Eclipses During 2006

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

Annular Solar Eclipse of 2006 September 22

Tables for Local Circumstances


Table 4A - Caribbean and Atlantic Ocean

Local Circumstances for Annular Solar Eclipse of 2006 Sep 22

 Geographic          Eclipse Maximum Eclipse Sun  Sun   Ecl.   Ecl.
  Location            Begins Eclipse   Ends  Alt   Az   Mag.   Obs.
                       h:m     h:m     h:m    o    o
Canary Islands
Las Palmas G.Canaria  09:22   09:55   10:30   39  115  0.078  0.025      
Santa Cruz Tenerife   09:21   09:54   10:30   38  114  0.080  0.026      
Cape Verde
Praia                 08:47   10:01   11:23   37  101  0.517  0.401      
Barbados
Bridgetown              -  r  09:50r  10:55    0   90  0.739  0.652      
Dominican Republic
Santiago                -  r  10:34r  10:45    0   90  0.138  0.059      
Santo Domingo           -  r  10:31r  10:46    0   90  0.195  0.098      
Haiti 
Port-au-Prince          -  r  10:40r  10:46    0   90  0.071  0.022      
Martinique
Fort-de-France          -  r  09:56r  10:53    0   90  0.664  0.564      
Netherlands Antilles
Willemstad, Curacao     -  r  10:27r  10:54    0   90  0.358  0.237      
Puerto Rico 
San Juan                -  r  10:16r  10:47    0   90  0.374  0.253      
St. Lucia 
Castries                -  r  09:55r  10:54    0   90  0.683  0.586      
Trinidad & Tobago 
Port-of-Spain           -  r  09:57r  10:57    0   90  0.758  0.673      
Reunion 
St.-Denis             13:13   13:34   13:54    9  274  0.036  0.008      

All times are Universal Time

'r' indicates eclipse in progress at sunrise


Table 4B - South America

Local Circumstances for Annular Solar Eclipse of 2006 Sep 22

 Geographic          Eclipse Maximum Eclipse Sun  Sun   Ecl.   Ecl.
  Location            Begins Eclipse   Ends  Alt   Az   Mag.   Obs.
                       h:m     h:m     h:m    o    o
Argentina 
Buenos Aires          10:13   10:55   11:40   14   80  0.162  0.074      
Cordoba                 -  r  10:44   11:30    7   85  0.186  0.092      
Rosario               10:07   10:50   11:36   11   82  0.174  0.083      
San Justo             10:13   10:55   11:40   14   80  0.160  0.074      
Bolivia 
La Paz                  -  r  10:24r  11:17    0   90  0.430  0.308      
Brazil
Belem                   -  r  10:02   11:23   14   89  0.809  0.735      
Belo Horizonte        09:30   10:38   11:56   26   80  0.452  0.332      
Brasilia              09:19   10:25   11:42   19   84  0.500  0.382      
Campinas              09:37   10:41   11:52   23   79  0.381  0.260      
Cava                  09:38   10:45   12:01   27   77  0.411  0.290      
Curitiba              09:44   10:44   11:50   21   79  0.329  0.210      
Fortaleza             08:55   10:13   11:44   26   88  0.814  0.742      
Japeri                09:37   10:44   12:00   27   78  0.410  0.288      
Porto Alegre          09:59   10:52   11:50   20   77  0.252  0.143      
Recife                09:04   10:25   11:59   33   84  0.754  0.671      
Rio de Janeiro        09:38   10:45   12:02   27   77  0.410  0.288      
Salvador              09:14   10:30   11:59   30   82  0.622  0.517      
Sao Paulo             09:39   10:43   11:54   23   79  0.374  0.253      
Chile 
Santiago                -  r  10:46   11:25    2   88  0.152  0.068      
Colombia
Barranquilla            -  r  10:51r  10:54    0   90  0.050  0.013      
Bogota                  -  r  10:48r  11:00    0   90  0.170  0.080      
Cali                    -  r  10:58r  11:01    0   90  0.045  0.011      
Medellin                -  r  10:54r  10:58    0   90  0.066  0.020      
French Guiana 
Cayenne                 -  r  09:53   11:11    8   90  0.924  0.85305m42s
Guyana
Georgetown              -  r  09:50   11:04    2   90  0.920  0.850      
Paraguay
Asuncion              09:43   10:36   11:34   12   84  0.293  0.178      
Peru
Lima                    -  r  11:00r  11:12    0   90  0.143  0.062      
Suriname
Paramaribo              -  r  09:51   11:07    5   90  0.923  0.85205m01s
Uruguay 
Montevideo            10:14   10:58   11:44   16   78  0.168  0.079      
Venezuela 
Caracas                 -  r  10:19r  10:56    0   90  0.492  0.372      
Maracaibo               -  r  10:38r  10:55    0   90  0.232  0.126      

All times are Universal Time

'r' indicates eclipse in progress at sunrise

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