Solar eclipse of January 26, 2028

Solar eclipse of January 26, 2028
Solar eclipse of January 26, 2028
	Map
Type of eclipse
Nature	Annular
Gamma	0.3901
Magnitude	0.9208
Maximum eclipse
Duration	627 s (10 min 27 s)
Coordinates	3°00′N 51°30′W / 3°N 51.5°W
Max. width of band	323 km (201 mi)
Times (UTC)
Greatest eclipse	15:08:59
References
Saros	141 (24 of 70)
Catalog # (SE5000)	9569

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 (ring). An annular eclipse appears as a partial eclipse over a region of the Earth thousands of kilometres wide.

The path of annularity will pass through Ecuador, Peru, and northern Brazil. It will then travel across the Atlantic Ocean and end in Spain. A partial eclipse will be visible over much of Central and South America and Western Europe, as well as in northwestern Africa.

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Details of the antumbra in some places or cities[edit]

**Solar Eclipse of January 26, 2028**
Country or Territory	Place or City	Start of partial eclipse (Local Time)	Start of annular eclipse (Local Time)	End of annular eclipse (Local Time)	Duration of annular eclipse	End of partial eclipse (Local Time)	Maximum darkness	Magnitude
Ecuador	Puerto Ayora, Galapagos Islands	06:12:40 (sunrise)	07:22:01	07:27:41	5 min 40 s	09:00:08	83,2%	0,912
Peru	Piura, Piura Province	07:09:05	08:32:59	08:36:23	3 min 24 s	10:21:43	83,7%	0,915
Ecuador	Machala, El Oro Province	07:10:05	08:33:00	08:41:01	8 min 01 s	10:26:12	83,7%	0,915
Ecuador	Loja, Loja Province	07:10:16	08:33:35	08:42:14	8 min 39 s	10:27:53	83,8%	0,915
Ecuador	Cuenca, Azuay Province	07:10:53	08:35:47	08:42:14	6 min 27 s	10:29:51	83,8%	0,915
Peru	Iquitos, Loreto Province	07:15:05	08:45:49	08:54:27	8 min 38 s	10:48:17	84,1%	0,917
Colombia	Leticia, Amazonas	07:18:26	08:52:58	09:02:29	9 min 31 s	10:59:06	84,2%	0,918
Brazil	Manaus, Amazonas	08:34:58	10:24:53	10:31:45	5 min 22 s	12:33:28	84,7%	0,920
Brazil	Oiapoque, Amapa	10:04:32	12:04:37	12:13:04	8 min 27 s	14:08:02	84,8%	0,921
Portugal	Funchal, Madeira	15:19:58	16:46:42	16:53:42	5 min 48 s	18:08:15	83,1%	0,912
Portugal	Faro	15:32:21	16:51:42	16:58:44	7 min 02 s	17:45:03 (sunset)	82,7%	0,910
Morocco	Tangier	15:34:46	16:55:00	16:57:48	2 min 48 s	17:39:20 (sunset)	82,7%	0,909
Spain	Seville	16:34:28	17:52:18	17:59:33	7 min 15 s	18:36:26 (sunset)	82,7%	0,909
Spain	Albacete	16:38:00	17:53:12	18:00:18	7 min 06 s	18:16:14 (sunset)	82,5%	0,908
Spain	Valencia	16:39:04	17:53:24	18:00:27	7 min 03 s	18:09:10 (sunset)	82,4%	0,908
Gibraltar	Gibraltar	16:35:14	17:54:31	17:58:30	3 min 59 s	18:36:36 (sunset)	82,7%	0,909

Related eclipses[edit]

Solar eclipses of 2026–2029[edit]

This eclipse is a member of a semester series. An eclipse 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.^[1]

The partial solar eclipses on June 12, 2029 and December 5, 2029 occur in the next lunar year eclipse set.

Solar eclipse series sets from 2026 to 2029
Ascending node			Descending node
Saros	Map	Gamma	Saros	Map	Gamma
121	February 17, 2026 Annular	−0.97427	126	August 12, 2026 Total	0.89774
131	February 6, 2027 Annular	−0.29515	136	August 2, 2027 Total	0.14209
141	January 26, 2028 Annular	0.39014	146	July 22, 2008 Total	−0.60557
151	January 14, 2029 Partial	1.05532	156	July 11, 2029 Partial	−1.41908

Saros 141[edit]

This eclipse is a part of Saros series 141, repeating every 18 years, 11 days, and containing 70 events. The series started with a partial solar eclipse on May 19, 1613. It contains annular eclipses from August 4, 1739 through October 14, 2640. There are no hybrid or total eclipses in this set. The series ends at member 70 as a partial eclipse on June 13, 2857. Its eclipses are tabulated in three columns; every third eclipse in the same column is one exeligmos apart, so they all cast shadows over approximately the same parts of the Earth.

The longest duration of annularity was produced by member 20 at 12 minutes, 9 seconds on December 14, 1955. All eclipses in this series occur at the Moon’s ascending node of orbit.^[2]

Series members 12–33 occur between 1801 and 2200:
12	13	14
September 17, 1811	September 28, 1829	October 9, 1847
15	16	17
October 19, 1865	October 30, 1883	November 11, 1901
18	19	20
November 22, 1919	December 2, 1937	December 14, 1955
21	22	23
December 24, 1973	January 4, 1992	January 15, 2010
24	25	26
January 26, 2028	February 5, 2046	February 17, 2064
27	28	29
February 27, 2082	March 10, 2100	March 22, 2118
30	31	32
April 1, 2136	April 12, 2154	April 23, 2172
33
May 4, 2190

Metonic series[edit]

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). All eclipses in this table occur at the Moon's ascending node.

21 eclipse events between June 21, 1982, and June 21, 2058
June 21	April 8–9	January 26	November 13–14	September 1–2
107	109	111	113	115
June 21, 1963	April 9, 1967	January 26, 1971	November 14, 1974	September 2, 1978
117	119	121	123	125
June 21, 1982	April 9, 1986	January 26, 1990	November 13, 1993	September 2, 1997
127	129	131	133	135
June 21, 2001	April 8, 2005	January 26, 2009	November 13, 2012	September 1, 2016
137	139	141	143	145
June 21, 2020	April 8, 2024	January 26, 2028	November 14, 2031	September 2, 2035
147	149	151	153	155
June 21, 2039	April 9, 2043	January 26, 2047	November 14, 2050	September 2, 2054
157
June 21, 2058