PARTIAL SOLAR ECLIPSEChristchurch, New ZealandFriday 11 May 2040 · times in UTC+12
31.1%
OF THE SUN COVERED
The Moon clips the edge of the Sun. Nothing about the daylight will change, and you will need a safe solar filter to see anything at all.
The filter stays on the whole time →02 · TIMING
When does it happen?
The whole eclipse runs 2h 13m. All times are local, in UTC+12.
15:05 MAX 16:15 17:18
| Phase | LOCAL TIME | SUN |
|---|---|---|
| First contactthe Moon touches the Sun's edge | 15:05 | 18° NW |
| Maximumthe deepest point | 16:15 | 9° NW |
| Last contactthe Sun is whole again | 17:18 | 0° WNW |
03 · DIRECTION
Where do I look?
At maximum the Sun is just 9° above the horizon to the north-west. You will need a clear, flat horizon — over water, or from high ground.
The Sun's height and bearing at maximum, from Christchurch. The horizon is at 0°.
THE EXPERIENCE
What it will actually be like
Only 31.1% of the Sun is covered, so nothing about the daylight in Christchurch will change. Through a safe solar filter the Moon shows as a shallow notch on one edge of the disc.
SAFETY
Looking at it without hurting yourself
A certified solar filter stays on for the whole eclipse. The Sun is never completely covered here, and what remains is as dangerous to look at as an uneclipsed Sun. Sunglasses are not a filter.
Sunglasses, smoked glass, exposed film and phone screens are not filters. If you can see anything else through it, it is not dark enough.
04 · POSITION
Should I travel?
This eclipse is partial everywhere on Earth — the Moon's dark shadow passes above or below the planet entirely, so there is no path of totality to travel to, from Christchurch or anywhere else.
THE DAY
- SUNRISE
- 07:32
- SUNSET
- 17:18
- DAY LENGTH
- 9h 46m
- CIVIL DUSK
- 17:49
REFERENCE FIGURES
- OBSCURATION
- 31.1%
- COORDINATES
- 43.532° S, 172.636° E
- SAROS
- 119 · no. 66
- MAGNITUDE
- 0.4290
- GAMMA
- -1.2528
Contact times are accurate to a couple of seconds at the coordinates above. Altitudes are geometric — unrefracted, on the WGS 84 ellipsoid.
NEXT FROM CHRISTCHURCH
What else is coming here?
The rest of what the sky over Christchurch has coming, soonest first.