A total solar eclipse will occur at the Moon's descending node of orbit on Saturday, July 22, 2028, with a magnitude of 1.056. 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 | |
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Type of eclipse | |
Nature | Total |
Gamma | −0.6056 |
Magnitude | 1.056 |
Maximum eclipse | |
Duration | 310 s (5 min 10 s) |
Coordinates | 15°36′S 126°42′E / 15.6°S 126.7°E |
Max. width of band | 230 km (140 mi) |
Times (UTC) | |
Greatest eclipse | 2:56:40 |
References | |
Saros | 146 (28 of 76) |
Catalog # (SE5000) | 9570 |
This is the first time Sydney will experience a total solar eclipse since 26 March 1857 and will be the last until 3 June 2858.[1]
Details of the totality by location
editCountry or Territory | City or Town | Start
of |
Start of total eclipse (Local Time) |
End of total eclipse (Local Time) |
Duration of total eclipse |
End of partial eclipse (Local Time) |
Magnitude |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Cocos Islands | West Island | 07:03:37 | 08:12:03 | 08:15:29 | 3 min 27s | 09:35:13 | 1,048 |
Christmas Island | Flying Fish Cove | 07:39:41 | 08:54:49 | 08:58:42 | 3 min 53 s | 10:25:35 | 1,052 |
Australia | Wyndham, Western Australia | 09:25:54 | 10:57:53 | 11:00:48 | 3 min 22 s | 12:31:30 | 1,056 |
Australia | Kununurra, Western Australia | 09:27:48 | 10:59:41 | 11:02:35 | 2 min 54 s | 12:33:09 | 1,056 |
Australia | Tennant Creek, Northern Territory | 11:16:50 | 12:48:01 | 12:51:25 | 3 min 23 s | 14:17:33 | 1,056 |
Australia | Bedourie, Queensland | 12:06:46 | 13:34:24 | 13:38:55 | 4 min 31 s | 14:59:30 | 1,054 |
Australia | Bourke, New South Wales | 12:27:18 | 13:50:11 | 13:54:16 | 4 min 05 s | 15:09:54 | 1,052 |
Australia | Nyngan, New South Wales | 12:31:11 | 13:53:15 | 13:56:30 | 3 min 15 s | 15:10:53 | 1,052 |
Australia | Dubbo, New South Wales | 12:34:35 | 13:55:23 | 13:59:13 | 3 min 51 s | 15:12:20 | 1,051 |
Australia | Orange, New South Wales | 12:36:16 | 13:57:09 | 13:59:29 | 2 min 18 s | 15:12:48 | 1,051 |
Australia | Wollongong, New South Wales | 12:40:27 | 13:59:42 | 14:02:33 | 2 min 51 s | 15:14:21 | 1,051 |
Australia | Sydney | 12:40:42 | 13:59:33 | 14:03:22 | 3 min 48 s | 15:14:40 | 1,051 |
Australia | Central Coast, New South Wales | 12:40:56 | 14:00:37 | 14:03:11 | 2 min 54s | 15:14:54 | 1,051 |
New Zealand | Queenstown | 15:07:26 | 16:15:07 | 16:18:01 | 2 min 55 s | 17:20:06 | 1,045 |
New Zealand | Dunedin | 15:09:01 | 16:15:48 | 16:18:39 | 2 min 51 s | 17:15:24 (sunset) | 1,045 |
New Zealand | Antipodes Islands | 15:14:08 | 16:17:21 | 16:19:55 | 2 min 34 s | 16:28:47 (sunset) | 1,042 |
Related eclipses
editEclipses in 2028
edit- A partial lunar eclipse on January 12, 2028.
- An annular solar eclipse on January 26, 2028.
- A partial lunar eclipse on July 6, 2028.
- A total solar eclipse on July 22, 2028.
- A total lunar eclipse on December 31, 2028.
Metonic
edit- Preceded by: Solar eclipse of October 2, 2024
- Followed by: Solar eclipse of May 9, 2032
Tzolkinex
edit- Preceded by: Solar eclipse of June 10, 2021
- Followed by: Solar eclipse of September 2, 2035
Half-Saros
edit- Preceded by: Lunar eclipse of July 16, 2019
- Followed by: Lunar eclipse of July 27, 2037
Tritos
edit- Preceded by: Solar eclipse of August 21, 2017
- Followed by: Solar eclipse of June 21, 2039
Solar Saros 146
edit- Preceded by: Solar eclipse of July 11, 2010
- Followed by: Solar eclipse of August 2, 2046
Inex
edit- Preceded by: Solar eclipse of August 11, 1999
- Followed by: Solar eclipse of July 1, 2057
Triad
edit- Preceded by: Solar eclipse of September 21, 1941
- Followed by: Solar eclipse of May 24, 2115
Solar eclipses of 2026–2029
editThis 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]
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.
Saros 146
editIt is a part of Saros cycle 146, repeating every 18 years, 11 days, containing 76 events. The series started with partial solar eclipse on 19 September 1541. It contains total eclipses from 29 May 1938, through 7 October 2154, hybrid eclipses from 17 October 2172, through 20 November 2226, and annular eclipses from 30 November 2244, through 10 August 2659. The series ends at member 76 as a partial eclipse on 29 December 2893. The longest duration of totality was 5 minutes, 21 seconds on 30 June 1992.
Series members 21–37 occur between 1901 and 2200: | ||
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21 | 22 | 23 |
7 May 1902 |
18 May 1920 |
29 May 1938 |
24 | 25 | 26 |
8 June 1956 |
20 June 1974 |
30 June 1992 |
27 | 28 | 29 |
11 July 2010 |
22 July 2028 |
2 August 2046 |
30 | 31 | 32 |
12 August 2064 |
24 August 2082 |
4 September 2100 |
33 | 34 | 35 |
15 September 2118 |
26 September 2136 |
7 October 2154 |
36 | 37 | |
17 October 2172 |
29 October 2190 |
Metonic series
editThe 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- ^ Espenak, Fred. "Major Solar Eclipses visible from Sydney, Australia". NASA Goddard Space Flight Center.
- ^ 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