The Eclipse in Benin

The eclipse during totality

The Eclipse Path

A partial eclipse was visible from the whole of Europe, western Asia and most of Africa. For observers in Europe, the percentage of the solar disk that was covered by the Moon, increased towards south-eastern Europe.  For the ESA establishments across Europe the maximum percentage of the solar disk that was covered is:

The maximum duration of the eclipse occured over Libya and lasted 4 minutes, 7 seconds. Several locations along the path of totality are:

Overview of eclipse path (left) and path of totality around greatest eclipse (right). Images courtesy NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Espenak and Anderson, 2004

The Eclipse in Greece

The eclipse during totality. Credit: Jay M. Pasachoff/Williams College Eclipse Expedition.

The Greek island Megisti (also known as Kastellorizo) is in the south Aegean Sea, close to the coast of Turkey.  The Williams College Eclipse Expedition group under supervision of Jay M. Pasachoff observed the total eclipse from there and performed several experiments dedicated to imaging the Sun's corona.  Support observations were made by SOHO at the same time to compare the space based and ground based images of the Sun at the time of totality (See related link "Ground-based/SOHO view of the Eclipse").

At Megisti, totality occured around 10:53 UT and lasted for 3 minutes, during which time this picture was taken.