Solar eclipse of January 26, 2028


An annular solar eclipse will occur at the Moon's ascending node of orbit on Wednesday, January 26, 2028, with a magnitude of 0.9208. 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. Occurring about 2 days before apogee, the Moon's apparent diameter will be smaller.
The path of annularity will pass through Ecuador, Peru, northern Brazil, and French Guiana. It will then travel across the Atlantic Ocean and end in southern Portugal, northern Morocco, and southern Spain. A partial eclipse will be visible over much of central and northern South America, Central America, the Caribbean, eastern North America and Western Europe, and West Africa.

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 Contact2028 January 26 at 12:07:52.6 UTC
First Umbral External Contact2028 January 26 at 13:16:03.3 UTC
First Central Line2028 January 26 at 13:19:37.5 UTC
First Umbral Internal Contact2028 January 26 at 13:23:12.8 UTC
First Penumbral Internal Contact2028 January 26 at 14:49:10.7 UTC
Greatest Duration2028 January 26 at 14:54:20.6 UTC
Greatest Eclipse2028 January 26 at 15:08:58.8 UTC
Ecliptic Conjunction2028 January 26 at 15:13:40.4 UTC
Equatorial Conjunction2028 January 26 at 15:25:58.3 UTC
Last Penumbral Internal Contact2028 January 26 at 15:28:20.7 UTC
Last Umbral Internal Contact2028 January 26 at 16:54:32.7 UTC
Last Central Line2028 January 26 at 16:58:09.5 UTC
Last Umbral External Contact2028 January 26 at 17:01:45.1 UTC
Last Penumbral External Contact2028 January 26 at 18:10:00.6 UTC

ParameterValue
Eclipse Magnitude0.92080
Eclipse Obscuration0.84787
Gamma0.39014
Sun Right Ascension20h34m14.2s
Sun Declination-18°43'33.0"
Sun Semi-Diameter16'14.6"
Sun Equatorial Horizontal Parallax08.9"
Moon Right Ascension20h33m43.7s
Moon Declination-18°23'46.3"
Moon Semi-Diameter14'45.1"
Moon Equatorial Horizontal Parallax0°54'08.3"
ΔT73.0 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 12
Descending node
January 26
Ascending node
Partial lunar eclipse
Lunar Saros 115		Annular solar eclipse
Solar Saros 141

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Solar Saros 141

Inex

Triad