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Eclipses and countries › 12 August 2045

Total solar eclipse of 12 August 2045

Follow the shadow on the globe

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.

CountryPlacesTotalityCloud coverStartsBest place
United States33214 s to 6 min 6 s13% to 62%09:14 UTC-7Susanville 100
Bahamas45 min 40 s to 6 min 4 s50% to 56%13:37 UTC-4Killarney 44
Turks & Caicos Islands12 min 54 s45%13:58 UTC-4Providenciales 37
Haiti141 min 32 s to 5 min 43 s49% to 50%14:00 UTC-4Cap-Haïtien 43
Dominican Republic4920 s to 5 min 54 s43% to 53%14:01 UTC-4Boca Chica 46
Venezuela141 min 4 s to 5 min 17 s48% to 56%14:31 UTC-4Güiria 41
Trinidad & Tobago134 min 23 s to 5 min 17 s49% to 50%14:34 UTC-4Point Fortin 40
Guyana33 min 4 s to 4 min 56 s39% to 45%14:44 UTC-4New Amsterdam 57
Suriname122 min 22 s to 3 min 23 s42% to 43%15:50 UTC-3Lelydorp 42
Brazil2795 s to 4 min 29 s23% to 66%15:59 UTC-3Rosário 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.

  1. Susanville, United States 1004 min 33 s · 17% cloud · Sun 34°
  2. Redding, United States 954 min 25 s · 17% cloud · Sun 32°
  3. Rosário, Brazil 784 min 1 s · 25% cloud · Sun 26°
  4. Bacabeira, Brazil 784 min 0 s · 25% cloud · Sun 26°
  5. New Amsterdam, Guyana 574 min 52 s · 39% cloud · Sun 47°
  6. Georgetown, Guyana 564 min 56 s · 40% cloud · Sun 48°
  7. Boca Chica, Dominican Republic 465 min 22 s · 47% cloud · Sun 69°
  8. Santo Domingo Este, Dominican Republic 465 min 37 s · 48% cloud · Sun 70°
  9. Killarney, Bahamas 446 min 4 s · 50% cloud · Sun 78°
  10. 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.

CitySun coveredDeepest
São Paulo28%16:24 UTC-3
Mexico City39%11:07 UTC-6
New York City51%13:26 UTC-4
Bogotá54%13:29 UTC-5
Rio de Janeiro35%16:25 UTC-3
Los Angeles79%09:21 UTC-7
Caracas93%14:30 UTC-4
Toronto52%13:14 UTC-4

Not visible from Amsterdam, London, Berlin, Paris, Madrid, Rome, Lisbon, Moscow, Cairo, Tokyo, Seoul and Beijing.

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