The partial solar eclipse of Wednesday 26 January 2028 from Georgetown, Guyana: when the Moon first touches the Sun, how much it covers at the deepest moment, and how to watch it safely.
Shows Georgetown (6.80° N, 58.16° W), the partial solar eclipse of Wed 26 Jan 2028 from first to last contact, Guyana time, the Sun as you see it facing it with the zenith up.
A silent 30-second explainer drawn from the site’s own eclipse code. It plays the partial solar eclipse of Wednesday 26 January 2028 as seen from Georgetown, Guyana, facing the Sun with the sky’s zenith up, from first to last contact.
Guyana time: first contact 08:54, on the Sun’s upper right edge, with the Sun 37° up in the ESE; deepest 10:54, 69.87% of the Sun’s area covered (magnitude 0.78), the Sun 59° up in the SE; last contact 12:57, on the upper left edge, the Sun 61° up. The eclipse lasts 4.0 hours. The path of the annular eclipse stays south of Guyana, about 610 km from Georgetown at its nearest.
Never look at the Sun without a certified ISO 12312-2 eclipse filter, even when most of it is covered. Pinhole projection, with your back to the Sun, is safe; sunglasses, smoked glass and phone screens are not.
0:00 A partial eclipse of the Sun is coming to Guyana. Never look at the Sun without certified eclipse glasses.
0:04 08:54 GYT: the Moon first touches the Sun’s upper right edge. The Sun is 37° up in the ESE.
0:07 For about 2 hours the dark Moon slides across, a bigger bite every minute. The sky stays bright: this eclipse is partial.
0:14 10:54: 70% of the Sun’s face is covered, the Sun 59° up in the SE.
0:18 The ring of a central, annular eclipse passes about 610 km to the SSE of Georgetown at its nearest, over Brazil, the far south of Suriname and French Guiana.
0:23 12:57: the Moon leaves the Sun’s upper left edge, 4.0 hours after it began.
0:26 Use ISO 12312-2 eclipse glasses or a pinhole projection with your back to the Sun. Sunglasses and phone screens are not safe.
0:30 Weather permitting: January is in the coastal rainy season.