Solar eclipse of January 27, 2055
A partial solar eclipse will occur at the Moon's descending node of orbit on Wednesday, January 27, 2055, with a magnitude of 0.6932. 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 partial solar eclipse occurs in the polar regions of the Earth when the center of the Moon's shadow misses the Earth.
The partial solar eclipse will be visible for most of North 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.| Event | Time |
| First Penumbral External Contact | 2055 January 27 at 15:49:08.2 UTC |
| Ecliptic Conjunction | 2055 January 27 at 17:40:43.6 UTC |
| Greatest Eclipse | 2055 January 27 at 17:54:05.3 UTC |
| Equatorial Conjunction | 2055 January 27 at 18:16:10.6 UTC |
| Last Penumbral External Contact | 2055 January 27 at 19:58:56.1 UTC |
| Parameter | Value |
| Eclipse Magnitude | 0.69325 |
| Eclipse Obscuration | 0.59655 |
| Gamma | 1.15497 |
| Sun Right Ascension | 20h40m41.0s |
| Sun Declination | -18°19'18.9" |
| Sun Semi-Diameter | 16'14.5" |
| Sun Equatorial Horizontal Parallax | 08.9" |
| Moon Right Ascension | 20h39m58.6s |
| Moon Declination | -17°17'11.5" |
| Moon Semi-Diameter | 14'53.3" |
| Moon Equatorial Horizontal Parallax | 0°54'38.4" |
| ΔT | 87.2 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 27 Descending node | February 11 Ascending node |
| Partial solar eclipse Solar Saros 122 | Total lunar eclipse Lunar Saros 134 |
Related eclipses
Eclipses in 2055
A partial solar eclipse on January 27.- A total lunar eclipse on February 11.
- A total solar eclipse on July 24.
- A partial lunar eclipse on August 7.
Metonic
- Preceded by: Solar eclipse of April 11, 2051
- Followed by: Solar eclipse of November 16, 2058
Tzolkinex
- Preceded by: Solar eclipse of December 16, 2047
- Followed by: Solar eclipse of March 11, 2062
Half-Saros
- Preceded by: Lunar eclipse of January 22, 2046
- Followed by: Lunar eclipse of February 2, 2064
Tritos
- Preceded by: Solar eclipse of February 28, 2044
- Followed by: Solar eclipse of December 27, 2065
Solar Saros 122
- Preceded by: Solar eclipse of January 16, 2037
- Followed by: Solar eclipse of February 7, 2073
Inex
- Preceded by: Solar eclipse of February 17, 2026
- Followed by: Solar eclipse of January 7, 2084
Triad
- Preceded by: Solar eclipse of March 28, 1968
- Followed by: Solar eclipse of November 28, 2141