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Eclipses During 2004

by Fred Espenak

To Be Published in Observer's Handbook 2004, Royal Astronomical Society of Canada

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Table 1

Local Circumstances for Partial Solar Eclipse of 2004 April 19
 Geographic           Eclipse Maximum Eclipse Sun  Sun   Ecl.   Ecl.
  Location             Begins Eclipse   Ends  Alt   Az   Mag.   Obs.
                        h:m     h:m     h:m    o    o
ANGOLA               
Luanda                 14:28   14:50   15:12   31   289   0.034  0.007     
MADAGASCAR                
Antananarivo           14:08   14:34s    –     0  282  0.177  0.086        
MOZAMBIQUE                  
Maputo                 13:32   14:38     –   s  11  288  0.412  0.292        
South Africa            
Cape Town              12:52   14:11   15:22   23  303  0.509  0.395        
Durban                 13:19   14:30     –  s  12  291  0.480  0.363        
Johannesburg           13:26   14:34   15:36   15  291  0.419  0.299        
Pretoria               13:27   14:35   15:36   15  291  0.411  0.291        
Zambia                  
Lusaka                 14:03   14:52   15:37   14  286  0.205  0.107        
Zimbabwe                
Harare                 13:57   14:50   15:38   12  286  0.254  0.146        
ANTARCTICA
Palmer                   –  r  12:13   12:52    2   59  0.160  0.074        

Table 3

Local Circumstances for Solar Eclipse of 2004 October 14
 Geographic           Eclipse Maximum Eclipse Sun  Sun   Ecl.   Ecl.
  Location             Begins Eclipse   Ends  Alt   Az   Mag.   Obs.
                        h:m     h:m     h:m    o    o
CHINA                   
Harbin                 01:21   02:09   02:58   34  159  0.205  0.108        
Shenyang (Mukden)      01:37   02:08   02:40   36  154  0.078  0.026        
JAPAN                    
Nagoya                 01:48   02:37   03:27   47  180  0.181  0.090        
Osaka                  01:51   02:36   03:21   47  177  0.147  0.066        
Tokyo                  01:45   02:41   03:36   46  185  0.240  0.136        
Yokohama               01:46   02:41   03:36   46  185  0.234  0.131        
NORTH KOREA               
P'yongyang             01:47   02:14   02:42   40  158  0.058  0.017        
SOUTH KOREA               
Soul (Seoul)           01:52   02:18   02:44   42  160  0.049  0.013        
UNITED STATES                   
Anchorage, AK          01:56   02:47s    –      0  253  0.772  0.710        
Honolulu, HI           03:14   04:06s    –      0  261  0.480  0.369        
   
All times are Universal Time. 'r' indicates eclipse in progress at sunrise. 's' indicates eclipse in progress at sunset.

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Last revised: 2003 July 02 – F. Espenak