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Eclipses and countries › 22 May 2096

Total solar eclipse of 22 May 2096

Follow the shadow on the globe

2 countries have towns in the path: Indonesia and Philippines. On the central line totality lasts at most 6 min 7 s. The longest of these towns is Bislig in Philippines, with 4 min 36 s. There the path is about 233 km wide and the shadow moves at about 4,290 km/h. Of the 69 total eclipses from 1999 to 2100, only those of 22 July 2009 and 2 August 2027 last longer. The central shadow touches the Earth from 23:53 to 27:17 UTC; the partial eclipse can be seen somewhere on Earth from 22:57 to 28:13 UTC.

Open on the mapAll 78 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.

CountryPlacesTotalityCloud coverStartsBest place
Indonesia81 min 29 s to 3 min 17 s67% to 75%06:53 UTC+7Manismata 67
Philippines701 min 1 s to 4 min 36 s67% to 75%24:13 UTCHinatuan 100

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.

  1. Hinatuan, Philippines 1004 min 33 s · 69% cloud · Sun 42°
  2. Tagbina, Philippines 994 min 21 s · 69% cloud · Sun 42°
  3. Manismata, Indonesia 673 min 16 s · 69% cloud · Sun 19°
  4. Bandar Lampung, Indonesia 663 min 4 s · 67% cloud · Sun 12°

Longest of all: Bislig, Philippines, 4 min 36 s (score 95).

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.

CitySun coveredDeepest
Tokyo51%25:22 UTC
Seoul24%25:08 UTC
Beijing7%25:01 UTC
Shanghai29%24:51 UTC
Shenzhen36%24:30 UTC
Guangzhou33%24:31 UTC
Ho Chi Minh City54%24:10 UTC
Dongguan34%24:31 UTC

Not visible from Amsterdam, London, Berlin, Paris, Madrid, Rome, Lisbon, Moscow and Cairo.

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