Solar eclipse of July 22, 2028



A total solar eclipse will occur at the Moon's descending node of orbit on Saturday, July 22, 2028, with a magnitude of 1.056. The central line of the path of the eclipse will cross the Australian continent from the Kimberley region in the north-west and continue in a south-easterly direction through Western Australia, the Northern Territory, south-west Queensland and New South Wales, close to the towns of Wyndham, Kununurra, Tennant Creek, Birdsville, Bourke and Dubbo, and continuing on through the centre of Sydney, where the eclipse will have a duration of over three minutes. It will also cross Queenstown and Dunedin, New Zealand. Totality will also be viewable from two of Australia's external territories: Christmas Island and the Cocos (Keeling) Islands.

This is the first time Sydney will experience a total solar eclipse since 26 March 1857 and will be the last until 3 June 2858.

Eclipses in 2028

 * A partial lunar eclipse on January 12, 2028.
 * An annular solar eclipse on January 26, 2028.
 * A partial lunar eclipse on July 6, 2028.
 * A total solar eclipse on July 22, 2028.
 * A total lunar eclipse on December 31, 2028.

Metonic

 * Preceded by: Solar eclipse of October 2, 2024
 * Followed by: Solar eclipse of May 9, 2032

Tzolkinex

 * Preceded by: Solar eclipse of June 10, 2021
 * Followed by: Solar eclipse of September 2, 2035

Half-Saros

 * Preceded by: Lunar eclipse of July 16, 2019
 * Followed by: Lunar eclipse of July 27, 2037

Tritos

 * Preceded by: Solar eclipse of August 21, 2017
 * Followed by: Solar eclipse of June 21, 2039

Solar Saros 146

 * Preceded by: Solar eclipse of July 11, 2010
 * Followed by: Solar eclipse of August 2, 2046

Inex

 * Preceded by: Solar eclipse of August 11, 1999
 * Followed by: Solar eclipse of July 1, 2057

Triad

 * Preceded by: Solar eclipse of September 21, 1941
 * Followed by: Solar eclipse of May 24, 2115