Total Solar Eclipse of August 23, 2044
Totality crosses Canada and United States
On Tuesday, August 23, 2044, the Moon's shadow sweeps a path about 453 km wide with up to 2 min 4 s of totality at greatest eclipse (01:15 UT). Of the cities we track, Airdrie (Alberta, Canada) gets the longest: 1 min 51 s. A partial eclipse is visible from parts of North America.
Shading: the largest part of the Sun's diameter covered while the Sun is above the horizon (eclipse magnitude), computed on a 2° grid; contours every 20%. Outside the outer line the eclipse is not visible.
Path limits and central line: NASA path table (Espenak). Near the edges totality is short; the closer to the central line, the longer it lasts.
Times for your city
| Phase | Local time (CST) | Sun height |
|---|---|---|
| Partial eclipse begins | 18:43 | 17° |
| Totality begins | 19:39 | 9° |
| Maximum | 19:40 | 9° |
| Totality ends | 19:40 | 8° |
| Partial eclipse ends | 20:33 | 0° |
Search any of about 7,000 cities: every city over 100,000 people worldwide, plus the 1,075 cities on this site. Local time, Sun height above the horizon.
How the eclipse unfolds
- 23:09 UTPartial eclipse begins (first place on Earth)
- 00:44 UTTotal phase begins
- 01:15 UTGreatest eclipse
- 01:47 UTTotal phase ends
- 03:22 UTPartial eclipse ends (last place on Earth)
Times in UT (Universal Time, the same as GMT). From first to last contact anywhere on Earth: 4 h 12 min (4.2 hours).
Cities in the path of totality
5 cities over 100,000 people| City | Begins | Totality | Duration | Ends | Covered | Sun | Zone |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Edmonton Alberta, Canada | 18:38 | 19:34 | 1m 26s | 20:29 | 100% | 9° | CST |
| Red Deer Alberta, Canada | 18:41 | 19:37 | 1m 48s | 20:31 | 100% | 9° | CST |
| Airdrie Alberta, Canada | 18:42 | 19:38 | 1m 51s | 20:33 | 100% | 9° | CST |
| Calgary Alberta, Canada | 18:43 | 19:39 | 1m 50s | 20:33 | 100% | 9° | CST |
| Lethbridge Alberta, Canada | 18:45 | 19:41 | 1m 41s | at sunset | 100% | 7° | CST |
Local times (24-hour clock). Duration: how long the Moon covers the Sun completely at the city centre; it changes by seconds across a city.
Partial eclipse in the world's biggest cities
sorted by how much of the Sun is covered| City | Begins | Maximum | Ends | Covered | Sun | Zone |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Surrey British Columbia, Canada | 17:45 | 18:43 | 19:39 | 97% | 13° | MST |
| Vancouver British Columbia, Canada | 17:44 | 18:43 | 19:38 | 96% | 14° | MST |
| Seattle Washington, United States | 17:48 | 18:46 | 19:41 | 96% | 13° | PDT |
| Portland Oregon, United States | 17:52 | 18:50 | 19:44 | 93% | 12° | PDT |
| Las Vegas Nevada, United States | 18:10 | 19:04 | at sunset | 85% | 2° | PDT |
| San Francisco California, United States | 18:07 | 19:03 | at sunset | 83% | 9° | PDT |
| San Jose California, United States | 18:07 | 19:04 | at sunset | 83% | 8° | PDT |
| Los Angeles California, United States | 18:14 | 19:08 | at sunset | 80% | 4° | PDT |
| Mexicali Mexico | 18:16 | 19:10 | at sunset | 78% | 1° | PDT |
| San Diego California, United States | 18:16 | 19:10 | at sunset | 78% | 2° | PDT |
| Tijuana Mexico | 18:17 | 19:10 | at sunset | 77% | 2° | PDT |
| Phoenix Arizona, United States | 18:15 | sunset | at sunset | 75% | 0° | MST |
| Winnipeg Manitoba, Canada | 19:45 | sunset | at sunset | 73% | 0° | EST |
| Denver Colorado, United States | 19:03 | sunset | at sunset | 61% | 0° | MDT |
| Hermosillo Mexico | 18:22 | sunset | at sunset | 42% | 0° | MST |
| El Paso Texas, United States | 19:16 | sunset | at sunset | 26% | 0° | MDT |
| Ciudad Juárez Mexico | 19:16 | sunset | at sunset | 24% | 0° | MDT |
| Chihuahua Mexico | 19:21 | sunset | at sunset | 9.3% | 0° | CST |
| Tomsk Russia | 06:13 | 06:42 | 07:12 | 7.3% | 4° | UTC+7 |
| Novosibirsk Russia | at sunrise | 06:41 | 07:08 | 5.4% | 2° | UTC+7 |
| Krasnoyarsk Russia | 06:16 | 06:42 | 07:09 | 4.4% | 8° | UTC+7 |
| Omsk Russia | at sunrise | sunrise | 06:12 | 3.0% | 0° | UTC+6 |
| Barnaul Russia | at sunrise | 06:39 | 07:00 | 2.7% | 2° | UTC+7 |
| Culiacán Mexico | 18:28 | sunset | at sunset | 2.5% | 0° | MST |
United States, UK, Canada, Australia, Ireland, New Zealand
| City | Begins | Maximum | Ends | Covered | Sun | Zone |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Seattle Washington, United States | 17:48 | 18:46 | 19:41 | 96% | 13° | PDT |
| San Francisco California, United States | 18:07 | 19:03 | at sunset | 83% | 9° | PDT |
| San Jose California, United States | 18:07 | 19:04 | at sunset | 83% | 8° | PDT |
| Los Angeles California, United States | 18:14 | 19:08 | at sunset | 80% | 4° | PDT |
| San Diego California, United States | 18:16 | 19:10 | at sunset | 78% | 2° | PDT |
| Phoenix Arizona, United States | 18:15 | sunset | at sunset | 75% | 0° | MST |
| Denver Colorado, United States | 19:03 | sunset | at sunset | 61% | 0° | MDT |
| El Paso Texas, United States | 19:16 | sunset | at sunset | 26% | 0° | MDT |
| Calgary Alberta, Canada | 18:43 | 19:40 | 20:33 | 100% | 9° | CST |
| Edmonton Alberta, Canada | 18:38 | 19:35 | 20:29 | 100% | 9° | CST |
| Saskatoon Saskatchewan, Canada | 18:41 | 19:37 | at sunset | 99% | 5° | CST |
| Burnaby British Columbia, Canada | 17:44 | 18:43 | 19:38 | 97% | 13° | MST |
| Surrey British Columbia, Canada | 17:45 | 18:43 | 19:39 | 97% | 13° | MST |
| Vancouver British Columbia, Canada | 17:44 | 18:43 | 19:38 | 96% | 14° | MST |
| Victoria British Columbia, Canada | 17:46 | 18:45 | 19:40 | 96% | 13° | MST |
| Winnipeg Manitoba, Canada | 19:45 | sunset | at sunset | 73% | 0° | EST |
Each city links to its own page with every eclipse it will see.
Eye safety
Weather
We do not forecast the weather, and no one can this far ahead. Whether you see it will depend on the clouds on the day: check a local forecast a few days before and be ready to travel to a clearer sky. For long-term cloud statistics along eclipse paths, see the climatology by meteorologist Jay Anderson at eclipsophile.com.
Questions
Where is the total solar eclipse of August 23, 2044 visible?
The path of totality crosses Canada and United States. A partial eclipse is visible from parts of North America.
Where is totality longest?
Near greatest eclipse (64°, -120°) it lasts 2 min 4 s. Of the cities over 100,000 people, Airdrie, Alberta gets the longest, 1 min 51 s, from 19:38 CST.
Can I see it from the United States?
Yes, as a partial eclipse from 190 of our 520 US cities. The most is in Billings, MT: 100% of the Sun covered.
Is it safe to look at?
Protect your eyes. Only during totality, when the Moon covers the Sun completely, can you take your eclipse glasses off. Put them back on the moment the Sun starts to reappear. Everywhere outside the path of totality the eclipse is partial and never safe to look at directly. Use eclipse glasses or a handheld viewer that meets the ISO 12312-2 standard, from a supplier on the American Astronomical Society's list. Sunglasses are not enough. Never look through a camera, binoculars or telescope without a proper solar filter on the front. How to watch safely
Will it be cloudy?
Nobody can say this far ahead. Check the forecast a few days before; for long-term cloud statistics along the path, see Jay Anderson's climatology at eclipsophile.com.
Eclipse predictions by Fred Espenak, NASA's GSFC: NASA Eclipse Web Site, Five Millennium Canon of Solar Eclipses and Catalog of Lunar Eclipses (Espenak & Meeus): Besselian elements, path of totality tables and lunar contact times. City times are computed by us from those Besselian elements with the standard method (Meeus, Elements of Solar Eclipses), using a current estimate of ΔT (Earth-rotation correction) instead of the Canon's older extrapolation; they agree with NASA's own calculator to 0.1 s and with an independent Skyfield/JPL DE440 computation to within 15 s. Times are for sea level and ignore the lunar limb profile (a few seconds near the path edges). City coordinates: GeoNames (CC BY 4.0).