A partial solar eclipse will occur at the Moon's descending node of orbit on Wednesday, January 27, 2055, with a magnitude of 0.6932. 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 partial solar eclipse occurs in the polar regions of the Earth when the center of the Moon's shadow misses the Earth.
The partial solar eclipse will be visible for most of North America.
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.
+January 27, 2055 Solar Eclipse Times Event Time (UTC) First Penumbral External Contact 2055 January 27 at 15:49:08.2 UTC Ecliptic Conjunction 2055 January 27 at 17:40:43.6 UTC Greatest Eclipse 2055 January 27 at 17:54:05.3 UTC Equatorial Conjunction 2055 January 27 at 18:16:10.6 UTC Last Penumbral External Contact 2055 January 27 at 19:58:56.1 UTC
+January 27, 2055 Solar Eclipse Parameters Parameter Value Eclipse Magnitude 0.69325 Eclipse Obscuration 0.59655 Gamma 1.15497 Sun Right Ascension 20h40m41.0s Sun Declination -18°19'18.9" Sun Semi-Diameter 16'14.5" Sun Equatorial Horizontal Parallax 08.9" Moon Right Ascension 20h39m58.6s Moon Declination -17°17'11.5" Moon Semi-Diameter 14'53.3" Moon Equatorial Horizontal Parallax 0°54'38.4" ΔT 87.2 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 August–September 2055 January 27Descending node (new moon) February 11Ascending node (full moon) Partial solar eclipseSolar Saros 122 Total lunar eclipseLunar Saros 134
Related eclipses Eclipses in 2055 A partial solar eclipse on January 27. A total lunar eclipse on February 11. A total solar eclipse on July 24. A partial lunar eclipse on August 7.
Metonic Preceded by: Solar eclipse of April 11, 2051 Followed by: Solar eclipse of November 16, 2058
Tzolkinex Preceded by: Solar eclipse of December 16, 2047 Followed by: Solar eclipse of March 11, 2062
Half-Saros Preceded by: Lunar eclipse of January 22, 2046 Followed by: Lunar eclipse of February 2, 2064
Tritos Preceded by: Solar eclipse of February 28, 2044 Followed by: Solar eclipse of December 27, 2065
Solar Saros 122 Preceded by: Solar eclipse of January 16, 2037 Followed by: Solar eclipse of February 7, 2073
Inex Preceded by: Solar eclipse of February 17, 2026 Followed by: Solar eclipse of January 7, 2084
Triad Preceded by: Solar eclipse of March 28, 1968 Followed by: Solar eclipse of November 28, 2141
Solar eclipses of 2054–2058
Saros 122
Metonic series
Tritos series
Inex series
References
External links NASA graphics