Solar eclipse of September 22, 2006
| Solar eclipse of September 22, 2006 | |
|---|---|
Partial from São Paulo, Brazil |
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| Type of eclipse | |
| Nature | Annular |
| Gamma | -0.4062 |
| Magnitude | 0.9352 |
| Maximum eclipse | |
| Duration | 7m 9s |
| Coordinates | 20.6S 9.1W |
| Max. width of band | 261 km |
| Times (UTC) | |
| Greatest eclipse | 11:41:16 |
| References | |
| Saros | 144 (16 of 70) |
| Catalog # (SE5000) | 9522 |
An annual solar eclipse occurred on September 22, 2006. A solar eclipse occurs when the Moon passes between Earth and the Sun, thereby totally or partially obscuring the image of the Sun for a viewer on Earth. An annular solar eclipse occurs when the Moon's apparent diameter is smaller than the Sun, blocking most of the Sun's light and causing the Sun to look like an annulus (ring). An annular eclipse appears as a partial eclipse over a region thousands of kilometres wide.
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Related eclipses [edit]
Solar eclipses 2004-2008 [edit]
Each member in a semester series of solar eclipses repeats approximately every 177 days and 4 hours (a semester) at alternating nodes of the moon's orbit.
| Ascending node | Descending node | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saros | Map | Saros | Map | |
| 119 | 2004 April 19 Partial (south) |
124 | 2004 October 14 Partial (north) |
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| 129 | 2005 April 8 Hybrid |
134 Annular from Spain |
2005 October 3 Annular |
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| 139 Totality from Side, Turkey |
2006 March 29 Total |
144 Partial from São Paulo, Brazil |
2006 September 22 Annular |
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| 149 | 2007 March 19 Partial (north) |
154 | 2007 September 11 Partial (south) |
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Metonic series [edit]
The metonic series repeats eclipses every 19 years (6939.69 days), lasting about 5 cycles. Eclipses occur in nearly the same calendar date. In addition the octon subseries repeats 1/5 of that or every 3.8 years (1387.94 days).
This series has 21 eclipse events between July 11, 1953 and July 11, 2029.
| July 10-11 | April 29-30 | February 15-16 | December 4 | September 21-23 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 116 | 118 | 120 | 122 | 124 |
July 11, 1953 |
April 30, 1957 |
February 15, 1961 |
December 4, 1964 |
September 22, 1968 |
| 126 | 128 | 130 | 132 | 134 |
July 10, 1972 |
April 29, 1976 |
February 16, 1980 |
December 4, 1983 |
September 23, 1987 |
| 136 | 138 | 140 | 142 | 144 |
July 11, 1991 |
April 29, 1995 |
February 16, 1999 |
December 4, 2002 |
September 22, 2006 |
| 146 | 148 | 150 | 152 | 154 |
July 11, 2010 |
April 29, 2014 |
February 15, 2018 |
December 4, 2021 |
September 21, 2025 |
| 156 | ||||
July 11, 2029 |
References [edit]
External links [edit]
- Earth visibility chart and eclipse statistics Eclipse Predictions by Fred Espenak, NASA/GSFC
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