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January 5, 2038 Annular Solar Eclipse

This eclipse is visible in Washington DC - go to local timings and animation

What the Eclipse Will Look Like near the Maximum Point

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Where to See the Eclipse

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Path of the Eclipse Shadow

Regions seeing, at least, a partial eclipse: Europe, West in Asia, Africa, South/East North America, Much of South America, Pacific, Atlantic.

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This eclipse is visible in Washington DC - 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 Happens Worldwide — Timeline

The eclipse starts at one location and ends at another. The times below are actual times (in UTC) when the eclipse occurs. This calculation uses a Delta T value of 72.3 seconds.

Eclipse Stages WorldwideUTC TimeLocal Time in Washington DC*
First location to see the partial eclipse beginJan 5 at 10:58:52Jan 5 at 5:58:52 am
First location to see the full eclipse beginJan 5 at 12:03:24Jan 5 at 7:03:24 am
Maximum EclipseJan 5 at 13:46:02Jan 5 at 8:46:02 am
Last location to see the full eclipse endJan 5 at 15:28:37Jan 5 at 10:28:37 am
Last location to see the partial eclipse endJan 5 at 16:33:13Jan 5 at 11:33:13 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. Please note that the local times for Washington DC 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 Washington DC.

Upcoming eclipses visible in Washington DC

Next Annular Solar Eclipse will be on Jul 2, 2038

Eclipse calculations usually accurate to a few seconds

Countries Where the Eclipse Is Visible

CountryTypeStart of EclipseEnd of Eclipse
Barbados
Annular Solar Eclipse
7:00 am AST9:46 am AST
Benin
Annular Solar Eclipse
1:24 pm GMT5:29 pm WAT
Burkina Faso
Annular Solar Eclipse
1:03 pm GMT4:28 pm GMT
Chad
Annular Solar Eclipse
2:56 pm WAT5:33 pm WAT
Cote d'Ivoire
Annular Solar Eclipse
12:50 pm GMT4:24 pm GMT
Cuba
Annular Solar Eclipse
6:33 am CST8:21 am CST
Dominican Republic
Annular Solar Eclipse
7:06 am AST9:29 am AST
Egypt
Annular Solar Eclipse
4:09 pm EET5:50 pm EET
Ghana
Annular Solar Eclipse
1:10 pm GMT4:27 pm GMT
Haiti
Annular Solar Eclipse
6:19 am EST8:24 am EST
Liberia
Annular Solar Eclipse
12:40 pm GMT4:18 pm GMT
Libya
Annular Solar Eclipse
2:50 pm CET6:30 pm EET
Niger
Annular Solar Eclipse
1:24 pm GMT5:33 pm WAT
Nigeria
Annular Solar Eclipse
2:29 pm WAT5:33 pm WAT
Saint Lucia
Annular Solar Eclipse
6:59 am AST9:43 am AST
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
Annular Solar Eclipse
6:59 am AST9:42 am AST
Sudan
Annular Solar Eclipse
4:11 pm CAT5:20 pm WAT
Togo
Annular Solar Eclipse
1:21 pm GMT4:27 pm GMT
Albania
Partial Solar Eclipse
3:04 pm CET4:30 pm CET
Algeria
Partial Solar Eclipse
1:12 pm GMT5:28 pm WAT
Andorra
Partial Solar Eclipse
2:48 pm CET4:44 pm CET
Angola
Partial Solar Eclipse
3:02 pm WAT5:16 pm WAT
Anguilla
Partial Solar Eclipse
7:00 am AST9:38 am AST
Antigua and Barbuda
Partial Solar Eclipse
7:00 am AST9:41 am AST
Aruba
Partial Solar Eclipse
7:02 am AST9:25 am AST
Austria
Partial Solar Eclipse
2:58 pm CET4:44 pm CET
Belarus
Partial Solar Eclipse
3:03 pm CET3:28 pm CET
Belgium
Partial Solar Eclipse
2:55 pm CET4:30 pm CET
Belize
Partial Solar Eclipse
6:23 am CST7:07 am CST
Bermuda
Partial Solar Eclipse
7:20 am AST9:34 am AST
Bolivia
Partial Solar Eclipse
7:25 am AMT9:24 am AMT
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Partial Solar Eclipse
3:01 pm CET4:30 pm CET
Brazil
Partial Solar Eclipse
7:01 am GYT12:28 pm BRT
British Virgin Islands
Partial Solar Eclipse
7:00 am AST9:36 am AST
Bulgaria
Partial Solar Eclipse
3:05 pm CET5:12 pm EET
Burundi
Partial Solar Eclipse
4:38 pm CAT6:09 pm CAT
Cabo Verde
Partial Solar Eclipse
11:00 am CVT2:42 pm CVT
Cameroon
Partial Solar Eclipse
2:46 pm WAT5:33 pm WAT
Canada
Partial Solar Eclipse
7:45 am AST10:10 am NST
Caribbean Netherlands
Partial Solar Eclipse
6:58 am AST9:38 am AST
Cayman Islands
Partial Solar Eclipse
6:54 am EST8:15 am EST
Central African Republic
Partial Solar Eclipse
3:00 pm WAT5:31 pm WAT
Chile
Partial Solar Eclipse
7:03 am PET7:38 am PET
Colombia
Partial Solar Eclipse
6:01 am COT9:27 am VET
Congo
Partial Solar Eclipse
2:59 pm WAT5:26 pm WAT
Congo Democratic Republic
Partial Solar Eclipse
3:04 pm WAT5:27 pm WAT
Costa Rica
Partial Solar Eclipse
5:46 am CST8:05 am EST
Croatia
Partial Solar Eclipse
3:00 pm CET4:38 pm CET
Curaçao
Partial Solar Eclipse
6:58 am AST9:27 am AST
Cyprus
Partial Solar Eclipse
4:12 pm EET4:51 pm EET
Czechia
Partial Solar Eclipse
3:00 pm CET4:24 pm CET
Denmark
Partial Solar Eclipse
3:00 pm CET4:11 pm CET
Djibouti
Partial Solar Eclipse
5:33 pm EAT6:02 pm EAT
Dominica
Partial Solar Eclipse
7:00 am AST9:42 am AST
Ecuador
Partial Solar Eclipse
6:10 am ECT8:07 am PET
El Salvador
Partial Solar Eclipse
6:15 am CST7:04 am CST
Equatorial Guinea
Partial Solar Eclipse
2:40 pm WAT5:27 pm WAT
Eritrea
Partial Solar Eclipse
4:26 pm CAT5:18 pm CAT
Ethiopia
Partial Solar Eclipse
5:28 pm EAT5:43 pm CAT
Faroe Islands
Partial Solar Eclipse
2:04 pm WET2:22 pm WET
France
Partial Solar Eclipse
2:45 pm CET4:57 pm CET
French Guiana
Partial Solar Eclipse
8:03 am GFT11:09 am GFT
Gabon
Partial Solar Eclipse
2:49 pm WAT5:26 pm WAT
Gambia
Partial Solar Eclipse
12:25 pm GMT4:07 pm GMT
Germany
Partial Solar Eclipse
2:57 pm CET4:43 pm CET
Gibraltar
Partial Solar Eclipse
2:31 pm CET4:47 pm CET
Greece
Partial Solar Eclipse
4:04 pm EET5:32 pm EET
Greenland
Partial Solar Eclipse
11:04 am WGT11:28 am WGT
Grenada
Partial Solar Eclipse
6:59 am AST9:41 am AST
Guadeloupe
Partial Solar Eclipse
7:00 am AST9:42 am AST
Guatemala
Partial Solar Eclipse
6:22 am CST7:06 am CST
Guernsey
Partial Solar Eclipse
1:50 pm GMT3:15 pm GMT
Guinea
Partial Solar Eclipse
12:29 pm GMT4:18 pm GMT
Guinea-Bissau
Partial Solar Eclipse
12:25 pm GMT4:08 pm GMT
Guyana
Partial Solar Eclipse
7:00 am VET10:53 am BRT
Honduras
Partial Solar Eclipse
5:59 am CST7:10 am CST
Hungary
Partial Solar Eclipse
3:02 pm CET4:20 pm CET
Iraq
Partial Solar Eclipse
5:16 pm AST5:30 pm AST
Ireland
Partial Solar Eclipse
1:47 pm GMT2:57 pm GMT
Isle of Man
Partial Solar Eclipse
1:54 pm GMT2:55 pm GMT
Israel
Partial Solar Eclipse
4:15 pm IST4:54 pm EET
Italy
Partial Solar Eclipse
2:54 pm CET5:11 pm CET
Jamaica
Partial Solar Eclipse
6:37 am EST8:18 am EST
Jersey
Partial Solar Eclipse
1:50 pm GMT3:17 pm GMT
Jordan
Partial Solar Eclipse
4:15 pm IST5:54 pm EEST
Kenya
Partial Solar Eclipse
4:35 pm CAT6:55 pm EAT
Kosovo
Partial Solar Eclipse
3:04 pm CET4:20 pm CET
Latvia
Partial Solar Eclipse
4:02 pm EET4:11 pm EET
Lebanon
Partial Solar Eclipse
5:14 pm EEST4:44 pm IST
Liechtenstein
Partial Solar Eclipse
2:58 pm CET4:43 pm CET
Lithuania
Partial Solar Eclipse
4:03 pm EET4:17 pm EET
Luxembourg
Partial Solar Eclipse
2:56 pm CET4:31 pm CET
Malawi
Partial Solar Eclipse
6:07 pm EAT6:38 pm EAT
Mali
Partial Solar Eclipse
12:43 pm GMT5:29 pm WAT
Malta
Partial Solar Eclipse
2:59 pm CET5:03 pm CET
Martinique
Partial Solar Eclipse
7:00 am AST9:43 am AST
Mauritania
Partial Solar Eclipse
12:29 pm GMT4:19 pm GMT
Mexico
Partial Solar Eclipse
7:23 am EST8:10 am EST
Moldova
Partial Solar Eclipse
4:06 pm EET4:35 pm EET
Monaco
Partial Solar Eclipse
2:55 pm CET4:49 pm CET
Montenegro
Partial Solar Eclipse
3:03 pm CET4:27 pm CET
Montserrat
Partial Solar Eclipse
7:00 am AST9:40 am AST
Morocco
Partial Solar Eclipse
1:36 pm WEST5:04 pm WEST
Namibia
Partial Solar Eclipse
3:28 pm WAT4:35 pm WAT
Netherlands
Partial Solar Eclipse
2:56 pm CET4:26 pm CET
Nicaragua
Partial Solar Eclipse
5:54 am CST7:09 am CST
North Macedonia
Partial Solar Eclipse
3:04 pm CET4:22 pm CET
Norway
Partial Solar Eclipse
3:00 pm CET3:57 pm CET
Palestine
Partial Solar Eclipse
4:15 pm IST4:53 pm EET
Panama
Partial Solar Eclipse
6:23 am COT8:11 am EST
Paraguay
Partial Solar Eclipse
8:56 am PYST9:13 am BOT
Peru
Partial Solar Eclipse
6:10 am COT8:14 am COT
Poland
Partial Solar Eclipse
3:01 pm CET4:08 pm CET
Portugal
Partial Solar Eclipse
11:34 am AZOT3:40 pm WET
Puerto Rico
Partial Solar Eclipse
6:59 am AST9:34 am AST
Romania
Partial Solar Eclipse
3:04 pm CET4:06 pm CET
Russia
Partial Solar Eclipse
4:03 pm EET3:28 pm CET
Rwanda
Partial Solar Eclipse
4:37 pm CAT6:12 pm CAT
Saint Helena
Partial Solar Eclipse
12:33 pm GMT3:55 pm GMT
Saint Kitts and Nevis
Partial Solar Eclipse
7:00 am AST9:39 am AST
Saint Martin
Partial Solar Eclipse
7:00 am AST9:38 am AST
Saint Pierre and Miquelon
Partial Solar Eclipse
8:59 am PMST10:37 am PMST
San Marino
Partial Solar Eclipse
2:59 pm CET4:47 pm CET
Sao Tome and Principe
Partial Solar Eclipse
1:42 pm GMT4:25 pm GMT
Saudi Arabia
Partial Solar Eclipse
5:16 pm EEST5:58 pm AST
Senegal
Partial Solar Eclipse
12:25 pm GMT4:12 pm GMT
Serbia
Partial Solar Eclipse
3:03 pm CET4:20 pm CET
Sierra Leone
Partial Solar Eclipse
12:34 pm GMT4:15 pm GMT
Sint Maarten
Partial Solar Eclipse
7:00 am AST9:38 am AST
Slovakia
Partial Solar Eclipse
3:02 pm CET4:11 pm CET
Slovenia
Partial Solar Eclipse
3:00 pm CET4:36 pm CET
Somalia
Partial Solar Eclipse
5:35 pm EAT6:26 pm EAT
South Sudan
Partial Solar Eclipse
4:17 pm CAT5:18 pm WAT
Spain
Partial Solar Eclipse
12:44 pm WET4:55 pm CET
St. Barts
Partial Solar Eclipse
7:00 am AST9:38 am AST
Suriname
Partial Solar Eclipse
8:02 am SRT11:01 am SRT
Sweden
Partial Solar Eclipse
3:01 pm CET3:50 pm CET
Switzerland
Partial Solar Eclipse
2:55 pm CET4:46 pm CET
Syria
Partial Solar Eclipse
5:13 pm EEST4:43 pm IST
Tanzania
Partial Solar Eclipse
4:38 pm CAT6:09 pm CAT
The Bahamas
Partial Solar Eclipse
6:30 am EST8:23 am EST
Trinidad and Tobago
Partial Solar Eclipse
6:59 am AST9:44 am AST
Tunisia
Partial Solar Eclipse
2:50 pm CET6:19 pm EET
Turkey
Partial Solar Eclipse
4:07 pm EET6:07 pm EEST
Turks and Caicos Islands
Partial Solar Eclipse
6:23 am EST8:25 am EST
US Minor Outlying Islands
Partial Solar Eclipse
6:33 am EST8:20 am
US Virgin Islands
Partial Solar Eclipse
6:59 am AST9:35 am AST
Uganda
Partial Solar Eclipse
5:32 pm EAT7:12 pm EAT
Ukraine
Partial Solar Eclipse
5:04 pm MSK3:49 pm CET
United Kingdom
Partial Solar Eclipse
1:48 pm GMT3:17 pm GMT
United States
Partial Solar Eclipse
7:06 am EST8:30 am EST
Vatican City (Holy See)
Partial Solar Eclipse
2:59 pm CET4:53 pm CET
Venezuela
Partial Solar Eclipse
6:58 am VET9:45 am GYT
Western Sahara
Partial Solar Eclipse
1:35 pm WEST5:02 pm WEST
Yemen
Partial Solar Eclipse
5:29 pm AST5:53 pm AST
Zambia
Partial Solar Eclipse
4:46 pm CAT5:52 pm CAT

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 eclipse2,840,000,00032.73%
At least 10% partial2,270,000,00026.13%
At least 20% partial1,680,000,00019.43%
At least 30% partial1,300,000,00015.01%
At least 40% partial1,010,000,00011.70%
At least 50% partial881,000,00010.14%
At least 60% partial751,000,0008.65%
At least 70% partial531,000,0006.11%
At least 80% partial342,000,0003.94%
At least 90% partial123,000,0001.42%
Totality or annularity46,900,0000.54%

* 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: January 21, 2038 — Penumbral Lunar Eclipse