Total solar eclipse in Queenstown — 22 July 2028
The Sun is completely covered over Queenstown for 2 minutes 57 seconds, from 16:15:26 GMT+12 to 16:18:23 GMT+12. Computed for 45.03°S 168.66°E, 310 m above sea level.
Open Queenstown in the tracker Move the pin to where you will actually be standing — near the edge of the path, a few kilometres change totality by minutes.
Contact times in Queenstown
| Phase | Local time (GMT+12) | UTC |
|---|---|---|
| First contactThe Moon touches the Sun's edge and the partial phase begins | 15:07:50 | 03:07:50 |
| Totality beginsSecond contact | 16:15:26 | 04:15:26 |
| MaximumMid-eclipse | 16:16:55 | 04:16:55 |
| Totality endsThird contact | 16:18:23 | 04:18:23 |
| Last contactThe Moon leaves the Sun and the eclipse is over | 17:20:24 | 05:20:24 |
What it looks like from here
- What is seen
- Total — 2m 57s of totality
- Sun covered at maximum
- 100%
- Magnitude
- 1.022 of the Sun's diameter
- Sun's altitude at maximum
- 9.8° above the horizon
- Sun's bearing at maximum
- 312° from north
- The whole eclipse lasts
- 2h 13m
- Position used
- 45.03°S 168.66°E, 310 m
The Sun is only 10° up, so a hill or a building in the right direction will take the eclipse away entirely. Pick the horizon before the day.
Elsewhere under this eclipse
Carry this in your pocket
Umbro for iPhone and iPad computes these same contact times on the device, for wherever you are standing, with no signal needed — which matters, because a good many eclipses are best seen from somewhere without any. It adds a Lock Screen countdown, Home Screen widgets, a camera built for totality, and it says plainly when the Sun can and cannot be looked at.
