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Total solar eclipse of 2 August 2046

An explorer of total solar eclipses visible from land

4 min 51 sLongest totality
206 kmPath width
10:19:44Greatest eclipse (UTC)
58°Sun altitude at greatest
2,200 km/hShadow speed
1.053Magnitude
146Saros series
-0.535Gamma

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 Balombo. 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
BalomboAngola 09:4511:15:40 – 11:20:31 4 min 51 s58°
LongonjoAngola 09:4711:17:46 – 11:22:35 4 min 49 s58°
CaálaAngola 09:4811:18:29 – 11:23:17 4 min 49 s58°
MenongueAngola 09:5611:26:38 – 11:31:26 4 min 49 s57°
ChitemboAngola 09:5211:22:19 – 11:27:03 4 min 44 s58°
ChindumboAngola 09:4411:14:18 – 11:19:01 4 min 43 s58°
EcunnaAngola 09:4811:18:07 – 11:22:49 4 min 42 s58°
UcumaAngola 09:4711:17:27 – 11:22:07 4 min 40 s57°
HuamboAngola 09:4811:18:54 – 11:23:31 4 min 37 s58°
LetlhakaneBotswana 11:2612:54:14 – 12:58:41 4 min 28 s50°
BocoioAngola 09:4411:14:27 – 11:18:52 4 min 25 s57°
SeroweBotswana 11:3012:57:41 – 13:02:05 4 min 23 s49°
PalapyeBotswana 11:3112:58:45 – 13:03:01 4 min 16 s49°
LephalaleSouth Africa 11:3413:01:15 – 13:05:25 4 min 10 s47°
MaunBotswana 11:1812:47:58 – 12:52:06 4 min 8 s52°
SumbeAngola 09:4211:11:49 – 11:15:57 4 min 8 s58°
NhlazatjeSouth Africa 11:4413:09:15 – 13:13:23 4 min 7 s43°
MookgophongSouth Africa 11:3713:04:01 – 13:08:08 4 min 7 s46°
LukwatiniSouth Africa 11:4413:09:19 – 13:13:26 4 min 7 s43°
MokopaneSouth Africa 11:3813:04:15 – 13:08:21 4 min 7 s46°
MbabaneEswatini 11:4513:10:06 – 13:14:12 4 min 6 s43°
ManziniEswatini 11:4613:10:42 – 13:14:47 4 min 5 s43°
RedhillSouth Africa 11:4413:09:32 – 13:13:36 4 min 4 s43°
MarapongSouth Africa 11:3413:01:04 – 13:05:08 4 min 3 s47°
BelfastSouth Africa 11:4213:07:38 – 13:11:40 4 min 2 s44°
GandaAngola 09:4611:16:50 – 11:20:46 3 min 56 s57°
Ucu SelesAngola 09:4311:13:29 – 11:17:18 3 min 49 s58°
MahalapyeBotswana 11:3112:59:00 – 13:02:48 3 min 48 s48°
BarbertonSouth Africa 11:4413:09:42 – 13:13:23 3 min 41 s44°
Alto HamaAngola 09:4711:18:02 – 11:21:41 3 min 39 s58°
SiyabuswaSouth Africa 11:3913:05:28 – 13:09:06 3 min 38 s45°
LebowakgomoSouth Africa 11:3913:05:32 – 13:09:07 3 min 35 s46°
LobitoAngola 09:4311:13:10 – 11:16:44 3 min 35 s57°
CarolinaSouth Africa 11:4313:08:22 – 13:11:55 3 min 33 s44°
LydenburgSouth Africa 11:4213:08:07 – 13:11:31 3 min 24 s45°
CatumbelaAngola 09:4311:13:25 – 11:16:45 3 min 20 s57°
ModimolleSouth Africa 11:3713:04:03 – 13:07:18 3 min 15 s46°
MbombelaSouth Africa 11:4413:09:33 – 13:12:40 3 min 7 s44°
CatchiungoAngola 09:4911:20:38 – 11:23:33 2 min 55 s58°
NdiyonaNamibia 11:0912:39:49 – 12:42:44 2 min 54 s54°
MiddelburgSouth Africa 11:4113:07:20 – 13:10:04 2 min 44 s44°
KwaggafonteinSouth Africa 11:3913:05:58 – 13:08:39 2 min 42 s45°
CubalAngola 09:4511:16:32 – 11:19:09 2 min 37 s57°
Piet RetiefSouth Africa 11:4513:10:59 – 13:13:25 2 min 26 s42°
White RiverSouth Africa 11:4413:09:51 – 13:12:15 2 min 24 s44°
ChinguarAngola 09:4911:21:12 – 11:23:31 2 min 19 s58°
VerenaSouth Africa 11:3913:06:28 – 13:08:46 2 min 18 s45°
CoruripeBrazil 04:5305:49:50 – 05:52:06 2 min 16 s2°
PenedoBrazil 04:5305:49:50 – 05:52:05 2 min 15 s1°
Nossa Senhora das DoresBrazil 04:5305:49:50 – 05:52:04 2 min 14 s1°
CapelaBrazil 04:5305:49:54 – 05:52:06 2 min 13 s1°
AquidabãBrazil 04:5305:49:44 – 05:51:56 2 min 12 s1°
PropriáBrazil 04:5305:49:44 – 05:51:56 2 min 12 s1°
Igreja NovaBrazil 04:5305:49:43 – 05:51:54 2 min 11 s1°
Porto Real do ColégioBrazil 04:5305:49:43 – 05:51:54 2 min 11 s1°
PolokwaneSouth Africa 11:3813:05:46 – 13:07:56 2 min 10 s46°
ItabaianaBrazil 04:5305:49:58 – 05:52:07 2 min 9 s0°
SomaroboroSouth Africa 11:3913:06:05 – 13:08:11 2 min 6 s45°
Porto AmboimAngola 09:4111:11:53 – 11:13:58 2 min 6 s58°
CondaAngola 09:4311:13:57 – 11:16:01 2 min 4 s58°

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.