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.
- 14:44UTCDakarSenegal
- 15:36UTCLagosNigeria
- 15:36UTCIbadanNigeria
- 15:39UTCBenin CityNigeria
- 15:41UTCOnitshaNigeria
- 15:42UTCPort HarcourtNigeria
- 15:44UTCDoualaCameroon
- 15:46UTCYaoundéCameroon
The eclipse at a glance
- Greatest eclipse
- 13:58:26 UTC15.3° N, 29.8° W
- Obscuration
- 93%of the Sun covered at greatest eclipse
- Saros family
- May 21, 2031, 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 25 countries and territories
- Peru
- Ecuador
- Colombia
- Brazil
- Venezuela
- Guyana
- Suriname
- Cape Verde
- Senegal
- The Gambia
- Mali
- Guinea
- Ivory Coast
- Burkina Faso
- Ghana
- Togo
- Benin
- Nigeria
- Cameroon
- Gabon
- Republic of the Congo
- Central African Republic
- Democratic Republic of the Congo
- Burundi
- Tanzania