Solar eclipse of September 22, 2006
Template:Short description Script error: No such module "Solar eclipse". An annular solar eclipse occurred at the Moon's descending node of orbit on Friday, September 22, 2006,[1][2][3] with a magnitude of 0.9352. A solar eclipse occurs when the Moon passes between Earth and the Sun, thereby totally or partly obscuring the image of the Sun for a viewer on Earth. An annular solar eclipse occurs when the Moon's apparent diameter is smaller than the Sun's, blocking most of the Sun's light and causing the Sun to look like an annulus (ring). An annular eclipse appears as a partial eclipse over a region of the Earth thousands of kilometres wide. Occurring about 5 hours after apogee (on September 22, 2006, at 6:20 UTC), the Moon's apparent diameter was smaller.[4]
The path of annularity of this eclipse passed through Guyana, Suriname, French Guiana, the northern tip of Roraima and Amapá of Brazil, and the southern Atlantic. A partial eclipse was visible for parts of South America, West Africa, Southern Africa, the Antarctic Peninsula, and east Antarctica.
Images
File:SE2006Sep22A.gif
Animated path
Eclipse details
Shown below are two tables displaying details about this particular solar eclipse. The first table outlines times at which the moon's penumbra or umbra attains the specific parameter, and the second table describes various other parameters pertaining to this eclipse.[5]
| Event | Time (UTC) |
|---|---|
| First Penumbral External Contact | 2006 September 22 at 08:41:01.9 UTC |
| First Umbral External Contact | 2006 September 22 at 09:49:37.0 UTC |
| First Central Line | 2006 September 22 at 09:52:37.2 UTC |
| First Umbral Internal Contact | 2006 September 22 at 09:55:38.2 UTC |
| First Penumbral Internal Contact | 2006 September 22 at 11:24:51.6 UTC |
| Greatest Duration | 2006 September 22 at 11:40:28.6 UTC |
| Greatest Eclipse | 2006 September 22 at 11:41:16.4 UTC |
| Ecliptic Conjunction | 2006 September 22 at 11:46:08.5 UTC |
| Last Penumbral Internal Contact | 2006 September 22 at 11:57:02.3 UTC |
| Equatorial Conjunction | 2006 September 22 at 12:08:15.8 UTC |
| Last Umbral Internal Contact | 2006 September 22 at 13:26:37.6 UTC |
| Last Central Line | 2006 September 22 at 13:29:39.0 UTC |
| Last Umbral External Contact | 2006 September 22 at 13:32:39.5 UTC |
| Last Penumbral External Contact | 2006 September 22 at 14:41:20.1 UTC |
| Parameter | Value |
|---|---|
| Eclipse Magnitude | 0.93517 |
| Eclipse Obscuration | 0.87455 |
| Gamma | −0.40624 |
| Sun Right Ascension | 11h57m32.9s |
| Sun Declination | +00°15'56.9" |
| Sun Semi-Diameter | 15'56.1" |
| Sun Equatorial Horizontal Parallax | 08.8" |
| Moon Right Ascension | 11h56m50.2s |
| Moon Declination | -00°03'07.8" |
| Moon Semi-Diameter | 14'41.9" |
| Moon Equatorial Horizontal Parallax | 0°53'56.7" |
| ΔT | 65.0 s |
Eclipse season
Script error: No such module "Labelled list hatnote". This eclipse is part of an eclipse season, a period, roughly every six months, when eclipses occur. Only two (or occasionally three) eclipse seasons occur each year, and each season lasts about 35 days and repeats just short of six months (173 days) later; thus two full eclipse seasons always occur each year. Either two or three eclipses happen each eclipse season. In the sequence below, each eclipse is separated by a fortnight.
| September 7 Ascending node (full moon) |
September 22 Descending node (new moon) |
|---|---|
| File:Lunar eclipse chart close-2006Sep07.png | File:SE2006Sep22A.png |
| Partial lunar eclipse Lunar Saros 118 |
Annular solar eclipse Solar Saros 144 |
Related eclipses
Eclipses in 2006
- A penumbral lunar eclipse on March 14.
- A total solar eclipse on March 29.
- A partial lunar eclipse on September 7.
- An annular solar eclipse on September 22.
Metonic
- Preceded by: Solar eclipse of December 4, 2002
- Followed by: Solar eclipse of July 11, 2010
Tzolkinex
- Preceded by: Solar eclipse of August 11, 1999
- Followed by: Solar eclipse of November 3, 2013
Half-Saros
- Preceded by: Lunar eclipse of September 16, 1997
- Followed by: Lunar eclipse of September 28, 2015
Tritos
- Preceded by: Solar eclipse of October 24, 1995
- Followed by: Solar eclipse of August 21, 2017
Solar Saros 144
- Preceded by: Solar eclipse of September 11, 1988
- Followed by: Solar eclipse of October 2, 2024
Inex
- Preceded by: Solar eclipse of October 12, 1977
- Followed by: Solar eclipse of September 2, 2035
Triad
- Preceded by: Solar eclipse of November 22, 1919
- Followed by: Solar eclipse of July 23, 2093
Solar eclipses of 2004–2007
This eclipse is a member of a semester series. An eclipse in a semester series of solar eclipses repeats approximately every 177 days and 4 hours (a semester) at alternating nodes of the Moon's orbit.[6]
| Solar eclipse series sets from 2004 to 2007 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ascending node | Descending node | |||||
| Saros | Map | Gamma | Saros | Map | Gamma | |
| 119 | April 19, 2004 File:SE2004Apr19P.png Partial |
−1.13345 | 124 | October 14, 2004 File:SE2004Oct14P.png Partial |
1.03481 | |
| 129 File:Solar eclipse at sunset (2937676527) (cropped).jpg Partial in Naiguatá, Venezuela |
April 8, 2005 File:SE2005Apr08H.png Hybrid |
−0.34733 | 134 File:Ecl-ann.jpg Annularity in Madrid, Spain |
October 3, 2005 File:SE2005Oct03A.png Annular |
0.33058 | |
| 139 File:Diamondring-eclipse-March03-29-2006.jpg Totality in Side, Turkey |
March 29, 2006 File:SE2006Mar29T.png Total |
0.38433 | 144 File:Helder da Rocha - Partial solar eclipse (by-sa).jpg Partial in São Paulo, Brazil |
September 22, 2006 File:SE2006Sep22A.png Annular |
−0.40624 | |
| 149 File:Solar Eclipse (3445953058) (cropped).jpg Partial in Jaipur, India |
March 19, 2007 File:SE2007Mar19P.png Partial |
1.07277 | 154 File:Eclipse solar 01 (1360685468) (cropped).jpg Partial in Córdoba, Argentina |
September 11, 2007 File:SE2007Sep11P.png Partial |
−1.12552 | |
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Saros 144
Template:Solar Saros series 144
Metonic series
The metonic series repeats eclipses every 19 years (6939.69 days), lasting about 5 cycles. Eclipses occur in nearly the same calendar date. In addition, the octon subseries repeats 1/5 of that or every 3.8 years (1387.94 days). All eclipses in this table occur at the Moon's descending node.
| 21 eclipse events between July 11, 1953 and July 11, 2029 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 10–11 | April 29–30 | February 15–16 | December 4 | September 21–23 |
| 116 | 118 | 120 | 122 | 124 |
| File:SE1953Jul11P.png July 11, 1953 |
File:SE1957Apr30A.png April 30, 1957 |
File:SE1961Feb15T.png February 15, 1961 |
File:SE1964Dec04P.png December 4, 1964 |
File:SE1968Sep22T.png September 22, 1968 |
| 126 | 128 | 130 | 132 | 134 |
| File:SE1972Jul10T.png July 10, 1972 |
File:SE1976Apr29A.png April 29, 1976 |
File:SE1980Feb16T.png February 16, 1980 |
File:SE1983Dec04A.png December 4, 1983 |
File:SE1987Sep23A.png September 23, 1987 |
| 136 | 138 | 140 | 142 | 144 |
| File:SE1991Jul11T.png July 11, 1991 |
File:SE1995Apr29A.png April 29, 1995 |
File:SE1999Feb16A.png February 16, 1999 |
File:SE2002Dec04T.png December 4, 2002 |
File:SE2006Sep22A.png September 22, 2006 |
| 146 | 148 | 150 | 152 | 154 |
| File:SE2010Jul11T.png July 11, 2010 |
File:SE2014Apr29A.png April 29, 2014 |
File:SE2018Feb15P.png February 15, 2018 |
File:SE2021Dec04T.png December 4, 2021 |
File:SE2025Sep21P.png September 21, 2025 |
| 156 | ||||
| File:SE2029Jul11P.png July 11, 2029 | ||||
Tritos series
Template:Solar Tritos series 2006 September 22
Inex series
Template:Solar Inex series 2006 September 22
References
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External links
- Earth visibility chart and eclipse statistics Eclipse Predictions by Fred Espenak, NASA/GSFC
Photos:
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