Sky event · 26 January 2028
The annular solar eclipse of 26 January 2028
On 26 January 2028 the Moon crosses in front of the Sun without covering it, leaving a ring of sunlight: greatest eclipse at 26 January 2028, 15:07 UT, at 3° N, 51.5° W. Computed with Astronomy Engine, checked 9 October 2026.
Sets the map's clock to 26 January 2028, 15:00 UT and flies to the Earth.
The facts
- Greatest eclipse
- 26 January 2028, 15:07 UT
- Where
- 3° N, 51.5° W
- Kind
- annular
Where to look from your place
Choose a city to see what this looks like from there. With scripts off, the map's Tonight view works out the same for the place you set in it.
Who sees what
None of the cities the map knows lies in the narrow path of the central phase. A visitor in the path sees it at the greatest-eclipse time above; everyone in the wider band sees a partial eclipse.
Partial eclipse, the largest share of the Sun covered, from other cities: Madrid 82 percent, Lima 65 percent, Bogota 64 percent, Ponta Delgada 61 percent, Praia 57 percent, Caracas 51 percent, Mexico City 36 percent, San Juan 34 percent.
Look safely
Never look at the Sun without eclipse glasses that meet the ISO 12312-2 standard, or a certified solar filter on a telescope or binoculars. That holds for an annular eclipse, which has no safe moment of totality, and for every partial phase of a total one.
Sources
- Computed here with Astronomy Engine (the Moon's shadow on the Earth), read 8 November 2026
Measured or computed? Dates of the showers and of the eclipses are computed with Astronomy Engine, the same library the map uses, and were read by a person on 9 October 2026. The Moon's percentage is computed. Rates are the IMO's and are not predictions of what you will count.
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