About the 2028 Guide
Eclipse 2028 is a static, non-commercial guide to the 22 July 2028 total solar event across Australia and New Zealand.
Purpose
The project exists to make trip planning easier without asking visitors to create accounts, submit forms, or depend on a server-side application. The site focuses on the questions people ask first: where the path is total, what time it happens locally, how long totality lasts, what safety equipment is needed, and which cities deserve a closer look.
Methodology
Path and timing information is cross-checked against NASA GSFC material, Fred Espenak's published calculations, and Timeanddate local circumstances. City pages use city-center values unless otherwise stated. That matters because exact totality duration can change over short distances near the path edge or center line.
Weather information is presented as planning context, not a forecast. Historical cloud markers help compare destinations, but final decisions should be made with current satellite imagery, short-range forecasts, local terrain, and road conditions closer to the day.
Editorial Standards
Each page is written to separate verified circumstances from travel judgement. When a city is outside totality, the page says so directly. When a value depends on the observation point, the page describes it as a city-center value. Safety guidance follows the conservative rule that ISO 12312-2 certified viewing glasses are required during every partial phase.
What Gets Reviewed
Reviews focus on facts that can change planning decisions: total or partial status, first contact, maximum, end time, totality duration, magnitude, source links, and safety language. Pages are also checked for static-site behavior such as working local links, crawlable route directories, sitemap coverage, social sharing metadata, and readable structured data for search engines and answer engines.
What This Site Does Not Do
The site does not sell tours, reserve viewing locations, publish live weather forecasts, or promise that a named city will have clear skies on the day. It is intended as a starting point for planning and source checking. Final travel decisions should include official local advice, road conditions, current forecasts, accommodation availability, accessibility needs, and safe viewing equipment for every person in the group.