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.
- 17:52UTCMonteríaColombia
- 17:56UTCMaganguéColombia
- 18:01UTCValleduparColombia
- 18:05UTCMaracaiboVenezuela
- 18:10UTCPunto FijoVenezuela
- 18:13UTCWillemstadCuracao
The eclipse at a glance
- Greatest eclipse
- 17:28:25 UTC4.7° N, 82.7° W
- Obscuration
- 100%of the Sun covered at greatest eclipse
- Saros family
- Feb 16, 1980, one saros beforeMar 9, 2016, 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
- Ecuador
- Panama
- Colombia
- Venezuela
- Aruba
- Curaçao
- Netherlands
- Montserrat
- Antigua and Barbuda
- Guadeloupe