Solar eclipse

During the year 2009, two solar eclipse

• 2009 Jan 26: Annular Solar Eclipse
• 2009 Jul 22:  Total Solar Eclipse

and four lunar eclipses occur as follows:

• 2009 Feb 09: Penumbral Lunar Eclipse
• 2009 Jul 07: Penumbral Lunar Eclipse
• 2009 Aug 06: Penumbral Lunar Eclipse
• 2009 Dec 31: Partial Lunar Eclipse

On Wednesday, 2009 July 22, a total eclipse of the Sun is visible from within a narrow corridor that traverses half of Earth. The path of the Moon’s umbral shadow begins in India & crosses through Nepal, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Myanmar and China.

The North Iwo Jima island is the landmass with totality time closest to maximum. A partial eclipse is seen from a much larger area covering East Asia, Indonesia, & the South Pacific. Local circumstances for a number of cities are here:

• Afghanistan – Kabul
• Bangladesh – Dacca
• Burma – Yangon
• Cambodia – Phnum Pénh
• China – Beijing, Chengdu, Chongqing, Hong Kong, Guangzhou, Harbin, Nanjing, Shanghai, Shenyang, Shuicheng, Tianjin, Wuhan, Xi’an, Zibo
• India – Ahmadabad, Bangalore, Bombay, Calcutta, Delhi, Hyderabad, Madras, Pune
• Iran – Tehran
• Japan – Tokyo
• Korea, South – Seoul
• Mongolia – Ulaanbaatar
• Philippines – Manila
• Singapore – Singapore
• Sri Lanka – Colombo
• Taiwan – T’aipei
• Thailand – Bangkok
• United States – Honolulu, HI
• Vietnam – Ho Chi Minh

This eclipse is the longest total solar eclipse that will occur in the twenty-first century, & will not be surpassed in duration until 2132.

(eclipse.gsfc.nasa.gov)