Can you see the total solar eclipse in Harbin? Will it be sunny on the 22nd?
Harbin cannot see the total eclipse, only half of it. The weather should be sunny, because it has been raining these days and it is expected to be sunny on the 22nd
The total solar eclipse on July 22, 2009
Maybe it is to compensate for the poor moon at the beginning of the month In two weeks, a major total solar eclipse will take place. The Moon's umbra spans a few islands in India, China, and Japan, and the South Pacific (Aspanak and Anderson, 2008). A partial solar eclipse can be seen in a wider area where the moon's penumbra passes, that is, most of East Asia, Indonesia and the Pacific Ocean (Figure 5).
At 00:53 UTC, the central eclipse begins in Campa Bay, India. Because the Moon had passed perigee just a few hours earlier, the zone of totality was unusually wide. During its rapid travel on land, the moon's shadow swept over Surat, Indore, Bhopal, Varanasi, and Patna in India[2], and the solar eclipse time near the center line was close to 4 minutes. Before reaching China (01:05 UT) (Figure 6), the moon's umbral shadow passes through Bhutan and sweeps over parts of Nepal, Bangladesh, and Myanmar. In Sichuan, the total solar eclipse lasts for 5 minutes, and the provincial capital Chengdu is located 85 kilometers north of the eclipse center line. The umbra of the moon passes through other areas in southern China, and large cities such as Chongqing, Wuhan, and Hangzhou are located in the total solar eclipse zone.
When the moon's shadow reaches the eastern coast, China's largest city, Shanghai, will experience a five-minute total solar eclipse at 01:39 UTC. At the eclipse centerline 70 kilometers south, the total eclipse time is only 5 seconds away from 6 minutes. Across the East China Sea, the umbral shadow of the moon sweeps across the Ryukyu Islands and Iwo Jima.
The great eclipse occurred in the South Pacific at 02:35:19 UTC. At this time, the moon's shadow passes near the center of the earth. The longest total solar eclipse lasted 6 minutes and 39 seconds, the sun's altitude was 86°, and the eclipse zone was 258 kilometers wide. Next, the eclipse belt will no longer visit the land, but will curve southeastward in the depths of the Pacific Ocean to meet several coral reefs in the Marshall Islands and Gilbert Islands.
After a 3.4-hour journey on the Earth's surface, the totality zone ended at 4:18 UTC, and the moon's shadow left the Earth and returned to space. The 15,200-kilometer-long eclipse zone covers 0.71 of the Earth's surface. Table 3 lists the parameters of the solar eclipse zone and the central line eclipse situation.
The partial solar eclipse will be visible over a very wide area of East Asia, Indonesia and the South Pacific. Table 4 lists the food availability in some cities. All times given are universal time. Also given are the altitude and orientation of the Sun at the time of the maximum eclipse, the eclipse points and the eclipse area.
This is the 37th solar eclipse of Saros cycle 136. This series of solar eclipses began on June 14, 1360, with eight partial solar eclipses. The first central eclipse was an annular solar eclipse, which occurred on September 8, 1504. After the five total annular solar eclipses, there were six total annular solar eclipses from 1612 to 1703. The first total solar eclipse occurred on January 27, 1721. The centerline time of this series of eclipses quickly climbed to 7 minutes and 8 seconds on June 20, 1955. After that, the duration of totality slowly shortens. It is particularly worth mentioning that on August 12, 2045, a 6-minute total solar eclipse will pass through the central United States. This series will continue to produce total solar eclipses until May 13, 2496. After that, this solar eclipse group will have 7 partial solar eclipses, ending on July 30, 2622. In total, Saros cycle 136 produced 15 partial solar eclipses, 6 annular solar eclipses, 6 total solar eclipses and 44 total solar eclipses.
This series of solar eclipses can be found at http://eclipse.gsfc.nasa.gov/SEsaros/SEsaros136.html