Eclipses and countries › 11 May 2078
Total solar eclipse of 11 May 2078
3 countries have towns in the path: Mexico, United States and Spain. On the central line totality lasts at most 5 min 41 s. The longest of these towns is Laplace in United States, with 5 min 38 s. There the path is about 231 km wide and the shadow moves at about 2,420 km/h. The central shadow touches the Earth from 16:13 to 19:36 UTC; the partial eclipse can be seen somewhere on Earth from 15:17 to 20:32 UTC.
Open on the mapAll 288 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mexico | 86 | 15 s to 5 min 34 s | 24% to 48% | 11:17 UTC-6 | El Salto 100 |
| United States | 196 | 57 s to 5 min 38 s | 42% to 61% | 12:41 UTC-5 | Brownsville 63 |
| Spain | 6 | 35 s to 1 min 17 s | 43% to 45% | 20:35 UTC+1 | Yaiza 0 |
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.
- El Salto, Mexico 1005 min 17 s · 25% cloud · Sun 68°
- Ahualulco de Mercado, Mexico 1005 min 21 s · 25% cloud · Sun 68°
- Brownsville, United States 635 min 34 s · 42% cloud · Sun 77°
- San Benito, United States 595 min 11 s · 43% cloud · Sun 77°
- Yaiza, Spain 01 min 17 s · 45% cloud · Sun -1°
- Tías, Spain 054 s · 44% cloud · Sun -1°
Longest of all: Laplace, United States, 5 min 38 s (score 50).
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 | 16% | 21:15 UTC+2 |
| London | 21% | 20:17 UTC+1 |
| Berlin | 3% | 20:49 UTC+2 |
| Paris | 25% | 21:18 UTC+2 |
| Madrid | 52% | 21:20 UTC+2 |
| Lisbon | 66% | 20:30 UTC+1 |
Not visible from Rome, Moscow, Cairo, Tokyo, Seoul and Beijing.