Eclipses and countries › 16 February 2045
Annular solar eclipse of 16 February 2045
2 countries have towns in the path: New Zealand and Cook Islands. The path also crosses Kiribati, without towns of 15,000 inhabitants or more. On the central line annularity lasts at most 7 min 48 s. The longest of these towns is Masterton in New Zealand, with 7 min 34 s. There the path is about 284 km wide and the shadow moves at about 2,730 km/h. The central shadow touches the Earth from 22:02 to 25:47 UTC; the partial eclipse can be seen somewhere on Earth from 20:52 to 26:57 UTC.
Open on the mapAll 23 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Zealand | 22 | 2 min 42 s to 7 min 34 s | 57% to 67% | 11:46 UTC+13 | Karori 100 |
| Cook Islands | 1 | 7 min 31 s | 69% | 24:20 UTC | Avarua 52 |
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.
- Karori, New Zealand 1007 min 31 s · 57% cloud · Sun 53°
- Wellington, New Zealand 997 min 32 s · 57% cloud · Sun 53°
- Avarua, Cook Islands 527 min 31 s · 69% cloud · Sun 67°
Longest of all: Masterton, New Zealand, 7 min 34 s (score 71).
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Sydney | 49% | 09:17 UTC+11 |
| Melbourne | 61% | 09:10 UTC+11 |
| Brisbane | 29% | 08:22 UTC+10 |
| Perth | 52% | 05:56 UTC+8 |
Not visible from Amsterdam, London, Berlin, Paris, Madrid, Rome, Lisbon, Moscow, Cairo, Tokyo, Seoul and Beijing.