Tuesday, July 21, 2009

Orthographic (Global) Map of 2009 Total Solar Eclipse


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Total Solar Eclipse of 2009 Jul 22
Ecliptic Conjunction = 02:35:41.9 TD ( = 02:34:36.0 UT )
Greatest Eclipse = 02:36:24.4 TD ( = 02:35:18.5 UT )
Eclipse Magnitude = 1.0799 Gamma = 0.0698
Saros Series = 136 Member = 37 of 71
Sun at Greatest Eclipse
(Geocentric Coordinates)
R.A. = 08h06m24.1s
Dec. = +20°16'03.0"
S.D. = 00°15'44.5"
H.P. = 00°00'08.7"
Moon at Greatest Eclipse
(Geocentric Coordinates)
R.A. = 08h06m29.6s
Dec. = +20°20'07.0"
S.D. = 00°16'42.7"
H.P. = 01°01'19.8"
External/Internal
Contacts of Penumbra
P1 = 23:58:16.1 UT
P2 = 01:47:39.5 UT
P3 = 03:23:00.4 UT
P4 = 05:12:22.6 UT
External/Internal
Contacts of Umbra
U1 = 00:51:14.3 UT
U2 = 00:54:28.4 UT
U3 = 04:16:10.5 UT
U4 = 04:19:23.9 UT Local Circumstances at Greatest Eclipse
Lat. = 24°13.2'N Sun Alt. = 85.9°
Long. = 144°07.0'E Sun Azm. = 197.6°
Path Width = 258.4 km Duration = 06m38.8s
Constants & Ephemeris
ΔT = 65.9 s
k1 = 0.2725076
k2 = 0.2722810
Δb = 0.0" Δl = 0.0"
Eph. = DE200/LE200
Geocentric Libration
(Optical + Physical)
l = 0.67°
b = -0.09°
c = 10.53°
Brown Lun. No. = 1071
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01:00 UT
01:30 UT
02:00 UT
02:30 UT
03:00 UT
03:30 UT
04:00 UT
Greatest Eclipse
Sub Solar
P1
P2
P3
P4
0.20
0.20
0.40
0.40
0.60
0.60
0.80
0.80
Path of Total Eclipse
FIGURE 1: ORTHOGRAPHIC PROJECTION MAP OF THE ECLIPSE PATH
NASA 2009 Eclipse Bulletin, Espenak & Anderson
NASA 2009 Eclipse Bulletin: “Total Solar Eclipse of 2009 July 22”, F. Espenak & J. Anderson

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