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Annular Solar Eclipse of January 26, 2028

The ring of fire crosses Peru, Ecuador, Brazil, Colombia, Portugal, Spain and 2 more countries

On Wednesday, January 26, 2028, the Moon's antumbra sweeps a path about 323 km wide with up to 10 min 27 s of annularity at greatest eclipse (15:07 UT). Of the cities we track, Iquitos (Peru) gets the longest: 8 min 39 s. A partial eclipse is visible from most of South America and parts of North America, Europe and Africa.

Date
January 26, 2028
Greatest eclipse
15:07 UT
Type
Annular
Longest annularity
10 min 27 s
Path width
323 km
Magnitude
0.9208
Saros
141
New YorkLondonLagosSão PauloManausValenciaBarcelonaTangierMexico CityLima
Partial eclipse40%+ of the diameter80%+Annularity

Shading: the largest part of the Sun's diameter covered while the Sun is above the horizon (eclipse magnitude), computed on a 2° grid; contours every 20%. Outside the outer line the eclipse is not visible.

Barcelona, SpainBarcelonaTangier, MoroccoTangierMarseille, FranceMarseilleValencia, SpainValenciaSevilla, SpainSevillaMálaga, SpainMálagaMurcia, SpainMurciaPalma, SpainPalmaAlicante, SpainNice, FranceCórdoba, SpainCórdobaL'Hospitalet de Llobregat, SpainL'Hospitalet de LlobregatElche, SpainGranada, SpainGranadaTerrassa, SpainBadalona, SpainJerez de la Frontera, SpainSabadell, SpainCastelló de la Plana, SpainAlbacete, SpainAlbaceteToulon, FranceMarbella, SpainAix-en-Provence, FranceAix-en-ProvenceHuelva, SpainTarragona, SpainLleida, SpainMataró, SpainDos Hermanas, SpainAlgeciras, SpainSanta Coloma de Gramenet, SpainCadiz, SpainCadizJaén, SpainFunchal, PortugalFunchalReus, SpainOrihuela, SpainGirona, SpainGironaMonaco, MonacoMonacoGibraltar, GibraltarCasablanca, MoroccoCasablancaMadrid, SpainMadrid
Path of annularityCentral line (longest duration)City in the pathPartial only

Path limits and central line: NASA path table (Espenak). Near the edges totality is short; the closer to the central line, the longer it lasts.

Times for your city

Manaus, Brazil
Annular eclipse
The ring of fire lasts 7 min 18 s · Sun 60° up at maximum
PhaseLocal time (UTC−4)Sun height
Partial eclipse begins08:3535°
Annular phase begins10:2459°
Maximum10:2860°
Annular phase ends10:3161°
Partial eclipse ends12:3374°

Search any of about 7,000 cities: every city over 100,000 people worldwide, plus the 1,075 cities on this site. Local time, Sun height above the horizon.

How the eclipse unfolds

  1. 12:06 UTPartial eclipse begins (first place on Earth)
  2. 13:15 UTAnnular phase begins
  3. 15:07 UTGreatest eclipse
  4. 17:00 UTAnnular phase ends
  5. 18:08 UTPartial eclipse ends (last place on Earth)

Times in UT (Universal Time, the same as GMT). From first to last contact anywhere on Earth: 6 h 1 min (6.0 hours).

Cities in the path of annularity

40 cities over 100,000 people
CityBeginsRingDurationEndsCoveredSunZone
San Martin Peru07:0908:333m 24s10:2184%30°UTC−5
Piura Peru07:0908:333m 29s10:2184%30°UTC−5
Sullana Peru07:0908:325m 45s10:2284%30°UTC−5
Machala Ecuador07:1008:337m 59s10:2684%31°UTC−5
Loja Ecuador07:1008:338m 39s10:2784%32°UTC−5
Cuenca Ecuador07:1008:356m 25s10:2984%32°UTC−5
Iquitos Peru07:1508:458m 39s10:4884%40°UTC−5
Manaus Brazil08:3510:247m 18s12:3385%60°UTC−4
Huelva Spain16:3317:527m 11sat sunset83%8°CET
Sevilla Spain16:3417:527m 15sat sunset83%7°CET
Jerez de la Frontera Spain16:3417:526m 49sat sunset83%8°CET
Lleida Spain16:3917:543m 30sat sunset82%1°CET
Córdoba Spain16:3517:527m 13sat sunset83%6°CET
Tangier Morocco15:3416:552m 38sat sunset83%8°UTC+0
Terrassa Spain16:4017:535m 46sat sunset82%0°CET
Sabadell Spain16:4017:535m 54sat sunset82%0°CET
Tarragona Spain16:3917:536m 11sat sunset82%0°CET
Badalona Spain16:4017:536m 13sat sunset82%0°CET
Barcelona Spain16:4017:536m 16sat sunset82%0°CET
L'Hospitalet de Llobregat Spain16:4017:536m 17sat sunset82%0°CET
Marbella Spain16:3517:544m 54sat sunset83%7°CET
Málaga Spain16:3617:544m 55sat sunset83%6°CET
Albacete Spain16:3817:537m 06sat sunset82%3°CET
Castelló de la Plana Spain16:3917:537m 01sat sunset82%2°CET
Granada Spain16:3617:545m 24sat sunset83%5°CET
Valencia Spain16:3917:537m 02sat sunset82%2°CET
Murcia Spain16:3817:554m 35sat sunset82%3°CET
Elche Spain16:3917:545m 03sat sunset82%3°CET
Alicante Spain16:3917:545m 02sat sunset82%3°CET
Palma Spain16:4117:545m 16sat sunset82%0°CET
All 40 cities in the path
CityBeginsRingDurationEndsCoveredSunZone
San Martin Peru07:0908:333m 24s10:2184%30°UTC−5
Piura Peru07:0908:333m 29s10:2184%30°UTC−5
Sullana Peru07:0908:325m 45s10:2284%30°UTC−5
Machala Ecuador07:1008:337m 59s10:2684%31°UTC−5
Loja Ecuador07:1008:338m 39s10:2784%32°UTC−5
Cuenca Ecuador07:1008:356m 25s10:2984%32°UTC−5
Iquitos Peru07:1508:458m 39s10:4884%40°UTC−5
Manacapuru Brazil08:3310:227m 26s12:3185%59°UTC−4
Manaus Brazil08:3510:247m 18s12:3385%60°UTC−4
Funchal Portugal15:2016:466m 58s18:0883%18°WET
Huelva Spain16:3317:527m 11sat sunset83%8°CET
Sevilla Spain16:3417:527m 15sat sunset83%7°CET
Dos Hermanas Spain16:3417:527m 14sat sunset83%7°CET
Cadiz Spain16:3417:526m 41sat sunset83%8°CET
Jerez de la Frontera Spain16:3417:526m 49sat sunset83%8°CET
Lleida Spain16:3917:543m 30sat sunset82%1°CET
Córdoba Spain16:3517:527m 13sat sunset83%6°CET
Tangier Morocco15:3416:552m 38sat sunset83%8°UTC+0
Terrassa Spain16:4017:535m 46sat sunset82%0°CET
Sabadell Spain16:4017:535m 54sat sunset82%0°CET
Algeciras Spain16:3517:544m 13sat sunset83%7°CET
Reus Spain16:3917:536m 00sat sunset82%0°CET
Gibraltar Gibraltar16:3517:544m 02sat sunset83%7°CET
Santa Coloma de Gramenet Spain16:4017:536m 11sat sunset82%0°CET
Tarragona Spain16:3917:536m 11sat sunset82%0°CET
Badalona Spain16:4017:536m 13sat sunset82%0°CET
Barcelona Spain16:4017:536m 16sat sunset82%0°CET
L'Hospitalet de Llobregat Spain16:4017:536m 17sat sunset82%0°CET
Marbella Spain16:3517:544m 54sat sunset83%7°CET
Jaén Spain16:3617:536m 51sat sunset83%5°CET
Málaga Spain16:3617:544m 55sat sunset83%6°CET
Albacete Spain16:3817:537m 06sat sunset82%3°CET
Castelló de la Plana Spain16:3917:537m 01sat sunset82%2°CET
Granada Spain16:3617:545m 24sat sunset83%5°CET
Valencia Spain16:3917:537m 02sat sunset82%2°CET
Murcia Spain16:3817:554m 35sat sunset82%3°CET
Elche Spain16:3917:545m 03sat sunset82%3°CET
Orihuela Spain16:3917:554m 42sat sunset82%3°CET
Alicante Spain16:3917:545m 02sat sunset82%3°CET
Palma Spain16:4117:545m 16sat sunset82%0°CET

Local times (24-hour clock). Duration: how long the Moon covers the Sun completely at the city centre; it changes by seconds across a city.

Partial eclipse in the world's biggest cities

sorted by how much of the Sun is covered
CityBeginsMaximumEndsCoveredSunZone
Guayaquil Ecuador07:1008:3810:2784%30°UTC−5
Madrid Spain16:3617:55at sunset82%4°CET
Casablanca Morocco15:3216:55at sunset80%10°UTC+0
Quito Ecuador07:1308:4210:3479%32°UTC−5
Lima Peru07:1108:3710:2265%36°UTC−5
Bogotá Colombia07:2208:5710:5564%37°UTC−5
Caracas Venezuela08:4410:2912:2951%46°UTC−4
London England, United Kingdom15:36sunsetat sunset48%0°GMT
Mexico City Mexicoat sunrise07:3508:5236%4°CST
Salvador Brazil10:3412:0813:3625%82°UTC−3
Bamako Mali15:3716:4617:4624%23°GMT
Belo Horizonte Brazil10:1911:4313:0519%84°UTC−3
São Paulo Brazil10:1711:3112:4714%78°UTC−3
Rio de Janeiro Brazil10:2811:4012:5112%83°UTC−3
Kano Nigeria17:1517:54at sunset5.9%6°WAT
Abidjan Ivory Coast15:5816:4117:205.3%23°GMT
Santiago Chile10:0010:4411:325.2%45°UTC−3
New York United States09:1710:0210:473.0%24°EST
Abuja Nigeria17:2217:5118:192.4%9°WAT
Ibadan Nigeria17:1917:4818:172.3%13°WAT
Buenos Aires Argentina10:2811:0111:361.6%58°UTC−3
Lagos Nigeria17:2117:4718:131.6%15°WAT
Chicago Illinois, United States08:0108:3209:041.5%12°CST
Toronto Ontario, Canada09:2409:5310:231.0%18°EST

United States, UK, Canada, Australia, Ireland, New Zealand

CityBeginsMaximumEndsCoveredSunZone
San Antonio Texas, United Statesat sunrise07:5108:5416%4°CST
Houston Texas, United Statesat sunrise07:5508:5814%7°CST
Dallas Texas, United Statesat sunrise07:5908:5511%6°CST
Jacksonville Florida, United States08:2109:2110:2910%22°EST
Phoenix Arizona, United Statesat sunrisesunrise07:453.9%0°MST
Philadelphia Pennsylvania, United States09:1209:5710:443.1%23°EST
New York United States09:1710:0210:473.0%24°EST
Chicago Illinois, United States08:0108:3209:041.5%12°CST
Birmingham England, United Kingdom15:35sunsetat sunset48%0°GMT
London England, United Kingdom15:36sunsetat sunset48%0°GMT
Liverpool England, United Kingdom15:34sunsetat sunset46%0°GMT
Manchester England, United Kingdom15:34sunsetat sunset45%0°GMT
Sheffield England, United Kingdom15:35sunsetat sunset43%0°GMT
Leeds England, United Kingdom15:34sunsetat sunset42%0°GMT
Glasgow Scotland, United Kingdom15:33sunsetat sunset38%0°GMT
Edinburgh Scotland, United Kingdom15:33sunsetat sunset36%0°GMT
Halifax Nova Scotia, Canada10:4311:3512:264.7%26°AST
Québec Quebec, Canada09:4610:1810:511.2%21°EST
Montréal Quebec, Canada09:3910:1010:431.1%21°EST
Hamilton Ontario, Canada09:2109:5110:221.1%18°EST
Mississauga Ontario, Canada09:2309:5210:221.0%18°EST
Toronto Ontario, Canada09:2409:5310:231.0%18°EST
Brampton Ontario, Canada09:2309:5210:220.9%18°EST
Ottawa Ontario, Canada09:3610:0510:340.9%19°EST
Waterford Ireland15:3216:46at sunset48%1°GMT
Cork Ireland15:3216:45at sunset48%2°GMT
Dublin Ireland15:3316:45at sunset47%0°GMT
Tallaght Ireland15:3316:45at sunset47%1°GMT
Limerick Ireland15:3216:45at sunset46%2°GMT
Drogheda Ireland15:3316:44at sunset46%0°GMT
Dundalk Ireland15:3316:44at sunset45%0°GMT
Galway Ireland15:3116:44at sunset44%2°GMT

Each city links to its own page with every eclipse it will see.

Eye safety

Protect your eyes. An annular eclipse is never total: even at maximum a bright ring of Sun is left, and it is not safe to look at at any moment without a solar filter. Use eclipse glasses or a handheld viewer that meets the ISO 12312-2 standard, from a supplier on the American Astronomical Society's list. Sunglasses are not enough. Never look through a camera, binoculars or telescope without a proper solar filter on the front. How to watch safely →

Weather

We do not forecast the weather, and no one can this far ahead. Whether you see it will depend on the clouds on the day: check a local forecast a few days before and be ready to travel to a clearer sky. For long-term cloud statistics along eclipse paths, see the climatology by meteorologist Jay Anderson at eclipsophile.com.

Questions

Where is the annular solar eclipse of January 26, 2028 visible?

The path of annularity crosses Peru, Ecuador, Brazil, Colombia, Portugal, Spain, Morocco and Gibraltar. A partial eclipse is visible from most of South America and parts of North America, Europe and Africa.

Where is the annular phase longest?

Near greatest eclipse (3°, -52°) it lasts 10 min 27 s. Of the cities over 100,000 people, Iquitos, Peru gets the longest, 8 min 39 s, from 08:45 UTC−5.

Can I see it from the United States?

Yes, as a partial eclipse from 387 of our 520 US cities. The most is in Brownsville, TX: 22% of the Sun covered.

Is it safe to look at?

Protect your eyes. An annular eclipse is never total: even at maximum a bright ring of Sun is left, and it is not safe to look at at any moment without a solar filter. Use eclipse glasses or a handheld viewer that meets the ISO 12312-2 standard, from a supplier on the American Astronomical Society's list. Sunglasses are not enough. Never look through a camera, binoculars or telescope without a proper solar filter on the front. How to watch safely

Will it be cloudy?

Nobody can say this far ahead. Check the forecast a few days before; for long-term cloud statistics along the path, see Jay Anderson's climatology at eclipsophile.com.

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Eclipse predictions by Fred Espenak, NASA's GSFC: NASA Eclipse Web Site, Five Millennium Canon of Solar Eclipses and Catalog of Lunar Eclipses (Espenak & Meeus): Besselian elements, path of totality tables and lunar contact times. City times are computed by us from those Besselian elements with the standard method (Meeus, Elements of Solar Eclipses), using a current estimate of ΔT (Earth-rotation correction) instead of the Canon's older extrapolation; they agree with NASA's own calculator to 0.1 s and with an independent Skyfield/JPL DE440 computation to within 15 s. Times are for sea level and ignore the lunar limb profile (a few seconds near the path edges). City coordinates: GeoNames (CC BY 4.0).