New Plymouth: Total solar eclipse, December 26, 2038

Taranaki, New Zealand · -39.0556°, 174.0748°

Eye safety here: At this location the eclipse is only partial: the photosphere is never fully covered. Certified solar filter at ALL times; there is no safe naked-eye moment here.

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Outside the path of totality: partial eclipse only. The path of totality passes 120 km away.

Partial begins · C1

12:53:06 NZDT

Maximum eclipse

14:20:42 NZDT

Partial ends · C4

15:44:40 NZDT

Magnitude

0.966

Sun at max

70.2° · 318° NW

Cloud climatology at maximum: 72% mean cloud amount (NOAA ISCCP H-Series, December, 1983–2017).

Times for the city centre at sea level, from NASA's Besselian elements.

Total solar eclipse — December 26, 2038

• Palmerston North
• Shepparton
• Paraparaumu
• Whyalla
• Levin
• Echuca
• Wangaratta
• Port Pirie
• Swan Hill
• Berri
• Clare
• Tom Price
• Ouyen
• Adelaide
• Wellington
• Albury
• Lower Hutt
• Bendigo
• Hastings
• Nelson
• Napier
• Wagga Wagga
• Porirua
• Mildura

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