Total solar eclipse · 2 August 2046
On 2 August 2046 the Moon's shadow crosses the Earth, and along a narrow track the Sun is covered completely. Greatest eclipse lasts 4m 55s, near 12.408° S, 15.155° E.
At greatest eclipse
- Duration
- 4m 55s
- Magnitude
- 1.054
- Instant (UTC)
- 10:20:43
- Greatest eclipse
- 12.408° S, 15.155° E
Path of the shadow
Where it will be seen
| City | Country | First contact | Maximum | Last contact | Obscuration | Totality | Sun altitude |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mbabane | Eswatini | 09:47:15 | 11:11:43 | 12:32:43 | 100% | 3m 58s | 43° |
| Maputo | Mozambique | 09:49:53 | 11:15:43 | 12:34:07 | 99.9% | — | 42° |
| Recife | Brazil | 07:52:20 | 08:50:43 | 09:56:37 | 98.5% | — | 3° |
| Pretoria | South Africa | 09:40:15 | 11:07:43 | 12:28:44 | 97.8% | — | 45° |
| Luanda | Angola | 08:38:43 | 10:09:43 | 11:43:04 | 97.5% | — | 59° |
| Johannesburg | South Africa | 09:40:32 | 11:07:43 | 12:28:44 | 96.2% | — | 44° |
| Gaborone | Botswana | 09:33:36 | 11:02:43 | 12:24:48 | 95.4% | — | 47° |
| Salvador | Brazil | 07:56:26 | 08:53:43 | 09:57:42 | 94.2% | — | -1° |
| Durban | South Africa | 09:51:36 | 11:16:43 | 12:34:00 | 93.3% | — | 39° |
| Natal | Brazil | 07:51:17 | 08:48:43 | 09:54:06 | 90% | — | 3° |
| Maseru | Lesotho | 09:43:59 | 11:09:43 | 12:29:06 | 86.6% | — | 41° |
| Lusaka | Zambia | 09:26:03 | 10:55:43 | 12:18:30 | 81.1% | — | 55° |
| Harare | Zimbabwe | 09:36:18 | 11:04:43 | 12:24:47 | 81% | — | 51° |
| Windhoek | Namibia | 09:11:04 | 10:40:43 | 12:07:22 | 80.5% | — | 50° |
| Kinshasa | Congo - Kinshasa | 08:38:05 | 10:07:43 | 11:38:58 | 79.3% | — | 64° |
| Brazzaville | Congo - Brazzaville | 08:37:50 | 10:07:43 | 11:38:42 | 79.3% | — | 64° |
| Fortaleza | Brazil | 07:51:37 | 08:46:43 | 09:48:53 | 78.3% | — | 0° |
| Libreville | Gabon | 08:21:20 | 09:46:43 | 11:16:50 | 73.5% | — | 60° |
| Jamestown | St Helena | 08:17:40 | 09:33:43 | 11:00:05 | 67.5% | — | 35° |
| Abidjan | Côte d’Ivoire | 07:59:41 | 09:12:43 | 10:35:17 | 66.1% | — | 42° |
| Accra | Ghana | 08:04:08 | 09:19:43 | 10:43:33 | 63.8% | — | 47° |
| Monrovia | Liberia | 07:54:12 | 09:01:43 | 10:18:26 | 62.4% | — | 33° |
| Lilongwe | Malawi | 09:39:53 | 11:04:43 | 12:21:17 | 62.2% | — | 54° |
| Lome | Togo | 08:06:05 | 09:21:43 | 10:45:29 | 60.9% | — | 49° |
| Douala | Cameroon | 08:20:38 | 09:41:43 | 11:08:50 | 60.2% | — | 61° |
| Cotonou | Benin | 08:07:48 | 09:23:43 | 10:47:40 | 59.4% | — | 51° |
| Yaounde | Cameroon | 08:24:16 | 09:46:43 | 11:12:41 | 58.5% | — | 63° |
| Lagos | Nigeria | 08:09:16 | 09:25:43 | 10:49:23 | 58.1% | — | 52° |
| Cape Town | South Africa | 09:35:42 | 10:55:43 | 12:13:09 | 56.2% | — | 38° |
| Freetown | Sierra Leone | 07:53:48 | 08:57:43 | 10:09:32 | 53.2% | — | 31° |