Eclipses and countries › 31 May 2049
Annular solar eclipse of 31 May 2049
21 countries have towns in the path: Peru, Ecuador, Brazil, Venezuela, Guyana, Cape Verde, Senegal, Gambia, Mali, Guinea, Côte d’Ivoire, Burkina Faso, Ghana, Togo, Benin, Nigeria, Cameroon, Congo - Brazzaville, Congo - Kinshasa, Burundi and Tanzania. The path also crosses Colombia, Suriname, Gabon and Central African Republic, without towns of 15,000 inhabitants or more. On the central line annularity lasts at most 4 min 45 s. The longest of these towns is Kaolack in Senegal, with 4 min 33 s. There the path is about 141 km wide and the shadow moves at about 2,020 km/h. The central shadow touches the Earth from 12:03 to 15:54 UTC; the partial eclipse can be seen somewhere on Earth from 10:57 to 17:00 UTC.
Open on the mapAll 250 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Peru | 11 | 1 min 42 s to 3 min 30 s | 58% to 63% | 07:02 UTC-5 | La Unión 23 |
| Ecuador | 2 | 1 min 30 s to 1 min 33 s | 69% to 76% | 07:04 UTC-5 | Zamora 5 |
| Brazil | 2 | 1 min 28 s to 2 min 28 s | 74% to 79% | 08:21 UTC-4 | Pacaraima 12 |
| Venezuela | 1 | 1 min 2 s | 74% | 08:23 UTC-4 | Santa Elena de Uairén 8 |
| Guyana | 2 | 1 min 5 s to 2 min 35 s | 65% to 69% | 08:28 UTC-4 | New Amsterdam 24 |
| Cape Verde | 2 | 3 min 43 s to 4 min 24 s | 38% to 39% | 13:20 UTC-1 | Assomada 98 |
| Senegal | 46 | 14 s to 4 min 33 s | 38% to 47% | 14:41 UTC+0 | Fatick 100 |
| Gambia | 3 | 2 min 10 s to 4 min 6 s | 41% to 42% | 14:48 UTC+0 | Farato 80 |
| Mali | 9 | 2 min 16 s to 4 min 18 s | 47% to 52% | 15:03 UTC+0 | Kangaba 67 |
| Guinea | 1 | 2 min 7 s | 51% | 15:08 UTC+0 | Kintinian 42 |
| Côte d’Ivoire | 8 | 57 s to 4 min 3 s | 53% to 57% | 15:16 UTC+0 | Doropo 43 |
| Burkina Faso | 6 | 18 s to 4 min 9 s | 51% to 55% | 15:17 UTC+0 | Banfora 49 |
| Ghana | 8 | 1 min 58 s to 3 min 49 s | 54% to 63% | 15:23 UTC+0 | Wa 44 |
| Togo | 4 | 28 s to 3 min 36 s | 62% to 64% | 15:29 UTC+0 | Sotouboua 30 |
| Benin | 15 | 1 min 26 s to 3 min 59 s | 64% to 71% | 16:31 UTC+1 | Savalou 28 |
| Nigeria | 85 | 33 s to 3 min 58 s | 66% to 75% | 16:33 UTC+1 | Agbor 23 |
| Cameroon | 29 | 52 s to 3 min 50 s | 71% to 77% | 16:41 UTC+1 | Sangmélima 17 |
| Congo - Brazzaville | 2 | 3 min 42 s | 65% | 16:48 UTC+1 | Ouesso 20 |
| Congo - Kinshasa | 6 | 2 min 37 s to 3 min 28 s | 62% to 74% | 16:50 UTC+1 | Mbandaka 15 |
| Burundi | 5 | 46 s to 3 min 30 s | 53% to 60% | 17:52 UTC+2 | Gatumba 1 |
| Tanzania | 3 | 1 min 11 s to 2 min 9 s | 47% | 18:52 UTC+3 | Mwandiga 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.
- Fatick, Senegal 1004 min 29 s · 38% cloud · Sun 65°
- Poukham Un, Senegal 1004 min 27 s · 38% cloud · Sun 65°
- Assomada, Cape Verde 984 min 24 s · 39% cloud · Sun 77°
- Praia, Cape Verde 943 min 43 s · 38% cloud · Sun 76°
- Farato, Gambia 804 min 6 s · 41% cloud · Sun 61°
- Farafenni, Gambia 743 min 14 s · 42% cloud · Sun 63°
- Kangaba, Mali 674 min 18 s · 49% cloud · Sun 51°
- Bougouni, Mali 604 min 13 s · 51% cloud · Sun 50°
- Banfora, Burkina Faso 494 min 9 s · 52% cloud · Sun 45°
- Orodara, Burkina Faso 483 min 34 s · 51% cloud · Sun 46°
Longest of all: Kaolack, Senegal, 4 min 33 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.
| City | Sun covered | Deepest |
|---|---|---|
| Madrid | 6% | 16:50 UTC+2 |
| Lisbon | 12% | 15:44 UTC+1 |
| Cairo | 2% | 18:30 UTC+3 |
| Kinshasa | 74% | 16:51 UTC+1 |
| Lagos | 91% | 16:36 UTC+1 |
| Lima | 68% | 07:04 UTC-5 |
| Bogotá | 71% | 07:12 UTC-5 |
| Abidjan | 79% | 15:25 UTC+0 |
Not visible from Amsterdam, London, Berlin, Paris, Rome, Moscow, Tokyo, Seoul and Beijing.