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Eclipses

Annular solar eclipse

Saturday, January 4, 1992

Path of annularity

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Cities along the path

Cities along the path

Time of maximum in UTC, to the minute: when the centre of the shadow passes nearest.

  1. 21:16UTCNairobiKenya
  2. 21:16UTCKakamegaKenya
  3. 21:16UTCKampalaUganda
  4. 00:53UTCLos AngelesUnited States
  5. 00:53UTCQuitoEcuador
  6. 00:53UTCGuayaquilEcuador
  7. 00:53UTCTijuanaMexico
  8. 00:53UTCBelémBrazil

The eclipse at a glance

Greatest eclipse
23:04:40 UTC1.0° N, 169.7° W
Obscuration
84%of the Sun covered at greatest eclipse
Saros family
Jan 15, 2010, one saros afterEclipses about 18 years and 11 days apart, with the same orbital geometry and shifted about 120° west each cycle.
The central path crosses 6 countries and territories
  • Federated States of Micronesia
  • Nauru
  • Kiribati
  • United States Minor Outlying Islands
  • United States of America
  • Mexico