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May 31, 2049 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/West Europe, West in Asia, Africa, South/East North America, South America, Pacific, Atlantic.

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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 75.3 seconds.

Eclipse Stages WorldwideUTC TimeLocal Time in Columbus*
First location to see the partial eclipse beginMay 31 at 10:57:48May 31 at 6:57:48 am
First location to see the full eclipse beginMay 31 at 12:01:35May 31 at 8:01:35 am
Maximum EclipseMay 31 at 13:58:46May 31 at 9:58:46 am
Last location to see the full eclipse endMay 31 at 15:55:54May 31 at 11:55:54 am
Last location to see the partial eclipse endMay 31 at 16:59:44May 31 at 12:59:44 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 Annular Solar Eclipse will be on Sep 22 – Sep 23, 2052

Eclipse calculations usually accurate to a few seconds

Countries Where the Eclipse Is Visible

CountryTypeStartEndAnnularity Duration
Benin
Annular Solar Eclipse
1:47 pm GMT5:55 pm WAT6m, 2s
Brazil
Annular Solar Eclipse
5:57 am PET12:55 pm BRT17m, 51s
Burkina Faso
Annular Solar Eclipse
1:26 pm GMT5:51 pm WAT10m, 35s
Burundi
Annular Solar Eclipse
4:42 pm CAT6:01 pm CAT3m, 30s
Cabo Verde
Annular Solar Eclipse
11:13 am CVT3:18 pm CVT9m, 38s
Cameroon
Annular Solar Eclipse
3:11 pm WAT5:59 pm WAT10m, 32s
Central African Republic
Annular Solar Eclipse
3:22 pm WAT5:58 pm WAT1m, 52s
Colombia
Annular Solar Eclipse
5:58 am COT9:48 am VET10m, 3s
Congo
Annular Solar Eclipse
3:22 pm WAT5:59 pm WAT6m, 11s
Congo Democratic Republic
Annular Solar Eclipse
3:26 pm WAT5:59 pm WAT6m, 37s
Cote d'Ivoire
Annular Solar Eclipse
1:16 pm GMT4:52 pm GMT11m, 57s
Ecuador
Annular Solar Eclipse
5:59 am ECT8:30 am PET3m, 48s
Gabon
Annular Solar Eclipse
3:15 pm WAT5:59 pm WAT2m, 59s
Gambia
Annular Solar Eclipse
12:41 pm GMT4:36 pm GMT10m, 36s
Ghana
Annular Solar Eclipse
1:35 pm GMT4:55 pm GMT11m
Guinea
Annular Solar Eclipse
12:49 pm GMT4:47 pm GMT12m, 14s
Guyana
Annular Solar Eclipse
7:02 am GYT10:16 am GYT9m, 42s
Mali
Annular Solar Eclipse
12:59 pm GMT4:47 pm GMT21m, 15s
Nigeria
Annular Solar Eclipse
2:54 pm WAT5:57 pm WAT12m, 16s
Peru
Annular Solar Eclipse
5:57 am ACT8:37 am COT8m
Senegal
Annular Solar Eclipse
12:39 pm GMT4:40 pm GMT23m, 30s
Suriname
Annular Solar Eclipse
8:04 am SRT11:27 am SRT7m, 7s
Tanzania
Annular Solar Eclipse
4:43 pm CAT6:57 pm EAT3m, 28s
Togo
Annular Solar Eclipse
1:44 pm GMT4:55 pm GMT6m, 22s
Venezuela
Annular Solar Eclipse
7:00 am AMT10:10 am VET12m, 5s
Algeria
Partial Solar Eclipse
2:20 pm WEST5:41 pm CET---
Andorra
Partial Solar Eclipse
4:26 pm CEST5:22 pm CEST---
Angola
Partial Solar Eclipse
3:25 pm WAT5:59 pm WAT---
Anguilla
Partial Solar Eclipse
7:22 am AST10:04 am AST---
Antigua and Barbuda
Partial Solar Eclipse
7:20 am AST10:08 am AST---
Argentina
Partial Solar Eclipse
7:13 am BOT10:20 am ART---
Aruba
Partial Solar Eclipse
7:12 am AST9:45 am AST---
Barbados
Partial Solar Eclipse
7:14 am AST10:14 am AST---
Belize
Partial Solar Eclipse
5:29 am CST7:09 am CST---
Bermuda
Partial Solar Eclipse
9:03 am ADT10:48 am ADT---
Bolivia
Partial Solar Eclipse
6:59 am BOT9:39 am BOT---
Botswana
Partial Solar Eclipse
4:45 pm CAT6:06 pm CAT---
British Virgin Islands
Partial Solar Eclipse
7:22 am AST10:00 am AST---
Caribbean Netherlands
Partial Solar Eclipse
7:11 am AST10:04 am AST---
Cayman Islands
Partial Solar Eclipse
6:31 am EST8:22 am EST---
Chad
Partial Solar Eclipse
3:18 pm WAT5:55 pm WAT---
Chile
Partial Solar Eclipse
6:04 am PET8:22 am PET---
Costa Rica
Partial Solar Eclipse
5:11 am CST8:20 am EST---
Cuba
Partial Solar Eclipse
7:29 am CDT9:34 am CDT---
Curaçao
Partial Solar Eclipse
7:11 am AST9:47 am AST---
Djibouti
Partial Solar Eclipse
5:53 pm EAT6:32 pm EAT---
Dominica
Partial Solar Eclipse
7:17 am AST10:09 am AST---
Dominican Republic
Partial Solar Eclipse
7:22 am AST9:49 am AST---
Egypt
Partial Solar Eclipse
4:42 pm EET6:28 pm EET---
El Salvador
Partial Solar Eclipse
5:23 am CST7:12 am CST---
Equatorial Guinea
Partial Solar Eclipse
3:10 pm WAT5:59 pm WAT---
Eritrea
Partial Solar Eclipse
5:51 pm EAT6:02 pm CAT---
Eswatini
Partial Solar Eclipse
4:52 pm SAST5:10 pm SAST---
Ethiopia
Partial Solar Eclipse
4:46 pm CAT6:02 pm CAT---
France
Partial Solar Eclipse
4:20 pm CEST5:22 pm CEST---
French Guiana
Partial Solar Eclipse
8:06 am GFT11:33 am GFT---
Gibraltar
Partial Solar Eclipse
3:46 pm CEST5:53 pm CEST---
Greece
Partial Solar Eclipse
6:04 pm EEST6:41 pm EEST---
Grenada
Partial Solar Eclipse
7:11 am AST10:08 am AST---
Guadeloupe
Partial Solar Eclipse
7:18 am AST10:10 am AST---
Guatemala
Partial Solar Eclipse
5:27 am CST7:10 am CST---
Guinea-Bissau
Partial Solar Eclipse
12:42 pm GMT4:37 pm GMT---
Haiti
Partial Solar Eclipse
7:23 am EDT9:40 am EDT---
Honduras
Partial Solar Eclipse
5:22 am CST7:18 am CST---
Israel
Partial Solar Eclipse
6:11 pm EEST6:51 pm EEST---
Italy
Partial Solar Eclipse
4:32 pm CEST5:53 pm CEST---
Jamaica
Partial Solar Eclipse
6:25 am EST8:30 am EST---
Jordan
Partial Solar Eclipse
6:10 pm EEST6:52 pm EEST---
Kenya
Partial Solar Eclipse
5:45 pm EAT5:52 pm CAT---
Lesotho
Partial Solar Eclipse
4:55 pm SAST5:19 pm SAST---
Liberia
Partial Solar Eclipse
1:06 pm GMT4:48 pm GMT---
Libya
Partial Solar Eclipse
3:13 pm CET5:34 pm WAT---
Malawi
Partial Solar Eclipse
5:46 pm EAT5:33 pm CAT---
Malta
Partial Solar Eclipse
4:40 pm CEST5:50 pm CEST---
Martinique
Partial Solar Eclipse
7:15 am AST10:10 am AST---
Mauritania
Partial Solar Eclipse
12:43 pm GMT4:42 pm GMT---
Mexico
Partial Solar Eclipse
5:31 am CST8:09 am EST---
Montserrat
Partial Solar Eclipse
7:19 am AST10:07 am AST---
Morocco
Partial Solar Eclipse
1:45 pm WEST5:24 pm WEST---
Mozambique
Partial Solar Eclipse
4:46 pm CAT5:35 pm CAT---
Namibia
Partial Solar Eclipse
3:39 pm WAT5:45 pm WAT---
Nicaragua
Partial Solar Eclipse
5:15 am CST7:19 am CST---
Niger
Partial Solar Eclipse
1:44 pm GMT5:51 pm WAT---
Palestine
Partial Solar Eclipse
6:17 pm EEST6:41 pm EEST---
Panama
Partial Solar Eclipse
6:07 am EST8:29 am COT---
Paraguay
Partial Solar Eclipse
7:14 am PYT9:30 am PYT---
Portugal
Partial Solar Eclipse
12:53 pm AZOST5:04 pm WEST---
Puerto Rico
Partial Solar Eclipse
7:22 am AST9:57 am AST---
Rwanda
Partial Solar Eclipse
4:42 pm CAT6:02 pm CAT---
Saint Helena
Partial Solar Eclipse
1:22 pm GMT4:26 pm GMT---
Saint Kitts and Nevis
Partial Solar Eclipse
7:20 am AST10:05 am AST---
Saint Lucia
Partial Solar Eclipse
7:14 am AST10:10 am AST---
Saint Martin
Partial Solar Eclipse
7:22 am AST10:04 am AST---
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
Partial Solar Eclipse
7:12 am AST10:09 am AST---
Sao Tome and Principe
Partial Solar Eclipse
2:10 pm GMT4:58 pm GMT---
Saudi Arabia
Partial Solar Eclipse
5:57 pm AST7:09 pm AST---
Sierra Leone
Partial Solar Eclipse
12:57 pm GMT4:44 pm GMT---
Sint Maarten
Partial Solar Eclipse
7:22 am AST10:04 am AST---
Somalia
Partial Solar Eclipse
5:48 pm EAT6:27 pm EAT---
South Africa
Partial Solar Eclipse
4:50 pm SAST6:04 pm SAST---
South Sudan
Partial Solar Eclipse
3:37 pm WAT6:38 pm CAT---
Spain
Partial Solar Eclipse
1:51 pm WEST5:11 pm WEST---
St. Barts
Partial Solar Eclipse
7:22 am AST10:05 am AST---
Sudan
Partial Solar Eclipse
3:34 pm WAT5:48 pm WAT---
The Bahamas
Partial Solar Eclipse
7:31 am EDT9:36 am EDT---
Trinidad and Tobago
Partial Solar Eclipse
7:09 am AST10:10 am AST---
Tunisia
Partial Solar Eclipse
3:17 pm CET6:14 pm EET---
Turks and Caicos Islands
Partial Solar Eclipse
7:31 am EDT9:40 am EDT---
US Minor Outlying Islands
Partial Solar Eclipse
12:25 am SST9:32 am CDT---
US Virgin Islands
Partial Solar Eclipse
7:21 am AST9:59 am AST---
Uganda
Partial Solar Eclipse
5:43 pm EAT7:03 pm EAT---
United States
Partial Solar Eclipse
7:47 am EDT9:15 am EDT---
Uruguay
Partial Solar Eclipse
8:58 am UYT9:55 am UYT---
Western Sahara
Partial Solar Eclipse
1:44 pm WEST4:27 pm GMT---
Yemen
Partial Solar Eclipse
5:55 pm AST6:36 pm AST---
Zambia
Partial Solar Eclipse
3:42 pm WAT5:12 pm WAT---
Zimbabwe
Partial Solar Eclipse
4:46 pm CAT5:50 pm CAT---

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 eclipse2,470,000,00026.70%
At least 10% partial1,830,000,00019.74%
At least 20% partial1,580,000,00017.10%
At least 30% partial1,380,000,00014.95%
At least 40% partial1,200,000,00013.02%
At least 50% partial1,060,000,00011.47%
At least 60% partial949,000,00010.24%
At least 70% partial745,000,0008.04%
At least 80% partial471,000,0005.08%
At least 90% partial198,000,0002.14%
Totality or annularity137,000,0001.48%

* 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: May 17, 2049 — Penumbral Lunar Eclipse

Third eclipse this season: June 15, 2049 — Penumbral Lunar Eclipse