A total solar eclipse will occur at the Moon's descending node of orbit on Saturday, January 16, 2094,[1] with a magnitude of 1.0342. 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 10.5 hours before perigee (on January 17, 2094, at 5:40 UTC), the Moon's apparent diameter will be larger.[2]
This will be the first of four solar eclipses in 2094, with the others occurring on June 13, July 12, and December 7.
The path of totality will be visible from parts of Antarctica. A partial solar eclipse will also be visible for parts of New Zealand, Antarctica, and southern South America. This total eclipse is notable in that the path of totality passes over the South Pole.
Shown below are two tables displaying details about this particular solar eclipse. The first table outlines times at which the moon's penumbra or umbra attains the specific parameter, and the second table describes various other parameters pertaining to this eclipse.[3]
| First Penumbral External Contact | 2094 January 16 at 16:53:04.7 UTC | |
| First Umbral External Contact | 2094 January 16 at 18:20:43.2 UTC | |
| First Central Line | 2094 January 16 at 18:22:49.9 UTC | |
| First Umbral Internal Contact | 2094 January 16 at 18:25:03.5 UTC | |
| Equatorial Conjunction | 2094 January 16 at 18:49:35.7 UTC | |
| Greatest Eclipse | 2094 January 16 at 18:59:03.4 UTC | |
| Greatest Duration | 2094 January 16 at 18:59:14.4 UTC | |
| Ecliptic Conjunction | 2094 January 16 at 19:08:26.0 UTC | |
| Last Umbral Internal Contact | 2094 January 16 at 19:33:09.4 UTC | |
| Last Central Line | 2094 January 16 at 19:35:23.5 UTC | |
| Last Umbral External Contact | 2094 January 16 at 19:37:30.8 UTC | |
| Last Penumbral External Contact | 2094 January 16 at 21:05:05.3 UTC |
| Eclipse Magnitude | 1.03423 | |
| Eclipse Obscuration | 1.06962 | |
| Gamma | −0.93334 | |
| Sun Right Ascension | 19h56m48.4s | |
| Sun Declination | -20°43'02.8" | |
| Sun Semi-Diameter | 16'15.5" | |
| Sun Equatorial Horizontal Parallax | 08.9" | |
| Moon Right Ascension | 19h57m12.4s | |
| Moon Declination | -21°39'54.3" | |
| Moon Semi-Diameter | 16'43.2" | |
| Moon Equatorial Horizontal Parallax | 1°01'21.9" | |
| ΔT | 117.8 s |
See also: Eclipse cycle. This eclipse is part of an eclipse season, a period, roughly every six months, when eclipses occur. Only two (or occasionally three) eclipse seasons occur each year, and each season lasts about 35 days and repeats just short of six months (173 days) later; thus two full eclipse seasons always occur each year. Either two or three eclipses happen each eclipse season. In the sequence below, each eclipse is separated by a fortnight.
