Partial solar eclipse of 5 December 2029
87% of the Sun covered at most, best seen from Antarctica. Greatest eclipse falls at 15:02:45 UTC on 5 December 2029.
Open 5 December 2029 in the tracker The interactive map, the shadow at any moment, and the figures for wherever you are.
The numbers
- Type
- Partial
- Greatest eclipse
- 5 December 2029, 15:02:45 UTC
- Deepest from
- 68.00°S 136.00°E, open ocean
- Sun covered there
- 86.6%
- Magnitude
- 0.890
- Gamma
- -1.0613 — the shadow axis misses the Earth, which is why there is no path
Where to see it
The Moon's shadow misses the Earth entirely — gamma is -1.06, and anything past 1 means the axis passes beyond the planet — so there is no path and nowhere sees the Sun fully covered. At its deepest, from 68.00°S 136.00°E in open ocean, 86.6% of the Sun is covered.
| Country | Sun covered, at best |
|---|---|
| Antarctica | 80.8% |
One point per country, so a large country may do better elsewhere within it. The tracker will give the figure for any position you choose.
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. This eclipse has no such moment anywhere: the Sun is never fully covered from anywhere on Earth, so there is no point in it at which the filter can come off.
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.
