Eclipses and countries › 24 August 2063
Total solar eclipse of 24 August 2063
5 countries have towns in the path: China, Mongolia, North Korea, Russia and Japan. The path also crosses Kiribati and French Polynesia, without towns of 15,000 inhabitants or more. On the central line totality lasts at most 5 min 49 s. The longest of these towns is Mutsu in Japan, with 4 min 59 s. There the path is about 235 km wide and the shadow moves at about 3,850 km/h. The central shadow touches the Earth from 23:42 to 26:59 UTC; the partial eclipse can be seen somewhere on Earth from 22:45 to 27:55 UTC.
Open on the mapAll 84 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| China | 42 | 56 s to 4 min 19 s | 41% to 69% | 05:40 UTC+6 | Xilin Hot 99 |
| Mongolia | 3 | 1 min 39 s to 3 min 41 s | 40% to 48% | 07:43 UTC+8 | Saynshand 100 |
| North Korea | 3 | 3 min 6 s to 3 min 13 s | 69% | 24:01 UTC | Onsŏng 33 |
| Russia | 10 | 1 min 27 s to 4 min 38 s | 67% to 69% | 24:02 UTC | Trudovoye 43 |
| Japan | 26 | 53 s to 4 min 59 s | 72% to 75% | 24:13 UTC | Aomori 30 |
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.
- Saynshand, Mongolia 1003 min 41 s · 40% cloud · Sun 19°
- Xilin Hot, China 992 min 13 s · 41% cloud · Sun 24°
- Xilinhot, China 952 min 3 s · 41% cloud · Sun 24°
- Bogd, Mongolia 633 min 5 s · 45% cloud · Sun 13°
- Trudovoye, Russia 434 min 35 s · 68% cloud · Sun 38°
- Vladivostok, Russia 434 min 25 s · 68% cloud · Sun 38°
- Onsŏng, North Korea 333 min 13 s · 69% cloud · Sun 36°
- Namyang-nodongjagu, North Korea 333 min 7 s · 69% cloud · Sun 36°
- Aomori, Japan 304 min 17 s · 73% cloud · Sun 46°
- Goshogawara, Japan 293 min 59 s · 72% cloud · Sun 46°
Longest of all: Mutsu, Japan, 4 min 59 s (score 26).
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Tokyo | 82% | 24:17 UTC |
| Seoul | 79% | 08:59 UTC+9 |
| Beijing | 85% | 07:49 UTC+8 |
| Shanghai | 50% | 07:53 UTC+8 |
| Chengdu | 49% | 07:39 UTC+8 |
| Tianjin | 82% | 07:50 UTC+8 |
| Wuhan | 46% | 07:46 UTC+8 |
| Dhaka | 31% | 05:37 UTC+6 |
Not visible from Amsterdam, London, Berlin, Paris, Madrid, Rome, Lisbon, Moscow and Cairo.