Real Time Solar System.

total solar eclipse

Total solar eclipse of 20 March 2034

Greatest eclipse
UTC
Moon distance
361,504km
Ecliptic latitude
0.290deg
Obscuration
100.0%

At greatest eclipse the Moon's disc spans 0.5507° against the Sun's 0.5356° — a ratio of 1.0282. Because the Moon appears larger, it covers the Sun completely and totality is possible.

Where you can see it

The shadow crosses the South Atlantic, Africa, North Africa and the Middle East and Central and South Asia. Only along the central line does the Moon cover the Sun completely; a few hundred kilometres either side and it is a partial eclipse, which looks nothing like the same event.

-120°-60°0°60°120°60°30°0°-30°-60°London: not visibleManchester: not visibleBirmingham: not visibleGlasgow: not visibleEdinburgh: not visibleCardiff: not visibleBelfast: not visibleDublin: not visibleOslo: not visibleReykjavík: 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 visibleBuenos Aires: not visibleSantiago: not visibleCape Town: not visibleJohannesburg: not visibleSingapore: not visibleHong Kong: not visibleTokyo: not visibleSeoul: not visibleSydney: not visibleMelbourne: not visibleBrisbane: not visiblePerth: not visibleAuckland: not visibleStockholm: partial, 0% coveredThe Hague: partial, 0% coveredAmsterdam: partial, 0% coveredRotterdam: partial, 0% coveredBruges: partial, 0% coveredUtrecht: partial, 0% coveredCopenhagen: partial, 0% coveredGhent: partial, 0% coveredAntwerp: partial, 0% coveredEindhoven: partial, 1% coveredBrussels: partial, 1% coveredLeuven: partial, 1% coveredHamburg: partial, 1% coveredHelsinki: partial, 1% coveredCharleroi: partial, 1% coveredLiège: partial, 1% coveredParis: partial, 1% coveredCologne: partial, 1% coveredLuxembourg: partial, 2% coveredBerlin: partial, 3% coveredLyon: partial, 5% coveredLisbon: partial, 5% coveredZurich: partial, 5% coveredPrague: partial, 5% coveredMadrid: partial, 6% coveredMunich: partial, 6% coveredWarsaw: partial, 7% coveredMilan: partial, 8% coveredMarseille: partial, 8% coveredBarcelona: partial, 8% coveredVienna: partial, 9% coveredCádiz: partial, 9% coveredMálaga: partial, 10% coveredTangier: partial, 11% coveredRome: partial, 16% coveredSão Paulo: partial, 17% coveredNairobi: partial, 18% coveredIstanbul: partial, 36% coveredAthens: partial, 37% coveredMumbai: partial, 44% coveredBenghazi: partial, 48% coveredCairo: partial, 73% coveredDelhi: partial, 80% coveredDubai: partial, 82% coveredJeddah: partial, 90% coveredLuxor: partial, 91% covered
The brass line is the central track — where the Moon covers the Sun completely. 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
Luxor91%10:5461°
Jeddah90%11:0459°
Dubai82%11:3638°
Delhi80%11:5614°
Cairo73%10:5557°
Benghazi48%10:3358°
Mumbai44%11:5419°
Athens37%10:4652°
Istanbul36%10:5748°
Nairobi18%10:2878°
São Paulo17%08:35below horizon
Rome16%10:2947°
Tangier11%09:4838°
Málaga10%09:5239°
Cádiz9%09:4937°
Vienna9%10:4042°
Barcelona8%10:1042°
Marseille8%10:1842°
Milan8%10:2742°
Warsaw7%10:4938°
Munich6%10:3341°
Madrid6%09:5938°
Prague5%10:3939°
Zurich5%10:2741°

Showing the 24 deepest of 46 listed cities.

Not visible at all from London, Manchester, Birmingham, Glasgow, Edinburgh, Cardiff, Belfast, Dublin, Oslo, Reykjavík, New York, Boston, Washington, D.C., Miami, Atlanta, Chicago, Houston, Dallas, Denver, Phoenix, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Seattle, Toronto, Montreal, Vancouver, Mexico City, Buenos Aires, Santiago, Cape Town, Johannesburg, Singapore, Hong Kong, Tokyo, Seoul, Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Perth, Auckland.

Greatest eclipse falls at 16.04°, 22.23° — the point where the axis passes closest to Earth's centre. 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 0.290° — 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.