Solar eclipse of January 26, 1990 | |
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Type of eclipse | |
Nature | Annular |
Gamma | −0.9457 |
Magnitude | 0.967 |
Maximum eclipse | |
Duration | 123 s (2 min 3 s) |
Coordinates | 71°00′S22°12′W / 71°S 22.2°W |
Max. width of band | 373 km (232 mi) |
Times (UTC) | |
Greatest eclipse | 19:31:24 |
References | |
Saros | 121 (59 of 71) |
Catalog # (SE5000) | 9486 |
An annular solar eclipse occurred at the Moon's ascending node of orbit on Friday, January 26, 1990, with a magnitude of 0.967. 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.
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. [1]
Solar eclipse series sets from 1990 to 1992 | ||||||
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Ascending node | Descending node | |||||
Saros | Map | Gamma | Saros | Map | Gamma | |
121 | January 26, 1990 ![]() Annular | −0.9457 | 126![]() Partial in Finland | July 22, 1990 ![]() Total | 0.7597 | |
131 | January 15, 1991 ![]() Annular | −0.2727 | 136![]() Totality in Playas del Coco, Costa Rica | July 11, 1991 ![]() Total | −0.0041 | |
141 | January 4, 1992 ![]() Annular | 0.4091 | 146 | June 30, 1992 ![]() Total | −0.7512 | |
151 | December 24, 1992 ![]() Partial | 1.0711 |
This eclipse is a part of Saros series 121, repeating every 18 years, 11 days, and containing 71 events. The series started with a partial solar eclipse on April 25, 944 AD. It contains total eclipses from July 10, 1070 through October 9, 1809; hybrid eclipses on October 20, 1827 and October 30, 1845; and annular eclipses from November 11, 1863 through February 28, 2044. The series ends at member 71 as a partial eclipse on June 7, 2206. 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 totality was produced by member 39 at 6 minutes, 20 seconds on June 21, 1629, and the longest duration of annularity will be produced by member 62 at 2 minutes, 27 seconds on February 28, 2044. All eclipses in this series occur at the Moon’s ascending node of orbit. [2]
Series members 49–70 occur between 1801 and 2200: | ||
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49 | 50 | 51 |
![]() October 9, 1809 | ![]() October 20, 1827 | ![]() October 30, 1845 |
52 | 53 | 54 |
![]() November 11, 1863 | ![]() November 21, 1881 | ![]() December 3, 1899 |
55 | 56 | 57 |
![]() December 14, 1917 | ![]() December 25, 1935 | ![]() January 5, 1954 |
58 | 59 | 60 |
![]() January 16, 1972 | ![]() January 26, 1990 | ![]() February 7, 2008 |
61 | 62 | 63 |
![]() February 17, 2026 | ![]() February 28, 2044 | ![]() March 11, 2062 |
64 | 65 | 66 |
![]() March 21, 2080 | ![]() April 1, 2098 | ![]() April 13, 2116 |
67 | 68 | 69 |
![]() April 24, 2134 | ![]() May 4, 2152 | ![]() May 16, 2170 |
70 | ||
![]() May 26, 2188 |
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 1837 and 2200 | ||||
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![]() April 5, 1837 (Saros 107) | ![]() March 5, 1848 (Saros 108) | ![]() February 3, 1859 (Saros 109) | ![]() December 2, 1880 (Saros 111) | |
![]() August 31, 1913 (Saros 114) | ![]() July 31, 1924 (Saros 115) | ![]() June 30, 1935 (Saros 116) | ||
![]() May 30, 1946 (Saros 117) | ![]() April 30, 1957 (Saros 118) | ![]() March 28, 1968 (Saros 119) | ![]() February 26, 1979 (Saros 120) | ![]() January 26, 1990 (Saros 121) |
![]() December 25, 2000 (Saros 122) | ![]() November 25, 2011 (Saros 123) | ![]() October 25, 2022 (Saros 124) | ![]() September 23, 2033 (Saros 125) | ![]() August 23, 2044 (Saros 126) |
![]() July 24, 2055 (Saros 127) | ![]() June 22, 2066 (Saros 128) | ![]() May 22, 2077 (Saros 129) | ![]() April 21, 2088 (Saros 130) | ![]() March 21, 2099 (Saros 131) |
![]() February 18, 2110 (Saros 132) | ![]() January 19, 2121 (Saros 133) | ![]() December 19, 2131 (Saros 134) | ![]() November 17, 2142 (Saros 135) | ![]() October 17, 2153 (Saros 136) |
![]() September 16, 2164 (Saros 137) | ![]() August 16, 2175 (Saros 138) | ![]() July 16, 2186 (Saros 139) | ![]() June 15, 2197 (Saros 140) |
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 | ||||
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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 |
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