Solar eclipse of January 4, 1992

The annular solar eclipse of January 4, 1992 was the Central Line across the Pacific Ocean. On land lay in the central zone only tiny Pacific islands and the outermost western California. The Californians experienced a setting ring of fire in the evening. Also, the large area of partial visibility was extremely unfavorable in this eclipse. In East Asia and Australia, during sunrise and in the east of North America during the sunset, this usually still with a low degree of coverage. Really cheap observing sites were at this eclipse only middle of the Pacific Ocean.

This eclipse belongs to the Saros cycle 141, which will include a total of 70 eclipses. Saros 141 launched on 19 May 1613 a small partial eclipse in Siberia. The first partial eclipses were 7 in the northern hemisphere. This is followed by 41 annular eclipses. It concludes with 22 partial eclipses in the southern hemisphere of the earth. The cycle ends on 13 June 2857 a small partial eclipse in the Southern Ocean near Antarctica, far south of India.