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Partial Solar Eclipse - 26 January 2009

Only two Solar Eclipses are visible from Australia in 2009.

The first occurs on Australia Day 26 January 2009 and is best observed from South Australia, the Northern Territory and Western Australia. From Australia this first eclipse appears as a partial solar eclipse (at its best from the Indian Ocean, the eclipse appears as an Annular eclipse). The second eclipse is a Total Eclipse (when observed from the Pacific ocean) and occurs on Wednesday 22 July 2009. Unfortunately, the only place you can observe the eclipse from the Australian mainland is the Northern tip of Cape York Peninsula (as a very partial eclipse).

Warning: Partial eclipses are not safe to look at without the use of suitable eye projection designed for this purpose. Hints can be found here on how to safely observe a partial solar eclipse.

Note: All times listed below are local and are not corrected for 'Summer Time'. Add one hour if applicable for your location.

Partial eclipse starts: 6.01 pm Mid-Eclipse: 6.30 pm Eclipse ends: 6.58 pm Maximum Solar disc covered by Moon: 3.4%	Partial eclipse starts: 6.00 pm Mid-Eclipse: 6.48 pm Eclipse ends: Not visible as the Sun has set. Maximum Solar disc covered by Moon: 17.9%
Partial eclipse starts: 6.42 pm Mid-Eclipse: 6.58 pm Eclipse ends: Not visible as the Sun has set. Maximum Solar disc covered by Moon: 0.6%	Partial eclipse starts: 6.04 pm Mid-Eclipse: 7.04 pm Eclipse ends: Not visible as the Sun has set. Maximum Solar disc covered by Moon: 41.6%
Partial eclipse starts: 6.41 pm Mid-Eclipse: 6.55 pm Eclipse ends: 7.08 pm Maximum Solar disc covered by Moon: 0.4%	Partial eclipse starts: 4.01 pm Mid-Eclipse: 5.02 pm Eclipse ends: 5.56 pm Maximum Solar disc covered by Moon: 22.2%
Sydney Partial eclipse starts: 6.42 pm Mid-Eclipse: 7.02 pm Eclipse ends: Not visible as the Sun has set. Maximum Solar disc covered by Moon: 0.4%