Longest Total Solar Eclipse for over a Century

Wednesday 22 July 2009

Δt=1.10 minutes

Saros 136 (1)

Gamma 0.0694

Maximum eclipse is of duration 6m 39s at 02:35:18 UT at location 24.20°N 144.12°E.

There will not be a longer total solar eclipse until 13 June 2132, so don't miss this opportunity.

Countries this eclipse passes through from west to east:

Arabian Sea just off the west coast of India at sunrise, Nepal, Bhutan, Myanmar, West China, East China, Japanese Islands, near Kiribati Islands, near Gilbert Islands, near French Polynesia, mid-Pacific at sunset

Cloud cover prospects in July courtesy of Jay Anderson

World View

2009 world view

India

Central China

Eastern China and Japan

Japanese southern islands

Overview showing island names:

3 maps showing the north limit, centre line and south limit:

Gilbert Marshall and Phoenix Islands

Kiribati and French Polynesia

Local circumstances

Places within (or very near) totality

Places outside totality (Not yet done)

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