Eclipses and countries › 26 December 2038
Total solar eclipse of 26 December 2038
2 countries have towns in the path: Australia and New Zealand. On the central line totality lasts at most 2 min 18 s. The longest of these towns is Palmerston North in New Zealand, with 2 min 7 s. There the path is about 93 km wide and the shadow moves at about 2,470 km/h. The central shadow touches the Earth from 23:18 to 26:39 UTC; the partial eclipse can be seen somewhere on Earth from 22:19 to 27:38 UTC.
Open on the mapAll 7 places in the city seeker
Countries along the path
In the order the shadow crosses them. Cloud cover is the average at the hour of the eclipse; the start is the local time in the first town the shadow reaches.
| Country | Places | Totality | Cloud cover | Starts | Best place |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Australia | 4 | 1 min 50 s to 2 min 0 s | 37% to 42% | 24:00 UTC | Whyalla 100 |
| New Zealand | 3 | 36 s to 2 min 7 s | 66% to 70% | 25:21 UTC | Levin 29 |
Best places by score
The score of the city seeker with its default setting: cloud cover counts heavily; duration, height of the Sun, airport, travel risk and terrain count less. At most two places per country. Your own setting in the city seeker can change the order.
- Whyalla, Australia 1001 min 50 s · 37% cloud · Sun 52°
- Echuca, Australia 951 min 52 s · 39% cloud · Sun 60°
- Levin, New Zealand 292 min 5 s · 68% cloud · Sun 68°
- Palmerston North, New Zealand 252 min 7 s · 70% cloud · Sun 68°
Moments
- Partial eclipse begins on Earth
- Central shadow touches the Earth
- Central shadow leaves the Earth
- Partial eclipse ends on Earth
Seen from elsewhere
The deepest moment of the partial eclipse in the largest city of each language of this site, and in the largest cities that see at least a fifth of the Sun covered, in local time.
| City | Sun covered | Deepest |
|---|---|---|
| Jakarta | 64% | 06:12 UTC+7 |
| Sydney | 87% | 24:26 UTC |
| Singapore | 43% | 07:09 UTC+8 |
| Melbourne | 96% | 24:19 UTC |
| Surabaya | 58% | 06:13 UTC+7 |
| Brisbane | 61% | 24:23 UTC |
| Bekasi | 64% | 06:12 UTC+7 |
| Bandung | 65% | 06:12 UTC+7 |
Not visible from Amsterdam, London, Berlin, Paris, Madrid, Rome, Lisbon, Moscow, Cairo, Tokyo, Seoul and Beijing.