Figure 1

Annular Solar Eclipse of 2009 Jan 26

Ecliptic Conjunction = 07:56:22.8 TD ( = 07:55:17.1 UT )
Greatest Eclipse = 07:59:44.3 TD ( = 07:58:38.6 UT )

Eclipse Magnitude = 0.9282 Gamma = -0.2820

Saros Series = 131 Member = 50 of 70

Sun at Greatest Eclipse Moon at Greatest Eclipse
(Geocentric Coordinates) N (Geocentric Coordinates)
R.A. = 20h35m32.8s R.A. = 20h35m55.2s
Dec. = -1838'55.0" Dec. = -1853'18.3"
S.D. = 0016'14.6" S.D. = 0014'51.6"
H.P. = 0000'08.9" H.P. = 0054'32.2"

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P2 = 07:21:05.7 UT U2 = 06:08:58.2 UT
P3 = 08:36:30.6 UT S U3 = 09:48:28.4 UT
P4 = 11:00:40.8 UT U4 = 09:54:43.6 UT
Local Circumstances at Greatest Eclipse
Lat. = 3404.6'S Sun Alt. = 73.4
Constants & Ephemeris Long. = 07014.0'E Sun Azm. = 337.0 Geocentric Libration
(Optical + Physical)
!T = 65.7 s Path Width = 280.2 km Duration = 07m53.6s
k1 = 0.2724880 l = -3.01
k2 = 0.2722810 b = 0.38
!b = 0.0" !l = 0.0" 0 1000 2000 3000 4000 5000 c = -12.94
Kilometers Brown Lun. No. = 1065
Eph. = VSOP87/ELP2000-85
F. Espenak, NASAs GSFC
eclipse.gsfc.nasa.gov/eclipse.html