Solar eclipse of January 27, 2074

Solar eclipse of January 27, 2074
Map
Type of eclipse
Nature Annular
Gamma 0.4251
Magnitude 0.9798
Maximum eclipse
Duration 141 sec (2 m 21 s)
Coordinates 6°36′N 78°48′E / 6.6°N 78.8°E / 6.6; 78.8
Max. width of band 79 km (49 mi)
Times (UTC)
Greatest eclipse 6:44:15
References
Saros 132 (49 of 71)
Catalog # (SE5000) 9673

An annular solar eclipse will occur on January 27, 2074. 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 2073-2076

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.

122February 7, 2073

Partial
127August 3, 2073

Total
132January 27, 2074

Annular
137July 24, 2074

Annular
142January 16, 2075

Total
147July 13, 2075

Annular
152January 6, 2076

Total
157July 1, 2076

Partial

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