Solar eclipse of January 26, 1990
Solar eclipse of January 26, 1990 | |
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Type of eclipse | |
Nature | Annular |
Gamma | −0.9457 |
Magnitude | 0.967 |
Maximum eclipse | |
Duration | 123 s (2 min 3 s) |
Coordinates | 71°00′S 22°12′W / 71°S 22.2°W |
Max. width of band | 373 km (232 mi) |
Times (UTC) | |
Greatest eclipse | 19:31:24 |
References | |
Saros | 121 (59 of 71) |
Catalog # (SE5000) | 9486 |
An annular solar eclipse occurred on January 26, 1990. 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.
Related eclipses
Solar eclipses of 1990-1992
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 eclipse series sets from 1990 to 1992 | ||||||
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Ascending node | Descending node | |||||
Saros | Map | Gamma | Saros | Map | Gamma | |
121 | January 26, 1990![]() Annular |
−0.9457 | 126![]() Partial in Finland |
July 22, 1990![]() Total |
0.7597 | |
131 | January 15, 1991![]() Annular |
−0.2727 | 136![]() Totality in Playas del Coco, Costa Rica |
July 11, 1991![]() Total |
−0.0041 | |
141 | January 4, 1992![]() Annular |
0.4091 | 146 | June 30, 1992![]() Total |
−0.7512 | |
151 | December 24, 1992![]() Partial |
1.0711 |
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 ascending node.
21 eclipse events between June 21, 1982 and June 21, 2058 | ||||
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June 21 | April 8–9 | January 26 | November 13–14 | September 1–2 |
117 | 119 | 121 | 123 | 125 |
![]() June 21, 1982 |
![]() April 9, 1986 |
![]() January 26, 1990 |
![]() November 13, 1993 |
![]() September 2, 1997 |
127 | 129 | 131 | 133 | 135 |
![]() June 21, 2001 |
![]() April 8, 2005 |
![]() January 26, 2009 |
![]() November 13, 2012 |
![]() September 1, 2016 |
137 | 139 | 141 | 143 | 145 |
![]() June 21, 2020 |
![]() April 8, 2024 |
![]() January 26, 2028 |
![]() November 14, 2031 |
![]() September 2, 2035 |
147 | 149 | 151 | 153 | 155 |
![]() June 21, 2039 |
![]() April 9, 2043 |
![]() January 26, 2047 |
![]() November 14, 2050 |
![]() September 2, 2054 |
157 | ||||
![]() June 21, 2058 |
Notes
- ^ 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.
References
- Earth visibility chart and eclipse statistics Eclipse Predictions by Fred Espenak, NASA/GSFC
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