A total eclipse of the Sun occurs on Saturday 16 January, 2094 UT, lasting from 16:50–21:02 UT. The Sun will be darkened for 1 minute and 51 seconds by a dramatic total eclipse covering a very broad path, 329 km wide at maximum. This will be a sight worth seeing, and will be visible from Antarctica, including the South Pole. The partial eclipse will be visible in Antarctica, New Zealand, southern South America, the Falklands, and the southern ocean.
The timings of the phases of the overall eclipse
worldwide are as follows. In any particular
place it will be seen for a significantly shorter
duration as the shadow moves across the Earth:
| Partial eclipse begins: |
16:50:14 UT |
| Total eclipse begins: |
18:17:54 UT |
| Maximum eclipse: |
18:56:12 UT |
| Total eclipse ends: |
19:34:37 UT |
| Partial eclipse ends: |
21:02:13 UT |
During this eclipse the Sun will be 0.542° in apparent
diameter, 1.7% larger than average. The Moon will be at perigee, making it very large.
At the start and end of the eclipse the Moon
will be 0.557°, and at maximum eclipse 0.561°,
which is 5.6% larger than average; hence it will cover the Sun,
making this a total eclipse.
The statistics page has information on the ranges of the sizes of
the Sun and Moon, and the Moon data page displays detailed
information on the Moon's key dates.
The path of the total eclipse crosses Antarctica over the South Pole, where a total eclipse lasting 1 minute 28 seconds will be seen from 18:45:45–18:47:13 UT. A 55% partial eclipse will be seen in Invercargill, New Zealand. Stanley, in the Falkland Islands, will see a 49% partial eclipse.
Overview Map
This map sourced from NASA Goddard Space flight Center: GSFC Eclipse Web SiteGSFC Eclipse Web Site
The primary source of all the information on eclipses presented here at Hermit Eclipse. (NASA Goddard Space flight Center)
shows the visibility of the total solar eclipse. It also shows the broader area in which a partial eclipse will be seen. (Click on it for the
full-sized version.)
Eclipse Season and Saros Series
This eclipse season contains 2 eclipses:
This is the 17th eclipse in solar Saros series 152.The surrounding eclipses in this Saros series are:
This Saros series, solar Saros series 152,
is linked to lunar Saros series 145. The
nearest partner eclipses in that series are:
Eclipse Parameters
| UT Date/time (max) | 18:55:54 on 16 Jan UT |
TDT Date/time (max) | 18:59:03 on 16 Jan TDT |
| Saros Series | 152 |
Number in Series | 17 |
| Penumbral Magnitiude | |
Central Magnitiude | 1.0342 |
| Gamma | -0.9333 |
Path Width (km) | 329 |
| Delta T | 3m09s |
Error | ± 1m25s (95%) |
| Penumbral Duration | |
Partial Duration | |
| Total Duration | 1m51s |
| |
| Partial Rating | |
Total Rating | |
| Sun Distance | 147168306 km (1.5%) |
Moon Distance | 357336 km (1.9%) |
| Sun Diameter | 0.542° |
Moon Diameter | 0.557° - 0.561° |
| Apogee | 09:30 on 4 Jan UT |
Perigee | 05:35 on 17 Jan UT |
| Contact p1 | 16:50:14 on 16 Jan UT |
Contact p2 | |
| Contact u1 | 18:17:54 on 16 Jan UT |
Contact u2 | 18:22:15 on 16 Jan UT |
| Max eclipse | 18:56:12 on 16 Jan UT |
| Contact u3 | 19:30:15 on 16 Jan UT |
Contact u4 | 19:34:37 on 16 Jan UT |
| Contact p3 | |
Contact p4 | 21:02:13 on 16 Jan UT |
Note that while all dates and times on this site (except
where noted) are in UT, which is within a second of civil time,
the dates and times shown in NASA's eclipse listingsGSFC Eclipse Web Site
The primary source of all the information on eclipses presented here at Hermit Eclipse. (NASA Goddard Space flight Center)
are in the TDT timescale.
The Sun and Moon distances are shown in km, and as a
percentage of their minimum - maximum distances; hence 0%
is the closest possible (Earth's perihelion, or the
Moon's closest possible perigee) and 100% is
the farthest (aphelion, the farthest apogee).
The statistics page has information on the ranges of sizes
of the Sun and Moon, and the Moon data page displays detailed
information on the Moon's key dates.
Data last updated: 2015-06-21 22:11:46 UTC.
