Solar eclipse of January 16, 2094

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Solar eclipse of January 16, 2094
Map
Type of eclipse
NatureTotal
Gamma−0.9333
Magnitude1.0342
Maximum eclipse
Duration111 s (1 min 51 s)
Coordinates84°48′S 10°36′W / 84.8°S 10.6°W / -84.8; -10.6
Max. width of band329 km (204 mi)
Times (UTC)
Greatest eclipse18:59:03
References
Saros152 (17 of 70)
Catalog # (SE5000)9718

A total solar eclipse will occur on January 16, 2094. 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 total solar eclipse occurs when the Moon's apparent diameter is larger than the Sun's, blocking all direct sunlight, turning day into darkness. Totality occurs in a narrow path across Earth's surface, with the partial solar eclipse visible over a surrounding region thousands of kilometres wide.

This total eclipse is notable in that the path of totality passes over the South Pole.

Related eclipses[edit]

Solar eclipses 2091–2094[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]

Solar eclipses 2091 to 2094
122 February 18, 2091

Partial
127 August 15, 2091

Total
132 February 7, 2092

Annular
137 August 3, 2092

Annular
142 January 27, 2093

Total
147 July 23, 2093

Annular
152 January 16, 2094

Total
157 July 12, 2094

Partial

Saros 152[edit]

Solar saros 152, repeating every about 18 years and 11 days, contains 70 events. The series started with a partial solar eclipse on July 26, 1805. It has total eclipses from November 2, 1967, to September 14, 2490; hybrid eclipses from September 26, 2508, to October 17, 2544; and annular eclipses from October 29, 2562, to June 16, 2941. The series ends at member 70 as a partial eclipse on August 20, 3049. The longest total eclipse will occur on June 9, 2328, at 5 minutes and 15 seconds; the longest annular eclipse will occur on February 16, 2743, at 5 minutes and 20 seconds.[2]

Series members 7–17 occur between 1901 and 2100:
7 8 9

September 30, 1913

October 11, 1931

October 21, 1949
10 11 12

November 2, 1967

November 12, 1985

November 23, 2003
13 14 15

December 4, 2021

December 15, 2039

December 26, 2057
16 17

January 6, 2076

January 16, 2094

Metonic cycle[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).

Notes[edit]

  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ Saros Series Catalog of Solar Eclipses NASA Eclipse Web Site.

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