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| During the total solar eclipse on 11 August 1999 the Moon's umbral shadow will first touch down at 11:31 a.m. (CEST) in the Atlantic Ocean. At 12:33 p.m. the shadow will cross the French-German border, rush over Southern Germany at 2664 kilometres per hour and leave Germany heading for Austria at 12:41 p.m.. | The eclipse ends in the Gulf
of Bengal at 2:36 p.m. CEST.
In just about 3 hours and 5 minutes the moon's shadow will draw a 14.000 kilometres long and 112 kilometres wide line on earth's surface. The grey zone in the map marks the regions, where the sun will only be eclipsed partially. |
| The track
of totality over Southern Germany.
Standing on the central line of the track of totality, you'll be able to enjoy totality for two minutes and 17 seconds. |
Contact times
for Ulm in CEST:
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The moon's shadow is an ellipse with a peak width of 112 kilometres. At its maximum totality, it will last 2 minutes an 23 seconds (near Bucharest). |
| A partial eclipse will be
seen from regions to either side of the belt of totality
For example, this graphic shows the phases of the eclipse as they will be seen from Hamburg, Frankfurt (Germany) and Zurich(Switzerland). |
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At Hamburg (Germany) the eclipse will begin at 11:17 a.m., reach its maximum phase at 12:35 p.m. and will end at 1:53 p.m.. There, the maximum coverage will be at 85,6 %. |
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