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Eclipses and countries › 21 April 2088

Total solar eclipse of 21 April 2088

Follow the shadow on the globe

14 countries have towns in the path: Cape Verde, Mauritania, Algeria, Tunisia, Malta, Italy, Greece, Türkiye, Georgia, Russia, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan and China. The path also crosses Western Sahara, Morocco, Mali and Turkmenistan, without towns of 15,000 inhabitants or more. On the central line totality lasts at most 3 min 58 s. The longest of these towns is Żabbar in Malta, with 3 min 58 s. There the path is about 173 km wide and the shadow moves at about 2,390 km/h. The central shadow touches the Earth from 08:54 to 12:05 UTC; the partial eclipse can be seen somewhere on Earth from 07:54 to 13:05 UTC.

Open on the mapAll 238 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
Cape Verde21 min 0 s to 2 min 16 s55% to 60%08:04 UTC-1Espargos 20
Mauritania11 min 1 s17%09:23 UTC+0Zouérat 47
Algeria62 min 39 s to 3 min 43 s19% to 20%10:48 UTC+1Hassi Messaoud 100
Tunisia251 min 2 s to 3 min 55 s30% to 44%11:13 UTC+1Mareth 71
Malta73 min 56 s to 3 min 58 s46%12:27 UTC+2Żabbar 47
Italy827 s to 2 min 55 s43% to 47%12:29 UTC+2Pachino 44
Greece1511 s to 3 min 54 s49% to 66%13:44 UTC+3Pátra 32
Türkiye10545 s to 3 min 50 s53% to 64%13:55 UTC+3Ezine 32
Georgia544 s to 3 min 16 s69% to 75%15:21 UTC+4Zugdidi 13
Russia391 min 21 s to 3 min 19 s68% to 78%14:25 UTC+3Malgobek 13
Kazakhstan1430 s to 2 min 59 s53% to 75%16:36 UTC+5Zhanaozen 28
Uzbekistan22 min 14 s to 2 min 18 s53% to 54%16:45 UTC+5Qŭnghirot 24
Kyrgyzstan746 s to 2 min 22 s76% to 86%17:56 UTC+6Kara-Balta 5
China22 min 0 s to 2 min 5 s68% to 69%18:00 UTC+6Aqsu 9

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. Hassi Messaoud, Algeria 1003 min 43 s · 19% cloud · Sun 62°
  2. El Menia, Algeria 993 min 27 s · 19% cloud · Sun 59°
  3. Mareth, Tunisia 713 min 36 s · 31% cloud · Sun 64°
  4. Teboulbou, Tunisia 713 min 55 s · 33% cloud · Sun 64°
  5. Zouérat, Mauritania 471 min 1 s · 17% cloud · Sun 40°
  6. Żabbar, Malta 473 min 58 s · 46% cloud · Sun 65°
  7. Qormi, Malta 473 min 58 s · 46% cloud · Sun 65°
  8. Pachino, Italy 442 min 55 s · 43% cloud · Sun 65°
  9. Pozzallo, Italy 352 min 20 s · 46% cloud · Sun 65°
  10. Ezine, Türkiye 323 min 43 s · 53% cloud · Sun 61°

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.

CitySun coveredDeepest
Amsterdam43%12:32 UTC+2
London40%11:24 UTC+1
Berlin50%12:43 UTC+2
Paris49%12:24 UTC+2
Madrid63%12:04 UTC+2
Rome81%12:32 UTC+2
Lisbon60%10:54 UTC+1
Moscow56%14:15 UTC+3
Cairo61%13:02 UTC+2

Not visible from Tokyo, Seoul and Beijing.

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