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February 15, 1961 Total Solar Eclipse

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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 Washington DC*
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 Washington DC.

Upcoming eclipses visible in Washington DC

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

CountryTypeStart of EclipseEnd of Eclipse
Albania
Total Solar Eclipse
7:30 am CET10:00 am CET
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Total Solar Eclipse
7:33 am CET10:01 am CET
Bulgaria
Total Solar Eclipse
7:35 am CET11:15 am EET
Croatia
Total Solar Eclipse
7:33 am CET10:02 am CET
France
Total Solar Eclipse
7:27 am CET9:51 am CET
Italy
Total Solar Eclipse
7:20 am CET9:55 am CET
Kazakhstan
Total Solar Eclipse
11:13 am 4:26 pm ALMT
Kosovo
Total Solar Eclipse
7:34 am CET10:02 am CET
Monaco
Total Solar Eclipse
7:30 am CET9:43 am CET
Montenegro
Total Solar Eclipse
7:33 am CET10:00 am CET
North Macedonia
Total Solar Eclipse
7:33 am CET10:03 am CET
Romania
Total Solar Eclipse
8:39 am EET11:18 am EET
Russia
Total Solar Eclipse
7:55 am CET5:29 pm ULAT
San Marino
Total Solar Eclipse
7:32 am CET9:50 am CET
Serbia
Total Solar Eclipse
7:35 am CET11:06 am EET
Ukraine
Total Solar Eclipse
7:46 am CET12:38 pm MSK
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
8:18 am CET9:26 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 CET10:27 am CET
Switzerland
Partial Solar Eclipse
7:33 am CET9:51 am CET
Syria
Partial Solar Eclipse
8:38 am IST11:35 am EET
Tajikistan
Partial Solar Eclipse
12:45 pm 4:18 pm
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
9:45 am EAT9:52 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
7:10 am GMT8:00 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.)

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