The longest total solar eclipse of the 21st century is to take place on 22 July 2009.Until 13 June 2132,there will no other eclipse to rival its duration.It will last 6 minutes and 39 seconds,and it will reach its maximum phase at 02:35:21 UTC, some 100 km south of the Bonin Islands to the southeast of Japan.
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.
The eclipse,with a magnitude of 1.0799,will be visible from northern India,eastern Nepal,northern Bangladesh, Bhutan,the northern tip of Union of Myanmar,central China and the Pacific Ocean,including the Ryukyu Islands, Marshall Islands and Kiribati.The total eclipse will be seen by citizens of Surat,Varanasi,Patna, Thimphu, Chengdu,Chongqing, Wuhan, Hangzhou and Shanghai. A partial eclipse will be observable in the much wider path of the moon's penumbra, covering most of southeast Asia and northeast Oceania.
Time of greatest Eclipse, the instant when the axis of the Moon's shadow passes closest to Earth's center): 02:35 UT [08:20am July 22 Nepal Standard Time]
Time when the maximum part of the sun is obscured by the Moon as seen from Nepal: 6:42 am [First Contact: 5:44am Last Contact: 7:47am]
Greatest Eclipse Latitude: 34.1S Longitude: 70.3E
Saros series of eclipse (Each eclipse in a Saros is separated by an interval of 18 years 11.3 days): 131
Eclipse Magnitude ( the fraction of the Sun's diameter obscured by the Moon.): 0.928
Sun altitude at greatest eclipse : 73
Path Width (Width of the path of totality or annularity at greatest eclipse): 280 kilometers
Central duration at greatest eclipse: 07m54s
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