Eclipses and countries › 4 October 2070
Annular solar eclipse of 4 October 2070
5 countries have towns in the path: Angola, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Mozambique and Madagascar. On the central line annularity lasts at most 2 min 45 s. The longest of these towns is Tôlanaro in Madagascar, with 2 min 41 s. There the path is about 121 km wide and the shadow moves at about 2,400 km/h. The central shadow touches the Earth from 05:29 to 08:45 UTC; the partial eclipse can be seen somewhere on Earth from 04:19 to 09:55 UTC.
Open on the mapAll 44 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Angola | 7 | 56 s to 2 min 23 s | 44% to 70% | 06:29 UTC+1 | Menongue 31 |
| Zambia | 7 | 1 min 46 s to 2 min 32 s | 21% to 34% | 07:35 UTC+2 | Siavonga 97 |
| Zimbabwe | 15 | 23 s to 2 min 35 s | 21% to 30% | 07:42 UTC+2 | Ruwa 100 |
| Mozambique | 9 | 33 s to 2 min 33 s | 30% to 41% | 07:49 UTC+2 | Catandica 70 |
| Madagascar | 6 | 31 s to 2 min 41 s | 25% to 48% | 09:14 UTC+3 | Betioky 86 |
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.
- Ruwa, Zimbabwe 1002 min 34 s · 25% cloud · Sun 31°
- Harare, Zimbabwe 1002 min 34 s · 26% cloud · Sun 30°
- Siavonga, Zambia 972 min 6 s · 21% cloud · Sun 27°
- Monze, Zambia 882 min 21 s · 27% cloud · Sun 26°
- Betioky, Madagascar 862 min 38 s · 25% cloud · Sun 48°
- Toliara, Madagascar 842 min 37 s · 26% cloud · Sun 47°
- Catandica, Mozambique 702 min 1 s · 30% cloud · Sun 33°
- Gorongosa, Mozambique 642 min 33 s · 39% cloud · Sun 34°
- Menongue, Angola 311 min 55 s · 44% cloud · Sun 14°
- Caluquembe, Angola 262 min 23 s · 48% cloud · Sun 11°
Longest of all: Tôlanaro, Madagascar, 2 min 41 s (score 42).
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Kinshasa | 66% | 06:22 UTC+1 |
| Lagos | 26% | 06:34 UTC+1 |
| Johannesburg | 70% | 07:59 UTC+2 |
| Melbourne | 39% | 18:27 UTC+10 |
| Dar es Salaam | 55% | 08:41 UTC+3 |
| Cape Town | 45% | 08:04 UTC+2 |
| Nairobi | 40% | 08:31 UTC+3 |
| Ibadan | 25% | 06:32 UTC+1 |
Not visible from Amsterdam, London, Berlin, Paris, Madrid, Rome, Lisbon, Moscow, Cairo, Tokyo, Seoul and Beijing.