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September 22–23, 2052 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 in 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 76.2 seconds.

Eclipse Stages WorldwideUTC TimeLocal Time in Columbus*
First location to see the partial eclipse beginSep 22 at 20:48:35Sep 22 at 4:48:35 pm
First location to see the full eclipse beginSep 22 at 21:55:00Sep 22 at 5:55:00 pm
Maximum EclipseSep 22 at 23:37:53Sep 22 at 7:37:53 pm
Last location to see the full eclipse endSep 23 at 01:20:39Sep 22 at 9:20:39 pm
Last location to see the partial eclipse endSep 23 at 02:27:09Sep 22 at 10:27:09 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 Mar 20, 2053

Eclipse calculations usually accurate to a few seconds

Countries Where the Eclipse Is Visible

CountryTypeStart of EclipseEnd of Eclipse
Australia
Annular Solar Eclipse
6:54 am PGT11:47 am
East Timor
Annular Solar Eclipse
6:19 am TLT8:10 am TLT
Indonesia
Annular Solar Eclipse
5:48 am WIT8:30 am WIT
New Caledonia
Annular Solar Eclipse
8:26 am NCT12:10 pm NCT
American Samoa
Partial Solar Eclipse
11:19 am SST2:34 pm SST
Antarctica
Partial Solar Eclipse
6:08 am DAVT1:28 pm NZST
Brunei
Partial Solar Eclipse
6:08 am MYT6:47 am MYT
Chile
Partial Solar Eclipse
7:34 pm EASST8:14 pm EASST
Christmas Island
Partial Solar Eclipse
5:47 am CXT6:01 am CXT
Cook Islands
Partial Solar Eclipse
12:42 pm CKT4:03 pm CKT
Fiji
Partial Solar Eclipse
9:41 am FJT1:30 pm FJT
French Polynesia
Partial Solar Eclipse
1:28 pm TAHT4:20 pm TAHT
Guam
Partial Solar Eclipse
7:00 am ChST8:46 am ChST
Kiribati
Partial Solar Eclipse
9:18 am GILT3:36 pm LINT
Malaysia
Partial Solar Eclipse
5:52 am MYT6:50 am MYT
Marshall Islands
Partial Solar Eclipse
9:19 am 11:45 am
Micronesia
Partial Solar Eclipse
6:52 am CHUT10:35 am PONT
Nauru
Partial Solar Eclipse
9:13 am NRT12:03 pm NRT
New Zealand
Partial Solar Eclipse
10:09 am NZST2:30 pm CHAST
Niue
Partial Solar Eclipse
11:26 am NUT2:43 pm NUT
Norfolk Island
Partial Solar Eclipse
8:51 am NFT12:09 pm NFT
Northern Mariana Islands
Partial Solar Eclipse
7:02 am ChST8:44 am ChST
Palau
Partial Solar Eclipse
5:50 am 7:58 am
Papua New Guinea
Partial Solar Eclipse
6:49 am PGT10:04 am PGT
Philippines
Partial Solar Eclipse
5:22 am 6:49 am
Pitcairn Islands
Partial Solar Eclipse
4:19 pm PST6:22 pm PST
Samoa
Partial Solar Eclipse
11:13 am WST2:28 pm WST
Solomon Islands
Partial Solar Eclipse
8:00 am SBT11:43 am SBT
Taiwan
Partial Solar Eclipse
5:42 am CST6:08 am CST
Tokelau
Partial Solar Eclipse
11:13 am TKT2:12 pm TKT
Tonga
Partial Solar Eclipse
11:05 am TOT2:39 pm TOT
Tuvalu
Partial Solar Eclipse
9:34 am TVT12:59 pm TVT
US Minor Outlying Islands
Partial Solar Eclipse
11:04 am SST1:21 pm SST
Vanuatu
Partial Solar Eclipse
8:20 am VUT12:03 pm VUT
Vietnam
Partial Solar Eclipse
5:32 am ICT5:37 am ICT
Wallis and Futuna
Partial Solar Eclipse
9:56 am WFT1:18 pm WFT

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 eclipse496,000,0005.15%
At least 10% partial451,000,0004.68%
At least 20% partial311,000,0003.22%
At least 30% partial255,000,0002.65%
At least 40% partial174,000,0001.81%
At least 50% partial122,000,0001.27%
At least 60% partial86,900,0000.90%
At least 70% partial60,100,0000.62%
At least 80% partial27,100,0000.28%
At least 90% partial10,200,0000.11%
Totality or annularity7,030,0000.07%

* 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: October 8, 2052 — Partial Lunar Eclipse