A total solar eclipse will occur at the Moon's descending node of orbit on Saturday, January 16, 2094, with a magnitude of 1.0342. 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 10.5 hours before perigee (on January 17, 2094, at 05:40 UTC), the Moon's apparent diameter will be larger.
This will be the first of four solar eclipses in 2094, with the others occurring on June 13, July 12, and December 7.
The path of totality will be visible from parts of Antarctica. A partial solar eclipse will also be visible for parts of New Zealand, Antarctica, and southern South America. This total eclipse is notable in that the path of totality passes over the South Pole.
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 16, 2094 Solar Eclipse Times Event Time (UTC) First Penumbral External Contact 2094 January 16 at 16:53:04.7 UTC First Umbral External Contact 2094 January 16 at 18:20:43.2 UTC First Central Line 2094 January 16 at 18:22:49.9 UTC First Umbral Internal Contact 2094 January 16 at 18:25:03.5 UTC Equatorial Conjunction 2094 January 16 at 18:49:35.7 UTC Greatest Eclipse 2094 January 16 at 18:59:03.4 UTC Greatest Duration 2094 January 16 at 18:59:14.4 UTC Ecliptic Conjunction 2094 January 16 at 19:08:26.0 UTC Last Umbral Internal Contact 2094 January 16 at 19:33:09.4 UTC Last Central Line 2094 January 16 at 19:35:23.5 UTC Last Umbral External Contact 2094 January 16 at 19:37:30.8 UTC Last Penumbral External Contact 2094 January 16 at 21:05:05.3 UTC
+January 16, 2094 Solar Eclipse Parameters Parameter Value Eclipse Magnitude 1.03423 Eclipse Obscuration 1.06962 Gamma −0.93334 Sun Right Ascension 19h56m48.4s Sun Declination -20°43'02.8" Sun Semi-Diameter 16'15.5" Sun Equatorial Horizontal Parallax 08.9" Moon Right Ascension 19h57m12.4s Moon Declination -21°39'54.3" Moon Semi-Diameter 16'43.2" Moon Equatorial Horizontal Parallax 1°01'21.9" ΔT 117.8 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 2094 January 1Ascending node (full moon) January 16Descending node (new moon) Partial lunar eclipseLunar Saros 126 Total solar eclipseSolar Saros 152
Related eclipses Eclipses in 2094 A partial lunar eclipse on January 1. A total solar eclipse on January 16. A partial solar eclipse on June 13. A total lunar eclipse on June 28. A partial solar eclipse on July 12. A partial solar eclipse on December 7. A total lunar eclipse on December 21.
Metonic Preceded by: Solar eclipse of March 31, 2090 Followed by: Solar eclipse of November 4, 2097
Tzolkinex Preceded by: Solar eclipse of December 6, 2086 Followed by: Solar eclipse of February 28, 2101
Half-Saros Preceded by: Lunar eclipse of January 10, 2085 Followed by: Lunar eclipse of January 23, 2103
Tritos Preceded by: Solar eclipse of February 16, 2083 Followed by: Solar eclipse of December 17, 2104
Solar Saros 152 Preceded by: Solar eclipse of January 6, 2076 Followed by: Solar eclipse of January 29, 2112
Inex Preceded by: Solar eclipse of February 5, 2065 Followed by: Solar eclipse of December 28, 2122
Triad Preceded by: Solar eclipse of March 19, 2007 Followed by: Solar eclipse of November 17, 2180
Solar eclipses of 2091–2094
Saros 152
Metonic series
Tritos series
Inex series
Notes
References
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