Solar eclipse of January 6, 2019

Solar eclipse of January 6, 2019
Solar eclipse of January 6, 2019
	From Nakhodka, Russia
	Map
Type of eclipse
Nature	Partial
Gamma	1.1417
Magnitude	0.7145
Maximum eclipse
Coordinates	67°24′N 153°36′E / 67.4°N 153.6°E
Times (UTC)
Greatest eclipse	1:42:38
References
Saros	122 (58 of 70)
Catalog # (SE5000)	9550

Animated path.

The solar eclipse of January 6, 2019 was a partial solar eclipse that was visible in East Asia and North Pacific.

Visibility[]

The maximal phase (71%) of the partial eclipse was recorded in Sakha Republic (Russia).

The eclipse was observed in Japan, Russian Far East, North and South Korea, eastern China, eastern Mongolia and on the north-west of Alaska.

Gallery[]

Jinan, China, 00:18 UTC
Bohyeonsan, South Korea, 00:47 UTC
Aichi Prefecture, Japan, 01:00 UTC

Related eclipses[]

Followed: Solar eclipse of December 5, 2029

Solar Saros 122[]

Preceded: Solar eclipse of December 25, 2000

Followed: Solar eclipse of January 16, 2037

Inex[]

Preceded: Solar eclipse of January 26, 1990

Followed: Solar eclipse of December 16, 2047

Triad[]

Preceded: Solar eclipse of March 7, 1932

Followed: Solar eclipse of November 6, 2105

Solar eclipses of 2018–2021[]

This eclipse is a member of a semester series. An eclipse in a semester series of solar eclipses repeats approximately every 177 days and 4 hours (a semester) at alternating nodes of the Moon's orbit.^[1]

Note: Partial solar eclipses on February 15, 2018, and August 11, 2018, occurred during the previous semester series.

Solar eclipse series sets from 2018–2021
Ascending node			Descending node
Saros	Map	Gamma	Saros	Map	Gamma
117 Partial from Melbourne, Australia	2018 July 13 Partial	-1.35423	122 Partial from Nakhodka, Russia	2019 January 6 Partial	1.14174
127 La Serena, Chile	2019 July 2 Total	-0.64656	132 Jaffna, Sri Lanka	2019 December 26 Annular	0.41351
137 Beigang, Yunlin, Taiwan	2020 June 21 Annular	0.12090	142 Gorbea, Chile	2020 December 14 Total	-0.29394
147 Huittinen, Finland	2021 June 10 Annular	0.91516	152 Totality from 76°46.6’S, 046°13.9’W	2021 December 4 Total	-0.95261

Metonic series[]

The metonic series repeats eclipses every 19 years (6939.69 days), lasting about 5 cycles. Eclipses occur in nearly the same calendar date. In addition, the octon subseries repeats 1/5 of that or every 3.8 years (1387.94 days). All eclipses in this table occur at the Moon's descending node.

21 eclipse events between June 1, 2011 and June 1, 2087
May 31 – June 1	March 19–20	January 5–6	October 24–25	August 12–13
118	120	122	124	126
June 1, 2011	March 20, 2015	January 6, 2019	October 25, 2022	August 12, 2026
128	130	132	134	136
June 1, 2030	March 20, 2034	January 5, 2038	October 25, 2041	August 12, 2045
138	140	142	144	146
May 31, 2049	March 20, 2053	January 5, 2057	October 24, 2060	August 12, 2064
148	150	152	154	156
May 31, 2068	March 19, 2072	January 6, 2076	October 24, 2079	August 13, 2083
158	160	162	164	166
June 1, 2087			October 24, 2098