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October 13–14, 2042 Annular Solar Eclipse

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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: South/East Asia, Australia, Pacific, Indian Ocean, Antarctica.

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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 73.5 seconds.

Eclipse Stages WorldwideUTC TimeLocal Time in Columbus*
First location to see the partial eclipse beginOct 13 at 22:56:01Oct 13 at 6:56:01 pm
First location to see the full eclipse beginOct 14 at 00:03:00Oct 13 at 8:03:00 pm
Maximum EclipseOct 14 at 01:59:30Oct 13 at 9:59:30 pm
Last location to see the full eclipse endOct 14 at 03:55:47Oct 13 at 11:55:47 pm
Last location to see the partial eclipse endOct 14 at 05:02:50Oct 14 at 1:02:50 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 Annular Solar Eclipse will be on Oct 3, 2043

Eclipse calculations usually accurate to a few seconds

Countries Where the Eclipse Is Visible

CountryTypeStartEndAnnularity Duration
Australia
Annular Solar Eclipse
7:36 am 3:36 pm LHDT1h, 37m, 47s
East Timor
Annular Solar Eclipse
8:28 am TLT11:47 am TLT9m, 48s
India
Annular Solar Eclipse
6:00 am MMT6:54 am IST6m, 38s
Indonesia
Annular Solar Eclipse
6:02 am WIB12:12 pm WIT50m, 39s
Malaysia
Annular Solar Eclipse
6:01 am ICT9:59 am WITA21m, 56s
New Zealand
Annular Solar Eclipse
2:50 pm NZDT6:44 pm CHADT11m, 50s
Thailand
Annular Solar Eclipse
5:55 am ICT8:33 am ICT9m, 28s
American Samoa
Partial Solar Eclipse
4:20 pm SST5:07 pm SST---
Antarctica
Partial Solar Eclipse
12:01 pm DDUT2:16 pm DDUT---
Bangladesh
Partial Solar Eclipse
6:14 am MMT7:07 am BST---
Bhutan
Partial Solar Eclipse
5:50 am BTT6:28 am IST---
British Indian Ocean Territory
Partial Solar Eclipse
6:49 am IOT7:22 am IOT---
Brunei
Partial Solar Eclipse
7:03 am BNT9:54 am MYT---
Cambodia
Partial Solar Eclipse
5:56 am ICT8:30 am ICT---
China
Partial Solar Eclipse
6:56 am CST9:19 am CST---
Christmas Island
Partial Solar Eclipse
6:27 am CXT9:04 am CXT---
Cocos (Keeling) Islands
Partial Solar Eclipse
6:02 am CCT8:19 am CCT---
Cook Islands
Partial Solar Eclipse
5:05 pm CKT6:41 pm CKT---
Fiji
Partial Solar Eclipse
3:02 pm TOT4:32 pm FJT---
French Polynesia
Partial Solar Eclipse
5:00 pm TAHT6:17 pm TAHT---
Guam
Partial Solar Eclipse
9:48 am ChST11:35 am ChST---
Hong Kong
Partial Solar Eclipse
7:00 am HKT9:12 am HKT---
Japan
Partial Solar Eclipse
8:10 am JST10:06 am JST---
Laos
Partial Solar Eclipse
5:55 am ICT8:24 am ICT---
Macau
Partial Solar Eclipse
6:59 am CST9:12 am CST---
Maldives
Partial Solar Eclipse
5:50 am MVT6:20 am MVT---
Mauritius
Partial Solar Eclipse
5:19 am MUT5:23 am MUT---
Micronesia
Partial Solar Eclipse
9:25 am CHUT1:28 pm PONT---
Myanmar
Partial Solar Eclipse
5:40 am MMT7:54 am MMT---
Nepal
Partial Solar Eclipse
5:51 am NPT6:28 am IST---
New Caledonia
Partial Solar Eclipse
12:17 pm NCT3:30 pm NCT---
Niue
Partial Solar Eclipse
3:56 pm NUT5:33 pm NUT---
Norfolk Island
Partial Solar Eclipse
1:38 pm NFDT4:42 pm NFDT---
Northern Mariana Islands
Partial Solar Eclipse
9:52 am ChST11:29 am ChST---
Palau
Partial Solar Eclipse
8:16 am 11:19 am ---
Papua New Guinea
Partial Solar Eclipse
9:40 am PGT1:34 pm PGT---
Philippines
Partial Solar Eclipse
7:00 am 10:05 am ---
Samoa
Partial Solar Eclipse
4:21 pm WST5:00 pm WST---
Singapore
Partial Solar Eclipse
7:06 am SGT9:43 am SGT---
Solomon Islands
Partial Solar Eclipse
11:33 am SBT2:43 pm SBT---
South Korea
Partial Solar Eclipse
8:53 am KST9:13 am KST---
Sri Lanka
Partial Solar Eclipse
5:49 am IST6:48 am IST---
Taiwan
Partial Solar Eclipse
7:04 am CST9:14 am CST---
Tonga
Partial Solar Eclipse
3:32 pm TOT5:39 pm TOT---
Vanuatu
Partial Solar Eclipse
12:31 pm VUT3:22 pm VUT---
Vietnam
Partial Solar Eclipse
5:56 am ICT8:34 am ICT---
Wallis and Futuna
Partial Solar Eclipse
2:55 pm WFT4:00 pm WFT---

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 eclipse3,860,000,00042.61%
At least 10% partial2,860,000,00031.59%
At least 20% partial2,370,000,00026.12%
At least 30% partial1,890,000,00020.83%
At least 40% partial1,320,000,00014.57%
At least 50% partial743,000,0008.19%
At least 60% partial575,000,0006.34%
At least 70% partial282,000,0003.11%
At least 80% partial98,700,0001.09%
Totality or annularity38,700,0000.43%

* 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: September 29, 2042 — Penumbral Lunar Eclipse

Third eclipse this season: October 28, 2042 — Almost Lunar Eclipse