Total Solar Eclipse on July 2009,Longest Total Solar Eclipse of the Century
21st Century Longest Solar Eclipse on July 2009
Solar Eclipse will be seen in USA,India,China and part of Asia
The solar eclipse on Wednesday, July 22, 2009 is the longest total solar eclipse of the twenty-first century and will not be surpassed in duration until June 13, 2132. Its totality will last for up to 6 minutes and 44 seconds and will be visible in India, some of the Japanese islands, China and Pacific Ocean.
The total solar eclipse which will occur on July 22th, 2009 promises to be one of the best ever. It will pass over some of the most densely populated sections of the planet.
Note that the "most densely populated section of the planet" does not translate into North America. No, it's going to be a treat in India and China and other parts of Asia, though.
Most of the best viewing opportunities will be in China, where some 30 million people will be able to witness the solar eclipse in the coastal cities of Shanghai and Hangzhou alone.For those not in that part of the world, how to see July 2009's total solar eclipse? Well, in the US, some observatories will have events around the eclipse. For example, Griffith Observatory in Los Angeles will be having an event starting late Tuesday afternoon (yes, that's the 21st, but remember the International date line; that's the 22nd in Asia).
Here are the details on watching the solar eclipse: Griffith Observatory will be presenting its live webcast from 5:24 to 8:03 PM on July 21st, 2009. Here is a schedule of what you will see during the event:
5:24 p.m. PDT = First contact (when the moon first begins to obscure the sun)
6:37-6:43 p.m. PDT = Totality (when the moon completely covers the sun)
8:03 p.m. PDT = Last contact (when the moon no longer obscures the sun)
Where: The webcast will be shown on a large screen in the Gunther Depths of Space room.
Solar Eclipse View in India
In India Surat, Indore, Bhopal, Jabalpur, Varanasi and Patna are some of the cities lie close to the central part of the totality. According to a research by National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), Taregana, a place near Patna, is the best location as the altitude of the sun will be about 15 degrees here at the time of total eclipse.
Following is the Map of India showing variation in the magnitude of solar eclipse in different regions. Area encompassed between lines of 1.0 magnitude will experience total eclipse of the Sun. Decreasing magnitude lines indicate proportionately partial eclipse.
This is second in the series of three eclipses in a month. There was a lunar eclipse on July 7 and now a solar eclipse on July 22 and then a lunar eclipse on August 6.
In India Surat, Indore, Bhopal, Jabalpur, Varanasi and Patna are some of the cities lie close to the central part of the totality. According to a research by National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), Taregana, a place near Patna, is the best location as the altitude of the sun will be about 15 degrees here at the time of total eclipse.
Following is the Map of India showing variation in the magnitude of solar eclipse in different regions. Area encompassed between lines of 1.0 magnitude will experience total eclipse of the Sun. Decreasing magnitude lines indicate proportionately partial eclipse.
This is second in the series of three eclipses in a month. There was a lunar eclipse on July 7 and now a solar eclipse on July 22 and then a lunar eclipse on August 6.
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