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April 9, 2043 Total 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: North/East Asia, North/West North America, Pacific, Atlantic, Arctic.

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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 73.6 seconds.

Eclipse Stages WorldwideUTC TimeLocal Time in Columbus*
First location to see the partial eclipse beginApr 9 at 16:56:20Apr 9 at 12:56:20 pm
First location to see the full eclipse beginApr 9 at 18:45:53Apr 9 at 2:45:53 pm
Maximum EclipseApr 9 at 18:56:37Apr 9 at 2:56:37 pm
Last location to see the full eclipse endApr 9 at 19:06:45Apr 9 at 3:06:45 pm
Last location to see the partial eclipse endApr 9 at 20:56:26Apr 9 at 4:56:26 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. This eclipse isn't visible in Columbus.

Upcoming eclipses visible in Columbus

Next Total Solar Eclipse will be on Aug 22 – Aug 23, 2044

Eclipse calculations usually accurate to a few seconds

Countries Where the Eclipse Is Visible

CountryTypeStartEndTotality Duration
Russia
Total Solar Eclipse
5:57 am PETT11:37 pm MSK21m
Canada
Partial Solar Eclipse
11:02 am PDT4:51 pm EDT---
Greenland
Partial Solar Eclipse
6:00 pm 7:56 pm ---
Iceland
Partial Solar Eclipse
7:37 pm GMT8:56 pm GMT---
Kiribati
Partial Solar Eclipse
7:04 am LINT7:45 am LINT---
Mexico
Partial Solar Eclipse
11:30 am PDT11:47 am PDT---
Norway
Partial Solar Eclipse
9:25 pm CEST10:21 pm CEST---
Svalbard and Jan Mayen
Partial Solar Eclipse
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US Minor Outlying Islands
Partial Solar Eclipse
6:00 am 7:49 am SST---
United States
Partial Solar Eclipse
6:59 am HST12:22 pm AKDT---

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 eclipse92,000,0001.02%
At least 10% partial36,800,0000.41%
At least 20% partial22,200,0000.25%
At least 30% partial3,490,0000.04%
At least 40% partial1,490,0000.02%
At least 50% partial1,370,0000.02%
At least 60% partial1,250,0000.01%
At least 70% partial1,220,0000.01%
At least 80% partial654,0000.007%
At least 90% partial564,0000.006%
Totality or annularity68,0000.0007%

* 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: March 25, 2043 — Total Lunar Eclipse