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Total solar eclipse of 7 March 1970

Subio por la costa este de Estados Unidos con una infraestructura de observacion sin precedentes; es el eclipse de la cancion de Carly Simon.

3 min 28 sLongest totality
153 kmPath width
17:37:49Greatest eclipse (UTC)
63°Sun altitude at greatest
2,400 km/hShadow speed
1.041Magnitude
139Saros series
0.447Gamma

The simulation: space and ground at once

Top left, what happens in space: the Moon’s shadow sweeping the planet. On the right, what you would see from the chosen spot, at the very same instant. Below, the map of the track. Press ▶ and all three views move on a single clock.

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Speed:
From space · schematic scale
On the ground · —
Wheel to zoom, drag to pan, click to check a point.
The path of the umbra
Path of totality Central line Umbra right now Sunset line Cities inside the path 🗺 The corner locates the view on the globe

The Earth · Moon · Sun system that day

The same eclipse seen from outside. The Moon’s position, the shadow cone and the umbral spot come from the official Besselian elements — not from approximate ephemerides — so the shadow lands exactly where it will land. Drag to rotate, scroll to zoom.

3D model · Besselian geometry · distances compressed
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Your browser cannot draw in 3D (no WebGL available). The rest of the page works the same: use the map and the simulator above.
Umbra: total eclipse Penumbra: real obscuration, computed point by point Path of totality on the map 🖱 Drag the globe · scroll to zoom

Where it goes

What will you see from where you are?

Type a city of over 20,000 people or a pair of coordinates, or click the map.

What weather to expect

How much Sun is covered, minute by minute?

Percentage of the solar disc covered at Acayucan. Light does not drop noticeably until past ~85 %; then everything happens at once.

Cities inside the path of totality

Times in each city's own local time, computed one by one.

CityCountryStarts TotalityDurationSun altitude
AcayucanMexico 10:1311:35:15 – 11:38:42 3 min 27 s63°
Jáltipan de MorelosMexico 10:1311:35:39 – 11:39:05 3 min 26 s63°
CosoleacaqueMexico 10:1411:35:53 – 11:39:17 3 min 24 s64°
CoatzacoalcosMexico 10:1411:36:33 – 11:39:54 3 min 21 s64°
Miahuatlán de Porfirio DíazMexico 10:0711:29:01 – 11:32:21 3 min 20 s63°
MinatitlánMexico 10:1411:36:03 – 11:39:23 3 min 20 s64°
AllendeMexico 10:1411:36:40 – 11:39:59 3 min 18 s64°
Puerto EscondidoMexico 10:0611:27:14 – 11:30:32 3 min 18 s63°
Nanchital de Lázaro Cárdenas del RíoMexico 10:1411:36:31 – 11:39:45 3 min 14 s64°
HinesvilleUnited States 12:0113:21:24 – 13:24:27 3 min 2 s51°
PoolerUnited States 12:0213:22:18 – 13:25:17 2 min 59 s51°
GreenvilleUnited States 12:1413:31:53 – 13:34:46 2 min 54 s46°
SummervilleUnited States 12:0513:25:03 – 13:27:56 2 min 53 s50°
Agua DulceMexico 10:1511:37:20 – 11:40:10 2 min 51 s64°
KinstonUnited States 12:1313:31:16 – 13:34:05 2 min 50 s46°
ValdostaUnited States 11:5713:17:34 – 13:20:24 2 min 49 s53°
Virginia BeachUnited States 12:1713:34:58 – 13:37:46 2 min 48 s44°
SavannahUnited States 12:0213:22:35 – 13:25:23 2 min 48 s51°
GoldsboroUnited States 12:1213:30:50 – 13:33:37 2 min 47 s46°
LumbertonUnited States 12:1013:28:37 – 13:31:21 2 min 44 s48°
Goose CreekUnited States 12:0613:25:20 – 13:27:59 2 min 39 s50°
ChesapeakeUnited States 12:1713:34:38 – 13:37:15 2 min 37 s44°
ConwayUnited States 12:0813:27:47 – 13:30:23 2 min 37 s48°
PortsmouthUnited States 12:1713:34:38 – 13:37:12 2 min 34 s44°
NorfolkUnited States 12:1713:34:40 – 13:37:14 2 min 34 s44°
Portsmouth HeightsUnited States 12:1713:34:34 – 13:37:04 2 min 30 s44°
CatemacoMexico 10:1411:36:18 – 11:38:45 2 min 26 s63°
Hilton HeadUnited States 12:0313:23:28 – 13:25:52 2 min 25 s51°
South SuffolkUnited States 12:1613:34:14 – 13:36:36 2 min 22 s44°
SuffolkUnited States 12:1613:34:16 – 13:36:37 2 min 21 s44°
FlorenceUnited States 12:0813:27:16 – 13:29:36 2 min 20 s48°
Hilton Head IslandUnited States 12:0313:23:30 – 13:25:49 2 min 19 s51°
WilsonUnited States 12:1313:31:31 – 13:33:48 2 min 18 s46°
StatesboroUnited States 12:0213:22:15 – 13:24:32 2 min 17 s51°
North CharlestonUnited States 12:0513:25:29 – 13:27:43 2 min 13 s50°
IslaMexico 10:1211:34:53 – 11:37:06 2 min 13 s63°
HalifaxCanada 13:4214:53:37 – 14:55:50 2 min 13 s30°
Downtown HalifaxCanada 13:4214:53:37 – 14:55:49 2 min 12 s30°
WoodlawnCanada 13:4214:53:41 – 14:55:52 2 min 12 s30°
SydneyCanada 13:4614:56:52 – 14:59:04 2 min 12 s27°
Halifax West EndCanada 13:4214:53:36 – 14:55:46 2 min 10 s30°
DartmouthCanada 13:4214:53:38 – 14:55:49 2 min 10 s30°
East HamptonUnited States 12:1713:35:03 – 13:37:03 2 min 1 s44°
HamptonUnited States 12:1713:35:01 – 13:37:02 2 min 0 s44°
BedfordCanada 13:4214:53:39 – 14:55:39 1 min 59 s30°
Newport NewsUnited States 12:1713:34:53 – 13:36:51 1 min 57 s44°
FayettevilleUnited States 12:1013:29:39 – 13:31:36 1 min 56 s47°
Rocky MountUnited States 12:1313:32:05 – 13:34:00 1 min 55 s46°
Las ChoapasMexico 10:1411:37:27 – 11:39:21 1 min 54 s64°
San Andrés TuxtlaMexico 10:1411:36:27 – 11:38:21 1 min 53 s63°
Lower SackvilleCanada 13:4214:53:44 – 14:55:34 1 min 51 s30°
CharlestonUnited States 12:0513:25:41 – 13:27:28 1 min 47 s50°
Myrtle BeachUnited States 12:0813:28:17 – 13:30:02 1 min 46 s48°
Mount PleasantUnited States 12:0613:25:55 – 13:27:29 1 min 33 s50°
SumterUnited States 12:0713:26:33 – 13:28:00 1 min 27 s49°
New BernUnited States 12:1313:32:47 – 13:33:46 59 s46°
Fort BraggUnited States 12:1013:30:12 – 13:30:52 40 s47°
JacksonvilleUnited States 12:1213:32:10 – 13:32:36 27 s47°

How to watch it without hurting your eyes

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Throughout the partial phase, even with a sliver of Sun left, looking without protection causes permanent retinal damage. Use only ISO 12312-2 eclipse glasses. The one exception is totality: while the Sun is fully covered, and only inside the path, you can and should look with the naked eye.