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August 2, 2046 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: Much of Africa, North/East South America, Atlantic, 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 74.5 seconds.

Eclipse Stages WorldwideUTC TimeLocal Time in Columbus*
First location to see the partial eclipse beginAug 2 at 07:48:35Aug 2 at 3:48:35 am
First location to see the full eclipse beginAug 2 at 08:49:58Aug 2 at 4:49:58 am
Maximum EclipseAug 2 at 10:19:59Aug 2 at 6:19:59 am
Last location to see the full eclipse endAug 2 at 11:49:48Aug 2 at 7:49:48 am
Last location to see the partial eclipse endAug 2 at 12:51:10Aug 2 at 8:51:10 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 Dec 5, 2048

Eclipse calculations usually accurate to a few seconds

Countries Where the Eclipse Is Visible

CountryTypeStartEndTotality Duration
Angola
Total Solar Eclipse
9:30 am WAT2:13 pm CAT34m, 49s
Botswana
Total Solar Eclipse
11:10 am CAT2:26 pm SAST24m, 10s
Brazil
Total Solar Eclipse
4:59 am BRT8:13 am FNT2m, 31s
Eswatini
Total Solar Eclipse
11:45 am SAST2:33 pm SAST6m, 47s
French Southern Territories
Total Solar Eclipse
1:01 pm 5:45 pm TFT2m, 38s
Mozambique
Total Solar Eclipse
11:29 am CAT2:34 pm CAT4m, 4s
Namibia
Total Solar Eclipse
9:48 am WAT2:16 pm CAT8m, 40s
South Africa
Total Solar Eclipse
11:19 am SAST2:35 pm SAST17m, 44s
Algeria
Partial Solar Eclipse
9:22 am CET11:11 am WAT---
Antarctica
Partial Solar Eclipse
10:09 pm NZST3:03 pm ---
Benin
Partial Solar Eclipse
8:06 am GMT11:47 am WAT---
Burkina Faso
Partial Solar Eclipse
7:59 am GMT11:32 am WAT---
Burundi
Partial Solar Eclipse
11:15 am CAT1:56 pm CAT---
Cabo Verde
Partial Solar Eclipse
6:58 am CVT8:38 am CVT---
Cameroon
Partial Solar Eclipse
9:17 am WAT12:25 pm WAT---
Central African Republic
Partial Solar Eclipse
9:30 am WAT12:26 pm WAT---
Chad
Partial Solar Eclipse
9:30 am WAT12:09 pm WAT---
Comoros
Partial Solar Eclipse
1:07 pm EAT3:20 pm EAT---
Congo
Partial Solar Eclipse
9:26 am WAT12:38 pm WAT---
Congo Democratic Republic
Partial Solar Eclipse
9:31 am WAT2:15 pm CAT---
Cote d'Ivoire
Partial Solar Eclipse
7:55 am GMT10:37 am GMT---
Equatorial Guinea
Partial Solar Eclipse
9:14 am WAT12:18 pm WAT---
Ethiopia
Partial Solar Eclipse
11:36 am CAT2:28 pm EAT---
French Guiana
Partial Solar Eclipse
6:25 am GFT6:31 am GFT---
Gabon
Partial Solar Eclipse
9:19 am WAT12:31 pm WAT---
Gambia
Partial Solar Eclipse
7:56 am GMT9:57 am GMT---
Ghana
Partial Solar Eclipse
8:00 am GMT10:44 am GMT---
Guinea
Partial Solar Eclipse
7:53 am GMT10:20 am GMT---
Guinea-Bissau
Partial Solar Eclipse
7:54 am GMT10:01 am GMT---
Kenya
Partial Solar Eclipse
12:33 pm EAT2:59 pm EAT---
Lesotho
Partial Solar Eclipse
11:42 am SAST2:30 pm SAST---
Liberia
Partial Solar Eclipse
7:53 am GMT10:28 am GMT---
Libya
Partial Solar Eclipse
11:00 am EET11:08 am WAT---
Madagascar
Partial Solar Eclipse
1:10 pm EAT3:41 pm EAT---
Malawi
Partial Solar Eclipse
11:32 am CAT2:26 pm CAT---
Mali
Partial Solar Eclipse
7:57 am GMT11:23 am WAT---
Mauritania
Partial Solar Eclipse
8:00 am GMT10:07 am GMT---
Mauritius
Partial Solar Eclipse
2:45 pm MUT4:35 pm MUT---
Mayotte
Partial Solar Eclipse
1:13 pm EAT3:21 pm EAT---
Morocco
Partial Solar Eclipse
9:13 am WEST10:33 am WEST---
Niger
Partial Solar Eclipse
8:09 am GMT11:45 am WAT---
Nigeria
Partial Solar Eclipse
9:07 am WAT12:04 pm WAT---
Reunion
Partial Solar Eclipse
2:40 pm RET4:37 pm RET---
Rwanda
Partial Solar Eclipse
11:14 am CAT1:52 pm CAT---
Saint Helena
Partial Solar Eclipse
7:56 am GMT11:00 am GMT---
Sao Tome and Principe
Partial Solar Eclipse
8:15 am GMT11:10 am GMT---
Senegal
Partial Solar Eclipse
7:55 am GMT10:04 am GMT---
Seychelles
Partial Solar Eclipse
2:19 pm SCT4:12 pm SCT---
Sierra Leone
Partial Solar Eclipse
7:53 am GMT10:15 am GMT---
Somalia
Partial Solar Eclipse
1:04 pm EAT2:48 pm EAT---
South Georgia/Sandwich Is.
Partial Solar Eclipse
7:46 am GST8:47 am GST---
South Sudan
Partial Solar Eclipse
9:59 am WAT1:32 pm CAT---
Sudan
Partial Solar Eclipse
9:57 am WAT1:11 pm CAT---
Tanzania
Partial Solar Eclipse
12:17 pm EAT3:17 pm EAT---
Togo
Partial Solar Eclipse
8:04 am GMT10:45 am GMT---
Uganda
Partial Solar Eclipse
11:16 am CAT1:48 pm CAT---
Western Sahara
Partial Solar Eclipse
8:11 am GMT9:36 am GMT---
Zambia
Partial Solar Eclipse
10:04 am WAT2:20 pm CAT---
Zimbabwe
Partial Solar Eclipse
11:20 am CAT2:29 pm CAT---

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 eclipse1,500,000,00016.00%
At least 10% partial1,350,000,00014.43%
At least 20% partial1,220,000,00013.01%
At least 30% partial1,050,000,00011.21%
At least 40% partial798,000,0008.48%
At least 50% partial624,000,0006.63%
At least 60% partial390,000,0004.15%
At least 70% partial253,000,0002.69%
At least 80% partial185,000,0001.97%
At least 90% partial130,000,0001.38%
Totality or annularity19,400,0000.21%

* 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 17–18, 2046 — Partial Lunar Eclipse