The annular solar eclipseof January 26 2009 will be visible across the southern Ocean and Indonesia. The annular phase runs from 06:02:39 UT, when the eclipse begins in the South Atlantic, to the end of the eclipse in the Celebes Sea at 09:54:44 UT. The maximum eclispseis at 07:58:39 UT, when the annular phase will last just under 8 minutes.

The partial eclipse will be visible over southern Africa, the Indian Ocean and most of Australasia between 04:56:38 UT and 11:00:41 UT.

More information on this eclipse may be found at Fred Espenak's site. You can plot the eclipse for yourself using the table of mapping co-ordinates.

The following map shows the path of the annular eclipse. Please note that these maps are very approximate. Check with reliable sources before making travel plans.

The following map provides more detail of the ecplise path over Indonesia:

Southern Sumatra will see an eclipse lasting over 6 minutes around 09:42 UT; Borneo will see an eclipse of just under 6 minutes as the Sun sets, around 09:48 UT.

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