The total solar eclipse of July 2 2019 will be visible across the Pacific, Chile, and Argentina. This will be a major solar eclipse, lasting just over 4½ minutes at maximum and visible over a path up to 201 km wide.
The total eclipse begins in the South Pacific at 18:01:04 UT, and ends in Argentina just south of Bueno Aires at 20:44:44 UT. The maximum eclipse occurs in mid-ocean at 19:22:53 UT, when the total phase will last just over 4½ minutes. The partial eclipse will be visible over most of South America between 16:55:08 UT and 21:50:34 UT.
More information on this eclipse may be found at Fred Espenak's site. You can plot the eclipse for yourself using the table of mapping co-ordinates.
The following maps show the path of the total eclipse. Please note that these maps are approximate. Check with reliable sources before making travel plans.
This map shows the overall path of the total eclipse:
The total eclipse passes the Tubai and Tuamotu islands between 18:20 and 18:30 UT. The path of the total eclipse is 162km wide here, and the eclipse will last around 3 minutes 20 seconds.
The total eclipse reaches the mainland in its declining stages, but it will still be a spectular event even so. It makes landfall around Cruz Grande, north of La Serena, Chile, at 20:39 UT. At this point, although the eclipse is in its closing stages, the duration of the total eclipse will still be an impressive 2 minutes 38 seconds, and the path of the total eclipse will be 147 km wide.
The path of totality crosses into Argentina, moving rapidly now, and passes north of Río Cuarto just after 20:42 UT; the eclipse path at this point will be about 136 km wide, and the total eclipse will last for 2 minutes 14 seconds on the centreline.
The eclipse continues south-east, and finally ends just south of Buenos Aires at sunset, at 21:50:34 UT. At this point, totality will still last for over 2 minutes, as the sun sets totally eclipsed.
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