Jul 13, 2018 Partial Solar Eclipse
What the eclipse would look like near the max point
The animation shows approximately what the eclipse looks like near the maximum point of the eclipse (weather permitting).
Stages in eclipse
- Partial Eclipse just started
- Partial Eclipse in good progress
- Maximum Eclipse
- Partial Eclipse continues
- Partial Eclipse about to end
Click the 'play' button to view the animation. The pause button can also be used to temporarily suspend the animation.
The animation shows where this partial solar eclipse is visible (white and/or gray shading) as well as day and night (dark “wave” slowly moving across the Earth's surface).
The colors within the shaded area show how much of the Sun's disk the Moon covers during the eclipse. In the dark gray area it covers between 25 and 90 percent of the Sun's disk. The white shaded area symbolizes locations where less than 25 percent are covered.
The dark strip in the center indicates the best locations for viewing the eclipse. Here the moon will appear in the center of the sun's disk.
The eclipse will also be visible in the areas that are shaded red, but to a lesser degree. The fainter the red shading the less the sun will appear to be covered.
Where to see the eclipse
Continents seeing at least a partial eclipse:
- South in Australia
- Pacific
- Indian Ocean
Partial eclipse visible in...
When the eclipse happens worldwide
The eclipse starts in one location and ends in another, the times below are for visibility for any location on earth.| Event | UTC Time | Time in Palo Alto* |
|---|---|---|
| First location to see partial eclipse begin | Jul 13 at 1:49 AM | Jul 12 at 6:49 PM |
| Maximum Eclipse | Jul 13 at 3:01 AM | Jul 12 at 8:01 PM |
| Last location to see partial Eclipse end | Jul 13 at 4:14 AM | Jul 12 at 9:14 PM |
* Local times shown do not refer to when the eclipse can be observed from Palo Alto. Instead, they indicate the times when the eclipse begins, is at its max, and ends, somewhere else on earth. The local times are useful if you want to view the eclipse via a live webcam See eclipses viewable in Palo Alto.
Eclipses during year 2018
- Jan 31, 2018 Total Lunar Eclipse
- Feb 15, 2018 Partial Solar Eclipse
- Jul 13, 2018 Partial Solar Eclipse (Currently shown)
- Jul 27, 2018 Total Lunar Eclipse
- Aug 11, 2018 Partial Solar Eclipse
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