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Eclipses

Total solar eclipse

Sunday, December 26, 2038

Path of totality

Click anywhere on the map for that spot's times.

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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. 02:40UTCValdiviaChile

The eclipse at a glance

Greatest eclipse
00:58:48 UTC40.3° S, 163.9° E
Obscuration
100%of the Sun covered at greatest eclipse
Saros family
Dec 14, 2020, 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 2 countries and territories
  • Australia
  • New Zealand