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Total solar eclipse of 11 July 1991

Casi siete minutos de totalidad sobre Hawai y Mexico, con los grandes telescopios de Mauna Kea justo debajo de la linea central.

6 min 53 sLongest totality
258 kmPath width
19:06:03Greatest eclipse (UTC)
90°Sun altitude at greatest
2,200 km/hShadow speed
1.080Magnitude
136Saros series
-0.004Gamma

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 Tuxpan. 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
TuxpanMexico 10:3612:02:27 – 12:09:19 6 min 52 s88°
ArandasMexico 11:4413:11:24 – 13:18:13 6 min 50 s85°
PénjamoMexico 11:4613:13:18 – 13:20:06 6 min 49 s84°
Tepatitlán de MorelosMexico 11:4313:10:14 – 13:17:02 6 min 48 s85°
AbasoloMexico 11:4613:13:45 – 13:20:33 6 min 48 s84°
YuririaMexico 11:4813:15:02 – 13:21:50 6 min 48 s83°
UriangatoMexico 11:4813:15:01 – 13:21:49 6 min 47 s83°
MoroleónMexico 11:4813:15:01 – 13:21:48 6 min 47 s83°
AcámbaroMexico 11:4913:16:17 – 13:23:03 6 min 47 s82°
Maravatío de OcampoMexico 11:5013:17:09 – 13:23:55 6 min 46 s82°
SalvatierraMexico 11:4813:15:40 – 13:22:25 6 min 45 s83°
Valle de SantiagoMexico 11:4713:14:41 – 13:21:25 6 min 44 s83°
XonacatlánMexico 11:5313:20:01 – 13:26:46 6 min 44 s80°
San José Guadalupe OtzacatipanMexico 11:5213:19:57 – 13:26:41 6 min 44 s80°
San Pablo AutopanMexico 11:5213:19:47 – 13:26:31 6 min 44 s80°
San Mateo OtzacatipanMexico 11:5213:19:57 – 13:26:41 6 min 44 s80°
OcoyoacacMexico 11:5313:20:23 – 13:27:07 6 min 44 s80°
Lerma de VilladaMexico 11:5313:20:14 – 13:26:57 6 min 44 s80°
San Miguel AjuscoMexico 11:5413:21:03 – 13:27:47 6 min 44 s80°
San Pedro TotoltepecMexico 11:5313:20:03 – 13:26:47 6 min 44 s80°
San Lorenzo AcopilcoMexico 11:5313:20:37 – 13:27:20 6 min 44 s80°
San Miguel TopilejoMexico 11:5413:21:14 – 13:27:57 6 min 43 s79°
HuixquilucanMexico 11:5313:20:31 – 13:27:14 6 min 43 s80°
San Miguel el AltoMexico 11:4413:10:54 – 13:17:37 6 min 43 s85°
San Mateo AtencoMexico 11:5313:20:13 – 13:26:56 6 min 43 s80°
San JerónimoMexico 11:5313:20:03 – 13:26:46 6 min 43 s80°
Delegación Cuajimalpa de MorelosMexico 11:5313:20:39 – 13:27:21 6 min 42 s80°
XochimilcoMexico 11:5413:21:15 – 13:27:57 6 min 42 s79°
Jaral del ProgresoMexico 11:4813:15:02 – 13:21:44 6 min 42 s83°
Jesús del MonteMexico 11:5313:20:38 – 13:27:20 6 min 42 s80°
TlalpanMexico 11:5413:21:04 – 13:27:46 6 min 42 s80°
Magdalena ContrerasMexico 11:5313:20:54 – 13:27:36 6 min 42 s80°
San Salvador TizatlalliMexico 11:5313:20:06 – 13:26:48 6 min 42 s80°
TolucaMexico 11:5213:19:55 – 13:26:36 6 min 42 s80°
San Francisco CuaxuscoMexico 11:5213:20:01 – 13:26:43 6 min 42 s80°
MetepecMexico 11:5313:20:04 – 13:26:46 6 min 42 s80°
Capulhuac de MirafuentesMexico 11:5313:20:29 – 13:27:11 6 min 42 s80°
Ciudad HidalgoMexico 11:5013:17:12 – 13:23:53 6 min 41 s82°
San Antonio TecómitlMexico 11:5413:21:35 – 13:28:16 6 min 41 s79°
San Juan IxtayopanMexico 11:5413:21:32 – 13:28:14 6 min 41 s79°
Álvaro ObregónMexico 11:5313:20:53 – 13:27:34 6 min 41 s80°
San Jorge Pueblo NuevoMexico 11:5213:20:01 – 13:26:42 6 min 41 s80°
CoyoacánMexico 11:5413:21:00 – 13:27:41 6 min 41 s80°
La Piedad de CabadasMexico 11:4513:12:45 – 13:19:25 6 min 40 s84°
AtlixcoMexico 11:5613:23:19 – 13:30:00 6 min 40 s78°
ZinacantepecMexico 11:5213:19:44 – 13:26:24 6 min 40 s80°
AmecamecaMexico 11:5513:22:15 – 13:28:55 6 min 40 s79°
Atotonilco el AltoMexico 11:4413:11:16 – 13:17:56 6 min 40 s85°
Benito JuárezMexico 11:5413:20:59 – 13:27:39 6 min 39 s80°
TláhuacMexico 11:5413:21:28 – 13:28:07 6 min 39 s79°
Colonia del ValleMexico 11:5413:20:58 – 13:27:36 6 min 39 s80°
PuruándiroMexico 11:4713:14:20 – 13:20:59 6 min 39 s83°
XicoMexico 11:5413:21:37 – 13:28:16 6 min 39 s79°
Atlacomulco de FabelaMexico 11:5113:18:42 – 13:25:21 6 min 39 s81°
Colonia NativitasMexico 11:5413:21:02 – 13:27:40 6 min 38 s80°
Benito JuarezMexico 11:5413:20:57 – 13:27:36 6 min 38 s80°
PolancoMexico 11:5313:20:49 – 13:27:27 6 min 38 s80°
Miguel HidalgoMexico 11:5313:20:49 – 13:27:26 6 min 38 s80°
IztapalapaMexico 11:5413:21:15 – 13:27:53 6 min 38 s79°
ChalcoMexico 11:5413:21:46 – 13:28:23 6 min 37 s79°

What was happening that day

Nigeria Airways Flight 2120 crashes in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, killing all 261 passengers and crew on board.

Nigeria Airways Flight 2120 · Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0

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.