Eclipses During 2006

Fred Espenak
Published in Observer's Handbook 2006, Royal Astronomical Society of Canada

Total Solar Eclipse of 2006 March 29

Tables for Local Circumstances

Table 2A - South America and Atlantic Ocean

Local Circumstances for Total Solar Eclipse of 2006 Mar 29

 Geographic           Eclipse Maximum Eclipse Sun  Sun   Ecl.   Ecl.
  Location             Begins Eclipse   Ends  Alt   Az   Mag.   Obs.
                        h:m     h:m     h:m    o    o
Brazil
Belem                   -  r  09:18r  09:34    0   87  0.296  0.186      
Belo Horizonte          -  r  09:04r  09:19    0   87  0.241  0.138      
Brasilia                -  r  09:19r  09:23    0   87  0.077  0.026      
Cava                    -  r  09:03r  09:16    0   86  0.196  0.102      
Fortaleza               -  r  08:39r  09:35    0   87  0.936  0.928      
Japeri                  -  r  09:04r  09:16    0   86  0.184  0.093      
Recife                  -  r  08:34   09:33    2   86  0.960  0.958      
Rio de Janeiro          -  r  09:02r  09:16    0   86  0.202  0.106      
Salvador                -  r  08:41r  09:27    0   87  0.749  0.692      
French Guiana 
Cayenne                 -  r  09:32r  09:38    0   87  0.104  0.040      
Canary Islands
Las Palmas G.Canaria  08:43   09:35   10:31   34  106  0.367  0.255      
Santa Cruz Tenerife   08:44   09:35   10:29   33  106  0.353  0.241      
Cape Verde
Praia                 08:10   09:04   10:03   21   92  0.530  0.429

All times are Universal Time

'r' indicates eclipse in progress at sunrise

Table 2B - Africa

Local Circumstances for Total Solar Eclipse of 2006 Mar 29

 Geographic           Eclipse Maximum Eclipse Sun  Sun   Ecl.   Ecl.  Central
  Location             Begins Eclipse   Ends  Alt   Az   Mag.   Obs.  Duration
                        h:m     h:m     h:m    o    o
Algeria 
Algiers               09:11   10:15   11:22   50  140  0.515  0.413      
Angola
Luanda                08:05   09:04   10:08   56   70  0.407  0.296      
Cameroon
Yaounde               08:11   09:24   10:43   61   90  0.744  0.688      
Chad
Ndjamena              08:28   09:46   11:08   69  113  0.842  0.811      
Congo 
Brazzaville           08:10   09:14   10:23   62   75  0.473  0.367      
Dem. Rep. of the Congo
Kinshasa              08:10   09:14   10:23   62   75  0.472  0.366      
Egypt 
Alexandria            09:27   10:47   12:06   61  202  0.919  0.909      
Cairo                 09:28   10:48   12:06   61  205  0.865  0.841      
Luxor                 09:24   10:43   12:01   65  210  0.733  0.674      
Ethiopia
Addis Abeba           09:31   10:23   11:14   76  247  0.201  0.106      
Ghana 
Accra                 08:01   09:11   10:30   47   91  1.048  1.000     2m58s
Guinea
Conakry               08:01   09:03   10:13   31   92  0.748  0.692      
Ivory Coast 
Abidjan               07:58   09:07   10:23   42   90  0.979  0.982      
Kenya 
Nairobi               09:42   09:56   10:10   83  315  0.013  0.002      
Libya 
Tripoli               09:09   10:23   11:41   58  156  0.765  0.714      
Mali
Bamako                08:09   09:15   10:28   39   96  0.754  0.700      
Morocco 
Casablanca            08:59   09:55   10:54   42  120  0.392  0.280      
Rabat                 09:00   09:57   10:56   43  122  0.397  0.285      
Nigeria 
Ibadan                08:07   09:19   10:39   52   94  0.983  0.987      
Lagos                 08:05   09:18   10:37   52   93  0.967  0.968      
Senegal 
Dakar                 08:10   09:09   10:13   28   94  0.592  0.502      
Sierra Leone
Freetown              07:59   09:02   10:12   31   91  0.777  0.728      
Sudan 
Khartoum              09:11   10:24   11:37   76  211  0.499  0.395      
Togo
Lome                  08:03   09:14   10:33   49   92  1.000  1.000      
Tunisia 
Tunis                 09:15   10:25   11:38   54  155  0.640  0.560      
Uganda
Kampala               09:05   09:51   10:37   87   19  0.159  0.076

All times are Universal Time

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