Longest Eclipse for 1000 Years Seen Over Africa, Asia 2.03K Ravi Somaiya 01/15/10 07:43AM Filed to: Ooooh Ooooh Eclipse At 11 minutes and 8 seconds, astronomers believe this annular eclipse — in which the moon doesn't fully cover the sun — won't be beaten for millennia. It's seen here from the Maldives.