Eclipses and countries › 2 August 2046
Total solar eclipse of 2 August 2046
7 countries have towns in the path: Brazil, Angola, Namibia, Botswana, South Africa, Eswatini and French Southern Territories. The path also crosses Mozambique, without towns of 15,000 inhabitants or more. On the central line totality lasts at most 4 min 51 s. The longest of these towns is Longonjo in Angola, with 4 min 50 s. There the path is about 206 km wide and the shadow moves at about 2,190 km/h. The central shadow touches the Earth from 08:51 to 11:48 UTC; the partial eclipse can be seen somewhere on Earth from 07:48 to 12:51 UTC.
Open on the mapAll 145 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brazil | 69 | 10 s to 2 min 16 s | 43% to 54% | 05:49 UTC-3 | Maceió 5 |
| Angola | 26 | 26 s to 4 min 50 s | 8% to 56% | 11:12 UTC+1 | Menongue 93 |
| Namibia | 1 | 3 min 8 s | 8% | 12:40 UTC+2 | Ndiyona 75 |
| Botswana | 5 | 3 min 54 s to 4 min 27 s | 10% to 18% | 12:48 UTC+2 | Maun 100 |
| South Africa | 40 | 35 s to 4 min 13 s | 16% to 35% | 13:01 UTC+2 | Mookgophong 77 |
| Eswatini | 3 | 4 min 3 s to 4 min 6 s | 31% | 13:10 UTC+2 | Manzini 57 |
| French Southern Territories | 1 | 2 min 0 s | 84% | 16:47 UTC+5 | Port-aux-Français 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.
- Maun, Botswana 1004 min 13 s · 10% cloud · Sun 52°
- Menongue, Angola 934 min 49 s · 8% cloud · Sun 57°
- Chitembo, Angola 884 min 41 s · 10% cloud · Sun 57°
- Letlhakane, Botswana 884 min 27 s · 12% cloud · Sun 50°
- Mookgophong, South Africa 774 min 10 s · 18% cloud · Sun 46°
- Mokopane, South Africa 774 min 3 s · 19% cloud · Sun 46°
- Ndiyona, Namibia 753 min 8 s · 8% cloud · Sun 54°
- Manzini, Eswatini 574 min 3 s · 31% cloud · Sun 43°
- Mbabane, Eswatini 574 min 5 s · 31% cloud · Sun 43°
- Maceió, Brazil 52 min 1 s · 52% cloud · Sun 2°
Longest of all: Longonjo, Angola, 4 min 50 s (score 83).
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 | 78% | 11:06 UTC+1 |
| Lagos | 58% | 10:24 UTC+1 |
| Johannesburg | 97% | 13:06 UTC+2 |
| Rio de Janeiro | 42% | 06:26 UTC-3 |
| Abidjan | 65% | 09:11 UTC+0 |
| Dar es Salaam | 28% | 14:02 UTC+3 |
| Kano | 34% | 10:29 UTC+1 |
| Cape Town | 57% | 12:54 UTC+2 |
Not visible from Amsterdam, London, Berlin, Paris, Madrid, Rome, Lisbon, Moscow, Cairo, Tokyo, Seoul and Beijing.