A partial solar eclipse will occur at the Moon's ascending node of orbit on Sunday, January 14, 2029, with a magnitude of 0.8714. 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 partial solar eclipse occurs in the polar regions of the Earth when the center of the Moon's shadow misses the Earth.
This will be the first of four partial solar eclipses in 2029, with the others occurring on June 12, July 11, and December 5.
A partial eclipse will be visible for parts of North America and Central America.
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Eclipse timing Places experiencing partial eclipse Solar Eclipse of January 14, 2029(Local Times)Country or territory City or placeStart of partial eclipseMaximum eclipseEnd of partial eclipseDuration of eclipse (hr:min)Maximum coverage Los Angeles 07:07:44 08:21:27 09:45:34 2:38 51.73% San Francisco 07:24:01 (sunrise) 08:22:24 09:44:30 2:20 56.34% Mexico City 09:18:20 10:33:43 11:56:57 2:39 25.90% Seattle 07:53:13 (sunrise) 08:38:39 10:01:32 2:08 71.10% Guatemala City 09:39:07 10:46:15 11:56:50 2:18 13.18% San Salvador 09:44:08 10:48:03 11:54:42 2:11 10.81% Managua 09:56:44 10:52:34 11:49:48 1:53 6.54% Tegucigalpa 09:49:31 10:53:03 11:58:34 2:09 10.20% Calgary 08:34:33 09:53:35 11:19:18 2:46 76.68% Belmopan 09:41:02 10:53:43 12:09:19 2:28 16.80% Edmonton 08:42:36 (sunrise) 09:58:08 11:22:52 2:40 78.56% New Orleans 09:38:40 11:07:28 12:39:09 3:00 41.33% George Town 11:02:58 12:13:34 13:23:41 2:21 13.76% Havana 10:57:18 12:16:26 13:35:01 2:38 21.42% Kingston 11:23:56 12:22:11 13:19:04 1:55 7.10% Atlanta 10:54:46 12:24:29 13:53:26 2:59 42.27% Chicago 09:55:07 11:25:38 12:56:24 3:01 57.88% Nassau 11:13:56 12:30:12 13:43:49 2:30 18.82% Port-au-Prince 11:46:06 12:32:45 13:17:53 1:32 3.60% Detroit 11:04:56 12:34:47 14:02:52 2:58 53.97% Santo Domingo 13:02:12 13:37:48 14:12:19 1:10 1.60% Toronto 11:13:55 12:42:20 14:07:41 2:54 51.77% Washington, D.C. 11:16:38 12:43:49 14:07:04 2:50 41.78% Ottawa 11:23:02 12:49:25 14:11:51 2:49 50.02% New York City 11:25:06 12:50:21 14:11:00 2:46 40.79% Montreal 11:27:45 12:52:55 14:13:39 2:46 47.60% Hamilton 12:56:10 14:01:52 15:02:58 2:07 14.51% Nuuk 14:58:35 16:08:37 16:17:03 (sunset) 1:18 50.82% Saint-Pierre 14:06:43 15:16:35 16:21:22 2:15 28.53% St. John's 13:43:25 14:50:01 15:51:50 2:08 25.97%References:
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.
+January 14, 2029 Solar Eclipse Times Event Time (UTC) First Penumbral External Contact 2029 January 14 at 15:03:08.9 UTC Greatest Eclipse 2029 January 14 at 17:13:47.5 UTC Ecliptic Conjunction 2029 January 14 at 17:25:40.8 UTC Equatorial Conjunction 2029 January 14 at 17:48:06.7 UTC Last Penumbral External Contact 2029 January 14 at 19:24:17.6 UTC
+January 14, 2029 Solar Eclipse Parameters Parameter Value Eclipse Magnitude 0.87140 Eclipse Obscuration 0.81600 Gamma 1.05532 Sun Right Ascension 19h47m03.1s Sun Declination -21°09'31.8" Sun Semi-Diameter 16'15.6" Sun Equatorial Horizontal Parallax 08.9" Moon Right Ascension 19h45m53.5s Moon Declination -20°12'32.3" Moon Semi-Diameter 15'20.6" Moon Equatorial Horizontal Parallax 0°56'18.7" ΔT 73.4 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 2028–January 2029 December 31Descending node (full moon) January 14Ascending node (new moon) Total lunar eclipseLunar Saros 125 Partial solar eclipseSolar Saros 151
Related eclipses Eclipses in 2029 A partial solar eclipse on January 14. A partial solar eclipse on June 12. A total lunar eclipse on June 26. A partial solar eclipse on July 11. A partial solar eclipse on December 5. A total lunar eclipse on December 20.
Metonic Preceded by: Solar eclipse of March 29, 2025 Followed by: Solar eclipse of November 3, 2032
Tzolkinex Preceded by: Solar eclipse of December 4, 2021 Followed by: Solar eclipse of February 27, 2036
Half-Saros Preceded by: Lunar eclipse of January 10, 2020 Followed by: Lunar eclipse of January 21, 2038
Tritos Preceded by: Solar eclipse of February 15, 2018 Followed by: Solar eclipse of December 15, 2039
Solar Saros 151 Preceded by: Solar eclipse of January 4, 2011 Followed by: Solar eclipse of January 26, 2047
Inex Preceded by: Solar eclipse of February 5, 2000 Followed by: Solar eclipse of December 26, 2057
Triad Preceded by: Solar eclipse of March 16, 1942 Followed by: Solar eclipse of November 16, 2115
Solar eclipses of 2026–2029
Saros 151
Metonic series
Tritos series
Inex series
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