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Total solar eclipse of 22 July 2009

Seis minutos y treinta y nueve segundos sobre India, China y el Pacifico: el eclipse total mas largo del siglo XXI.

6 min 39 sLongest totality
258 kmPath width
02:35:18Greatest eclipse (UTC)
86°Sun altitude at greatest
2,300 km/hShadow speed
1.080Magnitude
136Saros series
0.070Gamma

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 Jiaxing. 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
JiaxingChina 08:2209:35:03 – 09:40:55 5 min 52 s56°
WuzhenChina 08:2109:34:34 – 09:40:25 5 min 51 s55°
HainingChina 08:2209:34:58 – 09:40:47 5 min 49 s56°
JinshanChina 08:2309:36:05 – 09:41:55 5 min 49 s56°
JiashanChina 08:2209:35:24 – 09:41:13 5 min 48 s56°
FengxiangChina 08:2309:36:26 – 09:42:14 5 min 48 s57°
ChóngfúChina 08:2109:34:30 – 09:40:18 5 min 47 s55°
HuzhouChina 08:2109:33:52 – 09:39:39 5 min 47 s55°
DeqingChina 08:2109:33:39 – 09:39:24 5 min 45 s55°
ZhujingChina 08:2209:35:52 – 09:41:37 5 min 45 s56°
TaozhouChina 08:2009:32:38 – 09:38:22 5 min 44 s54°
NanqiaoChina 08:2309:36:25 – 09:42:09 5 min 43 s57°
XuanchengChina 08:1909:31:29 – 09:37:10 5 min 41 s53°
LinpingChina 08:2109:34:20 – 09:39:59 5 min 39 s55°
TonglingChina 08:1809:29:47 – 09:35:26 5 min 39 s52°
ZhichengChina 08:2109:33:36 – 09:39:14 5 min 38 s55°
ChizhouChina 08:1809:29:14 – 09:34:52 5 min 38 s52°
XingqiaoChina 08:2109:34:16 – 09:39:53 5 min 37 s55°
TianduchengChina 08:2109:34:15 – 09:39:51 5 min 36 s55°
SongjiangChina 08:2309:36:05 – 09:41:37 5 min 33 s56°
XinzhouChina 08:1509:24:49 – 09:30:19 5 min 30 s48°
XinqiaoChina 08:2309:36:16 – 09:41:45 5 min 29 s56°
Pánlóngchéng Jīngjì KāifāqūChina 08:1409:23:57 – 09:29:25 5 min 28 s48°
HuangpiChina 08:1509:24:10 – 09:29:38 5 min 28 s48°
AnqingChina 08:1709:28:34 – 09:34:01 5 min 27 s51°
HanchuanChina 08:1409:23:10 – 09:28:35 5 min 25 s47°
HangzhouChina 08:2109:34:12 – 09:39:37 5 min 25 s55°
ZhujiajiaoChina 08:2209:35:50 – 09:41:14 5 min 24 s56°
XiaoganChina 08:1409:23:29 – 09:28:53 5 min 24 s47°
ZhouzhuangChina 08:2209:35:26 – 09:40:50 5 min 24 s56°
WuhanChina 08:1409:23:58 – 09:29:21 5 min 24 s48°
JinglingChina 08:1309:22:08 – 09:27:32 5 min 24 s46°
CaidianChina 08:1409:23:35 – 09:28:58 5 min 23 s47°
DuobaoChina 08:1309:21:31 – 09:26:54 5 min 23 s46°
MinhangChina 08:2309:36:27 – 09:41:49 5 min 22 s56°
CixiChina 08:2209:36:18 – 09:41:39 5 min 22 s56°
ChengzhongChina 08:1409:22:55 – 09:28:17 5 min 21 s47°
HuajingChina 08:2309:36:36 – 09:41:56 5 min 20 s56°
XiayangChina 08:2209:35:59 – 09:41:17 5 min 18 s56°
QingpuChina 08:2209:35:59 – 09:41:17 5 min 17 s56°
YichangChina 08:1209:19:28 – 09:24:45 5 min 17 s44°
QibaoChina 08:2309:36:28 – 09:41:43 5 min 16 s56°
QingquanChina 08:1509:25:37 – 09:30:52 5 min 15 s49°
Yunmeng ChengguanzhenChina 08:1409:23:20 – 09:28:35 5 min 15 s47°
HuanggangChina 08:1509:24:59 – 09:30:14 5 min 15 s48°
HuangzhouChina 08:1509:24:52 – 09:30:07 5 min 14 s48°
SonglingChina 08:2209:35:17 – 09:40:31 5 min 14 s56°
LuchengChina 08:1809:29:09 – 09:34:22 5 min 14 s51°
XinshiChina 08:1409:22:23 – 09:27:35 5 min 12 s46°
ZhijiangChina 08:1209:20:08 – 09:25:19 5 min 11 s45°
MachengChina 08:1509:25:23 – 09:30:35 5 min 11 s49°
YezhouChina 08:1009:17:16 – 09:22:27 5 min 11 s42°
QianjiangChina 08:1309:21:52 – 09:27:03 5 min 11 s46°
LongfengChina 08:1009:16:54 – 09:22:04 5 min 10 s42°
EzhouChina 08:1509:24:58 – 09:30:07 5 min 9 s48°
E’zhouChina 08:1509:25:03 – 09:30:12 5 min 9 s48°
TuanbaoChina 08:1009:16:23 – 09:21:31 5 min 8 s42°
XuhuiChina 08:2309:36:42 – 09:41:49 5 min 8 s56°
XinglongChina 08:1009:16:56 – 09:22:03 5 min 7 s42°
XiaoshanChina 08:2109:34:32 – 09:39:39 5 min 7 s55°

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.