Eclipses and countries › 24 October 2079
Annular solar eclipse of 24 October 2079
One country has towns in the path: New Zealand. The path also crosses Antarctica, without towns of 15,000 inhabitants or more. On the central line annularity lasts at most 3 min 39 s. The longest of these towns is Porirua in New Zealand, with 3 min 28 s. There the path is about 628 km wide and the shadow moves at about 0 km/h. The central shadow touches the Earth from 17:26 to 18:52 UTC; the partial eclipse can be seen somewhere on Earth from 15:44 to 20:35 UTC.
Open on the mapAll 22 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 | 21 s to 3 min 28 s | 63% to 78% | 06:21 UTC+13 | Napier 100 |
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.
- Napier, New Zealand 1002 min 19 s · 72% cloud · Sun 1°
- Karori, New Zealand 973 min 27 s · 65% cloud · Sun 1°
Longest of all: Porirua, New Zealand, 3 min 28 s (score 45).
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.
Not visible from Amsterdam, London, Berlin, Paris, Madrid, Rome, Lisbon, Moscow, Cairo, Tokyo, Seoul and Beijing.