Solar eclipse of January 26, 2009

An annular solar eclipse occurred at the Moon's ascending node of orbit on Monday, January 26, 2009, with a magnitude of 0.9282. 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. The eclipse 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 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

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.

Metonic

 * Preceded by: Solar eclipse of April 8, 2005
 * Followed by: Solar eclipse of November 13, 2012

Tzolkinex

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

Half-Saros

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

Tritos

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

Solar Saros 131

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

Inex

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

Triad

 * Preceded by: Solar eclipse of March 28, 1922
 * Followed by: Solar eclipse of November 27, 2095