ECLIPSE EVENTS OF 2010

In the year 2010, there are four eclipses, two of the Sun and two of the Moon

1. JANUARY 15..…..…............ Annular eclipse of the SUN

2. JUNE 26 ....................... …..Partial eclipse of the MOON

3. JULY 11………………………Total eclipse of the Sun

4. DECEMBER 21 .................. Total eclipse of the MOON

 

 

 1. Annular eclipse of the SUN, Pausa 25, 1931 S.E. ; January 15, 2010 A.D. ; Friday

The eclipse will be visible in India.

Area of visibility: The annular path of the eclipse will pass through the region covering southern tip of Chad, the Central African Republic, the northern Democratic Republic of Congo, Uganda, Kenya, the southern tip of India, northern Sri Lanka, the south-eastern tip of Bangaladesh, Myanmer and south-eastern China.

 

CIRCUMSTANCES OF THE ECLIPSE

 

Universal Time

Indian Standard Time

Latitude

Longitude

Eclipse begins

Central Eclipse begins

Greatest Eclipse *

Central Eclipse ends

Eclipse ends

15d 4h 05.4m

15d 5h 17.6m

15d 7h 06.5m

15d 8h 55.4m

15d 10h 07.6m

15d 09h 35.4m

15d 10h 47.6m

15d 12h 36.5m

15d 14h 25.4m

15d 15h 37.6m

- 1º 19.5'

+ 6º 58.3'

+ 1º 37.1'

+ 36º 49.3'

+ 28º 47.9'

+ 30º 27.0'

+ 15º 38.8'

+ 69º 17.1'

+ 121º 41.2'

+ 108º 11.6'

* Magnitude of the eclipse = 0.920; Maximum duration of annular phase = 11m 04s

 

 ANNULAR ECLIPSE OF THE SUN ON JANUARY 15, 2010

 LOCAL CIRCUMSTANCES OF THE PARTIAL PHASE RELATING TO CERTAIN PLACES IN INDIA

Place

Eclipse Begins (I.S.T.)

Greatest Phase (I.S.T.)

Magnitude

Eclipse Ends (I.S.T.)

 Agartala

12h 16.3m

14h 03.0m

0.856

15h 31.6m

Ahmedabad

11h 27.2m

13h 22.3m

0.563

15h 03.5m

Aizawl

12h 19.6m

14h 05.0m

0.881

15h 32.7m

Ajmer

11h 41.7m

13h 31.2m

0.531

15h 06.8m

Allahabad

11h 56.7m

13h 47.5m

0.665

15h 21.0m

Amritsar

11h 55.7m

13h 35.0m

0.443

15h 03.0m

Bangalore

11h 16.5m

13h 23.5m

0.846

15h 11.1m

Bhagalpur

12h 08.5m

13h 57.0m

0.755

15h 27.7m

Bhopal

11h 40.5m

13h 35.7m

0.635

15h 14.0m

Bhubaneswar

11h 56.6m

13h 51.2m

0.840

15h 26.1m

Cannanore

11h 07.0m

13h 15.5m

0.831

15h 06.4m

Chandigarh

11h 57.5m

13h 39.4m

0.488

15h 08.5m

Chennai

11h 25.4m

13h 30.5m

0.891

15h 15.2m

Cochin

11h 05.7m

13h 14.9m

0.886

15h 06.0m

Cooch Behar

12h 15.8m

14h 01.5m

0.772

15h 30.0m

Cuttack

11h 57.1m

13h 51.5m

0.835

15h 26.2m

Darjeeling

12h 14.3m

14h 00.0m

0.737

15h 28.7m

Dehra Dun

11h 59.0m

13h 41.9m

0.513

15h 11.4m

Delhi

11h 53.2m

13h 39.1m

0.531

15h 11.0m

Dibrugarh

12h 28.8m

14h 09.4m

0.834

15h 33.9m

Dwarka

11h 15.9m

13h 10.3m

0.524

14h 54.2m

Gandhinagar

11h 28.2m

13h 23.0m

0.562

15h 03.8m

Gangtok

12h 15.5m

14h 00.6m

0.737

15h 28.9m

Gaya

12h 03.0m

13h 53.2m

0.731

15h 25.5m

Guwahati

12h 20.6m

14h 04.8m

0.812

15h 31.9m

Hardwar

11h 58.2m

13h 41.9m

0.521

15h 11.9m

Hazaribagh

12h 02.1m

13h 53.1m

0.752

15h 25.9m

Hubli

11h 14.4m

13h 20.2m

0.756

15h 08.4m

Hyderabad

11h 29.4m

13h 32.0m

0.769

15h 15.2m

Imphal

12h 23.7m

14h 07.2m

0.877

15h 33.5m

 Itanagar

12h 25.8m

14h 07.7m

0.821

15h 33.2m

Jaipur

11h 45.7m

13h 34.6m

0.541

15h 09.2m

Jalandhar

11h 55.7m

13h 35.9m

0.455

15h 04.3m

Jammu

11h 58.3m

13h 35.4m

0.425

15h 01.7m

Kanyakumari

11h 06.0m

13h 15.1m

0.919

15h 05.7m

Karaikal*

11h 17.8m

13h 24.8m

0.919

15h 11.6m

Kavalur

11h 19.7m

13h 26.2m

0.876

15h 12.7m

Kavaratti

10h 55.1m

13h 04.6m

0.812

14h 59.6m

Kohima

12h 25.1m

14h 07.8m

0.861

15h 33.6m

Kolhapur

11h 15.0m

13h 19.4m

0.713

15h 07.1m

Kolkata

12h 07.2m

13h 57.5m

0.834

15h 29.1m

Koraput

11h 45.1m

13h 43.6m

0.815

15h 22.0m

Kozhikode

11h 06.9m

13h 15.7m

0.851

15h 06.5m

Kurnool

11h 24.6m

13h 28.9m

0.795

15h 13.9m

Lucknow

11h 57.5m

13h 46.4m

0.623

15h 19.0m

Madurai*

11h 12.0m

13h 20.2m

0.919

15h 09.0m

Mangalore

11h 07.4m

13h 15.4m

0.800

15h 06.1m

Midnapore

12h 04.5m

13h 55.7m

0.819

15h 28.1m

Mt. Abu

11h 31.9m

13h 24.2m

0.536

15h 03.2m

Mumbai

11h 16.7m

13h 18.2m

0.644

15h 04.5m

Murshidabad

12h 09.8m

13h 58.5m

0.798

15h 29.1m

Muzaffarpur

12h 06.4m

13h 54.7m

0.711

15h 25.7m

Mysore

11h 11.9m

13h 19.8m

0.843

15h 09.0m

Nagapattinam*

11h 17.6m

13h 24.6m

0.919

15h 11.5m

Nagercoil*

11h 05.3m

13h 14.6m

0.919

15h 05.4m

Nagpur

11h 39.9m

13h 37.7m

0.705

15h 17.1m

Nainital

11h 59.8m

13h 44.6m

0.552

15h 14.9m

Nalgonda

11h 30.3m

13h 32.9m

0.739

15h 16.0m

Nashik

11h 22.4m

13h 22.5m

0.640

15h 06.8m

Nellore

11h 27.6m

13h 32.0m

0.858

15h 16.0m

Nowgang

12h 22.9m

14h 06.2m

0.824

15h 32.7m

Panjim

11h 10.6m

13h 16.3m

0.730

15h 05.7m

Patna

12h 04.7m

13h 53.9m

0.716

15h 25.5m

 Pondicherry

11h 21.6m

13h 27.8m

0.908

15h 13.5m

Port Blair

12h 04.6m

13h 54.2m

0.762

15h 24.1m

Pune

11h 18.6m

13h 20.8m

0.670

15h 06.8m

Puri

11h 55.8m

13h 50.8m

0.849

15h 26.0m

Raipur

11h 47.2m

13h 43.7m

0.747

15h 21.1m

Rajamundry

11h 38.4m

13h 39.4m

0.836

15h 20.0m

Rajkot

11h 20.3m

13h 15.9m

0.550

14h 59.1m

Rameswaram*

11h 14.0m

13h 21.7m

0.919

15h 09.6m

Ranchi

12h 01.2m

13h 52.9m

0.766

15h 26.1m

Sambalpur

11h 53.9m

13h 48.7m

0.782

15h 24.2m

Shillong

12h 20.1m

14h 04.7m

0.827

15h 32.1m

Sibsagar

12h 27.7m

14h 08.9m

0.840

15h 33.8m

Silchar

12h 21.1m

14h 05.6m

0.858

15h 32.8m

Siliguri

12h14.2m

14h 00.1m

0.747

15h 28.9m

Silvassa

11h 20.7m

13h 20.4m

0.622

15h 05.0m

Simla

11h 59.0m

13h 40.3m

0.485

15h 08.8m

Sivaganga*

11h 15.0m

13h 22.6m

0.919

15h 10.2m

Srinagar

12h 01.7m

13h 35.7m

0.401

14h 59.9m

Sringeri

11h 10.3m

13h 17.7m

0.797

15h 07.5m

Tamenlong

12h 23.1m

14h 06.8m

0.867

15h 33.3m

Tanjore*

11h 16.9m

13h 24.2m

0.919

15h 11.4m

Thimpu

12h 17.8m

14h 02.2m

0.750

15h 29.8m

Thiruvarur*

11h 17.1m

13h 24.3m

0.919

15h 11.3m

Tirunelveli*

11h 07.9m

13h 16.8m

0.919

15h 06.8m

Trichur

11h 06.7m

13h 15.7m

0.874

15h 06.5m

Trivandrum*

11h 05.1m

13h 14.5m

0.919

15h 05.5m

Udaipur

11h 34.4m

13h 27.1m

0.552

15h 05.6m

Ujjain

11h 36.0m

13h 31.4m

0.610

15h 10.7m

Vadodara

11h 26.8m

13h 23.3m

0.587

15h 05.2m

Varanasi

11h 59.2m

13h 49.7m

0.687

15h 22.7m

Vijaywada

11h 34.0m

13h 36.24m

0.826

15h 18.2m

* Indicate the places through which the annularity path passes

   TABLE OF ANNULAR PHASE OF CERTAIN PLACES IN INDIA FOR ANNULAR ECLIPSE ON JANUARY 15, 2010

Place

Annularity   begins       (second contact) (I.S.T.)

Greatest Phase (I.S.T.)

Annularity ends (third contact) (I.S.T.)

Duration of Annularity

 Kanayakumari

13h 10m 09.5s

13h 15m 08.6s

13h 20m 07.8s

9m 58s

Karaikal

13h 21m 00.2s

13h24m 48.8s

13h 28m 37.5s

7m 37s

Madurai

13h 18m 44.9s

13h 20m 14.2s

13h 21m 43.4s

2m 58s

Nagapattinam

13h 20m 39.4s

13h 24m 38.6s

13h 28m 37.8s

7m 58s

Nagercoil

13h 09m 47.1s

13h 14m 35.5s

13h 19m 24.0s

9m 37s

Rameswaram

13h 16m 41.0s

13h 21m 44.9s

13h 26m 48.9s

10m 08s

Sivaganga

13h 17m 37.3s

13h 22m 35.0s

13h 27m 32.8s

9m 56s

Tanjore

13h 20m 33.1s

13h 23m 34.8s

13h 26m 36.5s

6m 03s

Thiruvananthapuram

13h 10m 50.8s

13h 14m 28.5s

13h 18m 06.2s

7m 15s

Thiruvarur

13h 20m 33.1s

13h 24m 16.6s

13h 28m 00.0s

7m 27s

Tiruneveli

13h 12m 25.0s

13h 16m 47.8s

13h 21m 10.6s

8m 46s

 

 3. Total eclipse of the SUN, Asadha 20, 193 S.E. ; July 11, 2010 A.D. ; Sunday

The eclipse will not be visible in INDIA

 

Area of visibility: The total phase of the eclipse is visible from the Cook Island, French Polynesia, the south-eastern Pacific Ocean and the southern most parts of Chile and Argentina.

                                     The partial phase of the eclipse is visible from sourthern parts of South America and the South Pacific Ocean.

 

CIRCUMSTANCES OF THE ECLIPSE

 

Universal Time

Indian Standard Time

Latitude

Longitude

Eclipse begins

Central Eclipse begins

Greatest Eclipse *

Central Eclipse ends

Eclipse ends

11d 17h 09.6m

11d 18h 16.8m

11d 19h 33.5m

11d 20h 50.0m

11d 21h 57.2m

11d 22h 39.6m

11d 23h 46.8m

12d 01h 03.5m

12d 02h 20.0m

12d 03h 27.2m

- 11º 39.0'

- 26º 51.6'

- 19º 45.2'

-50º  51.6

- 36º 47.4'

- 161º 13.7'

-170º 59.3'

-121º 52.1'

- 70º 55.8'

- 75º 31.8'

* Magnitude of the eclipse = 1.059; Maximum duration of total phase = 5m 25s.

 

2. Partial eclipse of the MOON, Asadha 5, 1932 S.E. ; June 26, 2010 A.D. ; Saturday

The eclipse will be visible in INDIA .

 Area of visibility : The eclipse will be visible in the region covering eastern Asia, Australia, Anatartica, parts of  America and the Indian and the Pacific Ocean.

The places from where the beginning of the umbral phase is visible at the time of moonset during eclipse in the western horizon are the central parts of South America, North Atlantic Ocean, north-eastern parts of United States of America, central parts of Canada and Arctic Ocean.

The places from where the ending of umbral phase is visible at the time of moonrise during eclipse in the eastern horizon are Indian Ocean, extreme north-east part of India, middle of China, Mongolia and north-east part of Russia.

The ending of the eclipse is visible from the north-eastern part of India at the time of moonrise in the eastern horizon.

 CIRCUMSTANCES OF THE ECLIPSE

* Magnitude of the eclipse = 0.542

 

Universal Time

Indian Standard Time

Angles of Position from the North Point of Moon's limb

The Moon being in the Zenith in

Latitude

Longitude

 Moon enters penumbra

Moon enters umbra

Middle of the eclipse #

Moon leaves umbra

Moon leaves penumbra

26d 08h 55.5m

26d 10h 16.5m

26d 11h 38.5m

26d 13h 00.3m

26d 14h 21.4m

26d 14h 25.5m

26d 15h 46.5m

26d 17h 08.5m

26d 18h 30.3m

26d 19h 51.4m

56º

37º

--

307º

289º

-24º 11'

-24º05'

-24º 00'

-23º 55'

- 23º 49'

- 134º 31'

- 154º 05'

- 173º 48'

+ 166º 28'

+ 146º 54'

 Note : # Magnitude of the eclipse = 0.542 

  

4. Total eclipse of the MOON, Agrahayana 30, 1932 S.E. ; December 21, 2010 A.D. ; Tuesday

The eclipse will not visible in INDIA

 

Area of visibility : The eclipse will be visible in the region covering Europe, west Africa, the Americas, the Pacific Ocean, eastern Australia, the Philipines and eastern and northern Asia.

The places from where the beginning of the umbral phase is visible at the time of moonset during eclipse in the western horizon are the South Atlintic Ocean, parts of Europe and Arctic Ocean.

The places from where the ending of umbral phase is visible at the time of moonrise during eclipse in the eastern horizon are New Zealand, Austrilia, Indonesia, middle of China, central part of Russia and Arctic Ocean.

 CIRCUMSTANCES OF THE ECLIPSE

* Magnitude of the eclipse = 1.261

 

Universal Time

Indian Standard Time

Angles of Position from the North Point of Moon's limb

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 5h 27.7m

21d 6h 32.3m

21d 7h 40.4m

21d 8h 17.0m

21d 8h 53.6m

21d 10h 01.7m

21d 11h 06.1m

21d 10h 57.7m

21d 12h 02.3m

21d 13h 10.4m

21d 13h 47.0m

21d 14h 23.6m

21d 15h 31.7m

21d 16h 36.1m

107º

114º

139

- -

232º

257º

264º

+23º 53'

+23º50'

+23º 47'

+23º 45'

+ 23º 43'

+ 23º 39'

+ 23º 36'

- 84º 04'

- 99º 35'

- 115º 57'

- 124º 43'

- 133º 29'

- 149º 51'

- 165º 21'

 Note : # Magnitude of the eclipse = 1.261 

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