Total solar eclipse of 12 August 2045
A total solar eclipse crosses the Earth on 12 August 2045. Along a track 250 km wide the Moon blocks the Sun completely, and totality lasts up to 6 min 06 s. The central line runs across the United States, Dominican Rep., Trinidad and Tobago, Guyana, Suriname, France and Brazil. From Santo Domingo Oeste the central phase runs 5 min 45 s, with the Sun 69° above the horizon.
The numbers
- Type
- Total solar eclipse
- Date
- 12 August 2045
- Greatest eclipse
- 17:41:10 UTC
- Eclipse magnitude
- 1.077
- Gamma
- 0.2113
- Central duration
- 6 min 06 s
- Path width
- 250 km at greatest eclipse
- Greatest eclipse at
- 25.9°N 78.6°W
See it in 3D
The simulator places the Sun, Earth and Moon at their true relative positions for this date and draws the shadow cones at real scale. You can scrub through the eclipse, drop an observer anywhere, and watch the umbra sweep the surface.
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Local circumstances
All times are UTC. Contact times are computed for each city from the Besselian elements against the WGS84 ellipsoid, at sea level and without refraction.
| Place | C1 | C2 | Max | C3 | C4 | Central | Obscured | Sun alt. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Santo Domingo OesteDominican Republic | 16:47:40 | 18:07:00 | 18:09:50 | 18:12:45 | 19:25:15 | 5 min 45 s | 100.0% | 69° |
| Santo DomingoDominican Republic | 16:47:56 | 18:07:15 | 18:10:10 | 18:12:57 | 19:25:25 | 5 min 42 s | 100.0% | 69° |
| Santo Domingo EsteDominican Republic | 16:47:58 | 18:07:17 | 18:10:10 | 18:12:57 | 19:25:25 | 5 min 39 s | 100.0% | 69° |
| Santiago de los CaballerosDominican Republic | 16:44:32 | 18:04:09 | 18:06:50 | 18:09:41 | 19:22:42 | 5 min 32 s | 100.0% | 71° |
| São LuísBrazil | 18:04:31 | 19:08:37 | 19:10:30 | 19:12:37 | 20:10:05 | 3 min 59 s | 100.0% | 26° |
| RecifeBrazil | 18:18:19 | 19:17:38 | 19:19:10 | 19:20:23 | 20:14:10 | 2 min 45 s | 100.0% | 14° |
| Jaboatão dos GuararapesBrazil | 18:18:18 | 19:17:49 | 19:19:10 | 19:20:14 | 20:14:14 | 2 min 25 s | 100.0% | 14° |
| JaboatãoBrazil | 18:18:22 | 19:18:00 | 19:19:10 | 19:20:10 | 20:14:16 | 2 min 09 s | 100.0% | 14° |
| ParamariboSuriname | 17:37:56 | — | 18:51:30 | — | 19:57:20 | — | 100.0% | 44° |
| João PessoaBrazil | 18:17:27 | — | 19:18:10 | — | 20:13:33 | — | 100.0% | 14° |
| MossoróBrazil | 18:13:49 | — | 19:16:10 | — | 20:12:23 | — | 100.0% | 17° |
| MiamiUnited States | 16:15:01 | — | 17:38:30 | — | 18:58:09 | — | 100.0% | 79° |
| Campina GrandeBrazil | 18:16:53 | — | 19:18:10 | — | 20:13:46 | — | 100.0% | 15° |
| Croix-des-BouquetsHaiti | 16:43:02 | — | 18:06:10 | — | 19:22:32 | — | 99.9% | 72° |
C1 and C4 are first and last contact, when the Moon's disc touches the Sun's. C2 and C3 bracket the central phase. 520 of the 2,250 cities in the database see at least a 3% partial eclipse.
How these figures were produced
Positions come from astronomy-engine, a VSOP87/ELP implementation. From the geocentric Sun and Moon vectors the site computes Besselian elements — x, y, d, μ, l1, l2, tan f1 and tan f2 — and solves the observer's position on the fundamental plane against the WGS84 ellipsoid. Central durations agree with NASA's Five Millennium Canon to within about half a second. Full method and validation.