An annular solar eclipse occurred at the Moon's ascending node of the orbit on Monday, January 26, 2009. 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. It had a magnitude of 0.9282 and 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
Related eclipses
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.
Tzolkinex
Preceded: Solar eclipse of December 14, 2001
Followed: Solar eclipse of March 9, 2016
Half-Saros
Preceded: Lunar eclipse of January 21, 2000
Followed: Lunar eclipse of January 31, 2018
Tritos
Preceded: Solar eclipse of February 26, 1998
Followed: Solar eclipse of December 26, 2019
Solar Saros 131
Preceded: Solar eclipse of January 15, 1991
Followed: Solar eclipse of February 6, 2027
Inex
Preceded: Solar eclipse of February 16, 1980
Followed: Solar eclipse of January 5, 2038
Triad
Preceded: Solar eclipse of March 28, 1922
Followed: Solar eclipse of November 27, 2095
Solar eclipses 2008–2011
Saros 131
Metonic series
Notes
References
Annular Solar Eclipse of 2009 Jan 26, F. Espenak, NASA’s GSFC PDF
Photos: Spaceweather.com eclipse gallery Photos of solar eclipse around the world Annular solar eclipse in Indonesia Astronomy Picture of the Day, January 28, 2009, A Partial Eclipse Over Manila Bay, Philippines