Partial Solar Eclipse · 4 December 2021

Solar Eclipse in Nigeria

On 4 December 2021, a partial solar eclipse crosses Nigeria.

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Partial
Eclipse type
21.8%
Max obscuration
—
Max duration
20
Cities tracked
Where to watch

Visibility Map

Nigeria will see a partial solar eclipse. Click anywhere on the map to see the occultation percentage at that location.

Path of Totality
Width~418 km
Max duration—
Speed~2,900 km/h
Eclipse Details
Saros series152
Magnitude1.0367
Gamma-0.9526
Date4 December 2021
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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.

Badagry22%
Irewe22%
Bonny22%
Yenagoa22%
Burutu22%
Ado-Odo22%
Obonoma22%
Ajegunle22%
Aliayabiagba22%
Degema Hulk22%
Lagos22%
Obalende22%
Buguma22%
Surulere22%
Makoko22%
Mushin22%
Shomolu22%
Oshodi21%
Alimosho21%
Port Harcourt21%
20 cities
Worldwide

Other Countries

Argentina88%
CL86%
UY77%
Brazil76%
PY68%
BO61%
PE54%
South Africa51%
Namibia46%
Lesotho43%
BW40%
Angola40%
Colombia40%
Eswatini38%
Mozambique37%
Ecuador37%
PF37%
TO36%
Zimbabwe35%
Zambia34%
French Guiana34%
Venezuela33%
Suriname33%
Guyana32%
Madagascar31%
DR Congo30%
WS30%
Congo29%
Malawi28%
Gabon28%
Trinidad & Tobago28%
Liberia27%
Côte d'Ivoire27%
Sierra Leone26%
Barbados25%
São Tomé25%
St. Vincent25%
Panama25%
Ghana25%
Guinea25%
Curaçao25%
St. Lucia24%
Aruba24%
Eq. Guinea24%
Tanzania24%
Martinique24%
Cameroon23%
Guinea-Bissau23%
Costa Rica23%
Dominica23%
Senegal23%
Togo23%
Réunion23%
Guadeloupe22%
Gambia22%
Cape Verde22%
Benin22%
Mali22%
Nigeria22%
Burkina Faso21%
Antigua & Barbuda21%
Nicaragua21%
Burundi21%
Mauritius21%
Comoros21%
CAR21%
US Virgin Islands20%
Mayotte20%
Rwanda20%
Puerto Rico20%
Mauritania20%
Dominican Rep.19%
Haiti19%
Honduras19%
Uganda19%
El Salvador19%
Jamaica18%
Niger17%
Guatemala17%
Kenya17%
Chad17%
Cuba17%
Mexico16%
Turks & Caicos16%
Cayman Islands16%
South Sudan15%
Belize15%
Somalia14%
Western Sahara14%
Bahamas12%
Sudan12%
United States12%
Ethiopia12%
Spain11%
Morocco11%
Seychelles10%
Algeria9%
Portugal8%
Eritrea6%
Djibouti6%
Libya5%
Yemen5%
Gibraltar4%
Saudi Arabia4%
Egypt3%
Tunisia3%
Canada2%
Malta1%
108 countries
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