Eclipse of August 11, 1999

Key facts

Date

August 11, 1999

Type

Total eclipse

Saros cycle i

145

Max. central duration

2 min 23 s

Regions concerned

United Kingdom, France, Germany, Central Europe, Turkey, Iran, India

Example places

Cherbourg, Reims, Metz, Stuttgart, Bucharest

Famous total eclipse of 11 August 1999: the path crosses southern UK, northern France, Belgium, Luxembourg, Germany, Austria, Hungary, Romania, Bulgaria, Turkey, then Iran, Pakistan and India, with up to about 2 minutes 20 seconds of totality. In France: total on a northern strip, partial elsewhere.