For this eclipse, totality was visible from northern Australia to about 470 km north of the Chilean
Juan Fernández Islands in the southern Pacific Ocean where totality ended. The most populous city to experience totality was
Cairns, which had around 2 minutes of totality an hour after daybreak (06:39
AEST, 20:39 UTC) with the Sun at an
altitude of 14°.
Norfolk Island, a small Pacific island east of Australia, experienced a partial eclipse with a maximum eclipse of 98% of the Sun obscured at 08:37
NFT and an altitude of 42°.
New Zealand experienced a partial eclipse.
Auckland had 84.8% of the Sun obscured, whereas
Wellington,
Christchurch and
Dunedin respectively had 71.2%, 61.9% and 52.9% of the Sun obscured. Maximum eclipse over New Zealand occurred around 10:30
NZDT (21:30 UTC), with Auckland at 10:27, Wellington at 10:34, Christchurch at 10:35 and Dunedin at 10:36. Most of
Chile and parts of
Argentina saw a partial eclipse at sunset. In some places over half the Sun was obscured. In Chile,
Talcahuano in
Biobío saw 72% obscured,
Castro in
Los Lagos saw 56% obscured. Chilean coastal locations were ideally situated to observe an eclipsing sunset over the Pacific Ocean. Points further north, up to about
Chañaral, saw the eclipse begin as the Sun was setting. West of the
International Date Line the eclipse took place on the morning of November 14. The maximum eclipse totality, of duration 4 min 2 sec, occurred east of the International Date Line on November 13, approximately 2,000 km east of New Zealand, and 9,600 km west of Chile. On the morning of November 14, skies in Auckland were cloudy, obscuring much of the eclipse, which peaked at 10:27
NZDT. Cloud also obscured the moment of totality at Cairns, disappointing many tourists that had flocked to the area. Eclipse chasers along the northern beaches up through to Port Douglas generally got a clear view. == Eclipse timing ==