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Eclipses and countries › 28 February 2063

Annular solar eclipse of 28 February 2063

Follow the shadow on the globe

5 countries have towns in the path: Indonesia, Singapore, Malaysia, Brunei and Philippines. The path also crosses South Africa, without towns of 15,000 inhabitants or more. On the central line annularity lasts at most 7 min 42 s. The longest of these towns is Tanjung Pinang in Indonesia, with 6 min 33 s. There the path is about 337 km wide and the shadow moves at about 4,310 km/h. The central shadow touches the Earth from 05:50 to 09:33 UTC; the partial eclipse can be seen somewhere on Earth from 04:40 to 10:44 UTC.

Open on the mapAll 262 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
Indonesia153 min 46 s to 6 min 33 s74% to 90%16:07 UTC+7Tanjung Pinang 74
Singapore655 min 33 s to 5 min 58 s73% to 74%17:15 UTC+8Loyang 74
Malaysia6819 s to 6 min 9 s61% to 86%17:15 UTC+8Sandakan 100
Brunei75 min 58 s to 6 min 5 s74% to 77%17:25 UTC+8Serasa 55
Philippines10714 s to 5 min 56 s59% to 76%17:28 UTC+8Mapun 95

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. Sandakan, Malaysia 1005 min 57 s · 63% cloud · Sun 12°
  2. Mapun, Philippines 955 min 25 s · 59% cloud · Sun 11°
  3. Kudat, Malaysia 914 min 30 s · 61% cloud · Sun 13°
  4. Loyang, Singapore 745 min 53 s · 73% cloud · Sun 30°
  5. Tanjung Pinang, Indonesia 746 min 33 s · 74% cloud · Sun 30°
  6. Kampong Loyang, Singapore 745 min 53 s · 73% cloud · Sun 30°
  7. Batam, Indonesia 726 min 17 s · 74% cloud · Sun 30°
  8. Jolo, Philippines 655 min 8 s · 65% cloud · Sun 9°
  9. Serasa, Brunei 556 min 5 s · 74% cloud · Sun 16°
  10. Mentiri, Brunei 546 min 4 s · 74% cloud · Sun 16°

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
Seoul3%18:24 UTC+9
Beijing0%17:42 UTC+8
Shenzhen37%17:42 UTC+8
Guangzhou35%17:42 UTC+8
Ho Chi Minh City66%16:32 UTC+7
Dongguan36%17:42 UTC+8
Johannesburg20%07:57 UTC+2
Foshan35%17:42 UTC+8

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

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