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Eclipses During 1996

by Fred Espenak

Published in Observer's Handbook 1996, Royal Astronomical Society of Canada

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                                Table 2

Local Circumstances for  Partial Solar Eclipse of 1996 April 17

 Geographic           Eclipse Maximum Eclipse Sun  Sun   Ecl.   Ecl.
  Location             Begins Eclipse   Ends  Alt   Az   Mag.   Obs.
                        h:m     h:m     h:m    š    š
New Zealand
Christchurch           20:44   21:26   22:11   22   49  0.166  0.079
Wellington             20:49   21:28   22:10   25   47  0.132  0.056


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                                Table 4

Local Circumstances for  Partial Solar Eclipse of 1996 October 12

 Geographic           Eclipse Maximum Eclipse Sun  Sun   Ecl.   Ecl.
  Location             Begins Eclipse   Ends  Alt   Az   Mag.   Obs.
                        h:m     h:m     h:m    š    š 
Canada
Charlottetown, PE      12:24   12:49   13:13   22  128  0.046  0.012
Saint John's, NF       12:17   13:02   13:50   27  142  0.161  0.075
Europe
Amsterdam, Nether.     13:04   14:22   15:34   19  227  0.634  0.538
Athens, Greece         13:59   15:03     -  s   9  253  0.460  0.343
Beograd, Yug.          13:38   14:49   15:53   11  247  0.569  0.463
Brussels, Belgium      13:06   14:24   15:36   20  227  0.617  0.518
Bucharest, Romania     13:45   14:53     -  s   7  252  0.561  0.453
Budapest, Hungary      13:31   14:43   15:49   12  245  0.604  0.502
Dublin, Ireland        12:48   14:07   15:22   24  212  0.602  0.500
Frankfurt, Germany     13:13   14:30   15:40   18  232  0.621  0.522
Helsinki, Finland      13:11   14:22     -  s   6  243  0.722  0.641
Kiev, Ukraine          13:35   14:43     -  s   4  253  0.635  0.537

Kobenhavn, Denmark     13:07   14:23   15:33   14  233  0.680  0.592
Lisbon, Portugal       13:11   14:27   15:37   35  219  0.394  0.276
London, UK             12:59   14:18   15:31   23  221  0.609  0.508
Madrid, Spain          13:15   14:32   15:43   31  225  0.452  0.335
Moscow, Russia         13:28   14:35     -  s   0  257  0.681  0.592
Munchen, Germany       13:20   14:36   15:45   17  237  0.604  0.503
Oslo, Norway           12:59   14:14   15:24   13  229  0.707  0.623
Paris, France          13:07   14:25   15:38   23  226  0.589  0.486
Praha, Czech.          13:20   14:35   15:43   14  239  0.630  0.533
Reykjavik, Iceland     12:24   13:38   14:51   18  186  0.622  0.523

Roma, Italy            13:35   14:48   15:54   18  242  0.523  0.411
St. Petersburg, Russia 13:15   14:25     -  s   3  249  0.720  0.638
Stockholm, Sweden      13:06   14:20   15:28   10  237  0.714  0.631
Warsaw, Poland         13:23   14:35   15:42   10  244  0.658  0.565
Wien, Austria          13:26   14:40   15:47   14  242  0.611  0.510
Zurich, Switz.         13:18   14:34   15:44   19  234  0.589  0.486
Africa & Asia
Cairo, Egypt           14:28   15:17     -  s   2  260  0.293  0.179
Casablanca, Morocco    13:28   14:38   15:43   37  226  0.317  0.202
Istanbul, Turkey       13:56   15:00     -  s   5  256  0.505  0.391
Tel Aviv, Israel       14:24   15:11s    -  s   0  261  0.322  0.206

                        All times are Greenwich Mean Time.  
                       'r' indicates eclipse in progress at sunrise.
                       's' indicates eclipse in progress at sunset.

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WebMaster: Fred Espenak
Planetary Systems Branch - Code 693
e-mail: espenak@lepvax.gsfc.nasa.gov

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Last revised: 1996 Aug 3 - F. Espenak