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LA SERENA - VICUÑA
City of La Serena
The beautiful city of La Serena, in Chile, will see more than 2 minutes of totality. Because it is more to the west, the entire eclipse will be visible from there with the phenomenon finishing when the Sun sets in the Pacific Ocean.
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The central line of the path of totality lies 54kms north of La Serena, at geographical coordinates Lat.: 29.5361° S Long.: 71.2392° W, so you need to drive for 40 minutes by Route 5 North to find the spot which is situated close to "La Higuera". If you are in the right place, totality will last up to 2minutes 36.1 seconds.
Path of totality across Chile (Click on map for details)
Map by Xavier Jubier
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Eclipse Circumstances in La Serena
Eclipse begins: 03:22:35pm local time (07:22:35pm UT) +25°5
Start of total eclipse: 04:38:15pm local time (08:38:15pm UT) +13°7
Maximum eclipse: 04:39:22pm local time (08:39:22pm UT) +13°5
End of total eclipse: 04:40:29pm local time (08:40:29pm UT) +13°3
Eclipse finishes: 05:46:37pm local time (09:46:37pm UT) +01°3
La Serena, Chile
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Duration of totality: 02m 14.8s
City of Vicuña
The total solar eclipse will be visible also from this city situated 40 miles East of La Serena. Totality will be also visible from Cerro Tololo Observatory and Mamalluca observatory which is situated even closer to the central path of totality. The totality from this observatory will last 2min 29sec. Tololo observatory, southwest of Vicuña, actually departs of the central line of totality (it will be midway between the central line and the south end of the path of totality) but will see 2 minutes 6 seconds of darkness.
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Eclipse Circumstances in Vicuña
Cerro Tololo observatory near Vicuña
Eclipse begins: 03:23:25pm local time (07:23:25pm UT) +25°0
Start of total eclipse: 04:38:35pm local time (08:38:35pm UT) +13°2
Maximum eclipse: 04:39:48pm local time (08:39:48pm UT) +13°0
End of total eclipse: 04:41:00pm local time (08:41:00pm UT) +12°7
Eclipse finishes: 05:46:43pm local time (09:46:43pm UT) +00°7
Duration of totality: 02m 25.4s
