The path of the total solar eclipse over Dunedin calculations tell us it happened on December 27, 1163.IMAGE: SUPPLIED / IAN GRIFFINDunedin is preparing itself for a magnificent celestial event. All this for the total solar eclipse of July 22, 2028 — a rare and rather beautiful interruption to the usual order of things. It will be the first total eclipse visible from Dunedin since December 27, 1163. Just a quiet South Island evening, the Sun about 20° above the western horizon, and then — for 1 minute and 29 seconds — darkness. The same mathematics that lets us reconstruct that forgotten evening also tells us, with quiet certainty, that another shadow is coming.

Source: Otago Daily Times April 03, 2026 18:47 UTC