Eclipses and countries › 1 May 2079
Total solar eclipse of 1 May 2079
2 countries have towns in the path: United States and Canada. The path also crosses St Pierre & Miquelon and Greenland, without towns of 15,000 inhabitants or more. On the central line totality lasts at most 2 min 55 s. The longest of these towns is Corner Brook in Canada, with 2 min 36 s. There the path is about 449 km wide and the shadow moves at about 5,260 km/h. The central shadow touches the Earth from 10:05 to 11:31 UTC; the partial eclipse can be seen somewhere on Earth from 08:39 to 12:57 UTC.
Open on the mapAll 671 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 646 | 24 s to 2 min 14 s | 58% to 66% | 06:03 UTC-4 | New Bedford 100 |
| Canada | 25 | 34 s to 2 min 36 s | 68% to 76% | 07:07 UTC-3 | Halifax South End 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.
- New Bedford, United States 1002 min 14 s · 59% cloud · Sun 4°
- Fairhaven, United States 1002 min 14 s · 59% cloud · Sun 4°
- Halifax South End, Canada 952 min 22 s · 69% cloud · Sun 10°
- Halifax, Canada 952 min 22 s · 69% cloud · Sun 10°
Longest of all: Corner Brook, Canada, 2 min 36 s (score 72).
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 | 30% | 12:58 UTC+2 |
| London | 35% | 11:51 UTC+1 |
| Berlin | 21% | 13:09 UTC+2 |
| Paris | 26% | 12:49 UTC+2 |
| Madrid | 19% | 12:26 UTC+2 |
| Rome | 3% | 12:52 UTC+2 |
| Lisbon | 25% | 11:17 UTC+1 |
| Moscow | 12% | 14:44 UTC+3 |
Not visible from Cairo, Tokyo, Seoul and Beijing.