Solar eclipse of January 6, 2076

Solar eclipse of January 6, 2076
Map
Type of eclipse
Nature Total
Gamma -0.9373
Magnitude 1.0342
Maximum eclipse
Duration 109 sec (1 m 49 s)
Coordinates 87°12′S 173°42′W / 87.2°S 173.7°W / -87.2; -173.7
Max. width of band 340 km (210 mi)
Times (UTC)
Greatest eclipse 10:07:27
References
Saros 152 (16 of 70)
Catalog # (SE5000) 9677

A total solar eclipse will occur on January 6, 2076. 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. A total solar eclipse occurs when the Moon's apparent diameter is larger than the Sun's, blocking all direct sunlight, turning day into darkness. Totality occurs in a narrow path across Earth's surface, with the partial solar eclipse visible over a surrounding region 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

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).

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