Broome Solar Eclipse 2028 (Partial)
Broome gets one of the clearest-looking partial prospects in this guide, with the Moon covering most of the Sun before midday but no totality at the town center.
Local Times
In UTC on 22 July 2028: first contact 01:16, maximum 02:46, eclipse ends 04:19.
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What This Means for Broome
For viewers staying in Broome, the main planning constraint is heat and sun exposure rather than darkness. The event peaks in the late morning, so choose a shaded setup with an unobstructed northern sky and keep certified viewing glasses available throughout. Because the town is outside the central path, there is no safe naked-eye interval.
Weather and Site Choice
Timeanddate reports that 22 July has been cloudy in Broome 12% of the time since 2000, the strongest historical cloud signal among the listed cities. That does not guarantee a clear day, but it makes Broome useful as a low-cloud partial-viewing base or as a staging point for longer overland planning.
Cloud-history marker: 12%. Use this as background context only; final weather decisions should come from current satellite images, short-range forecasts, and local sky conditions.
Travel Planning
If the goal is totality, Broome is not the endpoint. Treat it as a northwest gateway and confirm road distances, fuel, accommodation, and permits before building an itinerary toward the central path. Visitors who remain in town should still expect a striking partial event and should plan photography around filtered partial-phase images rather than corona shots.
For a smoother day, choose a viewing site before arrival, note the nearest toilets and shade, download offline maps, and set a backup meeting point. Carry water, warm layers, a small first-aid kit, and spare certified glasses for anyone in your group who misplaces theirs. Allow extra time for crowds, traffic, and changing weather, and avoid relying on one narrow road or car park.
Build the day around flexibility. Keep fuel, food, water, phone batteries, and printed directions sorted before eclipse morning, because mobile networks and local shops may be under pressure. Share your plan with the group, agree on when you will move if cloud develops, and leave enough margin to change sites calmly instead of racing the weather.
Think about comfort as much as the celestial timing. A good observing site has a broad view toward the Sun, room to sit away from traffic, shade before and after maximum, and a simple exit route. Avoid private land unless you have permission, and leave the site cleaner than you found it.
Safety
Use ISO 12312-2 certified viewing glasses during every partial phase. Cameras, binoculars, and telescopes need proper front-mounted solar filters whenever any part of the bright Sun is visible. Only observers inside totality may briefly view the fully covered Sun without filters, and only during totality itself.
Common Questions
What time is the solar eclipse in Broome?
In Broome on 22 July 2028 the partial eclipse begins at 9:16 a.m. AWST, reaches maximum at 10:46 a.m. AWST, and ends at 12:19 p.m. AWST. All times are local. In UTC that is 01:16, 02:46, and 04:19.
Will Broome see totality in 2028?
No. Broome is outside the path of totality, so the Sun is never fully covered. The eclipse is partial with a maximum magnitude of 0.921, and certified eye protection is required for the entire event.
Is Broome in the path of totality?
No. Broome sees a partial solar eclipse. Reaching totality means travelling into the central path that crosses inland New South Wales and the South Island of Aotearoa New Zealand.
Nearby City Guides
All City Guides
- Broome
- Alice Springs
- Bourke
- Dubbo
- Sydney
- Queenstown
- Dunedin
- Melbourne
- Brisbane
- Adelaide
- Perth
- Katoomba
- Orange
- Penrith
- Canberra
- Newcastle
- Uluru/Ayer's Rock
- Wollongong
- Wellington
- Christchurch
- Auckland
Sources
City-center timing and cloud-history notes are cross-checked against Timeanddate circumstances for Broome and the NASA GSFC path map.