What Will The 1999 Solar Eclipse

Look Like From Your City?

Partial phases of the solar eclipse of 1999 August 11 will be visible from northeastern North America, all of Europe, northern Africa and the western half of Asia (See: Map for 1999 August 11).

The following table lists times* and local circumstances** at maximum eclipse for a number of cities in Africa, the Middle East and Asia.

Cities are listed alphabetically by country first, then city name. Click on a city of your choice and get a preview of how maximum eclipse will appear. Each eclipse GIF is only 11 kBytes in size, so access time should be fast!

* Times listed are in Universal Time. To convert to local time, see 1999 Eclipse Time Zones.
** Mag. = Eclipse Magnitude or fraction of Sun's diameter eclipsed by the Moon.
** Alt. = Altitude of Sun and Maximum Eclipse.

If you find problems with any of the links on this page, kindly bring them to the attention of Fred Espenak (espenak@lepvax.gsfc.nasa.gov).

Africa and Mediterranean

                                                        Duration
                         Eclipse U.T. of                Partial
 City Name                 Type  Maximum    Mag.   Alt. Eclipse



 Tirane, Albania            P   10:58:21   0.877   64°   02h52m       - 


 Algiers, Algeria           P   10:23:30   0.634   61°   02h45m       - 


 Lesmesos, Cyprus           P   11:33:37   0.840   60°   02h48m       - 

 Nicosia, Cyprus            P   11:33:24   0.856   60°   02h48m       - 


 Alexandria, Egypt          P   11:33:15   0.712   64°   02h49m       - 

 Cairo, Egypt               P   11:37:54   0.699   63°   02h47m       - 


 Addis Abeba, Ethiopia      P   12:25:30   0.247   47°   01h47m       - 


 Tripoli, Libya             P   10:50:52   0.577   72°   02h50m       - 


 Casablanca, Morocco        P   09:59:43   0.513   50°   02h29m       - 

 Rabat, Morocco             P   10:01:21   0.526   51°   02h30m       - 


 Moqadisho, Somalia         P   12:41:28   0.152   35°   01h19m       - 


 Khartoum, Sudan            P   12:05:14   0.331   59°   02h11m       -

Middle East and Asia

                                                        Duration  Duration
                         Eclipse U.T. of                Partial   Total
 City Name                 Type  Maximum    Mag.   Alt. Eclipse   Eclipse



 Kabul, Afghanistan         P   12:12:35   0.780   24°   02h06m       - 


 Jerevan, Armenia           P   11:42:03   0.925   48°   02h35m       - 


 Baku, Azerbaijan           P   11:48:03   0.862   43°   02h28m       - 


 Chittagong, Bangladesh     P   12:26:20   0.849    0°   00h52m       - 

 Dacca, Bangladesh          P   12:28:33   0.839    1°   01h02m       - 


 Chengtu, China             P   11:49:27   0.370    0°   00h23m       - 

 Chungking, China           P   11:40:30   0.228    0°   00h14m       - 

 Shuicheng, China           P   11:40:33   0.193    0°   00h11m       - 

 Sian, China                P   11:36:09   0.206    0°   00h13m       - 


 Tbilisi, Georgia           P   11:39:50   0.889   48°   02h33m       - 


 Ahmadabad, India           P   12:30:33   0.995   16°   02h03m       - 

 Bangalore, India           P   12:42:16   0.816    6°   01h34m       - 

 Bombay, India              P   12:35:43   0.927   14°   02h01m       - 

 Calcutta, India            P   12:30:25   0.879    2°   01h08m       - 

 Delhi, India               P   12:23:30   0.829   14°   01h59m       - 

 Hyderabad, India           P   12:37:40   0.936    8°   01h40m       - 

 Kanpur, India              P   12:26:39   0.850   11°   01h52m       - 

 Kanpur, India              P   12:26:39   0.850   11°   01h52m       - 

 Madras, India              P   12:41:49   0.840    4°   01h19m       - 

 Nagpur, India              P   12:33:20   0.982    9°   01h44m       - 

 Pune, India                P   12:36:20   0.925   13°   02h00m       - 


 Isfahan, Iran              T   12:03:29   1.025   41°   02h28m   01m33s

 Mashhad, Iran              P   12:04:07   0.841   34°   02h17m       - 

 Tehran, Iran               P   11:58:02   0.943   41°   02h28m       - 


 Baghdad, Iraq              P   11:53:50   0.947   48°   02h37m       - 


 Tel Aviv-Yafo, Israel      P   11:41:07   0.796   59°   02h46m       - 


 'Amman, Jordan             P   11:43:22   0.808   58°   02h45m       - 


 Alma-Ata, Kazakhstan       P   12:00:39   0.558   21°   01h51m       - 


 Al-Kuwayt, Kuwait          P   12:05:16   0.898   44°   02h32m       - 


 Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan        P   12:00:33   0.582   22°   01h55m       - 


 Beirut, Lebanon            P   11:39:19   0.850   58°   02h46m       - 


 Male, Maldives             P   12:50:08   0.539    6°   01h22m       - 


 Valletta, Malta            P   10:51:32   0.678   69°   02h53m       - 


 Kisin'ov, Moldova          P   11:08:35   0.927   56°   02h42m       - 


 Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia      P   11:52:09   0.319    3°   01h09m       - 


 Yangon, Myanmar            P   12:02:07   0.413    0°   00h23m       - 


 Karachi, Pakistan          T   12:26:33   1.020   22°   02h09m   01m13s

 Lahore, Pakistan           P   12:18:46   0.793   18°   02h01m       - 


 Novosibirsk, Russia        P   11:41:32   0.357   20°   01h33m       - 

 Omsk, Russia               P   11:38:46   0.417   26°   01h44m       - 


 Jiddah, Saudi Arabia       P   12:06:51   0.587   52°   02h30m       - 

 Riyadh, Saudi Arabia       P   12:11:46   0.770   44°   02h30m       - 


 Colombo, Sri Lanka         P   12:47:09   0.670    2°   01h04m       - 


 Damascus, Syria            P   11:41:21   0.851   57°   02h45m       - 

 Halab, Syria               P   11:38:12   0.927   56°   02h44m       - 


 Dusanbe, Tajikistan        P   12:05:38   0.707   26°   02h05m       - 


 Bangkok, Thailand          P   11:41:47   0.010    0°   00h01m       - 


 Tunis, Tunisia             P   10:40:22   0.673   66°   02h51m       - 


 Ankara, Turkey             P   11:24:58   0.969   58°   02h47m       - 

 Istanbul, Turkey           P   11:16:29   0.955   60°   02h49m       - 

 Izmir, Turkey              P   11:16:38   0.869   63°   02h51m       - 


 Taskent, Uzbekistan        P   12:01:10   0.653   26°   02h02m       -

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