Solar eclipse · Saturday 14 October 2023
It was visible from all of Guyana as a partial eclipse: 57% of the Sun covered at Mabaruma to 71% at Aishalton.
At Georgetown it began at 1:28 pm GYT, was greatest at 3:05 pm GYT with the Sun a third of the way up in the west, and ended at 4:28 pm GYT.
Times shown in Guyana time (UTC-4, no daylight saving).
Never look straight at the Sun, at any moment of a partial eclipse, without eclipse glasses or a hand-held solar viewer made to the ISO 12312-2 standard. Sunglasses, smoked glass, exposed film and phone screens do not protect your eyes. Never look through binoculars, a telescope or a camera without a solar filter fitted to the front, even while wearing eclipse glasses. A pinhole projection is safe: stand with your back to the Sun and look at the image on a card, never through the hole. Supervise children.
The umbral shadow of the moon is calculated to begin covering the sun at 13:28:55 in Georgetown, and at 13:32:33 in Aishalton.
A reader’s letter in Stabroek News. “Partial solar eclipse on Saturday afternoon”, published 10 October 2023. Read the source, fetched 14 October 2026.
The claim is right. Right to within 12 seconds: we compute 13:28:53 at Georgetown and 13:32:21 at Aishalton for the start, and the eclipse begins later in the south. At greatest eclipse the Moon covers 59% of the Sun at Georgetown and 71% of the Sun at Aishalton.
| Place | Begins | Greatest | Ends | Sun covered | Sun at greatest | Sky |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mabaruma (Region 1) | 1:21 pm | 2:59 pm | 4:24 pm | 57% | 39° up, west | Daylight |
| Anna Regina (Region 2) | 1:27 pm | 3:04 pm | 4:27 pm | 58% | 37° up, west | Daylight |
| Parika (Region 3) | 1:28 pm | 3:05 pm | 4:28 pm | 59% | 37° up, west | Daylight |
| Georgetown (Region 4) | 1:28 pm | 3:05 pm | 4:28 pm | 59% | 36° up, west | Daylight |
| Fort Wellington (Region 5) | 1:31 pm | 3:07 pm | 4:29 pm | 59% | 35° up, west | Daylight |
| New Amsterdam (Region 6) | 1:31 pm | 3:07 pm | 4:30 pm | 59% | 35° up, west | Daylight |
| Bartica (Region 7) | 1:28 pm | 3:05 pm | 4:28 pm | 60% | 37° up, west | Daylight |
| Mahdia (Region 8) | 1:28 pm | 3:06 pm | 4:30 pm | 64% | 37° up, west | Daylight |
| Lethem (Region 9) | 1:29 pm | 3:08 pm | 4:33 pm | 69% | 38° up, west | Daylight |
| Aishalton (Region 9) | 1:32 pm | 3:11 pm | 4:35 pm | 71% | 37° up, west | Daylight |
| Linden (Region 10) | 1:29 pm | 3:06 pm | 4:29 pm | 61% | 36° up, west | Daylight |
Times shown in Guyana time (UTC-4, no daylight saving). "Sun covered" is the share of the Sun's disc the Moon hides at greatest eclipse; heights are degrees above the horizon. Contact times are good to about a minute.