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Eclipses

Annular solar eclipse

Friday, December 14, 2001

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. 19:10UTCDelhiIndia
  2. 19:10UTCChangshaChina
  3. 19:10UTCWenzhouChina
  4. 19:10UTCNanchangChina
  5. 19:10UTCZunyiChina
  6. 19:10UTCKathmanduNepal
  7. 19:10UTCBijieChina
  8. 19:10UTCShangraoChina

The eclipse at a glance

Greatest eclipse
20:51:56 UTC0.6° N, 130.7° W
Obscuration
94%of the Sun covered at greatest eclipse
Saros family
Dec 4, 1983, one saros beforeDec 26, 2019, 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 3 countries and territories
  • Costa Rica
  • Nicaragua
  • Colombia