Eclipses and countries › 12 August 2045
Total solar eclipse of 12 August 2045

10 countries have towns in the path: United States, Bahamas, Turks & Caicos Islands, Haiti, Dominican Republic, Venezuela, Trinidad & Tobago, Guyana, Suriname and Brazil. The path also crosses Cuba, Puerto Rico, Grenada and France, without towns of 15,000 inhabitants or more. On the central line totality lasts at most 6 min 6 s. The longest of these towns is Palm City in United States, with 6 min 6 s. There the path is about 255 km wide and the shadow moves at about 2,480 km/h. The central shadow touches the Earth from 16:01 to 19:21 UTC; the partial eclipse can be seen somewhere on Earth from 15:05 to 20:17 UTC.
Open on the mapAll 721 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 332 | 14 s to 6 min 6 s | 13% to 62% | 09:14 UTC-7 | Susanville 100 |
| Bahamas | 4 | 5 min 40 s to 6 min 4 s | 50% to 56% | 13:37 UTC-4 | Killarney 44 |
| Turks & Caicos Islands | 1 | 2 min 54 s | 45% | 13:58 UTC-4 | Providenciales 37 |
| Haiti | 14 | 1 min 32 s to 5 min 43 s | 49% to 50% | 14:00 UTC-4 | Cap-Haïtien 43 |
| Dominican Republic | 49 | 20 s to 5 min 54 s | 43% to 53% | 14:01 UTC-4 | Boca Chica 46 |
| Venezuela | 14 | 1 min 4 s to 5 min 17 s | 48% to 56% | 14:31 UTC-4 | Güiria 41 |
| Trinidad & Tobago | 13 | 4 min 23 s to 5 min 17 s | 49% to 50% | 14:34 UTC-4 | Point Fortin 40 |
| Guyana | 3 | 3 min 4 s to 4 min 56 s | 39% to 45% | 14:44 UTC-4 | New Amsterdam 57 |
| Suriname | 12 | 2 min 22 s to 3 min 23 s | 42% to 43% | 15:50 UTC-3 | Lelydorp 42 |
| Brazil | 279 | 5 s to 4 min 29 s | 23% to 66% | 15:59 UTC-3 | Rosário 78 |
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.
- Susanville, United States 1004 min 33 s · 17% cloud · Sun 34°
- Redding, United States 954 min 25 s · 17% cloud · Sun 32°
- Rosário, Brazil 784 min 1 s · 25% cloud · Sun 26°
- Bacabeira, Brazil 784 min 0 s · 25% cloud · Sun 26°
- New Amsterdam, Guyana 574 min 52 s · 39% cloud · Sun 47°
- Georgetown, Guyana 564 min 56 s · 40% cloud · Sun 48°
- Boca Chica, Dominican Republic 465 min 22 s · 47% cloud · Sun 69°
- Santo Domingo Este, Dominican Republic 465 min 37 s · 48% cloud · Sun 70°
- Killarney, Bahamas 446 min 4 s · 50% cloud · Sun 78°
- Nassau, Bahamas 446 min 2 s · 50% cloud · Sun 78°
Longest of all: Palm City, United States, 6 min 6 s (score 34).
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 |
|---|---|---|
| São Paulo | 28% | 16:24 UTC-3 |
| Mexico City | 39% | 11:07 UTC-6 |
| New York City | 51% | 13:26 UTC-4 |
| Bogotá | 54% | 13:29 UTC-5 |
| Rio de Janeiro | 35% | 16:25 UTC-3 |
| Los Angeles | 79% | 09:21 UTC-7 |
| Caracas | 93% | 14:30 UTC-4 |
| Toronto | 52% | 13:14 UTC-4 |
Not visible from Amsterdam, London, Berlin, Paris, Madrid, Rome, Lisbon, Moscow, Cairo, Tokyo, Seoul and Beijing.