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Partial Solar Eclipse · Past event
21 Sep 2025 — Partial Solar Eclipse
📍 Invercargill — 73% partial
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A deep 73% partial at 07:13 GMT+12 from Invercargill.
Coverage
73%
of the Sun covered
Maximum
07:13
07:13 GMT+12
Sun altitude
6°
Low — dramatic horizon
Totality
—
partial only
Local timeline
Invercargill06:09
First bite
07:13
Maximum
08:22
Last
All times in Invercargill local (GMT+12). A partial eclipse is never safe to view without protection.
What each city saw
Per-location pagesEvery row is its own page with distinct local data — computed server-side, cached, and cited.
| City | Coverage | Local max | Sun alt. | Totality | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Invercargill 🇳🇿 | 73% | 07:13 GMT+12 | 6° | — | View → |
| Te Anau 🇳🇿 | 72% | 07:10 GMT+12 | 5° | — | View → |
| Dunedin 🇳🇿 | 72% | 07:12 GMT+12 | 7° | — | View → |
| Queenstown 🇳🇿 | 71% | 07:10 GMT+12 | 6° | — | View → |
| Christchurch 🇳🇿 | 69% | 07:07 GMT+12 | 8° | — | View → |
| Wellington 🇳🇿 | 66% | 07:03 GMT+12 | 9° | — | View → |
| Auckland 🇳🇿 | 61% | 06:55 GMT+12 | 8° | — | View → |
| Suva 🇫🇯 | 27% | 06:22 GMT+12 | 6° | — | View → |
| Papeete 🇵🇫 | 8% | 08:35 GMT-10 | 39° | — | View → |
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Questions people ask
FAQWas Invercargill in the path of totality?
No — Invercargill saw a 73% partial eclipse, outside the path of totality. Maximum eclipse was at 07:13 GMT+12.
What time was the 21 Sep 2025 eclipse in Invercargill?
It began (first contact) at 06:09 GMT+12 and reached maximum at 07:13 GMT+12, ending at 08:22 GMT+12. All times are local to Invercargill.
Where was totality for this eclipse?
Totality was only visible along the central path (Partial across New Zealand · Fiji · French Polynesia). Invercargill was outside it and saw a partial eclipse only.
When is the next eclipse?
The next eclipse is the annular solar eclipse of 6 Feb 2027 — Southern Chile · Argentina (Mar del Plata) · South Atlantic · West Africa (Abidjan · Accra · Lagos). Orbital Radar tracks it live at https://orbitalradar.com/eclipse/2027-february-6.
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Times computed byOrbital Radar eclipse engine· NASA eclipse data· HM Nautical Almanac· timeanddate cross-check