Eclipses and countries › 22 July 2028
Total solar eclipse of 22 July 2028
4 countries have towns in the path: Cocos (Keeling) Islands, Christmas Island, Australia and New Zealand. On the central line totality lasts at most 5 min 10 s. The longest of these towns is Flying Fish Cove in Christmas Island, with 3 min 53 s. There the path is about 214 km wide and the shadow moves at about 3,670 km/h. The central shadow touches the Earth from 01:32 to 04:18 UTC; the partial eclipse can be seen somewhere on Earth from 00:27 to 05:23 UTC.
Open on the mapAll 75 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cocos (Keeling) Islands | 1 | 3 min 29 s | 69% | 08:12 UTC+6:30 | West Island 22 |
| Christmas Island | 1 | 3 min 53 s | 53% | 08:54 UTC+7 | Flying Fish Cove 57 |
| Australia | 72 | 2 min 15 s to 3 min 51 s | 43% to 51% | 13:55 UTC+10 | Dubbo 100 |
| New Zealand | 1 | 2 min 51 s | 72% | 16:15 UTC+12 | Dunedin 10 |
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.
- Dubbo, Australia 1003 min 51 s · 43% cloud · Sun 32°
- Cranebrook, Australia 863 min 48 s · 47% cloud · Sun 30°
- Flying Fish Cove, Christmas Island 573 min 53 s · 53% cloud · Sun 34°
- West Island, Cocos (Keeling) Islands 223 min 29 s · 69% cloud · Sun 23°
- Dunedin, New Zealand 102 min 51 s · 72% cloud · Sun 8°
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Ho Chi Minh City | 27% | 08:44 UTC+7 |
| Jakarta | 89% | 08:55 UTC+7 |
| Sydney | 100% | 14:01 UTC+10 |
| Singapore | 60% | 09:44 UTC+8 |
| Melbourne | 81% | 13:53 UTC+10 |
| Surabaya | 92% | 09:08 UTC+7 |
| Brisbane | 81% | 14:02 UTC+10 |
| Bekasi | 89% | 08:55 UTC+7 |
Not visible from Amsterdam, London, Berlin, Paris, Madrid, Rome, Lisbon, Moscow, Cairo, Tokyo, Seoul and Beijing.