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May 30, 1984 Annular Solar Eclipse

This eclipse was visible in Columbus - go to local timings and animation

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, West in Asia, North/West Africa, North America, North/West South America, Pacific, Atlantic, Arctic.

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This eclipse was visible in Columbus - go to local timings and animation

Eclipse Shadow Path

Portion of Sun covered by the Moon (Eclipse obscuration)

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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 54.1 seconds.

Eclipse Stages WorldwideUTC TimeLocal Time in Columbus*
First location to see the partial eclipse beginMay 30 at 13:54:21May 30 at 9:54:21 am
First location to see the full eclipse beginMay 30 at 14:56:56May 30 at 10:56:56 am
Maximum EclipseMay 30 at 16:44:47May 30 at 12:44:47 pm
Last location to see the full eclipse endMay 30 at 18:32:32May 30 at 2:32:32 pm
Last location to see the partial eclipse endMay 30 at 19:35:04May 30 at 3:35:04 pm

* 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. Please note that the local times for Columbus are meant as a guideline in case you want to view the eclipse via a live webcam. See the actual times the eclipse is visible in Columbus.

Upcoming eclipses visible in Columbus

Next Annular Solar Eclipse will be on Sep 23, 1987

Eclipse calculations usually accurate to a few seconds

Countries Where the Eclipse Is Visible

CountryTypeStartEndAnnularity Duration
Algeria
Annular Solar Eclipse
6:23 pm CET8:27 pm CET2m
Mexico
Annular Solar Eclipse
7:12 am MST12:31 pm EST18m, 49s
Morocco
Annular Solar Eclipse
6:21 pm CET7:35 pm WET2m, 43s
Portugal
Annular Solar Eclipse
4:49 pm AZOST8:33 pm WEST4m, 53s
United States
Annular Solar Eclipse
8:27 am CST2:40 pm EDT47m, 5s
Albania
Partial Solar Eclipse
7:24 pm CEST8:09 pm CEST---
Andorra
Partial Solar Eclipse
6:19 pm CET8:14 pm CET---
Anguilla
Partial Solar Eclipse
11:35 am AST2:20 pm AST---
Antigua and Barbuda
Partial Solar Eclipse
11:43 am AST2:21 pm AST---
Aruba
Partial Solar Eclipse
11:13 am AST1:36 pm AST---
Austria
Partial Solar Eclipse
7:20 pm CEST9:01 pm CEST---
Barbados
Partial Solar Eclipse
12:10 pm AST2:04 pm AST---
Belarus
Partial Solar Eclipse
7:22 pm CEST8:39 pm CEST---
Belgium
Partial Solar Eclipse
7:15 pm CEST9:00 pm CEST---
Belize
Partial Solar Eclipse
8:21 am CST12:20 pm EST---
Benin
Partial Solar Eclipse
6:46 pm WAT6:14 pm GMT---
Bermuda
Partial Solar Eclipse
12:30 pm ADT3:44 pm ADT---
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Partial Solar Eclipse
7:23 pm CEST8:35 pm CEST---
British Virgin Islands
Partial Solar Eclipse
11:30 am AST2:18 pm AST---
Bulgaria
Partial Solar Eclipse
8:24 pm EEST9:02 pm EEST---
Burkina Faso
Partial Solar Eclipse
5:43 pm GMT6:42 pm GMT---
Cabo Verde
Partial Solar Eclipse
4:32 pm CVT6:30 pm CVT---
Canada
Partial Solar Eclipse
11:13 am EDT4:27 pm NDT---
Caribbean Netherlands
Partial Solar Eclipse
11:22 am AST2:17 pm AST---
Cayman Islands
Partial Solar Eclipse
9:38 am EST12:43 pm EST---
Chad
Partial Solar Eclipse
7:33 pm 6:38 pm WAT---
Colombia
Partial Solar Eclipse
9:33 am COT12:32 pm COT---
Costa Rica
Partial Solar Eclipse
8:20 am CST11:04 am CST---
Cote d'Ivoire
Partial Solar Eclipse
5:51 pm GMT6:50 pm GMT---
Croatia
Partial Solar Eclipse
7:22 pm CEST8:45 pm CEST---
Cuba
Partial Solar Eclipse
10:34 am CDT1:58 pm CDT---
Curaçao
Partial Solar Eclipse
11:18 am AST1:36 pm AST---
Czechia
Partial Solar Eclipse
7:20 pm CEST8:55 pm CEST---
Denmark
Partial Solar Eclipse
7:16 pm CEST8:48 pm CEST---
Dominica
Partial Solar Eclipse
11:51 am AST2:12 pm AST---
Dominican Republic
Partial Solar Eclipse
11:02 am EDT2:08 pm AST---
Ecuador
Partial Solar Eclipse
9:12 am 11:21 am ---
El Salvador
Partial Solar Eclipse
8:18 am CST11:08 am CST---
Estonia
Partial Solar Eclipse
9:21 pm MSD10:31 pm MSD---
Faroe Islands
Partial Solar Eclipse
6:05 pm WEST7:40 pm WEST---
Finland
Partial Solar Eclipse
8:20 pm EEST9:26 pm EEST---
France
Partial Solar Eclipse
7:12 pm CEST9:14 pm CEST---
French Polynesia
Partial Solar Eclipse
5:56 am MART6:20 am MART---
Gambia
Partial Solar Eclipse
5:45 pm GMT7:30 pm GMT---
Germany
Partial Solar Eclipse
7:16 pm CEST9:02 pm CEST---
Ghana
Partial Solar Eclipse
5:48 pm GMT6:30 pm GMT---
Gibraltar
Partial Solar Eclipse
7:21 pm CEST9:25 pm CEST---
Greece
Partial Solar Eclipse
8:24 pm EEST9:00 pm EEST---
Greenland
Partial Solar Eclipse
2:28 pm WGST4:41 pm WGST---
Grenada
Partial Solar Eclipse
12:02 pm AST1:53 pm AST---
Guadeloupe
Partial Solar Eclipse
11:47 am AST2:17 pm AST---
Guatemala
Partial Solar Eclipse
8:16 am CST11:17 am CST---
Guernsey
Partial Solar Eclipse
6:13 pm BST8:05 pm BST---
Guinea
Partial Solar Eclipse
5:48 pm GMT7:19 pm GMT---
Guinea-Bissau
Partial Solar Eclipse
5:47 pm GMT7:28 pm GMT---
Haiti
Partial Solar Eclipse
10:54 am EDT2:03 pm EDT---
Honduras
Partial Solar Eclipse
8:19 am CST11:27 am CST---
Hungary
Partial Solar Eclipse
7:22 pm CEST8:42 pm CEST---
Iceland
Partial Solar Eclipse
4:53 pm GMT6:37 pm GMT---
Ireland
Partial Solar Eclipse
6:06 pm IST8:04 pm IST---
Isle of Man
Partial Solar Eclipse
6:10 pm BST7:57 pm BST---
Italy
Partial Solar Eclipse
7:20 pm CEST9:07 pm CEST---
Jamaica
Partial Solar Eclipse
9:44 am EST12:46 pm EST---
Jersey
Partial Solar Eclipse
6:13 pm BST8:05 pm BST---
Kosovo
Partial Solar Eclipse
7:24 pm CEST8:08 pm CEST---
Latvia
Partial Solar Eclipse
9:21 pm MSD10:36 pm MSD---
Liberia
Partial Solar Eclipse
5:56 pm GMT6:58 pm GMT---
Libya
Partial Solar Eclipse
7:27 pm 7:17 pm CET---
Liechtenstein
Partial Solar Eclipse
7:20 pm CEST9:01 pm CEST---
Lithuania
Partial Solar Eclipse
9:21 pm MSD8:38 pm CEST---
Luxembourg
Partial Solar Eclipse
7:17 pm CEST9:00 pm CEST---
Mali
Partial Solar Eclipse
5:31 pm GMT7:14 pm GMT---
Malta
Partial Solar Eclipse
7:26 pm CEST8:12 pm CEST---
Martinique
Partial Solar Eclipse
11:54 am AST2:09 pm AST---
Mauritania
Partial Solar Eclipse
5:27 pm WET7:35 pm GMT---
Moldova
Partial Solar Eclipse
9:23 pm MSD10:02 pm MSD---
Monaco
Partial Solar Eclipse
7:21 pm CEST9:03 pm CEST---
Montenegro
Partial Solar Eclipse
7:24 pm CEST8:15 pm CEST---
Montserrat
Partial Solar Eclipse
11:44 am AST2:16 pm AST---
Netherlands
Partial Solar Eclipse
7:15 pm CEST8:58 pm CEST---
Nicaragua
Partial Solar Eclipse
8:21 am CST11:20 am CST---
Niger
Partial Solar Eclipse
6:34 pm WAT6:24 pm GMT---
Nigeria
Partial Solar Eclipse
6:43 pm WAT7:05 pm WAT---
North Macedonia
Partial Solar Eclipse
7:24 pm CEST8:03 pm CEST---
Norway
Partial Solar Eclipse
7:05 pm CEST8:42 pm CEST---
Panama
Partial Solar Eclipse
9:29 am EST12:05 pm EST---
Pitcairn Islands
Partial Solar Eclipse
6:25 am 6:55 am ---
Poland
Partial Solar Eclipse
7:19 pm CEST8:51 pm CEST---
Puerto Rico
Partial Solar Eclipse
11:17 am AST2:14 pm AST---
Romania
Partial Solar Eclipse
7:23 pm CEST8:19 pm CEST---
Russia
Partial Solar Eclipse
9:21 pm MSD8:40 pm CEST---
Saint Kitts and Nevis
Partial Solar Eclipse
11:40 am AST2:17 pm AST---
Saint Lucia
Partial Solar Eclipse
11:58 am AST2:05 pm AST---
Saint Martin
Partial Solar Eclipse
11:37 am AST2:19 pm AST---
Saint Pierre and Miquelon
Partial Solar Eclipse
1:03 pm PMST3:54 pm PMST---
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
Partial Solar Eclipse
12:00 noon AST2:00 pm AST---
San Marino
Partial Solar Eclipse
7:22 pm CEST8:44 pm CEST---
Senegal
Partial Solar Eclipse
5:39 pm GMT7:33 pm GMT---
Serbia
Partial Solar Eclipse
7:23 pm CEST8:24 pm CEST---
Sierra Leone
Partial Solar Eclipse
5:53 pm GMT7:09 pm GMT---
Sint Maarten
Partial Solar Eclipse
11:38 am AST2:19 pm AST---
Slovakia
Partial Solar Eclipse
7:22 pm CEST8:44 pm CEST---
Slovenia
Partial Solar Eclipse
7:22 pm CEST8:49 pm CEST---
Spain
Partial Solar Eclipse
7:13 pm CEST8:34 pm WEST---
St. Barts
Partial Solar Eclipse
11:39 am AST2:19 pm AST---
Svalbard and Jan Mayen
Partial Solar Eclipse
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Sweden
Partial Solar Eclipse
7:16 pm CEST8:44 pm CEST---
Switzerland
Partial Solar Eclipse
7:19 pm CEST9:05 pm CEST---
The Bahamas
Partial Solar Eclipse
10:46 am EDT2:08 pm EDT---
Togo
Partial Solar Eclipse
5:48 pm GMT6:19 pm GMT---
Trinidad and Tobago
Partial Solar Eclipse
12:12 pm AST1:45 pm AST---
Tunisia
Partial Solar Eclipse
6:25 pm CET7:38 pm CET---
Turkey
Partial Solar Eclipse
8:24 pm TRT8:38 pm EEST---
Turks and Caicos Islands
Partial Solar Eclipse
11:02 am EDT2:10 pm EDT---
US Minor Outlying Islands
Partial Solar Eclipse
10:53 am EDT12:50 pm ---
US Virgin Islands
Partial Solar Eclipse
11:29 am AST2:16 pm AST---
Ukraine
Partial Solar Eclipse
9:22 pm MSD10:30 pm MSD---
United Kingdom
Partial Solar Eclipse
6:02 pm BST8:05 pm BST---
Vatican City (Holy See)
Partial Solar Eclipse
7:23 pm CEST8:37 pm CEST---
Venezuela
Partial Solar Eclipse
10:03 am COT2:07 pm VET---
Western Sahara
Partial Solar Eclipse
5:26 pm WET7:35 pm WET---
Åland Islands
Partial Solar Eclipse
8:20 pm EEST9:28 pm EEST---

All times shown in this table are local time. (Note: more than one time zone is listed.) "Annularity duration" gives the time between the start and finish of annularity 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 eclipse876,000,00018.35%
At least 10% partial740,000,00015.51%
At least 20% partial652,000,00013.66%
At least 30% partial542,000,00011.36%
At least 40% partial392,000,0008.22%
At least 50% partial313,000,0006.57%
At least 60% partial278,000,0005.83%
At least 70% partial228,000,0004.79%
At least 80% partial158,000,0003.31%
At least 90% partial84,800,0001.78%
Totality or annularity3,360,0000.07%

* 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: May 15, 1984 — Penumbral Lunar Eclipse

Third eclipse this season: June 13, 1984 — Penumbral Lunar Eclipse