Solar eclipse of January 6, 2019

A partial solar eclipse occurred at the Moon's descending node of orbit between Saturday, January 5 and Sunday, January 6, 2019, with a magnitude of 0.7145. 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 partial solar eclipse occurs in the polar regions of the Earth when the center of the Moon's shadow misses the Earth.

The eclipse was visible in Northeast Asia and southwestern Alaska.

Visibility

The maximal phase (71%) of the partial eclipse was recorded in Sakha Republic (Russia).

The eclipse was observed in Japan, the Russian Far East, North and South Korea, eastern China, eastern Mongolia and northwest Alaska.

Eclipse timing

Places experiencing partial eclipse

Gallery

• Jinan, China, 00:18 UTC
• Bohyeonsan, South Korea, 00:47 UTC
• Aichi Prefecture, Japan, 01:00 UTC

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.

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.

Related eclipses

Eclipses in 2019

• A partial solar eclipse on January 6.
• A total lunar eclipse on January 21.
• A total solar eclipse on July 2.
• A partial lunar eclipse on July 16.
• An annular solar eclipse on December 26.

Metonic

• Preceded by: Solar eclipse of March 20, 2015
• Followed by: Solar eclipse of October 25, 2022

Tzolkinex

• Preceded by: Solar eclipse of November 25, 2011
• Followed by: Solar eclipse of February 17, 2026

Half-Saros

• Preceded by: Lunar eclipse of December 31, 2009
• Followed by: Lunar eclipse of January 12, 2028

Tritos

• Preceded by: Solar eclipse of February 7, 2008
• Followed by: Solar eclipse of December 5, 2029

Solar Saros 122

• Preceded by: Solar eclipse of December 25, 2000
• Followed by: Solar eclipse of January 16, 2037

Inex

• Preceded by: Solar eclipse of January 26, 1990
• Followed by: Solar eclipse of December 16, 2047

Triad

• Preceded by: Solar eclipse of March 7, 1932
• Followed by: Solar eclipse of November 6, 2105

Solar eclipses of 2018–2021

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 February 15, 2018 and August 11, 2018 occur in the previous lunar year eclipse set.

Saros 122

This eclipse is a part of Saros series 122, repeating every 18 years, 11 days, and containing 70 events. The series started with a partial solar eclipse on April 17, 991 AD. It contains total eclipses from July 12, 1135 through August 3, 1171; hybrid eclipses on August 13, 1189 and August 25, 1207; and annular eclipses from September 4, 1225 through October 10, 1874. The series ends at member 70 as a partial eclipse on May 17, 2235. 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 9 at 1 minutes, 25 seconds on July 12, 1135, and the longest duration of annularity was produced by member 50 at 6 minutes, 28 seconds on October 10, 1874. All eclipses in this series occur at the Moon’s descending node of orbit.

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 descending node.

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.

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.

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