Table 12. Circumstances at Maximum Eclipse on 1997 March 9
for Japan and the Phillipines

Table 12a

                                                    U.T. of 
                                                    Maximum            Sun Sun  Eclip. Eclip.  Umbral 
Location Name        Latitude   Longitude   Elev.   Eclipse     P   V  Alt Azm   Mag.   Obs.  Duration
                                              m     h  m  s     °    °    °   °
JAPAN
Amagasaki            34°43.0´N  135°25.0´E     -   00:56:27.9  336  12  40 135  0.652  0.573          
Asahikawa            43°46.0´N  142°22.0´E     -   01:20:27.8  336 354  38 154  0.757  0.704          
Chiba                35°36.0´N  140°07.0´E     -   01:05:23.2  335   5  43 143  0.628  0.545          
Fuji                 35°09.0´N  138°39.0´E     -   01:02:17.1  336   7  42 140  0.632  0.550          
Fujisawa             35°21.0´N  139°29.0´E     -   01:03:57.6  335   6  43 142  0.629  0.546          
Fukuoka              33°35.0´N  130°24.0´E     -   00:47:16.4  337  19  36 127  0.667  0.592          
Fukuyama             34°29.0´N  133°22.0´E     -   00:52:59.1  337  15  38 132  0.663  0.588          
Gifu                 35°25.0´N  136°45.0´E     -   00:59:38.2  336  10  41 137  0.654  0.577          
Hachioji             35°39.0´N  139°20.0´E     -   01:04:09.8  335   6  42 142  0.636  0.555          
Hamamatsu            34°42.0´N  137°44.0´E     -   01:00:06.4  336   9  42 138  0.632  0.549          

Higashiosaka         34°39.0´N  135°35.0´E     -   00:56:37.2  336  12  40 135  0.649  0.570          
Himeji               34°49.0´N  134°42.0´E     -   00:55:31.1  336  13  39 134  0.660  0.583          
Hiroshima            34°24.0´N  132°27.0´E     -   00:51:30.1  337  16  38 130  0.669  0.594          
Iwaki                37°03.0´N  140°55.0´E     -   01:08:51.7  335   2  43 146  0.649  0.570          
Kagoshima            31°36.0´N  130°33.0´E     -   00:44:19.6  337  22  37 125  0.626  0.542          
Kanazawa             36°34.0´N  136°39.0´E     -   01:01:14.7  336   8  40 138  0.677  0.605          
Kawaguchi            35°48.0´N  139°43.0´E     -   01:05:01.3  335   5  43 143  0.635  0.554          
Kawasaki             35°32.0´N  139°43.0´E     -   01:04:37.3  335   5  43 142  0.630  0.548          
Kitakyushu           33°53.0´N  130°50.0´E     -   00:48:21.6  337  18  36 128  0.670  0.596          
Kobe                 34°41.0´N  135°10.0´E     -   00:56:01.6  336  13  40 134  0.653  0.575          

Kochi                33°33.0´N  133°33.0´E     -   00:51:47.2  337  16  39 131  0.644  0.564          
Koriyama             37°24.0´N  140°23.0´E     -   01:08:29.4  335   3  42 145  0.660  0.584          
Kumamoto             32°48.0´N  130°43.0´E     -   00:46:28.2  337  20  37 127  0.649  0.571          
Kurashiki            34°35.0´N  133°46.0´E     -   00:53:44.4  336  14  39 132  0.662  0.586          
Kyoto                35°00.0´N  135°45.0´E     -   00:57:25.4  336  11  40 136  0.655  0.577          
Matsudo              35°47.0´N  139°54.0´E     -   01:05:18.0  335   5  43 143  0.633  0.551          
Matsuyama            33°50.0´N  132°45.0´E     -   00:51:02.7  337  16  38 130  0.655  0.578          
Nagano               36°39.0´N  138°11.0´E     -   01:03:48.0  336   6  41 141  0.666  0.590          
Nagasaki             32°48.0´N  129°55.0´E     -   00:45:21.1  337  21  36 126  0.655  0.577          
Nagoya               35°10.0´N  136°55.0´E     -   00:59:31.0  336  10  41 137  0.648  0.569          

Naha                 26°13.0´N  127°40.0´E     -   00:31:59.6  338  31  35 117  0.528  0.428          
Nara                 34°41.0´N  135°50.0´E     -   00:57:03.7  336  12  40 135  0.648  0.569          
Niigata              37°55.0´N  139°03.0´E     -   01:07:04.9  336   4  41 144  0.682  0.610          
Numazu               35°06.0´N  138°52.0´E     -   01:02:33.9  335   7  42 140  0.629  0.547          
Oita                 33°14.0´N  131°36.0´E     -   00:48:25.1  337  18  37 128  0.652  0.573          
Okayama              34°39.0´N  133°55.0´E     -   00:54:04.2  336  14  39 133  0.662  0.586          
Osaka                34°40.0´N  135°30.0´E    16   00:56:31.0  336  12  40 135  0.650  0.571          
Sagamihara           35°34.0´N  139°23.0´E     -   01:04:07.2  335   6  42 142  0.634  0.552          
Sakai                36°16.0´N  139°15.0´E     -   01:04:57.1  336   5  42 142  0.649  0.570          
Sapporo              43°03.0´N  141°21.0´E     -   01:17:57.2  336 356  38 152  0.754  0.700          

Sendai               38°15.0´N  140°53.0´E     -   01:10:32.7  335   1  42 147  0.672  0.598          
Shizuoka             34°58.0´N  138°23.0´E     -   01:01:34.2  336   8  42 140  0.631  0.549          
Takamatsu            34°20.0´N  134°03.0´E     -   00:53:46.4  336  14  39 132  0.655  0.578          
Tokyo                35°42.0´N  139°46.0´E     6   01:04:57.2  335   5  43 143  0.633  0.551          
Toyama               36°41.0´N  137°13.0´E     -   01:02:18.8  336   8  40 139  0.675  0.601          
Toyohashi            34°46.0´N  137°23.0´E     -   00:59:38.8  336  10  41 138  0.636  0.555          
Toyota               35°05.0´N  137°09.0´E     -   00:59:45.6  336   9  41 138  0.644  0.565          
Wakayama             34°13.0´N  135°11.0´E     -   00:55:19.4  336  13  40 134  0.644  0.564          
Yokohama             35°37.0´N  139°39.0´E     -   01:04:38.2  335   5  43 142  0.633  0.550          
Yokosuka             35°18.0´N  139°40.0´E     -   01:04:11.3  335   6  43 142  0.626  0.543          

PHILIPPINES
Bacolod              10°40.0´N  122°57.0´E     -   00:05:54.4  339  54  30 102  0.154  0.071          
Cagayan de Oro       08°29.0´N  124°39.0´E     -   00:05:11.2  339  56  32 101  0.084  0.029          
Caloocan             14°39.0´N  120°58.0´E     -   00:08:38.1  340  51  28 103  0.272  0.165          
Cebu                 10°18.0´N  123°54.0´E     -   00:06:24.5  339  54  31 102  0.139  0.062          
Davao                07°04.0´N  125°36.0´E    29   00:04:39.3  339  58  33 100  0.038  0.009          
Iloilo               10°42.0´N  122°34.0´E     -   00:05:35.3  340  55  30 102  0.156  0.073          
Manila               14°35.0´N  121°00.0´E    16   00:08:35.2  340  51  28 103  0.270  0.163          
Paranaque            14°30.0´N  120°59.0´E     -   00:08:28.3  340  51  28 103  0.268  0.161          
Pasay                14°33.0´N  121°00.0´E     -   00:08:32.8  340  51  28 103  0.269  0.163          
Pasig                14°33.0´N  121°05.0´E     -   00:08:37.3  340  51  28 103  0.269  0.162          
Quezon City          14°38.0´N  121°03.0´E     -   00:08:41.5  340  51  28 103  0.271  0.164          
Valenzuela           14°42.0´N  120°58.0´E     -   00:08:41.7  340  51  28 103  0.273  0.166          
Zamboanga            06°54.0´N  122°04.0´E     -   00:01:15.1  340  59  29  99  0.048  0.013          


Table 12b

Location Name        First Contact         Second Contact          Third Contact         Fourth Contact
                   U.T.     P   V  Alt    U.T.     P   V  Alt    U.T.     P   V  Alt    U.T.     P   V  Alt
                 h  m  s     °   °    °   h  m  s     °   °    °   h  m  s     °   °    °   h  m  s     °   °    °
JAPAN
Amagasaki       23:47:03.4 269 315 28      -                      -                  02:11:14.7  44  62 48
Asahikawa       00:07:46.9 262 293 31      -                      -                  02:36:11.3  50  51 42
Chiba           23:54:44.0 269 311 33      -                      -                  02:20:27.5  41  51 49
Fuji            23:52:02.6 269 313 31      -                      -                  02:17:17.0  42  54 49
Fujisawa        23:53:30.1 269 312 32      -                      -                  02:18:59.3  42  52 49
Fukuoka         23:39:44.7 269 319 24      -                      -                  02:00:54.5  45  73 47
Fukuyama        23:44:11.6 268 316 27      -                      -                  02:07:28.3  45  66 48
Gifu            23:49:38.4 268 313 30      -                      -                  02:14:43.3  44  59 48
Hachioji        23:53:36.0 269 312 32      -                      -                  02:19:18.2  42  53 49
Hamamatsu       23:50:13.4 270 314 31      -                      -                  02:14:57.5  42  56 49

Higashiosaka    23:47:12.1 269 315 29      -                      -                  02:11:23.3  43  61 49
Himeji          23:46:14.4 268 315 28      -                      -                  02:10:16.4  44  63 48
Hiroshima       23:43:00.1 268 317 26      -                      -                  02:05:49.4  45  68 47
Iwaki           23:57:32.6 268 308 33      -                      -                  02:24:17.5  43  50 48
Kagoshima       23:37:45.7 271 324 24      -                      -                  01:57:03.7  43  72 48
Kanazawa        23:50:50.7 267 311 29      -                      -                  02:16:38.6  45  59 47
Kawaguchi       23:54:20.4 269 311 32      -                      -                  02:20:11.2  42  52 49
Kawasaki        23:54:03.1 269 312 32      -                      -                  02:19:42.0  42  52 49
Kitakyushu      23:40:33.8 269 318 24      -                      -                  02:02:12.0  46  72 47
Kobe            23:46:41.5 269 315 28      -                      -                  02:10:46.6  44  62 48

Kochi           23:43:22.1 270 318 27      -                      -                  02:05:56.1  43  66 48
Koriyama        23:57:07.6 267 307 32      -                      -                  02:24:02.7  44  51 48
Kumamoto        23:39:13.1 270 321 24      -                      -                  01:59:50.1  44  72 47
Kurashiki       23:44:48.0 268 316 27      -                      -                  02:08:18.8  45  65 48
Kyoto           23:47:49.1 269 314 29      -                      -                  02:12:19.4  44  61 48
Matsudo         23:54:36.0 269 311 32      -                      -                  02:20:26.9  42  51 49
Matsuyama       23:42:42.6 269 318 26      -                      -                  02:05:12.0  44  68 48
Nagano          23:53:03.3 267 310 30      -                      -                  02:19:15.3  44  56 48
Nagasaki        23:38:20.8 270 321 24      -                      -                  01:58:33.0  45  74 47
Nagoya          23:49:35.2 269 314 30      -                      -                  02:14:31.5  43  58 49

Naha            23:30:06.3 278 337 22      -                      -                  01:40:07.0  37  79 48
Nara            23:47:34.3 269 315 29      -                      -                  02:11:51.4  43  61 49
Niigata         23:55:46.8 266 307 31      -                      -                  02:22:47.7  45  54 47
Numazu          23:52:18.6 269 313 32      -                      -                  02:17:32.2  42  54 49
Oita            23:40:41.5 270 320 25      -                      -                  02:02:08.4  44  70 48
Okayama         23:45:03.7 268 316 27      -                      -                  02:08:41.0  45  65 48
Osaka           23:47:06.6 269 315 29      -                      -                  02:11:17.1  43  61 49
Sagamihara      23:53:35.1 269 312 32      -                      -                  02:19:13.8  42  53 49
Sakai           23:54:09.5 268 310 32      -                      -                  02:20:17.0  43  53 48
Sapporo         00:05:26.6 262 295 30      -                      -                  02:33:47.9  50  53 42

Sendai          23:58:51.4 267 305 32      -                      -                  02:26:14.0  44  50 47
Shizuoka        23:51:27.2 269 314 31      -                      -                  02:16:30.6  42  55 49
Takamatsu       23:44:52.0 269 316 27      -                      -                  02:08:17.4  44  65 48
Tokyo           23:54:18.4 269 311 32      -                      -                  02:20:05.1  42  52 49
Toyama          23:51:45.1 267 310 30      -                      -                  02:17:45.7  45  58 48
Toyohashi       23:49:47.8 269 314 30      -                      -                  02:14:31.3  42  57 49
Toyota          23:49:49.1 269 314 30      -                      -                  02:14:44.7  43  58 49
Wakayama        23:46:11.4 269 316 28      -                      -                  02:09:54.1  43  62 49
Yokohama        23:54:02.4 269 312 32      -                      -                  02:19:44.8  42  52 49
Yokosuka        23:53:43.6 269 312 32      -                      -                  02:19:11.3  41  52 49

PHILIPPINES
Bacolod         23:30:08.1 308  25 21      -                      -                  00:43:57.1  10  83 39
Cagayan de Oro  23:37:43.9 316  35 25      -                      -                  00:33:49.6   2  77 39
Caloocan        23:23:27.2 298  11 17      -                      -                  00:57:39.7  21  88 39
Cebu            23:31:54.7 310  27 23      -                      -                  00:42:58.6   8  81 40
Davao           23:45:35.2 324  43 28      -                      -                  00:24:07.5 354  72 38
Iloilo          23:29:40.7 308  25 21      -                      -                  00:43:47.9  11  83 39
Manila          23:23:31.6 298  11 17      -                      -                  00:57:28.0  21  88 39
Paranaque       23:23:34.6 298  12 17      -                      -                  00:57:09.7  21  88 39
Pasay           23:23:33.1 298  11 17      -                      -                  00:57:21.1  21  88 39
Pasig           23:23:37.0 298  11 17      -                      -                  00:57:26.3  21  88 39
Quezon City     23:23:31.8 298  11 17      -                      -                  00:57:41.5  21  88 39
Valenzuela      23:23:25.1 298  11 17      -                      -                  00:57:50.0  21  88 39
Zamboanga       23:40:36.3 322  43 24      -                      -                  00:22:26.9 357  75 34

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