Eclipses and countries › 12 September 2053
Total solar eclipse of 12 September 2053
9 countries have towns in the path: Morocco, Spain, Gibraltar, Algeria, Tunisia, Libya, Egypt, Saudi Arabia and Indonesia. The path also crosses Yemen, without towns of 15,000 inhabitants or more. On the central line totality lasts at most 3 min 4 s. The longest of these towns is Rābigh in Saudi Arabia, with 2 min 57 s. There the path is about 116 km wide and the shadow moves at about 2,200 km/h. The central shadow touches the Earth from 07:51 to 11:14 UTC; the partial eclipse can be seen somewhere on Earth from 06:51 to 12:14 UTC.
Open on the mapAll 136 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Morocco | 6 | 7 s to 1 min 33 s | 32% to 33% | 08:59 UTC+1 | Fnidek 35 |
| Spain | 8 | 1 min 6 s to 1 min 35 s | 31% to 35% | 09:59 UTC+2 | Tarifa 34 |
| Gibraltar | 1 | 1 min 24 s | 32% | 10:00 UTC+2 | Gibraltar 32 |
| Algeria | 46 | 23 s to 1 min 58 s | 31% to 37% | 09:03 UTC+1 | Sig 39 |
| Tunisia | 19 | 44 s to 2 min 9 s | 25% to 32% | 09:13 UTC+1 | El Hamma 48 |
| Libya | 12 | 34 s to 1 min 42 s | 18% to 28% | 10:20 UTC+2 | Qaryat Sulūq 54 |
| Egypt | 38 | 30 s to 2 min 55 s | 2% to 8% | 11:44 UTC+3 | Abū Tīj 100 |
| Saudi Arabia | 4 | 56 s to 2 min 57 s | 16% to 21% | 12:19 UTC+3 | Rābigh 65 |
| Indonesia | 2 | 5 s to 37 s | 92% | 18:13 UTC+7 | Lahewa 0 |
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.
- Abū Tīj, Egypt 1002 min 54 s · 3% cloud · Sun 64°
- Şidfā, Egypt 1002 min 55 s · 3% cloud · Sun 64°
- Rābigh, Saudi Arabia 652 min 57 s · 21% cloud · Sun 71°
- Turabah, Saudi Arabia 612 min 48 s · 20% cloud · Sun 72°
- Qaryat Sulūq, Libya 541 min 42 s · 18% cloud · Sun 50°
- Az Zuwaytīnah, Libya 521 min 38 s · 18% cloud · Sun 50°
- El Hamma, Tunisia 482 min 6 s · 26% cloud · Sun 38°
- Chenini Nahal, Tunisia 482 min 8 s · 27% cloud · Sun 39°
- Sig, Algeria 391 min 46 s · 31% cloud · Sun 28°
- Tolga, Algeria 381 min 58 s · 32% cloud · Sun 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, in local time.
| City | Sun covered | Deepest |
|---|---|---|
| Amsterdam | 40% | 10:19 UTC+2 |
| London | 44% | 09:15 UTC+1 |
| Berlin | 35% | 10:27 UTC+2 |
| Paris | 52% | 10:15 UTC+2 |
| Madrid | 84% | 10:04 UTC+2 |
| Rome | 70% | 10:21 UTC+2 |
| Lisbon | 92% | 08:59 UTC+1 |
| Moscow | 13% | 11:55 UTC+3 |
| Cairo | 92% | 11:57 UTC+3 |
| Beijing | 1% | 18:27 UTC+8 |
Not visible from Tokyo and Seoul.