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.
- 05:20UTCWindhoekNamibia
- 05:29UTCKlerksdorpSouth Africa
- 05:29UTCWelkomSouth Africa
- 05:33UTCLadysmithSouth Africa
- 05:35UTCDurbanSouth Africa
The eclipse at a glance
- Greatest eclipse
- 06:50:20 UTC43.6° S, 71.2° E
- Obscuration
- 100%of the Sun covered at greatest eclipse
- Saros family
- Nov 13, 2012, one saros beforeDec 5, 2048, 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 5 countries and territories
- Namibia
- Botswana
- South Africa
- Lesotho
- Australia