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).
