Solar eclipse of September 22, 2006

Solar eclipse of September 22, 2006

Partial from São Paulo, Brazil
Map
Type of eclipse
Nature Annular
Gamma -0.4062
Magnitude 0.9352
Maximum eclipse
Duration 429 sec (7 m 9 s)
Coordinates 20°36′S 9°06′W / 20.6°S 9.1°W / -20.6; -9.1
Max. width of band 261 km (162 mi)
Times (UTC)
Greatest eclipse 11:41:16
References
Saros 144 (16 of 70)
Catalog # (SE5000) 9522

An annular solar eclipse occurred on September 22, 2006. 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.

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Related eclipses

Solar eclipses 2004-2008

Each member 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.

Solar eclipse series sets from 2004–2007
Ascending node   Descending node
SarosMap SarosMap
119 2004 April 19

Partial (south)
124 2004 October 14

Partial (north)
129 2005 April 8

Hybrid
134

Annular from Spain
2005 October 3

Annular
139

Totality from Side, Turkey
2006 March 29

Total
144

Partial from São Paulo, Brazil
2006 September 22

Annular
149 2007 March 19

Partial (north)
154 2007 September 11

Partial (south)

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).

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