Solar eclipse of January 16, 2056


An annular solar eclipse will occur at the Moon's descending node of orbit between Sunday, January 16 and Monday, January 17, 2056, with a magnitude of 0.9759. 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. An annular eclipse appears as a partial eclipse over a region of the Earth thousands of kilometres wide. The Moon's apparent diameter will be near the average diameter because it will occur 6.25 days after perigee and 7.2 days before apogee.
The path of annularity will be visible from parts of the Marshall Islands, northern Mexico, and Texas. A partial solar eclipse will also be visible for parts of Oceania, Hawaii, western and central North America, and Central America.

Eclipse details

Shown below are two tables displaying details about this particular solar eclipse. The first table outlines times at which the Moon's penumbra or umbra attains the specific parameter, and the second table describes various other parameters pertaining to this eclipse.
EventTime
First Penumbral External Contact2056 January 16 at 19:30:21.0 UTC
First Umbral External Contact2056 January 16 at 20:34:43.8 UTC
First Central Line2056 January 16 at 20:36:03.0 UTC
First Umbral Internal Contact2056 January 16 at 20:37:22.3 UTC
First Penumbral Internal Contact2056 January 16 at 22:02:03.4 UTC
Ecliptic Conjunction2056 January 16 at 22:12:06.7 UTC
Greatest Eclipse2056 January 16 at 22:16:45.2 UTC
Greatest Duration2056 January 16 at 22:20:15.4 UTC
Equatorial Conjunction2056 January 16 at 22:21:03.0 UTC
Last Penumbral Internal Contact2056 January 16 at 22:31:18.8 UTC
Last Umbral Internal Contact2056 January 16 at 23:56:02.7 UTC
Last Central Line2056 January 16 at 23:57:25.0 UTC
Last Umbral External Contact2056 January 16 at 23:58:47.2 UTC
Last Penumbral External Contact2056 January 17 at 01:03:13.9 UTC

ParameterValue
Eclipse Magnitude0.97595
Eclipse Obscuration0.95248
Gamma0.41993
Sun Right Ascension19h54m06.4s
Sun Declination-20°50'41.3"
Sun Semi-Diameter16'15.5"
Sun Equatorial Horizontal Parallax08.9"
Moon Right Ascension19h53m57.0s
Moon Declination-20°26'45.0"
Moon Semi-Diameter15'38.4"
Moon Equatorial Horizontal Parallax0°57'23.8"
ΔT87.8 s

Eclipse season

This eclipse is part of an eclipse season, a period, roughly every six months, when eclipses occur. Only two eclipse seasons occur each year, and each season lasts about 35 days and repeats just short of six months later; thus two full eclipse seasons always occur each year. Either two or three eclipses happen each eclipse season. In the sequence below, each eclipse is separated by a fortnight.
January 16
Descending node
February 1
Ascending node
Annular solar eclipse
Solar Saros 132		Penumbral lunar eclipse
Lunar Saros 144

Related eclipses

Eclipses in 2056

An annular solar eclipse on January 16.

Metonic

Tzolkinex

Half-Saros

Tritos

Solar Saros 132

Inex

Triad