An early morning eclipse for New Zealand
Dunedin, a city of around 130,000 people on New Zealand’s South Island, will get a 72% partial solar eclipse.
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Weather permitting, New Zealanders will see a partial solar eclipse underway as the Sun rises on the morning of Monday, September 22—although the date of the eclipse is September 21 in UTC time.
For this livestream, we’re excited to be working with new friends: Warren Hurley, Anton Stuck, and the rest of the team at the Dunedin Astronomical Society.
Dunedin is the principal city of New Zealand’s southern region of Otago. For Dunedinites, this partial solar eclipse is a dress rehearsal for an even bigger event in three years’ time: the city is on the center line of the path of totality for the total solar eclipse across Australia and New Zealand on July 22, 2028.
When is the next eclipse in your town?