Star & Planet FinderEclipses›Solar eclipses›March 20, 2034
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 South America, the Atlantic, Africa, the Red Sea, the Middle East, the Persian Gulf and South Asia; partial over Africa, South Asia, Europe, East Asia and Siberia.
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 totality. Times are local to each city.
| City | Lasts | From | Until | Local date | Sun |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| N'Djamena · Chad | 3 min 45 s | 10:51:38 AM | 10:55:23 AM | Mon, Mar 20 | 68° up |
| Lagos · Nigeria | 2 min 42 s | 10:18:20 | 10:21:02 | Mon, Mar 20 | 51° up |
| Islamabad · Pakistan | 2 min 10 s | 4:51:13 PM | 4:53:24 PM | Mon, Mar 20 | 17° up |
| Rawalpindi · Pakistan | 2 min 04 s | 4:51:20 PM | 4:53:24 PM | Mon, Mar 20 | 17° 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.
255 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ibadan · Nigeria | 99% covered | 09:03 | 10:21 | 11:50 | Mon, Mar 20 | 52° up |
| Kabul · Afghanistan | 98% covered | 15:10 | 16:19 | 17:22 | Mon, Mar 20 | 21° up |
| Abidjan · Côte d’Ivoire | 96% covered | 07:53 | 09:05 | 10:28 | Mon, Mar 20 | 40° up |
| Lahore · Pakistan | 94% covered | 3:46 PM | 4:53 PM | 5:54 PM | Mon, Mar 20 | 16° up |
| Kano · Nigeria | 91% covered | 09:16 | 10:38 | 12:09 | Mon, Mar 20 | 59° up |
| Riyadh · Saudi Arabia | 91% covered | 12:57 PM | 2:22 PM | 3:38 PM | Mon, Mar 20 | 48° up |
| Dubai · United Arab Emirates | 81% covered | 2:16 PM | 3:36 PM | 4:46 PM | Mon, Mar 20 | 38° up |
| Baghdad · Iraq | 81% covered | 1:00 PM | 2:21 PM | 3:35 PM | Mon, Mar 20 | 45° up |
| Delhi · India | 81% covered | 4:21 PM | 5:26 PM | 6:24 PM | Mon, Mar 20 | 14° up |
| Tehran · Iran | 80% covered | 13:44 | 15:01 | 16:11 | Mon, Mar 20 | 37° up |
| Cairo · Egypt | 73% covered | 11:30 AM | 12:55 PM | 2:16 PM | Mon, Mar 20 | 57° up |
| Karachi · Pakistan | 70% covered | 3:39 PM | 4:49 PM | 5:52 PM | Mon, Mar 20 | 25° up |
| Ürümqi · China | 67% covered | 16:52 | 17:50 | 18:21 sunset | Mon, Mar 20 | 5° up |
| Alexandria · Egypt | 67% covered | 11:30 AM | 12:53 PM | 2:13 PM | Mon, Mar 20 | 57° up |
| Ahmedabad · India | 60% covered | 4:18 PM | 5:24 PM | 6:22 PM | Mon, Mar 20 | 19° up |
| Dhaka · Bangladesh | 58% covered | 5:05 PM | 6:01 PM | 6:09 PM sunset | Mon, Mar 20 | On the horizon |
| Kolkata · India | 54% covered | 4:35 PM | 5:31 PM | 5:47 PM sunset | Mon, Mar 20 | 3° up |
| Chittagong · Bangladesh | 53% covered | 5:07 PM | 6:01 PM | 6:03 PM sunset | Mon, Mar 20 | On the horizon |
| Surat · India | 52% covered | 4:20 PM | 5:24 PM | 6:21 PM | Mon, Mar 20 | 19° up |
| Kinshasa · Congo - Kinshasa | 47% covered | 09:14 | 10:29 | 11:51 | Mon, Mar 20 | 65° up |
| Mumbai · India | 44% covered | 4:22 PM | 5:24 PM | 6:19 PM | Mon, Mar 20 | 19° up |
| Ankara · Türkiye | 44% covered | 12:52 | 14:03 | 15:12 | Mon, Mar 20 | 47° up |
| Pune · India | 42% covered | 4:24 PM | 5:25 PM | 6:19 PM | Mon, Mar 20 | 18° up |
| Hyderabad · India | 36% covered | 4:31 PM | 5:27 PM | 6:18 PM | Mon, Mar 20 | 13° up |
| Istanbul · Türkiye | 36% covered | 12:49 | 13:57 | 15:04 | Mon, Mar 20 | 48° up |
| Yangon · Myanmar (Burma) | 26% covered | 17:44 | 18:16 | 18:16 sunset | Mon, Mar 20 | On the horizon |
| Bengaluru · India | 22% covered | 4:37 PM | 5:26 PM | 6:11 PM | Mon, Mar 20 | 15° up |
| Chennai · India | 21% covered | 4:40 PM | 5:28 PM | 6:11 PM | Mon, Mar 20 | 12° up |
| Casablanca · Morocco | 13% covered | 09:55 | 10:42 | 11:32 | Mon, Mar 20 | 37° up |
| Kunming · China | 12% covered | 19:07 | 19:20 | 19:20 sunset | Mon, Mar 20 | On the horizon |
| Chengdu · China | 11% covered | 19:03 | 19:14 | 19:14 sunset | Mon, Mar 20 | On the horizon |
| Moscow · Russia | 11% covered | 13:26 | 14:09 | 14:52 | Mon, Mar 20 | 31° up |
| Rio de Janeiro · Brazil | 10% covered | 05:56 sunrise | 05:56 | 06:13 | Mon, Mar 20 | On the horizon |
| Madrid · Spain | 6% covered | 10:21 | 10:59 | 11:38 | Mon, Mar 20 | 38° up |
| Tianshui · China | 6% covered | 19:01 | 19:08 | 19:08 sunset | Mon, Mar 20 | On the horizon |
| Bangkok · Thailand | 5% covered | 18:19 | 18:28 | 18:28 sunset | Mon, Mar 20 | On the horizon |
| Berlin · Germany | 3% covered | 11:10 | 11:39 | 12:08 | Mon, Mar 20 | 37° up |
| Saint Petersburg · Russia | 2% covered | 13:34 | 14:01 | 14:27 | Mon, Mar 20 | 29° up |
| Nanchong · China | 2% covered | 19:03 | 19:06 | 19:06 sunset | Mon, Mar 20 | On the horizon |
| São Paulo · Brazil | under 1% covered | 06:10 sunrise | 06:10 | 06:12 | Mon, Mar 20 | 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 South America, the Atlantic, Africa, the Red Sea, the Middle East, the Persian Gulf and South Asia; partial over Africa, South Asia, Europe, East Asia and Siberia.
The Moon’s shadow first touches the Earth at 07:39 UTC and leaves it at 12:54 UTC. The eclipse is at its greatest at 10:17 UTC, over Africa. When you see it depends on where you are: each city’s page gives its own times.
At most 4 min 12 s, on the middle of the path over Africa, where the path is about 161 km wide. It is shorter towards the edges of the path and towards its two ends.
Of the cities this site covers: N'Djamena (3 min 45 s), Lagos (2 min 42 s), Islamabad (2 min 10 s), Rawalpindi (2 min 04 s).
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.