Total solar eclipse of 25 November 2030
Up to 3 minutes 46 seconds of totality, along a band crossing Namibia, Botswana, South Africa, Lesotho and Australia. Greatest eclipse falls at 06:50:39 UTC on 25 November 2030.
Open 25 November 2030 in the tracker The interactive map, the shadow at any moment, and the figures for wherever you are.
The numbers
- Type
- Total
- Greatest eclipse
- 25 November 2030, 06:50:39 UTC
- Longest totality
- 3 minutes 46 seconds
- Longest from
- 43.76°S 72.02°E, open ocean
- Path width there
- 171 km
- Greatest eclipse over
- 43.65°S 71.15°E
- Shadow first touches the Earth
- 05:15:51 UTC
- Shadow leaves the Earth
- 08:25:21 UTC
- Gamma
- -0.3873
Where the path goes
The shadow touches the Earth at 05:15:51 UTC and leaves it at 08:25:21 UTC. In between, the umbra crosses Namibia, Botswana, South Africa, Lesotho and Australia. 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.
- Namibia
- Botswana
- South Africa
- Lesotho
- Australia
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.
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.
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.
