Total solar eclipse
5m10s of totality · best from Australia, New Zealand
Path of totality: Australia, New Zealand.
Outside the path, a partial eclipse: southeast Asia, the East Indies, Australia, New Zealand.
Eclipse predictions by Fred Espenak, NASA's GSFC. Outlines: Natural Earth, US Census Bureau
Totality crosses the Australian continent and clips New Zealand — over five minutes of darkness at greatest eclipse, and it passes directly over Sydney. A partial eclipse is visible more widely across southeast Asia, the East Indies, Australia, New Zealand. Never look at the Sun without certified eclipse glasses or a proper solar filter — not during a partial phase, and not through a camera, binoculars, or a telescope. Only during the brief total phase, and only from inside the path of totality, is it safe to look with the naked eye.
For the background, read Eclipses in Moon, planets & eclipses.
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