Solar eclipse of December 26, 2019

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Gamma0.4135
Magnitude0.9701
Duration220 s (3 min 40 s)
Coordinates1°00′N 102°18′E / 1°N 102.3°E / 1; 102.3
Solar eclipse of December 26, 2019
Annular eclipse
Annularity as seen from Jaffna, Sri Lanka
Map
Gamma0.4135
Magnitude0.9701
Maximum eclipse
Duration220 s (3 min 40 s)
Coordinates1°00′N 102°18′E / 1°N 102.3°E / 1; 102.3
Max. width of band118 km (73 mi)
Times (UTC)
Greatest eclipse5:18:53
References
Saros132 (46 of 71)
Catalog # (SE5000)9552

An annular solar eclipse occurred at the Moon’s descending node of orbit on Thursday, December 26, 2019,[1][2][3][4][5] with a magnitude of 0.9701. A solar eclipse occurs when the Moon passes between Earth and the Sun, thereby totally or partly obscuring 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.[6] The Moon's apparent diameter was near the average diameter because it occurred 7.3 days after perigee (on December 18, 2019, at 20:25 UTC) and 6.2 days before apogee (on January 2, 2020, at 1:30 UTC).[7]

Annularity was visible in Saudi Arabia, Qatar, United Arab Emirates, Oman, southern India, Sri Lanka, Malaysia, Indonesia, Singapore, the Northern Mariana Islands, and Guam. A partial eclipse was visible for parts of East Africa, Asia, and northern Australia.

Animated path

It was the last solar eclipse of 2019. The central path of the 2019 annular eclipse passed through the Saudi Arabian peninsula, southern India, Sumatra, Borneo, Philippines and Guam. A partial eclipse was visible thousands of kilometers wide from the central path. It covered small parts of Eastern Europe, much of Asia, North and West Australia, Eastern Africa, the Pacific Ocean and the Indian Ocean.[6][8] The eclipse started with an antumbra having a magnitude of 0.96; it stretched 164 kilometers wide, and traveled eastwards at an average rate of 1.1 kilometers per second. The longest duration of annularity was 3 minutes and 40 seconds, at 5.30 UT1 occurring in the South China Sea (0°45'54.0"N 105°29'06.0"E).[6]

The eclipse began in Saudi Arabia about 220 kilometers northeast of Riyadh at 03:43 UT1 and ended in Guam at 06:59.4 UT1. It reached India near Kannur, Kerala, at 03:56 UT1. The shadow reached the southeast coast of India at 04:04 UT1. Traveling through northern Sri Lanka, it headed into the Bay of Bengal. The next main visible places were Palau (Malaysia), Sumatra and Singapore. It then passed through the South China Sea, crossed Borneo and the Celebes Sea, the Philippines archipelago and then headed towards the western Pacific. The antumbral shadow encountered Guam at 6:56 UT1 and rose back into space.[6]

Eclipse timing

Places experiencing annular eclipse

Solar Eclipse of December 26, 2019
(Local Times)
Country or territory City or place Start of partial eclipse Start of annular eclipse Maximum eclipse End of annular eclipse End of partial eclipse Duration of annularity (min:s) Duration of eclipse (hr:min) Maximum coverage
 Saudi ArabiaHofuf06:25:08 (sunrise)06:34:3706:36:0706:37:3607:48:362:591:2391.67%
 QatarDoha06:17:06 (sunrise)06:36:3006:36:3606:36:4207:50:240:121:3391.76%
 IndiaMangaluru08:04:2209:24:0409:25:1309:26:2111:03:362:172:5993.19%
 IndiaKasaragod08:04:3109:24:0309:25:3409:27:0511:04:143:023:0093.21%
 IndiaPadne08:04:3909:24:1909:25:5409:27:2911:04:503:103:0093.22%
 IndiaKannur08:04:5109:24:5009:26:2009:27:5011:05:383:003:0193.24%
 IndiaThalassery08:04:5709:25:0709:26:3509:28:0211:06:032:553:0193.25%
 IndiaMadikeri08:05:0109:25:4809:26:4709:27:4511:06:241:573:0193.24%
 IndiaKozhikode08:05:1509:26:3309:27:1209:27:5111:07:091:183:0293.28%
 IndiaKoduvally08:05:1909:26:1009:27:2309:28:3611:07:292:263:0293.28%
 IndiaKalpetta08:05:2309:26:0009:27:3509:29:1011:07:513:103:0293.28%
 IndiaMalappuram08:05:3109:27:3109:27:4709:28:0211:08:080:313:0393.30%
 IndiaPalakkad08:05:5809:28:1209:28:5009:29:2811:10:001:163:0493.33%
 IndiaCoimbatore08:06:0809:27:4609:29:1809:30:5011:10:513:043:0593.34%
 IndiaTiruppur08:06:2409:28:2009:29:5509:31:3011:11:553:103:0693.36%
 IndiaDharapuram08:06:3709:28:4909:30:2209:31:5611:12:423:073:0693.38%
 IndiaErode08:06:3909:29:3309:30:3109:31:2911:12:571:563:0693.37%
 IndiaKarur08:07:0009:29:5609:31:1809:32:3811:14:172:423:0793.39%
 IndiaMadurai08:07:1809:31:3709:31:4609:31:5311:15:000:163:0893.42%
 IndiaTiruchirappalli08:07:3209:31:3309:32:2909:33:2411:16:171:513:0993.42%
 IndiaSivaganga08:07:3809:31:3109:32:2909:33:2611:16:141:553:0993.45%
 IndiaPudukkottai08:07:4509:31:2009:32:5309:34:2611:16:583:063:0993.44%
 IndiaKaraikudi08:07:4809:31:2109:32:5509:34:3011:17:013:093:0993.45%
 IndiaDevakottai08:07:5209:31:3409:33:0509:34:3411:17:153:003:0993.46%
 Sri LankaJaffna08:08:5909:33:5409:35:3009:37:0611:21:183:123:1293.52%
 Sri LankaTrincomalee08:10:3009:37:0609:38:3109:39:5711:26:062:513:1693.60%
 SingaporeSingapore11:27:0513:22:4113:23:4413:24:4715:18:322:063:5194.24%
 IndonesiaBatam10:27:3312:22:3512:24:1512:25:5614:18:523:213:5194.24%
 IndonesiaTanjungpinang10:29:0212:24:1912:26:0612:27:5214:20:113:333:5194.24%
 GuamHagåtña15:33:5116:54:3316:56:0816:57:4218:01:17 (sunset)3:092:2792.04%
References: [1]

Places experiencing partial eclipse

Solar Eclipse of December 26, 2019
(Local Times)
Country or territory City or place Start of partial eclipse Maximum eclipse End of partial eclipse Duration of eclipse (hr:min) Maximum coverage
 QatarAl Jemailiya06:19:37 (sunrise)06:36:3607:50:051:3091.57%
 BahrainManama06:22:55 (sunrise)06:36:4407:49:481:2790.70%
 QatarAl Khor06:18:05 (sunrise)06:36:4607:50:301:3291.03%
 United Arab EmiratesAbu Dhabi07:04:03 (sunrise)07:37:1808:53:111:4990.80%
 Saudi ArabiaRiyadh06:35:00 (sunrise)06:37:4407:45:471:1187.25%
 United Arab EmiratesDubai07:02:01 (sunrise)07:38:0108:54:241:5287.18%
 OmanMuscat06:45:32 (sunrise)07:39:0408:58:122:1387.51%
 KuwaitKuwait City06:40:22 (sunrise)06:43:0807:48:481:0881.02%
 PakistanKarachi07:34:0708:46:0910:10:532:3770.32%
 IranTehran07:12:12 (sunrise)07:16:1808:23:101:1160.43%
 IraqBasra06:43:37 (sunrise)06:46:2507:49:061:0575.40%
 IndiaMumbai08:03:5809:21:4210:55:072:5178.94%
 MaldivesMalé07:38:2508:56:5810:32:082:5467.33%
 IndiaBengaluru08:06:2009:29:4411:11:253:0589.58%
 IndiaNew Delhi08:16:5609:30:5210:57:112:4044.72%
 Sri LankaSri Jayawardenepura Kotte08:10:0609:36:4311:22:343:1287.69%
 IraqBaghdad07:04:01 (sunrise)07:06:5607:48:130:4444.50%
 MyanmarYangon09:38:4611:17:5413:08:123:2951.63%
 ThailandBangkok10:18:2312:05:2713:57:543:4056.92%
 MalaysiaKuala Lumpur11:20:0213:14:4615:11:493:5289.69%
 CambodiaPhnom Penh10:30:5912:24:1414:14:453:4461.50%
 VietnamHo Chi Minh City10:36:3612:31:4214:20:453:4463.72%
 IndonesiaJakarta10:42:4112:36:1414:23:153:4172.37%
 BruneiBandar Seri Begawan12:04:5214:03:0215:43:233:3985.85%
 PhilippinesManila12:32:1514:19:0715:47:333:1560.27%
 PhilippinesGeneral Santos12:43:0514:30:2015:57:213:1491.96%
 PhilippinesDavao City12:44:4514:31:1615:57:423:1389.50%
 PalauNgerulmud14:12:2515:46:3717:03:492:5191.13%
 Federated States of MicronesiaColonia15:21:0316:50:4818:05:012:4492.12%
 Northern Mariana IslandsSaipan15:35:0916:56:2017:54:08 (sunset)2:1991.03%
References: [1]

Gallery

Eclipse details

Shown below are two tables displaying details about this particular solar eclipse. The first table outlines times at which the Moon's penumbra or umbra attains the specific parameter, and the second table describes various other parameters pertaining to this eclipse.[9]

December 26, 2019 solar eclipse times
Event Time (UTC)
First penumbral external contact 2019 December 26 at 02:31:00.8 UTC
First umbral external contact 2019 December 26 at 03:35:41.7 UTC
First central line 2019 December 26 at 03:37:13.6 UTC
First umbral internal contact 2019 December 26 at 03:38:45.8 UTC
First penumbral internal contact 2019 December 26 at 05:02:35.5 UTC
Ecliptic conjunction 2019 December 26 at 05:14:17.0 UTC
Equatorial conjunction 2019 December 26 at 05:15:43.8 UTC
Greatest eclipse 2019 December 26 at 05:18:53.1 UTC
Greatest duration 2019 December 26 at 05:29:39.4 UTC
Last penumbral internal contact 2019 December 26 at 05:35:14.2 UTC
Last umbral internal contact 2019 December 26 at 06:59:00.2 UTC
Last central line 2019 December 26 at 07:00:35.4 UTC
Last umbral external contact 2019 December 26 at 07:02:10.4 UTC
Last penumbral external contact 2019 December 26 at 08:06:53.4 UTC
December 26, 2019 solar eclipse parameters
Parameter Value
Eclipse magnitude 0.97010
Eclipse obscuration 0.94110
Gamma 0.41351
Sun right ascension 18h17m56.7s
Sun declination -23°22'19.2"
Sun semi-diameter 16'15.7"
Sun equatorial horizontal parallax 08.9"
Moon right ascension 18h18m03.7s
Moon declination -22°58'50.4"
Moon semi-diameter 15'33.0"
Moon equatorial horizontal parallax 0°57'04.0"
ΔT 69.8 s

Eclipse season

This eclipse is part of an eclipse season, a period, roughly every six months, when eclipses occur. Only two (or occasionally three) eclipse seasons occur each year, and each season lasts about 35 days and repeats just short of six months (173 days) later; thus two full eclipse seasons always occur each year. Either two or three eclipses happen each eclipse season. In the sequence below, each eclipse is separated by a fortnight.

Eclipse season of December 2019–January 2020
December 26
Descending node (new moon)
January 10
Ascending node (full moon)
Annular solar eclipse
Solar Saros 132		Penumbral lunar eclipse
Lunar Saros 144

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