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Solar eclipse of January 27, 2055 
Summary
A partial solar eclipse will occur on Wednesday, January 27, 2055. 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. It will be visible across North America.
| Solar eclipse of January 27, 2055 | |
|---|---|
 Map | |
| Type of eclipse | |
| Nature | Partial |
| Gamma | 1.155 |
| Magnitude | 0.6932 |
| Maximum eclipse | |
| Coordinates | 69°30′N 112°12′W / 69.5°N 112.2°W |
| Times (UTC) | |
| Greatest eclipse | 17:54:05 |
| References | |
| Saros | 122 (60 of 70) |
| Catalog # (SE5000) | 9630 |
Related eclipses edit
Solar eclipses 2054–2058 edit
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 2054 to 2058 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ascending node | Descending node | |||
| Saros | Map | Saros | Map | |
| 117 | August 3, 2054 Partial |
122 | January 27, 2055 Partial | |
| 127 | July 24, 2055 Total |
132 | January 16, 2056 Annular | |
| 137 | July 12, 2056 Annular |
142 | January 5, 2057 Total | |
| 147 | July 1, 2057 Annular |
152 | December 26, 2057 Total | |
| 157 | June 21, 2058 Partial | |||
Tritos edit
- Preceded: Solar eclipse of February 28, 2044
- Followed: Solar eclipse of December 27, 2065
Tzolkinex edit
- Preceded: Solar eclipse of December 16, 2047
- Followed: Solar eclipse of March 11, 2062
References edit
- ^ van Gent, R.H. "Solar- and Lunar-Eclipse Predictions from Antiquity to the Present". A Catalogue of Eclipse Cycles. Utrecht University. Retrieved 6 October 2018.
External links edit
- NASA graphics