Solar eclipse of July 22, 2028

Solar eclipse of July 22, 2028
Map
Type of eclipse
Nature	Total
Gamma	-0.6056
Magnitude	1.056
Maximum eclipse
Duration	310 sec (5 m 10 s)
Coordinates	15°36′S 126°42′E / 15.6°S 126.7°E
Max. width of band	230 km (140 mi)
Times (UTC)
Greatest eclipse	2:56:40
References
Saros	146 (28 of 76)
Catalog # (SE5000)	9570

A total solar eclipse will occur on July 22, 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. 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. The central line of the path of the eclipse will cross the Australian continent from the Kimberley region in the north west and continue in a south-easterly direction through Western Australia, the Northern Territory, south-west Queensland and New South Wales, close to the towns of Wyndham, Kununurra, Tennant Creek, Birdsville, Bourke and Dubbo, and continuing on through the centre of Sydney, where the eclipse will have a duration of over three minutes. It will also cross Dunedin, New Zealand.

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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.

Solar eclipse series sets from 2026-2029

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.

Metonic cycle

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).

21 events between July 22, 1971 and July 22, 2047 

July 21-22	May 9-11	February 26-27	December 14-15	October 2-3
116	118	120	122	124
July 22, 1971	May 11, 1975	February 26, 1979	December 15, 1982	October 3, 1986
126	128	130	132	134
July 22, 1990	May 10, 1994	February 26, 1998	December 14, 2001	October 3, 2005
136	138	140	142	144
July 22, 2009	May 10, 2013	February 26, 2017	December 14, 2020	October 2, 2024
146	148	150	152	154
July 22, 2028	May 9, 2032	February 27, 2036	December 15, 2039	October 3, 2043
156
July 22, 2047

References

External links

• Earth visibility chart and eclipse statistics Eclipse Predictions by Fred Espenak, NASA/GSFC
  • Google interactive map
  • Besselian elements