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February 15, 1961 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, Much of Africa.

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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 33.4 seconds.

Eclipse Stages WorldwideUTC TimeLocal Time in Columbus*
First location to see the partial eclipse beginFeb 15 at 06:08:48Feb 15 at 1:08:48 am
First location to see the full eclipse beginFeb 15 at 07:29:25Feb 15 at 2:29:25 am
Maximum EclipseFeb 15 at 08:19:14Feb 15 at 3:19:14 am
Last location to see the full eclipse endFeb 15 at 09:08:48Feb 15 at 4:08:48 am
Last location to see the partial eclipse endFeb 15 at 10:29:30Feb 15 at 5:29:30 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 Columbus.

Upcoming eclipses visible in Columbus

Next Total Solar Eclipse will be on Feb 4 – Feb 5, 1962

Eclipse calculations usually accurate to a few seconds

Countries Where the Eclipse Is Visible

CountryTypeStartEndTotality Duration
Albania
Total Solar Eclipse
7:30 am CET10:00 am CET2m, 28s
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Total Solar Eclipse
7:33 am CET10:01 am CET6m, 3s
Bulgaria
Total Solar Eclipse
7:35 am CET11:15 am EET12m, 8s
Croatia
Total Solar Eclipse
7:33 am CET10:02 am CET4m, 14s
France
Total Solar Eclipse
7:27 am CET9:51 am CET6m, 15s
Italy
Total Solar Eclipse
7:20 am CET9:55 am CET7m, 1s
Kazakhstan
Total Solar Eclipse
11:13 am 4:26 pm ALMT10m, 50s
Kosovo
Total Solar Eclipse
7:34 am CET10:02 am CET4m, 5s
Monaco
Total Solar Eclipse
7:30 am CET9:43 am CET1m, 56s
Montenegro
Total Solar Eclipse
7:33 am CET10:00 am CET4m, 44s
North Macedonia
Total Solar Eclipse
7:33 am CET10:03 am CET1m, 18s
Romania
Total Solar Eclipse
8:39 am EET12:18 pm MSK13m, 23s
Russia
Total Solar Eclipse
7:55 am CET5:29 pm ULAT58m, 14s
San Marino
Total Solar Eclipse
7:32 am CET9:50 am CET2m, 14s
Serbia
Total Solar Eclipse
7:35 am CET11:06 am EET7m, 37s
Ukraine
Total Solar Eclipse
7:46 am CET12:38 pm MSK22m, 20s
Afghanistan
Partial Solar Eclipse
10:58 am IRST2:48 pm AFT---
Algeria
Partial Solar Eclipse
7:08 am CET9:34 am CET---
Andorra
Partial Solar Eclipse
7:50 am CET9:35 am CET---
Armenia
Partial Solar Eclipse
10:59 am 1:44 pm ---
Austria
Partial Solar Eclipse
7:36 am CET10:02 am CET---
Azerbaijan
Partial Solar Eclipse
10:30 am IRST1:52 pm ---
Bahrain
Partial Solar Eclipse
11:00 am GST1:37 pm GST---
Bangladesh
Partial Solar Eclipse
3:05 pm 3:55 pm ---
Belarus
Partial Solar Eclipse
9:52 am MSK12:29 pm MSK---
Belgium
Partial Solar Eclipse
7:46 am CET9:52 am CET---
Benin
Partial Solar Eclipse
7:13 am WAT8:36 am WAT---
Bhutan
Partial Solar Eclipse
5:02 pm CST6:02 pm CST---
Burkina Faso
Partial Solar Eclipse
6:13 am GMT8:40 am WAT---
Cameroon
Partial Solar Eclipse
7:12 am WAT8:54 am WAT---
Central African Republic
Partial Solar Eclipse
7:18 am WAT9:03 am WAT---
Chad
Partial Solar Eclipse
7:10 am WAT9:28 am WAT---
China
Partial Solar Eclipse
3:59 pm CST4:28 pm HOVT---
Congo
Partial Solar Eclipse
7:34 am WAT8:22 am WAT---
Congo Democratic Republic
Partial Solar Eclipse
7:28 am WAT9:48 am CAT---
Cote d'Ivoire
Partial Solar Eclipse
6:28 am GMT7:21 am GMT---
Cyprus
Partial Solar Eclipse
8:36 am EET11:18 am EET---
Czechia
Partial Solar Eclipse
7:41 am CET10:06 am CET---
Denmark
Partial Solar Eclipse
7:49 am CET10:07 am CET---
Djibouti
Partial Solar Eclipse
9:45 am EAT11:47 am EAT---
Egypt
Partial Solar Eclipse
8:17 am EET11:12 am EET---
Equatorial Guinea
Partial Solar Eclipse
6:35 am GMT7:06 am GMT---
Eritrea
Partial Solar Eclipse
8:31 am CAT10:55 am CAT---
Estonia
Partial Solar Eclipse
10:02 am MSK12:26 pm MSK---
Ethiopia
Partial Solar Eclipse
9:31 am EAT11:48 am EAT---
Faroe Islands
Partial Solar Eclipse
8:11 am WET8:59 am WET---
Finland
Partial Solar Eclipse
9:06 am EET11:32 am EET---
Gabon
Partial Solar Eclipse
7:49 am WAT7:56 am WAT---
Gambia
Partial Solar Eclipse
6:18 am WAT6:24 am WAT---
Georgia
Partial Solar Eclipse
10:57 am 1:46 pm ---
Germany
Partial Solar Eclipse
7:36 am CET10:05 am CET---
Ghana
Partial Solar Eclipse
6:18 am GMT7:29 am GMT---
Gibraltar
Partial Solar Eclipse
8:09 am CET9:17 am CET---
Greece
Partial Solar Eclipse
8:27 am EET11:09 am EET---
Guernsey
Partial Solar Eclipse
7:19 am GMT8:42 am GMT---
Guinea
Partial Solar Eclipse
6:49 am GMT7:24 am GMT---
Guinea-Bissau
Partial Solar Eclipse
6:16 am WAT6:21 am WAT---
Hungary
Partial Solar Eclipse
7:38 am CET10:10 am CET---
Iceland
Partial Solar Eclipse
7:56 am IST8:00 am IST---
India
Partial Solar Eclipse
1:26 pm IST4:18 pm ---
Iran
Partial Solar Eclipse
9:55 am AST3:05 pm ---
Iraq
Partial Solar Eclipse
9:42 am AST12:41 pm AST---
Ireland
Partial Solar Eclipse
7:41 am GMT8:47 am GMT---
Isle of Man
Partial Solar Eclipse
7:38 am GMT8:48 am GMT---
Israel
Partial Solar Eclipse
8:33 am EET11:18 am EET---
Jersey
Partial Solar Eclipse
7:17 am GMT8:41 am GMT---
Jordan
Partial Solar Eclipse
8:33 am EET12:24 pm AST---
Kenya
Partial Solar Eclipse
8:47 am CAT10:59 am EAT---
Kuwait
Partial Solar Eclipse
9:53 am AST12:38 pm AST---
Kyrgyzstan
Partial Solar Eclipse
1:49 pm 4:23 pm ALMT---
Latvia
Partial Solar Eclipse
9:58 am MSK12:24 pm MSK---
Lebanon
Partial Solar Eclipse
8:37 am IST11:21 am EET---
Liberia
Partial Solar Eclipse
6:03 am 7:08 am GMT---
Libya
Partial Solar Eclipse
8:10 am EET10:54 am EET---
Liechtenstein
Partial Solar Eclipse
7:36 am CET9:50 am CET---
Lithuania
Partial Solar Eclipse
7:56 am CET12:22 pm MSK---
Luxembourg
Partial Solar Eclipse
7:44 am CET9:51 am CET---
Mali
Partial Solar Eclipse
6:09 am GMT7:58 am GMT---
Malta
Partial Solar Eclipse
7:21 am CET9:41 am CET---
Mauritania
Partial Solar Eclipse
6:47 am GMT7:59 am GMT---
Moldova
Partial Solar Eclipse
9:46 am MSK12:20 pm MSK---
Mongolia
Partial Solar Eclipse
2:19 pm HOVT5:29 pm ULAT---
Morocco
Partial Solar Eclipse
6:47 am WET8:18 am WET---
Myanmar
Partial Solar Eclipse
5:31 pm CST5:51 pm CST---
Nepal
Partial Solar Eclipse
1:57 pm IST3:41 pm IST---
Netherlands
Partial Solar Eclipse
7:48 am CET9:56 am CET---
Niger
Partial Solar Eclipse
7:08 am WAT9:19 am WAT---
Nigeria
Partial Solar Eclipse
7:11 am WAT8:55 am WAT---
Norway
Partial Solar Eclipse
7:57 am CET10:34 am CET---
Oman
Partial Solar Eclipse
11:05 am GST1:46 pm GST---
Pakistan
Partial Solar Eclipse
11:58 am AFT4:18 pm ---
Palestine
Partial Solar Eclipse
8:34 am EET11:16 am EET---
Poland
Partial Solar Eclipse
7:45 am CET10:16 am CET---
Portugal
Partial Solar Eclipse
7:18 am WET9:26 am CET---
Qatar
Partial Solar Eclipse
11:01 am GST1:37 pm GST---
Saudi Arabia
Partial Solar Eclipse
9:31 am AST12:37 pm AST---
Senegal
Partial Solar Eclipse
7:07 am GMT7:32 am GMT---
Sierra Leone
Partial Solar Eclipse
6:59 am GMT7:13 am GMT---
Slovakia
Partial Solar Eclipse
7:42 am CET10:10 am CET---
Slovenia
Partial Solar Eclipse
7:35 am CET9:59 am CET---
Somalia
Partial Solar Eclipse
9:49 am EAT11:55 am EAT---
South Sudan
Partial Solar Eclipse
8:21 am CAT10:27 am CAT---
Spain
Partial Solar Eclipse
7:35 am CET9:36 am CET---
Sudan
Partial Solar Eclipse
7:15 am WAT11:01 am CAT---
Svalbard and Jan Mayen
Partial Solar Eclipse
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Sweden
Partial Solar Eclipse
7:52 am CET11:27 am EET---
Switzerland
Partial Solar Eclipse
7:33 am CET9:51 am CET---
Syria
Partial Solar Eclipse
8:38 am EET11:35 am EET---
Tajikistan
Partial Solar Eclipse
12:45 pm 6:18 pm CST---
Togo
Partial Solar Eclipse
6:17 am GMT7:29 am GMT---
Tunisia
Partial Solar Eclipse
8:13 am EET9:38 am CET---
Turkey
Partial Solar Eclipse
8:32 am EET1:11 pm IRST---
Turkmenistan
Partial Solar Eclipse
12:14 pm 3:11 pm ---
Uganda
Partial Solar Eclipse
8:45 am CAT9:52 am CAT---
United Arab Emirates
Partial Solar Eclipse
11:03 am GST1:45 pm GST---
United Kingdom
Partial Solar Eclipse
7:08 am GMT9:00 am GMT---
Uzbekistan
Partial Solar Eclipse
12:22 pm 4:18 pm ---
Vatican City (Holy See)
Partial Solar Eclipse
7:29 am CET9:47 am CET---
Western Sahara
Partial Solar Eclipse
6:10 am WAT8:00 am WET---
Yemen
Partial Solar Eclipse
9:43 am AST1:22 pm GST---
Åland Islands
Partial Solar Eclipse
9:05 am EET11:19 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 eclipse1,150,000,00037.68%
At least 10% partial697,000,00022.74%
At least 20% partial558,000,00018.22%
At least 30% partial490,000,00015.98%
At least 40% partial461,000,00015.04%
At least 50% partial442,000,00014.41%
At least 60% partial414,000,00013.52%
At least 70% partial380,000,00012.40%
At least 80% partial320,000,00010.46%
At least 90% partial213,000,0006.96%
Totality or annularity27,900,0000.91%

* 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: March 2, 1961 — Partial Lunar Eclipse