Solar eclipse of January 16, 2056
An annular solar eclipse will occur at the Moon's descending node of orbit on Sunday, January 16, 2056, with a magnitude of 0.9759. 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.
Related eclipses
Eclipses in 2056
- An annular solar eclipse on January 16.
- A penumbral lunar eclipse on February 1.
- A penumbral lunar eclipse on June 27.
- An annular solar eclipse on July 12.
- A penumbral lunar eclipse on July 26.
- A penumbral lunar eclipse on December 22.
Metonic
- Preceded by: Solar eclipse of March 30, 2052
- Followed by: Solar eclipse of November 5, 2059
Tzolkinex
- Preceded by: Solar eclipse of December 5, 2048
- Followed by: Solar eclipse of February 28, 2063
Half-Saros
- Preceded by: Lunar eclipse of January 12, 2047
- Followed by: Lunar eclipse of January 22, 2065
Tritos
- Preceded by: Solar eclipse of February 16, 2045
- Followed by: Solar eclipse of December 17, 2066
Solar Saros 132
- Preceded by: Solar eclipse of January 5, 2038
- Followed by: Solar eclipse of January 27, 2074
Inex
- Preceded by: Solar eclipse of February 6, 2027
- Followed by: Solar eclipse of December 27, 2084
Triad
- Preceded by: Solar eclipse of March 18, 1969
- Followed by: Solar eclipse of November 17, 2142
Solar eclipses of 2054–2058
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]
The partial solar eclipses on March 9, 2054 and September 2, 2054 occur in the previous lunar year eclipse set, and the partial solar eclipses on May 22, 2058 and November 16, 2058 occur in the next lunar year eclipse set.
Solar eclipse series sets from 2054 to 2058 | ||||||
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Ascending node | Descending node | |||||
Saros | Map | Gamma | Saros | Map | Gamma | |
117 | August 3, 2054![]() Partial | −1.4941 | 122 | January 27, 2055![]() Partial | 1.155 | |
127 | July 24, 2055![]() Total | −0.8012 | 132 | January 16, 2056![]() Annular | 0.4199 | |
137 | July 12, 2056![]() Annular | −0.0426 | 142 | January 5, 2057![]() Total | −0.2837 | |
147 | July 1, 2057![]() Annular | 0.7455 | 152 | December 26, 2057![]() Total | −0.9405 | |
157 | June 21, 2058![]() Partial | 1.4869 |
Saros 132
This eclipse is a part of Saros series 132, repeating every 18 years, 11 days, and containing 71 events. The series started with a partial solar eclipse on August 13, 1208. It contains annular eclipses from March 17, 1569 through March 12, 2146; hybrid eclipses on March 23, 2164 and April 3, 2182; and total eclipses from April 14, 2200 through June 19, 2308. The series ends at member 71 as a partial eclipse on September 25, 2470. 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 25 at 6 minutes, 56 seconds on May 9, 1641, and the longest duration of totality will be produced by member 61 at 2 minutes, 14 seconds on June 8, 2290. All eclipses in this series occur at the Moon’s descending node of orbit.[2]
Series members 34–56 occur between 1801 and 2200: | |||
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34 | 35 | 36 | |
![]() August 17, 1803 | ![]() August 27, 1821 | ![]() September 7, 1839 | |
37 | 38 | 39 | |
![]() September 18, 1857 | ![]() September 29, 1875 | ![]() October 9, 1893 | |
40 | 41 | 42 | |
![]() October 22, 1911 | ![]() November 1, 1929 | ![]() November 12, 1947 | |
43 | 44 | 45 | |
![]() November 23, 1965 | ![]() December 4, 1983 | ![]() December 14, 2001 | |
46 | 47 | 48 | |
![]() December 26, 2019 | ![]() January 5, 2038 | ![]() January 16, 2056 | |
49 | 50 | 51 | |
![]() January 27, 2074 | ![]() February 7, 2092 | ![]() February 18, 2110 | |
52 | 53 | 54 | |
![]() March 1, 2128 | ![]() March 12, 2146 | ![]() March 23, 2164 | |
55 | 56 | ||
![]() April 3, 2182 | ![]() April 14, 2200 |
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.
22 eclipse events between June 12, 2029 and November 4, 2116 | ||||
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June 11–12 | March 30–31 | January 16 | November 4–5 | August 23–24 |
118 | 120 | 122 | 124 | 126 |
![]() June 12, 2029 | ![]() March 30, 2033 | ![]() January 16, 2037 | ![]() November 4, 2040 | ![]() August 23, 2044 |
128 | 130 | 132 | 134 | 136 |
![]() June 11, 2048 | ![]() March 30, 2052 | ![]() January 16, 2056 | ![]() November 5, 2059 | ![]() August 24, 2063 |
138 | 140 | 142 | 144 | 146 |
![]() June 11, 2067 | ![]() March 31, 2071 | ![]() January 16, 2075 | ![]() November 4, 2078 | ![]() August 24, 2082 |
148 | 150 | 152 | 154 | 156 |
![]() June 11, 2086 | ![]() March 31, 2090 | ![]() January 16, 2094 | ![]() November 4, 2097 | ![]() August 24, 2101 |
158 | 160 | 162 | 164 | |
![]() June 12, 2105 | ![]() November 4, 2116 |
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 | ||||
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![]() January 1, 1805 (Saros 109) | ![]() October 31, 1826 (Saros 111) | ![]() August 28, 1848 (Saros 113) | ||
![]() July 29, 1859 (Saros 114) | ![]() June 28, 1870 (Saros 115) | ![]() May 27, 1881 (Saros 116) | ![]() April 26, 1892 (Saros 117) | ![]() March 29, 1903 (Saros 118) |
![]() February 25, 1914 (Saros 119) | ![]() January 24, 1925 (Saros 120) | ![]() December 25, 1935 (Saros 121) | ![]() November 23, 1946 (Saros 122) | ![]() October 23, 1957 (Saros 123) |
![]() September 22, 1968 (Saros 124) | ![]() August 22, 1979 (Saros 125) | ![]() July 22, 1990 (Saros 126) | ![]() June 21, 2001 (Saros 127) | ![]() May 20, 2012 (Saros 128) |
![]() April 20, 2023 (Saros 129) | ![]() March 20, 2034 (Saros 130) | ![]() February 16, 2045 (Saros 131) | ![]() January 16, 2056 (Saros 132) | ![]() December 17, 2066 (Saros 133) |
![]() November 15, 2077 (Saros 134) | ![]() October 14, 2088 (Saros 135) | ![]() September 14, 2099 (Saros 136) | ![]() August 15, 2110 (Saros 137) | ![]() July 14, 2121 (Saros 138) |
![]() June 13, 2132 (Saros 139) | ![]() May 14, 2143 (Saros 140) | ![]() April 12, 2154 (Saros 141) | ![]() March 12, 2165 (Saros 142) | ![]() February 10, 2176 (Saros 143) |
![]() January 9, 2187 (Saros 144) | ![]() December 9, 2197 (Saros 145) |
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 | ||
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![]() June 26, 1824 (Saros 124) | ![]() June 6, 1853 (Saros 125) | ![]() May 17, 1882 (Saros 126) |
![]() April 28, 1911 (Saros 127) | ![]() April 7, 1940 (Saros 128) | ![]() March 18, 1969 (Saros 129) |
![]() February 26, 1998 (Saros 130) | ![]() February 6, 2027 (Saros 131) | ![]() January 16, 2056 (Saros 132) |
![]() December 27, 2084 (Saros 133) | ![]() December 8, 2113 (Saros 134) | ![]() November 17, 2142 (Saros 135) |
![]() October 29, 2171 (Saros 136) | ![]() October 9, 2200 (Saros 137) |
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