According to NASA On Wednesday, 2009 July 22, a total eclipse of the Sun is visible from within a narrow corridor that traverses half of Earth. The path of the Moon’s umbral shadow begins in India and crosses through Nepal, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Myanmar and China. After leaving mainland Asia, the path crosses Japan’s Ryukyu Islands and curves southeast through the Pacific Ocean where the maximum duration of totality reaches 6 min 39 s. A partial eclipse is seen within the much broader path of the Moon’s penumbral shadow, which includes most of eastern Asia, Indonesia, and the Pacific Ocean.
The Indian cities through which the shadow of the total eclipse will pass are Bhavnagar, Surat, Ujjain, Indore, Bhopal, Sagar, Jabalpur, Varanasi, Allahabad, Gaya, Patna, Bhagalpur, Jalpaigudi, Guwahati and Dibrugarh.
Tomorrow’s solar eclipse will be the longest total solar eclipse in the 21st century and will not be surpassed in duration until June 13, 2132. The magnitude of the total solar eclipse will be approximately 1.080.
The next total solar eclipse will be on July 11, 2010 which will be seen in South pacific, Chile and Argentina.
Jul 22 2009