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Solar eclipse of January 6, 2019
From Nakhodka, Russia
Map
Type of eclipse
NaturePartial
Gamma1.1417
Magnitude0.7145
Maximum eclipse
Coordinates67°24′N 153°36′E / 67.4°N 153.6°E / 67.4; 153.6
Times (UTC)
Greatest eclipse1:42:38
References
Saros122 (58 of 70)
Catalog # (SE5000)9550
Animated path.

The solar eclipse of January 6, 2019 was a partial solar eclipse that was visible in East Asia and North Pacific.

Visibility

The maximal phase (71%) of the partial eclipse was recorded in Sakha Republic (Russia).

The eclipse was observed in Japan, Russian Far East, North and South Korea, eastern China, eastern Mongolia and on the north-west of Alaska.

Eclipses of 2019

Tzolkinex

Half-Saros cycle

Tritos

Solar Saros 122

Inex

Triad

  • Followed: Solar eclipse of November 6, 2105

Solar eclipses of 2018–2021

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 February 15, 2018 and August 11, 2018 occur in the previous lunar year eclipse set.

Solar eclipse series sets from 2018 to 2021
Ascending node   Descending node
Saros Map Gamma Saros Map Gamma
117

Partial in Melbourne, Australia
July 13, 2018

Partial
−1.35423 122

Partial in Nakhodka, Russia
January 6, 2019

Partial
1.14174
127

Totality in La Serena, Chile
July 2, 2019

Total
−0.64656 132

Annularity in Jaffna, Sri Lanka
December 26, 2019

Annular
0.41351
137

Annularity in Beigang, Yunlin, Taiwan
June 21, 2020

Annular
0.12090 142

Totality in Gorbea, Chile
December 14, 2020

Total
−0.29394
147

Partial in Halifax, Canada
June 10, 2021

Annular
0.91516 152

From HMS Protector off South Georgia
December 4, 2021

Total
−0.95261

Metonic series

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.

22 eclipse events between June 1, 2011 and October 24, 2098
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

June 1, 2087

October 24, 2098

References

  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.