Solar eclipse of January 26, 1990

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Solar eclipse of January 26, 1990
classification
Type Ring-shaped
area Southern South America , Antarctica , South Atlantic , Southern Ocean
Annular: Antarctica , Weddell Sea , South Atlantic
Saros cycle 121 (59 of 71)
Gamma value −0.9456
Greatest eclipse
Duration 2 minutes 2.8 seconds
place Weddell Sea
location 71 ° 1 ′  S , 22 ° 15 ′  W Coordinates: 71 ° 1 ′  S , 22 ° 15 ′  W
time January 22, 1990 7:30:27 p.m.   UT
size 0.9670

During the annular solar eclipse of January 26, 1990 , the zone of annularity ran from Antarctica over the Weddell Sea to the South Atlantic . This eclipse could be observed with a high degree of coverage from almost the entire Antarctic continent . In South America it was significantly lower. While from Tierra del Fuego half of the sun's disk was covered by the moon, it was only a third from Uruguay . Bolivia was on the northern edge of the visibility zone, and the northwest of South America went completely empty.

This solar eclipse belongs to the ending Saros cycle 121 , which will offer a total of 71 eclipses. Saros  121 began on April 25, 944 with a small partial solar eclipse in northern Canada. After 7 partial eclipses in the northern hemisphere, 42 total and 2 hybrids followed. The 1990 eclipse was the eighth of 11 annular solar eclipses, which will be followed by 9 partial ones in the southern hemisphere. On June 7,  2206 , Saros 121 ends with a small partial solar eclipse in the South Atlantic north of the Weddell Sea.

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