Visible from coastal Argentina & the Gulf of Guinea coast of West Africa, with the ring visible up to ~7m 30s on the Argentine coast. Exact times for your city are in the table below. There's also a free 3D simulation: stand on the path and watch the ring form.
A ring eclipse rather than a total one: the Moon crosses the Sun a little too far from Earth to cover it completely, so a bright ring stays visible around it. The ring makes landfall on the Argentine coast in the afternoon, crosses the South Atlantic, and reaches the Gulf of Guinea coast of West Africa right at sunset, where the ring hangs just above the horizon. Chile and most of South America, plus much of western Africa, see a strong partial eclipse.
Computed from real ephemerides for each city (all times local). 8 of these cities are inside the path of annularity.
| City | What you'll see | Partial begins | Ring visible | Maximum | Ends | Sun alt |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar del Plata, Argentina | Annular · 7m 32s | 10:45 | 12:24–12:31 | 12:28 | 14:10 | 66° |
| Viedma, Argentina | Annular · 7m 05s | 10:34 | 12:09–12:17 | 12:13 | 13:54 | 60° |
| Lagos, Nigeria | Annular · 5m 30s · sets mid-eclipse | 17:44 | 18:49–18:55 | 18:52 | 19:53 | 1° |
| Accra, Ghana | Annular · 5m 25s · sets mid-eclipse | 16:41 | 17:49–17:55 | 17:52 | 18:54 | 4° |
| Cotonou, Benin | Annular · 5m 23s · sets mid-eclipse | 17:43 | 18:49–18:55 | 18:52 | 19:54 | 1° |
| Lomé, Togo | Annular · 5m 17s · sets mid-eclipse | 16:42 | 17:50–17:55 | 17:52 | 18:54 | 3° |
| Bahía Blanca, Argentina | Annular · 3m 55s | 10:36 | 12:15–12:19 | 12:17 | 14:00 | 63° |
| Abidjan, Ivory Coast | Annular · 0m 48s · sets mid-eclipse | 16:39 | 17:52–17:52 | 17:52 | 18:56 | 8° |
| Montevideo, Uruguay | Partial · 86% | 10:50 | – | 12:36 | 14:19 | 70° |
| Bariloche, Argentina | Partial · 85% | 10:22 | – | 11:57 | 13:38 | 53° |
| Puerto Montt, Chile | Partial · 85% | 10:20 | – | 11:53 | 13:34 | 52° |
| Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | Partial · 84% | 11:40 | – | 13:29 | 15:04 | 69° |
| Buenos Aires, Argentina | Partial · 82% | 10:46 | – | 12:31 | 14:15 | 69° |
| Valdivia, Chile | Partial · 80% | 10:20 | – | 11:53 | 13:35 | 52° |
| São Paulo, Brazil | Partial · 78% | 11:31 | – | 13:21 | 14:59 | 74° |
| Monrovia, Liberia | Partial · 75% · sets mid-eclipse | 16:37 | – | 17:52 | 18:59 | 14° |
| Freetown, Sierra Leone | Partial · 66% · sets mid-eclipse | 16:39 | – | 17:54 | 19:00 | 15° |
| Santiago, Chile | Partial · 62% | 10:26 | – | 12:04 | 13:48 | 59° |
| Asunción, Paraguay | Partial · 58% | 11:03 | – | 12:52 | 14:35 | 80° |
| Dakar, Senegal | Partial · 43% | 16:48 | – | 17:58 | 19:01 | 16° |
Cities at the path edge are genuinely borderline; shadow-edge predictions differ by a few kilometres between models. If you're near the edge, travel toward the centre of the path.
Each city page includes contact times, coverage, totality duration where applicable, and a link to the live countdown.
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