TOTAL SOLAR ECLIPSE24 July 2055Greatest eclipse at 09:56:14 UTC
3m 17s
AT GREATEST ECLIPSE
On 24 July 2055 the Moon's shadow crosses the Earth, and along a narrow track the Sun is covered completely. Greatest eclipse lasts 3m 17s, near 33.275° S, 25.756° E.
THE TRACK
Path of the shadow
The centre line crosses South Africa
Explore this eclipseDrag the clock and watch the shadow cross.Where it will be seen
Everywhere the Moon covers at least half the Sun, deepest first.
- Cape Town South Africa · Partial 99.2%
- Maseru Lesotho · Partial 92.3%
- Durban South Africa · Partial 91.2%
- Johannesburg South Africa · Partial 83.4%
- Pretoria South Africa · Partial 82%
- Mbabane Eswatini · Partial 81.4%
- Gaborone Botswana · Partial 80.1%
- Maputo Mozambique · Partial 79.1%
- Windhoek Namibia · Partial 75.8%
- Harare Zimbabwe · Partial 56.3%
- Lusaka Zambia · Partial 50.7%
ALSO VISIBLE FROM
Reference figures
- Duration
- 3m 17s
- MAGNITUDE
- 1.036
- Greatest eclipse
- 33.275° S, 25.756° E
- SAROS
- 127 · no. 54