Partial Solar Eclipse · 1 September 2016

Solar Eclipse in Nigeria

On 1 September 2016, a partial solar eclipse crosses Iceland.

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Partial
Eclipse type
80.2%
Max obscuration
—
Max duration
20
Cities tracked
Where to watch

Visibility Map

The path of totality crosses Nigeria. See the shadow track and totality corridor. Click anywhere on the map to see how the eclipse appears from that location.

Path of Totality
Width~100 km
Max duration—
Speed~2,900 km/h
Eclipse Details
Saros series135
Magnitude0.9736
Gamma-0.3330
Date1 September 2016
Cities in Nigeria →Worldwide · Other Countries →
Normal sky before eclipse
Sky during total solar eclipse
During eclipse
Normal sky
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What you'll experience

Sky Simulation

Drag the slider to compare the sky before and during totality. At peak, stars appear at midday and the horizon glows in all directions.

≈ Dusk
Sky darkness
−4°C
Temp. drop
2,900 km/h
Moon speed
🌑 Simulated at totality peak
By location

Cities in Nigeria

Maximum obscuration and peak contact time per city.

Bonny80%
Obonoma80%
Buguma80%
Okrika80%
Degema Hulk80%
Port Harcourt80%
Eket79%
Yenagoa79%
Esuk Oron79%
Elele79%
Calabar79%
Uyo78%
Aba78%
Burutu78%
Ikot Ekpene78%
Itu78%
Ughelli78%
Warri77%
Owerri77%
Umuahia77%
20 cities
Worldwide

Other Countries

Madagascar95%
DR Congo95%
Gabon95%
Tanzania95%
Réunion95%
Mozambique95%
Congo95%
Malawi92%
Zambia92%
São Tomé92%
Comoros91%
Mauritius91%
Burundi90%
Mayotte89%
Angola88%
Eq. Guinea87%
Rwanda86%
Cameroon85%
Liberia81%
Côte d'Ivoire81%
Uganda81%
Ghana80%
Nigeria80%
CAR79%
Togo76%
Benin76%
Kenya75%
Guinea73%
Sierra Leone72%
Burkina Faso67%
Mali66%
Zimbabwe65%
South Sudan64%
Chad64%
Guinea-Bissau62%
Somalia62%
Niger60%
Senegal60%
Gambia58%
Australia57%
Namibia55%
Mauritania53%
Sudan50%
Ethiopia49%
BW49%
Cape Verde48%
South Africa48%
Seychelles47%
Brazil43%
Eswatini39%
Western Sahara35%
Algeria31%
ID29%
Lesotho28%
Morocco27%
Eritrea26%
Djibouti26%
Spain26%
Libya20%
Yemen19%
Portugal17%
SG16%
MY16%
Timor-Leste15%
Saudi Arabia13%
Egypt10%
Thailand10%
French Guiana9%
MV9%
Gibraltar8%
Tunisia8%
BN7%
Suriname5%
LK5%
Myanmar5%
Vietnam5%
PH4%
KH4%
Guyana3%
Malta2%
India2%
PY2%
Argentina2%
Italy1%
Oman1%
85 countries
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