Is the 26 January 2028 solar eclipse visible from Guyana?

Solar eclipse · Wednesday 26 January 2028

The verdict for Guyana

Visible from all of Guyana as a partial eclipse, with eclipse glasses or a pinhole projection: 64% of the Sun covered at Mabaruma to 79% at Aishalton.

At Georgetown it begins at 8:54 am GYT, is greatest at 10:53 am GYT with the Sun halfway up in the south-east, and ends at 12:56 pm GYT.

Times shown in Guyana time (UTC-4, no daylight saving).

Eye safety

Never look straight at the Sun, at any moment of a partial eclipse, without eclipse glasses or a hand-held solar viewer made to the ISO 12312-2 standard. Sunglasses, smoked glass, exposed film and phone screens do not protect your eyes. Never look through binoculars, a telescope or a camera without a solar filter fitted to the front, even while wearing eclipse glasses. A pinhole projection is safe: stand with your back to the Sun and look at the image on a card, never through the hole. Supervise children.

Times and coverage by region

Times and coverage by region
Place	Begins	Greatest	Ends	Sun covered	Sun at greatest	Sky
Mabaruma (Region 1)	8:53 am	10:50 am	12:53 pm	64%	56° up, south-east	Daylight
Anna Regina (Region 2)	8:54 am	10:53 am	12:56 pm	68%	58° up, south-east	Daylight
Parika (Region 3)	8:53 am	10:52 am	12:56 pm	69%	59° up, south-east	Daylight
Georgetown (Region 4)	8:54 am	10:53 am	12:56 pm	70%	59° up, south-east	Daylight
Fort Wellington (Region 5)	8:54 am	10:54 am	12:58 pm	72%	60° up, south-east	Daylight
New Amsterdam (Region 6)	8:54 am	10:54 am	12:58 pm	72%	60° up, south-east	Daylight
Bartica (Region 7)	8:52 am	10:51 am	12:54 pm	70%	59° up, south-east	Daylight
Mahdia (Region 8)	8:49 am	10:46 am	12:51 pm	72%	59° up, south-east	Daylight
Lethem (Region 9)	8:44 am	10:40 am	12:46 pm	76%	59° up, south-east	Daylight
Aishalton (Region 9)	8:43 am	10:40 am	12:46 pm	79%	60° up, south-east	Daylight
Linden (Region 10)	8:52 am	10:51 am	12:55 pm	72%	59° up, south-east	Daylight

Times shown in Guyana time (UTC-4, no daylight saving). "Sun covered" is the share of the Sun's disc the Moon hides at greatest eclipse; heights are degrees above the horizon. Contact times are good to about a minute.

The details

Elsewhere, from NASA's eclipse tables: Annular in Ecuador, Peru, Brazil, Suriname, Spain and Portugal; partial over eastern North America, Central and South America, western Europe and north-west Africa.
It begins first at Aishalton (08:43:36) and last at Fort Wellington (08:54:47): times differ by a few minutes across Guyana.

How to watch

Watch with eclipse glasses or a hand-held solar viewer made to ISO 12312-2, or project the Sun through a pinhole onto a card with your back to the Sun.
Under a leafy tree, the gaps between leaves project dozens of small crescent Suns onto the ground.
Clouds come and go quickly in Guyana: be ready a few minutes before greatest eclipse and watch for gaps.

For a class

Before the day, build a pinhole projector from a long cereal box with the class (the Solar Pinhole Camera page has the sizes).
Ask why the share of the Sun covered changes from town to town in the table, and why the eclipse starts later in the south.
Draw the crescent Sun on the card every 15 minutes and number the drawings.

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