Solar eclipse of January 16, 2075

Solar eclipse of January 16, 2075
Map
Type of eclipse
Nature Total
Gamma -0.2799
Magnitude 1.0311
Maximum eclipse
Duration 162 sec (2 m 42 s)
Coordinates 37°12′S 94°06′W / 37.2°S 94.1°W / -37.2; -94.1
Max. width of band 110 km (68 mi)
Times (UTC)
Greatest eclipse 18:36:04
References
Saros 142 (26 of 72)
Catalog # (SE5000) 9675

A total solar eclipse will occur on January 16, 2075. A solar eclipse occurs when the Moon passes between Earth and the Sun, thereby totally or partly obscuring the image of the Sun for a viewer on Earth. A total solar eclipse occurs when the Moon's apparent diameter is larger than the Sun's, blocking all direct sunlight, turning day into darkness. Totality occurs in a narrow path across Earth's surface, with the partial solar eclipse visible over a surrounding region thousands of kilometres wide.

Related eclipses

Solar eclipses 2073-2076

Each member in a semester series of solar eclipses repeats approximately every 177 days and 4 hours (a semester) at alternating nodes of the Moon's orbit.

122February 7, 2073

Partial
127August 3, 2073

Total
132January 27, 2074

Annular
137July 24, 2074

Annular
142January 16, 2075

Total
147July 13, 2075

Annular
152January 6, 2076

Total
157July 1, 2076

Partial

Saros series 142

It is a part of Saros cycle 142, repeating every 18 years, 11 days, containing 72 events. The series started with partial solar eclipse on April 17, 1624. It contains one hybrid eclipse on July 14, 1768, and total eclipses from July 25, 1786 through October 29, 2543. The series ends at member 72 as a partial eclipse on June 5, 2904. The longest duration of totality will be 6 minutes, 34 seconds on May 28, 2291.[1]

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