Solar eclipse of July 22, 2028

Solar eclipse of July 22, 2028
Map
Type of eclipse
Nature	Total
Gamma	−0.6056
Magnitude	1.056
Maximum eclipse
Duration	310 s (5 min 10 s)
Coordinates	15°36′S 126°42′E / 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

A total solar eclipse will occur at the Moon's descending node of orbit on Saturday, 22 July 2028,^[1] with a magnitude of 1.056. 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. A total solar eclipse occurs when the Moon's apparent diameter is larger than the Sun's, blocking all direct sunlight, turning day into darkness. Totality occurs in a narrow path across Earth's surface, with the partial solar eclipse visible over a surrounding region thousands of kilometres wide. Occurring about 1.8 days before perigee (on 23 July 2028, at 23:20 UTC), the Moon's apparent diameter will be larger.^[2]

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. A partial eclipse will be visible for parts of Southeast Asia, Australia, and Oceania.^{[citation needed]}

This is the first time Sydney will experience a total solar eclipse since 26 March 1857 and will be the last until 3 June 2858.^[3]