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April 21, 2088 Total Solar Eclipse

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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: Europe, Asia, Much of Africa, South/East North America, North/East South America, Atlantic, Arctic.

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Eclipse Shadow Path

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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 88.5 seconds.

Eclipse Stages WorldwideUTC TimeLocal Time in Columbus*
First location to see the partial eclipse beginApr 21 at 07:54:59Apr 21 at 3:54:59 am
First location to see the full eclipse beginApr 21 at 08:53:59Apr 21 at 4:53:59 am
Maximum EclipseApr 21 at 10:30:21Apr 21 at 6:30:21 am
Last location to see the full eclipse endApr 21 at 12:06:38Apr 21 at 8:06:38 am
Last location to see the partial eclipse endApr 21 at 13:05:34Apr 21 at 9:05:34 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 Oct 3 – Oct 4, 2089

Eclipse calculations usually accurate to a few seconds

Countries Where the Eclipse Is Visible

CountryTypeStartEndTotality Duration
Algeria
Total Solar Eclipse
8:24 am GMT12:44 pm CET39m, 28s
Cabo Verde
Total Solar Eclipse
7:02 am CVT9:16 am CVT3m, 42s
China
Total Solar Eclipse
6:54 pm CST9:05 pm CST6m, 30s
Georgia
Total Solar Eclipse
1:02 pm MSK4:46 pm AZT10m, 11s
Greece
Total Solar Eclipse
12:20 pm EEST3:22 pm EEST16m, 12s
Italy
Total Solar Eclipse
11:03 am CEST2:05 pm CEST10m, 7s
Kazakhstan
Total Solar Eclipse
2:14 pm 5:59 pm 23m, 2s
Kyrgyzstan
Total Solar Eclipse
3:49 pm UZT7:01 pm KGT6m, 46s
Mali
Total Solar Eclipse
8:04 am GMT12:08 pm WAT4m, 39s
Malta
Total Solar Eclipse
11:06 am CEST1:56 pm CEST4m, 27s
Mauritania
Total Solar Eclipse
8:05 am GMT11:00 am GMT24m, 59s
Morocco
Total Solar Eclipse
9:12 am WEST12:19 pm WEST1m, 55s
Russia
Total Solar Eclipse
11:45 am CEST6:49 pm OMST13m, 21s
Tunisia
Total Solar Eclipse
10:49 am EET12:49 pm CET12m, 47s
Turkey
Total Solar Eclipse
12:31 pm EEST4:16 pm IRST23m, 10s
Turkmenistan
Total Solar Eclipse
3:24 pm AQTT6:01 pm TMT28s
Uzbekistan
Total Solar Eclipse
3:28 pm AQTT6:01 pm TJT16m, 8s
Western Sahara
Total Solar Eclipse
8:11 am GMT11:56 am WEST5m, 24s
Afghanistan
Partial Solar Eclipse
2:13 pm IRST6:03 pm PKT---
Albania
Partial Solar Eclipse
11:21 am CEST2:10 pm CEST---
Andorra
Partial Solar Eclipse
11:03 am CEST1:32 pm CEST---
Anguilla
Partial Solar Eclipse
5:52 am AST5:57 am AST---
Antigua and Barbuda
Partial Solar Eclipse
5:47 am AST5:56 am AST---
Armenia
Partial Solar Eclipse
2:07 pm AMT4:47 pm AMT---
Austria
Partial Solar Eclipse
11:21 am CEST2:01 pm CEST---
Azerbaijan
Partial Solar Eclipse
2:10 pm AMT4:50 pm AZT---
Bahrain
Partial Solar Eclipse
1:33 pm AST3:48 pm AST---
Bangladesh
Partial Solar Eclipse
5:19 pm BST6:34 pm BST---
Barbados
Partial Solar Eclipse
5:42 am AST5:53 am AST---
Belarus
Partial Solar Eclipse
11:45 am CEST3:19 pm EEST---
Belgium
Partial Solar Eclipse
11:22 am CEST1:41 pm CEST---
Benin
Partial Solar Eclipse
8:16 am GMT11:47 am WAT---
Bermuda
Partial Solar Eclipse
6:43 am ADT7:04 am ADT---
Bhutan
Partial Solar Eclipse
7:18 pm CST6:03 pm IST---
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Partial Solar Eclipse
11:23 am CEST2:07 pm CEST---
Brazil
Partial Solar Eclipse
4:54 am BRT6:46 am BRT---
British Virgin Islands
Partial Solar Eclipse
5:57 am AST5:57 am AST---
Bulgaria
Partial Solar Eclipse
12:29 pm EEST3:22 pm EEST---
Burkina Faso
Partial Solar Eclipse
8:08 am GMT11:50 am WAT---
Cameroon
Partial Solar Eclipse
9:34 am WAT12:10 pm WAT---
Canada
Partial Solar Eclipse
6:06 am ADT7:47 am NDT---
Caribbean Netherlands
Partial Solar Eclipse
5:53 am AST5:56 am AST---
Central African Republic
Partial Solar Eclipse
9:53 am WAT12:13 pm WAT---
Chad
Partial Solar Eclipse
9:43 am WAT12:50 pm WAT---
Congo
Partial Solar Eclipse
9:59 am WAT11:22 am WAT---
Congo Democratic Republic
Partial Solar Eclipse
10:18 am WAT11:33 am WAT---
Cote d'Ivoire
Partial Solar Eclipse
8:04 am GMT10:31 am GMT---
Croatia
Partial Solar Eclipse
11:21 am CEST2:06 pm CEST---
Cyprus
Partial Solar Eclipse
12:41 pm EEST3:32 pm EEST---
Czechia
Partial Solar Eclipse
11:28 am CEST2:03 pm CEST---
Denmark
Partial Solar Eclipse
11:36 am CEST1:53 pm CEST---
Djibouti
Partial Solar Eclipse
1:55 pm EAT2:50 pm EAT---
Dominica
Partial Solar Eclipse
5:48 am AST5:55 am AST---
Egypt
Partial Solar Eclipse
11:17 am EET2:30 pm EET---
Equatorial Guinea
Partial Solar Eclipse
9:36 am WAT11:23 am WAT---
Eritrea
Partial Solar Eclipse
12:08 pm CAT2:12 pm CAT---
Estonia
Partial Solar Eclipse
12:53 pm EEST3:07 pm EEST---
Ethiopia
Partial Solar Eclipse
1:15 pm EAT2:59 pm EAT---
Faroe Islands
Partial Solar Eclipse
10:43 am WEST12:18 pm WEST---
Finland
Partial Solar Eclipse
12:56 pm EEST3:03 pm EEST---
France
Partial Solar Eclipse
11:02 am CEST1:48 pm CEST---
French Guiana
Partial Solar Eclipse
6:19 am GFT6:47 am GFT---
Gabon
Partial Solar Eclipse
9:46 am WAT11:16 am WAT---
Gambia
Partial Solar Eclipse
8:02 am GMT10:23 am GMT---
Germany
Partial Solar Eclipse
11:20 am CEST1:56 pm CEST---
Ghana
Partial Solar Eclipse
8:10 am GMT10:39 am GMT---
Gibraltar
Partial Solar Eclipse
10:44 am CEST1:13 pm CEST---
Greenland
Partial Solar Eclipse
8:41 am 10:07 am ---
Grenada
Partial Solar Eclipse
5:51 am AST5:53 am AST---
Guadeloupe
Partial Solar Eclipse
5:46 am AST5:55 am AST---
Guernsey
Partial Solar Eclipse
10:16 am BST12:26 pm BST---
Guinea
Partial Solar Eclipse
8:01 am GMT10:28 am GMT---
Guinea-Bissau
Partial Solar Eclipse
8:01 am GMT10:22 am GMT---
Guyana
Partial Solar Eclipse
5:40 am GYT5:50 am VET---
Hungary
Partial Solar Eclipse
11:28 am CEST2:10 pm CEST---
Iceland
Partial Solar Eclipse
9:46 am GMT11:08 am GMT---
India
Partial Solar Eclipse
4:00 pm PKT6:35 pm IST---
Iran
Partial Solar Eclipse
1:08 pm EEST4:30 pm IRST---
Iraq
Partial Solar Eclipse
12:57 pm AST3:49 pm AST---
Ireland
Partial Solar Eclipse
10:17 am IST12:19 pm IST---
Isle of Man
Partial Solar Eclipse
10:26 am BST12:22 pm BST---
Israel
Partial Solar Eclipse
11:45 am EET3:34 pm EEST---
Jersey
Partial Solar Eclipse
10:16 am BST12:26 pm BST---
Jordan
Partial Solar Eclipse
12:47 pm IDT3:38 pm AST---
Kosovo
Partial Solar Eclipse
11:26 am CEST2:11 pm CEST---
Kuwait
Partial Solar Eclipse
1:19 pm AST3:48 pm AST---
Laos
Partial Solar Eclipse
6:25 pm ICT6:39 pm ICT---
Latvia
Partial Solar Eclipse
12:49 pm EEST3:10 pm MSK---
Lebanon
Partial Solar Eclipse
12:47 pm IDT3:35 pm EEST---
Liberia
Partial Solar Eclipse
8:01 am GMT10:18 am GMT---
Libya
Partial Solar Eclipse
9:43 am CET2:14 pm EET---
Liechtenstein
Partial Solar Eclipse
11:21 am CEST1:48 pm CEST---
Lithuania
Partial Solar Eclipse
12:48 pm EEST3:09 pm MSK---
Luxembourg
Partial Solar Eclipse
11:22 am CEST1:42 pm CEST---
Martinique
Partial Solar Eclipse
5:47 am AST5:54 am AST---
Moldova
Partial Solar Eclipse
12:43 pm EEST3:22 pm EEST---
Monaco
Partial Solar Eclipse
11:11 am CEST1:44 pm CEST---
Mongolia
Partial Solar Eclipse
5:56 pm 7:52 pm HOVT---
Montenegro
Partial Solar Eclipse
11:23 am CEST2:08 pm CEST---
Montserrat
Partial Solar Eclipse
5:50 am AST5:56 am AST---
Myanmar
Partial Solar Eclipse
7:18 pm CST6:12 pm BST---
Nepal
Partial Solar Eclipse
4:41 pm IST6:50 pm NPT---
Netherlands
Partial Solar Eclipse
11:24 am CEST1:42 pm CEST---
Niger
Partial Solar Eclipse
8:17 am GMT12:40 pm WAT---
Nigeria
Partial Solar Eclipse
9:19 am WAT12:11 pm WAT---
North Macedonia
Partial Solar Eclipse
11:24 am CEST2:13 pm CEST---
Norway
Partial Solar Eclipse
11:42 am CEST1:50 pm CEST---
Oman
Partial Solar Eclipse
2:46 pm GST4:54 pm GST---
Pakistan
Partial Solar Eclipse
3:19 pm AFT6:05 pm PKT---
Palestine
Partial Solar Eclipse
12:45 pm EEST3:33 pm EEST---
Poland
Partial Solar Eclipse
11:34 am CEST2:10 pm CEST---
Portugal
Partial Solar Eclipse
9:26 am WEST12:15 pm WEST---
Qatar
Partial Solar Eclipse
1:34 pm AST3:49 pm AST---
Romania
Partial Solar Eclipse
11:31 am CEST3:23 pm EEST---
Saint Helena
Partial Solar Eclipse
8:08 am GMT9:30 am GMT---
Saint Kitts and Nevis
Partial Solar Eclipse
5:51 am AST5:56 am AST---
Saint Lucia
Partial Solar Eclipse
5:48 am AST5:54 am AST---
Saint Martin
Partial Solar Eclipse
5:52 am AST5:57 am AST---
Saint Pierre and Miquelon
Partial Solar Eclipse
7:11 am PMDT8:14 am PMDT---
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
Partial Solar Eclipse
5:49 am AST5:53 am AST---
San Marino
Partial Solar Eclipse
11:18 am CEST1:54 pm CEST---
Sao Tome and Principe
Partial Solar Eclipse
8:36 am GMT10:12 am GMT---
Saudi Arabia
Partial Solar Eclipse
12:46 pm AST4:48 pm GST---
Senegal
Partial Solar Eclipse
8:01 am GMT10:28 am GMT---
Serbia
Partial Solar Eclipse
11:26 am CEST3:13 pm EEST---
Sierra Leone
Partial Solar Eclipse
8:01 am GMT10:20 am GMT---
Sint Maarten
Partial Solar Eclipse
5:52 am AST5:56 am AST---
Slovakia
Partial Solar Eclipse
11:31 am CEST2:09 pm CEST---
Slovenia
Partial Solar Eclipse
11:22 am CEST2:01 pm CEST---
Somalia
Partial Solar Eclipse
2:16 pm EAT2:47 pm EAT---
South Sudan
Partial Solar Eclipse
11:31 am CAT1:34 pm CAT---
Spain
Partial Solar Eclipse
9:21 am WEST1:36 pm CEST---
Sri Lanka
Partial Solar Eclipse
5:31 pm IST6:05 pm IST---
St. Barts
Partial Solar Eclipse
5:52 am AST5:56 am AST---
Sudan
Partial Solar Eclipse
10:11 am WAT2:21 pm CAT---
Suriname
Partial Solar Eclipse
6:27 am SRT6:47 am SRT---
Svalbard and Jan Mayen
Partial Solar Eclipse
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Sweden
Partial Solar Eclipse
11:41 am CEST1:56 pm CEST---
Switzerland
Partial Solar Eclipse
11:15 am CEST1:50 pm CEST---
Syria
Partial Solar Eclipse
12:49 pm EEST3:43 pm AST---
Tajikistan
Partial Solar Eclipse
3:47 pm UZT5:32 pm AFT---
Thailand
Partial Solar Eclipse
6:28 pm ICT6:48 pm ICT---
Togo
Partial Solar Eclipse
8:15 am GMT10:40 am GMT---
Trinidad and Tobago
Partial Solar Eclipse
5:49 am AST5:52 am AST---
Ukraine
Partial Solar Eclipse
11:38 am CEST3:33 pm MSK---
United Arab Emirates
Partial Solar Eclipse
2:39 pm GST4:53 pm GST---
United Kingdom
Partial Solar Eclipse
10:15 am BST12:33 pm BST---
United States
Partial Solar Eclipse
6:32 am ADT6:09 am EDT---
Vatican City (Holy See)
Partial Solar Eclipse
11:14 am CEST1:54 pm CEST---
Venezuela
Partial Solar Eclipse
5:49 am VET5:50 am VET---
Vietnam
Partial Solar Eclipse
6:24 pm ICT6:32 pm ICT---
Yemen
Partial Solar Eclipse
1:31 pm AST4:37 pm GST---
Åland Islands
Partial Solar Eclipse
12:55 pm EEST2:56 pm EEST---

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).

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: May 5, 2088 — Partial Lunar Eclipse