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September 22, 1968 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 in North America, Atlantic, Indian Ocean, 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 38.7 seconds.

Eclipse Stages WorldwideUTC TimeLocal Time in Washington DC*
First location to see the partial eclipse beginSep 22 at 09:06:45Sep 22 at 5:06:45 am
First location to see the full eclipse beginSep 22 at 10:43:38Sep 22 at 6:43:38 am
Maximum EclipseSep 22 at 11:18:16Sep 22 at 7:18:16 am
Last location to see the full eclipse endSep 22 at 11:53:15Sep 22 at 7:53:15 am
Last location to see the partial eclipse endSep 22 at 13:29:48Sep 22 at 9:29:48 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 Mar 7, 1970

Eclipse calculations usually accurate to a few seconds

Countries Where the Eclipse Is Visible

CountryTypeStartEndTotality Duration
China
Total Solar Eclipse
4:37 pm ALMT5:29 pm AFT4m, 15s
Kazakhstan
Total Solar Eclipse
2:03 pm 6:54 pm 29m, 3s
Russia
Total Solar Eclipse
11:28 am EET4:43 pm 39m, 2s
Afghanistan
Partial Solar Eclipse
2:15 pm IRST6:11 pm ---
Albania
Partial Solar Eclipse
10:54 am CET1:07 pm CET---
Algeria
Partial Solar Eclipse
10:15 am WET11:29 am WET---
Andorra
Partial Solar Eclipse
10:55 am CET12:09 pm CET---
Armenia
Partial Solar Eclipse
2:15 pm 4:47 pm ---
Austria
Partial Solar Eclipse
10:38 am CET12:52 pm CET---
Azerbaijan
Partial Solar Eclipse
2:17 pm 4:19 pm IRST---
Bahrain
Partial Solar Eclipse
2:57 pm GST5:11 pm GST---
Bangladesh
Partial Solar Eclipse
5:20 pm 5:34 pm IST---
Belarus
Partial Solar Eclipse
10:37 am CET3:08 pm MSK---
Belgium
Partial Solar Eclipse
10:30 am CET12:28 pm CET---
Bhutan
Partial Solar Eclipse
7:18 pm CST5:31 pm IST---
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Partial Solar Eclipse
10:46 am CET1:00 pm CET---
British Indian Ocean Territory
Partial Solar Eclipse
5:50 pm IOT6:04 pm IOT---
Bulgaria
Partial Solar Eclipse
10:52 am CET2:19 pm EET---
Canada
Partial Solar Eclipse
4:25 am EST6:12 am EST---
Chad
Partial Solar Eclipse
12:17 pm WAT1:26 pm WAT---
Croatia
Partial Solar Eclipse
10:44 am CET12:59 pm CET---
Cyprus
Partial Solar Eclipse
12:19 pm EET2:39 pm EET---
Czechia
Partial Solar Eclipse
10:35 am CET12:53 pm CET---
Denmark
Partial Solar Eclipse
10:24 am CET12:42 pm CET---
Djibouti
Partial Solar Eclipse
2:33 pm EAT4:16 pm EAT---
Egypt
Partial Solar Eclipse
12:26 pm EET4:00 pm EEST---
Eritrea
Partial Solar Eclipse
1:14 pm CAT4:15 pm EAT---
Estonia
Partial Solar Eclipse
12:30 pm MSK2:55 pm MSK---
Ethiopia
Partial Solar Eclipse
2:25 pm EAT4:21 pm EAT---
Faroe Islands
Partial Solar Eclipse
9:14 am WET11:12 am WET---
Finland
Partial Solar Eclipse
10:24 am CET1:52 pm EET---
France
Partial Solar Eclipse
10:30 am CET12:36 pm CET---
Georgia
Partial Solar Eclipse
1:07 pm MSK4:43 pm ---
Germany
Partial Solar Eclipse
10:26 am CET12:45 pm CET---
Greece
Partial Solar Eclipse
10:58 am CET2:27 pm EET---
Greenland
Partial Solar Eclipse
6:06 am WGT8:19 am WGT---
Guernsey
Partial Solar Eclipse
10:32 am BST12:08 pm BST---
Hungary
Partial Solar Eclipse
10:41 am CET1:02 pm CET---
Iceland
Partial Solar Eclipse
9:08 am GMT11:06 am GMT---
India
Partial Solar Eclipse
3:58 pm 6:50 pm IST---
Iran
Partial Solar Eclipse
12:19 pm EET4:47 pm IRST---
Iraq
Partial Solar Eclipse
12:23 pm EET4:03 pm AST---
Ireland
Partial Solar Eclipse
10:20 am IST12:05 pm IST---
Isle of Man
Partial Solar Eclipse
10:23 am BST12:09 pm BST---
Israel
Partial Solar Eclipse
12:26 pm EET2:48 pm IST---
Italy
Partial Solar Eclipse
10:41 am CET1:01 pm CET---
Jersey
Partial Solar Eclipse
10:34 am BST12:08 pm BST---
Jordan
Partial Solar Eclipse
12:27 pm IST3:51 pm AST---
Kenya
Partial Solar Eclipse
3:12 pm EAT4:06 pm EAT---
Kosovo
Partial Solar Eclipse
10:53 am CET1:06 pm CET---
Kuwait
Partial Solar Eclipse
1:44 pm AST4:06 pm AST---
Kyrgyzstan
Partial Solar Eclipse
4:40 pm ALMT6:56 pm ---
Latvia
Partial Solar Eclipse
12:31 pm MSK2:58 pm MSK---
Lebanon
Partial Solar Eclipse
12:23 pm EET2:44 pm EET---
Libya
Partial Solar Eclipse
12:22 pm EET2:31 pm EET---
Liechtenstein
Partial Solar Eclipse
10:40 am CET12:36 pm CET---
Lithuania
Partial Solar Eclipse
12:32 pm MSK2:58 pm MSK---
Luxembourg
Partial Solar Eclipse
10:33 am CET12:29 pm CET---
Maldives
Partial Solar Eclipse
4:59 pm MVT6:05 pm MVT---
Malta
Partial Solar Eclipse
11:13 am CET12:52 pm CET---
Moldova
Partial Solar Eclipse
12:47 pm MSK3:15 pm MSK---
Monaco
Partial Solar Eclipse
10:49 am CET12:30 pm CET---
Mongolia
Partial Solar Eclipse
5:35 pm ULAT6:07 pm HOVT---
Montenegro
Partial Solar Eclipse
10:51 am CET1:03 pm CET---
Myanmar
Partial Solar Eclipse
7:18 pm CST5:47 pm ---
Nepal
Partial Solar Eclipse
4:41 pm IST6:06 pm IST---
Netherlands
Partial Solar Eclipse
10:27 am CET12:30 pm CET---
North Macedonia
Partial Solar Eclipse
10:55 am CET1:10 pm CET---
Norway
Partial Solar Eclipse
10:13 am CET12:43 pm CET---
Oman
Partial Solar Eclipse
3:02 pm GST5:23 pm GST---
Pakistan
Partial Solar Eclipse
3:53 pm 6:19 pm ---
Palestine
Partial Solar Eclipse
12:28 pm IST2:46 pm IST---
Poland
Partial Solar Eclipse
10:31 am CET1:00 pm CET---
Qatar
Partial Solar Eclipse
2:58 pm GST5:13 pm GST---
Romania
Partial Solar Eclipse
12:45 pm MSK2:17 pm EET---
San Marino
Partial Solar Eclipse
10:48 am CET12:44 pm CET---
Saudi Arabia
Partial Solar Eclipse
12:32 pm EET5:21 pm GST---
Serbia
Partial Solar Eclipse
10:46 am CET1:08 pm CET---
Slovakia
Partial Solar Eclipse
10:39 am CET1:00 pm CET---
Slovenia
Partial Solar Eclipse
10:43 am CET12:52 pm CET---
Somalia
Partial Solar Eclipse
2:37 pm EAT4:24 pm EAT---
South Sudan
Partial Solar Eclipse
1:39 pm CAT2:55 pm CAT---
Spain
Partial Solar Eclipse
10:55 am CET12:15 pm CET---
Sri Lanka
Partial Solar Eclipse
5:23 pm IST6:07 pm IST---
Sudan
Partial Solar Eclipse
1:58 pm EEST3:06 pm CAT---
Svalbard and Jan Mayen
Partial Solar Eclipse
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Sweden
Partial Solar Eclipse
10:21 am CET12:46 pm CET---
Switzerland
Partial Solar Eclipse
10:38 am CET12:38 pm CET---
Syria
Partial Solar Eclipse
12:18 pm EET3:49 pm EEST---
Tajikistan
Partial Solar Eclipse
4:42 pm 5:31 pm AFT---
Tunisia
Partial Solar Eclipse
11:11 am CET12:39 pm CET---
Turkey
Partial Solar Eclipse
11:59 am EET3:48 pm AST---
Turkmenistan
Partial Solar Eclipse
3:23 pm 5:32 pm AFT---
Ukraine
Partial Solar Eclipse
12:40 pm MSK3:25 pm MSK---
United Arab Emirates
Partial Solar Eclipse
3:02 pm GST5:18 pm GST---
United Kingdom
Partial Solar Eclipse
10:16 am BST12:19 pm BST---
Uzbekistan
Partial Solar Eclipse
3:21 pm 5:30 pm AFT---
Vatican City (Holy See)
Partial Solar Eclipse
10:54 am CET12:44 pm CET---
Yemen
Partial Solar Eclipse
2:16 pm AST4:26 pm AST---
Åland Islands
Partial Solar Eclipse
11:28 am EET1:45 pm 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 eclipse1,190,000,00033.83%
At least 10% partial1,120,000,00031.69%
At least 20% partial1,030,000,00029.11%
At least 30% partial898,000,00025.32%
At least 40% partial756,000,00021.34%
At least 50% partial603,000,00017.01%
At least 60% partial461,000,00013.02%
At least 70% partial292,000,0008.23%
At least 80% partial113,000,0003.19%
At least 90% partial42,200,0001.19%
Totality or annularity1,030,0000.03%

* 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: October 6, 1968 — Total Lunar Eclipse