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Eclipses

Annular solar eclipse

Friday, January 15, 2010

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. 05:30UTCNairobiKenya
  2. 08:51UTCChongqingChina
  3. 08:53UTCShiyanChina
  4. 08:54UTCZhengzhouChina
  5. 08:55UTCJinanChina
  6. 08:55UTCLinyiChina
  7. 08:55UTCQingdaoChina
  8. 08:55UTCYantaiChina

The eclipse at a glance

Greatest eclipse
07:06:34 UTC1.6° N, 69.3° E
Obscuration
84%of the Sun covered at greatest eclipse
Saros family
Jan 4, 1992, one saros beforeJan 26, 2028, 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 15 countries and territories
  • Central African Republic
  • Democratic Republic of the Congo
  • Chad
  • Uganda
  • Tanzania
  • Kenya
  • Somalia
  • Seychelles
  • Maldives
  • India
  • Sri Lanka
  • Bangladesh
  • Myanmar
  • People's Republic of China
  • Cameroon