Total Solar Eclipse of 2006 March 29

Table 1 - Elements of the Eclipse

Table adapted from "Total Solar Eclipse of 2006 March 29" (NASA/TP-2004-212762).


Geocentric Conjunction      10:34:22.25 TDT     J.D. = 2453823.940535
 of Sun & Moon in R.A.:   (=10:33:17.35 UT)

      Instant of            10:12:22.57 TDT     J.D. = 2453823.925261
   Greatest Eclipse:      (=10:11:17.67 UT)


Geocentric Coordinates of Sun & Moon at Greatest Eclipse (DE200/LE200):

Sun:       R.A. = 00h31m31.738s       Moon:      R.A. = 00h30m46.588s
           Dec. =+03°24´10.34"                   Dec. =+03°44´36.25"
  Semi-Diameter =    16´01.12"          Semi-Diameter =    16´34.99"
    Eq.Hor.Par. =       08.81"            Eq.Hor.Par. =  1°00´51.40"
         Δ R.A. =        9.106s/h              Δ R.A. =      132.258s/h
         Δ Dec. =       58.46"/h               Δ Dec. =     1074.91"/h

Lunar Radius   k1 = 0.2725076 (Penumbra)        Shift in      Δb =  0.00"
 Constants:    k2 = 0.2722810 (Umbra)       Lunar Position:   Δl =  0.00"

Geocentric Libration:   l =  2.3°       Brown Lun. No. =  1030
(Optical + Physical)    b = -0.6°         Saros Series =  139 (29/71)
                        c = -21.7°           Ephemeris = (DE200/LE200)

Eclipse Magnitude = 1.05151        Gamma = 0.38433       ΔT =    64.9 s


Polynomial Besselian Elements for:   2006 Mar 29   10:00:00.0 TDT  (=t0)

  n        x          y         d          l1         l2          μ

  0  -0.2899179  0.2790394  3.3988402  0.5370220 -0.0090899 328.793701
  1   0.5060887  0.2789923  0.0155571  0.0000644  0.0000641  15.004370
  2   0.0000181 -0.0000386 -0.0000008 -0.0000127 -0.0000127  -0.000000
  3  -0.0000083 -0.0000048  0.0000000  0.0000000  0.0000000   0.000000


                 Tan f1 = 0.0046826    Tan f2 = 0.0046593

At time t1 (decimal hours), each Besselian element is evaluated by:

            a = a0 + a1*t + a2*t2 + a3*t3    (or a = Σ [an*tn]; n = 0 to 3)

    where:  a = x, y, d, l1, l2, or μ
            t = t1 - t0  (decimal hours) and t0 = 10.000 TDT


The Besselian elements were derived from a least-squares fit to elements 
calculated at five uniformly spaced times over a six hour period 
centered at t,0. Thus the elements are valid over the period 
7.00 ≤ t0 ≤ 13.00 TDT.

Note that all times are expressed in Terrestrial Dynamical Time (TDT).

       Saros Series 139:  Member 29 of 71 eclipses in series.






Table adapted from "Total Solar Eclipse of 2006 March 29" (NASA/TP-2004-212762).

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