| Solar eclipse of January 26, 2009 | |
|---|---|
.gif) Solar eclipse of January 26, 2009 | |
| Type of eclipse | |
| Nature | Annular |
| Gamma | -0.2819 |
| Magnitude | 0.9282 |
| Maximum eclipse | |
| Duration | 473.7 s (7 min 53.7 s) |
| Location | Indian Ocean |
| Coordinates | 34°4.2′S 70°14.0′E / 34.0700°S 70.2333°E |
| Max. width of band | 280.3 km |
| Times (UTC) | |
| Greatest eclipse | 07:58:39 |
| References | |
| Saros | 131 (51 of 71) |
The solar eclipse of January 26, 2009 was an annular eclipse of the Sun with a magnitude of 0.92 that was visible from a narrow corridor beginning in the south Atlantic Ocean and sweep 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, Phillippines.[1]
