Eclipses and countries › 2 July 2038
Annular solar eclipse of 2 July 2038
8 countries have towns in the path: Colombia, Venezuela, Niger, Chad, Sudan, South Sudan, Kenya and Somalia. The path also crosses Grenada, Barbados, Morocco, Western Sahara, Mauritania, Mali, Algeria and Ethiopia, without towns of 15,000 inhabitants or more. On the central line annularity lasts at most 1 min 35 s. The longest of these towns is Santa Rosa de Cabal in Colombia, with 1 min 31 s. There the path is about 85 km wide and the shadow moves at about 26,460 km/h. The central shadow touches the Earth from 11:38 to 15:24 UTC; the partial eclipse can be seen somewhere on Earth from 10:35 to 16:27 UTC.
Open on the mapAll 63 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Colombia | 38 | 28 s to 1 min 31 s | 78% to 84% | 06:39 UTC-5 | Puerto Salgar 10 |
| Venezuela | 16 | 24 s to 1 min 29 s | 54% to 82% | 07:42 UTC-4 | Carúpano 45 |
| Niger | 1 | 1 min 5 s | 32% | 15:52 UTC+1 | Arlit 100 |
| Chad | 1 | 1 min 17 s | 65% | 16:14 UTC+1 | Goz Beida 28 |
| Sudan | 1 | 21 s | 64% | 17:16 UTC+2 | Rahad al Bardi 15 |
| South Sudan | 2 | 56 s to 1 min 8 s | 70% to 74% | 17:19 UTC+2 | Winejok 16 |
| Kenya | 3 | 44 s to 1 min 28 s | 71% to 73% | 18:23 UTC+3 | Takaba 2 |
| Somalia | 1 | 1 min 25 s | 70% | 18:23 UTC+3 | Dhamas 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.
- Arlit, Niger 1001 min 5 s · 32% cloud · Sun 44°
- Carúpano, Venezuela 4551 s · 55% cloud · Sun 25°
- Araya, Venezuela 451 min 18 s · 60% cloud · Sun 24°
- Goz Beida, Chad 281 min 17 s · 65% cloud · Sun 24°
- Winejok, South Sudan 161 min 8 s · 70% cloud · Sun 16°
- Rahad al Bardi, Sudan 1521 s · 64% cloud · Sun 21°
- Leer, South Sudan 1056 s · 74% cloud · Sun 13°
- Puerto Salgar, Colombia 101 min 29 s · 78% cloud · Sun 11°
- La Dorada, Colombia 101 min 29 s · 78% cloud · Sun 11°
- Takaba, Kenya 21 min 24 s · 73% cloud · Sun 1°
Longest of all: Santa Rosa de Cabal, Colombia, 1 min 31 s (score 5).
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, in local time.
| City | Sun covered | Deepest |
|---|---|---|
| Amsterdam | 4% | 16:08 UTC+2 |
| London | 7% | 15:03 UTC+1 |
| Berlin | 2% | 16:16 UTC+2 |
| Paris | 12% | 16:09 UTC+2 |
| Madrid | 37% | 16:09 UTC+2 |
| Rome | 20% | 16:30 UTC+2 |
| Lisbon | 45% | 15:00 UTC+1 |
| Cairo | 29% | 18:00 UTC+3 |
Not visible from Moscow, Tokyo, Seoul and Beijing.