Solar eclipse of December 26, 2019

An annular solar eclipse occurred at the Moon’s descending node of orbit on Thursday, December 26, 2019, with a magnitude of 0.9701. A solar eclipse occurs when the Moon passes between Earth and the Sun, thereby totally or partly obscuring 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. The Moon's apparent diameter was near the average diameter because it occurred 7.3 days after perigee (on December 18, 2019, at 20:25 UTC) and 6.2 days before apogee (on January 2, 2020, at 1:30 UTC).

Annularity was visible in Saudi Arabia, Qatar, United Arab Emirates, Oman, southern India, Sri Lanka, Malaysia, Indonesia, Singapore, the Northern Mariana Islands, and Guam. A partial eclipse was visible for parts of East Africa, Asia, and northern Australia.

Visibility and viewing

It was the last solar eclipse of 2019. The central path of the 2019 annular eclipse passed through the Saudi Arabian peninsula, southern India, Sumatra, Borneo, Philippines and Guam. A partial eclipse was visible thousands of kilometers wide from the central path. It covered small parts of Eastern Europe, much of Asia, North and West Australia, Eastern Africa, the Pacific Ocean and the Indian Ocean. The eclipse started with an antumbra having a magnitude of 0.96; it stretched 164 kilometers wide, and traveled eastwards at an average rate of 1.1 kilometers per second. The longest duration of annularity was 3 minutes and 40 seconds, at 5.30 UT1 occurring in the South China Sea (0°45'54.0"N 105°29'06.0"E).

The eclipse began in Saudi Arabia about 220 kilometers northeast of Riyadh at 03:43 UT1 and ended in Guam at 06:59.4 UT1. It reached India near Kannur, Kerala, at 03:56 UT1. The shadow reached the southeast coast of India at 04:04 UT1. Traveling through northern Sri Lanka, it headed into the Bay of Bengal. The next main visible places were Palau (Malaysia), Sumatra and Singapore. It then passed through the South China Sea, crossed Borneo and the Celebes Sea, the Philippines archipelago and then headed towards the western Pacific. The antumbral shadow encountered Guam at 6:56 UT1 and rose back into space.

Eclipse timing Places experiencing annular eclipse Solar Eclipse of December 26, 2019(Local Times)Country or territory City or placeStart of partial eclipseStart of annular eclipseMaximum eclipseEnd of annular eclipseEnd of partial eclipseDuration of annularity (min:s)Duration of eclipse (hr:min)Maximum coverage Hofuf 06:25:08 (sunrise) 06:34:37 06:36:07 06:37:36 07:48:36 2:59 1:23 91.67% Doha 06:17:06 (sunrise) 06:36:30 06:36:36 06:36:42 07:50:24 0:12 1:33 91.76% Mangaluru 08:04:22 09:24:04 09:25:13 09:26:21 11:03:36 2:17 2:59 93.19% Kasaragod 08:04:31 09:24:03 09:25:34 09:27:05 11:04:14 3:02 3:00 93.21% Padne 08:04:39 09:24:19 09:25:54 09:27:29 11:04:50 3:10 3:00 93.22% Kannur 08:04:51 09:24:50 09:26:20 09:27:50 11:05:38 3:00 3:01 93.24% Thalassery 08:04:57 09:25:07 09:26:35 09:28:02 11:06:03 2:55 3:01 93.25% Madikeri 08:05:01 09:25:48 09:26:47 09:27:45 11:06:24 1:57 3:01 93.24% Kozhikode 08:05:15 09:26:33 09:27:12 09:27:51 11:07:09 1:18 3:02 93.28% Koduvally 08:05:19 09:26:10 09:27:23 09:28:36 11:07:29 2:26 3:02 93.28% Kalpetta 08:05:23 09:26:00 09:27:35 09:29:10 11:07:51 3:10 3:02 93.28% Malappuram 08:05:31 09:27:31 09:27:47 09:28:02 11:08:08 0:31 3:03 93.30% Palakkad 08:05:58 09:28:12 09:28:50 09:29:28 11:10:00 1:16 3:04 93.33% Coimbatore 08:06:08 09:27:46 09:29:18 09:30:50 11:10:51 3:04 3:05 93.34% Tiruppur 08:06:24 09:28:20 09:29:55 09:31:30 11:11:55 3:10 3:06 93.36% Dharapuram 08:06:37 09:28:49 09:30:22 09:31:56 11:12:42 3:07 3:06 93.38% Erode 08:06:39 09:29:33 09:30:31 09:31:29 11:12:57 1:56 3:06 93.37% Karur 08:07:00 09:29:56 09:31:18 09:32:38 11:14:17 2:42 3:07 93.39% Madurai 08:07:18 09:31:37 09:31:46 09:31:53 11:15:00 0:16 3:08 93.42% Tiruchirappalli 08:07:32 09:31:33 09:32:29 09:33:24 11:16:17 1:51 3:09 93.42% Sivaganga 08:07:38 09:31:31 09:32:29 09:33:26 11:16:14 1:55 3:09 93.45% Pudukkottai 08:07:45 09:31:20 09:32:53 09:34:26 11:16:58 3:06 3:09 93.44% Karaikudi 08:07:48 09:31:21 09:32:55 09:34:30 11:17:01 3:09 3:09 93.45% Devakottai 08:07:52 09:31:34 09:33:05 09:34:34 11:17:15 3:00 3:09 93.46% Jaffna 08:08:59 09:33:54 09:35:30 09:37:06 11:21:18 3:12 3:12 93.52% Trincomalee 08:10:30 09:37:06 09:38:31 09:39:57 11:26:06 2:51 3:16 93.60% Singapore 11:27:05 13:22:41 13:23:44 13:24:47 15:18:32 2:06 3:51 94.24% Batam 10:27:33 12:22:35 12:24:15 12:25:56 14:18:52 3:21 3:51 94.24% Tanjungpinang 10:29:02 12:24:19 12:26:06 12:27:52 14:20:11 3:33 3:51 94.24% Hagåtña 15:33:51 16:54:33 16:56:08 16:57:42 18:01:17 (sunset) 3:09 2:27 92.04%References:

Places experiencing partial eclipse Solar Eclipse of December 26, 2019(Local Times)Country or territory City or placeStart of partial eclipseMaximum eclipseEnd of partial eclipseDuration of eclipse (hr:min)Maximum coverage Al Jemailiya 06:19:37 (sunrise) 06:36:36 07:50:05 1:30 91.57% Manama 06:22:55 (sunrise) 06:36:44 07:49:48 1:27 90.70% Al Khor 06:18:05 (sunrise) 06:36:46 07:50:30 1:32 91.03% Abu Dhabi 07:04:03 (sunrise) 07:37:18 08:53:11 1:49 90.80% Riyadh 06:35:00 (sunrise) 06:37:44 07:45:47 1:11 87.25% Dubai 07:02:01 (sunrise) 07:38:01 08:54:24 1:52 87.18% Muscat 06:45:32 (sunrise) 07:39:04 08:58:12 2:13 87.51% Kuwait City 06:40:22 (sunrise) 06:43:08 07:48:48 1:08 81.02% Karachi 07:34:07 08:46:09 10:10:53 2:37 70.32% Tehran 07:12:12 (sunrise) 07:16:18 08:23:10 1:11 60.43% Basra 06:43:37 (sunrise) 06:46:25 07:49:06 1:05 75.40% Mumbai 08:03:58 09:21:42 10:55:07 2:51 78.94% Malé 07:38:25 08:56:58 10:32:08 2:54 67.33% Bengaluru 08:06:20 09:29:44 11:11:25 3:05 89.58% New Delhi 08:16:56 09:30:52 10:57:11 2:40 44.72% Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte 08:10:06 09:36:43 11:22:34 3:12 87.69% Baghdad 07:04:01 (sunrise) 07:06:56 07:48:13 0:44 44.50% Yangon 09:38:46 11:17:54 13:08:12 3:29 51.63% Bangkok 10:18:23 12:05:27 13:57:54 3:40 56.92% Kuala Lumpur 11:20:02 13:14:46 15:11:49 3:52 89.69% Phnom Penh 10:30:59 12:24:14 14:14:45 3:44 61.50% Ho Chi Minh City 10:36:36 12:31:42 14:20:45 3:44 63.72% Jakarta 10:42:41 12:36:14 14:23:15 3:41 72.37% Bandar Seri Begawan 12:04:52 14:03:02 15:43:23 3:39 85.85% Manila 12:32:15 14:19:07 15:47:33 3:15 60.27% General Santos 12:43:05 14:30:20 15:57:21 3:14 91.96% Davao City 12:44:45 14:31:16 15:57:42 3:13 89.50% Ngerulmud 14:12:25 15:46:37 17:03:49 2:51 91.13% Colonia 15:21:03 16:50:48 18:05:01 2:44 92.12% Saipan 15:35:09 16:56:20 17:54:08 (sunset) 2:19 91.03%References:

Gallery

Eclipse details Shown below are two tables displaying details about this particular solar eclipse. The first table outlines times at which the Moon's penumbra or umbra attains the specific parameter, and the second table describes various other parameters pertaining to this eclipse.

+December 26, 2019 solar eclipse times Event Time (UTC) First penumbral external contact 2019 December 26 at 02:31:00.8 UTC First umbral external contact 2019 December 26 at 03:35:41.7 UTC First central line 2019 December 26 at 03:37:13.6 UTC First umbral internal contact 2019 December 26 at 03:38:45.8 UTC First penumbral internal contact 2019 December 26 at 05:02:35.5 UTC Ecliptic conjunction 2019 December 26 at 05:14:17.0 UTC Equatorial conjunction 2019 December 26 at 05:15:43.8 UTC Greatest eclipse 2019 December 26 at 05:18:53.1 UTC Greatest duration 2019 December 26 at 05:29:39.4 UTC Last penumbral internal contact 2019 December 26 at 05:35:14.2 UTC Last umbral internal contact 2019 December 26 at 06:59:00.2 UTC Last central line 2019 December 26 at 07:00:35.4 UTC Last umbral external contact 2019 December 26 at 07:02:10.4 UTC Last penumbral external contact 2019 December 26 at 08:06:53.4 UTC

+December 26, 2019 solar eclipse parameters Parameter Value Eclipse magnitude 0.97010 Eclipse obscuration 0.94110 Gamma 0.41351 Sun right ascension 18h17m56.7s Sun declination -23°22'19.2" Sun semi-diameter 16'15.7" Sun equatorial horizontal parallax 08.9" Moon right ascension 18h18m03.7s Moon declination -22°58'50.4" Moon semi-diameter 15'33.0" Moon equatorial horizontal parallax 0°57'04.0" ΔT 69.8 s

Eclipse season

This eclipse is part of an eclipse season, a period, roughly every six months, when eclipses occur. Only two (or occasionally three) eclipse seasons occur each year, and each season lasts about 35 days and repeats just short of six months (173 days) later; thus two full eclipse seasons always occur each year. Either two or three eclipses happen each eclipse season. In the sequence below, each eclipse is separated by a fortnight.

+ Eclipse season of December 2019–January 2020 December 26Descending node (new moon) January 10Ascending node (full moon) Annular solar eclipseSolar Saros 132 Penumbral lunar eclipseLunar Saros 144

Related eclipses Eclipses in 2019 A partial solar eclipse on January 6 A total lunar eclipse on January 21 A total solar eclipse on July 2 A partial lunar eclipse on July 16 An annular solar eclipse on December 26 Astronomers Without Borders collected eclipse glasses for redistribution to Latin America and Asia for their 2019 eclipses from the solar eclipse of August 21, 2017.

Metonic Preceded by: Solar eclipse of March 9, 2016 Followed by: Solar eclipse of October 14, 2023

Tzolkinex Preceded by: Solar eclipse of November 13, 2012 Followed by: Solar eclipse of February 6, 2027

Half-Saros Preceded by: Lunar eclipse of December 21, 2010 Followed by: Lunar eclipse of December 31, 2028

Tritos Preceded by: Solar eclipse of January 26, 2009 Followed by: Solar eclipse of November 25, 2030

Solar Saros 132 Preceded by: Solar eclipse of December 14, 2001 Followed by: Solar eclipse of January 5, 2038

Inex Preceded by: Solar eclipse of January 15, 1991 Followed by: Solar eclipse of December 5, 2048

Triad Preceded by: Solar eclipse of February 24, 1933 Followed by: Solar eclipse of October 26, 2106

Solar eclipses of 2018–2021

Saros 132

Metonic series

Tritos series

Inex series

Notes

References

Eclipseportal.com Annular Solar Eclipse 2019 CIMSS Satellite Blog: Annular solar eclipse shadow solar-eclipse.de: The total solar eclipse of 12/26/2019 CESSI Prediction of 26 December 2019 Solar Eclipse