NASA - Eclipses During 2006 (original) (raw)

Fred Espenak

Published in Observer's Handbook 2006, Royal Astronomical Society of Canada

Total Solar Eclipse of 2006 March 29

Tables for Local Circumstances

Table 2A - South America and Atlantic Ocean

Local Circumstances for Total Solar Eclipse of 2006 Mar 29

Geographic Eclipse Maximum Eclipse Sun Sun Ecl. Ecl. Location Begins Eclipse Ends Alt Az Mag. Obs. h:m h:m h:m o o Brazil Belem - r 09:18r 09:34 0 87 0.296 0.186
Belo Horizonte - r 09:04r 09:19 0 87 0.241 0.138
Brasilia - r 09:19r 09:23 0 87 0.077 0.026
Cava - r 09:03r 09:16 0 86 0.196 0.102
Fortaleza - r 08:39r 09:35 0 87 0.936 0.928
Japeri - r 09:04r 09:16 0 86 0.184 0.093
Recife - r 08:34 09:33 2 86 0.960 0.958
Rio de Janeiro - r 09:02r 09:16 0 86 0.202 0.106
Salvador - r 08:41r 09:27 0 87 0.749 0.692
French Guiana Cayenne - r 09:32r 09:38 0 87 0.104 0.040
Canary Islands Las Palmas G.Canaria 08:43 09:35 10:31 34 106 0.367 0.255
Santa Cruz Tenerife 08:44 09:35 10:29 33 106 0.353 0.241
Cape Verde Praia 08:10 09:04 10:03 21 92 0.530 0.429

All times are Universal Time

'r' indicates eclipse in progress at sunrise

Table 2B - Africa

Local Circumstances for Total Solar Eclipse of 2006 Mar 29

Geographic Eclipse Maximum Eclipse Sun Sun Ecl. Ecl. Central Location Begins Eclipse Ends Alt Az Mag. Obs. Duration h:m h:m h:m o o Algeria Algiers 09:11 10:15 11:22 50 140 0.515 0.413
Angola Luanda 08:05 09:04 10:08 56 70 0.407 0.296
Cameroon Yaounde 08:11 09:24 10:43 61 90 0.744 0.688
Chad Ndjamena 08:28 09:46 11:08 69 113 0.842 0.811
Congo Brazzaville 08:10 09:14 10:23 62 75 0.473 0.367
Dem. Rep. of the Congo Kinshasa 08:10 09:14 10:23 62 75 0.472 0.366
Egypt Alexandria 09:27 10:47 12:06 61 202 0.919 0.909
Cairo 09:28 10:48 12:06 61 205 0.865 0.841
Luxor 09:24 10:43 12:01 65 210 0.733 0.674
Ethiopia Addis Abeba 09:31 10:23 11:14 76 247 0.201 0.106
Ghana Accra 08:01 09:11 10:30 47 91 1.048 1.000 2m58s Guinea Conakry 08:01 09:03 10:13 31 92 0.748 0.692
Ivory Coast Abidjan 07:58 09:07 10:23 42 90 0.979 0.982
Kenya Nairobi 09:42 09:56 10:10 83 315 0.013 0.002
Libya Tripoli 09:09 10:23 11:41 58 156 0.765 0.714
Mali Bamako 08:09 09:15 10:28 39 96 0.754 0.700
Morocco Casablanca 08:59 09:55 10:54 42 120 0.392 0.280
Rabat 09:00 09:57 10:56 43 122 0.397 0.285
Nigeria Ibadan 08:07 09:19 10:39 52 94 0.983 0.987
Lagos 08:05 09:18 10:37 52 93 0.967 0.968
Senegal Dakar 08:10 09:09 10:13 28 94 0.592 0.502
Sierra Leone Freetown 07:59 09:02 10:12 31 91 0.777 0.728
Sudan Khartoum 09:11 10:24 11:37 76 211 0.499 0.395
Togo Lome 08:03 09:14 10:33 49 92 1.000 1.000
Tunisia Tunis 09:15 10:25 11:38 54 155 0.640 0.560
Uganda Kampala 09:05 09:51 10:37 87 19 0.159 0.076

All times are Universal Time

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