Real Time Solar System.

partial solar eclipse

Partial solar eclipse of 21 August 2036

Greatest eclipse
UTC
Moon distance
358,085km
Ecliptic latitude
1.097deg

At greatest eclipse the Moon's disc spans 0.5560° against the Sun's 0.5273° — a ratio of 1.0544. Because the Moon appears larger, it covers the Sun completely and totality is possible.

Where you can see it

The shadow axis misses Earth entirely, so nobody sees a total or annular eclipse. Everywhere in the shaded zone gets a partial one — a bite out of the Sun, best noticed through a filter rather than by looking up.

-120°-60°0°60°120°60°30°0°-30°-60°Athens: not visibleIstanbul: not visibleNew York: not visibleBoston: not visibleWashington, D.C.: not visibleMiami: not visibleAtlanta: not visibleChicago: not visibleHouston: not visibleDallas: not visibleDenver: not visiblePhoenix: not visibleLos Angeles: not visibleSan Francisco: not visibleSeattle: not visibleToronto: not visibleMontreal: not visibleVancouver: not visibleMexico City: not visibleSão Paulo: not visibleBuenos Aires: not visibleSantiago: not visibleCape Town: not visibleJohannesburg: not visibleNairobi: not visibleCairo: not visibleLuxor: not visibleBenghazi: not visibleJeddah: not visibleDubai: not visibleMumbai: not visibleDelhi: not visibleSingapore: not visibleHong Kong: not visibleTokyo: not visibleSeoul: not visibleSydney: not visibleMelbourne: not visibleBrisbane: not visiblePerth: not visibleAuckland: not visibleTangier: partial, 30% coveredCádiz: partial, 31% coveredMálaga: partial, 32% coveredLisbon: partial, 34% coveredMadrid: partial, 40% coveredBarcelona: partial, 45% coveredRome: partial, 49% coveredMarseille: partial, 49% coveredLyon: partial, 54% coveredMilan: partial, 55% coveredParis: partial, 57% coveredZurich: partial, 58% coveredCardiff: partial, 59% coveredDublin: partial, 60% coveredMunich: partial, 60% coveredLondon: partial, 60% coveredLuxembourg: partial, 60% coveredBirmingham: partial, 61% coveredCharleroi: partial, 61% coveredBrussels: partial, 61% coveredGhent: partial, 61% coveredBruges: partial, 61% coveredBelfast: partial, 61% coveredLeuven: partial, 61% coveredLiège: partial, 61% coveredVienna: partial, 61% coveredManchester: partial, 62% coveredAntwerp: partial, 62% coveredCologne: partial, 62% coveredReykjavík: partial, 63% coveredEindhoven: partial, 63% coveredRotterdam: partial, 63% coveredThe Hague: partial, 63% coveredUtrecht: partial, 63% coveredAmsterdam: partial, 64% coveredGlasgow: partial, 64% coveredPrague: partial, 64% coveredEdinburgh: partial, 64% coveredBerlin: partial, 67% coveredHamburg: partial, 67% coveredWarsaw: partial, 68% coveredCopenhagen: partial, 70% coveredOslo: partial, 74% coveredStockholm: partial, 76% coveredHelsinki: partial, 78% covered
This eclipse is partial everywhere: the shadow axis misses Earth entirely, so there is no central track. Dots are the 86 cities on the tonight pages, shaded by how much of the Sun is covered there. Hollow dots see nothing. Coastlines are Natural Earth 1:110m.

How much is covered, and where

Sorted by how much of the Sun disappears. Below about 40% nothing looks wrong to the naked eye — the Sun is so bright that losing a third of it changes very little. Never look without a proper solar filter regardless.

CityCoveredMaximum (UTC)Sun altitude
Helsinki78%17:471°
Stockholm76%17:503°
Oslo74%17:516°
Copenhagen70%17:584°
Warsaw68%18:00below horizon
Hamburg67%18:024°
Berlin67%18:022°
Edinburgh64%17:5912°
Prague64%18:050°
Glasgow64%17:5913°
Amsterdam64%18:056°
Utrecht63%18:056°
The Hague63%18:056°
Rotterdam63%18:056°
Eindhoven63%18:065°
Reykjavík63%17:4222°
Cologne62%18:064°
Antwerp62%18:066°
Manchester62%18:0411°
Vienna61%18:07below horizon
Liège61%18:075°
Leuven61%18:076°
Belfast61%18:0213°
Bruges61%18:077°

Showing the 24 deepest of 45 listed cities.

Not visible at all from Athens, Istanbul, New York, Boston, Washington, D.C., Miami, Atlanta, Chicago, Houston, Dallas, Denver, Phoenix, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Seattle, Toronto, Montreal, Vancouver, Mexico City, São Paulo, Buenos Aires, Santiago, Cape Town, Johannesburg, Nairobi, Cairo, Luxor, Benghazi, Jeddah, Dubai, Mumbai, Delhi, Singapore, Hong Kong, Tokyo, Seoul, Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Perth, Auckland.

There are no greatest-eclipse coordinates for this one: the axis never reaches the ground, which is what makes it partial everywhere. The central line is computed from the Sun–Moon axis intersected with the geoid, and agrees with the reference coordinates to within a tenth of a kilometre.

Why eclipses come in seasons

The Moon's orbit is tilted about 5° to the ecliptic, so at most new and full moons it passes above or below the alignment. An eclipse needs the syzygy to coincide with the Moon being near one of the two nodes where the orbits cross. At this eclipse the Moon's ecliptic latitude was 1.097° — close enough to zero for the shadow to connect.

Times computed from VSOP87 and an ELP-derived lunar theory, validated against NOVAS and JPL Horizons to within one arcminute. See the alignment for yourself in the live simulation.