Star & Planet FinderEclipses›Solar eclipses›September 12, 2034
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 Pacific, South America and the Atlantic; partial over South America, the Pacific, the Atlantic, the Caribbean and the Gulf of Mexico.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Porto Alegre · Brazil | 2 min 22 s | 14:23:56 | 14:26:18 | Tue, Sep 12 | 45° 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.
45 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Asunción · Paraguay | 91% covered | 12:22 PM | 2:07 PM | 3:43 PM | Tue, Sep 12 | 55° up |
| Arequipa · Peru | 90% covered | 9:30 AM | 11:17 AM | 1:07 PM | Tue, Sep 12 | 69° up |
| Lima · Peru | 87% covered | 9:11 AM | 10:54 AM | 12:45 PM | Tue, Sep 12 | 66° up |
| San Miguel de Tucumán · Argentina | 85% covered | 12:05 PM | 1:51 PM | 3:31 PM | Tue, Sep 12 | 58° up |
| Curitiba · Brazil | 78% covered | 12:45 | 14:26 | 15:54 | Tue, Sep 12 | 46° up |
| Montevideo · Uruguay | 75% covered | 12:40 PM | 2:17 PM | 3:46 PM | Tue, Sep 12 | 45° up |
| Rosario · Argentina | 75% covered | 12:27 PM | 2:07 PM | 3:40 PM | Tue, Sep 12 | 50° up |
| Córdoba · Argentina | 73% covered | 12:17 PM | 1:58 PM | 3:34 PM | Tue, Sep 12 | 53° up |
| Buenos Aires · Argentina | 73% covered | 12:35 PM | 2:13 PM | 3:43 PM | Tue, Sep 12 | 47° up |
| São Paulo · Brazil | 67% covered | 12:51 | 14:30 | 15:55 | Tue, Sep 12 | 45° up |
| Mendoza · Argentina | 62% covered | 12:11 PM | 1:49 PM | 3:24 PM | Tue, Sep 12 | 53° up |
| Rio de Janeiro · Brazil | 60% covered | 13:01 | 14:36 | 15:57 | Tue, Sep 12 | 41° up |
| Santiago · Chile | 58% covered | 12:09 PM | 1:45 PM | 3:19 PM | Tue, Sep 12 | 53° up |
| Quito · Ecuador | 52% covered | 8:57 AM | 10:28 AM | 12:12 PM | Tue, Sep 12 | 64° up |
| Belo Horizonte · Brazil | 51% covered | 12:59 | 14:32 | 15:53 | Tue, Sep 12 | 44° up |
| Goiânia · Brazil | 49% covered | 12:40 | 14:18 | 15:44 | Tue, Sep 12 | 53° up |
| Brasília · Brazil | 44% covered | 12:44 | 14:20 | 15:43 | Tue, Sep 12 | 52° up |
| Cali · Colombia | 38% covered | 9:01 AM | 10:28 AM | 12:04 PM | Tue, Sep 12 | 67° up |
| Bogotá · Colombia | 31% covered | 9:08 AM | 10:32 AM | 12:04 PM | Tue, Sep 12 | 70° up |
| Medellín · Colombia | 29% covered | 9:05 AM | 10:26 AM | 11:55 AM | Tue, Sep 12 | 67° up |
| Manaus · Brazil | 28% covered | 10:54 | 12:25 | 13:54 | Tue, Sep 12 | 80° up |
| Managua · Nicaragua | 24% covered | 7:49 AM | 8:57 AM | 10:14 AM | Tue, Sep 12 | 49° up |
| Salvador · Brazil | 24% covered | 13:21 | 14:37 | 15:43 | Tue, Sep 12 | 41° up |
| San Salvador · El Salvador | 22% covered | 7:47 AM | 8:51 AM | 10:03 AM | Tue, Sep 12 | 44° up |
| Guatemala City · Guatemala | 20% covered | 7:47 AM | 8:49 AM | 9:58 AM | Tue, Sep 12 | 42° up |
| Tegucigalpa · Honduras | 19% covered | 7:51 AM | 8:54 AM | 10:05 AM | Tue, Sep 12 | 47° up |
| Barranquilla · Colombia | 15% covered | 9:14 AM | 10:21 AM | 11:35 AM | Tue, Sep 12 | 66° up |
| Puebla · Mexico | 12% covered | 7:49 AM | 8:38 AM | 9:32 AM | Tue, Sep 12 | 32° up |
| Ciudad Nezahualcoyotl · Mexico | 11% covered | 7:49 AM | 8:37 AM | 9:30 AM | Tue, Sep 12 | 31° up |
| Mexico City · Mexico | 11% covered | 7:49 AM | 8:37 AM | 9:29 AM | Tue, Sep 12 | 31° up |
| Ecatepec · Mexico | 11% covered | 7:49 AM | 8:37 AM | 9:29 AM | Tue, Sep 12 | 31° up |
| Guadalajara · Mexico | 9% covered | 7:49 AM | 8:33 AM | 9:21 AM | Tue, Sep 12 | 26° up |
| Zapopan · Mexico | 9% covered | 7:50 AM | 8:33 AM | 9:20 AM | Tue, Sep 12 | 26° up |
| Recife · Brazil | 8% covered | 13:44 | 14:39 | 15:28 | Tue, Sep 12 | 38° up |
| León · Mexico | 8% covered | 7:52 AM | 8:34 AM | 9:20 AM | Tue, Sep 12 | 28° up |
| Belém · Brazil | 8% covered | 12:54 | 13:56 | 14:54 | Tue, Sep 12 | 63° up |
| Caracas · Venezuela | 8% covered | 10:42 AM | 11:41 AM | 12:42 PM | Tue, Sep 12 | 78° up |
| Fortaleza · Brazil | 3% covered | 13:43 | 14:26 | 15:06 | Tue, Sep 12 | 45° up |
| Kingston · Jamaica | 3% covered | 9:30 AM | 10:10 AM | 10:52 AM | Tue, Sep 12 | 59° up |
| Monterrey · Mexico | under 1% covered | 8:17 AM | 8:36 AM | 8:54 AM | Tue, Sep 12 | 28° 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.
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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 Pacific, South America and the Atlantic; partial over South America, the Pacific, the Atlantic, the Caribbean and the Gulf of Mexico.
The Moon’s shadow first touches the Earth at 13:26 UTC and leaves it at 19:09 UTC. The eclipse is at its greatest at 16:18 UTC, over South America. When you see it depends on where you are: each city’s page gives its own times.
At most 2 min 55 s, on the middle of the path over South America, where the path is about 101 km wide. It is shorter towards the edges of the path and towards its two ends.
Of the cities this site covers: Porto Alegre (2 min 22 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.