Path of totality
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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.
- 21:52UTCSydneyAustralia
- 00:34UTCCape TownSouth Africa
- 00:34UTCBuenos AiresArgentina
- 00:34UTCGqeberhaSouth Africa
- 00:34UTCRancaguaChile
- 00:34UTCGeorgeSouth Africa
- 00:34UTCSan RafaelArgentina
The eclipse at a glance
- Greatest eclipse
- 22:53:23 UTC37.8° S, 173.6° W
- Obscuration
- 100%of the Sun covered at greatest eclipse
- Saros family
- Dec 4, 2002, 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 2 countries and territories
- Indonesia
- Papua New Guinea