Eclipses and countries › 5 February 2046
Annular solar eclipse of 5 February 2046
3 countries have towns in the path: Indonesia, Papua New Guinea and United States. The path also crosses Solomon Islands, without towns of 15,000 inhabitants or more. On the central line annularity lasts at most 9 min 45 s. The longest of these towns is Kīhei in United States, with 8 min 36 s. There the path is about 306 km wide and the shadow moves at about 2,690 km/h. The central shadow touches the Earth from 21:15 to 24:54 UTC; the partial eclipse can be seen somewhere on Earth from 20:03 to 26:06 UTC.
Open on the mapAll 43 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Indonesia | 10 | 1 min 46 s to 6 min 49 s | 86% to 91% | 06:12 UTC+9 | Sentani 2 |
| Papua New Guinea | 5 | 5 min 2 s to 7 min 6 s | 80% to 89% | 07:13 UTC+10 | Arawa 12 |
| United States | 28 | 1 min 15 s to 8 min 36 s | 49% to 72% | 24:07 UTC | Kīhei 100 |
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.
- Kīhei, United States 1008 min 36 s · 49% cloud · Sun 48°
- Wailuku, United States 958 min 31 s · 50% cloud · Sun 48°
- Arawa, Papua New Guinea 127 min 2 s · 80% cloud · Sun 24°
- Kokopo, Papua New Guinea 86 min 25 s · 83% cloud · Sun 19°
- Sentani, Indonesia 26 min 49 s · 89% cloud · Sun 6°
- Jayapura, Indonesia 26 min 44 s · 89% cloud · Sun 6°
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Tokyo | 4% | 07:07 UTC+9 |
| Seoul | 2% | 07:31 UTC+9 |
| Los Angeles | 63% | 24:57 UTC |
| Brisbane | 21% | 07:19 UTC+10 |
Not visible from Amsterdam, London, Berlin, Paris, Madrid, Rome, Lisbon, Moscow, Cairo and Beijing.