Eclipses and countries › 25 November 2030
Total solar eclipse of 25 November 2030
3 countries have towns in the path: Namibia, South Africa and Lesotho. The path also crosses Botswana and Australia, without towns of 15,000 inhabitants or more. On the central line totality lasts at most 3 min 43 s. The longest of these towns is Tongaat in South Africa, with 2 min 34 s. There the path is about 155 km wide and the shadow moves at about 5,010 km/h. The central shadow touches the Earth from 05:15 to 08:25 UTC; the partial eclipse can be seen somewhere on Earth from 04:16 to 09:24 UTC.
Open on the mapAll 57 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Namibia | 3 | 1 min 27 s to 1 min 51 s | 31% to 33% | 07:18 UTC+2 | Windhoek 100 |
| South Africa | 52 | 30 s to 2 min 34 s | 38% to 76% | 07:26 UTC+2 | Wolmaransstad 99 |
| Lesotho | 2 | 50 s to 1 min 48 s | 47% to 48% | 07:30 UTC+2 | Butha-Buthe 70 |
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.
- Windhoek, Namibia 1001 min 51 s · 33% cloud · Sun 17°
- Wolmaransstad, South Africa 992 min 21 s · 41% cloud · Sun 27°
- Makwassie, South Africa 992 min 17 s · 40% cloud · Sun 28°
- Katutura, Namibia 991 min 49 s · 33% cloud · Sun 17°
- Butha-Buthe, Lesotho 701 min 48 s · 48% cloud · Sun 30°
- Hlotse, Lesotho 5150 s · 47% cloud · Sun 30°
Longest of all: Tongaat, South Africa, 2 min 34 s (score 27).
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 | 44% | 06:04 UTC+1 |
| Johannesburg | 97% | 07:28 UTC+2 |
| Sydney | 79% | 19:18 UTC+11 |
| Melbourne | 75% | 19:15 UTC+11 |
| Cape Town | 72% | 07:34 UTC+2 |
| Durban | 100% | 07:34 UTC+2 |
| Brisbane | 97% | 18:23 UTC+10 |
| Luanda | 62% | 06:07 UTC+1 |
Not visible from Amsterdam, London, Berlin, Paris, Madrid, Rome, Lisbon, Moscow, Cairo, Tokyo, Seoul and Beijing.