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 2D - Middle East

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
Iran
Esfahan               10:12   11:23   12:29   42  242  0.604  0.516      
Mashhad               10:27   11:35   12:37   32  248  0.632  0.549      
Tehran                10:13   11:25   12:32   40  240  0.696  0.627      
Iraq
Baghdad               09:58   11:13   12:24   48  231  0.722  0.660      
Israel
Jerusalem             09:38   10:57   12:13   57  215  0.832  0.799      
Tel Aviv-Yafo         09:37   10:56   12:13   57  214  0.848  0.819      
Jordan
'Amman                09:39   10:58   12:14   56  216  0.824  0.789      
Kuwait
Kuwait City           10:04   11:14   12:21   48  239  0.555  0.459      
Lebanon 
Beirut                09:41   11:00   12:16   55  215  0.881  0.861      
Saudi Arabia
Jiddah                09:36   10:48   11:58   63  230  0.495  0.391      
Mecca                 09:38   10:49   11:58   63  231  0.481  0.376      
Riyadh                09:59   11:07   12:11   52  241  0.441  0.331      
Syria 
Damascus              09:42   11:01   12:17   54  216  0.857  0.831      
Halab                 09:47   11:05   12:20   51  217  0.912  0.900

All times are Universal Time

Table 2E - Asia

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
Afghanistan 
Kabul                 10:44   11:44   12:39   23  257  0.508  0.404      
Armenia 
Jerevan               10:03   11:18   12:30   43  228  0.912  0.900      
Azerbaijan
Baku                  10:11   11:25   12:34   39  235  0.853  0.825      
Bangladesh
Chittagong            11:34   11:55     -      2  273  0.067  0.021      
Dacca                 11:28   11:55     -      3  272  0.111  0.044      
China 
Chengdu               11:13   11:18s    -      0  274  0.066  0.020      
Georgia 
Tbilisi               10:05   11:19   12:30   41  227  0.951  0.949      
India 
Ahmadabad             11:11   11:44   12:14   22  264  0.117  0.048      
Calcutta              11:32   11:54   12:16    5  272  0.070  0.022      
Delhi                 11:04   11:49   12:32   16  265  0.283  0.175      
Kanpur                11:12   11:51   12:28   13  267  0.204  0.108      
Nagpur                11:32   11:49   12:05   15  268  0.032  0.007      
Kazakhstan
Alma-Ata              10:45   11:48   12:45   15  260  0.761  0.707      
Kyrgyzstan
Bishkek (Frunze)      10:44   11:47   12:45   17  259  0.756  0.701      
Mongolia
Ulaanbaatar           10:54   11:14s    -      0  275  0.367  0.254      
Pakistan
Karachi               10:54   11:38   12:20   28  260  0.209  0.112      
Lahore                10:55   11:48   12:37   19  262  0.389  0.276      
Tajikistan
Dusanbe               10:40   11:44   12:42   23  255  0.641  0.560      
Turkey
Ankara                09:45   11:02   12:17   50  208  0.974  0.976      
Istanbul              09:42   10:58   12:13   51  200  0.886  0.867      
Izmir                 09:35   10:53   12:09   54  196  0.914  0.903      
Uzbekistan
Taskent               10:39   11:44   12:44   22  255  0.727  0.665

All times are Universal Time

's' indicates eclipse in progress at sunset

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