Eclipses and countries › 24 July 2055
Total solar eclipse of 24 July 2055
One country has towns in the path: South Africa. On the central line totality lasts at most 3 min 17 s. The longest of these towns is Port Alfred in South Africa, with 3 min 16 s. There the path is about 202 km wide and the shadow moves at about 2,220 km/h. The central shadow touches the Earth from 08:52 to 10:59 UTC; the partial eclipse can be seen somewhere on Earth from 07:35 to 12:17 UTC.
Open on the mapAll 26 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| South Africa | 26 | 40 s to 3 min 16 s | 29% to 47% | 11:35 UTC+2 | Beaufort West 100 |
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.
- Beaufort West, South Africa 1002 min 54 s · 29% cloud · Sun 36°
- Somerset East, South Africa 852 min 42 s · 34% cloud · Sun 37°
Longest of all: Port Alfred, South Africa, 3 min 16 s (score 80).
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Johannesburg | 83% | 11:58 UTC+2 |
| Cape Town | 99% | 11:39 UTC+2 |
| Durban | 91% | 12:08 UTC+2 |
| Luanda | 32% | 10:10 UTC+1 |
| Lubumbashi | 40% | 11:48 UTC+2 |
| Lusaka | 51% | 11:53 UTC+2 |
| Pretoria | 82% | 11:59 UTC+2 |
| Mbuji-Mayi | 25% | 11:34 UTC+2 |
Not visible from Amsterdam, London, Berlin, Paris, Madrid, Rome, Lisbon, Moscow, Cairo, Tokyo, Seoul and Beijing.