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Eclipses

Annular solar eclipse

Tuesday, January 5, 2038

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. 12:05UTCCamagüeyCuba
  2. 12:05UTCSantiago de CubaCuba
  3. 12:06UTCPort-au-PrinceHaiti
  4. 14:49UTCDaloaIvory Coast
  5. 14:53UTCBouakéIvory Coast
  6. 15:02UTCTamaleGhana
  7. 15:13UTCSokotoNigeria
  8. 15:15UTCKatsinaNigeria

The eclipse at a glance

Greatest eclipse
13:45:48 UTC2.1° N, 25.4° W
Obscuration
95%of the Sun covered at greatest eclipse
Saros family
Dec 26, 2019, one saros beforeEclipses about 18 years and 11 days apart, with the same orbital geometry and shifted about 120° west each cycle.
The central path crosses 18 countries and territories
  • Cuba
  • Haiti
  • Dominican Republic
  • Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
  • Saint Lucia
  • Barbados
  • Liberia
  • Ivory Coast
  • Ghana
  • Togo
  • Benin
  • Burkina Faso
  • Niger
  • Nigeria
  • Chad
  • Libya
  • Egypt
  • Sudan