Δt=1.08 minutes (64.9s)
Saros 139 (-4)
Gamma -0.3475
Maximum eclipse is of duration 4m 7s at 10:11:18 UT at location 23.14°N 16.75°E.
Click here to see photographs by Sheridan Williams from Libya
For those wishing to see to consecutive total solar eclipses from the same spot on Earth, this eclipse and the total eclipse of 1 August 2008 cross in Russia just north of Mongolia. Click here to see the crossing point.
Interestingly this eclipse crosses the track of the 11 August 1999 total solar eclipse. Click here to see the crossing point.
Also note that the previous annular eclipse of 3 October 2005 crosses the track of this total solar eclipse. Click here to see the crossing point.
Ten saroses later in this series (16 July 2186) gives the longest total eclipse (7m 29s) for over 10,000 years.
Cloud cover prospects in March courtesy of Jay Anderson
Brazil at sunrise, Atlantic Ocean, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Benin, Nigeria, Niger, Chad, Libya, Egypt, Turkey. Georgia, Russia, Chechnya, Dagestan, Kalmykia, Astrakhan, Kazakhstan, Siberia (Russia), Mongolia at sunset
Click here to see a detailed map of the Brazil track
Places within (or very near) totality
I shall be leading the eclipse group on the Libya Tour 3 which is mostly based in Egypt. The eclipse viewing site offers nearly 4 minutes of totality:
Sahara Travel, Abbey House, 15-17 Abbey St Upr, Dublin 1, Ireland
Tel: +353 1 8727934
info@saharatravel.co.uk
www.saharatravel.co.uk
Safari Tourism Services
www.safari-tourism-services.com
K.T. Travel
Eclipse-Reisen.de - see above under Libya
Winco Eclipse Tours Inc trips to Egypt. Land tour may be taken from
anywhere by flying to/from Cairo. All inclusive trip via JFK also available.
Email: info@wincoeclipsetours.com
Website: www.eclipsetrips.com
www.eclipsesafari.com
Detur: www.detur.co.uk
Omega Holidays plc: White Cross, Lancaster, LA1 4XQ. 01524 37500 a two day break to southern Turkey.
Eclipse-Reisen.de - see above under Libya
Please click here to email me eclipse-related questions, such as timings for a particular location.
Images generated using
WIN-ECLIPSE by
Heinz Scsibrany
Click here to go to Fred Espenak's web page on this eclipse
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