Total solar eclipse of 22 July 2028

The numbers

Type

Total

Greatest eclipse

22 July 2028, 02:55:45 UTC

Longest totality

5 minutes 12 seconds

Longest from

15.10°S 125.65°E, Australia

Path width there

234 km

Greatest eclipse over

15.62°S 126.61°E

Shadow first touches the Earth

01:32:27 UTC

Shadow leaves the Earth

04:18:27 UTC

Gamma

-0.6062

Where the path goes

The shadow touches the Earth at 01:32:27 UTC and leaves it at 04:18:27 UTC. In between, the umbra crosses Australia and New Zealand. Outside that band the eclipse is partial over a far larger area — several thousand kilometres either side — and the further from the line, the less of the Sun is covered.

1. Australia
2. New Zealand

In the order the shadow reaches them. A country is listed only where the total phase is genuinely visible from land within it, with the Sun above the horizon — not merely where the band comes close.

Cities on and near the path

Each of these has its own page, with first contact, the start and end of the central phase, maximum and last contact — in local time, worked out at the city's own elevation.

Looking at it safely

The Sun is as dangerous during a 99% partial eclipse as on any other day, and the remaining sliver is bright enough to burn a hole in a retina without hurting at the time. Certified eclipse glasses, or nothing. The one exception is totality itself — between second and third contact, when the disc is entirely covered, it is safe to look, and that is the only time. Umbro says which of those you are in, from the contact times where you are.