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Eclipses

Annular solar eclipse

Sunday, December 4, 1983

Path of annularity

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Cities along the path

Cities along the path

Time of maximum in UTC, to the minute: when the centre of the shadow passes nearest.

  1. 13:33UTCFrancevilleGabon
  2. 13:56UTCKisanganiDemocratic Republic of the Congo
  3. 14:03UTCBuniaDemocratic Republic of the Congo
  4. 14:04UTCMasindiUganda
  5. 14:05UTCGuluUganda
  6. 14:13UTCWarderEthiopia

The eclipse at a glance

Greatest eclipse
12:30:18 UTC0.9° N, 4.7° W
Obscuration
93%of the Sun covered at greatest eclipse
Saros family
Dec 14, 2001, one saros afterEclipses about 18 years and 11 days apart, with the same orbital geometry and shifted about 120° west each cycle.
The central path crosses 10 countries and territories
  • Cape Verde
  • Equatorial Guinea
  • Gabon
  • Republic of the Congo
  • Democratic Republic of the Congo
  • Uganda
  • South Sudan
  • Kenya
  • Ethiopia
  • Somalia