Solar eclipse of January 16, 2056

Solar eclipse of January 16, 2056
Map
Type of eclipse
Nature Annular
Gamma 0.4199
Magnitude 0.9759
Maximum eclipse
Duration 172 sec (2 m 52 s)
Coordinates 3°54′N 153°30′W / 3.9°N 153.5°W / 3.9; -153.5
Max. width of band 95 km (59 mi)
Times (UTC)
Greatest eclipse 22:16:45
References
Saros 132 (48 of 71)
Catalog # (SE5000) 9632

An annular solar eclipse will occur on January 16, 2056. 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.

Solar eclipses 2054-2058

Each member 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.

117August 3, 2054

Partial
122January 27, 2055

Partial
127July 24, 2055

Total
132January 16, 2056

Annular
137July 12, 2056

Annular
142January 5, 2057

Total
147July 1, 2057

Annular
152December 26, 2057

Total
157June 21, 2058

Partial

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