An annular

solar eclipse A solar eclipse occurs when the Moon passes between Earth and the Sun, thereby obscuring the view of the Sun from a small part of the Earth, totally or partially. Such an alignment occurs during an eclipse season, approximately every six month ...

occurred at the Moon's ascending node of the orbit on Monday, January 26, 2009. A

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. 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 Annulus (or anulus) or annular indicates a ring- or donut-shaped area or structure. It may refer to: Human anatomy * ''Anulus fibrosus disci intervertebralis'', spinal structure * Annulus of Zinn, a.k.a. annular tendon or ''anulus tendineus com ...

(ring). An annular eclipse appears as a partial eclipse over a region of the Earth thousands of kilometres wide. It had a magnitude of 0.9282 and was visible from a narrow corridor beginning in the south Atlantic Ocean and sweeping eastward 900 km south of Africa, slowly curving northeast through the Indian Ocean. Its first landfall was in the Cocos Islands followed by southern

Sumatra Sumatra is one of the Sunda Islands of western Indonesia. It is the largest island that is fully within Indonesian territory, as well as the sixth-largest island in the world at 473,481 km2 (182,812 mi.2), not including adjacent i ...

and western Java. It continued somewhat more easterly across central Borneo, across the northwestern edge of Celebes, then ending just before Mindanao, Philippines. The duration of annularity at greatest eclipse lasted 7 minutes, 53.58 seconds, but at greatest duration lasted 7 minutes, 56.05 seconds. Occurring only 3.3 days after apogee (January 23, 2009), the Moon's apparent diameter was smaller.

Visibility

Animated path

Images

Progression from Colombo, Sri Lanka File:Annular solar eclipse simulation Jan 26 2009.svg, Simulated view of relative diameters of Sun and Moon, as viewed near sunset at the central eclipse path over Borneo. File:Partial eclipse of the sun. (11383898323).jpg, George, South Africa, 6:04 UTC File:Partial Eclipse - Bloemfontein, South Africa - 26 January 2009 (3228362236).jpg, Bloemfontein, South Africa, 6:18 UTC File:Eclipse from Cape Town (3227438185).jpg,

Cape Town, South Africa Cape Town ( af, Kaapstad; , xh, iKapa) is one of South Africa's three capital cities, serving as the seat of the Parliament of South Africa. It is the legislature, legislative capital of the country, the oldest city in the country, and the sec ...

, 6:30 UTC File:Eclipse - 26 01 2009 - Helpmekaar College, Braamfontein (3228354962).jpg,

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, South Africa, 6:54 UTC File:Solar Eclipse 17 27 SGT (3228792172).jpg,

Bukit Merah, Singapore Bukit Merah, also known as Redhill, is a planning area and new town situated in the southernmost part of the Central Region of Singapore. the planning area borders Tanglin to the north, Queenstown to the west and the Downtown Core, Outram a ...

, 9:27 UTC File:Grahan - the solar eclipse (3228629132).jpg,

Chennai, India Chennai (, ), formerly known as Madras (List of renamed Indian cities and states#Tamil Nadu, the official name until 1996), is the capital city of Tamil Nadu, the southernmost states and territories of India, Indian state. The largest city ...

, 9:29 UTC File:Solar Eclipse 26 January 2009 @ South Jakarta, Indonesia (3227795765).jpg,

Jakarta, Indonesia Jakarta (; , bew, Jakarte), officially the Special Capital Region of Jakarta ( id, Daerah Khusus Ibukota Jakarta) is the capital and largest city of Indonesia. Lying on the northwest coast of Java, the world's most populous island, Jakarta ...

, 9:41 UTC File:DSCF2989 (3253425920).jpg,

Rajshahi, Bangladesh Rajshahi ( bn, রাজশাহী, ) is a metropolitan city and a major urban, commercial and educational centre of Bangladesh. It is also the administrative seat of the eponymous division and district. Located on the north bank of the ...

, 9:43 UTC File:Solar Eclipse Pictures, January 26th, 2009 @ Observatorium Bosscha, Bandung (3230108766).jpg, Bandung, Indonesia, 9:48 UTC File:P1262740 (3228229543).jpg, Subang Jaya, Malaysia, 9:51 UTC File:Annular solar eclipse pky.png, Palangka Raya, Indonesia, 9:53 UTC File:Solar Eclipse on 26 January 2009 (3228425497).jpg, Nugegoda, Sri Lanka, 9:58 UTC File:Partial Solar Eclipse - 26 Jan 2009 - Bangalore (3228910826).jpg, Bangalore, India, 10:02 UTC File:Fwd Annular09 at Anyer Patra Hotel, Serang Indonesia (3239116480).jpg, Serang, Indonesia, 10:22 UTC

Related eclipses

Eclipses of 2009

* An annular solar eclipse on January 26. * A penumbral lunar eclipse on February 9. * A penumbral lunar eclipse on July 7. * A total solar eclipse on July 22. * A penumbral lunar eclipse on August 6. * A partial lunar eclipse on December 31.

Tzolkinex

* Preceded: Solar eclipse of December 14, 2001 * Followed: Solar eclipse of March 9, 2016

Half-Saros

* Preceded: Lunar eclipse of January 21, 2000 * Followed: Lunar eclipse of January 31, 2018

Tritos

* Preceded: Solar eclipse of February 26, 1998 * Followed: Solar eclipse of December 26, 2019

Solar Saros 131

* Preceded: Solar eclipse of January 15, 1991 * Followed: Solar eclipse of February 6, 2027

Inex

* Preceded: Solar eclipse of February 16, 1980 * Followed: Solar eclipse of January 5, 2038

Triad

* Preceded:

Solar eclipse of March 28, 1922 An annular solar eclipse occurred on March 28, 1922. 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. An annular solar eclipse occurs when the Mo ...

* Followed:

Solar eclipse of November 27, 2095 An annular solar eclipse will occur on November 27, 2095. 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. An annular solar eclipse occurs when ...

Solar eclipses 2008–2011

Saros 131

Metonic series

Notes

References

Annular Solar Eclipse of 2009 Jan 26, F. Espenak, NASA’s GSFC

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Photos:
Spaceweather.com eclipse gallery

Astronomy Picture of the Day, January 28, 2009, A Partial Eclipse Over Manila Bay, Philippines {{commons category, Solar eclipse of 2009 January 26 2009 1 26 2009 in science 2009 01 26 January 2009 events