Solar eclipse of January 6, 2019

Solar eclipse of January 6, 2019
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Type of eclipse
Nature Partial
Gamma 1.1417
Magnitude 0.7145
Maximum eclipse
Coordinates 67°24′N 153°36′E / 67.4°N 153.6°E / 67.4; 153.6
Times (UTC)
Greatest eclipse 1:42:38
References
Saros 122 (58 of 70)
Catalog # (SE5000) 9550

A partial solar eclipse will occur on January 6, 2019. 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.

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Solar eclipses of 2018-2021

Each member 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.

Note: Partial solar eclipses on February 15, 2018, and August 11, 2018, occur during the previous semester series.

Metonic series

The 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).

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