Solar eclipse of September 3, 2081

On September 3, 2081 a total solar eclipse will take place. For the first time since the solar eclipse of 11 August 1999 entails the umbra of the moon over Central Europe. The eclipse is part of Saros cycle 136

Course

About the North Atlantic starts at 06:32 Universal Time (UT ), the partial phase of the eclipse, the umbra touches the earth for the first time at 07:26 UT. Between 7:35 and 07:40 UT the umbra in the UK and France for first time the European mainland, against 07:45 UT he reached Germany. Also Switzerland, Liechtenstein and Austria are in the range of totality. Shortly after pulling the darkened sun over the north of the Balkan Peninsula. At 08:00 UT the darkness reaches the Black Sea. Five minutes later, also darkens the sky in Turkey. Counter 08:25 UT pulls the shadow of the moon obscuring the sun on the Middle East to the Persian Gulf, where at 09:05 UT the climax is reached. Then the darkness draws across the Indian Ocean, where the total eclipse at 10:43 UT and the partial eclipse ends at 11:38 UT.