Solar eclipse of July 22, 2028
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A total solar eclipse will occur on Saturday, July 22, 2028. The central line of the path of the eclipse will cross the Australian continent from the Kimberley region in the north-west and continue in a south-easterly direction through Western Australia, the Northern Territory, south-west Queensland and New South Wales, close to the towns of Wyndham, Kununurra, Tennant Creek, Birdsville, Bourke and Dubbo, and continuing on through the centre of Sydney, where the eclipse will have a duration of over three minutes. It will also cross Queenstown and Dunedin, New Zealand. Totality will also be viewable from two of Australia's external territories: Christmas Island and the Cocos (Keeling) Islands.
Solar eclipse of July 22, 2028 | |
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Type of eclipse | |
Nature | Total |
Gamma | −0.6056 |
Magnitude | 1.056 |
Maximum eclipse | |
Duration | 310 s (5 min 10 s) |
Coordinates | 15.6°S 126.7°E / -15.6; 126.7 |
Max. width of band | 230 km (140 mi) |
Times (UTC) | |
Greatest eclipse | 2:56:40 |
References | |
Saros | 146 (28 of 76) |
Catalog # (SE5000) | 9570 |
This is the first time Sydney will experience a total solar eclipse since March 26, 1857 and will be the last until June 3, 2858.[1]