Solar eclipse of July 22, 2028

Solar eclipse of July 22, 2028
Solar eclipse of July 22, 2028
	Map
Type of eclipse
Nature	Total
Gamma	−0.6056
Magnitude	1.056
Maximum eclipse
Duration	310 s (5 min 10 s)
Coordinates	15°36′S 126°42′E / 15.6°S 126.7°E
Max. width of band	230 km (140 mi)
Times (UTC)
Greatest eclipse	2:56:40
References
Saros	146 (28 of 76)
Catalog # (SE5000)	9570

A total solar eclipse will occur at the Moon's descending node of orbit on Saturday, July 22, 2028, with a magnitude of 1.056. The central line of the path of the eclipse will cross the Australian continent from the Kimberley region in the north-west and continue in a south-easterly direction through Western Australia, the Northern Territory, south-west Queensland and New South Wales, close to the towns of Wyndham, Kununurra, Tennant Creek, Birdsville, Bourke and Dubbo, and continuing on through the centre of Sydney, where the eclipse will have a duration of over three minutes. It will also cross Queenstown and Dunedin, New Zealand. Totality will also be viewable from two of Australia's external territories: Christmas Island and the Cocos (Keeling) Islands.

This is the first time Sydney will experience a total solar eclipse since 26 March 1857 and will be the last until 3 June 2858.^[1]

Details of the totality by location[edit]

**Solar Eclipse of 22 July 2028**
Country or Territory	City or Town	Start of partial eclipse (Local Time)	Start of total eclipse (Local Time)	End of total eclipse (Local Time)	Duration of total eclipse	End of partial eclipse (Local Time)	Magnitude
Cocos Islands	West Island	07:03:37	08:12:03	08:15:29	3 min 27s	09:35:13	1,048
Christmas Island	Flying Fish Cove	07:39:41	08:54:49	08:58:42	3 min 53 s	10:25:35	1,052
Australia	Wyndham, Western Australia	09:25:54	10:57:53	11:00:48	3 min 22 s	12:31:30	1,056
Australia	Kununurra, Western Australia	09:27:48	10:59:41	11:02:35	2 min 54 s	12:33:09	1,056
Australia	Tennant Creek, Northern Territory	11:16:50	12:48:01	12:51:25	3 min 23 s	14:17:33	1,056
Australia	Bedourie, Queensland	12:06:46	13:34:24	13:38:55	4 min 31 s	14:59:30	1,054
Australia	Bourke, New South Wales	12:27:18	13:50:11	13:54:16	4 min 05 s	15:09:54	1,052
Australia	Nyngan, New South Wales	12:31:11	13:53:15	13:56:30	3 min 15 s	15:10:53	1,052
Australia	Dubbo, New South Wales	12:34:35	13:55:23	13:59:13	3 min 51 s	15:12:20	1,051
Australia	Orange, New South Wales	12:36:16	13:57:09	13:59:29	2 min 18 s	15:12:48	1,051
Australia	Wollongong, New South Wales	12:40:27	13:59:42	14:02:33	2 min 51 s	15:14:21	1,051
Australia	Sydney	12:40:42	13:59:33	14:03:22	3 min 48 s	15:14:40	1,051
Australia	Central Coast, New South Wales	12:40:56	14:00:37	14:03:11	2 min 54s	15:14:54	1,051
New Zealand	Queenstown	15:07:26	16:15:07	16:18:01	2 min 55 s	17:20:06	1,045
New Zealand	Dunedin	15:09:01	16:15:48	16:18:39	2 min 51 s	17:15:24 (sunset)	1,045
New Zealand	Antipodes Islands	15:14:08	16:17:21	16:19:55	2 min 34 s	16:28:47 (sunset)	1,042

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.^[2]

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 146[edit]

This eclipse is a part of Saros series 146, repeating every 18 years, 11 days, and containing 76 events. The series started with a partial solar eclipse on September 19, 1541. It contains total eclipses from May 29, 1938 through October 7, 2154; hybrid eclipses from October 17, 2172 through November 20, 2226; and annular eclipses from November 30, 2244 through August 10, 2659. The series ends at member 76 as a partial eclipse on December 29, 2893. 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 totality was produced by member 26 at 5 minutes, 21 seconds on June 30, 1992, and the longest duration of annularity will be produced by member 63 at 3 minutes, 30 seconds on August 10, 2659. All eclipses in this series occur at the Moon’s descending node of orbit.^[3]

Series members 16–37 occur between 1801 and 2200:
16	17	18
March 13, 1812	March 24, 1830	April 3, 1848
19	20	21
April 15, 1866	April 25, 1884	May 7, 1902
22	23	24
May 18, 1920	May 29, 1938	June 8, 1956
25	26	27
June 20, 1974	June 30, 1992	July 11, 2010
28	29	30
July 22, 2028	August 2, 2046	August 12, 2064
31	32	33
August 24, 2082	September 4, 2100	September 15, 2118
34	35	36
September 26, 2136	October 7, 2154	October 17, 2172
37
October 29, 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 descending node.

21 events between July 22, 1971 and July 22, 2047
July 21–22	May 9–11	February 26–27	December 14–15	October 2–3
116	118	120	122	124
July 22, 1971	May 11, 1975	February 26, 1979	December 15, 1982	October 3, 1986
126	128	130	132	134
July 22, 1990	May 10, 1994	February 26, 1998	December 14, 2001	October 3, 2005
136	138	140	142	144
July 22, 2009	May 10, 2013	February 26, 2017	December 14, 2020	October 2, 2024
146	148	150	152	154
July 22, 2028	May 9, 2032	February 27, 2036	December 15, 2039	October 3, 2043
156
July 22, 2047