Star & Planet FinderEclipses›Solar eclipses›January 5, 2038
The Moon passes in front of the Sun while it is too far from the Earth to cover it all: inside a narrow path a ring of sunlight is left around it. Around the path, a much wider part of the world sees a partial eclipse.
Annular along a path across the Caribbean, North America, South America, the Atlantic and Africa; partial over Africa, South America, North America and Europe.
Drawing the eclipse…
Drawing the eclipse…
Times are in your own time zone. Drag the globe to turn it; the slider moves the eclipse.
Times are UTC. A lunar eclipse happens at the same instant everywhere; a solar eclipse reaches each place at its own time, given below.
Of the cities this site covers, these see the annular phase. Times are local to each city.
| City | Lasts | From | Until | Local date | Sun |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Port-au-Prince · Haiti | 2 min 46 s | 7:04:30 AM | 7:07:16 AM | Tue, Jan 5 | 8° up |
The edge of the path is known to within a kilometre or two. A city that gets only a few seconds is on that edge: go towards the middle of the path to be sure.
337 of the cities this site covers see something of this eclipse; these are the 40 largest outside the path. Times are local to each city.
| City | Sees | From | Maximum | Until | Local date | Sun |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Santo Domingo · Dominican Republic | 92% covered | 7:13 AM sunrise | 8:07 AM | 9:26 AM | Tue, Jan 5 | 11° up |
| Kano · Nigeria | 89% covered | 14:45 | 16:16 | 17:31 | Tue, Jan 5 | 25° up |
| Abidjan · Côte d’Ivoire | 88% covered | 13:06 | 14:54 | 16:21 | Tue, Jan 5 | 43° up |
| Havana · Cuba | 83% covered | 7:11 AM sunrise | 7:11 AM | 8:14 AM | Tue, Jan 5 | On the horizon |
| Ibadan · Nigeria | 82% covered | 14:33 | 16:09 | 17:28 | Tue, Jan 5 | 33° up |
| Lagos · Nigeria | 80% covered | 14:31 | 16:08 | 17:27 | Tue, Jan 5 | 34° up |
| Caracas · Venezuela | 77% covered | 6:59 AM | 8:08 AM | 9:29 AM | Tue, Jan 5 | 17° up |
| Fortaleza · Brazil | 70% covered | 08:25 | 10:02 | 11:54 | Tue, Jan 5 | 60° up |
| Alexandria · Egypt | 65% covered | 4:13 PM | 5:11 PM | 5:11 PM sunset | Tue, Jan 5 | On the horizon |
| Giza · Egypt | 64% covered | 4:14 PM | 5:09 PM | 5:09 PM sunset | Tue, Jan 5 | On the horizon |
| Cairo · Egypt | 64% covered | 4:14 PM | 5:09 PM | 5:09 PM sunset | Tue, Jan 5 | On the horizon |
| Dakar · Senegal | 60% covered | 12:25 | 14:17 | 15:58 | Tue, Jan 5 | 50° up |
| Medellín · Colombia | 50% covered | 6:14 AM sunrise | 7:03 AM | 8:12 AM | Tue, Jan 5 | 10° up |
| Bogotá · Colombia | 47% covered | 6:05 AM sunrise | 7:04 AM | 8:13 AM | Tue, Jan 5 | 13° up |
| Izmir · Türkiye | 45% covered | 17:09 | 18:04 | 18:04 sunset | Tue, Jan 5 | On the horizon |
| Cali · Colombia | 40% covered | 6:13 AM sunrise | 7:03 AM | 8:08 AM | Tue, Jan 5 | 11° up |
| Salvador · Brazil | 38% covered | 08:41 | 10:06 | 11:42 | Tue, Jan 5 | 66° up |
| New York · NY | 34% covered | 7:20 AM sunrise | 7:22 AM | 8:25 AM | Tue, Jan 5 | On the horizon |
| Jeddah · Saudi Arabia | 32% covered | 5:24 PM | 5:54 PM | 5:54 PM sunset | Tue, Jan 5 | On the horizon |
| Addis Ababa · Ethiopia | 32% covered | 5:34 PM | 6:18 PM | 6:18 PM sunset | Tue, Jan 5 | On the horizon |
| Istanbul · Türkiye | 32% covered | 17:09 | 17:50 | 17:50 sunset | Tue, Jan 5 | On the horizon |
| Kinshasa · Congo - Kinshasa | 27% covered | 15:10 | 16:17 | 17:15 | Tue, Jan 5 | 26° up |
| Rome · Italy | 25% covered | 14:59 | 16:02 | 16:53 sunset | Tue, Jan 5 | 7° up |
| Casablanca · Morocco | 23% covered | 14:23 | 15:40 | 16:48 | Tue, Jan 5 | 27° up |
| Brasília · Brazil | 21% covered | 08:41 | 09:47 | 11:02 | Tue, Jan 5 | 54° up |
| Toronto · Canada | 21% covered | 7:51 AM sunrise | 7:51 AM | 8:24 AM | Tue, Jan 5 | On the horizon |
| Ankara · Türkiye | 21% covered | 17:11 | 17:37 | 17:37 sunset | Tue, Jan 5 | On the horizon |
| Luanda · Angola | 18% covered | 15:11 | 16:11 | 17:05 | Tue, Jan 5 | 31° up |
| Madrid · Spain | 14% covered | 14:39 | 15:42 | 16:39 | Tue, Jan 5 | 19° up |
| Belo Horizonte · Brazil | 14% covered | 08:57 | 09:58 | 11:06 | Tue, Jan 5 | 61° up |
| Nairobi · Kenya | 10% covered | 17:48 | 18:27 | 18:43 sunset | Tue, Jan 5 | 3° up |
| Berlin · Germany | 10% covered | 15:01 | 15:47 | 16:07 sunset | Tue, Jan 5 | 2° up |
| Paris · France | 8% covered | 14:54 | 15:41 | 16:26 | Tue, Jan 5 | 10° up |
| Rio de Janeiro · Brazil | 8% covered | 09:11 | 10:02 | 10:58 | Tue, Jan 5 | 63° up |
| London · United Kingdom | 5% covered | 13:54 | 14:34 | 15:13 | Tue, Jan 5 | 9° up |
| São Paulo · Brazil | 5% covered | 09:13 | 09:56 | 10:42 | Tue, Jan 5 | 59° up |
| Mogadishu · Somalia | 4% covered | 5:51 PM | 6:04 PM | 6:04 PM sunset | Tue, Jan 5 | On the horizon |
| Lima · Peru | 3% covered | 6:44 AM | 7:11 AM | 7:39 AM | Tue, Jan 5 | 18° up |
| Chicago · IL | under 1% covered | 7:18 AM sunrise | 7:18 AM | 7:21 AM | Tue, Jan 5 | On the horizon |
| Kyiv · Ukraine | under 1% covered | 16:06 | 16:09 | 16:09 sunset | Tue, Jan 5 | On the horizon |
Looking at the Sun without protection damages the eye, eclipsed or not. Use eclipse glasses or a solar filter made for the purpose (ISO 12312-2) whenever any part of the Sun is showing; sunglasses are not enough. In this eclipse some of the Sun is showing from start to end, everywhere.
With the app
This page tells you when to look. The app tells you again when it matters, and shows you where in your own sky.
Annular along a path across the Caribbean, North America, South America, the Atlantic and Africa; partial over Africa, South America, North America and Europe.
The Moon’s shadow first touches the Earth at 10:58 UTC and leaves it at 16:33 UTC. The eclipse is at its greatest at 13:45 UTC, over the Atlantic. When you see it depends on where you are: each city’s page gives its own times.
At most 3 min 15 s, on the middle of the path over the Atlantic, where the path is about 106 km wide. It is shorter towards the edges of the path and towards its two ends.
Of the cities this site covers: Port-au-Prince (2 min 46 s).
Only through eclipse glasses or a solar filter made for the purpose, from the first moment to the last. Some of the Sun is showing throughout, and sunglasses are not enough.