REAL TIME SOLAR ECLIPSE 2015-March-20

(c) Toni Ardanuy

NOTE: Hours in this page are all in Universal Time (UT)

OBSERVATORY 26 - AGER - MONTSEC
INFORMATION
Lat.: 42.0191 N Long.: 0.7443 E
UTM: 313243.79, 4654346.0 ETRS89
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Partial Solar Eclipse
Magnitude: 0.723
Obscuration: 66.07%

TELESCOPE: 77 mm diam., 500 mm FL
CAMERA: CANON 400D


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These graphics show how this eclipse is (or will be) seen in different places of the World.
The movements of the Sun and the Moon are real, calculated using the celestial mechanics formulation.
Not all the correction terms for Moon movement have been used because this is only an approximation.
Eclipse time contacts are good in order of 5 minutes.

Eclipse circumstances for Ager (Montsec, Lleida)

(from NASA website)

Event Date Time (UT) Alt Azi
Start of partial eclipse (C1) : 2015/03/20 08:10:46.9 22.7 112.5
Maximum eclipse : 2015/03/20 09:16:15.9 33.3 126.7
End of partial eclipse (C4) : 2015/03/20 10:26:54.2 42.4 146.0

More information:
NASA Eclipse website

Formulation of mechanics is obtained from:

"Astronomical Algorithms" of Jean Meeus
"Solar Eclipse Monitoring for Solar Energy Applications Using the Solar and Moon Position Algorithms" of NREL
IAU (International Astronomical Union)