Solar eclipse of January 26, 2009

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Gamma−0.282
Magnitude0.9282
Duration474 s (7 min 54 s)
Coordinates34°06′S 70°12′E / 34.1°S 70.2°E / -34.1; 70.2
Solar eclipse of January 26, 2009
Annular eclipse
Annularity from Palangka Raya, Indonesia
Map
Gamma−0.282
Magnitude0.9282
Maximum eclipse
Duration474 s (7 min 54 s)
Coordinates34°06′S 70°12′E / 34.1°S 70.2°E / -34.1; 70.2
Max. width of band280 km (170 mi)
Times (UTC)
Greatest eclipse7:59:45
References
Saros131 (50 of 70)
Catalog # (SE5000)9527

An annular solar eclipse occurred at the Moon's ascending node of orbit on Monday, January 26, 2009,[1][2][3] with a magnitude of 0.9282. 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. Occurring about 3.3 days after apogee (on January 23, 2009, at 0:10 UTC), the Moon's apparent diameter was smaller.[4]

The eclipse was visible from a narrow corridor beginning in the south Atlantic Ocean and sweeping eastward 900 km south of Africa, slowly curving northeast through the Indian Ocean. Its first landfall was in the Cocos Islands followed by southern Sumatra and western Java. It continued somewhat more easterly across central Borneo, across the northwestern edge of Celebes, then ending just before Mindanao, Philippines. The duration of annularity at greatest eclipse lasted 7 minutes, 53.58 seconds, but at greatest duration lasted 7 minutes, 56.05 seconds. A partial eclipse was visible for parts of Southern Africa, East Antarctica, Southeast Asia, the Philippines, and Australia.

The date of this eclipse was the exact day of Lunar New Year, celebrated in parts of Asia, where this eclipse was visible.


Animated path

Eclipse timing

Places experiencing annular eclipse

Solar Eclipse of January 26, 2009
(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
Cocos (Keeling) IslandsBantam14:25:2815:53:4515:56:0915:58:3417:12:494:492:4785.37%
 IndonesiaSerang15:19:4016:39:3616:40:4616:41:5817:50:292:222:3184.81%
 IndonesiaBandar Lampung15:19:4916:38:2516:41:2716:44:2817:51:306:032:3284.83%
 IndonesiaKetapang15:29:5816:44:1416:47:1016:50:0617:54:075:522:2984.53%
 IndonesiaSamarinda16:36:4517:47:5317:49:0017:50:0818:28:12 (sunset)2:151:5184.18%
 IndonesiaSangatta16:38:0717:47:2117:49:5717:52:3418:25:16 (sunset)5:131:4784.14%
References:[1]

Places experiencing partial eclipse

Solar Eclipse of January 26, 2009
(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
 NamibiaWindhoek07:01:4408:04:0509:16:492:1529.07%
 Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da CunhaEdinburgh of the Seven Seas05:58:02 (sunrise)06:07:5807:15:071:1782.16%
 South AfricaCape Town06:58:4808:12:0309:37:282:3963.42%
 BotswanaGaborone07:06:0208:15:3509:37:542:3230.34%
 South AfricaJohannesburg07:06:2608:19:3109:46:112:4034.17%
 LesothoMaseru07:03:4808:19:5009:49:432:4644.08%
 EswatiniMbabane07:09:2608:25:1109:54:542:4533.71%
 Bouvet IslandBouvet Island06:23:0707:26:3008:35:152:1248.36%
 MozambiqueMaputo07:11:2608:28:0009:58:352:4732.37%
 South AfricaMarion Island08:18:4809:44:1011:18:193:0081.13%
 French Southern and Antarctic LandsPort-aux-Français11:05:4812:35:1014:02:132:5652.02%
 RéunionSaint-Denis10:03:5011:45:3413:24:593:2130.86%
 MauritiusPort Louis11:10:4212:54:2214:32:583:2232.06%
 French Southern and Antarctic LandsÎle Amsterdam11:24:0113:05:3914:38:203:1469.88%
 British Indian Ocean TerritoryDiego Garcia13:30:3515:05:5816:26:412:5631.90%
 AustraliaDarwin18:03:5719:03:5219:19:54 (sunset)1:1641.30%
 Christmas IslandFlying Fish Cove15:12:0616:34:1417:44:452:3376.91%
 Timor-LesteDili17:33:5218:39:2519:05:26 (sunset)1:3255.48%
 IndonesiaJakarta15:20:2316:40:5817:50:182:3084.50%
 PhilippinesGeneral Santos16:46:2117:44:5117:47:08 (sunset)1:0174.77%
 SingaporeSingapore16:30:0117:49:2618:57:542:2872.28%
 PhilippinesManila16:55:0417:49:4417:52:09 (sunset)0:5751.31%
 MalaysiaKuala Lumpur16:31:5117:50:5418:59:032:2763.75%
 BruneiBandar Seri Begawan16:42:1217:54:0518:29:43 (sunset)1:4877.19%
 PhilippinesZamboanga City16:46:3817:54:2617:58:27 (sunset)1:1278.93%
 Hong KongHong Kong17:07:3617:56:2218:07:53 (sunset)1:0025.10%
 VietnamHo Chi Minh City15:48:1216:58:3717:54:39 (sunset)2:0649.60%
 CambodiaPhnom Penh15:49:1316:59:0118:00:322:1144.97%
 ThailandBangkok15:53:0216:59:5017:58:572:0633.11%
 VietnamHanoi16:08:0717:03:3317:43:11 (sunset)1:3520.98%
References:[1]

Gallery


Progression from Colombo, Sri Lanka

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.[5]

January 26, 2009 Solar Eclipse Times
Event Time (UTC)
First Penumbral External Contact 2009 January 26 at 04:57:42.7 UTC
First Umbral External Contact 2009 January 26 at 06:03:44.5 UTC
First Central Line 2009 January 26 at 06:06:54.1 UTC
First Umbral Internal Contact 2009 January 26 at 06:10:04.0 UTC
First Penumbral Internal Contact 2009 January 26 at 07:22:11.5 UTC
Greatest Duration 2009 January 26 at 07:43:23.8 UTC
Equatorial Conjunction 2009 January 26 at 07:47:30.2 UTC
Ecliptic Conjunction 2009 January 26 at 07:56:23.1 UTC
Greatest Eclipse 2009 January 26 at 07:59:44.5 UTC
Last Penumbral Internal Contact 2009 January 26 at 08:37:36.7 UTC
Last Umbral Internal Contact 2009 January 26 at 09:49:34.5 UTC
Last Central Line 2009 January 26 at 09:52:42.3 UTC
Last Umbral External Contact 2009 January 26 at 09:55:49.6 UTC
Last Penumbral External Contact 2009 January 26 at 11:01:46.9 UTC
January 26, 2009 Solar Eclipse Parameters
Parameter Value
Eclipse Magnitude 0.92825
Eclipse Obscuration 0.86165
Gamma −0.28197
Sun Right Ascension 20h35m32.8s
Sun Declination -18°38'55.0"
Sun Semi-Diameter 16'14.6"
Sun Equatorial Horizontal Parallax 08.9"
Moon Right Ascension 20h35m55.2s
Moon Declination -18°53'18.2"
Moon Semi-Diameter 14'51.6"
Moon Equatorial Horizontal Parallax 0°54'32.2"
ΔT 65.8 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 January–February 2009
January 26
Ascending node (new moon)
February 9
Descending node (full moon)
Annular solar eclipse
Solar Saros 131		Penumbral lunar eclipse
Lunar Saros 143

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