Eclipses and countries › 10 March 2081
Annular solar eclipse of 10 March 2081
9 countries have towns in the path: Chile, Argentina, Liberia, Côte d’Ivoire, Ghana, Togo, Benin, Nigeria and Cameroon. The path also crosses Chad and Central African Republic, without towns of 15,000 inhabitants or more. On the central line annularity lasts at most 7 min 37 s. The longest of these towns is Comodoro Rivadavia in Argentina, with 6 min 31 s. There the path is about 292 km wide and the shadow moves at about 4,520 km/h. The central shadow touches the Earth from 13:31 to 17:12 UTC; the partial eclipse can be seen somewhere on Earth from 12:20 to 18:23 UTC.
Open on the mapAll 313 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chile | 1 | 3 min 12 s | 65% | 10:48 UTC-3 | Coyhaique 26 |
| Argentina | 6 | 2 min 45 s to 6 min 31 s | 40% to 50% | 10:50 UTC-3 | Comodoro Rivadavia 100 |
| Liberia | 2 | 3 min 17 s to 4 min 21 s | 67% | 16:59 UTC+0 | Harper 28 |
| Côte d’Ivoire | 37 | 1 min 20 s to 5 min 47 s | 60% to 67% | 16:59 UTC+0 | San-Pédro 40 |
| Ghana | 65 | 36 s to 6 min 14 s | 59% to 65% | 17:02 UTC+0 | Tema New Town 48 |
| Togo | 7 | 3 min 50 s to 6 min 0 s | 60% to 68% | 17:05 UTC+0 | Kpalimé 32 |
| Benin | 35 | 2 min 48 s to 6 min 0 s | 67% to 76% | 18:06 UTC+1 | Athiémé 26 |
| Nigeria | 140 | 1 min 25 s to 6 min 1 s | 62% to 77% | 18:06 UTC+1 | Nsukka 26 |
| Cameroon | 20 | 17 s to 5 min 44 s | 59% to 70% | 18:08 UTC+1 | Wum 16 |
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.
- Comodoro Rivadavia, Argentina 1006 min 31 s · 48% cloud · Sun 34°
- Rawson, Argentina 893 min 53 s · 40% cloud · Sun 38°
- Tema New Town, Ghana 486 min 9 s · 59% cloud · Sun 16°
- Sakumona, Ghana 476 min 10 s · 59% cloud · Sun 16°
- San-Pédro, Côte d’Ivoire 404 min 24 s · 60% cloud · Sun 23°
- Adiaké, Côte d’Ivoire 375 min 47 s · 65% cloud · Sun 20°
- Kpalimé, Togo 323 min 50 s · 60% cloud · Sun 14°
- Lomé, Togo 326 min 0 s · 65% cloud · Sun 14°
- Harper, Liberia 284 min 21 s · 67% cloud · Sun 25°
- Athiémé, Benin 265 min 31 s · 67% cloud · Sun 14°
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 | 55% | 18:00 UTC+1 |
| Lagos | 85% | 18:09 UTC+1 |
| São Paulo | 70% | 12:00 UTC-3 |
| Rio de Janeiro | 78% | 12:08 UTC-3 |
| Abidjan | 85% | 17:05 UTC+0 |
| Kano | 75% | 18:15 UTC+1 |
| Santiago | 51% | 10:57 UTC-3 |
| Bamako | 63% | 17:11 UTC+0 |
Not visible from Amsterdam, London, Berlin, Paris, Madrid, Rome, Lisbon, Moscow, Cairo, Tokyo, Seoul and Beijing.