Will the solar eclipse occur at the same time the the whole world or different times?
2007-03-18 02:35:05 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics ➔ Astronomy & Space
Hi Mr. and Mrs.!
The whole event lasts a little under three hours, from the point in the Urals where the eclipse ends at sunrise, to northwestern Alaska when the moon's shadow completely leaves the earth.
At any given point on the earth, tomorrow's partial eclipse lasts under two hours. For example, at Peking, the partial eclipse starts at 9:27 a.m. China Time and ends at 11:21 a.m.
In places like India, the eclipse will run for a shorter time. West of a line from Lucknow to Kakinada, the eclipse will be truncated because it starts before the sun rises. At Delhi, for instance, you could see the eclipse from 6:27 a.m. India Time, when the sun officially rises, until the eclipse ends at 8:01 a.m. (I think one of the writers believes India is on Daylight Saving Time, but of course it is not.)
India is not the best place for viewing this eclipse because in most of the country less than 50% of the solar disc will be covered (except in the Himalayas). India will get its turn in two years, when a full-blown total eclipse of the sun will be visible from Gujarat to Assam, including Bhopal and Darjeeling, on the morning of July 22, 2009. I hope it will be clear for you!
2007-03-18 05:40:07 · answer #1 · answered by Anne Marie 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
From 00:40 to 03:45 Universal Time.
Download an install Celestia (it is free) from
http://www.shatters.net/celestia/
and look in Navigation for eclipses (option Navigation, Eclipse Finder). You will see timings and the way of the umbra on Earth, with the option "Set date and go to planet".
2007-03-18 02:43:01 · answer #2 · answered by Jano 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
it is from 6 am to 9.01 am
2007-03-18 03:26:35 · answer #3 · answered by Triumph 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋