| Total eclipse | |
 Map | |
| Gamma | −0.9373 |
|---|---|
| Magnitude | 1.0342 |
| Maximum eclipse | |
| Duration | 109 s (1 min 49 s) |
| Coordinates | 87°12′S173°42′W / 87.2°S 173.7°W /-87.2; -173.7 |
| Max. width of band | 340 km (210 mi) |
| Times (UTC) | |
| Greatest eclipse | 10:07:27 |
| References | |
| Saros | 152 (16 of 70) |
| Catalog # (SE5000) | 9677 |
A totalsolar eclipse will occur at the Moon'sdescending node of orbit on Monday, January 6, 2076,[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 8.5 hours beforeperigee (on January 6, 2076, at 18:40 UTC), the Moon's apparent diameter will be larger.[2]
This will be the first of four solar eclipses in 2076, with the others occurring onJune 1,July 1, andNovember 26.
The path of totality will be visible from parts ofAntarctica. A partial solar eclipse will also be visible for parts of southernSouth America,Antarctica, and southwesternAustralia.
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 | 2076 January 6 at 08:01:50.9 UTC |
| First Umbral External Contact | 2076 January 6 at 09:30:07.4 UTC |
| First Central Line | 2076 January 6 at 09:32:18.8 UTC |
| First Umbral Internal Contact | 2076 January 6 at 09:34:37.8 UTC |
| Equatorial Conjunction | 2076 January 6 at 10:05:23.8 UTC |
| Greatest Eclipse | 2076 January 6 at 10:07:27.5 UTC |
| Greatest Duration | 2076 January 6 at 10:07:36.9 UTC |
| Ecliptic Conjunction | 2076 January 6 at 10:16:52.4 UTC |
| Last Umbral Internal Contact | 2076 January 6 at 10:40:18.1 UTC |
| Last Central Line | 2076 January 6 at 10:42:37.7 UTC |
| Last Umbral External Contact | 2076 January 6 at 10:44:49.5 UTC |
| Last Penumbral External Contact | 2076 January 6 at 12:13:04.2 UTC |
| Parameter | Value |
|---|---|
| Eclipse Magnitude | 1.03424 |
| Eclipse Obscuration | 1.06965 |
| Gamma | −0.93732 |
| Sun Right Ascension | 19h09m11.6s |
| Sun Declination | -22°28'36.7" |
| Sun Semi-Diameter | 16'15.9" |
| Sun Equatorial Horizontal Parallax | 08.9" |
| Moon Right Ascension | 19h09m16.9s |
| Moon Declination | -23°26'00.6" |
| Moon Semi-Diameter | 16'43.8" |
| Moon Equatorial Horizontal Parallax | 1°01'24.1" |
| ΔT | 102.2 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.
| December 22 Ascending node (full moon) | January 6 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 1, 2076 andNovember 26, 2076 occur in the next lunar year eclipse set.
| Solar eclipse series sets from 2073 to 2076 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Descending node | Ascending node | |||||
| Saros | Map | Gamma | Saros | Map | Gamma | |
| 122 | February 7, 2073 Partial | 1.1651 | 127 | August 3, 2073 Total | −0.8763 | |
| 132 | January 27, 2074 Annular | 0.4251 | 137 | July 24, 2074 Annular | −0.1242 | |
| 142 | January 16, 2075 Total | −0.2799 | 147 | July 13, 2075 Annular | 0.6583 | |
| 152 | January 6, 2076 Total | −0.9373 | 157 | July 1, 2076 Partial | 1.4005 | |
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 1, 2011 and October 24, 2098 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | |
 June 1, 2087 |  October 24, 2098 | |||
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 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
 February 21, 1803 (Saros 127) |  January 21, 1814 (Saros 128) |  December 20, 1824 (Saros 129) |  November 20, 1835 (Saros 130) |  October 20, 1846 (Saros 131) |
 September 18, 1857 (Saros 132) |  August 18, 1868 (Saros 133) |  July 19, 1879 (Saros 134) |  June 17, 1890 (Saros 135) |  May 18, 1901 (Saros 136) |
 April 17, 1912 (Saros 137) |  March 17, 1923 (Saros 138) |  February 14, 1934 (Saros 139) |  January 14, 1945 (Saros 140) |  December 14, 1955 (Saros 141) |
 November 12, 1966 (Saros 142) |  October 12, 1977 (Saros 143) |  September 11, 1988 (Saros 144) |  August 11, 1999 (Saros 145) |  July 11, 2010 (Saros 146) |
 June 10, 2021 (Saros 147) |  May 9, 2032 (Saros 148) |  April 9, 2043 (Saros 149) |  March 9, 2054 (Saros 150) |  February 5, 2065 (Saros 151) |
January 6, 2076 (Saros 152) |  December 6, 2086 (Saros 153) |  November 4, 2097 (Saros 154) |  October 5, 2108 (Saros 155) |  September 5, 2119 (Saros 156) |
 August 4, 2130 (Saros 157) |  July 3, 2141 (Saros 158) |  June 3, 2152 (Saros 159) |  April 1, 2174 (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 | ||
|---|---|---|
 July 6, 1815 (Saros 143) |  June 16, 1844 (Saros 144) |  May 26, 1873 (Saros 145) |
 May 7, 1902 (Saros 146) |  April 18, 1931 (Saros 147) |  March 27, 1960 (Saros 148) |
 March 7, 1989 (Saros 149) |  February 15, 2018 (Saros 150) |  January 26, 2047 (Saros 151) |
January 6, 2076 (Saros 152) |  December 17, 2104 (Saros 153) |  November 26, 2133 (Saros 154) |
 November 7, 2162 (Saros 155) |  October 18, 2191 (Saros 156) | |
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