THE ECLIPSE

Saros 136 (37 of 71)

Maximum eclipse

Duration 398 s (6 min 38.8 s)

Location Pacific Ocean

Coordinates 24°12′36″N 144°06′24″E

Max. width of band 258.4 km

Times UTC SGP NSW

Partial eclipse 23:58:18PM (Jul 21) 7.58.18AM 9.58.18AM

Total eclipse 12:51:16 AM (Jul 22) 8.51.16AM 10.51.16AM

Central eclipse 12:54:31 AM (Jul 22) 8.54.31AM 10.54.31AM

Greatest eclipse 2:35:21 AM (July 22) 10.35.21AM 12.35.21PM

GLOSSARY OF SOLAR ECLIPSE TERMS

Central eclipse - A solar eclipse in which the central axis of the Moon’s shadow cone traverses Earth thereby producing a central line in the eclipse track. The umbra or antumbra falls entirely upon Earth so the ground track has both a northern and southern limit. Central solar eclipses can be either total, annular or hybrid.

Total eclipse - A solar eclipse in which the Moon's umbral shadow traverses Earth (Moon is close enough to Earth to completely cover the Sun). During the maximum phase of a total eclipse, the Sun's disk is completely blocked Moon. The Sun's faint corona is then safely revealed to the naked eye.

Partial eclipse - A solar eclipse in which the Moon's penumbral shadow traverses Earth (umbral and antumbral shadows completely miss Earth). During a partial eclipse, the Moon appears to block part (but not all) of the Sun's disk. From the prospective of an individual observer, a partial eclipse is one in which the observer is within the penumbral shadow but outside the path of the umbral or antumbral shadows.

Greatest eclipse - Greatest eclipse is defined as the instant when the axis of the Moon's shadow cone passes closest to Earth's center. For total eclipses, the instant of greatest eclipse is virtually identical to the instants of greatest magnitude and greatest duration. However, for annular eclipses, the instant of greatest duration may occur at either the time of greatest eclipse or near the sunrise and sunset points of the eclipse path.