Solar eclipse of July 22, 2028

Summary

A total solar eclipse will occur on Saturday, July 22, 2028. The central line of the path of the eclipse will cross the Australian continent from the Kimberley region in the north-west and continue in a south-easterly direction through Western Australia, the Northern Territory, south-west Queensland and New South Wales, close to the towns of Wyndham, Kununurra, Tennant Creek, Birdsville, Bourke and Dubbo, and continuing on through the centre of Sydney, where the eclipse will have a duration of over three minutes. It will also cross Queenstown and Dunedin, New Zealand. Totality will also be viewable from two of Australia's external territories: Christmas Island and the Cocos (Keeling) Islands.

Solar eclipse of July 22, 2028
Map
Type of eclipse
NatureTotal
Gamma−0.6056
Magnitude1.056
Maximum eclipse
Duration310 s (5 min 10 s)
Coordinates15°36′S 126°42′E / 15.6°S 126.7°E / -15.6; 126.7
Max. width of band230 km (140 mi)
Times (UTC)
Greatest eclipse2:56:40
References
Saros146 (28 of 76)
Catalog # (SE5000)9570
Animated path

This is the first time Sydney will experience a total solar eclipse since March 26, 1857 and will be the last until June 3, 2858.[1]

Related eclipses edit

Eclipses in 2028 edit

Solar eclipses of 2026–2029 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.[2]

Solar eclipse series sets from 2026 to 2029
Ascending node   Descending node
Saros Map Gamma Saros Map Gamma
121 2026 February 17
 
Annular
−0.97427 126 2026 August 12
 
Total
0.89774
131 2027 February 6
 
Annular
−0.29515 136 2027 August 2
 
Total
0.14209
141 2028 January 26
 
Annular
0.39014 146 2028 July 22
 
Total
−0.60557
151 2029 January 14
 
Partial
1.05532 156 2029 July 11
 
Partial
−1.41908

Partial solar eclipses on June 12, 2029, and December 5, 2029, occur in the next lunar year eclipse set.

Tzolkinex edit

Tritos edit

Saros 146 edit

It is a part of Saros cycle 146, repeating every 18 years, 11 days, containing 76 events. The series started with partial solar eclipse on September 19, 1541. It contains total eclipses from May 29, 1938, through October 7, 2154, hybrid eclipses from October 17, 2172, through November 20, 2226, and annular eclipses from December 1, 2244, through August 10, 2659. The series ends at member 76 as a partial eclipse on December 29, 2893. The longest duration of totality was 5 minutes, 21 seconds on June 30, 1992.

Metonic cycle edit

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.

21 events between July 22, 1971 and July 22, 2047
July 21–22 May 9–11 February 26–27 December 14–15 October 2–3
116 118 120 122 124
 
July 22, 1971
 
May 11, 1975
 
February 26, 1979
 
December 15, 1982
 
October 3, 1986
126 128 130 132 134
 
July 22, 1990
 
May 10, 1994
 
February 26, 1998
 
December 14, 2001
 
October 3, 2005
136 138 140 142 144
 
July 22, 2009
 
May 10, 2013
 
February 26, 2017
 
December 14, 2020
 
October 2, 2024
146 148 150 152 154
 
July 22, 2028  
May 9, 2032
 
February 27, 2036
 
December 15, 2039
 
October 3, 2043
156
 
July 22, 2047

References edit

  1. ^ Espenak, Fred. "Major Solar Eclipses visible from Sydney, Australia". NASA Goddard Space Flight Center.
  2. ^ 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

  • Earth visibility chart and eclipse statistics Eclipse Predictions by Fred Espenak, NASA/GSFC
    • Google interactive map
    • Besselian elements