Solar eclipse of January 15, 1991
20th-century annular solar eclipse / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
An annular solar eclipse occurred at the Moon's ascending node of orbit between Tuesday, January 15 and Wednesday, January 16, 1991, with a magnitude of 0.929. 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 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 (ring). An annular eclipse appears as a partial eclipse over a region of the Earth thousands of kilometres wide. Annularity was visible in southwestern Western Australia, Tasmania, New Zealand and French Polynesia. It was visible over Australia as a partial solar eclipse at sunrise on January 16. [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10]
Solar eclipse of January 15, 1991 | |
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Type of eclipse | |
Nature | Annular |
Gamma | −0.2727 |
Magnitude | 0.929 |
Maximum eclipse | |
Duration | 473 s (7 min 53 s) |
Coordinates | 36.4°S 170.4°W / -36.4; -170.4 |
Max. width of band | 277 km (172 mi) |
Times (UTC) | |
Greatest eclipse | 23:53:51 |
References | |
Saros | 131 (49 of 70) |
Catalog # (SE5000) | 9488 |