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Eclipses and countries › 27 January 2074

Annular solar eclipse of 27 January 2074

Follow the shadow on the globe

11 countries have towns in the path: Chad, Sudan, Ethiopia, Sri Lanka, India, Myanmar (Burma), Thailand, Laos, Vietnam, China and Japan. The path also crosses South Sudan and Somalia, without towns of 15,000 inhabitants or more. On the central line annularity lasts at most 2 min 22 s. The longest of these towns is Yunfu in China, with 2 min 21 s. There the path is about 107 km wide and the shadow moves at about 5,730 km/h. The central shadow touches the Earth from 05:02 to 08:22 UTC; the partial eclipse can be seen somewhere on Earth from 03:56 to 09:28 UTC.

Open on the mapAll 172 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.

CountryPlacesAnnularityCloud coverStartsBest place
Chad11 min 57 s21%06:01 UTC+1Iriba 0
Sudan71 min 21 s to 2 min 15 s14% to 19%07:01 UTC+2Ad-Damazin 73
Ethiopia3711 s to 2 min 16 s13% to 31%08:05 UTC+3Deder 100
Sri Lanka331 min 1 s to 2 min 21 s53% to 64%12:16 UTC+5:30Colombo 41
India31 min 19 s to 2 min 20 s47% to 52%13:01 UTC+5:30Māyābandar 47
Myanmar (Burma)11 min 52 s42%14:15 UTC+6:30Ye 54
Thailand1531 s to 2 min 21 s35% to 39%14:49 UTC+7Phitsanulok 78
Laos31 min 57 s to 2 min 15 s39% to 43%14:55 UTC+7Vientiane 71
Vietnam1940 s to 2 min 21 s68% to 81%15:00 UTC+7Thái Hòa 13
China4027 s to 2 min 21 s65% to 78%16:06 UTC+8Longyan 18
Japan1318 s to 2 min 4 s61% to 72%17:21 UTC+9Shibushi 9

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.

  1. Deder, Ethiopia 1002 min 15 s · 24% cloud · Sun 21°
  2. Degeh Bur, Ethiopia 991 min 14 s · 13% cloud · Sun 24°
  3. Phitsanulok, Thailand 782 min 21 s · 37% cloud · Sun 41°
  4. Ban Aranyik, Thailand 782 min 21 s · 37% cloud · Sun 41°
  5. Ad-Damazin, Sudan 731 min 43 s · 14% cloud · Sun 12°
  6. Vientiane, Laos 712 min 15 s · 39% cloud · Sun 38°
  7. Er Roseires, Sudan 651 min 21 s · 14% cloud · Sun 12°
  8. Pakxan, Laos 611 min 57 s · 40% cloud · Sun 36°
  9. Ye, Myanmar (Burma) 541 min 52 s · 42% cloud · Sun 45°
  10. Māyābandar, India 472 min 20 s · 50% cloud · Sun 52°

Longest of all: Yunfu, China, 2 min 21 s (score 16).

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, in local time.

CitySun coveredDeepest
Moscow2%09:05 UTC+3
Cairo42%07:19 UTC+2
Tokyo62%17:02 UTC+9
Seoul70%17:16 UTC+9
Beijing51%16:08 UTC+8

Not visible from Amsterdam, London, Berlin, Paris, Madrid, Rome and Lisbon.

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