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Eclipses During 1998

by Fred Espenak

Published in Observer's Handbook 1998, Royal Astronomical Society of Canada

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Table 2

Local Circumstances for
Total Solar Eclipse of 1998 February 26

 Geographic           Eclipse Maximum Eclipse Sun  Sun   Ecl.   Ecl.   Umb.
  Location             Begins Eclipse   Ends  Alt   Az   Mag.   Obs.   Dur.
                        h:m     h:m     h:m    o    o
Bahamas
Nassau                 16:46   18:07   19:23   55  199  0.554  0.457        

Barbados
Bridgetown             17:07   18:33   19:49   49  240  0.885  0.864        

Bolivia
La Paz                 16:43   17:35   18:25   76  302  0.180  0.090        

Brazil
Belem                  17:40   18:37   19:29   42  260  0.299  0.189        
Icoraci                17:39   18:37   19:30   42  260  0.303  0.193        
Manaus                 17:00   18:13   19:20   60  258  0.421  0.310        

Canada
Halifax, NS            17:46   18:34   19:21   30  217  0.239  0.136        
Hamilton, ON           17:35   18:10   18:45   37  192  0.102  0.039        
Montreal, QC           17:44   18:20   18:56   33  202  0.120  0.049        
North York, ON         17:37   18:11   18:45   37  193  0.096  0.035        
Ottawa, ON             17:43   18:17   18:51   34  198  0.100  0.038        
Quebec, QC             17:48   18:24   18:58   31  205  0.116  0.047        
Saint John's, NF       17:56   18:44   19:29   21  229  0.268  0.161        
Toronto, ON            17:36   18:11   18:45   37  193  0.098  0.037        

Canary Islands
Santa Cruz Tenerife    18:11   19:01s    -  s   0  260  0.842  0.806        

Colombia
Barranquilla           16:24   17:58   19:26   67  211  0.975  0.976        
Bogota                 16:17   17:51   19:20   73  218  0.878  0.855        
Cali                   16:09   17:43   19:14   77  207  0.886  0.866        
Medellin               16:15   17:50   19:19   73  210  0.949  0.946        

Costa Rica
San Jose               15:59   17:32   19:05   71  167  0.855  0.827        

Cuba 
Havana                 16:32   17:53   19:11   58  185  0.532  0.431        

Dominican Republic
Santiago               16:48   18:17   19:38   56  217  0.805  0.763        
Santo Domingo          16:48   18:18   19:39   56  220  0.845  0.813        

Ecuador
Quito                  16:00   17:33   19:03   81  190  0.814  0.775        

El Salvador
San Salvador           15:56   17:23   18:52   65  152  0.680  0.607        

French Polynesia
Papeete, Tahiti          -  r  15:58r  16:35    0   99  0.460  0.350        

Guatemala
Guatemala              15:56   17:21   18:48   63  149  0.638  0.556        

Guinea
Conakry                18:26   19:03s    -  s   0  261  0.328  0.216        

                        All times are Greenwich Mean Time.  
                       'r' indicates eclipse in progress at sunrise.
                       's' indicates eclipse in progress at sunset.

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Table 2 (continued)

Local Circumstances for
Total Solar Eclipse of 1998 February 26

 Geographic           Eclipse Maximum Eclipse Sun  Sun   Ecl.   Ecl.   Umb.
  Location             Begins Eclipse   Ends  Alt   Az   Mag.   Obs.   Dur.
                        h:m     h:m     h:m    o    o
Haiti
Port-au-Prince         16:43   18:12   19:35   58  214  0.805  0.763        

Honduras
Tegucigalpa            16:01   17:29   18:58   66  160  0.697  0.628        

Iceland
Reykjavik              18:20   18:35s    -  s   0  252  0.050  0.013        

Jamaica 
Kingston               16:32   18:01   19:26   62  202  0.750  0.693        

Martinique
Fort-de-France         17:04   18:32   19:49   49  237  0.951  0.948        

Mexico
Ciudad de Mexico       15:54   17:04   18:19   52  135  0.419  0.307        
Guadalajara            15:52   16:55   18:04   46  129  0.353  0.240        
Monterrey              16:12   17:10   18:10   47  140  0.259  0.153        
Nezahualcoyoytl        15:54   17:04   18:19   52  135  0.419  0.308        
Puebla                 15:54   17:06   18:22   53  136  0.437  0.327        

Morocco
Casablanca             18:12   18:23s    -  s   0  260  0.207  0.110        

Netherlands Antilles
Willemstad, Curacao    16:41   18:13   19:37   60  227  1.042  1.000  01m51s

Nicaragua
Managua                15:59   17:29   19:00   68  161  0.762  0.709        

Panama
Panama City            16:08   17:43   19:15   72  190  0.953  0.951        

Peru
Lima                   16:03   17:19   18:36   87    7  0.448  0.339        

Portugal
Lisbon                 18:10   18:26s    -  s   0  260  0.263  0.157        

Puerto Rico
San Juan               16:57   18:25   19:45   52  227  0.902  0.886        

St. Lucia
Castries               17:04   18:31   19:49   50  238  0.933  0.925        

Suriname
Paramaribo             17:16   18:34   19:43   47  251  0.606  0.517        

Trinidad & Tobago
Port-of-Spain          17:00   18:27   19:45   53  240  0.843  0.810        

Venezuela
Caracas                16:44   18:16   19:39   60  232  0.925  0.915        
Maracaibo              16:32   18:05   19:32   65  221  1.043  1.000  02m50s

Spain
Roque de los Muchac.   18:11   19:10     -  s   0  261  0.973  0.972        

                        All times are Greenwich Mean Time.  
                       'r' indicates eclipse in progress at sunrise.
                       's' indicates eclipse in progress at sunset.

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Table 2 (continued)

Local Circumstances for
Total Solar Eclipse of 1998 February 26

 Geographic           Eclipse Maximum Eclipse Sun  Sun   Ecl.   Ecl.   Umb.
  Location             Begins Eclipse   Ends  Alt   Az   Mag.   Obs.   Dur.
                        h:m     h:m     h:m    o    o
United States
Albany, NY             17:35   18:20   19:04   36  202  0.179  0.089        
Allentown, PA          17:28   18:17   19:05   39  200  0.205  0.109        
Atlanta, GA            17:00   17:57   18:54   48  183  0.252  0.148        
Austin, TX             16:33   17:22   18:13   46  150  0.180  0.090        
Baltimore, MD          17:24   18:15   19:05   40  198  0.221  0.122        
Baton Rouge, LA        16:41   17:39   18:36   50  165  0.245  0.141        
Birmingham, AL         16:56   17:52   18:46   48  177  0.228  0.127        
Boston, MA             17:36   18:25   19:11   35  207  0.215  0.117        
Charleston, WV         17:17   18:06   18:53   43  189  0.184  0.093        
Chicago, IL            17:30   17:55   18:20   40  177  0.049  0.013        

Cincinnati, OH         17:18   18:00   18:42   42  183  0.135  0.059        
Columbia, SC           17:04   18:05   19:03   47  190  0.287  0.179        
Columbus, OH           17:22   18:04   18:44   41  186  0.135  0.059        
Dallas, TX             16:44   17:27   18:11   45  154  0.137  0.060        
Detroit, MI            17:31   18:04   18:37   39  186  0.086  0.030        
El Paso, TX            16:31   17:04   17:37   38  135  0.081  0.028        
Harrisburg, PA         17:26   18:15   19:02   40  198  0.196  0.102        
Hartford, CT           17:33   18:22   19:09   37  204  0.210  0.113        
Houston, TX            16:33   17:27   18:22   48  155  0.215  0.117        
Indianapolis, IN       17:20   17:57   18:34   42  180  0.105  0.040        

Jackson, MS            16:49   17:43   18:37   48  168  0.216  0.117        
Jacksonville, FL       16:53   18:01   19:07   51  188  0.365  0.253        
Little Rock, AR        16:56   17:40   18:24   46  165  0.141  0.063        
Louisville, KY         17:14   17:57   18:40   43  180  0.140  0.062        
Memphis, TN            16:59   17:46   18:32   46  170  0.157  0.074        
Miami, FL              16:43   18:01   19:15   55  192  0.496  0.392        
Montgomery, AL         16:53   17:52   18:50   49  178  0.259  0.153        
Nashville, TN          17:06   17:54   18:41   45  178  0.172  0.084        
New Orleans, LA        16:41   17:41   18:41   51  167  0.268  0.162        
New York, NY           17:30   18:20   19:08   38  202  0.219  0.120        

Oklahoma City, OK      16:56   17:29   18:02   43  155  0.076  0.025        
Orlando, FL            16:48   18:00   19:10   53  189  0.412  0.300        
Philadelphia, PA       17:27   18:18   19:07   39  201  0.223  0.123        
Pittsburgh, PA         17:25   18:09   18:53   40  192  0.158  0.074        
Providence, RI         17:34   18:24   19:12   36  206  0.223  0.123        
Raleigh, NC            17:12   18:10   19:07   45  195  0.277  0.169        
Richmond, VA           17:18   18:13   19:06   42  197  0.250  0.146        
St. Louis, MO          17:14   17:48   18:22   42  171  0.085  0.030        
St. Petersburg, FL     16:44   17:57   19:07   54  185  0.413  0.301        
San Antonio, TX        16:29   17:19   18:11   47  148  0.192  0.099        

Tallahassee, FL        16:50   17:55   18:59   51  182  0.329  0.217        
Toledo, OH             17:28   18:03   18:37   40  185  0.095  0.035        
Tulsa, OK              17:00   17:33   18:06   43  158  0.077  0.025        
Washington, DC         17:22   18:14   19:05   41  198  0.225  0.125        

                        All times are Greenwich Mean Time.  
                       'r' indicates eclipse in progress at sunrise.
                       's' indicates eclipse in progress at sunset.

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Eclipses During 1998

by Fred Espenak

Published in Observer's Handbook 1998, Royal Astronomical Society of Canada

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Table 4

Local Circumstances for
Annular Solar Eclipse of 1998 August 22

 Geographic           Eclipse Maximum Eclipse Sun  Sun   Ecl.   Ecl.   Umb.
  Location             Begins Eclipse   Ends  Alt   Az   Mag.   Obs.   Dur.
                        h:m     h:m     h:m    o    o
Australia
Adelaide, AS           01:28   02:27   03:25   43    7  0.163  0.077        
Brisbane, QL           01:27   03:01   04:25   47  334  0.492  0.378        
Canberra, SW           01:43   02:55   04:03   41  344  0.270  0.160        
Melbourne, VC          01:47   02:46   03:43   40  353  0.174  0.084        
Perth, AW              00:41   01:19   02:00   29   52  0.089  0.031        
Sydney, SW             01:41   02:59   04:11   42  340  0.325  0.209        
Wollongong, SW         01:43   02:59   04:09   42  340  0.309  0.195        

Cambodia
Phnum Penh             23:12   00:21   01:42   21   82  0.709  0.628        

China
Guangzhou (Canton)     23:29   00:31   01:40   32   90  0.381  0.263        
Shanghai               00:01   00:43   01:29   41  102  0.138  0.059        
Shuicheng              23:37   00:25   01:18   23   88  0.251  0.144        

French Polynesia
Papeete                02:57   03:50s    -  s   0  282  0.573  0.467        

Guam
Agana                  00:02   01:39   03:20   79   97  0.542  0.435        

Hong Kong
Victoria (Xianggang)   23:28   00:32   01:44   33   90  0.407  0.289        

Indonesia
Jakarta                23:17   00:29   01:57   21   75  0.724  0.645        
Surabaya               23:22   00:39   02:12   29   72  0.680  0.592        

Malaysia
Kuala Lumpur           23:10   00:20   01:43   16   79  0.948  0.915        

Myanmar
Yangon                   -  r  00:17   01:23   13   81  0.512  0.399        

New Zealand
Auckland               02:20   03:37   04:46   23  307  0.526  0.415        
Christchurch           02:27   03:32   04:31   21  312  0.344  0.226        
Wellington             02:25   03:35   04:38   21  309  0.416  0.298        

Papua New Guinea
Port Moresby           00:26   02:23   04:13   69  354  0.843  0.793        

Philippines
Manila                 23:21   00:41   02:16   42   87  0.648  0.555        

Singapore
Singapore              23:11   00:22   01:48   19   78  0.951  0.919        

Taiwan
T'aipei                23:39   00:42   01:52   42   97  0.326  0.210        

Thailand
Bangkok                23:14   00:18   01:32   17   81  0.624  0.526        

Vietnam
Ho Chi Minh            23:12   00:23   01:47   23   82  0.740  0.665        

                        All times are Greenwich Mean Time.  
                       'r' indicates eclipse in progress at sunrise.
                       's' indicates eclipse in progress at sunset.

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Last revised: 1997 Sep 1 - F. Espenak