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June 19, 1936 Total Solar Eclipse

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What the Eclipse Looked Like Near the Maximum Point

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Where the Eclipse Was Seen

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Path of the Eclipse Shadow

Regions that saw, at least, a partial eclipse: Europe, Asia, North/East Africa, North/West North America, Pacific, Atlantic, Arctic.

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Eclipse Shadow Path

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When the Eclipse Happened Worldwide — Timeline

The eclipse started at one location and ended at another. The times below are actual times (in UTC) when the eclipse occurred. This calculation uses a Delta T value of 24.1 seconds.

Eclipse Stages WorldwideUTC TimeLocal Time in Washington DC*
First location to see the partial eclipse beginJun 19 at 02:45:01Jun 18 at 10:45:01 pm
First location to see the full eclipse beginJun 19 at 03:49:05Jun 18 at 11:49:05 pm
Maximum EclipseJun 19 at 05:20:10Jun 19 at 1:20:10 am
Last location to see the full eclipse endJun 19 at 06:51:08Jun 19 at 2:51:08 am
Last location to see the partial eclipse endJun 19 at 07:55:19Jun 19 at 3:55:19 am

* These local times do not refer to a specific location but indicate the beginning, peak, and end of the eclipse on a global scale, each line referring to a different location. This eclipse isn't visible in Washington DC.

Upcoming eclipses visible in Washington DC

Next Total Solar Eclipse will be on Jun 8, 1937

Eclipse calculations usually accurate to a few seconds

Countries Where the Eclipse Is Visible

CountryTypeStartEndTotality Duration
China
Total Solar Eclipse
9:10 am 3:24 pm CST25m, 22s
Greece
Total Solar Eclipse
4:54 am EET6:54 am EET2m, 56s
Japan
Total Solar Eclipse
2:04 pm 4:51 pm 8m, 51s
Kazakhstan
Total Solar Eclipse
7:57 am 12:13 pm ALMT30m, 27s
Russia
Total Solar Eclipse
5:56 am 6:28 pm MAGT2h, 27m, 13s
Turkey
Total Solar Eclipse
4:51 am EET7:01 am EET5m, 13s
Afghanistan
Partial Solar Eclipse
6:54 am AFT9:33 am AFT---
Albania
Partial Solar Eclipse
4:03 am CET5:54 am CET---
Algeria
Partial Solar Eclipse
4:06 am WET4:50 am WET---
Andorra
Partial Solar Eclipse
4:16 am WET4:55 am WET---
Armenia
Partial Solar Eclipse
5:53 am 8:02 am ---
Austria
Partial Solar Eclipse
4:12 am CET6:00 am CET---
Azerbaijan
Partial Solar Eclipse
6:19 am TMT8:06 am ---
Bahrain
Partial Solar Eclipse
6:47 am GST8:36 am GST---
Bangladesh
Partial Solar Eclipse
9:54 am 11:18 am ---
Belarus
Partial Solar Eclipse
6:12 am MSK8:13 am MSK---
Belgium
Partial Solar Eclipse
4:24 am CET6:02 am WEST---
Bhutan
Partial Solar Eclipse
11:57 am CST1:43 pm CST---
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Partial Solar Eclipse
4:06 am CET5:56 am CET---
Bulgaria
Partial Solar Eclipse
5:00 am EET7:57 am EEST---
Canada
Partial Solar Eclipse
4:33 am 9:26 pm ---
Central African Republic
Partial Solar Eclipse
5:06 am WAT5:11 am WAT---
Chad
Partial Solar Eclipse
4:45 am WAT5:32 am CET---
Croatia
Partial Solar Eclipse
4:08 am CET5:58 am CET---
Cyprus
Partial Solar Eclipse
3:51 am BST6:47 am EET---
Czechia
Partial Solar Eclipse
4:14 am CET6:03 am CET---
Denmark
Partial Solar Eclipse
4:25 am CET6:10 am CET---
Djibouti
Partial Solar Eclipse
5:53 am EAT6:59 am EAT---
Egypt
Partial Solar Eclipse
5:53 am 6:41 am EET---
Eritrea
Partial Solar Eclipse
5:48 am EAT6:16 am CAT---
Estonia
Partial Solar Eclipse
5:24 am EET8:17 am MSK---
Ethiopia
Partial Solar Eclipse
5:49 am EAT7:09 am EAT---
Faroe Islands
Partial Solar Eclipse
3:48 am WET5:14 am WET---
Finland
Partial Solar Eclipse
5:29 am EET7:30 am EET---
France
Partial Solar Eclipse
4:22 am WEST6:02 am WEST---
Georgia
Partial Solar Eclipse
5:56 am 9:05 am KUYT---
Germany
Partial Solar Eclipse
4:15 am CET6:07 am CET---
Greenland
Partial Solar Eclipse
2:09 am 2:43 am WGT---
Guam
Partial Solar Eclipse
4:18 pm 5:50 pm ---
Guernsey
Partial Solar Eclipse
5:01 am BST6:01 am BST---
Hong Kong
Partial Solar Eclipse
1:34 pm CST2:53 pm HKT---
Hungary
Partial Solar Eclipse
4:09 am CET6:01 am CET---
Iceland
Partial Solar Eclipse
2:58 am IST4:19 am IST---
India
Partial Solar Eclipse
8:37 am IST2:06 pm CST---
Iran
Partial Solar Eclipse
5:47 am AST10:09 am ---
Iraq
Partial Solar Eclipse
5:53 am 7:55 am AST---
Ireland
Partial Solar Eclipse
4:46 am IST6:07 am IST---
Isle of Man
Partial Solar Eclipse
4:42 am BST6:06 am BST---
Israel
Partial Solar Eclipse
4:47 am IST6:44 am EET---
Italy
Partial Solar Eclipse
4:13 am CET5:58 am CET---
Jersey
Partial Solar Eclipse
5:02 am BST6:01 am BST---
Jordan
Partial Solar Eclipse
5:53 am 7:45 am AST---
Kenya
Partial Solar Eclipse
5:51 am 5:39 am CAT---
Kiribati
Partial Solar Eclipse
6:28 pm GILT6:44 pm GILT---
Kosovo
Partial Solar Eclipse
4:04 am CET5:54 am CET---
Kuwait
Partial Solar Eclipse
5:46 am AST7:55 am ---
Kyrgyzstan
Partial Solar Eclipse
9:05 am 11:53 am ALMT---
Latvia
Partial Solar Eclipse
5:21 am EET7:14 am EET---
Lebanon
Partial Solar Eclipse
4:49 am EET6:46 am EET---
Libya
Partial Solar Eclipse
4:13 am CET5:44 am CET---
Liechtenstein
Partial Solar Eclipse
4:25 am CET5:58 am CET---
Lithuania
Partial Solar Eclipse
6:19 am MSK6:12 am CET---
Luxembourg
Partial Solar Eclipse
4:24 am WEST6:01 am WEST---
Macau
Partial Solar Eclipse
1:36 pm CST2:48 pm CST---
Malta
Partial Solar Eclipse
4:45 am CET5:46 am CET---
Marshall Islands
Partial Solar Eclipse
5:12 pm 6:24 pm ---
Micronesia
Partial Solar Eclipse
4:30 pm 5:50 pm ---
Moldova
Partial Solar Eclipse
6:05 am EEST8:03 am EEST---
Monaco
Partial Solar Eclipse
4:47 am WEST5:55 am WEST---
Mongolia
Partial Solar Eclipse
9:34 am HOVT2:07 pm ULAT---
Montenegro
Partial Solar Eclipse
4:05 am CET5:55 am CET---
Myanmar
Partial Solar Eclipse
12:20 pm CST2:08 pm CST---
Nauru
Partial Solar Eclipse
6:11 pm NRT6:25 pm NRT---
Nepal
Partial Solar Eclipse
8:56 am IST11:31 am ---
Netherlands
Partial Solar Eclipse
4:44 am 6:24 am ---
Niger
Partial Solar Eclipse
5:15 am WAT5:34 am CET---
North Korea
Partial Solar Eclipse
1:48 pm 4:26 pm ---
North Macedonia
Partial Solar Eclipse
4:02 am CET5:54 am CET---
Northern Mariana Islands
Partial Solar Eclipse
2:59 pm 4:52 pm ---
Norway
Partial Solar Eclipse
4:33 am CET6:31 am CET---
Oman
Partial Solar Eclipse
6:51 am GST8:39 am GST---
Pakistan
Partial Solar Eclipse
6:54 am AFT11:05 am IST---
Palestine
Partial Solar Eclipse
4:48 am EET6:43 am IST---
Philippines
Partial Solar Eclipse
1:46 pm 3:17 pm ---
Poland
Partial Solar Eclipse
4:12 am CET6:09 am CET---
Portugal
Partial Solar Eclipse
5:53 am WEST5:56 am WEST---
Qatar
Partial Solar Eclipse
6:47 am GST8:36 am GST---
Romania
Partial Solar Eclipse
6:02 am EEST8:02 am EEST---
San Marino
Partial Solar Eclipse
4:26 am CET5:55 am CET---
Saudi Arabia
Partial Solar Eclipse
5:51 am 7:43 am AST---
Serbia
Partial Solar Eclipse
5:03 am EET5:58 am CET---
Slovakia
Partial Solar Eclipse
4:11 am CET6:02 am CET---
Slovenia
Partial Solar Eclipse
4:11 am CET5:58 am CET---
Somalia
Partial Solar Eclipse
5:26 am 6:24 am ---
South Korea
Partial Solar Eclipse
1:52 pm JST4:30 pm ---
South Sudan
Partial Solar Eclipse
5:22 am CAT6:08 am CAT---
Spain
Partial Solar Eclipse
4:10 am WET4:58 am WET---
Sudan
Partial Solar Eclipse
4:49 am CAT5:27 am CET---
Svalbard and Jan Mayen
Partial Solar Eclipse
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Sweden
Partial Solar Eclipse
4:26 am CET7:26 am EET---
Switzerland
Partial Solar Eclipse
4:22 am CET5:59 am CET---
Syria
Partial Solar Eclipse
4:48 am EET6:54 am EET---
Taiwan
Partial Solar Eclipse
1:25 pm 3:22 pm ---
Tajikistan
Partial Solar Eclipse
7:03 am AFT1:35 pm CST---
Tunisia
Partial Solar Eclipse
4:55 am CET5:48 am CET---
Turkmenistan
Partial Solar Eclipse
7:53 am 10:20 am ---
US Minor Outlying Islands
Partial Solar Eclipse
6:52 pm 7:33 pm WAKT---
Uganda
Partial Solar Eclipse
6:03 am 5:37 am CAT---
Ukraine
Partial Solar Eclipse
6:01 am MSK8:11 am MSK---
United Arab Emirates
Partial Solar Eclipse
6:48 am GST8:38 am GST---
United Kingdom
Partial Solar Eclipse
4:30 am BST6:12 am BST---
United States
Partial Solar Eclipse
7:04 pm 8:07 pm NST---
Uzbekistan
Partial Solar Eclipse
7:58 am 11:37 am ---
Vatican City (Holy See)
Partial Solar Eclipse
4:34 am CET5:53 am CET---
Vietnam
Partial Solar Eclipse
12:23 pm ICT1:12 pm ICT---
Yemen
Partial Solar Eclipse
5:48 am 8:15 am GST---
Åland Islands
Partial Solar Eclipse
5:30 am EET7:15 am EET---

All times shown in this table are local time. (Note: more than one time zone is listed.) "Totality duration" gives the time between the start and finish of totality within the entire country (not at one location).

How Many People Can See This Eclipse?

Number of People Seeing...Number of People*Fraction of World Population
Any part of the eclipse824,000,00045.89%
At least 10% partial618,000,00034.42%
At least 20% partial512,000,00028.50%
At least 30% partial436,000,00024.29%
At least 40% partial358,000,00019.98%
At least 50% partial298,000,00016.62%
At least 60% partial213,000,00011.89%
At least 70% partial145,000,0008.10%
At least 80% partial79,300,0004.42%
At least 90% partial36,200,0002.02%
Totality or annularity4,810,0000.27%

* The number of people refers to the resident population (as a round number) in areas where the eclipse is visible. timeanddate has calculated these numbers using raw population data provided by the Center for International Earth Science Information Network (CIESIN) at Columbia University. The raw data is based on population estimates from the year 2000 to 2020.

An Eclipse Never Comes Alone!

A solar eclipse always occurs about two weeks before or after a lunar eclipse.

Usually, there are two eclipses in a row, but other times, there are three during the same eclipse season.

All eclipses 1900 — 2199

This is the first eclipse this season.

Second eclipse this season: July 4, 1936 — Partial Lunar Eclipse