Eclipses and countries › 5 January 2038
Annular solar eclipse of 5 January 2038
13 countries have towns in the path: Cuba, Haiti, Dominican Republic, St Vincent & the Grenadines, St Lucia, Barbados, Liberia, Côte d’Ivoire, Ghana, Togo, Benin, Niger and Nigeria. The path also crosses Burkina Faso, Chad, Libya, Sudan and Egypt, without towns of 15,000 inhabitants or more. On the central line annularity lasts at most 3 min 19 s. The longest of these towns is Guiglo in Côte d’Ivoire, with 3 min 10 s. There the path is about 116 km wide and the shadow moves at about 2,650 km/h. The central shadow touches the Earth from 12:04 to 15:27 UTC; the partial eclipse can be seen somewhere on Earth from 10:58 to 16:33 UTC.
Open on the mapAll 200 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 | Annularity | Cloud cover | Starts | Best place |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cuba | 74 | 26 s to 2 min 48 s | 35% to 53% | 07:03 UTC-5 | Guantánamo 29 |
| Haiti | 23 | 49 s to 2 min 49 s | 36% to 39% | 07:04 UTC-5 | Grand Gosier 36 |
| Dominican Republic | 6 | 23 s to 2 min 44 s | 39% to 41% | 08:05 UTC-4 | Santa Cruz de Barahona 34 |
| St Vincent & the Grenadines | 2 | 2 min 30 s to 2 min 31 s | 41% | 08:12 UTC-4 | Kingstown 52 |
| St Lucia | 1 | 54 s | 39% | 08:13 UTC-4 | Castries 34 |
| Barbados | 1 | 2 min 20 s | 43% | 08:14 UTC-4 | Bridgetown 48 |
| Liberia | 2 | 2 min 30 s to 2 min 55 s | 50% to 51% | 14:38 UTC+0 | Zwedru 39 |
| Côte d’Ivoire | 53 | 47 s to 3 min 10 s | 21% to 47% | 14:43 UTC+0 | Flakièdougou 95 |
| Ghana | 4 | 1 min 57 s to 3 min 6 s | 17% to 18% | 14:58 UTC+0 | Damongo 100 |
| Togo | 1 | 2 min 54 s | 18% | 15:03 UTC+0 | Mango 96 |
| Benin | 10 | 2 min 39 s to 3 min 2 s | 18% to 22% | 16:04 UTC+1 | Banikoara 99 |
| Niger | 12 | 51 s to 3 min 0 s | 21% to 25% | 16:08 UTC+1 | Tessaoua 96 |
| Nigeria | 11 | 34 s to 2 min 56 s | 22% to 30% | 16:08 UTC+1 | Kamba 93 |
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.
- Damongo, Ghana 1003 min 6 s · 18% cloud · Sun 39°
- Savelugu, Ghana 1003 min 3 s · 17% cloud · Sun 37°
- Banikoara, Benin 992 min 54 s · 20% cloud · Sun 32°
- Toukountouna, Benin 983 min 2 s · 18% cloud · Sun 34°
- Tessaoua, Niger 963 min 0 s · 23% cloud · Sun 25°
- Mango, Togo 962 min 54 s · 18% cloud · Sun 35°
- Aguié, Niger 952 min 53 s · 23% cloud · Sun 25°
- Flakièdougou, Côte d’Ivoire 953 min 7 s · 21% cloud · Sun 40°
- Kamba, Nigeria 932 min 56 s · 23% cloud · Sun 31°
- Sakassou, Côte d’Ivoire 883 min 8 s · 25% cloud · Sun 44°
Longest of all: Guiglo, Côte d’Ivoire, 3 min 10 s (score 46).
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, in local time.
| City | Sun covered | Deepest |
|---|---|---|
| Amsterdam | 6% | 15:39 UTC+1 |
| London | 5% | 14:34 UTC+0 |
| Berlin | 10% | 15:48 UTC+1 |
| Paris | 8% | 15:41 UTC+1 |
| Madrid | 15% | 15:42 UTC+1 |
| Rome | 25% | 16:02 UTC+1 |
| Lisbon | 14% | 14:33 UTC+0 |
| Cairo | 64% | 17:09 UTC+2 |
Not visible from Moscow, Tokyo, Seoul and Beijing.