water 665 miles (1,070 kilometers) north of Easter Island — and some people may travel there to experience that length of totality. Most people who want to see this eclipse, however, will be standing on terra firma, and that means South America.