Solar eclipse of January 26, 1990

In the annular solar eclipse of 26 January 1990, the zone annularity of Antarctica was over the Weddell Sea to the South Atlantic. Almost the entire Antarctic continent could watch this darkness with a high degree of coverage. In South America, the coverage was significantly lower. Seen from Tierra del Fuego from even half of the solar disk covered from the moon, so it was only a third of Uruguay. Bolivia was on the northern edge of the visibility zone, and the North West of South America went completely empty-handed.

This eclipse belongs to the Saros cycle 121 expiring, which will offer a total of 71 eclipses. Saros 121 launched on April 25, 944 with a small partial eclipse in northern Canada. After 7 partial eclipses in the northern hemisphere then followed 42 total and 2 hybrid. The eclipse of 1990 was the eighth of 11 annular solar eclipses, which still 9 partial will follow in the Southern Hemisphere. On June 7, 2206 Saros 121 terminates north of the Weddell Sea with a small partial eclipse in the South Atlantic.