An annular solar eclipse will occur on December 26, 2019. A solar eclipse occurs when the Moon passes between Earth and the Sun, thereby totally or partly obscuring the Sun for a viewer on Earth. An annular solar eclipse occurs when the Moon's apparent diameter is smaller than the Sun's, blocking most of the Sun's light and causing the Sun to look like an annulus (ring). An annular eclipse appears as a partial eclipse over a region of the Earth thousands of kilometres wide.[1] The annularity will be visible in Saudi Arabia, Qatar, United Arab Emirates, Oman, Pakistan, India, Sri Lanka, Malaysia, Indonesia, Singapore, Northern Mariana Islands, and Guam. Population centers in the path of the annularity include Kozhikode, Coimbatore, Jaffna, Trincomalee, Sibolga, Tanjung Pinang, Batam, Singapore, Singkawang and Guam. Cities such as Doha, Madurai, Pekanbaru, Dumai, Johor Bahru and Kuching will narrowly miss the annular path.
Solar coronal magnetic fields play a key role in driving the space weather conditions. Direct observations of coronal magnetic fields is challenging. Such solar eclipse events present an outstanding opportunity for the scientists to constrain the theoretical models via observations. The magnetic field structure for this annular eclipse is predicted using a combination of data-constrained models. Prediction results can be found here
It is the last solar eclipse of 2019. The central path of the 2019 annular eclipse passes through Saudi Arabian Peninsula, southern India, Sumatra, Borneo, Philippines and Guam. A partial eclipse is visible thousands of kilometers wide from the central path. It will cover small parts of Eastern Europe, much of Asia, North/West Australia, East in Africa, Pacific and Indian Ocean.[1][3] The eclipse begins with an antumbra having a magnitude of .96 and will stretch 164 kilometers wide, and travel towards the east at an average rate of 1.1 kilometer per second. The longest duration of annularity is 3 minutes and 40 seconds, at 5.30 UT1 occurring in South China Sea (0°45'54.0"N 105°29'06.0"E).
The eclipse will begin in Saudi Arabia about 220 kilometers northeast of Riyadh at 03:43 UT1 and will end in Guam at 06:59.4 UT1. It will reach India near Kannur, Kerala at 03:56 UT1. The shadow will reach the southeast coast of India at 04:04 UT1. Traveling through northern Sri Lanka, it will head into the Bay of Bengal. The next main visible places are Palau (Malaysia), Sumatra and Singapore. It then passes through the South China Sea, it crosses Borneo and the Celebes Sea, the Philippines archipelago and then heads towards the western Pacific. The antumbral shadow encounters Guam at 6:56 UT1 and will rise back into space.[1]
The Annular Path
The annular phase of this eclipse is visible from the following cities:[3]
Hofuf, Saudi Arabia
Mangaluru, Karnataka, India
Kasaragod, Kerala, India
Thalassery, Kerala, India
Kalpetta, Wayanad, Kerala, India[4]
Kozhikode, Kerala, India
Ootacamund, Tamil Nadu, India
Palakkad, Kerala, India
Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, India
Erode, Tamil Nadu, India
Karur, Tamil Nadu, India
Dindigul, Tamil Nadu, India
Sivaganga, Tamil Nadu, India
Tiruchirappalli, Tamil Nadu, India
Pudukkottai, Tamil Nadu, India
Jaffna, Sri Lanka
Trincomalee, Sri Lanka
Singapore, Singapore
Batam, Riau Islands, Indonesia
Tanjung Pinang, Riau Islands, Indonesia
Singkawang, West Kalimantan, Indonesia
Sri Aman, Sarawak, Malaysia
Serian Division, Sarawak, Malaysia
Tebakang, Sarawak, Malaysia
Sarangani, Davao Occidental, Philippines
Hagåtña, Guam
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Eclipses of 2019
A partial solar eclipse on January 6.
A total lunar eclipse on January 21.
A total solar eclipse on July 2.
A partial lunar eclipse on July 16.
Astronomers Without Borders collected eclipse glasses for redistribution to Latin America and Asia for their 2019 eclipses from the Solar eclipse of August 21, 2017.[5]
Tzolkinex
Preceded: Solar eclipse of November 13, 2012
Followed: Solar eclipse of February 6, 2027
Half-Saros cycle
Preceded: Lunar eclipse of December 21, 2010
Followed: Lunar eclipse of December 31, 2028
Tritos
Preceded: Solar eclipse of January 26, 2009
Followed: Solar eclipse of November 25, 2030
Solar Saros 132
Preceded: Solar eclipse of December 14, 2001
Followed: Solar eclipse of January 5, 2038
Inex
Preceded: Solar eclipse of January 15, 1991
Followed: Solar eclipse of December 5, 2048
Triad
Preceded: Solar eclipse of February 24, 1933
Followed: Solar eclipse of October 26, 2106
Solar coronal magnetic fields play a key role in driving the space weather conditions. Direct observations of coronal magnetic fields is challenging. Such solar eclipse events present an outstanding opportunity for the scientists to constrain the theoretical models via observations. The magnetic field structure for this annular eclipse is predicted using a combination of data-constrained models. Prediction results can be found here
It is the last solar eclipse of 2019. The central path of the 2019 annular eclipse passes through Saudi Arabian Peninsula, southern India, Sumatra, Borneo, Philippines and Guam. A partial eclipse is visible thousands of kilometers wide from the central path. It will cover small parts of Eastern Europe, much of Asia, North/West Australia, East in Africa, Pacific and Indian Ocean.[1][3] The eclipse begins with an antumbra having a magnitude of .96 and will stretch 164 kilometers wide, and travel towards the east at an average rate of 1.1 kilometer per second. The longest duration of annularity is 3 minutes and 40 seconds, at 5.30 UT1 occurring in South China Sea (0°45'54.0"N 105°29'06.0"E).
The eclipse will begin in Saudi Arabia about 220 kilometers northeast of Riyadh at 03:43 UT1 and will end in Guam at 06:59.4 UT1. It will reach India near Kannur, Kerala at 03:56 UT1. The shadow will reach the southeast coast of India at 04:04 UT1. Traveling through northern Sri Lanka, it will head into the Bay of Bengal. The next main visible places are Palau (Malaysia), Sumatra and Singapore. It then passes through the South China Sea, it crosses Borneo and the Celebes Sea, the Philippines archipelago and then heads towards the western Pacific. The antumbral shadow encounters Guam at 6:56 UT1 and will rise back into space.[1]
The Annular Path
The annular phase of this eclipse is visible from the following cities:[3]
Hofuf, Saudi Arabia
Mangaluru, Karnataka, India
Kasaragod, Kerala, India
Thalassery, Kerala, India
Kalpetta, Wayanad, Kerala, India[4]
Kozhikode, Kerala, India
Ootacamund, Tamil Nadu, India
Palakkad, Kerala, India
Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, India
Erode, Tamil Nadu, India
Karur, Tamil Nadu, India
Dindigul, Tamil Nadu, India
Sivaganga, Tamil Nadu, India
Tiruchirappalli, Tamil Nadu, India
Pudukkottai, Tamil Nadu, India
Jaffna, Sri Lanka
Trincomalee, Sri Lanka
Singapore, Singapore
Batam, Riau Islands, Indonesia
Tanjung Pinang, Riau Islands, Indonesia
Singkawang, West Kalimantan, Indonesia
Sri Aman, Sarawak, Malaysia
Serian Division, Sarawak, Malaysia
Tebakang, Sarawak, Malaysia
Sarangani, Davao Occidental, Philippines
Hagåtña, Guam
Images
Related eclipses
Eclipses of 2019
A partial solar eclipse on January 6.
A total lunar eclipse on January 21.
A total solar eclipse on July 2.
A partial lunar eclipse on July 16.
Astronomers Without Borders collected eclipse glasses for redistribution to Latin America and Asia for their 2019 eclipses from the Solar eclipse of August 21, 2017.[5]
Tzolkinex
Preceded: Solar eclipse of November 13, 2012
Followed: Solar eclipse of February 6, 2027
Half-Saros cycle
Preceded: Lunar eclipse of December 21, 2010
Followed: Lunar eclipse of December 31, 2028
Tritos
Preceded: Solar eclipse of January 26, 2009
Followed: Solar eclipse of November 25, 2030
Solar Saros 132
Preceded: Solar eclipse of December 14, 2001
Followed: Solar eclipse of January 5, 2038
Inex
Preceded: Solar eclipse of January 15, 1991
Followed: Solar eclipse of December 5, 2048
Triad
Preceded: Solar eclipse of February 24, 1933
Followed: Solar eclipse of October 26, 2106
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