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March 29, 2006 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, Africa, North/East South America, 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 64.9 seconds.

Eclipse Stages WorldwideUTC TimeLocal Time in Washington DC*
First location to see the partial eclipse beginMar 29 at 07:36:48Mar 29 at 2:36:48 am
First location to see the full eclipse beginMar 29 at 08:34:24Mar 29 at 3:34:24 am
Maximum EclipseMar 29 at 10:11:18Mar 29 at 5:11:18 am
Last location to see the full eclipse endMar 29 at 11:47:56Mar 29 at 6:47:56 am
Last location to see the partial eclipse endMar 29 at 12:45:39Mar 29 at 7:45:39 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 Aug 1, 2008

Eclipse calculations usually accurate to a few seconds

Countries Where the Eclipse Is Visible

CountryTypeStartEndTotality Duration
Benin
Total Solar Eclipse
8:03 am GMT11:48 am WAT12m, 6s
Brazil
Total Solar Eclipse
4:58 am BRT6:44 am BRT2m, 12s
Chad
Total Solar Eclipse
9:21 am WAT12:37 pm WAT9m, 56s
Cote d'Ivoire
Total Solar Eclipse
7:54 am GMT10:32 am GMT1m, 39s
Egypt
Total Solar Eclipse
11:02 am EET2:11 pm EET6m, 4s
Georgia
Total Solar Eclipse
1:59 pm MSD4:31 pm GET5m, 32s
Ghana
Total Solar Eclipse
7:58 am GMT10:40 am GMT11m, 8s
Kazakhstan
Total Solar Eclipse
2:11 pm MSD6:45 pm ALMT21m, 28s
Libya
Total Solar Eclipse
10:46 am EET2:00 pm EET33m, 26s
Mongolia
Total Solar Eclipse
5:48 pm 8:34 pm HOVST2m, 3s
Niger
Total Solar Eclipse
9:13 am WAT12:30 pm WAT34m, 47s
Nigeria
Total Solar Eclipse
9:04 am WAT12:09 pm WAT21m, 47s
Russia
Total Solar Eclipse
1:57 pm MSD6:43 pm ALMT33m, 19s
Togo
Total Solar Eclipse
8:02 am GMT10:41 am GMT7m, 35s
Turkey
Total Solar Eclipse
12:32 pm EEST3:59 pm IRST21m, 25s
Afghanistan
Partial Solar Eclipse
1:59 pm IRST5:12 pm AFT---
Albania
Partial Solar Eclipse
11:29 am CEST2:00 pm CEST---
Algeria
Partial Solar Eclipse
9:28 am CET12:34 pm CET---
Andorra
Partial Solar Eclipse
11:23 am CEST1:23 pm CEST---
Angola
Partial Solar Eclipse
9:03 am WAT11:21 am WAT---
Armenia
Partial Solar Eclipse
3:01 pm AMST5:30 pm AMST---
Austria
Partial Solar Eclipse
11:37 am CEST1:55 pm CEST---
Azerbaijan
Partial Solar Eclipse
1:32 pm IRST5:34 pm AZST---
Bahrain
Partial Solar Eclipse
1:09 pm AST3:16 pm AST---
Bangladesh
Partial Solar Eclipse
5:18 pm BST6:22 pm BST---
Belarus
Partial Solar Eclipse
12:54 pm EEST4:15 pm MSD---
Belgium
Partial Solar Eclipse
11:41 am CEST1:35 pm CEST---
Bhutan
Partial Solar Eclipse
7:15 pm CST5:50 pm IST---
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Partial Solar Eclipse
11:33 am CEST1:59 pm CEST---
Botswana
Partial Solar Eclipse
10:52 am CAT11:09 am CAT---
Bulgaria
Partial Solar Eclipse
12:35 pm EEST3:12 pm EEST---
Burkina Faso
Partial Solar Eclipse
8:04 am GMT10:47 am GMT---
Burundi
Partial Solar Eclipse
10:51 am CAT12:27 pm CAT---
Cabo Verde
Partial Solar Eclipse
7:09 am CVT9:06 am CVT---
Cameroon
Partial Solar Eclipse
9:06 am WAT12:09 pm WAT---
Central African Republic
Partial Solar Eclipse
9:16 am WAT12:15 pm WAT---
China
Partial Solar Eclipse
6:45 pm CST8:45 pm CST---
Congo
Partial Solar Eclipse
9:02 am WAT11:49 am WAT---
Congo Democratic Republic
Partial Solar Eclipse
9:03 am WAT12:00 noon WAT---
Croatia
Partial Solar Eclipse
11:32 am CEST1:58 pm CEST---
Cyprus
Partial Solar Eclipse
12:36 pm EEST3:16 pm EEST---
Czechia
Partial Solar Eclipse
11:43 am CEST1:57 pm CEST---
Denmark
Partial Solar Eclipse
11:53 am CEST1:50 pm CEST---
Djibouti
Partial Solar Eclipse
12:43 pm EAT2:28 pm EAT---
Equatorial Guinea
Partial Solar Eclipse
8:57 am WAT11:39 am WAT---
Eritrea
Partial Solar Eclipse
12:22 pm EAT2:47 pm EAT---
Estonia
Partial Solar Eclipse
1:04 pm EEST3:06 pm EEST---
Ethiopia
Partial Solar Eclipse
12:06 pm EAT2:37 pm EAT---
Faroe Islands
Partial Solar Eclipse
11:07 am WEST12:11 pm WEST---
Finland
Partial Solar Eclipse
1:07 pm EEST3:05 pm EEST---
France
Partial Solar Eclipse
11:23 am CEST1:39 pm CEST---
French Guiana
Partial Solar Eclipse
6:28 am GFT6:38 am GFT---
Gabon
Partial Solar Eclipse
9:01 am WAT11:40 am WAT---
Gambia
Partial Solar Eclipse
8:06 am GMT10:17 am GMT---
Germany
Partial Solar Eclipse
11:38 am CEST1:51 pm CEST---
Gibraltar
Partial Solar Eclipse
11:05 am CEST1:01 pm CEST---
Greece
Partial Solar Eclipse
12:24 pm EEST3:09 pm EEST---
Greenland
Partial Solar Eclipse
8:33 am WGST9:15 am WGST---
Guernsey
Partial Solar Eclipse
10:40 am BST12:17 pm BST---
Guinea
Partial Solar Eclipse
7:58 am GMT10:25 am GMT---
Guinea-Bissau
Partial Solar Eclipse
8:03 am GMT10:17 am GMT---
Hungary
Partial Solar Eclipse
11:39 am CEST2:04 pm CEST---
Iceland
Partial Solar Eclipse
10:17 am GMT10:59 am GMT---
India
Partial Solar Eclipse
3:50 pm PKT8:42 pm CST---
Iran
Partial Solar Eclipse
12:59 pm AST5:38 pm TMT---
Iraq
Partial Solar Eclipse
12:45 pm AST3:58 pm IRST---
Ireland
Partial Solar Eclipse
10:45 am IST12:10 pm IST---
Isle of Man
Partial Solar Eclipse
10:51 am BST12:13 pm BST---
Israel
Partial Solar Eclipse
11:34 am EET3:15 pm EEST---
Italy
Partial Solar Eclipse
11:13 am CEST1:56 pm CEST---
Jersey
Partial Solar Eclipse
10:39 am BST12:17 pm BST---
Jordan
Partial Solar Eclipse
11:33 am EET3:18 pm AST---
Kenya
Partial Solar Eclipse
12:10 pm EAT1:57 pm EAT---
Kosovo
Partial Solar Eclipse
11:34 am CEST2:02 pm CEST---
Kuwait
Partial Solar Eclipse
1:00 pm AST3:22 pm AST---
Kyrgyzstan
Partial Solar Eclipse
3:39 pm TJT6:45 pm KGT---
Latvia
Partial Solar Eclipse
1:00 pm EEST4:07 pm MSD---
Lebanon
Partial Solar Eclipse
11:39 am IST3:17 pm EEST---
Liberia
Partial Solar Eclipse
7:54 am GMT10:19 am GMT---
Liechtenstein
Partial Solar Eclipse
11:37 am CEST1:41 pm CEST---
Lithuania
Partial Solar Eclipse
11:58 am CEST3:06 pm EEST---
Luxembourg
Partial Solar Eclipse
11:41 am CEST1:35 pm CEST---
Mali
Partial Solar Eclipse
8:03 am GMT12:03 pm WAT---
Malta
Partial Solar Eclipse
11:16 am CEST1:46 pm CEST---
Mauritania
Partial Solar Eclipse
8:11 am GMT10:51 am GMT---
Moldova
Partial Solar Eclipse
12:48 pm EEST3:14 pm EEST---
Monaco
Partial Solar Eclipse
11:29 am CEST1:36 pm CEST---
Montenegro
Partial Solar Eclipse
11:33 am CEST2:00 pm CEST---
Morocco
Partial Solar Eclipse
8:25 am GMT11:09 am WET---
Myanmar
Partial Solar Eclipse
7:16 pm CST6:05 pm BST---
Namibia
Partial Solar Eclipse
9:07 am WAT10:38 am WAT---
Nepal
Partial Solar Eclipse
4:34 pm IST6:21 pm NPT---
Netherlands
Partial Solar Eclipse
11:44 am CEST1:36 pm CEST---
North Macedonia
Partial Solar Eclipse
11:32 am CEST2:04 pm CEST---
Norway
Partial Solar Eclipse
11:59 am CEST1:55 pm CEST---
Oman
Partial Solar Eclipse
2:20 pm GST4:20 pm GST---
Pakistan
Partial Solar Eclipse
3:03 pm AFT8:42 pm CST---
Palestine
Partial Solar Eclipse
11:35 am EET2:14 pm EET---
Poland
Partial Solar Eclipse
11:47 am CEST3:05 pm EEST---
Portugal
Partial Solar Eclipse
9:48 am WEST12:03 pm WEST---
Qatar
Partial Solar Eclipse
1:10 pm AST3:16 pm AST---
Romania
Partial Solar Eclipse
12:40 pm EEST3:14 pm EEST---
Rwanda
Partial Solar Eclipse
10:50 am CAT12:33 pm CAT---
Saint Helena
Partial Solar Eclipse
7:39 am GMT9:47 am GMT---
San Marino
Partial Solar Eclipse
11:32 am CEST1:46 pm CEST---
Sao Tome and Principe
Partial Solar Eclipse
7:59 am GMT10:32 am GMT---
Saudi Arabia
Partial Solar Eclipse
12:31 pm AST3:20 pm AST---
Senegal
Partial Solar Eclipse
8:05 am GMT10:22 am GMT---
Serbia
Partial Solar Eclipse
11:36 am CEST2:04 pm CEST---
Sierra Leone
Partial Solar Eclipse
7:57 am GMT10:17 am GMT---
Slovakia
Partial Solar Eclipse
11:43 am CEST2:03 pm CEST---
Slovenia
Partial Solar Eclipse
11:36 am CEST1:54 pm CEST---
Somalia
Partial Solar Eclipse
12:49 pm EAT2:22 pm EAT---
South Sudan
Partial Solar Eclipse
9:40 am WAT2:26 pm EAT---
Spain
Partial Solar Eclipse
9:41 am WEST1:27 pm CEST---
Sudan
Partial Solar Eclipse
9:39 am WAT2:57 pm EAT---
Suriname
Partial Solar Eclipse
6:38 am SRT6:38 am SRT---
Svalbard and Jan Mayen
Partial Solar Eclipse
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Sweden
Partial Solar Eclipse
11:56 am CEST1:54 pm CEST---
Switzerland
Partial Solar Eclipse
11:34 am CEST1:42 pm CEST---
Syria
Partial Solar Eclipse
11:39 am EET2:25 pm EET---
Tajikistan
Partial Solar Eclipse
3:37 pm UZT6:43 pm KGT---
Tanzania
Partial Solar Eclipse
10:54 am CAT1:33 pm EAT---
Tunisia
Partial Solar Eclipse
10:59 am EET1:40 pm ---
Turkmenistan
Partial Solar Eclipse
3:15 pm TMT5:41 pm UZT---
Uganda
Partial Solar Eclipse
10:52 am CAT1:54 pm EAT---
Ukraine
Partial Solar Eclipse
11:47 am CEST4:25 pm MSD---
United Arab Emirates
Partial Solar Eclipse
2:13 pm GST4:19 pm GST---
United Kingdom
Partial Solar Eclipse
10:41 am BST12:26 pm BST---
Uzbekistan
Partial Solar Eclipse
3:21 pm AQTT6:44 pm KGT---
Vatican City (Holy See)
Partial Solar Eclipse
11:28 am CEST1:45 pm CEST---
Western Sahara
Partial Solar Eclipse
8:24 am GMT10:45 am WET---
Yemen
Partial Solar Eclipse
12:45 pm AST3:55 pm GST---
Zambia
Partial Solar Eclipse
9:33 am WAT11:54 am CAT---
Åland Islands
Partial Solar Eclipse
1:06 pm EEST2:55 pm EEST---

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 eclipse2,750,000,00041.55%
At least 10% partial1,980,000,00029.88%
At least 20% partial1,520,000,00023.00%
At least 30% partial1,220,000,00018.50%
At least 40% partial994,000,00014.98%
At least 50% partial860,000,00012.96%
At least 60% partial724,000,00010.91%
At least 70% partial570,000,0008.60%
At least 80% partial435,000,0006.56%
At least 90% partial223,000,0003.36%
Totality or annularity42,300,0000.64%

* 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 second eclipse this season.

First eclipse this season: March 14–15, 2006 — Penumbral Lunar Eclipse