Annular solar eclipse, Wednesday 26 January 2028
The Moon will be too far from Earth to cover the Sun completely, leaving a ring of sunlight, the "ring of fire", along a path across Ecuador, Peru, Brazil, Suriname, Spain, Portugal. A partial eclipse is seen over a wider area: e N. America, C. & S. America, w Europe, nw Africa.
- Greatest eclipse
- Type
- Annular
- Magnitude
- 0.921 (NASA 0.921)
- Gamma
- +0.3901
- Central duration (NASA)
- 10m27s
- Saros series
- 141
Where it is visible: our cities
| City | Maximum (local) | Magnitude | Sun covered | Sun altitude |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Seville Spain | annular | 83% | 7° (low) | |
| Barcelona Spain | annular | 82% | 0° (low) | |
| Manaus Brazil | annular | 85% | 60° | |
| Madrid Spain | 0.90 | 82% | 4° (low) | |
| Lisbon Portugal | 0.89 | 81% | 9° (low) | |
| Casablanca Morocco | 0.88 | 80% | 10° | |
| Quito Ecuador | 0.86 | 78% | 32° | |
| Las Palmas de Gran Canaria Spain | 0.85 | 77% | 20° | |
| Marrakesh Morocco | 0.83 | 76% | 12° | |
| Marseille France | 0.75 | 66% | -1° (low) | |
| Lima Peru | 0.74 | 65% | 36° | |
| Bogotá Colombia | 0.73 | 64% | 37° | |
| Cusco Peru | 0.70 | 61% | 43° | |
| Medellín Colombia | 0.69 | 59% | 35° | |
| Paris France | 0.67 | 57% | -1° (low) | |
| London United Kingdom | 0.64 | 53% | -1° (low) | |
| Panama City Panama | 0.63 | 52% | 29° | |
| San José Costa Rica | 0.62 | 51% | 23° | |
| La Paz Bolivia | 0.62 | 51% | 49° | |
| Caracas Venezuela | 0.62 | 51% | 46° | |
| Tunis Tunisia | 0.61 | 49% | -1° (low) | |
| Manchester United Kingdom | 0.60 | 48% | -1° (low) | |
| Dublin Ireland | 0.58 | 47% | 1° (low) | |
| Dakar Senegal | 0.56 | 44% | 31° | |
| Edinburgh United Kingdom | 0.52 | 40% | -1° (low) | |
| Brussels Belgium | 0.51 | 39% | -1° (low) | |
| Guadalajara Mexico | 0.49 | 37% | 0° (low) | |
| Mexico City Mexico | 0.49 | 36% | 4° (low) | |
| Milan Italy | 0.48 | 36% | -1° (low) | |
| Brasília Brazil | 0.47 | 35% | 79° | |
| San Juan Puerto Rico | 0.46 | 34% | 44° | |
| Zurich Switzerland | 0.45 | 33% | -1° (low) | |
| San Pedro de Atacama Chile | 0.43 | 31% | 49° | |
| Amsterdam Netherlands | 0.42 | 30% | -1° (low) | |
| Rome Italy | 0.39 | 27% | -1° (low) | |
| Cancún Mexico | 0.38 | 26% | 18° | |
| Havana Cuba | 0.33 | 21% | 23° | |
| Naples Italy | 0.32 | 20% | -1° (low) | |
| Miami United States | 0.28 | 16% | 25° | |
| San Antonio United States | 0.28 | 16% | 4° (low) |
Showing the best-placed 40 of 81 cities.
Magnitude is the fraction of the Sun's diameter covered at maximum; "Sun covered" is the fraction of its area. Computed for each city centre; a few kilometres can matter near the edge of a total or annular path.
Eye safety
Never look at the Sun without certified eclipse glasses (ISO 12312-2) or a pinhole projector, even when it is mostly covered. Only during totality itself is it safe to look with the naked eye.
