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July 22, 2009 — Total Solar Eclipse — Beiwan, Hubei, China

Jul 22, 2009 at 9:26 am
Max View in Beiwan, Hubei
Global Event: Total Solar Eclipse
Local Type: Total Solar Eclipse in Beiwan, Hubei
Began: Wed, Jul 22, 2009 at 8:15 am
Maximum: Wed, Jul 22, 2009 at 9:26 am 1.004 Magnitude
Ended: Wed, Jul 22, 2009 at 10:45 am
Duration: 2 hours, 30 minutes
Totality: 2 minutes, 31 seconds

All times shown on this page are local time.

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July 22, 2009 — Total Solar Eclipse — Beiwan

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The animation shows what the eclipse approximately looks like. Stages and times of the eclipse are outlined below.

PhaseTimeEventDirectionAltitude
Partial Solar Eclipse

08:15:11

Wed, Jul 22

Partial eclipse begins

The moment the edge of the Moon touches the edge of the Sun is called first contact.

85°
32.4°
Total Solar Eclipse

09:25:08

Wed, Jul 22

Totality begins

The moment the edge of the Moon covers all of the Sun is called second contact.

94°
47.3°
Total Solar Eclipse

09:26:23

Wed, Jul 22

Maximum eclipse

The deepest point of the eclipse, with the Sun at its most hidden.

94°
47.4°
Total Solar Eclipse

09:27:39

Wed, Jul 22

Totality ends

The moment the edge of the Moon exposes the Sun is called third contact.

94°
47.6°
Partial Solar Eclipse

10:45:10

Wed, Jul 22

Partial eclipse ends

The moment the edge of the Moon leaves the edge of the Sun is called fourth contact.

110°
63.9°

* Timings for the beginning & end of partial eclipse and maximum eclipse are accurate to within a few seconds. This calculation uses a Delta T value of 66 seconds.
Timings for other events are approximate—they are included here as a rough guide to features that might be observable. The icons show the position of the Moon against the Sun at each stage.

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The animation shows what the eclipse approximately looked like near the maximum point. The curvature of the Moon's path is due to the Earth's rotation.

Where the Eclipse Was Seen

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Cloud Coverage (Jul 22)

In the past, this day was cloudy 76% of the time (since 2000).

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Eclipses and Transits Visible in Beiwan

Eclipse Visibility From BeiwanVisibility Worldwide
Jul 16–17, 2000 Total Lunar EclipseTotal Lunar Eclipse
Jan 10, 2001 Total Lunar EclipseTotal Lunar Eclipse
Jul 5–6, 2001 Partial Lunar EclipsePartial Lunar Eclipse
Dec 30, 2001 Penumbral Lunar EclipsePenumbral Lunar Eclipse
May 26, 2002 Penumbral Lunar EclipsePenumbral Lunar Eclipse
Jun 11, 2002 Partial Solar EclipseAnnular Solar Eclipse
Jun 25, 2002 Penumbral Lunar EclipsePenumbral Lunar Eclipse
May 7, 2003 Mercury TransitMercury Transit
Nov 9, 2003 Penumbral Lunar EclipseTotal Lunar Eclipse
May 5, 2004 Total Lunar EclipseTotal Lunar Eclipse
Jun 8, 2004 Venus TransitVenus Transit
Apr 24, 2005 Penumbral Lunar EclipsePenumbral Lunar Eclipse
Oct 17, 2005 Partial Lunar EclipsePartial Lunar Eclipse
Mar 15, 2006 Penumbral Lunar EclipsePenumbral Lunar Eclipse
Sep 8, 2006 Partial Lunar EclipsePartial Lunar Eclipse
Mar 4, 2007 Partial Lunar EclipseTotal Lunar Eclipse
Mar 19, 2007 Partial Solar EclipsePartial Solar Eclipse
Aug 28, 2007 Total Lunar EclipseTotal Lunar Eclipse
Aug 1, 2008 Partial Solar EclipseTotal Solar Eclipse
Aug 17, 2008 Partial Lunar EclipsePartial Lunar Eclipse
Jan 26, 2009 Partial Solar EclipseAnnular Solar Eclipse
Feb 9–10, 2009 Penumbral Lunar EclipsePenumbral Lunar Eclipse
Jul 22, 2009 Total Solar EclipseTotal Solar Eclipse
Jan 1, 2010 Partial Lunar EclipsePartial Lunar Eclipse

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