Solar eclipse of July 22, 2028

Total eclipse
15°36′S 126°42′E / 15.6°S 126.7°E / -15.6; 126.7Max. width of band230 km (140 mi)Times (UTC)Greatest eclipse2:56:40ReferencesSaros146 (28 of 76)Catalog # (SE5000)9570
Animated path

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.

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]

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Eclipses in 2028

Solar eclipses of 2026–2029

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

Tritos

Saros 146

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.

Series members 21-37 occur between 1901 and 2200:
21 22 23

May 7, 1902
May 18, 1920
May 29, 1938
24 25 26

June 8, 1956
June 20, 1974
June 30, 1992
27 28 29

July 11, 2010
July 22, 2028
August 2, 2046
30 31 32

August 12, 2064
August 24, 2082
September 4, 2100
33 34 35

September 15, 2118
September 26, 2136
October 7, 2154
36 37

October 17, 2172
October 29, 2190

Metonic cycle

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

  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

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