Table 5. Local Circumstances on the Center Line,
TotalSolar Eclipse of 1997 March 9
Center Line
Maximum Eclipse First Contact Second Contact Third Contact Fourth Contact
U.T. Durat. Alt U.T. P V Alt U.T. P V U.T. P V U.T. P V Alt
° ° ° ° ° ° ° ° ° ° °
00:44 02m05.6s 4 - - - - 00:42:57 73 113 00:45:03 253 293 01:45:15 72 109 13
00:46 02m14.4s 8 - - - - 00:44:53 72 111 00:47:07 252 291 01:49:20 71 106 17
00:48 02m20.0s 10 23:48:03 253 293 1 00:46:50 72 110 00:49:10 252 290 01:52:37 71 104 20
00:50 02m24.4s 12 23:49:07 252 292 3 00:48:48 71 109 00:51:12 251 288 01:55:36 71 102 22
00:52 02m28.2s 14 23:50:19 252 291 5 00:50:46 71 107 00:53:14 251 287 01:58:25 70 100 23
00:54 02m31.4s 15 23:51:37 252 290 6 00:52:44 71 106 00:55:16 251 286 02:01:06 70 98 24
00:56 02m34.2s 16 23:52:59 251 289 7 00:54:43 71 105 00:57:17 251 284 02:03:41 70 97 25
00:58 02m36.7s 17 23:54:25 251 288 8 00:56:42 70 103 00:59:18 250 283 02:06:11 69 95 26
01:00 02m38.9s 18 23:55:54 251 287 9 00:58:41 70 102 01:01:20 250 282 02:08:37 69 93 26
01:02 02m40.8s 19 23:57:26 251 286 10 01:00:40 70 101 01:03:21 250 280 02:10:59 69 92 27
01:04 02m42.6s 20 23:59:00 251 285 11 01:02:39 70 99 01:05:21 250 279 02:13:18 69 90 27
01:06 02m44.1s 20 00:00:37 250 284 12 01:04:38 70 98 01:07:22 250 278 02:15:34 69 88 28
01:08 02m45.5s 21 00:02:16 250 283 13 01:06:37 70 97 01:09:23 249 276 02:17:47 69 87 28
01:10 02m46.6s 21 00:03:57 250 282 14 01:08:37 69 95 01:11:23 249 275 02:19:57 69 85 28
01:12 02m47.6s 22 00:05:40 250 281 14 01:10:36 69 94 01:13:24 249 274 02:22:05 68 84 28
01:14 02m48.4s 22 00:07:25 250 280 15 01:12:36 69 93 01:15:24 249 272 02:24:10 68 83 28
01:16 02m49.1s 22 00:09:12 250 279 15 01:14:36 69 91 01:17:25 249 271 02:26:13 68 81 28
01:18 02m49.6s 23 00:11:00 250 277 16 01:16:35 69 90 01:19:25 249 270 02:28:13 68 80 28
01:20 02m49.9s 23 00:12:51 250 276 16 01:18:35 69 89 01:21:25 249 268 02:30:12 68 79 27
01:22 02m50.1s 23 00:14:44 250 275 17 01:20:35 69 88 01:23:25 249 267 02:32:08 68 77 27
01:24 02m50.1s 23 00:16:38 249 274 17 01:22:35 69 86 01:25:25 249 266 02:34:02 68 76 27
01:26 02m50.0s 23 00:18:34 249 273 17 01:24:35 69 85 01:27:25 249 265 02:35:54 68 75 26
01:28 02m49.7s 23 00:20:32 249 271 17 01:26:35 69 84 01:29:25 249 263 02:37:45 68 74 26
01:30 02m49.2s 23 00:22:32 249 270 18 01:28:35 69 83 01:31:25 249 262 02:39:33 68 73 25
01:32 02m48.6s 22 00:24:34 249 269 18 01:30:36 69 81 01:33:24 249 261 02:41:19 68 72 25
01:34 02m47.9s 22 00:26:38 249 268 18 01:32:36 69 80 01:35:24 249 260 02:43:03 68 71 24
01:36 02m46.9s 22 00:28:44 249 267 18 01:34:37 69 79 01:37:24 249 259 02:44:45 68 70 23
01:38 02m45.8s 21 00:30:53 249 265 18 01:36:37 69 78 01:39:23 249 258 02:46:25 68 69 23
01:40 02m44.5s 21 00:33:04 249 264 18 01:38:38 69 77 01:41:22 249 256 02:48:03 68 68 22
01:42 02m43.1s 20 00:35:17 249 263 17 01:40:39 69 76 01:43:22 249 255 02:49:38 69 67 21
01:44 02m41.4s 20 00:37:32 249 261 17 01:42:39 69 74 01:45:21 249 254 02:51:11 69 67 20
01:46 02m39.6s 19 00:39:51 249 260 17 01:44:40 69 73 01:47:20 249 253 02:52:42 69 66 19
01:48 02m37.5s 18 00:42:13 249 259 16 01:46:41 69 72 01:49:19 249 252 02:54:10 69 65 18
01:50 02m35.1s 17 00:44:38 249 258 16 01:48:42 69 71 01:51:18 249 251 02:55:35 69 65 17
01:52 02m32.5s 16 00:47:07 250 256 15 01:50:44 69 70 01:53:16 249 250 02:56:56 69 64 15
01:54 02m29.5s 15 00:49:41 250 255 14 01:52:45 70 69 01:55:15 250 249 02:58:13 69 64 14
01:56 02m26.1s 13 00:52:20 250 254 13 01:54:47 70 69 01:57:13 250 248 02:59:25 70 64 12
01:58 02m22.2s 12 00:55:08 250 252 12 01:56:49 70 68 01:59:11 250 248 03:00:30 70 63 10
02:00 02m17.4s 10 00:58:06 250 251 10 01:58:51 70 67 02:01:09 250 247 03:01:25 70 63 8
02:02 02m11.1s 7 01:01:26 251 249 7 02:00:54 71 66 02:03:06 251 246 03:02:00 71 64 5
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