Solar eclipse of January 15, 2010

Solar eclipse of January 15, 2010
classification
Type	Ring-shaped
area	Africa , Asia Annular: Central Africa , India , Myanmar , China
Saros cycle	141 (23 of 70)
Gamma value	0.4003
Greatest eclipse
Duration	11 minutes 8 seconds
place	Indian Ocean
location	1 ° 38 ′  N , 69 ° 18 ′  E Coordinates: 1 ° 38 ′  N , 69 ° 18 ′  E
time	Jan 15, 2010 7:06:32 AM   UT
size	0.9190

The annular solar eclipse of January 15, 2010 was the longest solar eclipse with a maximum duration of the annular phase of 11 minutes and 8 seconds for a period of more than 1000 years . The eclipse occurred two days before the perigee (apogee) of the moon and also the earth the sun is located in relatively close in January. The apparent diameter of the moon was 29 ′ 15 ″, and that of the sun was relatively large, so that the moon could only cover 85 percent of the sun. Conversely than in a total eclipse, an annular one is particularly long if the degree of coverage is quite low.

course

The ring-shaped phase of the eclipse began in the Central African Republic , continued through the north of the Congo and crossed Lake Victoria in Uganda . The annular eclipse was then seen in Nairobi , the capital of Kenya , and this was the last African country before the eclipse continued over the Indian Ocean .

The eclipse reached its maximum over the sea, the zone of circular visibility then crossed the Maldives before reaching the southern tip of India and Sri Lanka . The darkness then crossed the Bay of Bengal and reached the country again in Myanmar . In China , the eclipse crossed the megacity of Chongqing and crossed the shadow path of the eclipse of July 22, 2009 , so that in this region there was the rare opportunity to observe two successive eclipses.

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  Bangui , Central African Republic

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  Chennai , South India

Weather outlook

In Kenya, there was a 90 percent probability of cloudy conditions. A great way to travel to darkness was the Maldives , as there are practically no clouds there at this time of year. In Myanmar the sky was 70 percent clear, in China the weather forecast deteriorated again.

literature

• Wolfgang Held: Solar and lunar eclipses . Free Spiritual Life Publishing House, Stuttgart 2005, ISBN 3-7725-2231-9

Web links

Commons : Solar eclipse of January 15, 2010  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• solar-eclipse.de: The annular solar eclipse from January 15th, 2010
• NASA: Annular Solar Eclipse of 2010 January 15
• Solar Eclipses of Saros 141