Total solar eclipse of July 22, 2028
Saturday, July 22, 2028
The Moon covers the Sun completely along a path about 230 km wide that crosses Christmas Island, the Kimberley in Western Australia, the Northern Territory, south-west Queensland and New South Wales, through Sydney, then the south of New Zealand's South Island late in the afternoon. In the Kimberley, totality lasts up to 5 min 10 s; in Sydney, about 3 min 50 s from 1:59 PM. Across Australia, New Zealand, Indonesia and much of South-East Asia the Moon covers part of the Sun.
- Greatest eclipse02:55 UTC (10:55 AM in Western Australia), near 15.6° S, 126.7° E, in the Kimberley
- Longest totality5 min 10 s in the Kimberley, Western Australia, at 15.1° S, 125.8° E
- Partial eclipseAustralia, New Zealand, Indonesia and much of South-East Asia
The eclipse from your place
Example: Sydney, the largest city on the path. Choose your own place.
Total in Sydney: about 3 min 50 s of totality
Totality from 1:59 PM to 2:03 PM local time.
The partial eclipse begins at 12:41 PM and ends at 3:15 PM; the Sun stands 29° above the horizon.
Your location stays in your browser; the times are worked out on this page.
The path of totality
Swipe the map to follow the path east to Sydney and New Zealand.
Times along the path
Local clock times, west to east. The shadow crosses from Christmas Island to New Zealand in about two hours and twenty minutes.
| Place | Totality | How long | Sun height |
|---|---|---|---|
| Christmas IslandAustralia | 8:55 AM to 8:59 AM | about 3 min 50 s | 35° |
| WyndhamWestern Australia | 10:57 AM to 11:01 AM | about 3 min 20 s | 53° |
| KununurraWestern Australia | 11:00 AM to 11:03 AM | about 2 min 50 s | 53° |
| Tennant CreekNorthern Territory | 12:48 PM to 12:51 PM | about 3 min 20 s | 50° |
| ThargomindahQueensland | 1:45 PM to 1:50 PM | about 4 min 10 s | 38° |
| BourkeNew South Wales | 1:50 PM to 1:54 PM | about 4 min 10 s | 35° |
| DubboNew South Wales | 1:55 PM to 1:59 PM | about 3 min 50 s | 32° |
| OrangeNew South Wales | 1:57 PM to 1:59 PM | about 2 min 20 s | 31° |
| BathurstNew South Wales | 1:57 PM to 2:01 PM | about 3 min | 30° |
| KatoombaNew South Wales | 1:58 PM to 2:02 PM | about 3 min 30 s | 30° |
| SydneyNew South Wales | 1:59 PM to 2:03 PM | about 3 min 50 s | 29° |
| WollongongNew South Wales | 2:00 PM to 2:03 PM | about 2 min 50 s | 29° |
| Te AnauNew Zealand, at the southern edge | A few seconds, if any: NASA puts the edge 2 km away | 10° | |
| Milford SoundNew Zealand | 4:15 PM to 4:18 PM | about 3 min | 11° |
| QueenstownNew Zealand | 4:15 PM to 4:18 PM | about 2 min 50 s | 10° |
| WānakaNew Zealand | 4:16 PM to 4:18 PM | about 2 min 30 s | 10° |
| DunedinNew Zealand | 4:16 PM to 4:19 PM | about 2 min 50 s | 8° |
Near the path: a partial eclipse
| Place | Sun covered | Greatest at | Begins and ends |
|---|---|---|---|
| NewcastleNew South Wales · path about 20 km south | 99.6% | 2:02 PM | 12:41 PM to 3:15 PM |
| Halls CreekWestern Australia · path about 80 km north | 98% | 11:01 AM | 9:29 AM to 12:33 PM |
| InvercargillNew Zealand · path about 70 km north | 99% | 4:16 PM | 3:07 PM to 5:19 PM |
| CanberraAustralian Capital Territory · path about 150 km north | 96% | 1:59 PM | 12:38 PM to 3:13 PM |
| DenpasarBali, Indonesia · path about 170 km south | 96% | 10:16 AM | 8:51 AM to 11:50 AM |
| Alice SpringsNorthern Territory · path about 180 km north | 95% | 12:53 PM | 11:22 AM to 2:20 PM |
| ChristchurchNew Zealand | 93% | 4:20 PM | 3:12 PM to 5:22 PM |
| JakartaIndonesia · path about 390 km south | 89% | 8:55 AM | 7:38 AM to 10:23 AM |
| DarwinNorthern Territory · path about 410 km south | 88% | 12:32 PM | 10:59 AM to 2:03 PM |
| WellingtonNew Zealand | 82% | 4:22 PM | 3:16 PM to 5:23 PM |
| BrisbaneQueensland | 81% | 2:02 PM | 12:41 PM to 3:14 PM |
| MelbourneVictoria | 81% | 1:53 PM | 12:32 PM to 3:07 PM |
| AdelaideSouth Australia | 76% | 1:11 PM | 11:48 AM to 2:29 PM |
| HobartTasmania | 73% | 1:56 PM | 12:40 PM to 3:07 PM |
| AucklandNew Zealand | 68% | 4:24 PM | 3:18 PM to 5:23 PM |
| SingaporeSingapore | 60% | 9:44 AM | 8:35 AM to 11:03 AM |
| PerthWestern Australia | 50% | 10:48 AM | 9:30 AM to 12:08 PM |
Watching it safely
- Look at the Sun only through eclipse glasses or a handheld solar viewer made to the ISO 12312-2 standard. Ordinary sunglasses, however dark, are not safe.
- Inside the path, take the glasses off only once the Moon hides the Sun's bright face completely, and put them back on as soon as any bright Sun reappears.
- Outside the path the Sun is never fully covered, so the glasses stay on the whole time, even at 99%.
- Never look through a camera, binoculars or a telescope without a solar filter fitted over the front, even while wearing eclipse glasses.
- Without glasses, watch it indirectly: a pinhole in a card, or the holes of a colander, projects the crescent Sun onto the ground with the Sun behind you.
This follows NASA's eclipse safety guidance. In New Zealand the eclipse comes late on a winter afternoon, with the Sun about 10° above the horizon in the north-west during totality, so choose a spot with a clear, low view that way.
How these times are worked out
The path, its width and the greatest eclipse come from NASA's predictions by Fred Espenak (GSFC). The times for each place are computed with Astronomy Engine, which treats the Sun and Moon as smooth spheres. NASA notes that the Moon's mountains and valleys shift the edges of the path by 1 to 3 km and change the duration by 1 to 3 seconds, so durations here are rounded down to 10 seconds. Predictions that follow the Moon's edge in detail can still come a few seconds shorter. If your spot is within a few kilometres of an edge, as Te Anau is, check NASA's map before you travel. East of Queenstown NASA gives no southern edge: the shadow leaves the Earth there at sunset.
The total solar eclipse before this one, on August 2, 2027, crosses southern Spain, North Africa and Egypt: its path and times. The next ring of sunlight after it, the annular eclipse of June 1, 2030, crosses Greece, Istanbul, Siberia and Hokkaido: its path and times. For every other eclipse, solar and lunar, see when the next eclipse is.