Eclipses and countries › 16 January 2056
Annular solar eclipse of 16 January 2056

2 countries have towns in the path: Mexico and United States. The path also crosses Kiribati, without towns of 15,000 inhabitants or more. On the central line annularity lasts at most 2 min 52 s. The longest of these towns is Monclova in Mexico, with 2 min 39 s. There the path is about 145 km wide and the shadow moves at about 18,580 km/h. The central shadow touches the Earth from 20:34 to 23:56 UTC; the partial eclipse can be seen somewhere on Earth from 19:28 to 25:02 UTC.
Open on the mapAll 25 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 | Annularity | Cloud cover | Starts | Best place |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mexico | 21 | 51 s to 2 min 39 s | 42% to 53% | 16:52 UTC-7 | Licenciado Benito Juárez 100 |
| United States | 4 | 1 min 0 s to 2 min 36 s | 53% to 57% | 17:54 UTC-6 | Laredo 14 |
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.
- Licenciado Benito Juárez, Mexico 1002 min 15 s · 43% cloud · Sun 10°
- Costa Rica, Mexico 1002 min 30 s · 43% cloud · Sun 9°
- Laredo, United States 142 min 36 s · 53% cloud · Sun 1°
- Alice, United States 02 min 3 s · 55% cloud · Sun 0°
Longest of all: Monclova, Mexico, 2 min 39 s (score 37).
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Mexico City | 68% | 17:58 UTC-6 |
| Los Angeles | 51% | 15:41 UTC-8 |
| Houston | 76% | 17:44 UTC-6 |
Not visible from Amsterdam, London, Berlin, Paris, Madrid, Rome, Lisbon, Moscow, Cairo, Tokyo, Seoul and Beijing.