Solar eclipse of January 15, 1991
Introduction An annular solar eclipse occurred on January 15–16, 1991.A solar eclipse occurs when the Moon passes between Earth and the Sun, thereby totally or partly obscuring the image of 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.Annularity was visible in southwestern Western Australia, Tasmania, New Zealand and French Polynesia. It was visible over Australia as a partial solar eclipse at sunrise on January 16.
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Related eclipses === Eclipses of 1991 ===* An annular solar eclipse on January 15. * A penumbral lunar eclipse on January 30. * A penumbral lunar eclipse on June 27. * A total solar eclipse on July 11. * A penumbral lunar eclipse on July 26. * A partial lunar eclipse on December 21.=== Solar eclipses of 1990–1992====== Saros 131====== Tritos series ===Series members between 1901 and 2100150pxSeptember 21, 1903(Saros 123)150pxAugust 21, 1914(Saros 124)150pxJuly 20, 1925(Saros 125)150pxJune 19, 1936(Saros 126)150pxMay 20, 1947(Saros 127)150pxApril 19, 1958(Saros 128)150pxMarch 18, 1969(Saros 129)150pxFebruary 16, 1980(Saros 130)150pxJanuary 15, 1991(Saros 131)150pxDecember 14, 2001(Saros 132)150pxNovember 13, 2012(Saros 133)150pxOctober 14, 2023(Saros 134)150pxSeptember 12, 2034(Saros 135)150pxAugust 12, 2045(Saros 136)150pxJuly 12, 2056(Saros 137)150pxJune 11, 2067(Saros 138)150pxMay 11, 2078(Saros 139)150pxApril 10, 2089(Saros 140)150pxMarch 10, 2100(Saros 141)=== Metonic series===
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