Overview
- The annular eclipse begins about 09:56 UTC, reaches annularity near 12:12 UTC, and ends around 14:27 UTC, according to TimeAndDate.
- Maximum annularity lasts roughly 2 minutes 20 seconds, with the ring visible only along a narrow track over Antarctica and the Southern Ocean.
- Partial phases are expected in southern Argentina and Chile and in parts of southern Africa, including South Africa, Lesotho and Madagascar.
- The event is not visible from India or most of Asia, and looking at the Sun requires ISO 12312-2–compliant filters or indirect projection.
- A total solar eclipse on August 12 will cross northern Russia, eastern Greenland, western Iceland and northern Spain, with a speculative chance of aurora or bright meteors during totality if conditions align.