Solar eclipse of January 27, 2074


An annular solar eclipse will occur at the Moon's descending node of orbit on Saturday, January 27, 2074, with a magnitude of 0.9798. 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 5.2 days after apogee, the Moon's apparent diameter will be smaller.
The path of annularity will be visible from parts of eastern Chad, Sudan, northern South Sudan, Ethiopia, Somalia, the Maldives, Sri Lanka, the Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Myanmar, Thailand, Laos, Vietnam, southeastern China, and southwestern Japan. A partial solar eclipse will also be visible for parts of Central Africa, East Africa, Eastern Europe, and Asia.

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 Contact2074 January 27 at 03:58:42.2 UTC
First Umbral External Contact2074 January 27 at 05:02:58.1 UTC
First Central Line2074 January 27 at 05:04:09.1 UTC
First Umbral Internal Contact2074 January 27 at 05:05:20.2 UTC
First Penumbral Internal Contact2074 January 27 at 06:31:06.3 UTC
Ecliptic Conjunction2074 January 27 at 06:39:34.7 UTC
Greatest Eclipse2074 January 27 at 06:44:15.3 UTC
Equatorial Conjunction2074 January 27 at 06:51:50.3 UTC
Last Penumbral Internal Contact2074 January 27 at 06:57:10.8 UTC
Last Umbral Internal Contact2074 January 27 at 08:23:02.8 UTC
Last Central Line2074 January 27 at 18:06:19.2 UTC
Greatest Duration2074 January 27 at 08:24:16.9 UTC
Last Umbral External Contact2074 January 27 at 08:24:16.9 UTC
Last Penumbral External Contact2074 January 27 at 09:29:51.4 UTC

ParameterValue
Eclipse Magnitude0.97978
Eclipse Obscuration0.95998
Gamma0.42511
Sun Right Ascension20h40m20.9s
Sun Declination-18°20'28.4"
Sun Semi-Diameter16'14.5"
Sun Equatorial Horizontal Parallax08.9"
Moon Right Ascension20h40m04.5s
Moon Declination-17°56'22.6"
Moon Semi-Diameter15'41.1"
Moon Equatorial Horizontal Parallax0°57'33.8"
ΔT100.6 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
Annular solar eclipse
Solar Saros 132		Penumbral lunar eclipse
Lunar Saros 144

Related eclipses

Eclipses in 2074

An annular solar eclipse on January 27.

Metonic

Tzolkinex

Half-Saros

Tritos

Solar Saros 132

Inex

Triad