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February 25, 1952 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, 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 29.8 seconds.

Eclipse Stages WorldwideUTC TimeLocal Time in Columbus*
First location to see the partial eclipse beginFeb 25 at 06:37:48Feb 25 at 1:37:48 am
First location to see the full eclipse beginFeb 25 at 07:38:10Feb 25 at 2:38:10 am
Maximum EclipseFeb 25 at 09:11:05Feb 25 at 4:11:05 am
Last location to see the full eclipse endFeb 25 at 10:43:43Feb 25 at 5:43:43 am
Last location to see the partial eclipse endFeb 25 at 11:44:15Feb 25 at 6:44:15 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 Jun 30, 1954

Eclipse calculations usually accurate to a few seconds

Countries Where the Eclipse Is Visible

CountryTypeStart of EclipseEnd of Eclipse
Cameroon
Total Solar Eclipse
6:51 am GMT10:53 am WAT
Central African Republic
Total Solar Eclipse
7:57 am WAT11:10 am WAT
Congo
Total Solar Eclipse
7:47 am WAT10:46 am WAT
Congo Democratic Republic
Total Solar Eclipse
7:46 am WAT12:10 pm CAT
Equatorial Guinea
Total Solar Eclipse
6:45 am GMT9:28 am GMT
Gabon
Total Solar Eclipse
7:46 am WAT10:33 am WAT
Iran
Total Solar Eclipse
11:39 am AST4:35 pm
Iraq
Total Solar Eclipse
11:28 am AST2:21 pm AST
Kazakhstan
Total Solar Eclipse
2:01 pm 5:43 pm ALMT
Kuwait
Total Solar Eclipse
11:35 am AST2:19 pm AST
Russia
Total Solar Eclipse
12:48 pm 5:43 pm
Sao Tome and Principe
Total Solar Eclipse
6:46 am GMT9:20 am GMT
Saudi Arabia
Total Solar Eclipse
11:05 am AST2:18 pm AST
South Sudan
Total Solar Eclipse
9:17 am CAT12:33 pm CAT
Sudan
Total Solar Eclipse
8:16 am WAT12:55 pm CAT
Turkmenistan
Total Solar Eclipse
1:58 pm 4:38 pm
Uzbekistan
Total Solar Eclipse
2:05 pm 5:41 pm
Afghanistan
Partial Solar Eclipse
1:33 pm AFT4:11 pm AFT
Albania
Partial Solar Eclipse
9:23 am CET11:33 am CET
Algeria
Partial Solar Eclipse
7:16 am WET9:59 am WET
Andorra
Partial Solar Eclipse
9:19 am CET10:45 am CET
Angola
Partial Solar Eclipse
7:46 am WAT11:28 am CAT
Armenia
Partial Solar Eclipse
11:48 am 2:22 pm
Austria
Partial Solar Eclipse
9:34 am CET11:25 am CET
Azerbaijan
Partial Solar Eclipse
12:18 pm IRST2:26 pm
Bahrain
Partial Solar Eclipse
12:38 pm GST3:18 pm GST
Bangladesh
Partial Solar Eclipse
4:00 pm 5:26 pm
Belarus
Partial Solar Eclipse
11:51 am MSK1:55 pm MSK
Belgium
Partial Solar Eclipse
9:39 am CET11:00 am CET
Benin
Partial Solar Eclipse
6:51 am GMT9:25 am GMT
Bhutan
Partial Solar Eclipse
3:30 pm IST7:29 pm CST
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Partial Solar Eclipse
9:29 am CET11:30 am CET
Botswana
Partial Solar Eclipse
8:59 am SAST11:01 am CAT
Brazil
Partial Solar Eclipse
6:51 am 6:36 am BRST
Bulgaria
Partial Solar Eclipse
10:29 am EET12:51 pm EET
Burkina Faso
Partial Solar Eclipse
6:53 am GMT9:23 am GMT
Burundi
Partial Solar Eclipse
9:10 am CAT11:54 am CAT
Cabo Verde
Partial Solar Eclipse
5:51 am CVT6:52 am CVT
Chad
Partial Solar Eclipse
8:04 am WAT11:25 am WAT
China
Partial Solar Eclipse
3:28 pm 5:44 pm
Comoros
Partial Solar Eclipse
10:50 am EAT12:28 pm EAT
Cote d'Ivoire
Partial Solar Eclipse
6:45 am GMT9:10 am GMT
Croatia
Partial Solar Eclipse
9:28 am CET11:30 am CET
Cyprus
Partial Solar Eclipse
10:24 am EET1:02 pm EET
Czechia
Partial Solar Eclipse
9:40 am CET11:29 am CET
Denmark
Partial Solar Eclipse
9:52 am CET11:21 am CET
Djibouti
Partial Solar Eclipse
10:56 am EAT1:47 pm EAT
Egypt
Partial Solar Eclipse
8:46 am CET12:59 pm IST
Eritrea
Partial Solar Eclipse
10:49 am EAT12:52 pm CAT
Estonia
Partial Solar Eclipse
12:01 pm MSK1:45 pm MSK
Eswatini
Partial Solar Eclipse
9:51 am SAST10:13 am SAST
Ethiopia
Partial Solar Eclipse
10:31 am EAT1:48 pm EAT
Faroe Islands
Partial Solar Eclipse
9:01 am WET9:47 am WET
Finland
Partial Solar Eclipse
11:04 am EET12:48 pm EET
France
Partial Solar Eclipse
9:18 am CET11:04 am CET
French Southern Territories
Partial Solar Eclipse
1:03 pm TFT2:20 pm TFT
Gambia
Partial Solar Eclipse
6:14 am WAT7:57 am WAT
Georgia
Partial Solar Eclipse
11:47 am 2:22 pm
Germany
Partial Solar Eclipse
9:35 am CET11:20 am CET
Ghana
Partial Solar Eclipse
6:47 am GMT9:17 am GMT
Gibraltar
Partial Solar Eclipse
7:56 am GMT9:26 am GMT
Greece
Partial Solar Eclipse
10:15 am EET12:49 pm EET
Greenland
Partial Solar Eclipse
7:26 am 7:05 am WGT
Guernsey
Partial Solar Eclipse
8:36 am GMT9:41 am GMT
Guinea
Partial Solar Eclipse
6:49 am GMT8:03 am WAT
Guinea-Bissau
Partial Solar Eclipse
6:12 am WAT7:57 am WAT
Hungary
Partial Solar Eclipse
9:36 am CET11:38 am CET
Iceland
Partial Solar Eclipse
8:02 am IST8:45 am IST
India
Partial Solar Eclipse
2:18 pm 5:40 pm
Ireland
Partial Solar Eclipse
8:39 am GMT9:37 am GMT
Isle of Man
Partial Solar Eclipse
8:47 am GMT9:41 am GMT
Israel
Partial Solar Eclipse
10:16 am EET1:03 pm EET
Italy
Partial Solar Eclipse
9:07 am CET11:26 am CET
Jersey
Partial Solar Eclipse
8:35 am GMT9:41 am GMT
Jordan
Partial Solar Eclipse
10:16 am EET2:09 pm AST
Kenya
Partial Solar Eclipse
10:22 am EAT1:24 pm EAT
Kosovo
Partial Solar Eclipse
9:29 am CET11:35 am CET
Kyrgyzstan
Partial Solar Eclipse
3:22 pm 5:43 pm
Laos
Partial Solar Eclipse
6:41 pm CST6:58 pm CST
Latvia
Partial Solar Eclipse
11:58 am MSK1:46 pm MSK
Lebanon
Partial Solar Eclipse
10:24 am IST1:05 pm EET
Liberia
Partial Solar Eclipse
6:01 am 8:59 am GMT
Libya
Partial Solar Eclipse
7:35 am GMT12:40 pm EET
Liechtenstein
Partial Solar Eclipse
9:35 am CET11:06 am CET
Lithuania
Partial Solar Eclipse
11:55 am MSK1:44 pm MSK
Luxembourg
Partial Solar Eclipse
9:39 am CET11:00 am CET
Madagascar
Partial Solar Eclipse
11:11 am EAT12:09 pm EAT
Malawi
Partial Solar Eclipse
9:17 am CAT12:21 pm
Mali
Partial Solar Eclipse
6:53 am GMT9:34 am GMT
Malta
Partial Solar Eclipse
9:09 am CET11:14 am CET
Mauritania
Partial Solar Eclipse
6:02 am WAT8:19 am WAT
Mayotte
Partial Solar Eclipse
11:01 am EAT12:18 pm EAT
Moldova
Partial Solar Eclipse
11:42 am MSK1:53 pm MSK
Monaco
Partial Solar Eclipse
9:25 am CET10:59 am CET
Mongolia
Partial Solar Eclipse
3:39 pm HOVT5:43 pm HOVT
Montenegro
Partial Solar Eclipse
9:28 am CET11:32 am CET
Morocco
Partial Solar Eclipse
6:19 am WAT9:32 am WET
Mozambique
Partial Solar Eclipse
9:13 am CAT12:18 pm
Myanmar
Partial Solar Eclipse
6:10 pm CST5:26 pm
Namibia
Partial Solar Eclipse
7:47 am WAT11:02 am CAT
Nepal
Partial Solar Eclipse
3:12 pm IST5:04 pm IST
Netherlands
Partial Solar Eclipse
9:42 am CET11:03 am CET
Niger
Partial Solar Eclipse
7:01 am GMT11:06 am WAT
Nigeria
Partial Solar Eclipse
7:51 am WAT10:52 am WAT
North Macedonia
Partial Solar Eclipse
9:27 am CET11:38 am CET
Norway
Partial Solar Eclipse
9:57 am CET11:43 am CET
Oman
Partial Solar Eclipse
12:32 pm GST3:23 pm GST
Pakistan
Partial Solar Eclipse
12:32 pm IRST7:40 pm CST
Palestine
Partial Solar Eclipse
10:19 am EET1:02 pm EET
Poland
Partial Solar Eclipse
9:44 am CET1:40 pm MSK
Portugal
Partial Solar Eclipse
6:35 am 9:27 am WET
Qatar
Partial Solar Eclipse
12:37 pm GST3:18 pm GST
Romania
Partial Solar Eclipse
10:35 am EET12:53 pm EET
Rwanda
Partial Solar Eclipse
9:11 am CAT11:57 am CAT
Saint Helena
Partial Solar Eclipse
6:39 am GMT8:36 am GMT
San Marino
Partial Solar Eclipse
9:28 am CET11:12 am CET
Senegal
Partial Solar Eclipse
7:03 am GMT9:00 am GMT
Serbia
Partial Solar Eclipse
9:30 am CET11:38 am CET
Seychelles
Partial Solar Eclipse
12:01 pm SCT1:45 pm SCT
Sierra Leone
Partial Solar Eclipse
5:56 am WAT7:58 am WAT
Slovakia
Partial Solar Eclipse
9:40 am CET11:37 am CET
Slovenia
Partial Solar Eclipse
9:33 am CET11:23 am CET
Somalia
Partial Solar Eclipse
10:41 am EAT1:21 pm
South Africa
Partial Solar Eclipse
9:09 am SAST10:44 am SAST
Spain
Partial Solar Eclipse
7:29 am WET10:49 am CET
Svalbard and Jan Mayen
Partial Solar Eclipse
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Sweden
Partial Solar Eclipse
9:54 am CET11:36 am CET
Switzerland
Partial Solar Eclipse
9:31 am CET11:08 am CET
Syria
Partial Solar Eclipse
10:24 am EET1:15 pm EET
Tajikistan
Partial Solar Eclipse
1:49 pm AFT5:41 pm
Tanzania
Partial Solar Eclipse
9:10 am CAT1:02 pm EAT
Togo
Partial Solar Eclipse
6:51 am GMT9:18 am GMT
Tunisia
Partial Solar Eclipse
8:50 am CET11:05 am CET
Turkey
Partial Solar Eclipse
10:23 am EET2:49 pm IRST
Uganda
Partial Solar Eclipse
9:13 am CAT12:16 pm CAT
Ukraine
Partial Solar Eclipse
10:42 am EET2:10 pm MSK
United Arab Emirates
Partial Solar Eclipse
12:38 pm GST3:22 pm GST
United Kingdom
Partial Solar Eclipse
8:36 am GMT9:54 am GMT
Vatican City (Holy See)
Partial Solar Eclipse
9:23 am CET11:11 am CET
Vietnam
Partial Solar Eclipse
6:40 pm IDT7:00 pm IDT
Western Sahara
Partial Solar Eclipse
6:16 am WAT9:14 am WET
Yemen
Partial Solar Eclipse
11:02 am AST3:08 pm GST
Zambia
Partial Solar Eclipse
7:57 am WAT11:37 am CAT
Zimbabwe
Partial Solar Eclipse
9:06 am SAST11:12 am CAT
Åland Islands
Partial Solar Eclipse
11:03 am EET12:32 pm EET

All times shown in this table are local time. (Note: more than one time zone is listed.)

How Many People Can See This Eclipse?

Number of People Seeing...Number of People*Fraction of World Population
Any part of the eclipse1,190,000,00046.20%
At least 10% partial852,000,00032.90%
At least 20% partial599,000,00023.14%
At least 30% partial484,000,00018.70%
At least 40% partial399,000,00015.41%
At least 50% partial328,000,00012.68%
At least 60% partial268,000,00010.36%
At least 70% partial173,000,0006.68%
At least 80% partial101,000,0003.93%
At least 90% partial44,000,0001.70%
Totality or annularity7,670,0000.30%

* 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: February 10–11, 1952 — Partial Lunar Eclipse