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Total solar eclipse of 11 August 1999

Cornualles, Francia, Alemania, Austria, Hungria, Rumania: el eclipse total mas observado de la historia hasta ese momento, en la Europa mas poblada.

2 min 23 sLongest totality
112 kmPath width
11:03:05Greatest eclipse (UTC)
59°Sun altitude at greatest
2,400 km/hShadow speed
1.029Magnitude
145Saros series
0.506Gamma

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 Makó. 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
MakóHungary 11:3012:53:59 – 12:56:22 2 min 23 s59°
PiteştiRomania 12:3814:03:09 – 14:05:31 2 min 23 s59°
PetroşaniRomania 12:3513:59:53 – 14:02:15 2 min 23 s59°
Sector 2Romania 12:4114:05:50 – 14:08:13 2 min 22 s59°
Sector 1Romania 12:4114:05:39 – 14:08:01 2 min 22 s59°
Sector 3Romania 12:4114:05:56 – 14:08:19 2 min 22 s59°
BucharestRomania 12:4114:05:49 – 14:08:11 2 min 22 s59°
Râmnicu VâlceaRomania 12:3714:01:59 – 14:04:22 2 min 22 s59°
LupeniRomania 12:3513:59:43 – 14:02:05 2 min 22 s59°
SiófokHungary 11:2612:49:08 – 12:51:30 2 min 22 s58°
BufteaRomania 12:4114:05:24 – 14:07:46 2 min 22 s59°
Sector 6Romania 12:4114:05:39 – 14:08:01 2 min 22 s59°
VoluntariRomania 12:4114:05:52 – 14:08:14 2 min 22 s59°
SzombathelyHungary 11:2412:46:23 – 12:48:44 2 min 21 s58°
PaksHungary 11:2712:50:46 – 12:53:07 2 min 21 s59°
Sector 4Romania 12:4114:05:55 – 14:08:16 2 min 21 s59°
Sector 5Romania 12:4114:05:49 – 14:08:10 2 min 21 s59°
ÚjszegedHungary 11:3012:53:25 – 12:55:45 2 min 21 s59°
SzegedHungary 11:3012:53:22 – 12:55:43 2 min 21 s59°
PetrilaRomania 12:3613:59:57 – 14:02:18 2 min 21 s59°
SilistraBulgaria 12:4314:08:14 – 14:10:35 2 min 21 s59°
KiskunhalasHungary 11:2812:52:03 – 12:54:23 2 min 21 s59°
AjkaHungary 11:2512:48:08 – 12:50:28 2 min 21 s58°
MioveniRomania 12:3914:03:11 – 14:05:31 2 min 20 s59°
EisenzickenAustria 11:2312:45:43 – 12:48:04 2 min 20 s58°
WaldkraiburgGermany 11:1712:38:32 – 12:40:51 2 min 19 s56°
ErdingGermany 11:1612:37:40 – 12:39:58 2 min 19 s56°
HódmezővásárhelyHungary 11:3012:53:35 – 12:55:54 2 min 19 s59°
LugojRomania 12:3313:57:02 – 13:59:20 2 min 18 s59°
UnterschleißheimGermany 11:1612:37:06 – 12:39:25 2 min 18 s56°
AichachGermany 11:1512:36:18 – 12:38:36 2 min 18 s56°
GersthofenGermany 11:1512:35:52 – 12:38:10 2 min 18 s56°
Geislingen an der SteigeGermany 11:1412:34:02 – 12:36:20 2 min 17 s55°
Giengen an der BrenzGermany 11:1412:34:45 – 12:37:02 2 min 17 s55°
KastamonuTürkiye 12:5814:23:11 – 14:25:28 2 min 17 s57°
EislingenGermany 11:1312:33:50 – 12:36:07 2 min 17 s55°
GöppingenGermany 11:1312:33:44 – 12:36:01 2 min 17 s55°
EsslingenGermany 11:1312:33:08 – 12:35:26 2 min 17 s55°
OstfildernGermany 11:1312:33:03 – 12:35:20 2 min 17 s55°
StuttgartGermany 11:1312:32:55 – 12:35:12 2 min 17 s55°
LeonbergGermany 11:1212:32:39 – 12:34:56 2 min 17 s55°
Stuttgart-OstGermany 11:1312:32:59 – 12:35:15 2 min 17 s55°
NeusäßGermany 11:1512:35:49 – 12:38:05 2 min 17 s56°
FriedbergGermany 11:1512:36:05 – 12:38:21 2 min 16 s56°
OsmancıkTürkiye 13:0114:25:29 – 14:27:46 2 min 16 s56°
AugsburgGermany 11:1512:35:56 – 12:38:12 2 min 16 s56°
Kirchheim unter TeckGermany 11:1312:33:25 – 12:35:41 2 min 16 s55°
Stuttgart FeuerbachGermany 11:1312:32:53 – 12:35:10 2 min 16 s55°
FreisingGermany 11:1612:37:23 – 12:39:39 2 min 16 s56°
DitzingenGermany 11:1312:32:44 – 12:35:00 2 min 16 s55°
Leinfelden-EchterdingenGermany 11:1312:32:56 – 12:35:12 2 min 16 s55°
DachauGermany 11:1612:36:53 – 12:39:09 2 min 16 s56°
VeszprémHungary 11:2612:48:48 – 12:51:04 2 min 16 s58°
PforzheimGermany 11:1212:32:07 – 12:34:23 2 min 16 s54°
FellbachGermany 11:1312:33:06 – 12:35:21 2 min 16 s55°
Heidenheim an der BrenzGermany 11:1412:34:36 – 12:36:51 2 min 16 s55°
RastattGermany 11:1112:31:18 – 12:33:34 2 min 16 s54°
SindelfingenGermany 11:1212:32:41 – 12:34:56 2 min 15 s55°
EttlingenGermany 11:1212:31:38 – 12:33:53 2 min 15 s54°
TurhalTürkiye 13:0414:28:29 – 14:30:44 2 min 15 s56°

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.