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The solar eclipse that will take place on Wednesday, July 22, 2009 will be a total eclipse of the Sun with a magnitude of 1.080 that will be visible from a narrow corridor through northern India, eastern Nepal, northern Bangladesh, Bhutan, the northern tip of Myanmar, central China and the Pacific Ocean, including the Ryukyu Islands, Marshall Islands and Kiribati.
China will be the only country where this solar eclipse can be seen in its totality. Totality will last for up to 6 minutes and 39 seconds. It will not be seen in the U.S.. This solar eclipse is the longest total solar eclipse that will occur in the twenty-first century and will not be surpassed in duration until June 13, 2132.
According to online sources, the time in Beijing is 24 hours ahead of the U.S. EDT. We wonder if this eclipse will take place tomorrow Wednesday or if it has already taken place due to the time difference. If anyone knows the correct answer, we'd like to know. This is second in the series of three eclipses in a month, according to world meteorologists. The first was the lunar eclipse last July 7 and now the solar eclipse on July 22. The third will be a lunar eclipse on August 6.
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