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Eclipses and countries › 5 November 2059

Annular solar eclipse of 5 November 2059

Follow the shadow on the globe

14 countries have towns in the path: France, Spain, Andorra, Italy, Libya, Egypt, Sudan, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Yemen, Djibouti, Somalia, Indonesia and Malaysia. The path also crosses Malta, without towns of 15,000 inhabitants or more. On the central line annularity lasts at most 7 min 1 s. The longest of these towns is Laascaanood in Somalia, with 6 min 59 s. There the path is about 240 km wide and the shadow moves at about 1,890 km/h. The central shadow touches the Earth from 07:32 to 11:01 UTC; the partial eclipse can be seen somewhere on Earth from 06:21 to 12:12 UTC.

Open on the mapAll 272 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.

CountryPlacesAnnularityCloud coverStartsBest place
France11251 s to 5 min 27 s56% to 73%08:30 UTC+1Perpignan 11
Spain91 min 21 s to 4 min 26 s59% to 62%08:32 UTC+1Roses 10
Andorra22 min 24 s to 2 min 26 s61%08:32 UTC+1les Escaldes 1
Italy781 min 43 s to 5 min 44 s48% to 59%08:34 UTC+1Siracusa 30
Libya72 min 10 s to 5 min 57 s38% to 44%09:47 UTC+2Al Qubbah 44
Egypt91 min 50 s to 6 min 18 s7% to 34%09:55 UTC+2Al Khārjah 100
Sudan55 min 36 s to 6 min 36 s13% to 20%10:28 UTC+2Sinkat 91
Eritrea25 min 51 s to 6 min 51 s17% to 21%11:40 UTC+3Assab 83
Ethiopia14 min 33 s26%11:47 UTC+3Arerti 49
Yemen15 min 27 s19%11:54 UTC+3Mocha 70
Djibouti53 min 51 s to 6 min 41 s18% to 19%11:56 UTC+3Obock 85
Somalia55 min 2 s to 6 min 59 s19% to 27%11:58 UTC+3Saylac 73
Indonesia302 min 26 s to 5 min 10 s95% to 98%17:58 UTC+7Lahewa 0
Malaysia618 s to 59 s94% to 96%18:58 UTC+8Hutan Melintang 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.

  1. Al Khārjah, Egypt 1006 min 18 s · 8% cloud · Sun 43°
  2. Al-Khārijah, Egypt 996 min 14 s · 7% cloud · Sun 43°
  3. Sinkat, Sudan 916 min 26 s · 13% cloud · Sun 53°
  4. Jubayt, Sudan 916 min 31 s · 14% cloud · Sun 53°
  5. Obock, Djibouti 856 min 41 s · 18% cloud · Sun 62°
  6. Assab, Eritrea 836 min 51 s · 17% cloud · Sun 61°
  7. Djibouti, Djibouti 785 min 34 s · 18% cloud · Sun 63°
  8. Saylac, Somalia 735 min 53 s · 19% cloud · Sun 63°
  9. Massawa, Eritrea 735 min 51 s · 21% cloud · Sun 58°
  10. Mocha, Yemen 705 min 27 s · 19% cloud · Sun 61°

Longest of all: Laascaanood, Somalia, 6 min 59 s (score 60).

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
Amsterdam64%08:40 UTC+1
London72%07:38 UTC+0
Berlin55%08:45 UTC+1
Paris77%08:37 UTC+1
Madrid76%08:30 UTC+1
Rome83%08:40 UTC+1
Lisbon65%07:28 UTC+0
Moscow23%11:09 UTC+3
Cairo80%10:06 UTC+2

Not visible from Tokyo, Seoul and Beijing.

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