Total Solar Eclipse of 2006 March 29

Table 20 - Solar Eclipses of Saros Series 139



First Eclipse:    1501 May 17     Duration of Series:  1262.1 yrs.
 Last Eclipse:    2763 Jul 03     Number of Eclipses:    71

Saros Summary:    Partial: 16    Annular:  0    Total: 43    Hybrid: 12


             Eclipse       Mag./  Center
      Date    Type Gamma  Width   Durat.

  1501 May 17  Pb  1.500  0.091
  1519 May 28  P   1.418  0.235
  1537 Jun 07  P   1.337  0.380
  1555 Jun 19  P   1.254  0.530
  1573 Jun 29  P   1.172  0.678
  1591 Jul 20  P   1.091  0.826
  1609 Jul 30  P   1.014  0.966
  1627 Aug 11  H   0.940      2  00m01s
  1645 Aug 21  H   0.871     28  00m16s
  1663 Sep 01  H   0.807     38  00m29s

  1681 Sep 12  H   0.750     43  00m40s
  1699 Sep 23  H   0.700     46  00m49s
  1717 Oct 04  H   0.656     47  00m56s
  1735 Oct 16  H   0.620     48  01m02s
  1753 Oct 26  H   0.591     49  01m08s
  1771 Nov 06  H   0.567     50  01m13s
  1789 Nov 17  H   0.550     52  01m19s
  1807 Nov 29  H   0.538     55  01m26s
  1825 Dec 09  H   0.530     60  01m34s
  1843 Dec 21  T   0.523     66  01m43s

  1861 Dec 31  T   0.519     74  01m55s
  1880 Jan 11  T   0.514     84  02m07s
  1898 Jan 22  T   0.508     96  02m21s
  1916 Feb 03  T   0.499    108  02m36s
  1934 Feb 14  T   0.487    123  02m52s
  1952 Feb 25  T   0.470    138  03m09s
  1970 Mar 07  T   0.447    153  03m28s
  1988 Mar 18  T   0.419    169  03m46s
  2006 Mar 29  T   0.384    183  04m07s
  2024 Apr 08  T   0.343    197  04m28s


             Eclipse       Mag./  Center
      Date    Type Gamma  Width   Durat.

  2042 Apr 20  T   0.296    210  04m51s
  2060 Apr 30  T   0.242    222  05m15s
  2078 May 11  T   0.184    232  05m40s
  2096 May 22  T   0.120    241  06m06s
  2114 Jun 03  T   0.053    248  06m32s
  2132 Jun 13  Tm -0.018    255  06m55s
  2150 Jun 25  T  -0.091    260  07m14s
  2168 Jul 05  T  -0.166    264  07m26s
  2186 Jul 16  T  -0.239    267  07m29s
  2204 Jul 27  T  -0.313    269  07m22s

  2222 Aug 08  T  -0.383    270  07m06s
  2240 Aug 18  T  -0.452    270  06m40s
  2258 Aug 29  T  -0.516    269  06m09s
  2276 Sep 09  T  -0.575    266  05m33s
  2294 Sep 20  T  -0.630    263  04m57s
  2312 Oct 01  T  -0.678    257  04m20s
  2330 Oct 13  T  -0.720    251  03m46s
  2348 Oct 23  T  -0.756    242  03m14s
  2366 Nov 03  T  -0.786    231  02m47s
  2384 Nov 14  T  -0.810    217  02m22s

  2402 Nov 25  T  -0.829    202  02m02s
  2420 Dec 05  T  -0.843    185  01m45s
  2438 Dec 17  T  -0.853    167  01m30s
  2456 Dec 27  T  -0.861    150  01m19s
  2475 Jan 08  T  -0.867    136  01m10s
  2493 Jan 18  T  -0.874    123  01m02s
  2511 Jan 30  T  -0.881    114  00m57s
  2529 Feb 10  T  -0.890    108  00m53s
  2547 Feb 21  T  -0.904    106  00m50s
  2565 Mar 03  T  -0.921    106  00m46s


             Eclipse       Mag./  Center
      Date    Type Gamma  Width   Durat.

  2583 Mar 15  T  -0.945    115  00m42s
  2601 Mar 26  T  -0.973    141  00m36s
  2619 Apr 06  P  -1.010  0.978
  2637 Apr 17  P  -1.052  0.901
  2655 Apr 28  P  -1.102  0.810
  2673 May 08  P  -1.157  0.709
  2691 May 20  P  -1.220  0.593
  2709 May 31  P  -1.286  0.471
  2727 Jun 11  P  -1.358  0.339
  2745 Jun 22  P  -1.434  0.201

  2763 Jul 03  Pe -1.512  0.058

Eclipse Type:	 P  - Partial			 Pb - Partial Eclipse (Saros Series Begins)
		 A- - Non-central Annular	 Pe - Partial Eclipse (Saros Series Ends)
		 T  - Total			 Tm - Middle Eclipse of Saros series.
		 H  - Hybrid (Annular/Total)  Tn - Total Eclipse (no northern limit).

Note:	Mag./Width column gives either the eclipse magnitude (for partial eclipses)
	or the umbral path width in kilometers (for total and annular eclipses).


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

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