The longest solar eclipse of the 21st century will be cutting across India on the 22nd July 2009 passing on to China, then Japan finally ending over the Pacific Ocean.
13 different states of India will cherish the Total Solar Eclipse (TSE), while the rest of India will be enjoying the partial solar eclipse. The duration of totality for this eclipse will be 6min 39sec over Pacific Ocean.
The duration of totality over India will be in the range of 3min14sec to 4min21sec where as China will have a 5min 56sec totality.The last eclipse of comparable magnitude occurred in 1991, 11th July at Mexico & Hawaii.
The next total solar eclipse in India will be on 2034, 20th March cruising over the politically disputed northern tip of J&K. The next TSE in the mainland India will be on 2114, June 3rd.
Hence, this is the last opportunity for any one to view a total solar eclipse from Indian soil. Eclipse timings July 22nd, will be a day of two sunrises. The sun after rising will be eclipsed by the moon and rise yet again out of the shadow of the moon. The start of the eclipse in India will be around 5:30am reaching a maximum around 6:25am.
The eclipse will end around 7:30am. (All timings are in IST)
Yes, i was woken up in the morning & i had a glimpse of the Total Solar Eclipse.
In India it was seen best in Varanasi, it can be seen here
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