A total solar eclipse will occur at the Moon's descending node of orbit on Friday, January 5, 2057, with a magnitude of 1.0287. 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. Occurring about 1.6 days after perigee (on January 3, 2057, at 20:00 UTC), the Moon's apparent diameter will be larger.
This eclipse and May 20, 2050 are the next two total solar eclipses in which the Moon's shadow will trace a path that fails to hit land anywhere on Earth. Totality will begin 125 miles east of Belmonte in Brazil, then traverse southeast through the Atlantic Ocean where it will miss the Cape of Good Hope in South Africa by 250 miles, before winding northeast and concluding in the Indian Ocean 500 miles south of Java island. However, a partial solar eclipse will be visible for parts of eastern South America, Southern Africa, Antarctica, Southeast Asia, and western Australia.
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 5, 2057 Solar Eclipse Times Event Time (UTC) First Penumbral External Contact 2057 January 5 at 07:08:52.7 UTC First Umbral External Contact 2057 January 5 at 08:06:59.9 UTC First Central Line 2057 January 5 at 08:07:21.4 UTC First Umbral Internal Contact 2057 January 5 at 08:07:42.8 UTC First Penumbral Internal Contact 2057 January 5 at 09:10:27.5 UTC Greatest Duration 2057 January 5 at 09:46:16.1 UTC Equatorial Conjunction 2057 January 5 at 09:47:23.0 UTC Greatest Eclipse 2057 January 5 at 09:47:52.2 UTC Ecliptic Conjunction 2057 January 5 at 09:50:49.8 UTC Last Penumbral Internal Contact 2057 January 5 at 10:25:16.8 UTC Last Umbral Internal Contact 2057 January 5 at 11:28:04.0 UTC Last Central Line 2057 January 5 at 11:28:23.7 UTC Last Umbral External Contact 2057 January 5 at 11:28:43.3 UTC Last Penumbral External Contact 2057 January 5 at 12:26:55.7 UTC
+January 5, 2057 Solar Eclipse Parameters Parameter Value Eclipse Magnitude 1.02873 Eclipse Obscuration 1.05829 Gamma −0.28370 Sun Right Ascension 19h07m25.3s Sun Declination -22°31'37.8" Sun Semi-Diameter 16'15.9" Sun Equatorial Horizontal Parallax 08.9" Moon Right Ascension 19h07m26.6s Moon Declination -22°48'43.6" Moon Semi-Diameter 16'27.8" Moon Equatorial Horizontal Parallax 1°00'25.4" ΔT 88.4 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 2056–January 2057 December 22Ascending node (full moon) January 5Descending node (new moon) Penumbral lunar eclipseLunar Saros 116 Total solar eclipseSolar Saros 142
Related eclipses Eclipses in 2057 A total solar eclipse on January 5. A partial lunar eclipse on June 17. An annular solar eclipse on July 1. A partial lunar eclipse on December 11. A total solar eclipse on December 26.
Metonic Preceded by: Solar eclipse of March 20, 2053 Followed by: Solar eclipse of October 24, 2060
Tzolkinex Preceded by: Solar eclipse of November 25, 2049 Followed by: Solar eclipse of February 17, 2064
Half-Saros Preceded by: Lunar eclipse of January 1, 2048 Followed by: Lunar eclipse of January 11, 2066
Tritos Preceded by: Solar eclipse of February 5, 2046 Followed by: Solar eclipse of December 6, 2067
Solar Saros 142 Preceded by: Solar eclipse of December 26, 2038 Followed by: Solar eclipse of January 16, 2075
Inex Preceded by: Solar eclipse of January 26, 2028 Followed by: Solar eclipse of December 16, 2085
Triad Preceded by: Solar eclipse of March 7, 1970 Followed by: Solar eclipse of November 7, 2143
Solar eclipses of 2054–2058
Saros 142
Metonic series
Tritos series
Inex series
References
External links NASA graphics