Star & Planet FinderEclipses›Solar eclipses›December 26, 2038
The Moon covers the Sun completely for those inside a narrow path, and day turns to twilight for a few minutes. Around the path, a much wider part of the world sees a partial eclipse.
Total along a path across the Indian Ocean, Australia, the Tasman Sea, New Zealand and the Pacific; partial over Australia, Southeast Asia, New Zealand and Antarctica.
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.
None of the cities this site covers lies inside the path, where the totality is seen. Those below see a partial eclipse.
44 of the cities this site covers see something of this eclipse; these are the 40 largest. Times are local to each city.
| City | Sees | From | Maximum | Until | Local date | Sun |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wellington · New Zealand | 99% covered | 12:55 PM | 2:21 PM | 3:43 PM | Sun, Dec 26 | 68° up |
| Adelaide · Australia | 97% covered | 9:22 AM | 10:35 AM | 11:57 AM | Sun, Dec 26 | 53° up |
| Melbourne · Australia | 96% covered | 10:02 AM | 11:19 AM | 12:43 PM | Sun, Dec 26 | 60° up |
| Canberra · Australia | 95% covered | 10:03 AM | 11:23 AM | 12:51 PM | Sun, Dec 26 | 65° up |
| Geelong · Australia | 94% covered | 10:02 AM | 11:18 AM | 12:42 PM | Sun, Dec 26 | 60° up |
| Hamilton · New Zealand | 91% covered | 12:55 PM | 2:23 PM | 3:47 PM | Sun, Dec 26 | 70° up |
| Tauranga · New Zealand | 91% covered | 12:57 PM | 2:25 PM | 3:49 PM | Sun, Dec 26 | 69° up |
| Christchurch · New Zealand | 91% covered | 12:52 PM | 2:16 PM | 3:38 PM | Sun, Dec 26 | 68° up |
| Wollongong · Australia | 89% covered | 10:05 AM | 11:26 AM | 12:55 PM | Sun, Dec 26 | 67° up |
| Auckland · New Zealand | 88% covered | 12:54 PM | 2:22 PM | 3:47 PM | Sun, Dec 26 | 71° up |
| Sydney · Australia | 87% covered | 10:05 AM | 11:26 AM | 12:55 PM | Sun, Dec 26 | 68° up |
| Newcastle · Australia | 83% covered | 10:04 AM | 11:26 AM | 12:56 PM | Sun, Dec 26 | 69° up |
| Dunedin · New Zealand | 82% covered | 12:50 PM | 2:12 PM | 3:32 PM | Sun, Dec 26 | 66° up |
| Hobart · Australia | 81% covered | 10:13 AM | 11:29 AM | 12:50 PM | Sun, Dec 26 | 61° up |
| Perth · Australia | 71% covered | 6:41 AM | 7:40 AM | 8:46 AM | Sun, Dec 26 | 29° up |
| Bandung · Indonesia | 65% covered | 05:34 sunrise | 06:12 | 07:11 | Sun, Dec 26 | 8° up |
| Jakarta · Indonesia | 64% covered | 05:38 sunrise | 06:12 | 07:10 | Sun, Dec 26 | 7° up |
| Bekasi · Indonesia | 64% covered | 05:37 sunrise | 06:12 | 07:10 | Sun, Dec 26 | 7° up |
| Toowoomba · Australia | 62% covered | 9:00 AM | 10:20 AM | 11:50 AM | Sun, Dec 26 | 69° up |
| Gold Coast · Australia | 62% covered | 9:03 AM | 10:24 AM | 11:54 AM | Sun, Dec 26 | 71° up |
| Logan City · Australia | 61% covered | 9:02 AM | 10:23 AM | 11:53 AM | Sun, Dec 26 | 71° up |
| Brisbane · Australia | 61% covered | 9:02 AM | 10:23 AM | 11:52 AM | Sun, Dec 26 | 70° up |
| Surabaya · Indonesia | 58% covered | 05:19 | 06:13 | 07:13 | Sun, Dec 26 | 13° up |
| Palembang · Indonesia | 56% covered | 05:52 sunrise | 06:10 | 07:06 | Sun, Dec 26 | 4° up |
| Darwin · Australia | 44% covered | 7:56 AM | 8:56 AM | 10:05 AM | Sun, Dec 26 | 35° up |
| Singapore · Singapore | 43% covered | 7:03 AM sunrise | 7:09 AM | 8:00 AM | Sun, Dec 26 | On the horizon |
| Townsville · Australia | 40% covered | 8:48 AM | 9:58 AM | 11:19 AM | Sun, Dec 26 | 59° up |
| Klang · Malaysia | 39% covered | 7:16 AM sunrise | 7:16 AM | 7:58 AM | Sun, Dec 26 | On the horizon |
| Kuala Lumpur · Malaysia | 39% covered | 7:15 AM sunrise | 7:15 AM | 7:58 AM | Sun, Dec 26 | On the horizon |
| Cairns · Australia | 34% covered | 8:46 AM | 9:53 AM | 11:10 AM | Sun, Dec 26 | 56° up |
| Medan · Indonesia | 31% covered | 06:28 sunrise | 06:28 | 06:59 | Sun, Dec 26 | On the horizon |
| Kota Bharu · Malaysia | 27% covered | 7:18 AM sunrise | 7:18 AM | 7:54 AM | Sun, Dec 26 | On the horizon |
| Ho Chi Minh City · Vietnam | 12% covered | 06:09 sunrise | 06:09 | 06:43 | Sun, Dec 26 | On the horizon |
| Phnom Penh · Cambodia | 11% covered | 6:17 AM sunrise | 6:17 AM | 6:43 AM | Sun, Dec 26 | On the horizon |
| General Santos · Philippines | 4% covered | 6:41 AM | 7:10 AM | 7:40 AM | Sun, Dec 26 | 18° up |
| Davao · Philippines | 2% covered | 6:46 AM | 7:10 AM | 7:34 AM | Sun, Dec 26 | 18° up |
| Samut Prakan · Thailand | 1% covered | 06:38 sunrise | 06:38 | 06:42 | Sun, Dec 26 | On the horizon |
| Da Nang · Vietnam | 1% covered | 06:12 sunrise | 06:12 | 06:24 | Sun, Dec 26 | On the horizon |
| Bangkok · Thailand | under 1% covered | 06:38 sunrise | 06:38 | 06:42 | Sun, Dec 26 | On the horizon |
| Nonthaburi · Thailand | under 1% covered | 06:38 sunrise | 06:38 | 06:42 | Sun, Dec 26 | 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. Inside the path, the glasses come off only while the Sun is completely covered, and go back on at the first flash of sunlight.
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.
Total along a path across the Indian Ocean, Australia, the Tasman Sea, New Zealand and the Pacific; partial over Australia, Southeast Asia, New Zealand and Antarctica.
The Moon’s shadow first touches the Earth at 22:19 UTC and leaves it at 03:38 UTC. The eclipse is at its greatest at 00:58 UTC, over the Tasman Sea. When you see it depends on where you are: each city’s page gives its own times.
At most 2 min 20 s, on the middle of the path over the Tasman Sea, where the path is about 97 km wide. It is shorter towards the edges of the path and towards its two ends.
Only through eclipse glasses or a solar filter made for the purpose, at every moment that any of the Sun is showing. The one exception is totality itself, inside the path, when the Sun is completely covered.