Annular solar eclipse · 5 January 2038

On 5 January 2038 the Moon passes centrally across the Sun but is too far from the Earth to cover it, leaving a ring of sunlight. The ring lasts 3m 15s at greatest eclipse, near 1.569° N, 25.759° W.

At greatest eclipse

Duration
3m 15s
Magnitude
0.973
Instant (UTC)
13:47:12
Greatest eclipse
1.569° N, 25.759° W

Path of the shadow

Path of the shadow
The centre line of the Moon's shadow, plotted at two-minute intervals.

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Where it will be seen

Local circumstances for cities that see at least half the Sun covered. Times are UTC.
CityCountry First contactMaximumLast contact ObscurationTotality Sun altitude
Port-au-Prince Haiti 11:00:46 12:07:12 13:24:48 92.4%
Bridgetown Barbados 11:01:22 12:16:12 13:47:37 92.2% 24°
Monrovia Liberia 12:45:06 14:40:12 16:15:58 91.6% 50°
Kano Nigeria 13:48:17 15:18:12 16:33:21 90.7% 25°
Santo Domingo Dominican Republic 11:00:43 12:08:12 13:28:07 89.9% 11°
Kingston Jamaica 11:01:13 12:05:12 13:19:02 89.4%
Abidjan Côte d’Ivoire 13:09:31 14:56:12 16:23:59 89% 43°
Port of Spain Trinidad & Tobago 11:00:39 12:14:12 13:43:15 88.8% 23°
Niamey Niger 13:31:58 15:09:12 16:29:56 86.3% 31°
San Juan Puerto Rico 11:01:11 12:11:12 13:34:11 84.6% 15°
Ouagadougou Burkina Faso 13:20:45 15:03:12 16:27:09 84.6% 35°
Cayenne French Guiana 11:06:13 12:28:12 14:08:56 84% 37°
Accra Ghana 13:22:34 15:04:12 16:27:12 83.8% 38°
Lome Togo 13:27:13 15:07:12 16:28:24 83.5% 36°
Abuja Nigeria 13:45:27 15:17:12 16:32:23 82.8% 27°
Paramaribo Suriname 11:04:11 12:23:12 13:59:55 82.7% 33°
Cotonou Benin 13:30:57 15:09:12 16:29:10 82.2% 35°
Freetown Sierra Leone 12:37:22 14:33:12 16:12:00 81.6% 51°
Georgetown Guyana 11:02:35 12:19:12 13:51:31 81.2% 29°
Lagos Nigeria 13:33:52 15:10:12 16:29:44 81.1% 33°
Miami United States 11:05:38 12:08:12 13:18:47 80.7% -1°
N'Djamena Chad 14:02:13 15:24:12 16:34:22 80.7% 18°
Caracas Venezuela 11:00:03 12:09:12 13:31:41 79.7% 17°
Nassau Bahamas 11:04:44 12:08:12 13:20:55 79.2%
Conakry Guinea 12:36:58 14:32:12 16:11:08 77.4% 51°
Bamako Mali 12:59:40 14:49:12 16:19:22 74.5% 42°
Fortaleza Brazil 11:27:16 13:04:12 14:57:02 72% 60°
Timbuktu Mali 13:19:21 15:00:12 16:23:39 68.3% 34°
Belem Brazil 11:13:36 12:38:12 14:20:59 67.8% 46°
Natal Brazil 11:35:09 13:15:12 15:07:20 67.5% 66°
Cartagena Colombia 11:01:38 12:04:12 13:17:09 66%
Khartoum Sudan 14:24:58 15:31:12 16:30:14 65.3% -1°
Banjul Gambia 12:29:51 14:23:12 16:02:59 62.4% 50°
Douala Cameroon 13:52:14 15:18:12 16:29:48 62.4% 27°
Recife Brazil 11:38:54 13:17:12 15:06:00 59.6% 68°
Yaounde Cameroon 13:56:43 15:20:12 16:29:40 58.9% 26°
Dakar Senegal 12:28:16 14:20:12 15:59:55 58% 49°
Panama City Panama 11:04:05 12:03:12 13:10:47 55.4%
Praia Cape Verde 12:07:27 13:57:12 15:43:16 54% 52°
Medellin Colombia 11:04:13 12:05:12 13:14:23 52.2% 11°
San Jose Costa Rica 11:06:03 12:02:12 13:06:17 52%
Heraklion Greece 14:10:57 15:19:12 16:19:46 52% -1°
Libreville Gabon 13:52:57 15:16:12 16:25:55 51% 30°