| Total eclipse | |
 Map | |
| Gamma | −0.9333 |
|---|---|
| Magnitude | 1.0342 |
| Maximum eclipse | |
| Duration | 111 s (1 min 51 s) |
| Coordinates | 84°48′S10°36′W / 84.8°S 10.6°W /-84.8; -10.6 |
| Max. width of band | 329 km (204 mi) |
| Times (UTC) | |
| Greatest eclipse | 18:59:03 |
| References | |
| Saros | 152 (17 of 70) |
| Catalog # (SE5000) | 9718 |
A totalsolar eclipse will occur at the Moon'sdescending node of orbit on Saturday, January 16, 2094,[1] with amagnitude of 1.0342. Asolar eclipse occurs when theMoon passes betweenEarth and theSun, thereby totally or partly obscuring the image of the Sun for a viewer on Earth. A total solar eclipse occurs when the Moon'sapparent diameter is larger than the Sun's, blocking all direct sunlight, turning day into darkness. Totality occurs in a narrow path across Earth's surface, with the partial solar eclipse visible over a surrounding region thousands of kilometres wide. Occurring about 10.5 hours beforeperigee (on January 17, 2094, at 05:40 UTC), the Moon's apparent diameter will be larger.[2]
This will be the first of four solar eclipses in 2094, with the others occurring onJune 13,July 12, andDecember 7.
The path of totality will be visible from parts ofAntarctica. A partial solar eclipse will also be visible for parts ofNew Zealand,Antarctica, and southernSouth America. This total eclipse is notable in that the path of totality passes over theSouth Pole.
Shown below are two tables displaying details about this particular solar eclipse. The first table outlines times at which the Moon's penumbra or umbra attains the specific parameter, and the second table describes various other parameters pertaining to this eclipse.[3]
| Event | Time (UTC) |
|---|---|
| First Penumbral External Contact | 2094 January 16 at 16:53:04.7 UTC |
| First Umbral External Contact | 2094 January 16 at 18:20:43.2 UTC |
| First Central Line | 2094 January 16 at 18:22:49.9 UTC |
| First Umbral Internal Contact | 2094 January 16 at 18:25:03.5 UTC |
| Equatorial Conjunction | 2094 January 16 at 18:49:35.7 UTC |
| Greatest Eclipse | 2094 January 16 at 18:59:03.4 UTC |
| Greatest Duration | 2094 January 16 at 18:59:14.4 UTC |
| Ecliptic Conjunction | 2094 January 16 at 19:08:26.0 UTC |
| Last Umbral Internal Contact | 2094 January 16 at 19:33:09.4 UTC |
| Last Central Line | 2094 January 16 at 19:35:23.5 UTC |
| Last Umbral External Contact | 2094 January 16 at 19:37:30.8 UTC |
| Last Penumbral External Contact | 2094 January 16 at 21:05:05.3 UTC |
| Parameter | Value |
|---|---|
| Eclipse Magnitude | 1.03423 |
| Eclipse Obscuration | 1.06962 |
| Gamma | −0.93334 |
| Sun Right Ascension | 19h56m48.4s |
| Sun Declination | -20°43'02.8" |
| Sun Semi-Diameter | 16'15.5" |
| Sun Equatorial Horizontal Parallax | 08.9" |
| Moon Right Ascension | 19h57m12.4s |
| Moon Declination | -21°39'54.3" |
| Moon Semi-Diameter | 16'43.2" |
| Moon Equatorial Horizontal Parallax | 1°01'21.9" |
| ΔT | 117.8 s |
This eclipse is part of aneclipse season, a period, roughly every six months, when eclipses occur. Only two (or occasionally three) eclipse seasons occur each year, and each season lasts about 35 days and repeats just short of six months (173 days) later; thus two full eclipse seasons always occur each year. Either two or three eclipses happen each eclipse season. In the sequence below, each eclipse is separated by afortnight.
| January 1 Ascending node (full moon) | January 16 Descending node (new moon) |
|---|---|
| |
| Partial lunar eclipse Lunar Saros 126 | Total solar eclipse Solar Saros 152 |
This eclipse is a member of asemester series. An eclipse in a semester series of solar eclipses repeats approximately every 177 days and 4 hours (a semester) at alternatingnodes of the Moon's orbit.[4]
The partial solar eclipses onJune 13, 2094 andDecember 7, 2094 occur in the next lunar year eclipse set.
| Solar eclipse series sets from 2091 to 2094 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Descending node | Ascending node | |||||
| Saros | Map | Gamma | Saros | Map | Gamma | |
| 122 | February 18, 2091 Partial | 1.1779 | 127 | August 15, 2091 Total | −0.949 | |
| 132 | February 7, 2092 Annular | 0.4322 | 137 | August 3, 2092 Annular | −0.2044 | |
| 142 | January 27, 2093 Total | −0.2737 | 147 | July 23, 2093 Annular | 0.5717 | |
| 152 | January 16, 2094 Total | −0.9333 | 157 | July 12, 2094 Partial | 1.3150 | |
This eclipse is a part ofSaros series 152, repeating every 18 years, 11 days, and containing 70 events. The series started with a partial solar eclipse on July 26, 1805. It contains total eclipses fromNovember 2, 1967 through September 14, 2490; hybrid eclipses from September 26, 2508 through October 17, 2544; and annular eclipses from October 29, 2562 through June 16, 2941. The series ends at member 70 as a partial eclipse on August 20, 3049. Its eclipses are tabulated in three columns; every third eclipse in the same column is oneexeligmos apart, so they all cast shadows over approximately the same parts of the Earth.
The longest duration of totality will be produced by member 30 at 5 minutes, 16 seconds on June 9, 2328, and the longest duration of annularity will be produced by member 53 at 5 minutes, 20 seconds on February 16, 2743. All eclipses in this series occur at the Moon’sdescending node of orbit.[5]
| Series members 1–22 occur between 1805 and 2200: | ||
|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 |
 July 26, 1805 |  August 6, 1823 |  August 16, 1841 |
| 4 | 5 | 6 |
 August 28, 1859 |  September 7, 1877 |  September 18, 1895 |
| 7 | 8 | 9 |
 September 30, 1913 |  October 11, 1931 |  October 21, 1949 |
| 10 | 11 | 12 |
 November 2, 1967 |  November 12, 1985 |  November 23, 2003 |
| 13 | 14 | 15 |
 December 4, 2021 |  December 15, 2039 |  December 26, 2057 |
| 16 | 17 | 18 |
 January 6, 2076 | January 16, 2094 |  January 29, 2112 |
| 19 | 20 | 21 |
 February 8, 2130 |  February 19, 2148 |  March 2, 2166 |
| 22 | ||
 March 12, 2184 | ||
Themetonic 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.
| 22 eclipse events between June 12, 2029 and November 4, 2116 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 11–12 | March 30–31 | January 16 | November 4–5 | August 23–24 |
| 118 | 120 | 122 | 124 | 126 |
 June 12, 2029 |  March 30, 2033 |  January 16, 2037 |  November 4, 2040 |  August 23, 2044 |
| 128 | 130 | 132 | 134 | 136 |
 June 11, 2048 |  March 30, 2052 |  January 16, 2056 |  November 5, 2059 |  August 24, 2063 |
| 138 | 140 | 142 | 144 | 146 |
 June 11, 2067 |  March 31, 2071 |  January 16, 2075 |  November 4, 2078 |  August 24, 2082 |
| 148 | 150 | 152 | 154 | 156 |
 June 11, 2086 |  March 31, 2090 | January 16, 2094 |  November 4, 2097 |  August 24, 2101 |
| 158 | 160 | 162 | 164 | |
 June 12, 2105 |  November 4, 2116 | |||
This eclipse is a part of atritos cycle, repeating at alternating nodes every 135synodic months (≈ 3986.63 days, or 11 years minus 1 month). Their appearance and longitude are irregular due to a lack of synchronization with theanomalistic month (period of perigee), but groupings of 3 tritos cycles (≈ 33 years minus 3 months) come close (≈ 434.044 anomalistic months), so eclipses are similar in these groupings.
| Series members between 1801 and 2200 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
 April 4, 1810 (Saros 126) |  March 4, 1821 (Saros 127) |  February 1, 1832 (Saros 128) |  December 31, 1842 (Saros 129) |  November 30, 1853 (Saros 130) |
 October 30, 1864 (Saros 131) |  September 29, 1875 (Saros 132) |  August 29, 1886 (Saros 133) |  July 29, 1897 (Saros 134) |  June 28, 1908 (Saros 135) |
 May 29, 1919 (Saros 136) |  April 28, 1930 (Saros 137) |  March 27, 1941 (Saros 138) |  February 25, 1952 (Saros 139) |  January 25, 1963 (Saros 140) |
 December 24, 1973 (Saros 141) |  November 22, 1984 (Saros 142) |  October 24, 1995 (Saros 143) |  September 22, 2006 (Saros 144) |  August 21, 2017 (Saros 145) |
 July 22, 2028 (Saros 146) |  June 21, 2039 (Saros 147) |  May 20, 2050 (Saros 148) |  April 20, 2061 (Saros 149) |  March 19, 2072 (Saros 150) |
 February 16, 2083 (Saros 151) | January 16, 2094 (Saros 152) |  December 17, 2104 (Saros 153) |  November 16, 2115 (Saros 154) |  October 16, 2126 (Saros 155) |
 September 15, 2137 (Saros 156) |  August 14, 2148 (Saros 157) |  July 15, 2159 (Saros 158) |  June 14, 2170 (Saros 159) |  May 13, 2181 (Saros 160) |
 April 12, 2192 (Saros 161) | ||||
This eclipse is a part of the long periodinex cycle, repeating at alternating nodes, every 358synodic months (≈ 10,571.95 days, or 29 years minus 20 days). Their appearance and longitude are irregular due to a lack of synchronization with theanomalistic month (period of perigee). However, groupings of 3 inex cycles (≈ 87 years minus 2 months) comes close (≈ 1,151.02 anomalistic months), so eclipses are similar in these groupings.
| Series members between 1801 and 2200 | ||
|---|---|---|
 August 5, 1804 (Saros 142) |  July 17, 1833 (Saros 143) |  June 27, 1862 (Saros 144) |
 June 6, 1891 (Saros 145) |  May 18, 1920 (Saros 146) |  April 28, 1949 (Saros 147) |
 April 7, 1978 (Saros 148) |  March 19, 2007 (Saros 149) |  February 27, 2036 (Saros 150) |
 February 5, 2065 (Saros 151) | January 16, 2094 (Saros 152) |  December 28, 2122 (Saros 153) |
 December 8, 2151 (Saros 154) |  November 17, 2180 (Saros 155) | |
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