Solar eclipse of January 15, 1991

In the annular solar eclipse of 15 January 1991, the Central Line ran south of Australia, and then moved across New Zealand and the South Pacific Ocean. In Western Australia, the eclipse occurred during sunrise. In eastern Australia and New Zealand could watch the entire course of darkness in the morning. Here, the annular zone moved across the two main islands of New Zealand's Cook Strait separating. In all of New Zealand at least 70 percent of the solar disk were covered. The New Zealand capital Wellington was in the zone annularity.

This eclipse belongs to the Saros cycle 131, which will include a total of 70 eclipses. Saros 131 was launched on August 1, 1125 with a small partial eclipse in the Arctic Ocean north of Canada. The first partial eclipses were 22 in the northern hemisphere. This is followed by 6 total, 5 hybrid 30 and annular eclipses. The final form 7 partial eclipses in the southern hemisphere of the earth. The cycle ends on September 2, 2369 with a small partial eclipse in the Antarctic, far south of Australia.