Solar eclipse of July 22, 2009

Solar eclipse of July 22, 2009

The solar eclipse that takes place on Wednesday, July 22, 2009 will be a total eclipse of the Sun with a magnitude of 1.080 that will be visible from a narrow corridor through northern India, eastern Nepal, southern China and the Pacific Ocean. Totality or near-totality will be visible in many cities such as Calcutta, Chandigarh, Chengdu, Chongqing, Delhi, Kathmandu, Hangzhou, Lucknow, Patna, Shanghai, Shimla, and Wuhan. A partial eclipse will be seen from the much broader path of the Moon's penumbra, including most of South East Asia and north-eastern Oceania.

This solar eclipse is the longest total solar eclipse that will occur in the twenty-first century. Totality will last for up to 6 minutes and 39 seconds, with the maximum eclipse occurring at 02:35:21 UTC about 100 km south of the Bonin Islands, southeast of Japan.

Notable times and coordinates

Event	Time (UTC)
Beginning of the general eclipse	23:58:18 (Jul 21)
Beginning of the total eclipse	00:51:16
Beginning of the central eclipse	00:54:31
Greatest eclipse	02:35:21
End of the central eclipse	04:16:13
End of the total eclipse	04:19:26
End of the general eclipse	05:12:25

Type of the eclipse

Nature of the eclipses	Total
Gamma	0.0696
Magnitude	1.0799
Duration at greatest eclipse point	398 s (6 min 38 s) at 02:35:21 UTC, in the Pacific Ocean: 24°12′36″N 144°06′24″E
Maximum width of band	258.4 km

Notes and references

• "Eclipse Information - Eclipse Glasses"

1. Fred Espenak and Jay Anderson.

"Total Solar Eclipse of 2009 July 22". NASA, July 2004.

1. Kosmandu Astronomical Society 2009 Solar Eclipse in Nepal Page

External links

• Interactive 2009 July 22 Total Solar Eclipse map with local circumstances