# Solar eclipse of January 26, 2028

An annular solar eclipse will occur at the Moon's ascending node of orbit on Wednesday, January 26, 2028, with a magnitude of 0.9208. 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. Occurring about 2 days before apogee (on January 28, 2028, at 15:30 UTC), the Moon's apparent diameter will be smaller.
The path of annularity will pass through Ecuador, Peru, northern Brazil, and French Guiana. It will then travel across the Atlantic Ocean and end in southern Portugal (including the whole Madeira Islands), northern Morocco, and southern Spain. A partial eclipse will be visible over much of central and northern South America, Central America, the Caribbean, eastern North America and Western Europe, and West Africa.

## Details of the antumbra in some places or cities

Solar Eclipse of January 26, 2028 :
| Country or Territory | Place or City | Start of partial eclipse (Local Time) | Start of annular eclipse (Local Time) | End of annular eclipse (Local Time) | Duration of annular eclipse | End of partial eclipse (Local Time) | Maximum darkness | Magnitude |
| Ecuador | Puerto Ayora, Galapagos Islands | 06:12:40 (sunrise) | 07:22:01 | 07:27:41 | 5 min 40 s | 09:00:08 | 83,2% | 0,912 |
| Peru | Piura, Piura Province | 07:09:05 | 08:32:59 | 08:36:23 | 3 min 24 s | 10:21:43 | 83,7% | 0,915 |
| Ecuador | Machala, El Oro Province | 07:10:05 | 08:33:00 | 08:41:01 | 8 min 01 s | 10:26:12 | 83,7% | 0,915 |
| Ecuador | Loja, Loja Province | 07:10:16 | 08:33:35 | 08:42:14 | 8 min 39 s | 10:27:53 | 83,8% | 0,915 |
| Ecuador | Cuenca, Azuay Province | 07:10:53 | 08:35:47 | 08:42:14 | 6 min 27 s | 10:29:51 | 83,8% | 0,915 |
| Peru | Iquitos, Loreto Province | 07:15:05 | 08:45:49 | 08:54:27 | 8 min 38 s | 10:48:17 | 84,1% | 0,917 |
| Colombia | Leticia, Amazonas | 07:18:26 | 08:52:58 | 09:02:29 | 9 min 31 s | 10:59:06 | 84,2% | 0,918 |
| Brazil | Manaus, Amazonas | 08:34:58 | 10:24:53 | 10:31:45 | 5 min 22 s | 12:33:28 | 84,7% | 0,920 |
| Brazil | Oiapoque, Amapa | 10:04:32 | 12:04:37 | 12:13:04 | 8 min 27 s | 14:08:02 | 84,8% | 0,921 |
| Portugal | Funchal, Madeira | 15:19:58 | 16:46:42 | 16:53:42 | 5 min 48 s | 18:08:15 | 83,1% | 0,912 |
| Portugal | Faro | 15:32:21 | 16:51:42 | 16:58:44 | 7 min 02 s | 17:45:03 (sunset) | 82,7% | 0,910 |
| Morocco | Tangier | 15:34:46 | 16:55:00 | 16:57:48 | 2 min 48 s | 17:39:20 (sunset) | 82,7% | 0,909 |
| Spain | Seville | 16:34:28 | 17:52:18 | 17:59:33 | 7 min 15 s | 18:36:26 (sunset) | 82,7% | 0,909 |
| Spain | Albacete | 16:38:00 | 17:53:12 | 18:00:18 | 7 min 06 s | 18:16:14 (sunset) | 82,5% | 0,908 |
| Spain | Valencia | 16:39:04 | 17:53:24 | 18:00:27 | 7 min 03 s | 18:09:10 (sunset) | 82,4% | 0,908 |
| Gibraltar | Gibraltar | 16:35:14 | 17:54:31 | 17:58:30 | 3 min 59 s | 18:36:36 (sunset) | 82,7% | 0,909 |

## 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 26, 2028 Solar Eclipse Times :
| Event | Time (UTC) |
| First Penumbral External Contact | 2028 January 26 at 12:07:52.6 UTC |
| First Umbral External Contact | 2028 January 26 at 13:16:03.3 UTC |
| First Central Line | 2028 January 26 at 13:19:37.5 UTC |
| First Umbral Internal Contact | 2028 January 26 at 13:23:12.8 UTC |
| First Penumbral Internal Contact | 2028 January 26 at 14:49:10.7 UTC |
| Greatest Duration | 2028 January 26 at 14:54:20.6 UTC |
| Greatest Eclipse | 2028 January 26 at 15:08:58.8 UTC |
| Ecliptic Conjunction | 2028 January 26 at 15:13:40.4 UTC |
| Equatorial Conjunction | 2028 January 26 at 15:25:58.3 UTC |
| Last Penumbral Internal Contact | 2028 January 26 at 15:28:20.7 UTC |
| Last Umbral Internal Contact | 2028 January 26 at 16:54:32.7 UTC |
| Last Central Line | 2028 January 26 at 16:58:09.5 UTC |
| Last Umbral External Contact | 2028 January 26 at 17:01:45.1 UTC |
| Last Penumbral External Contact | 2028 January 26 at 18:10:00.6 UTC |
January 26, 2028 Solar Eclipse Parameters :
| Parameter | Value |
| Eclipse Magnitude | 0.92080 |
| Eclipse Obscuration | 0.84787 |
| Gamma | 0.39014 |
| Sun Right Ascension | 20h34m14.2s |
| Sun Declination | -18°43'33.0" |
| Sun Semi-Diameter | 16'14.6" |
| Sun Equatorial Horizontal Parallax | 08.9" |
| Moon Right Ascension | 20h33m43.7s |
| Moon Declination | -18°23'46.3" |
| Moon Semi-Diameter | 14'45.1" |
| Moon Equatorial Horizontal Parallax | 0°54'08.3" |
| ΔT | 73.0 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 2028 :
| January 12 Descending node (full moon) | January 26 Ascending node (new moon) |
| Partial lunar eclipse Lunar Saros 115 | Annular solar eclipse Solar Saros 141 |

## Related eclipses
### Eclipses in 2028

* A partial lunar eclipse on January 12.
* An annular solar eclipse on January 26.
* A partial lunar eclipse on July 6.
* A total solar eclipse on July 22.
* A total lunar eclipse on December 31.

### Metonic

* Preceded by: Solar eclipse of April 8, 2024
* Followed by: Solar eclipse of November 14, 2031

### Tzolkinex

* Preceded by: Solar eclipse of December 14, 2020
* Followed by: Solar eclipse of March 9, 2035

### Half-Saros

* Preceded by: Lunar eclipse of January 21, 2019
* Followed by: Lunar eclipse of January 31, 2037

### Tritos

* Preceded by: Solar eclipse of February 26, 2017
* Followed by: Solar eclipse of December 26, 2038

### Solar Saros 141

* Preceded by: Solar eclipse of January 15, 2010
* Followed by: Solar eclipse of February 5, 2046

### Inex

* Preceded by: Solar eclipse of February 16, 1999
* Followed by: Solar eclipse of January 5, 2057

### Triad

* Preceded by: Solar eclipse of March 27, 1941
* Followed by: Solar eclipse of November 27, 2114

### Solar eclipses of 2026–2029

This eclipse is a member of a semester series. An eclipse 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.
The partial solar eclipses on June 12, 2029 and December 5, 2029 occur in the next lunar year eclipse set.
Solar eclipse series sets from 2026 to 2029 :
| Ascending node | Ascending node | Ascending node | Descending node | Descending node | Descending node |
| Saros | Map | Gamma | Saros | Map | Gamma |
| 121 | February 17, 2026 Annular | −0.97427 | 126 | August 12, 2026 Total | 0.89774 |
| 131 | February 6, 2027 Annular | −0.29515 | 136 | August 2, 2027 Total | 0.14209 |
| 141 | January 26, 2028 Annular | 0.39014 | 146 | July 22, 2028 Total | −0.60557 |
| 151 | January 14, 2029 Partial | 1.05532 | 156 | July 11, 2029 Partial | −1.41908 |

### Saros 141

This eclipse is a part of Saros series 141, repeating every 18 years, 11 days, and containing 70 events. The series started with a partial solar eclipse on May 19, 1613. It contains annular eclipses from August 4, 1739 through October 14, 2640. There are no hybrid or total eclipses in this set. The series ends at member 70 as a partial eclipse on June 13, 2857. Its eclipses are tabulated in three columns; every third eclipse in the same column is one exeligmos apart, so they all cast shadows over approximately the same parts of the Earth.
The longest duration of annularity was produced by member 20 at 12 minutes, 9 seconds on December 14, 1955. All eclipses in this series occur at the Moon’s ascending node of orbit.
Series members 12–33 occur between 1801 and 2200: :
| 12 | 13 | 14 |
| September 17, 1811 | September 28, 1829 | October 9, 1847 |
| 15 | 16 | 17 |
| October 19, 1865 | October 30, 1883 | November 11, 1901 |
| 18 | 19 | 20 |
| November 22, 1919 | December 2, 1937 | December 14, 1955 |
| 21 | 22 | 23 |
| December 24, 1973 | January 4, 1992 | January 15, 2010 |
| 24 | 25 | 26 |
| January 26, 2028 | February 5, 2046 | February 17, 2064 |
| 27 | 28 | 29 |
| February 27, 2082 | March 10, 2100 | March 22, 2118 |
| 30 | 31 | 32 |
| April 1, 2136 | April 12, 2154 | April 23, 2172 |
| 33 |
| May 4, 2190 |

### 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). All eclipses in this table occur at the Moon's ascending node.
21 eclipse events between June 21, 1982 and June 21, 2058 :
| June 21 | April 8–9 | January 26 | November 13–14 | September 1–2 |
| 117 | 119 | 121 | 123 | 125 |
| June 21, 1982 | April 9, 1986 | January 26, 1990 | November 13, 1993 | September 2, 1997 |
| 127 | 129 | 131 | 133 | 135 |
| June 21, 2001 | April 8, 2005 | January 26, 2009 | November 13, 2012 | September 1, 2016 |
| 137 | 139 | 141 | 143 | 145 |
| June 21, 2020 | April 8, 2024 | January 26, 2028 | November 14, 2031 | September 2, 2035 |
| 147 | 149 | 151 | 153 | 155 |
| June 21, 2039 | April 9, 2043 | January 26, 2047 | November 14, 2050 | September 2, 2054 |
| 157 |
| June 21, 2058 |

### Tritos series

This eclipse is a part of a tritos cycle, repeating at alternating nodes every 135 synodic months (≈ 3986.63 days, or 11 years minus 1 month). Their appearance and longitude are irregular due to a lack of synchronization with the anomalistic month (period of perigee), but groupings of 3 tritos cycles (≈ 33 years minus 3 months) come close (≈ 434.044 anomalistic months), so eclipses are similar in these groupings.
Series members between 1801 and 2200 :
| October 9, 1809 (Saros 121) | September 7, 1820 (Saros 122) | August 7, 1831 (Saros 123) | July 8, 1842 (Saros 124) | June 6, 1853 (Saros 125) |
| May 6, 1864 (Saros 126) | April 6, 1875 (Saros 127) | March 5, 1886 (Saros 128) | February 1, 1897 (Saros 129) | January 3, 1908 (Saros 130) |
| December 3, 1918 (Saros 131) | November 1, 1929 (Saros 132) | October 1, 1940 (Saros 133) | September 1, 1951 (Saros 134) | July 31, 1962 (Saros 135) |
| June 30, 1973 (Saros 136) | May 30, 1984 (Saros 137) | April 29, 1995 (Saros 138) | March 29, 2006 (Saros 139) | February 26, 2017 (Saros 140) |
| January 26, 2028 (Saros 141) | December 26, 2038 (Saros 142) | November 25, 2049 (Saros 143) | October 24, 2060 (Saros 144) | September 23, 2071 (Saros 145) |
| August 24, 2082 (Saros 146) | July 23, 2093 (Saros 147) | June 22, 2104 (Saros 148) | May 24, 2115 (Saros 149) | April 22, 2126 (Saros 150) |
| March 21, 2137 (Saros 151) | February 19, 2148 (Saros 152) | January 19, 2159 (Saros 153) | December 18, 2169 (Saros 154) | November 17, 2180 (Saros 155) |
| October 18, 2191 (Saros 156) |

### Inex series

This eclipse is a part of the long period inex cycle, repeating at alternating nodes, every 358 synodic months (≈ 10,571.95 days, or 29 years minus 20 days). Their appearance and longitude are irregular due to a lack of synchronization with the anomalistic month (period of perigee). However, groupings of 3 inex cycles (≈ 87 years minus 2 months) comes close (≈ 1,151.02 anomalistic months), so eclipses are similar in these groupings.
Series members between 1801 and 2200 :
| June 16, 1825 (Saros 134) | May 26, 1854 (Saros 135) | May 6, 1883 (Saros 136) |
| April 17, 1912 (Saros 137) | March 27, 1941 (Saros 138) | March 7, 1970 (Saros 139) |
| February 16, 1999 (Saros 140) | January 26, 2028 (Saros 141) | January 5, 2057 (Saros 142) |
| December 16, 2085 (Saros 143) | November 27, 2114 (Saros 144) | November 7, 2143 (Saros 145) |
| October 17, 2172 (Saros 146) | | |