A partial solar eclipse occurred at the Moon's descending node of orbit on Sunday, January 6, 2019,[1] with a magnitude of 0.7145. 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 eclipse was visible in East Asia and the North Pacific.
Solar eclipse of January 6, 2019 | |
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Type of eclipse | |
Nature | Partial |
Gamma | 1.1417 |
Magnitude | 0.7145 |
Maximum eclipse | |
Coordinates | 67°24′N 153°36′E / 67.4°N 153.6°E |
Times (UTC) | |
Greatest eclipse | 1:42:38 |
References | |
Saros | 122 (58 of 70) |
Catalog # (SE5000) | 9550 |
Visibility
editThe maximal phase (71%) of the partial eclipse was recorded in Sakha Republic (Russia).
The eclipse was observed in Japan, the Russian Far East, North and South Korea, eastern China, eastern Mongolia and northwest Alaska.
Gallery
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Jinan, China, 00:18 UTC
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Bohyeonsan, South Korea, 00:47 UTC
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Aichi Prefecture, Japan, 01:00 UTC
Related eclipses
editEclipses of 2019
edit- A partial solar eclipse on January 6.
- A total lunar eclipse on January 21.
- A total solar eclipse on July 2.
- A partial lunar eclipse on July 16.
- An annular solar eclipse on December 26.
Metonic
edit- Preceded by: Solar eclipse of March 20, 2015
- Followed by: Solar eclipse of October 25, 2022
Tzolkinex
edit- Preceded by: Solar eclipse of November 25, 2011
- Followed by: Solar eclipse of February 17, 2026
Half-Saros
edit- Preceded by: Lunar eclipse of December 31, 2009
- Followed by: Lunar eclipse of January 12, 2028
Tritos
edit- Preceded by: Solar eclipse of February 7, 2008
- Followed by: Solar eclipse of December 5, 2029
Solar Saros 122
edit- Preceded by: Solar eclipse of December 25, 2000
- Followed by: Solar eclipse of January 16, 2037
Inex
edit- Preceded by: Solar eclipse of January 26, 1990
- Followed by: Solar eclipse of December 16, 2047
Triad
edit- Preceded by: Solar eclipse of March 7, 1932
- Followed by: Solar eclipse of November 6, 2105
Solar eclipses of 2018–2021
editThis 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]
Note: Partial solar eclipses on February 15, 2018, and August 11, 2018, occurred during the previous semester series.
Ascending node | Descending node | |||||
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Saros | Map | Gamma | Saros | Map | Gamma | |
117 Partial from Melbourne, Australia |
2018 July 13 Partial |
−1.35423 | 122 Partial from Nakhodka, Russia |
2019 January 6 Partial |
1.14174 | |
127 La Serena, Chile |
2019 July 2 Total |
−0.64656 | 132 Jaffna, Sri Lanka |
2019 December 26 Annular |
0.41351 | |
137 Beigang, Yunlin, Taiwan |
2020 June 21 Annular |
0.12090 | 142 Gorbea, Chile |
2020 December 14 Total |
−0.29394 | |
147 Partial from Halifax, Canada |
2021 June 10 Annular |
0.91516 | 152 From HMS Protector off South Georgia |
2021 December 4 Total |
−0.95261 |
Saros 122
editIt is a part of Saros cycle 122, repeating every 18 years, 11 days, containing 70 events. The series started with a partial solar eclipse on April 17, 991 AD. It contains total eclipses from July 12, 1135 through August 3, 1171, hybrid eclipses on August 13, 1189 and August 25, 1207, and annular eclipses from September 4, 1225 through October 10, 1874. The series ends at member 70 as a partial eclipse on May 17, 2235. The longest duration of totality was 1 minute, 25 seconds on July 12, 1135, and the longest duration of annularity was 6 minutes, 28 seconds on October 10, 1874.
Series members 52-68 occur between 1900 and 2200: | ||
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52 | 53 | 54 |
November 2, 1910 |
November 12, 1928 |
November 23, 1946 |
55 | 56 | 57 |
December 4, 1964 |
December 15, 1982 |
December 25, 2000 |
58 | 59 | 60 |
January 6, 2019 |
January 16, 2037 |
January 27, 2055 |
61 | 62 | 63 |
February 7, 2073 |
February 18, 2091 |
March 1, 2109 |
64 | 65 | 66 |
March 13, 2127 |
March 23, 2145 |
April 3, 2163 |
67 | 68 | |
April 14, 2181 |
April 25, 2199 |
Metonic series
editThe 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 eclipse events between June 1, 2011 and June 1, 2087 | ||||
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May 31 – June 1 | March 19–20 | January 5–6 | October 24–25 | August 12–13 |
118 | 120 | 122 | 124 | 126 |
June 1, 2011 |
March 20, 2015 |
January 6, 2019 |
October 25, 2022 |
August 12, 2026 |
128 | 130 | 132 | 134 | 136 |
June 1, 2030 |
March 20, 2034 |
January 5, 2038 |
October 25, 2041 |
August 12, 2045 |
138 | 140 | 142 | 144 | 146 |
May 31, 2049 |
March 20, 2053 |
January 5, 2057 |
October 24, 2060 |
August 12, 2064 |
148 | 150 | 152 | 154 | 156 |
May 31, 2068 |
March 19, 2072 |
January 6, 2076 |
October 24, 2079 |
August 13, 2083 |
158 | 160 | 162 | 164 | 166 |
June 1, 2087 |
October 24, 2098 |
References
edit- ^ "Sky Watch". Albuquerque Journal. 2019-01-05. p. A9. Retrieved 2023-10-27 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ van Gent, R.H. "Solar- and Lunar-Eclipse Predictions from Antiquity to the Present". A Catalogue of Eclipse Cycles. Utrecht University. Retrieved 6 October 2018.