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August 11, 1999 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, Much of Africa, North/East North America, 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 63.7 seconds.

Eclipse Stages WorldwideUTC TimeLocal Time in Columbus*
First location to see the partial eclipse beginAug 11 at 08:26:14Aug 11 at 4:26:14 am
First location to see the full eclipse beginAug 11 at 09:29:52Aug 11 at 5:29:52 am
Maximum EclipseAug 11 at 11:03:09Aug 11 at 7:03:09 am
Last location to see the full eclipse endAug 11 at 12:36:24Aug 11 at 8:36:24 am
Last location to see the partial eclipse endAug 11 at 13:40:05Aug 11 at 9:40:05 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 21, 2001

Eclipse calculations usually accurate to a few seconds

Countries Where the Eclipse Is Visible

CountryTypeStartEndTotality Duration
Austria
Total Solar Eclipse
11:12 am CEST2:10 pm CEST9m, 26s
Belgium
Total Solar Eclipse
11:06 am CEST1:51 pm CEST3m, 1s
Bulgaria
Total Solar Eclipse
12:34 pm EEST3:35 pm EEST6m, 54s
France
Total Solar Eclipse
10:55 am CEST2:02 pm CEST17m, 51s
Germany
Total Solar Eclipse
11:09 am CEST2:04 pm CEST13m, 44s
Guernsey
Total Solar Eclipse
9:58 am BST12:37 pm BST1m, 48s
Hungary
Total Solar Eclipse
11:23 am CEST2:18 pm CEST11m, 25s
India
Total Solar Eclipse
4:10 pm PKT7:04 pm IST8m, 48s
Iran
Total Solar Eclipse
1:20 pm EEST5:57 pm IRDT34m, 1s
Iraq
Total Solar Eclipse
2:19 pm ADT5:15 pm ADT10m, 25s
Luxembourg
Total Solar Eclipse
11:08 am CEST1:51 pm CEST2m, 44s
Pakistan
Total Solar Eclipse
3:33 pm AFT6:28 pm PKT7m, 40s
Romania
Total Solar Eclipse
11:30 am CEST3:33 pm EEST19m, 34s
Serbia
Total Solar Eclipse
11:27 am CEST2:26 pm CEST4m, 20s
Slovenia
Total Solar Eclipse
11:18 am CEST2:11 pm CEST1m, 7s
Syria
Total Solar Eclipse
1:09 pm EEST5:03 pm ADT2m, 43s
Turkey
Total Solar Eclipse
12:43 pm EEST5:01 pm ADT25m, 56s
United Kingdom
Total Solar Eclipse
9:55 am BST12:42 pm BST5m, 51s
Afghanistan
Partial Solar Eclipse
3:24 pm IRDT5:51 pm AFT---
Albania
Partial Solar Eclipse
11:29 am CEST2:26 pm CEST---
Algeria
Partial Solar Eclipse
8:52 am WET2:06 pm EET---
Andorra
Partial Solar Eclipse
10:59 am CEST1:46 pm CEST---
Anguilla
Partial Solar Eclipse
5:53 am AST5:57 am AST---
Antigua and Barbuda
Partial Solar Eclipse
5:49 am AST5:54 am AST---
Armenia
Partial Solar Eclipse
3:17 pm AMST5:29 pm IRDT---
Azerbaijan
Partial Solar Eclipse
3:20 pm AZST5:31 pm IRDT---
Bahrain
Partial Solar Eclipse
1:54 pm AST4:23 pm AST---
Bangladesh
Partial Solar Eclipse
5:28 pm BST6:47 pm BST---
Belarus
Partial Solar Eclipse
11:35 am CEST3:21 pm EEST---
Bermuda
Partial Solar Eclipse
6:40 am ADT7:17 am ADT---
Bhutan
Partial Solar Eclipse
7:27 pm CST6:16 pm IST---
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Partial Solar Eclipse
11:22 am CEST2:19 pm CEST---
British Indian Ocean Territory
Partial Solar Eclipse
6:16 pm IOT7:16 pm IOT---
Cabo Verde
Partial Solar Eclipse
8:01 am CVT8:44 am CVT---
Canada
Partial Solar Eclipse
6:08 am NDT7:08 am EDT---
Caribbean Netherlands
Partial Solar Eclipse
5:54 am AST5:55 am AST---
Central African Republic
Partial Solar Eclipse
12:19 pm WAT1:20 pm WAT---
Chad
Partial Solar Eclipse
10:55 am WAT1:45 pm WAT---
China
Partial Solar Eclipse
6:02 pm 7:01 pm NPT---
Croatia
Partial Solar Eclipse
11:18 am CEST2:19 pm CEST---
Cyprus
Partial Solar Eclipse
1:03 pm EEST3:54 pm EEST---
Czechia
Partial Solar Eclipse
11:18 am CEST2:10 pm CEST---
Denmark
Partial Solar Eclipse
11:16 am CEST1:58 pm CEST---
Djibouti
Partial Solar Eclipse
2:18 pm EAT4:25 pm EAT---
Egypt
Partial Solar Eclipse
11:53 am EET4:13 pm EEST---
Eritrea
Partial Solar Eclipse
12:56 pm CAT4:25 pm EAT---
Estonia
Partial Solar Eclipse
12:36 pm EEST3:07 pm EEST---
Ethiopia
Partial Solar Eclipse
2:05 pm EAT4:30 pm EAT---
Faroe Islands
Partial Solar Eclipse
10:11 am WEST12:27 pm WEST---
Finland
Partial Solar Eclipse
12:37 pm EEST3:01 pm EEST---
Georgia
Partial Solar Eclipse
2:08 pm MSD5:55 pm AZST---
Gibraltar
Partial Solar Eclipse
10:50 am CEST1:26 pm CEST---
Greece
Partial Solar Eclipse
12:31 pm EEST3:44 pm EEST---
Greenland
Partial Solar Eclipse
6:56 am WGST9:17 am WGST---
Guadeloupe
Partial Solar Eclipse
5:48 am AST5:52 am AST---
Iceland
Partial Solar Eclipse
9:07 am GMT11:20 am GMT---
Indonesia
Partial Solar Eclipse
6:50 pm WIB6:53 pm WIB---
Ireland
Partial Solar Eclipse
9:54 am IST12:30 pm IST---
Isle of Man
Partial Solar Eclipse
10:01 am BST12:32 pm BST---
Israel
Partial Solar Eclipse
1:12 pm IDT4:03 pm IDT---
Italy
Partial Solar Eclipse
11:07 am CEST2:22 pm CEST---
Jersey
Partial Solar Eclipse
9:59 am BST12:37 pm BST---
Jordan
Partial Solar Eclipse
1:14 pm IDT4:05 pm AST---
Kazakhstan
Partial Solar Eclipse
3:15 pm 8:01 pm ---
Kenya
Partial Solar Eclipse
1:51 pm CAT4:15 pm EAT---
Kosovo
Partial Solar Eclipse
11:30 am CEST2:25 pm CEST---
Kuwait
Partial Solar Eclipse
2:41 pm ADT4:17 pm AST---
Kyrgyzstan
Partial Solar Eclipse
5:57 pm 7:03 pm ---
Laos
Partial Solar Eclipse
7:33 pm CST6:50 pm ICT---
Latvia
Partial Solar Eclipse
12:34 pm EEST3:10 pm EEST---
Lebanon
Partial Solar Eclipse
1:11 pm EEST3:59 pm EEST---
Libya
Partial Solar Eclipse
11:21 am EET2:49 pm EET---
Liechtenstein
Partial Solar Eclipse
11:12 am CEST1:59 pm CEST---
Lithuania
Partial Solar Eclipse
11:33 am CEST3:11 pm EEST---
Maldives
Partial Solar Eclipse
4:50 pm MVT6:24 pm MVT---
Mali
Partial Solar Eclipse
9:03 am GMT12:15 pm WAT---
Malta
Partial Solar Eclipse
11:24 am CEST2:17 pm CEST---
Mauritania
Partial Solar Eclipse
8:52 am WET11:06 am GMT---
Moldova
Partial Solar Eclipse
12:41 pm EEST3:30 pm EEST---
Monaco
Partial Solar Eclipse
11:08 am CEST1:57 pm CEST---
Mongolia
Partial Solar Eclipse
6:03 pm 8:46 pm CST---
Montenegro
Partial Solar Eclipse
11:27 am CEST2:22 pm CEST---
Montserrat
Partial Solar Eclipse
5:52 am AST5:53 am AST---
Morocco
Partial Solar Eclipse
8:47 am WET11:34 am WET---
Myanmar
Partial Solar Eclipse
7:28 pm CST6:24 pm BST---
Nepal
Partial Solar Eclipse
7:21 pm CST7:03 pm NPT---
Netherlands
Partial Solar Eclipse
11:07 am CEST1:50 pm CEST---
Niger
Partial Solar Eclipse
11:46 am EET1:17 pm WAT---
North Macedonia
Partial Solar Eclipse
11:32 am CEST2:28 pm CEST---
Norway
Partial Solar Eclipse
11:17 am CEST1:49 pm CEST---
Oman
Partial Solar Eclipse
3:03 pm GST5:33 pm GST---
Palestine
Partial Solar Eclipse
1:13 pm IDT4:01 pm IDT---
Poland
Partial Solar Eclipse
11:22 am CEST2:17 pm CEST---
Portugal
Partial Solar Eclipse
8:30 am AZOST12:28 pm WEST---
Qatar
Partial Solar Eclipse
1:55 pm AST4:24 pm AST---
Russia
Partial Solar Eclipse
11:31 am CEST5:55 pm AZST---
Saint Kitts and Nevis
Partial Solar Eclipse
5:53 am AST5:54 am AST---
Saint Martin
Partial Solar Eclipse
5:54 am AST5:56 am AST---
Saint Pierre and Miquelon
Partial Solar Eclipse
6:39 am PMDT8:35 am PMDT---
San Marino
Partial Solar Eclipse
11:16 am CEST2:07 pm CEST---
Saudi Arabia
Partial Solar Eclipse
1:19 pm EEST5:31 pm GST---
Seychelles
Partial Solar Eclipse
4:20 pm SCT5:23 pm SCT---
Sint Maarten
Partial Solar Eclipse
5:54 am AST5:56 am AST---
Slovakia
Partial Solar Eclipse
11:24 am CEST2:17 pm CEST---
Somalia
Partial Solar Eclipse
2:23 pm EAT4:34 pm EAT---
South Sudan
Partial Solar Eclipse
1:11 pm CAT3:06 pm CAT---
Spain
Partial Solar Eclipse
9:40 am WEST1:52 pm CEST---
Sri Lanka
Partial Solar Eclipse
5:47 pm 7:00 pm ---
St. Barts
Partial Solar Eclipse
5:53 am AST5:55 am AST---
Sudan
Partial Solar Eclipse
12:19 pm EET3:18 pm CAT---
Svalbard and Jan Mayen
Partial Solar Eclipse
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Sweden
Partial Solar Eclipse
11:22 am CEST1:59 pm CEST---
Switzerland
Partial Solar Eclipse
11:07 am CEST2:01 pm CEST---
Tajikistan
Partial Solar Eclipse
3:57 pm TJT5:38 pm AFT---
Thailand
Partial Solar Eclipse
6:35 pm ICT6:59 pm ICT---
Tunisia
Partial Solar Eclipse
10:12 am CET1:11 pm CET---
Turkmenistan
Partial Solar Eclipse
3:33 pm 5:41 pm AFT---
Uganda
Partial Solar Eclipse
2:00 pm CAT2:47 pm CAT---
Ukraine
Partial Solar Eclipse
11:33 am CEST3:39 pm EEST---
United Arab Emirates
Partial Solar Eclipse
3:00 pm GST5:28 pm GST---
United States
Partial Solar Eclipse
6:22 am ADT6:34 am EDT---
Uzbekistan
Partial Solar Eclipse
3:34 pm 6:07 pm UZT---
Vatican City (Holy See)
Partial Solar Eclipse
11:17 am CEST2:08 pm CEST---
Vietnam
Partial Solar Eclipse
6:31 pm ICT6:44 pm ICT---
Western Sahara
Partial Solar Eclipse
8:51 am WET11:02 am WET---
Yemen
Partial Solar Eclipse
2:04 pm AST4:35 pm AST---
Åland Islands
Partial Solar Eclipse
12:34 pm EEST2:57 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 eclipse2,480,000,00040.88%
At least 10% partial2,300,000,00038.06%
At least 20% partial2,180,000,00035.97%
At least 30% partial2,090,000,00034.44%
At least 40% partial2,000,000,00032.97%
At least 50% partial1,920,000,00031.69%
At least 60% partial1,790,000,00029.56%
At least 70% partial1,600,000,00026.52%
At least 80% partial1,090,000,00017.97%
At least 90% partial607,000,00010.01%
Totality or annularity70,800,0001.17%

* 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: July 28, 1999 — Partial Lunar Eclipse