Eclipses and countries › 14 October 2042
Annular solar eclipse of 14 October 2042
6 countries have towns in the path: Thailand, Malaysia, Indonesia, Timor-Leste, Australia and New Zealand. The path also crosses India, without towns of 15,000 inhabitants or more. On the central line annularity lasts at most 7 min 45 s. The longest of these towns is Batemans Bay in Australia, with 7 min 29 s. There the path is about 273 km wide and the shadow moves at about 2,360 km/h. The central shadow touches the Earth from 24:06 to 27:52 UTC; the partial eclipse can be seen somewhere on Earth from 22:55 to 29:03 UTC.
Open on the mapAll 157 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thailand | 33 | 2 min 20 s to 6 min 13 s | 84% to 88% | 24:05 UTC | Songkhla 4 |
| Malaysia | 77 | 16 s to 6 min 37 s | 80% to 89% | 24:08 UTC | Betong 6 |
| Indonesia | 24 | 1 min 40 s to 7 min 3 s | 33% to 85% | 24:28 UTC | Kalabahi 95 |
| Timor-Leste | 10 | 2 min 35 s to 7 min 16 s | 34% to 46% | 24:56 UTC | Suai 100 |
| Australia | 8 | 1 min 22 s to 7 min 29 s | 46% to 60% | 26:40 UTC | Canberra 54 |
| New Zealand | 5 | 1 min 38 s to 6 min 57 s | 68% to 71% | 27:25 UTC | Timaru 24 |
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.
- Suai, Timor-Leste 1006 min 41 s · 34% cloud · Sun 54°
- Kalabahi, Indonesia 957 min 3 s · 36% cloud · Sun 52°
- Atambua, Indonesia 946 min 21 s · 35% cloud · Sun 53°
- Maliana, Timor-Leste 907 min 2 s · 38% cloud · Sun 53°
- Canberra, Australia 547 min 5 s · 54% cloud · Sun 60°
- Goulburn, Australia 537 min 27 s · 54% cloud · Sun 61°
- Timaru, New Zealand 246 min 57 s · 68% cloud · Sun 36°
- Ashburton, New Zealand 226 min 22 s · 70% cloud · Sun 36°
- Betong, Malaysia 65 min 42 s · 83% cloud · Sun 30°
- Dungun, Malaysia 64 min 15 s · 81% cloud · Sun 19°
Longest of all: Batemans Bay, Australia, 7 min 29 s (score 40).
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Shenzhen | 31% | 24:02 UTC |
| Guangzhou | 30% | 24:01 UTC |
| Ho Chi Minh City | 73% | 24:08 UTC |
| Dhaka | 45% | 05:58 UTC+6 |
| Dongguan | 30% | 24:01 UTC |
| Foshan | 30% | 24:01 UTC |
| Jakarta | 63% | 24:33 UTC |
| Bengaluru | 33% | 24:40 UTC |
Not visible from Amsterdam, London, Berlin, Paris, Madrid, Rome, Lisbon, Moscow, Cairo, Tokyo, Seoul and Beijing.