Solar eclipse of July 22, 2028

A solar eclipse, also called the Great Australasian Eclipse by some media outlets, will occur at the Moon's descending node of orbit on Saturday, July 22, 2028, with a magnitude of 1.056. 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 total solar eclipse occurs when the Moon's apparent diameter is larger than the Sun's, blocking all direct sunlight, turning day into darkness. Totality occurs in a narrow path across Earth's surface, with the partial solar eclipse visible over a surrounding region thousands of kilometres wide. Occurring about 1.8 days before perigee (on July 23, 2028, at 23:20 UTC), the Moon's apparent diameter will be larger.

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. A partial eclipse will be visible for parts of Southeast Asia, Australia, and Oceania.

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. It will be the first total solar eclipse visible anywhere in New Zealand since 1965, and the first one experienced by Dunedin since 1163, when New Zealand was still uninhabited.

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Eclipse timing Places experiencing total eclipse Solar Eclipse of July 22, 2028(Local Times)Country or territory City or placeStart of partial eclipseStart of total eclipseMaximum eclipseEnd of total eclipseEnd of partial eclipseDuration of totality (min:s)Duration of eclipse (hr:min)Maximum magnitude Cocos (Keeling) Islands Bantam 07:03:38 08:12:03 08:13:48 08:15:34 09:35:17 3:31 2:32 1.0199 Flying Fish Cove 07:39:42 08:54:49 08:56:45 08:58:42 10:25:33 3:53 2:46 1.0166 Durack Range - Doon Doon, near Kununurra 09:27:32 10:58:08 11:00:43 11:03:18 12:32:50 5:10 3:05 1.0283 Kununurra 09:27:52 10:59:46 11:01:13 11:02:40 12:33:14 2:54 2:54 1.0051 Lake Argyle 09:28:19 10:59:29 11:01:39 11:03:48 12:33:36 4:19 3:05 1.0129 Tennant Creek 11:16:50 12:47:58 12:49:41 12:51:24 14:17:30 3:26 3:01 1.0079 Bourke 12:27:17 13:50:08 13:52:11 13:54:13 15:09:20 4:05 2:42 1.022 Dubbo 12:34:34 13:55:20 13:57:16 13:59:11 15:12:17 3:51 2:38 1.0197 Orange 12:36:16 13:57:12 13:58:17 13:59:22 15:12:45 2:10 2:36 1.0049 Mudgee 12:36:45 13:56:52 13:58:49 14:00:46 15:13:12 3:54 2:36 1.0237 Bathurst 12:37:18 13:57:31 13:59:01 14:00:31 15:13:11 3:00 2:36 1.0098 Katoomba 12:38:53 13:58:23 14:00:08 14:01:53 15:13:50 3:30 2:35 1.0153 Penrith 12:39:39 13:58:48 14:00:41 14:02:34 15:14:11 3:46 2:35 1.0208 Campbelltown 12:40:03 13:59:09 14:00:55 14:02:39 15:14:15 3:30 2:34 1.0157 Blacktown 12:40:03 13:59:04 14:00:59 14:02:53 15:14:21 3:49 2:34 1.0239 Kiama 12:40:30 14:00:16 14:01:04 14:01:52 15:14:14 1:36 2:34 1.0029 Wollongong 12:40:25 13:59:40 14:01:05 14:02:30 15:14:17 2:50 2:34 1.009 Pennant Hills 12:40:20 13:59:17 14:01:12 14:03:06 15:14:30 3:49 2:34 1.0243 Canterbury 12:40:32 13:59:24 14:01:18 14:03:12 15:14:32 3:48 2:34 1.0241 Sydney 12:40:40 13:59:30 14:01:25 14:03:19 15:14:36 3:49 2:34 1.0248 Darlinghurst 12:40:42 13:59:31 14:01:26 14:03:20 15:14:37 3:49 2:34 1.0249 Mosman 12:40:43 13:59:33 14:01:28 14:03:21 15:14:38 3:48 2:34 1.0235 Gosford 12:40:40 13:59:51 14:01:31 14:03:10 15:14:44 3:19 2:34 1.0128 Norah Head 12:41:01 14:00:35 14:01:48 14:03:00 15:14:55 2:25 2:34 1.0058 Queenstown 15:07:25 16:15:04 16:16:32 16:17:59 17:20:03 2:55 2:13 1.0211 Dunedin 15:09:01 16:15:47 16:17:13 16:18:38 17:20:00 2:51 2:12 1.0218 Ranfurly 15:08:53 16:16:15 16:17:24 16:18:33 17:20:23 2:18 2:16 1.0091References:

Places experiencing partial eclipse Solar Eclipse of July 22, 2028(Local Times)Country or territory City or placeStart of partial eclipseMaximum eclipseEnd of partial eclipseDuration of eclipse (hr:min)Maximum coverage Malé 06:02:44 (sunrise) 06:19:54 07:05:15 1:03 22.26% Thiruvananthapuram 06:12:50 06:50:02 07:30:03 1:18 13.49% Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte 06:07:56 06:50:56 07:37:51 1:35 20.77% Addu City 06:11:25 (sunrise) 06:20:57 07:13:22 1:02 37.34% Diego Garcia 07:24:06 (sunrise) 07:27:19 08:22:03 0:58 58.92% Yangon 07:26:22 08:00:48 08:37:31 1:11 6.21% Bangkok 07:47:51 08:35:20 09:27:12 1:39 15.89% Kuala Lumpur 08:34:02 09:39:56 10:55:08 2:21 52.16% Phnom Penh 07:45:40 08:41:22 09:42:57 1:57 24.12% Singapore 08:34:39 09:44:09 11:03:43 2:29 60.16% Ho Chi Minh City 07:45:39 08:44:12 09:49:04 2:03 27.17% Jakarta 07:38:03 08:54:52 10:23:12 2:45 88.63% Île Amsterdam 06:57:50 (sunrise) 07:02:00 07:57:50 1:00 45.72% Bandar Seri Begawan 08:48:37 10:02:11 11:23:25 2:35 47.56% Manila 09:13:34 10:07:17 11:03:49 1:50 13.44% Davao City 09:11:07 10:23:39 11:39:10 2:28 32.46% General Santos 09:09:11 10:23:41 11:41:28 2:32 36.04% Dili 10:11:54 11:42:58 13:16:17 3:04 85.00% Ngerulmud 10:38:19 11:43:41 12:48:32 2:10 19.52% Casey Station 10:24:51 11:12:33 12:00:46 1:36 18.69% Port Moresby 12:17:02 13:35:33 14:47:12 2:30 41.44% Dumont d'Urville Station 12:43:51 13:38:47 14:32:41 1:49 31.38% Melbourne 12:32:23 13:52:56 15:07:12 2:35 81.47% Honiara 14:04:02 14:57:21 15:46:25 1:42 14.46% Port Vila 14:21:35 15:15:00 16:03:55 1:42 20.09% Nouméa 14:12:37 15:15:39 16:12:43 2:00 36.20% Kingston 14:12:04 15:19:11 16:19:52 2:08 54.42% Wellington 15:15:41 16:22:00 17:17:03 (sunset) 2:01 82.62% Auckland 15:18:21 16:23:32 17:23:01 2:05 67.80% Suva 15:48:14 16:23:37 16:56:56 1:09 7.02%References:

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.

+July 22, 2028 solar eclipse times Event Time (UTC) First penumbral external contact 2028 July 22 at 00:28:44.4 UTC First umbral external contact 2028 July 22 at 01:31:51.9 UTC First central line 2028 July 22 at 01:33:16.8 UTC First umbral internal contact 2028 July 22 at 01:34:42.2 UTC Greatest duration 2028 July 22 at 02:53:30.9 UTC Greatest eclipse 2028 July 22 at 02:56:39.6 UTC Ecliptic conjunction 2028 July 22 at 03:02:52.3 UTC Equatorial conjunction 2028 July 22 at 03:17:00.0 UTC Last umbral internal contact 2028 July 22 at 04:18:21.6 UTC Last central line 2028 July 22 at 04:19:49.0 UTC Last umbral external contact 2028 July 22 at 04:21:15.8 UTC Last penumbral external contact 2028 July 22 at 05:24:22.4 UTC

+July 22, 2028 solar eclipse parameters Parameter Value Eclipse magnitude 1.05602 Eclipse obscuration 1.11518 Gamma −0.60557 Sun right ascension 08h08m03.8s Sun declination +20°10'53.0" Sun semi-diameter 15'44.5" Sun equatorial horizontal parallax 08.7" Moon right ascension 08h07m16.7s Moon declination +19°36'14.4" Moon semi-diameter 16'24.3" Moon equatorial horizontal parallax 1°00'12.3" ΔT 73.2 s

Characteristics Eclipse path intersections The path of the July 22, 2028 eclipse will be crossed by the paths of 3 more total solar eclipses within the following 10 years, including the November 2030, July 2037, and December 2038 total solar eclipses. The path of the July 2028 solar eclipse will intersect that of the November 2030 eclipse at a point between Thargomindah and Bourke in Eastern Australia, that of the July 2037 eclipse near Bedourjie, in southwestern Queensland, and that of the December 2038 eclipse at a point in the Tasman Sea, in between Australia and New Zealand. This is similar to the intersection in the paths of the August 2017 and April 2024 total solar eclipses in the United States, over southern Illinois, the intersection of the August 2027 and March 2034 total solar eclipses in Egypt, and the intersection of the August 1999 and March 2006 solar eclipses over Turkey; the intersections within these pairs of total eclipses occurred about 7 years apart. This phenomenon is considered to be unusual, since the average interval for any given spot on Earth to observe a total solar eclipse is about once every 375 years. The intersection patterns are caused by the dynamics of the Saros cycle.

Impact By August 2026 one hotel in Dunedin was already booked out for its 2028 "solar eclipse package", and 35,000 visitors were predicted to visit the city for the event. Dunedin was planning a winter night-sky festival, beginning with Matariki and ending with the eclipse ten days later.

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 July 2028 July 6Ascending node (full moon) July 22Descending node (new moon) Partial lunar eclipseLunar Saros 120 Total solar eclipseSolar Saros 146

Related eclipses Eclipses in 2028 A partial lunar eclipse on January 12. An annular solar eclipse on January 26. A partial lunar eclipse on July 6. A total solar eclipse on July 22. A total lunar eclipse on December 31.

Metonic Preceded by: Solar eclipse of October 2, 2024 Followed by: Solar eclipse of May 9, 2032

Tzolkinex Preceded by: Solar eclipse of June 10, 2021 Followed by: Solar eclipse of September 2, 2035

Half-Saros Preceded by: Lunar eclipse of July 16, 2019 Followed by: Lunar eclipse of July 27, 2037

Tritos Preceded by: Solar eclipse of August 21, 2017 Followed by: Solar eclipse of June 21, 2039

Solar Saros 146 Preceded by: Solar eclipse of July 11, 2010 Followed by: Solar eclipse of August 2, 2046

Inex Preceded by: Solar eclipse of August 11, 1999 Followed by: Solar eclipse of July 1, 2057

Triad Preceded by: Solar eclipse of September 21, 1941 Followed by: Solar eclipse of May 24, 2115

Solar eclipses of 2026–2029

Saros 146

Metonic series

Tritos series

Inex series

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