Annular solar eclipse of 26 January 2028
The Moon is too far from Earth to cover the whole Sun: along a narrow path a ring of Sun stays round it, and that ring is still dazzling. Partial everywhere else.
Where it is visible
Eastern North America, Central and South America, western Europe, northwest Africa. Annular in Ecuador, Peru, Brazil, Suriname, Spain and Portugal. Greatest eclipse at 15:08 UT.
From your city
London, United Kingdom · the largest city of your country, as a starting point
Any town of 1,000 people or more, anywhere in the world.
Partial at sunset: the Sun sets at 16:38, before the maximum
Wednesday 26 January 2028 · Local time in London (UTC+0)
Timeline
What it looks like from London
Begins15:36 · 7°0% covered Partial16:12 · 3°28% covered Just before sunset16:32 · 0°49% covered - Below the horizon: nothing to see
Greatest16:49 - Below the horizon: nothing to see
Partial17:22 - Below the horizon: nothing to see
Ends17:55
Zenith at the top, facing the Sun, as through eclipse glasses or filtered binoculars.
How these drawings are made
Each drawing is computed for this city and the minute under it: the positions of the Sun and the Moon seen from here (Astronomy Engine), their true apparent sizes, and the share of the Sun's area the Moon covers, the same figure as in the table.
The Sun is drawn as it looks through eclipse glasses: a pale disc on black, the Moon invisible except where it covers the Sun. Never look without them.
Up is the zenith as you face the Sun. An astronomical telescope turns the view upside down, or mirrors it if it has a diagonal.
At totality the drawing shows the black Moon and a faint hint of the corona: a schematic impression, not a picture. The real corona is larger, finer and brighter than any drawing, and no photograph is shown here because none looks like what the eye sees.
Details
| Moment | Time | Sun's altitude |
|---|---|---|
| Begins | 15:36 | 7° |
| Greatest | 16:49 | below the horizon |
| Ends | 17:55 | below the horizon |
Cities: GeoNames (CC BY 4.0).
What you will actually see, and with what
Never look at the Sun without protection, not even at 90%: the part left uncovered still burns the retina, without pain.
- With the naked eye: eclipse glasses or a viewer meeting ISO 12312-2, from a named maker, for every person.
- Binoculars or a telescope: only with a solar filter made for it, fixed firmly over the FRONT of the instrument. Never eclipse glasses behind an eyepiece.
Annular solar eclipse
An annular eclipse is never total: the ring of Sun that remains is dazzling. Glasses on from start to finish, even at the ring.
Eclipse glasses meeting ISO 12312-2
Eclipse glasses, single pair Bresser · SoFi
“Conforms to EN ISO 12312-2:2015”, per the product sheet. One pair per person.
Where to buy
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Eclipse glasses, pack of 10 Omegon · SoFi Solar Safe, pack of 10
“Conforms to ISO 12312-2”, per the product sheet. For a family or a group.
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City by city
Computed when this page was built, in each city's local time. Your own city, any city, is in the box above.
| City | What it sees |
|---|---|
| Lisbon | Partial, 81% at 16:54, Sun at 9°, the Sun sets still eclipsed at 17:51 |
| Madrid | Partial, 82% at 17:56, Sun at 4°, the Sun sets still eclipsed at 18:25, very low: you need a clear horizon |
| Paris | Partial at sunset: the Sun sets at 17:38, before the maximum |
| Lyon | Partial at sunset: the Sun sets at 17:37, before the maximum |
| Marseille | Partial at sunset: the Sun sets at 17:42, before the maximum |
| Brussels | Partial at sunset: the Sun sets at 17:23, before the maximum |
| Geneva | Partial at sunset: the Sun sets at 17:31, before the maximum |
| Zurich | Partial at sunset: the Sun sets at 17:17, before the maximum |
| Luxembourg | Partial at sunset: the Sun sets at 17:20, before the maximum |
| London | Partial at sunset: the Sun sets at 16:38, before the maximum |
| Edinburgh | Partial at sunset: the Sun sets at 16:32, before the maximum |
| Dublin | Partial, 47% at 16:45, Sun at 1°, the Sun sets still eclipsed at 16:56, very low: you need a clear horizon |
| Amsterdam | Partial at sunset: the Sun sets at 17:15, before the maximum |
| Berlin | Not visible: the Sun is below the horizon throughout |
| Rome | Partial at sunset: the Sun sets at 17:17, before the maximum |
| Athens | Not visible: the Sun is below the horizon throughout |
| Bucharest | Not visible: the Sun is below the horizon throughout |
| Warsaw | Not visible: the Sun is below the horizon throughout |
| Helsinki | Not visible: the Sun is below the horizon throughout |
| Montreal | Partial, 1% at 10:11, Sun at 21° |
| New York | Partial, 3% at 10:02, Sun at 24° |
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