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Total solar eclipse of 23 August 2044

An explorer of total solar eclipses visible from land

2 min 4 sLongest totality
453 kmPath width
01:15:34Greatest eclipse (UTC)
15°Sun altitude at greatest
3,600 km/hShadow speed
1.036Magnitude
126Saros series
0.961Gamma

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 Grande Prairie. 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
Grande PrairieCanada 18:3419:31:41 – 19:33:37 1 min 56 s13°
AirdrieCanada 18:4219:38:25 – 19:40:15 1 min 51 s9°
Saddle RidgeCanada 18:4219:38:42 – 19:40:32 1 min 50 s9°
Panorama HillsCanada 18:4219:38:41 – 19:40:31 1 min 50 s9°
ChestermereCanada 18:4319:38:52 – 19:40:42 1 min 50 s8°
CalgaryCanada 18:4319:38:52 – 19:40:41 1 min 49 s9°
Centre CityCanada 18:4319:38:52 – 19:40:42 1 min 49 s9°
BeltlineCanada 18:4319:38:53 – 19:40:42 1 min 49 s9°
CochraneCanada 18:4219:38:41 – 19:40:30 1 min 49 s9°
Red DeerCanada 18:4019:36:42 – 19:38:31 1 min 49 s9°
CranstonCanada 18:4319:39:09 – 19:40:57 1 min 48 s8°
EvergreenCanada 18:4319:39:05 – 19:40:54 1 min 48 s9°
OkotoksCanada 18:4319:39:26 – 19:41:13 1 min 47 s8°
Medicine HatCanada 18:4519:40:09 – 19:41:55 1 min 46 s6°
Fort St. JohnCanada 17:3118:29:45 – 18:31:29 1 min 44 s14°
LethbridgeCanada 18:4519:41:07 – 19:42:48 1 min 41 s7°
Spruce GroveCanada 18:3819:34:35 – 19:36:11 1 min 36 s9°
WillistonUnited States 19:4820:41:44 – 20:43:15 1 min 30 s1°
St. AlbertCanada 18:3819:34:26 – 19:35:55 1 min 29 s9°
EdmontonCanada 18:3819:34:35 – 19:36:02 1 min 28 s9°
CamroseCanada 18:3919:35:28 – 19:36:55 1 min 27 s9°
Sherwood ParkCanada 18:3819:34:38 – 19:36:04 1 min 26 s9°
Great FallsUnited States 18:4919:45:17 – 19:45:36 19 s5°

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.