Solar eclipse of July 22, 2009
Solar eclipse of July 22, 2009 | |
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![]() Totality from Kurigram District, Bangladesh | |
Type of eclipse | |
Nature | Total |
Gamma | 0.0698 |
Magnitude | 1.0799 |
Maximum eclipse | |
Duration | 399 s (6 min 39 s) |
Coordinates | 24°12′N 144°06′E / 24.2°N 144.1°E |
Max. width of band | 258 km (160 mi) |
Times (UTC) | |
(P1) Partial begin | 23:58:18 |
(U1) Total begin | 0:51:16 |
Greatest eclipse | 2:36:25 |
(U4) Total end | 4:19:26 |
(P4) Partial end | 5:12:25 |
References | |
Saros | 136 (37 of 71) |
Catalog # (SE5000) | 9528 |
A total solar eclipse occurred at the Moon's descending node of orbit on Wednesday, July 22, 2009,[1][2][3] with a magnitude of 1.07991. It was the longest total solar eclipse during the 21st century with totality lasting a maximum of 6 minutes and 38.86 seconds off the coast of Southeast Asia,[4] causing tourist interest in eastern China, Pakistan, Japan, India, Nepal and Bangladesh. Its greatest magnitude was 1.07991, occurring only 6 hours, 18 minutes after perigee.
Eclipse season
This was the second eclipse for the mid-2009 eclipse season, with the first having been the July 2009 lunar eclipse. The third eclipse of the season was the August 2009 lunar eclipse.[4][5][6]
The solar eclipse was the 37th eclipse of the 136th Saros cycle, which began with a partial eclipse on June 14, 1360, and is expected to conclude with a partial eclipse on July 30, 2622.[citation needed]
Visibility
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A partial eclipse was seen within the broad path of the Moon's penumbra, including most of Southeast Asia (all of Pakistan, India and China) and north-eastern Oceania.
The total eclipse was visible from a narrow corridor through northern India, eastern Nepal, northern Bangladesh, Bhutan, the northern tip of Myanmar, central China and the Pacific Ocean, including the northern part of the Ryukyu Islands, the whole Volcano Islands except South Iwo Jima, Marshall Islands, and Kiribati.
Totality was visible in many large cities, including Dhaka and Dinajpur, and Chapai Nawabganj district in Bangladesh; Surat, Vadodara, Bhopal, Varanasi, Patna, Gaya, Siliguri, Tawang and Guwahati in India; and Chengdu, Nanchong, Chongqing, Yichang, Jingzhou, Wuhan, Huanggang, Hefei, Hangzhou, Wuxi, Huzhou, Suzhou, Jiaxing, Ningbo, Shanghai as well as over the Three Gorges Dam in China. However, in Shanghai, the largest city in the eclipse's path, the view was obscured by heavy clouds.[7][8] According to NASA, the Japanese island Kitaio Jima was predicted to have the best viewing conditions[9][10] featuring both longer viewing time (being the closest point of land to the point of greatest eclipse) and lower cloud cover statistics than all of continental Asia.
The eclipse, and the reaction of thousands of observers at Varanasi was captured by the Science Channel Wonders of the Universe series hosted by Brian Cox.[11]
This eclipse may be the most-viewed total solar eclipse in history, with 30 million people in Shanghai and Hangzhou alone.[12]
Observations
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Thousands of pilgrims gathered on the banks of the Ganges River in Varanasi, India to experience the eclipse as a religious or spiritual event. Some people expected that there would be a relationship, either positive or negative, between their health and the occurrence of the eclipse.[13]
Indian scientists observed the solar eclipse from an Indian Air Force plane.[14]
The Chinese government used the opportunity to provide scientific education and to dispel any superstition. A flight by China Eastern Airlines from Wuhan to Shanghai took a slight detour and followed the course of the eclipse to allow longer observation time for the scientists on board.
Observers in Japan were excited by the prospect of experiencing the first eclipse in 46 years, but found the experience dampened by cloudy skies obscuring the view.
In Bangladesh, where the eclipse lasted approximately 3 minutes and 44 seconds, thousands of people were able to witness the eclipse despite rain and overcast skies.
Duration
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c0/Moonsize.jpg/220px-Moonsize.jpg)
This solar eclipse was the longest total solar eclipse to occur in the 21st century, and will not be surpassed in duration until 13 June 2132 (Saros 139, ascending node) which will last for 6 minutes and 55 seconds. Totality lasted for up to 6 minutes and 38.86 seconds (0.14 seconds shorter than 6 minutes and 39 seconds), with the maximum eclipse occurring in the ocean at 02:35:21 UTC about 100 km south of the Bonin Islands, southeast of Japan. The uninhabited North Iwo Jima island was the landmass with totality time closest to maximum, while the closest inhabited point was Akusekijima, where the eclipse lasted 6 minutes and 26 seconds.[15]
The cruise ship Costa Classica was chartered specifically to view this eclipse and by viewing the eclipse at the point of maximum duration and cruising along the centerline during the event, duration was extended to 6 minutes, 42 seconds.
The eclipse was part of Saros series 136, descending node, as was the solar eclipse of July 11, 1991, which was slightly longer, lasting up to 6 minutes 53.08 seconds (previous eclipses of the same saros series on June 30, 1973, and June 20, 1955, were longer, lasting 7 min 03.55 and 7 min 07.74, respectively). The next event from this series will be on August 2, 2027 (6 minutes and 22.64 seconds).[16] The exceptional duration was a result of the Moon being near perigee, with the apparent diameter of the Moon 7.991% larger than the Sun (magnitude 1.07991) and the Earth being near aphelion[17] where the Sun appeared slightly smaller.
In contrast the annular solar eclipse of January 26, 2009 (Saros 131, ascending node) occurred 3.3 days after lunar apogee and 7.175% smaller apparent diameter to the sun. And the next solar eclipse of January 15, 2010 (Saros 141, ascending node) was also annular, 1.8 days before lunar apogee, with the Moon 8.097% smaller than the Sun.
Photo gallery
Totality
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Totality from Varanasi, India
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Diamond ring effect in Kurigram District, Bangladesh
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Totality from Panchagarh District, Bangladesh
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Totality from Thimphu, Bhutan
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Diamond ring effect in Chongqing, China
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Totality from Hangzhou, China
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Totality from Wuzhen, China
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Diamond ring effect in Kikaijima, Japan
Partial
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Partial from New Delhi, India
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Partial from Kolkata, India
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Partial from Kharagpur, India
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Eclipse progression from Wuhan, China
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Partial from Beijing, China
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Partial from Tianjin, China
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Partial from Sheung Shui, Hong Kong
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Partial from Quezon City, Philippines
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Partial from Makati City, Philippines
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Partial from Taichung, Taiwan
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Partial from Incheon, South Korea
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Partial from Miyazaki City, Japan
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Partial from Honolulu, HI
View from space
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The Terrain Mapping Camera in the Chandrayaan-1 lunar mission was used to image the earth during the eclipse.[18]
It was also observed by the Japanese geostationary satellite MTSAT:[19]
12:30 UT (pre-eclipse) |
1:30 UT |
![]() Close up at 1:30 UT |
Related eclipses
Eclipses of 2009
- An annular solar eclipse on January 26.
- A penumbral lunar eclipse on February 9.
- A penumbral lunar eclipse on July 7.
- A total solar eclipse on July 22.
- A penumbral lunar eclipse on August 6.
- A partial lunar eclipse on December 31.
This total eclipse was the second in the series of three eclipses in a one-month period, with two minor penumbral lunar eclipses, first on July 7 and last on August 6.
Metonic
- Preceded by: Solar eclipse of October 3, 2005
- Followed by: Solar eclipse of May 10, 2013
Tzolkinex
- Preceded by: Solar eclipse of June 10, 2002
- Followed by: Solar eclipse of September 1, 2016
Half-Saros
- Preceded by: Lunar eclipse of July 16, 2000
- Followed by: Lunar eclipse of July 27, 2018
Tritos
- Preceded by: Solar eclipse of August 22, 1998
- Followed by: Solar eclipse of June 21, 2020
Solar Saros 136
- Preceded by: Solar eclipse of July 11, 1991
- Followed by: Solar eclipse of August 2, 2027
Inex
- Preceded by: Solar eclipse of August 10, 1980
- Followed by: Solar eclipse of July 2, 2038
Triad
- Preceded by: Solar eclipse of September 21, 1922
- Followed by: Solar eclipse of May 22, 2096
Solar eclipses of 2008–2011
This eclipse is a member of a semester series. An eclipse 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.[20]
The partial solar eclipses on June 1, 2011 and November 25, 2011 occur in the next lunar year eclipse set.
Solar eclipse series sets from 2008 to 2011 | ||||||
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Ascending node | Descending node | |||||
Saros | Map | Gamma | Saros | Map | Gamma | |
121![]() Partial in Christchurch, New Zealand |
February 7, 2008![]() Annular |
−0.95701 | 126![]() Totality in Kumul, Xinjiang, China |
August 1, 2008![]() Total |
0.83070 | |
131![]() Annularity in Palangka Raya, Indonesia |
January 26, 2009![]() Annular |
−0.28197 | 136![]() Totality in Kurigram District, Bangladesh |
July 22, 2009![]() Total |
0.06977 | |
141![]() Annularity in Jinan, Shandong, China |
January 15, 2010![]() Annular |
0.40016 | 146 Totality in Hao, French Polynesia |
July 11, 2010![]() Total |
−0.67877 | |
151![]() Partial in Poland |
January 4, 2011![]() Partial |
1.06265 | 156 | July 1, 2001![]() Partial |
−1.49171 |
Saros 136
This eclipse is a part of Saros series 136, repeating every 18 years, 11 days, and containing 71 events. The series started with a partial solar eclipse on June 14, 1360. It contains annular eclipses from September 8, 1504 through November 12, 1594; hybrid eclipses from November 22, 1612 through January 17, 1703; and total eclipses from January 27, 1721 through May 13, 2496. The series ends at member 71 as a partial eclipse on July 30, 2622. Its eclipses are tabulated in three columns; every third eclipse in the same column is one exeligmos apart, so they all cast shadows over approximately the same parts of the Earth.
The longest duration of annularity was produced by member 9 at 32 seconds on September 8, 1504, and the longest duration of totality was produced by member 34 at 7 minutes, 7.74 seconds on June 20, 1955. All eclipses in this series occur at the Moon’s descending node of orbit.[21]
Series members 26–47 occur between 1801 and 2200: | ||
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26 | 27 | 28 |
![]() March 24, 1811 |
![]() April 3, 1829 |
![]() April 15, 1847 |
29 | 30 | 31 |
![]() April 25, 1865 |
![]() May 6, 1883 |
![]() May 18, 1901 |
32 | 33 | 34 |
![]() May 29, 1919 |
![]() June 8, 1937 |
![]() June 20, 1955 |
35 | 36 | 37 |
![]() June 30, 1973 |
![]() July 11, 1991 |
![]() July 22, 2009 |
38 | 39 | 40 |
![]() August 2, 2027 |
![]() August 12, 2045 |
![]() August 24, 2063 |
41 | 42 | 43 |
![]() September 3, 2081 |
![]() September 14, 2099 |
![]() September 26, 2117 |
44 | 45 | 46 |
![]() October 7, 2135 |
![]() October 17, 2153 |
![]() October 29, 2171 |
47 | ||
![]() November 8, 2189 |
Tritos series
This eclipse is a part of a tritos cycle, repeating at alternating nodes every 135 synodic months (≈ 3986.63 days, or 11 years minus 1 month). Their appearance and longitude are irregular due to a lack of synchronization with the anomalistic month (period of perigee), but groupings of 3 tritos cycles (≈ 33 years minus 3 months) come close (≈ 434.044 anomalistic months), so eclipses are similar in these groupings.
Series members between 1801 and 2200 | ||||
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![]() March 4, 1802 (Saros 117) |
![]() February 1, 1813 (Saros 118) |
![]() January 1, 1824 (Saros 119) |
![]() November 30, 1834 (Saros 120) |
![]() October 30, 1845 (Saros 121) |
![]() September 29, 1856 (Saros 122) |
![]() August 29, 1867 (Saros 123) |
![]() July 29, 1878 (Saros 124) |
![]() June 28, 1889 (Saros 125) |
![]() May 28, 1900 (Saros 126) |
![]() April 28, 1911 (Saros 127) |
![]() March 28, 1922 (Saros 128) |
![]() February 24, 1933 (Saros 129) |
![]() January 25, 1944 (Saros 130) |
![]() December 25, 1954 (Saros 131) |
![]() November 23, 1965 (Saros 132) |
![]() October 23, 1976 (Saros 133) |
![]() September 23, 1987 (Saros 134) |
![]() August 22, 1998 (Saros 135) |
![]() July 22, 2009 (Saros 136) |
![]() June 21, 2020 (Saros 137) |
![]() May 21, 2031 (Saros 138) |
![]() April 20, 2042 (Saros 139) |
![]() March 20, 2053 (Saros 140) |
![]() February 17, 2064 (Saros 141) |
![]() January 16, 2075 (Saros 142) |
![]() December 16, 2085 (Saros 143) |
![]() November 15, 2096 (Saros 144) |
![]() October 16, 2107 (Saros 145) |
![]() September 15, 2118 (Saros 146) |
![]() August 15, 2129 (Saros 147) |
![]() July 14, 2140 (Saros 148) |
![]() June 14, 2151 (Saros 149) |
![]() May 14, 2162 (Saros 150) |
![]() April 12, 2173 (Saros 151) |
![]() March 12, 2184 (Saros 152) |
![]() February 10, 2195 (Saros 153) |
Metonic series
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). All eclipses in this table occur at the Moon's descending node.
21 eclipse events between July 22, 1971 and July 22, 2047 | ||||
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July 22 | May 9–11 | February 26–27 | December 14–15 | October 2–3 |
116 | 118 | 120 | 122 | 124 |
![]() July 22, 1971 |
![]() May 11, 1975 |
![]() February 26, 1979 |
![]() December 15, 1982 |
![]() October 3, 1986 |
126 | 128 | 130 | 132 | 134 |
![]() July 22, 1990 |
![]() May 10, 1994 |
![]() February 26, 1998 |
![]() December 14, 2001 |
![]() October 3, 2005 |
136 | 138 | 140 | 142 | 144 |
![]() July 22, 2009 |
![]() May 10, 2013 |
![]() February 26, 2017 |
![]() December 14, 2020 |
![]() October 2, 2024 |
146 | 148 | 150 | 152 | 154 |
![]() July 22, 2028 |
![]() May 9, 2032 |
![]() February 27, 2036 |
![]() December 15, 2039 |
![]() October 3, 2043 |
156 | ||||
![]() July 22, 2047 |
Notes
- ^ "Full solar eclipse turns the day to night in Asia". The Bismarck Tribune. 2009-07-23. p. 7. Retrieved 2023-10-25 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Celestial awe, fear". Leader-Telegram. 2009-07-23. p. C10. Retrieved 2023-10-25 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Asia shrouded in daytime darkness in longest eclipse until 2132". The Star-Democrat. 2009-07-23. p. 4. Retrieved 2023-10-25 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ a b (AFP) – 6 days ago. "AFP: Solar eclipse sparks tourism fever in China". Archived from the original on July 27, 2009. Retrieved 2009-07-22.
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: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ^ Wang, Hongjiang (2009-07-22). "Scientists: China the best place to observe longest solar eclipse in 2,000 years_English_Xinhua". News.xinhuanet.com. Archived from the original on 2009-05-21. Retrieved 2009-07-22.
- ^ "Indian students on solar eclipse 'odyssey' to China – Yahoo! India News". In.news.yahoo.com. Archived from the original on 2009-07-29. Retrieved 2009-07-22.
- ^ 99.56% totality was observed in Kamat Maath, Binodpur, Chapai Nawabgan, the western part of Bangladesh.
In Sichuan province, China, 150 km southwest of Chengdu many people ascended Mount Emei to view the eclipse. While viewing conditions were not ideal due to thick cloud cover, typical of this region and altitude, the effects were reported as impressive. The summit of Mt. Emei contains numerous Buddhist temples and statues, as well as a large candle and incense lighting ceremony/area. During the eclipse day turned to night, leaving only the candles to cast a unique lighting on the adjacent Buddhist statues and buildings.
"NASA – Total Solar Eclipse of 2009 July 22". NASA.gov. Retrieved 2009-07-22. - ^ Weather conditions for cities in China during the July 22 eclipse (in Chinese)
- ^ "NASA Map" (PDF).
- ^ Espenak, Fred. "Total Solar Eclipse of July 2009" (PDF).
- ^ "The Solar Eclipse In Varanasi - Wonders of the Solar System - Series 1 Episode 1 Preview - BBC Two". YouTube. Archived from the original on 2021-12-13.
- ^ "Solar Eclipse on July 22 May Be Most Viewed Ever". nationalgeographic.com. Archived from the original on July 23, 2009.
- ^ "Indians enthralled by solar eclipse". Chinadaily.com.cn. 2009-07-22. Retrieved 2009-07-22.
- ^ "Khabrein.info". Khabrein.info. Archived from the original on July 28, 2009. Retrieved 2009-07-22.
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: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link) - ^ "Island « Total Eclipse.Jp". Totaleclipse.jp. Archived from the original on 2009-04-18. Retrieved 2009-07-22.
- ^ "August 2, 2027 Total Solar Eclipse". Tierrayestrellas.com. Archived from the original on July 25, 2009. Retrieved 2009-07-22.
- ^ Nemiroff, R.; Bonnell, J., eds. (3 July 2009). "Perihelion and Aphelion". Astronomy Picture of the Day. NASA. Retrieved 2009-07-22.
- ^ "Chandrayaan-1". ISRO. Archived from the original on February 17, 2009. Retrieved 2009-07-22.
- ^ "Eclipse Shadows Southeastern China : Image of the Day". nasa.gov. 23 July 2009.
- ^ van Gent, R.H. "Solar- and Lunar-Eclipse Predictions from Antiquity to the Present". A Catalogue of Eclipse Cycles. Utrecht University. Retrieved 6 October 2018.
- ^ "NASA - Catalog of Solar Eclipses of Saros 136". eclipse.gsfc.nasa.gov.
References
- NASA homepage for July 22, 2009 total solar eclipse
- Interactive map of the eclipse from NASA
- Jay Anderson, Weather and Maps for the Total Solar Eclipse 2009 July 22 00:54 – 04:12 UT
Pre-eclipse news:
- Solar eclipse of July 22, 2009: Time & Place in Indian cities Archived July 24, 2009, at the Wayback Machine
- The Longest eclipse of the 21st century time – July 22, 2009
- The 21st century’s longest total solar eclipse to be Internet broadcast worldwide
- How To Watch July 22, 2009 Total Solar Eclipse Live On Web
- City of Brass at Beliefnet.com: The longest solar eclipse of the 21st century
- Solar Eclipse Could Create Chaos AP
- Watch Solar eclipse live from Guwahati Archived 2009-07-23 at the Wayback Machine
- July eclipse is best chance to look for gravity anomaly New Scientist
- Solar eclipse: All roads lead to Bihar Archived 2009-07-21 at the Wayback Machine
Photos:
- Spaceweather.com gallery
- Total Solar Eclipse, July 22, 2009, from China by Jay Pasachoff
- Enewetak, Marshall Islands. Prof. Druckmüller's eclipse photography site
- MTSAT-1R visible satellite imagery of the solar eclipse shadow (CIMSS Satellite Blog)
- The 2009 Eclipse in China
- NASA Astronomy Picture of the Day: Eclipse over Chongqing, China (24 July 2009)
- August 8, 2009, Diamonds in a Cloudy Sky, totality in clouds from Wuhan, China APOD
External links
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- Bauer, Amanda (2009). "Solar Eclipse". Sixty Symbols. Brady Haran for the University of Nottingham.