Table 11. Circumstances at Maximum Eclipse on 1997 March 9
for Southern Asia

Table 11a

                                                    U.T. of 
                                                    Maximum            Sun Sun  Eclip. Eclip.  Umbral 
Location Name        Latitude   Longitude   Elev.   Eclipse     P   V  Alt Azm   Mag.   Obs.  Duration
                                              m     h  m  s     °    °    °   °
BANGLADESH
Chittagong           22°20.0´N  091°50.0´E     -   00:08 Rise   -   -    0  95  0.482  0.375          
Dhaka                23°43.0´N  090°25.0´E     -   00:15 Rise   -   -    0  95  0.497  0.392          
Khulna               22°48.0´N  089°33.0´E     -   00:18 Rise   -   -    0  95  0.448  0.338          
Mirpur               23°47.0´N  090°21.0´E     -   00:15 Rise   -   -    0  95  0.498  0.392          
Narayanganj          23°37.0´N  090°30.0´E     -   00:14 Rise   -   -    0  95  0.496  0.391          

BHUTAN
Thimbu               27°28.0´N  089°39.0´E     -   00:19 Rise   -   -    0  95  0.584  0.491          

INDIA
Allahabad            25°27.0´N  081°51.0´E     -   00:49 Rise   -   -    0  95  0.135  0.059          
Asansol              23°41.0´N  086°59.0´E     -   00:28 Rise   -   -    0  95  0.374  0.261          
Behala               22°31.0´N  088°19.0´E     -   00:23 Rise   -   -    0  95  0.397  0.284          
Calcutta             22°32.0´N  088°22.0´E     7   00:22 Rise   -   -    0  95  0.403  0.291          
Cuttack              20°30.0´N  085°50.0´E     -   00:32 Rise   -   -    0  95  0.227  0.126          
Dhanbad              23°48.0´N  086°27.0´E     -   00:30 Rise   -   -    0  95  0.352  0.239          
Durgapur             23°29.0´N  087°20.0´E     -   00:27 Rise   -   -    0  95  0.384  0.271          
Gorakhpur            26°45.0´N  083°22.0´E     -   00:44 Rise   -   -    0  95  0.263  0.157          
Haora                22°35.0´N  088°20.0´E     -   00:22 Rise   -   -    0  95  0.400  0.287          
Jamshedpur           22°48.0´N  086°11.0´E     -   00:31 Rise   -   -    0  95  0.310  0.199          

Kanpur               26°28.0´N  080°21.0´E     -   00:56 Rise   -   -    0  95  0.065  0.020          
Lucknow              26°51.0´N  080°55.0´E   131   00:52 Rise   -   -    0  95  0.139  0.062          
Patna                25°36.0´N  085°07.0´E     -   00:36 Rise   -   -    0  95  0.333  0.221          
Ranchi               23°21.0´N  085°20.0´E     -   00:35 Rise   -   -    0  95  0.282  0.173          
Raurkela             22°13.0´N  084°53.0´E     -   00:36 Rise   -   -    0  95  0.226  0.125          
Varanasi             25°20.0´N  083°00.0´E     -   00:45 Rise   -   -    0  95  0.203  0.107          

NEPAL
Wiratnagar           26°29.0´N  087°17.0´E     -   00:28 Rise   -   -    0  95  0.469  0.360          

CAMBODIA
Angkor Wat           13°26.0´N  103°52.0´E     -   23:57:33.7  343  59   9  97  0.262  0.156          
Kampong Saom         10°38.0´N  103°30.0´E     -   23:54:56.2  343  62   9  96  0.181  0.091          
Phnom Penh           11°33.0´N  104°55.0´E    13   23:56:05.7  343  60  10  97  0.209  0.112          

LAOS
Savannakhet          16°33.0´N  104°45.0´E     -   00:00:57.1  343  55  11  98  0.349  0.236          
Vientiane            17°58.0´N  102°36.0´E   183   00:01:49.6  343  54   9  98  0.386  0.274          

MYANMAR
Bago                 17°20.0´N  096°29.0´E     -   00:00:08.9  344  56   3  96  0.361  0.248          
Mandalay             22°00.0´N  096°05.0´E    83   00:05:04.1  344  52   3  96  0.485  0.378          
Mawlamyine           16°30.0´N  097°38.0´E    49   23:59:25.3  344  57   4  96  0.340  0.228          
Pathein              16°47.0´N  094°44.0´E     -   23:59:32.1  344  57   1  95  0.343  0.230          
Yangon               16°47.0´N  096°10.0´E     -   23:59:35.2  344  57   2  95  0.346  0.233          

THAILAND
Bangkok              13°45.0´N  100°31.0´E    17   23:57:09.7  344  59   6  96  0.268  0.161          
Chiang Mai           18°47.0´N  098°59.0´E     -   00:01:55.9  344  54   5  97  0.404  0.292          
Khon Kaen            16°26.0´N  102°50.0´E     -   00:00:16.3  343  56   9  97  0.345  0.232          
Nakhon Ratchasima    14°58.0´N  102°07.0´E     -   23:58:37.4  343  58   8  97  0.304  0.193          

VIETNAM
Bien Hoa             10°57.0´N  106°49.0´E     -   23:56:07.7  343  61  12  97  0.192  0.099          
Can Tho              10°02.0´N  105°47.0´E     -   23:54:59.9  343  62  11  97  0.165  0.079          
Da Nang              16°04.0´N  108°13.0´E     -   00:01:45.0  342  55  14  99  0.336  0.224          
Hai Phong            20°52.0´N  106°41.0´E     -   00:06:34.7  342  50  13 100  0.463  0.355          
Ha Noi               21°02.0´N  105°51.0´E     7   00:06:25.6  342  50  12 100  0.467  0.359          
Ho Chi Minh          10°45.0´N  106°40.0´E    11   23:55:53.9  343  61  12  97  0.186  0.095          
Hue                  16°28.0´N  107°42.0´E     -   00:01:57.7  342  54  14  99  0.347  0.234          
Nam Dinh             20°25.0´N  106°10.0´E     -   00:05:49.2  342  50  12 100  0.452  0.342          
Nha Trang            12°15.0´N  109°11.0´E     -   23:58:14.8  342  58  15  98  0.229  0.128          
Vinh                 18°40.0´N  105°40.0´E     -   00:03:35.4  343  53  12  99  0.406  0.294          

SAIPAN
Susupe               15°09.0´N  145°43.0´E     -   00:44:11.9  333  25  58 126  0.091  0.033          


Table 11b

Location Name        First Contact         Second Contact          Third Contact         Fourth Contact
                   U.T.     P   V  Alt    U.T.     P   V  Alt    U.T.     P   V  Alt    U.T.     P   V  Alt
                 h  m  s     °   °    °   h  m  s     °   °    °   h  m  s     °   °    °   h  m  s     °   °    °
BANGLADESH
Chittagong          -                      -                      -                  00:54:44.9  42 108 10
Dhaka               -                      -                      -                  00:57:04.4  44 109  9
Khulna              -                      -                      -                  00:54:49.3  43 109  8
Mirpur              -                      -                      -                  00:57:11.1  44 109  9
Narayanganj         -                      -                      -                  00:56:54.0  44 109  9

BHUTAN
Thimbu              -                      -                      -                  01:04:18.2  50 111  9

INDIA
Allahabad           -                      -                      -                  00:58:03.1  46 111  2
Asansol             -                      -                      -                  00:55:47.0  44 110  6
Behala              -                      -                      -                  00:53:47.5  42 109  7
Calcutta            -                      -                      -                  00:53:50.6  42 109  7
Cuttack             -                      -                      -                  00:48:45.4  38 108  4
Dhanbad             -                      -                      -                  00:55:51.7  44 110  5
Durgapur            -                      -                      -                  00:55:28.9  44 110  6
Gorakhpur           -                      -                      -                  01:00:52.8  48 111  3
Haora               -                      -                      -                  00:53:56.2  42 109  7
Jamshedpur          -                      -                      -                  00:53:43.8  42 109  5

Kanpur              -                      -                      -                  00:59:45.5  48 111  1
Lucknow             -                      -                      -                  01:00:34.7  48 111  1
Patna               -                      -                      -                  00:59:05.2  47 111  5
Ranchi              -                      -                      -                  00:54:38.1  43 110  4
Raurkela            -                      -                      -                  00:52:10.9  41 109  3
Varanasi            -                      -                      -                  00:58:03.1  46 111  3

NEPAL
Wiratnagar          -                      -                      -                  01:01:28.9  48 111  7

CAMBODIA
Angkor Wat      23:18:51.9 302  18  0      -                      -                  00:39:03.8  24  98 19
Kampong Saom    23:22:05.7 309  28  1      -                      -                  00:29:42.9  17  95 17
Phnom Penh      23:20:45.7 306  25  2      -                      -                  00:33:43.5  19  96 19

LAOS
Savannakhet     23:17:02.6 295   8  1      -                      -                  00:48:32.9  31 101 22
Vientiane           -                      -                      -                  00:50:42.7  34 103 20

MYANMAR
Bago                -                      -                      -                  00:45:26.2  33 104 13
Mandalay            -                      -                      -                  00:56:07.6  41 107 14
Mawlamyine          -                      -                      -                  00:43:55.5  31 103 14
Pathein             -                      -                      -                  00:43:13.2  32 104 11
Yangon              -                      -                      -                  00:43:53.9  32 104 13

THAILAND
Bangkok             -                      -                      -                  00:37:59.0  25 100 16
Chiang Mai          -                      -                      -                  00:50:23.1  36 105 16
Khon Kaen           -                      -                      -                  00:46:53.1  31 102 20
Nakhon RatchaÉ      -                      -                      -                  00:42:24.6  28 101 18

VIETNAM
Bien Hoa        23:21:35.4 307  26  4      -                      -                  00:32:51.4  18  94 21
Can Tho         23:22:58.1 310  30  3      -                      -                  00:28:51.8  15  93 19
Da Nang         23:17:23.2 295   9  4      -                      -                  00:49:54.8  29  99 25
Hai Phong       23:16:48.9 286 355  2      -                      -                  01:01:06.7  38 103 25
Ha Noi          23:16:47.7 286 355  1      -                      -                  01:00:47.6  39 103 24
Ho Chi Minh     23:21:52.1 308  27  4      -                      -                  00:32:02.7  17  94 21
Hue             23:17:11.2 294   8  3      -                      -                  00:50:36.5  30 100 25
Nam Dinh        23:16:42.7 287 357  1      -                      -                  00:59:34.2  37 103 25
Nha Trang       23:20:14.4 304  21  6      -                      -                  00:38:58.6  20  95 25
Vinh            23:16:37.9 290   2  1      -                      -                  00:54:47.7  35 102 24

SAIPAN
Susupe          00:09:58.2 310   9 51      -                      -                  01:19:35.2 357  37 64

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