ECLIPSE
EVENTS OF 2008
In the year 2008, there are four eclipses,
two of the Sun and two of the Moon
1. FEBRUARY 7..…..…........ Annular eclipse of the SUN
2. FEBRUARY 21 .................Total eclipse of the MOON
3. AUGUST 1 ........................ Total eclipse of the SUN
4. AUGUST 16 ...................... Partial eclipse of the MOON
1. Annular eclipse of the SUN, Magha 18, 1929 S.E. ;
The eclipse is not visible in INDIA
Area of visibility: The eclipse will be visible in the region covering
most of
CIRCUMSTANCES
OF THE ECLIPSE
|
|
Universal Time |
Indian Standard Time |
Latitude |
Longitude |
|
Eclipse
begins Central
Eclipse begins Greatest
Eclipse # Central
Eclipse ends Eclipse ends |
7d 1h
38.5m 7d 3h
24.0m 7d 3h
55.0m 7d 4h
26.6m 7d 6h 11.9m |
7d 7h
08.5m 7d 8h
54.0m 7d 9h
25.0m 7d 9h
56.6m 7d 11h 41.9m |
-
57º 53'.8 -
72º 56'.9 -
67º 35'.9 -
47º 46'.5 - 13º 59'.4 |
+
42º 35'.4 -
72º 35'.7 -
150º 26'.4 -
135º 20'.2 -
175º 29'.3 |
#
Magnitude of the eclipse = 0.965; Duration of annular phase = 2m 11s
2. Total eclipse of the Moon, Phalguna 2, 1929 S.E. ;
The eclipse is partly visible in INDIA
Area of visibility : The eclipse will be visible in the region covering
The beginning of the umbral phase will be visible from
The ending will be visible in
CIRCUMSTANCES OF
THE ECLIPSE
|
|
Universal Time |
Indian Standard Time |
Angles
of Position from the North Point of Moon's limb (N.E.S.W) |
The Moon being in the Zenith in |
|
|
Latitude |
Longitude |
||||
|
Moon
enters penumbra Moon
enters umbra Moon
enters totality Middle
of the eclipse # Moon
leaves totality Moon
leaves umbra Moon leaves penumbra |
21d 0h
34.9m 21d 1h
42.9m 21d 3h
00.5m 21d 3h
26.0m 21d 3h
51.5m 21d 5h
09.1m 21d 6h 17.2m |
21d 6h
04.9m 21d 7h
12.9m 21d 8h
30.5m 21d 8h
56.0m 21d 9h
21.5m 21d 10h
39.1m 21d 11h 47.2m |
102º 93º 56º - 357º 320º 311º |
+
11º 10' +
10º 53' +
10º 34' +
10º 28' +
10º 22' +
10º 03' + 09º 46' |
-
6º 45' -
23º 17' -
42º 05' -
48º 15' -
54º 25' -
73º 14' -
89º 45' |
#
Magnitude of the eclipse = 1.111
LOCAL
CIRCUMSTANCES RELATING TO
PLACES
WHERE BEGINNING OF THE PARTIAL PHASE WILL BE SEEN.
ONLY
THE BEGINNING OF THE PARTIAL PHASE OF THE ECLIPSE WILL BE VISIBLE
AT
THE EXTREME NORTH- WESTERN PARTS OF
THE
ECLIPSE WILL BEGIN WHEN THE MOON WILL BE NEAR THE WESTERN HORIZON.
Eclipse
ends at 7h 13m I.S.T.
|
Place |
Moon set (Upper Limb) (I.S.T.) |
|
Bhuj |
7h 19m |
|
Dwarka |
7h 21m |
|
|
7h 17m |
|
Jaisalmer |
7h 18m |
|
Lakhpat |
7h 24m |
|
Porbandar |
7h 19m |
3. Total eclipse of the SUN, Sravana 10, 1930 S.E. ;
The eclipse is visible in
Area of visibility : The eclipse will be visible in the region covering
northern and eastern parts of
CIRCUMSTANCES
OF THE ECLIPSE
|
|
Universal Time |
Indian Standard Time |
Latitude |
Longitude |
|
Eclipse
begins Central
Eclipse begins Greatest
Eclipse # Central
Eclipse ends Eclipse ends |
1d 8h
04.1m 1d 9h
22.6m 1d 10h
21.1m 1d 11h
20.0m 1d 12h 38.4m |
1d 13h
34.1m 1d 14h
52.6m 1d 15h
51.1m 1d 16h
50.0m 1d 18h 08.4m |
50º 12'.4 68º 16'.7 65º 39'.0 33º 29'.1 11º 09'.9 |
-
52º 14'.4 -
103º 07'.3 72º 17'.2 113º 53'.1 85º 36'.2 |
#
Magnitude of the eclipse = 1.040; Duration of total phase = 2m 30s.
LOCAL
CIRCUMSTANCES OF THE PARTIAL PHASE RELATING TO CERTAIN PLACES IN
|
Place |
Eclipse Begins (I.S.T.) |
Greatest Phase (I.S.T.) |
Magnitude |
Eclipse Ends (I.S.T.) |
Sunset
(I.S.T.) |
|
Agartala |
16h 15.4m |
17h 10.2m |
0.690 |
18h 00.9m |
18h 08m |
|
Ahmedabad |
16h 16.4m |
17h 10.8m |
0.459 |
18h 00.8m |
19h 21m |
|
Aizawl |
16h 15.5m |
17h 10.1m |
0.702 |
18h 00.5m |
18h 02m |
|
|
16h 07.9m |
17h 05.6m |
0.551 |
17h 58.5m |
19h 19m |
|
|
16h 11.4m |
17h 08.3m |
0.623 |
18h 00.6m |
18h 48m |
|
|
15h 55.5m |
16h 56.7m |
0.645 |
17h 52.6m |
19h 27m |
|
|
16h 42.4m |
17h 26.1m |
0.312 |
18h 07.0m |
18h 46m |
|
|
16h 12.4m |
17h 08.6m |
0.675 |
18h 00.4m |
18h 27m |
|
|
16h 16.0m |
17h 11.4m |
0.527 |
18h 02.2m |
19h 02m |
|
|
16h 22.9m |
17h 15.9m |
0.565 |
18h 04.9m |
18h 24m |
|
Cannanore |
16h 46.7m |
17h 27.5m |
0.258 |
18h 05.8m |
18h 54m |
|
|
15h 58.3m |
16h 58.8m |
0.656 |
17h 54.1m |
19h 17m |
|
Chennai |
16h 40.9m |
17h 25.9m |
0.346 |
18h 07.7m |
18h 36m |
|
|
16h 52.0m |
17h 29.9m |
0.225 |
18h 05.6m |
18h 48m |
|
|
16h 10.4m |
17h 06.9m |
0.718 |
17h 58.9m |
18h 19m |
|
|
16h 22.4m |
17h 15.6m |
0.570 |
18h 04.7m |
18h 24m |
|
|
16h 08.9m |
17h 05.9m |
0.721 |
17h 58.3m |
18h 25m |
|
|
15h 59.7m |
16h 59.8m |
0.663 |
17h 54.9m |
19h 12m |
|
|
16h 03.3m |
17h 02.5m |
0.624 |
17h 56.7m |
19h 12m |
|
Dibrugarh |
16h 08.5m |
17h 04.4m |
0.791 |
17h 56.0m |
17h 59m |
|
Dwarka |
16h 18.2m |
17h 10.9m |
0.396 |
17h 59.4m |
19h 34m |
|
Gandhinagar |
16h 15.8m |
17h 10.5m |
0.465 |
18h 00.7m |
19h 21m |
|
Gangtok |
16h 08.4m |
17h 05.4m |
0.729 |
17h 58.0m |
18h 24m |
|
|
16h 13.2m |
17h 09.4m |
0.645 |
18h 01.1m |
18h 34m |
|
Guwahati |
16h 10.9m |
17h 06.8m |
0.738 |
17h 58.4m |
18h 09m |
|
|
16h 00.6m |
17h 00.5m |
0.657 |
17h 55.3m |
19h 11m |
|
Hazaribagh |
16h 14.9m |
17h 10.6m |
0.633 |
18h 01.8m |
18h 32m |
|
Hubli |
16h 36.8m |
17h 22.9m |
0.334 |
18h 05.8m |
18h 59m |
|
|
16h 30.3m |
17h 20.1m |
0.421 |
18h 06.2m |
18h 49m |
|
Imphal |
16h 13.5m |
17h 08.4m |
0.733 |
- |
17h 58m |
|
Itanagar |
16h 09.1m |
17h 05.1m |
0.773 |
17h 56.8m |
18h 03m |
|
Jaipur |
16h 07.0m |
17h 05.1m |
0.575 |
17h 58.3m |
19h 15m |
|
Jalandhar |
15h 56.4m |
16h 57.4m |
0.645 |
17h 53.1m |
19h 25m |
|
|
15h 53.0m |
16h 54.7m |
0.663 |
17h 51.2m |
19h 29m |
|
Kanyakumari |
16h 57.0m |
17h 32.0m |
0.194 |
18h 05.2m |
18h 40m |
|
Kavalur |
16h 42.9m |
17h 26.6m |
0.318 |
18h 07.4m |
18h 41m |
|
Kavaratti |
16h 53.0m |
17h 29.1m |
0.190 |
18h 03.2m |
19h 03m |
|
Kohima |
16h 11.9m |
17h 07.1m |
0.751 |
17h 58.2m |
18h 00m |
|
|
16h 33.3m |
17h 20.9m |
0.351 |
18h 05.0m |
19h 05m |
|
Kolkata |
16h 18.0m |
17h 12.5m |
0.637 |
18h 02.7m |
18h 17m |
|
Koraput |
16h 26.3m |
17h 18.1m |
0.501 |
18h 06.0m |
18h 34m |
|
|
16h 48.3m |
17h 28.3m |
0.249 |
18h 05.8m |
18h 51m |
|
|
16h 34.5m |
17h 22.3m |
0.382 |
18h 06.7m |
18h 48m |
|
|
16h 08.2m |
17h 06.1m |
0.637 |
17h 59.1m |
18h 54m |
|
|
16h 50.6m |
17h 29.8m |
0.248 |
18h 06.6m |
18h 40m |
|
Mangalore |