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Eclipses and countries › 4 November 2078

Annular solar eclipse of 4 November 2078

Follow the shadow on the globe

2 countries have towns in the path: Chile and Argentina. On the central line annularity lasts at most 8 min 32 s. The longest of these towns is Constitución in Chile, with 8 min 27 s. There the path is about 288 km wide and the shadow moves at about 2,140 km/h. The central shadow touches the Earth from 14:58 to 18:49 UTC; the partial eclipse can be seen somewhere on Earth from 13:48 to 19:59 UTC.

Open on the mapAll 29 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
Chile202 min 45 s to 8 min 27 s40% to 54%14:29 UTC-3San Clemente 100
Argentina91 min 32 s to 7 min 59 s42% to 51%14:37 UTC-3Catriel 94

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. San Clemente, Chile 1008 min 19 s · 40% cloud · Sun 66°
  2. Colbún, Chile 958 min 24 s · 41% cloud · Sun 66°
  3. Catriel, Argentina 947 min 42 s · 42% cloud · Sun 60°
  4. Río Colorado, Argentina 717 min 49 s · 47% cloud · Sun 56°

Longest of all: Constitución, Chile, 8 min 27 s (score 59).

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.

CitySun coveredDeepest
São Paulo32%15:25 UTC-3
Lima39%11:29 UTC-5
Rio de Janeiro30%15:32 UTC-3
Santiago83%14:34 UTC-3
Buenos Aires74%15:04 UTC-3
Guayaquil26%10:56 UTC-5
Belo Horizonte22%15:29 UTC-3
Córdoba69%14:47 UTC-3

Not visible from Amsterdam, London, Berlin, Paris, Madrid, Rome, Lisbon, Moscow, Cairo, Tokyo, Seoul and Beijing.

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