Solar eclipse of December 26, 2019
Introduction An annular solar eclipse occurred at the Moon’s descending node of the orbit on Thursday, 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.The annularity was visible in Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Kuwait, United Arab Emirates, Oman, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Malaysia, Indonesia, Singapore, Northern Mariana Islands, and Guam.
Details Eclipse Magnitude  0.97010Eclipse Obscuration  0.94110Gamma  0.41351Saros series  132 (46 of 71)Greatest Eclipse  26 Dec 2019 05:17:43.6 UTCEcliptic Conjunction  26 Dec 2019 05:13:07.5 UTCEquatorial Conjunction  26 Dec 2019 05:14:34.3 UTCCoordinate  Sun  MoonRight Ascension  18.3  18.3Declination  -23.4  -23Diameter (arcseconds)  1951.4  1866.0Contact Event  Time UTC First Penumbral External Contact  02:29:51.3 First Umbral External Contact  03:34:32.2 First Central Line  03:36:04.1 First Umbral Internal Contact  03:37:36.3 First Penumbral Internal Contact  05:01:26.1 Greatest Eclipse  05:17:43.6 Last Penumbral Internal Contact  05:34:04.7 Last Umbral Internal Contact  06:57:50.7 Last Central Line  06:59:25.9 Last Umbral External Contact  07:01:00.9 Last Penumbral External Contact  08:05:43.9
Visibility and viewing Animated pathIt was the last solar eclipse of 2019.The central path of the 2019 annular eclipse passed through the Saudi Arabian peninsula, southern India, Sumatra, Borneo, Philippines and Guam. A partial eclipse was visible thousands of kilometers wide from the central path. It covered small parts of Eastern Europe, much of Asia, North and West Australia, Eastern Africa, the Pacific Ocean and the Indian Ocean. The eclipse started with an antumbra having a magnitude of 0.96; it stretched 164 kilometers wide, and traveled eastwards at an average rate of 1.1 kilometers per second. The longest duration of annularity was 3 minutes and 40 seconds, at 5.30 UT1 occurring in the South China Sea (0°45'54.0"N 105°29'06.0"E).Map showing the visibility of the Annular Solar Eclipse on December 26, 2019, in India. Time-lapse video of the eclipse as seen from Kinnigoli, India.The eclipse began in Saudi Arabia about 220 kilometers northeast of Riyadh at 03:43 UT1 and ended in Guam at 06:59.4 UT1.It reached India near Kannur, Kerala, at 03:56 UT1.The shadow reached the southeast coast of India at 04:04 UT1.Traveling through northern Sri Lanka, it headed into the Bay of Bengal. The next main visible places were Palau (Malaysia), Sumatra and Singapore. It then passed through the South China Sea, crossed Borneo and the Celebes Sea, the Philippines archipelago and then headed towards the western Pacific. The antumbral shadow encountered Guam at 6:56 UT1 and rose back into space.
Gallery File:2019 Eclipse.jpg|Partial from Nabih Saleh, Bahrain, 3:32 UTCFile:26th December 2019 solar eclipse as viewed in Kuwait.jpg|Partial from Kuwait City, 3:52 UTCFile:Eclipse2019 Dec 26 Max Kochi India.jpg|Partial from Kochi, India, 3:59 UTCFile:Nilambur 2019 12 26 Annular Solar Eclipse Brijesh Pookkottur4.jpg|Nilambur, India, 3:59 UTCFile:Solar eclipse of 2019 December 26 mangalore.jpg|Mangalore, India, 4:16 UTCFile:Solar eclipse from Dhaka, Bangladesh.jpg|Partial from Dhaka, Bangladesh, 5:13 UTCFile:Partial Solar Eclipse (26 Dec 2019) in Jakarta, Indonesia.jpg|Partial from Jakarta, Indonesia, 5:18 UTCFile:2019-12-26 Annular-Solar-Eclipse-in-Singapore.jpg|Labrador Nature Reserve, Singapore, 5:23 UTCFile:Partial solar eclipse in MGTF USM.jpg|Partial from University of Science, Malaysia, 5:25 UTCFile:Baily's Beads at Third Contact from Batam.jpg|Batam, Indonesia, 5:25 UTCFile:Annular Solar Eclipse 2019-12-26 Annularity Viewed From Tanjungpinang.jpg|Tanjungpinang, Indonesia, 5:25 UTCFile:Partial Solar Eclipse of December 26, 2019.jpg|Partial from Hefei, China, 6:18 UTCFile:December 26, 2019 Solar Eclipse.jpg|Partial from San Jose del Monte, Philippines, 6:19 UTCFile:Digos eclipse 122619.jpg|Partial from Digos, Philippines, 6:21 UTCFile:SonnenfinsternisGuam.jpg|Merizo, Guam, 6:56 UTCFile:Solareclipse2019.jpg|Partial Eclipse (Projection on a Paper) from Chennai, India. File:Eclipse Progression from Batam, Indonesia.jpg|Eclipse Progression from Batam, Indonesia
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. * An annular solar eclipse on December 26.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.=== 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 eclipses 2018–2021 ====== Saros 132 ======Metonic series===
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References *  Eclipseportal.com Annular Solar Eclipse 2019*  CIMSS Satellite Blog: ''Annular solar eclipse shadow'' *  solar-eclipse.de: ''The total solar eclipse of 12/26/2019''*  CESSI Prediction of 26 December 2019 Solar Eclipse