Eclipses and countries › 30 April 2041
Total solar eclipse of 30 April 2041
5 countries have towns in the path: Angola, Congo - Kinshasa, Uganda, Kenya and Somalia. On the central line totality lasts at most 1 min 50 s. The longest of these towns is Songo in Angola, with 1 min 49 s. There the path is about 72 km wide and the shadow moves at about 2,100 km/h. The central shadow touches the Earth from 10:14 to 13:27 UTC; the partial eclipse can be seen somewhere on Earth from 09:10 to 14:31 UTC.
Open on the mapAll 90 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Angola | 31 | 37 s to 1 min 49 s | 44% to 60% | 12:53 UTC+1 | Gama 100 |
| Congo - Kinshasa | 6 | 29 s to 1 min 34 s | 66% to 73% | 13:16 UTC+1 | Bulungu 30 |
| Uganda | 46 | 8 s to 1 min 20 s | 70% to 74% | 15:49 UTC+3 | Busembatia 22 |
| Kenya | 6 | 40 s to 1 min 8 s | 61% to 73% | 15:59 UTC+3 | Maralal 36 |
| Somalia | 1 | 27 s | 53% | 16:13 UTC+3 | Bu’aale 33 |
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.
- Gama, Angola 1001 min 48 s · 45% cloud · Sun 63°
- Sambizanga, Angola 991 min 44 s · 45% cloud · Sun 63°
- Maralal, Kenya 361 min 4 s · 61% cloud · Sun 35°
- Bu’aale, Somalia 3327 s · 53% cloud · Sun 28°
- Bulungu, Congo - Kinshasa 301 min 29 s · 66% cloud · Sun 60°
- Mangai, Congo - Kinshasa 261 min 34 s · 69% cloud · Sun 59°
- Moi‘s Bridge, Kenya 231 min 5 s · 70% cloud · Sun 38°
- Busembatia, Uganda 221 min 11 s · 71% cloud · Sun 40°
- Namutumba, Uganda 221 min 8 s · 71% cloud · Sun 40°
Longest of all: Songo, Angola, 1 min 49 s (score 50).
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Cairo | 4% | 16:14 UTC+3 |
| Kinshasa | 94% | 13:09 UTC+1 |
| Lagos | 35% | 13:02 UTC+1 |
| Johannesburg | 33% | 14:01 UTC+2 |
| Abidjan | 21% | 11:44 UTC+0 |
| Dar es Salaam | 73% | 15:59 UTC+3 |
| Kano | 31% | 13:22 UTC+1 |
| Cape Town | 33% | 13:26 UTC+2 |
Not visible from Amsterdam, London, Berlin, Paris, Madrid, Rome, Lisbon, Moscow, Tokyo, Seoul and Beijing.