Star & Planet FinderEclipses›Solar eclipses›May 21, 2031
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 Africa, the Indian Ocean, South Asia, the Bay of Bengal, Southeast Asia and the South China Sea; partial over Africa, Southeast Asia, South Asia, Australia and the Middle East.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kota Bharu · Malaysia | 3 min 11 s | 4:46:14 PM | 4:49:25 PM | Wed, May 21 | 35° 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.
154 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bengaluru · India | 84% covered | 11:05 AM | 1:09 PM | 3:04 PM | Wed, May 21 | 75° up |
| Chennai · India | 83% covered | 11:14 AM | 1:19 PM | 3:10 PM | Wed, May 21 | 71° up |
| Bangkok · Thailand | 68% covered | 13:58 | 15:41 | 17:04 | Wed, May 21 | 40° up |
| Hyderabad · India | 68% covered | 11:15 AM | 1:13 PM | 3:02 PM | Wed, May 21 | 75° up |
| Yangon · Myanmar (Burma) | 62% covered | 13:15 | 15:01 | 16:27 | Wed, May 21 | 47° up |
| Jakarta · Indonesia | 60% covered | 14:22 | 15:56 | 17:11 | Wed, May 21 | 24° up |
| Mumbai · India | 60% covered | 11:03 AM | 12:56 PM | 2:46 PM | Wed, May 21 | 85° up |
| Kinshasa · Congo - Kinshasa | 52% covered | 05:58 sunrise | 06:22 | 07:30 | Wed, May 21 | 5° up |
| Kolkata · India | 47% covered | 11:57 AM | 1:40 PM | 3:10 PM | Wed, May 21 | 60° up |
| Chittagong · Bangladesh | 46% covered | 12:38 PM | 2:18 PM | 3:44 PM | Wed, May 21 | 55° up |
| Ahmedabad · India | 46% covered | 11:13 AM | 12:57 PM | 2:39 PM | Wed, May 21 | 84° up |
| Dhaka · Bangladesh | 42% covered | 12:36 PM | 2:14 PM | 3:40 PM | Wed, May 21 | 57° up |
| Karachi · Pakistan | 36% covered | 10:37 AM | 12:12 PM | 1:50 PM | Wed, May 21 | 84° up |
| Kunming · China | 29% covered | 15:16 | 16:35 | 17:44 | Wed, May 21 | 42° up |
| Delhi · India | 29% covered | 11:40 AM | 1:11 PM | 2:37 PM | Wed, May 21 | 75° up |
| Hong Kong · Hong Kong SAR China | 27% covered | 3:42 PM | 4:50 PM | 5:50 PM | Wed, May 21 | 27° up |
| Shenzhen · China | 26% covered | 15:42 | 16:50 | 17:50 | Wed, May 21 | 28° up |
| Foshan · China | 26% covered | 15:40 | 16:49 | 17:49 | Wed, May 21 | 29° up |
| Guangzhou · China | 26% covered | 15:41 | 16:49 | 17:48 | Wed, May 21 | 29° up |
| Dongguan · China | 25% covered | 15:42 | 16:49 | 17:48 | Wed, May 21 | 28° up |
| Shantou · China | 22% covered | 15:49 | 16:51 | 17:47 | Wed, May 21 | 25° up |
| Lahore · Pakistan | 20% covered | 11:15 AM | 12:34 PM | 1:52 PM | Wed, May 21 | 76° up |
| Riyadh · Saudi Arabia | 16% covered | 8:19 AM | 9:23 AM | 10:35 AM | Wed, May 21 | 56° up |
| Chongqing · China | 15% covered | 15:35 | 16:36 | 17:31 | Wed, May 21 | 38° up |
| Chengdu · China | 14% covered | 15:30 | 16:32 | 17:27 | Wed, May 21 | 41° up |
| Taipei · Taiwan | 14% covered | 4:01 PM | 4:52 PM | 5:39 PM | Wed, May 21 | 21° up |
| Nanchong · China | 12% covered | 15:36 | 16:34 | 17:27 | Wed, May 21 | 39° up |
| Lagos · Nigeria | 11% covered | 06:29 sunrise | 06:29 | 07:10 | Wed, May 21 | On the horizon |
| Wuhan · China | 8% covered | 15:56 | 16:42 | 17:25 | Wed, May 21 | 30° up |
| Puyang · China | 6% covered | 16:06 | 16:47 | 17:26 | Wed, May 21 | 24° up |
| Hangzhou · China | 5% covered | 16:09 | 16:46 | 17:22 | Wed, May 21 | 25° up |
| Kano · Nigeria | 5% covered | 06:02 | 06:33 | 07:06 | Wed, May 21 | 7° up |
| Xi’an · China | 4% covered | 15:53 | 16:33 | 17:11 | Wed, May 21 | 37° up |
| Suzhou · China | 3% covered | 16:13 | 16:46 | 17:17 | Wed, May 21 | 25° up |
| Nanjing · China | 3% covered | 16:11 | 16:44 | 17:15 | Wed, May 21 | 27° up |
| Shanghai · China | 3% covered | 16:14 | 16:46 | 17:16 | Wed, May 21 | 24° up |
| Zhengzhou · China | 2% covered | 16:08 | 16:37 | 17:05 | Wed, May 21 | 32° up |
| Abidjan · Côte d’Ivoire | 1% covered | 06:01 sunrise | 06:01 | 06:06 | Wed, May 21 | On the horizon |
| Tehran · Iran | under 1% covered | 09:49 | 10:17 | 10:46 | Wed, May 21 | 63° up |
| Baghdad · Iraq | under 1% covered | 9:10 AM | 9:32 AM | 9:54 AM | Wed, May 21 | 55° up |
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 Africa, the Indian Ocean, South Asia, the Bay of Bengal, Southeast Asia and the South China Sea; partial over Africa, Southeast Asia, South Asia, Australia and the Middle East.
The Moon’s shadow first touches the Earth at 04:14 UTC and leaves it at 10:15 UTC. The eclipse is at its greatest at 07:14 UTC, over South Asia. When you see it depends on where you are: each city’s page gives its own times.
At most 5 min 23 s, on the middle of the path over South Asia, where the path is about 151 km wide. It is shorter towards the edges of the path and towards its two ends.
Of the cities this site covers: Kota Bharu (3 min 11 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.