Eclipses and countries › 4 September 2100
Total solar eclipse of 4 September 2100
16 countries have towns in the path: Sierra Leone, Guinea, Côte d’Ivoire, Ghana, Togo, Benin, Nigeria, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Congo - Kinshasa, Rwanda, Uganda, Burundi, Tanzania, Mozambique and Madagascar. The path also crosses Liberia and Burkina Faso, without towns of 15,000 inhabitants or more. On the central line totality lasts at most 3 min 32 s. The longest of these towns is Liwale in Tanzania, with 3 min 32 s. There the path is about 143 km wide and the shadow moves at about 2,290 km/h. The central shadow touches the Earth from 07:07 to 10:27 UTC; the partial eclipse can be seen somewhere on Earth from 06:07 to 11:27 UTC.
Open on the mapAll 176 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sierra Leone | 7 | 35 s to 1 min 29 s | 89% to 91% | 07:07 UTC+0 | Port Loko 1 |
| Guinea | 6 | 20 s to 1 min 31 s | 83% to 90% | 07:08 UTC+0 | Kérouané 2 |
| Côte d’Ivoire | 8 | 24 s to 1 min 44 s | 75% to 78% | 07:09 UTC+0 | Kong 5 |
| Ghana | 5 | 15 s to 1 min 52 s | 79% to 84% | 07:11 UTC+0 | Damongo 5 |
| Togo | 5 | 32 s to 1 min 56 s | 83% to 86% | 07:13 UTC+0 | Sokodé 3 |
| Benin | 4 | 59 s to 1 min 58 s | 85% to 88% | 08:14 UTC+1 | Bassila 3 |
| Nigeria | 26 | 16 s to 2 min 10 s | 83% to 91% | 08:16 UTC+1 | Wukari 3 |
| Cameroon | 5 | 1 min 16 s to 2 min 34 s | 87% to 89% | 08:27 UTC+1 | Meïganga 3 |
| Central African Republic | 9 | 1 min 14 s to 2 min 45 s | 79% to 86% | 08:32 UTC+1 | Bégoua 8 |
| Congo - Kinshasa | 12 | 1 min 4 s to 3 min 11 s | 76% to 82% | 08:40 UTC+1 | Aketi 10 |
| Rwanda | 28 | 1 min 0 s to 3 min 22 s | 69% to 80% | 10:09 UTC+2 | Nyanza 16 |
| Uganda | 3 | 1 min 2 s to 2 min 39 s | 78% to 79% | 11:09 UTC+3 | Kisoro 8 |
| Burundi | 2 | 1 min 40 s to 2 min 50 s | 64% to 70% | 10:12 UTC+2 | Cendajuru 19 |
| Tanzania | 38 | 29 s to 3 min 32 s | 24% to 72% | 11:13 UTC+3 | Mgandu 100 |
| Mozambique | 3 | 3 min 16 s to 3 min 31 s | 37% to 50% | 10:50 UTC+2 | Pemba 77 |
| Madagascar | 15 | 23 s to 3 min 23 s | 34% to 69% | 12:16 UTC+3 | Tsiroanomandidy 92 |
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.
- Mgandu, Tanzania 1003 min 26 s · 27% cloud · Sun 67°
- Mafinga, Tanzania 992 min 51 s · 24% cloud · Sun 68°
- Tsiroanomandidy, Madagascar 923 min 23 s · 34% cloud · Sun 64°
- Pemba, Mozambique 773 min 16 s · 37% cloud · Sun 69°
- Soavinandriana, Madagascar 743 min 1 s · 40% cloud · Sun 63°
- Macomia, Mozambique 633 min 31 s · 43% cloud · Sun 70°
- Cendajuru, Burundi 191 min 40 s · 64% cloud · Sun 63°
- Kirundo, Burundi 172 min 50 s · 70% cloud · Sun 62°
- Nyanza, Rwanda 162 min 40 s · 71% cloud · Sun 61°
- Nyamata, Rwanda 163 min 22 s · 73% cloud · Sun 62°
Longest of all: Liwale, Tanzania, 3 min 32 s (score 25).
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Madrid | 0% | 09:07 UTC+2 |
| Lisbon | 2% | 08:05 UTC+1 |
| Cairo | 6% | 10:30 UTC+3 |
| Kinshasa | 68% | 08:49 UTC+1 |
| Lagos | 94% | 08:19 UTC+1 |
| Johannesburg | 39% | 10:56 UTC+2 |
| Abidjan | 88% | 07:14 UTC+0 |
| Dar es Salaam | 92% | 11:41 UTC+3 |
Not visible from Amsterdam, London, Berlin, Paris, Rome, Moscow, Tokyo, Seoul and Beijing.