Solar eclipse · Saros 138

Annular Solar Eclipse

May 21, 2031 — visible across Africa, southern Asia, East Indies, Australia.

About this eclipse

What happens
Along the central path the Moon sits inside the Sun's disk, leaving a brilliant "ring of fire" for up to 05m26s. Surrounding regions see a partial eclipse.
Where it’s visible
Africa, southern Asia, East Indies, Australia
Annular path
Angola, Congo, Zambia, Tanzania, southern India, Malaysia, Indonesia

Geometry & timing

Greatest eclipse (TD)
07:16:04 · ΔT 78s
Greatest eclipse (UTC)
07:14:46
Saros series
138
Magnitude
0.9589
Greatest point
9°N, 72°E; Sun alt 79°; width 152 km
Central duration
05m26s

Sources

Timing and geometry from NASA’s eclipse catalogs. Verify local circumstances before you travel.

Path of annularity

The centerline and annularity band are self-computed from public-domain NASA/Espenak Besselian elements — matching NASA’s published path to within ~0.15 km. Lunar-limb relief and local terrain can shift the true edges by ~1–3 km.

See it from your location

Your eclipse type, peak coverage, and contact times — in your local time.

Dark-sky stays near the greatest point

The closest astronomy-forward stays in the Stella catalog to where this eclipse peaks.

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