Solar eclipse of January 26, 2028
| Solar eclipse of January 26, 2028 | |
|---|---|
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| Type of eclipse | |
| Nature | Annular |
| Gamma | 0.3901 |
| Magnitude | 0.9208 |
| Maximum eclipse | |
| Duration | 627 sec (10 m 27 s) |
| Coordinates | 3°00′N 51°30′W / 3°N 51.5°W |
| Max. width of band | 323 km (201 mi) |
| Times (UTC) | |
| Greatest eclipse | 15:08:59 |
| References | |
| Saros | 141 (24 of 70) |
| Catalog # (SE5000) | 9569 |
An annular solar eclipse will occur on January 26, 2028. 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. An annular solar eclipse occurs when the Moon's apparent diameter is smaller than the Sun's, blocking most of the Sun's light and causing the Sun to look like an annulus (ring). An annular eclipse appears as a partial eclipse over a region of the Earth thousands of kilometres wide.
Images
The eclipse
Related eclipses
Solar eclipses of 2026-2029
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.
| Ascending node | Descending node | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 121 | February 17, 2026 Annular |
126 | August 12, 2026 Total | |||
| 131 | February 6, 2027 Annular |
136 | August 2, 2027 Total | |||
| 141 | January 26, 2028 Annular |
146 | July 22, 2028 Total | |||
| 151 | January 14, 2029 Partial |
156 | July 11, 2029 Partial | |||
| Partial solar eclipses on June 12, 2029, and December 5, 2029, occur in the next lunar year eclipse set. | ||||||
Saros 141
Solar Saros 141 repeats every 18 years, 11 days and contains 70 events. The series started with partial solar eclipse on May 19, 1613. It contains annular eclipses from August 4, 1739 through October 14, 2460. There are no total eclipses in this series. The series ends at member 70 as a partial eclipse on June 13, 2857. [1]
Metonic series
The metonic series repeats eclipses every 19 years (6939.69 days), lasting about 5 cycles. Eclipses occur in nearly the same calendar date. In addition the octon subseries repeats 1/5 of that or every 3.8 years (1387.94 days).
| June 21 | April 8-9 | January 26 | November 13-14 | September 1-2 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 117 | 119 | 121 | 123 | 125 |
 June 21, 1982 |
 April 9, 1986 |
 January 26, 1990 |
 November 13, 1993 |
 September 2, 1997 |
| 127 | 129 | 131 | 133 | 135 |
 June 21, 2001 |
 April 8, 2005 |
 January 26, 2009 |
 November 13, 2012 |
 September 1, 2016 |
| 137 | 139 | 141 | 143 | 145 |
 June 21, 2020 |
 April 8, 2024 |
January 26, 2028 |
 November 14, 2031 |
 September 2, 2035 |
| 147 | 149 | 151 | 153 | 155 |
 June 21, 2039 |
 April 9, 2043 |
 January 26, 2047 |
 November 14, 2050 |
 September 2, 2054 |
| 157 | ||||
 June 21, 2058 |
References
- ↑ "NASA - Catalog of Solar Eclipses of Saros 141". Eclipse.gsfc.nasa.gov. Retrieved 2012-03-15.
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External links
- Earth visibility chart and eclipse statistics Eclipse Predictions by Fred Espenak, NASA/GSFC
