Longest annular solar eclipse of the millennium January 15, 2010 | Millennium's longest annular solar eclipse

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><br /> <div aria-label="Message header" class="y-module message-header" role="complementary" style="background-color: #f2f2f2; background-image: -webkit-gradient(linear, 0 0, 0 100%, from(rgb(255, 255, 255)), to(rgb(242, 242, 242))); border-bottom-color: rgb(224, 224, 224); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; overflow-x: hidden; overflow-y: hidden;"><div class="info expanded " id="msg_details" style="cursor: default; position: relative; width: 809px;"><div class="date" style="font-size: 11px; left: auto; position: absolute; right: 7px; top: 3px; width: auto;"><span class=""> January 15, 2010 3:40 PM</span></div></div></div><div aria-label="Message body" class="msg-body inner undoreset" id="yui_3_2_0_7_132737374924215" role="main" style="margin-bottom: 22px; margin-left: 29px; margin-right: 24px; margin-top: 25px; word-wrap: break-word;"><div id="yiv1370216230"><div><div id="yiv1370216230ygrp-mlmsg" style="font-family: Arial, helvetica, clean, sans-serif;"><div id="yiv1370216230ygrp-msg"><div id="yiv1370216230ygrp-text" style="font-family: Georgia;"><div style="font-size: 13px; line-height: 1.22em; margin-bottom: 1em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"></div><div style="font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif;"><div><div style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 1.22em;"></div><div><div style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 1.22em;"></div><div style="color: #482c1b;"><div style="font-size: 12pt; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1.22em; text-align: center;"><div style="line-height: 1.22em; text-align: left;">The <span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1327375260_0" style="color: #366388; cursor: pointer; line-height: 1.22em;">solar eclipse</span> of January 15, 2010 is an annular eclipse of the Sun with a magnitude of 0.9190.<br /> <br /> This is the longest annular solar eclipse of the millennium,[ 1] and the longest until December 23, 3043, with a maximum length of 11 mins and 7.8 seconds. (The solar eclipse of January 4, 1992 was longer, at 11 minutes, 41 seconds, occurring in the middle of the Pacific Ocean.)[2]<br /> <br /> After 108 years it just Happened. </div><span style="font-size: small; line-height: 1.22em;"><br style="line-height: 1.22em;" /><img alt="http://spaceweather.com/eclipses/15jan10/Elias-Chasiotis1.jpg" height="426" src="http://spaceweather.com/eclipses/15jan10/Elias-Chasiotis1.jpg" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; line-height: 1.22em;" width="640" /><br style="line-height: 1.22em;" /><br style="line-height: 1.22em;" /><img alt="http://spaceweather.com/eclipses/15jan10/Dimitris-Kapetanakis2.jpg" height="426" src="http://spaceweather.com/eclipses/15jan10/Dimitris-Kapetanakis2.jpg" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; line-height: 1.22em;" width="640" /></span></div><div style="font-size: 12pt; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1.22em; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small; line-height: 1.22em;">Sounion, Greece.</span><span style="font-size: small; line-height: 1.22em;">Jan. 15, 2010</span></div><div style="font-size: 12pt; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1.22em; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small; line-height: 1.22em;"><img alt="http://spaceweather.com/eclipses/15jan10/Raymund-Sarmiento1.jpg" height="426" src="http://spaceweather.com/eclipses/15jan10/Raymund-Sarmiento1.jpg" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; line-height: 1.22em;" width="640" /></span></div><div style="font-size: 12pt; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1.22em; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small; line-height: 1.22em;">Manila Philippines</span><span style="font-size: small; line-height: 1.22em;"><img alt="http://spaceweather.com/eclipses/15jan10b/Jett-Aguilar-JAguilar1.jpg" height="455" src="http://spaceweather.com/eclipses/15jan10b/Jett-Aguilar-JAguilar1.jpg" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; line-height: 1.22em;" width="640" /></span><span style="font-size: small; line-height: 1.22em;">Manila Bay, Philippines</span></div><div style="font-size: 12pt; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1.22em; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small; line-height: 1.22em;"><img alt="http://spaceweather.com/eclipses/15jan10/Niloofar-Khavari-NKhavari1.jpg" height="467" src="http://spaceweather.com/eclipses/15jan10/Niloofar-Khavari-NKhavari1.jpg" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; line-height: 1.22em;" width="640" /></span><span style="font-size: small; line-height: 1.22em;">Dehkade, Karaj, Iran<br style="line-height: 1.22em;" /><img alt="http://spaceweather.com/eclipses/15jan10/Xiang-Zhan2.jpg" height="480" src="http://spaceweather.com/eclipses/15jan10/Xiang-Zhan2.jpg" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; line-height: 1.22em;" width="640" /></span></div><div style="font-size: 12pt; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1.22em; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small; line-height: 1.22em;">Weishan Lake, Shandong, China</span></div><div style="font-weight: bold; text-align: center;"><div style="background-color: white; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 1.22em;"><span style="font-size: small; line-height: 1.22em;"><img alt="http://spaceweather.com/eclipses/15jan10/Ashwin-Deshmukh1.jpg" height="480" src="http://spaceweather.com/eclipses/15jan10/Ashwin-Deshmukh1.jpg" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; line-height: 1.22em;" width="640" /></span></div><span style="background-color: white; font-size: small; line-height: 1.22em;">Bangalore, Karnataka, India</span><span style="background-color: white; font-size: small; line-height: 1.22em;"><img alt="http://spaceweather.com/eclipses/15jan10b/SOLAR1.jpg" height="480" src="http://spaceweather.com/eclipses/15jan10b/SOLAR1.jpg" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; line-height: 1.22em;" width="640" /></span><span style="background-color: white; font-size: small; line-height: 1.22em;">Bükk mountains of Hungary</span><br /> <span style="background-color: white; font-size: small; line-height: 1.22em;"><img alt="http://spaceweather.com/eclipses/15jan10b/GAibor-Balogh1.jpg" height="480" src="http://spaceweather.com/eclipses/15jan10b/GAibor-Balogh1.jpg" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; line-height: 1.22em;" width="640" /></span><span style="background-color: white; font-size: small; line-height: 1.22em;">Degania A, Israel</span><br /> <span style="background-color: white; font-size: small; line-height: 1.22em;"><img alt="http://spaceweather.com/eclipses/15jan10b/Albert-Kong1.jpg" height="494" src="http://spaceweather.com/eclipses/15jan10b/Albert-Kong1.jpg" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; line-height: 1.22em;" width="640" /></span><span style="background-color: white; font-size: small; line-height: 1.22em;">Lijiang, China</span><br /> <span style="background-color: white; font-size: small; line-height: 1.22em;"><img alt="http://spaceweather.com/eclipses/15jan10/Ehsan-Rostamizadeh1.jpg" height="512" src="http://spaceweather.com/eclipses/15jan10/Ehsan-Rostamizadeh1.jpg" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; line-height: 1.22em;" width="640" /></span><span style="background-color: white; font-size: small; line-height: 1.22em;">Kerman, Iran</span><span style="background-color: white; font-size: small; line-height: 1.22em;"><br style="line-height: 1.22em;" /><img alt="http://spaceweather.com/eclipses/15jan10b/FanPai-wei2.jpg" height="593" src="http://spaceweather.com/eclipses/15jan10b/FanPai-wei2.jpg" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; line-height: 1.22em;" width="396" /></span><br /> <span style="background-color: white; font-size: small; line-height: 1.22em;">Sizihwan, Kaoshung City, Taiwan<br style="line-height: 1.22em;" /><img alt="http://spaceweather.com/eclipses/15jan10b/Mohamad-Soltanolkottabi1.jpg" height="593" src="http://spaceweather.com/eclipses/15jan10b/Mohamad-Soltanolkottabi1.jpg" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; line-height: 1.22em;" width="395" /></span><br /> <span style="background-color: white; font-size: small; line-height: 1.22em;">Esfahan, Iran</span><span style="background-color: white; font-size: small; line-height: 1.22em;">Solar eclipse Jan 15, 2010 in Chiang Mai, Thailand</span><img height="400" id="yiv1370216230slide_image_4420" src="http://images.huffingtonpost.com/gadgets/slideshows/4420/slide_4420_61961_large.jpg" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; line-height: 1.22em;" width="550" /><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-style: initial; line-height: 1.22em;"><img alt="Solar eclipse Jan 15, 2010 in Chiang Mai, Thailand by b. inxee♪♫." class="yiv1370216230reflect" height="378" src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4011/4277203702_b11a1b0474.jpg" style="background-color: white; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px;" title="" width="500" /></span></span><br /> <span style="background-color: white; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 1.22em;">Bagan, Myanmar </span><br /> <img height="400" id="yiv1370216230slide_image_4420" src="http://images.huffingtonpost.com/gadgets/slideshows/4420/slide_4420_61963_large.jpg" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; line-height: 1.22em;" width="550" /><br /> <span style="background-color: white; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 1.22em;">Rawalpindi, Pakistan </span><br /> <span style="background-color: white; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 1.22em;">A crescent on the minaret of a mosque is reflected in the eclipse</span><br /> <img height="400" id="yiv1370216230slide_image_4420" src="http://images.huffingtonpost.com/gadgets/slideshows/4420/slide_4420_61964_large.jpg" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; line-height: 1.22em;" width="550" /><br /> <span style="background-color: white; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 1.22em;">Kaifeng, China </span><br /> <img height="400" id="yiv1370216230slide_image_4420" src="http://images.huffingtonpost.com/gadgets/slideshows/4420/slide_4420_61965_large.jpg" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; line-height: 1.22em;" width="550" /><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.22em;"></span></span><br /> <div class="yiv1370216230slideshow_poll_just_caption " style="background-color: white; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 1.22em;">Bangkok, Thailand <br /> The moon starts its path across the sun, obscuring a portion of it.<br /> <img height="400" id="yiv1370216230slide_image_4420" src="http://images.huffingtonpost.com/gadgets/slideshows/4420/slide_4420_61970_large.jpg" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; line-height: 1.22em;" width="550" /><br /> Nairobi, Kenya</div><div style="background-color: white; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 1.22em; margin-bottom: 1em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><img alt="Solar_Eclipse_January_2010" class="yiv1370216230alignnone yiv1370216230size-full yiv1370216230wp-image-2380" height="317" src="http://www.forestlaneshul.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/Solar_Eclipse_January_20101.jpg" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; line-height: 1.22em;" title="Solar_Eclipse_January_2010" width="417" /></div><div style="background-color: white; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 1.22em; margin-bottom: 1em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><strong style="font-size: 12pt; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1.22em;">Best Place to watch the eclipse of 2010 in India:</strong><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 1.22em;"> Dhanushkodi in Pamban Island off Tamil Nadu coast</span></div><div style="background-color: white; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 1.22em; margin-bottom: 1em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><img alt="http://www.infocera.com/admin/upload_images/1263458974solar-eclipse-2010-pic.jpg" src="http://www.infocera.com/admin/upload_images/1263458974solar-eclipse-2010-pic.jpg" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; line-height: 1.22em;" /></div><div style="background-color: white; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 1.22em; margin-bottom: 1em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Solar eclipse 2010 in India on Jan 15, Fire Ring event once in a blue moon</div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>

Longest annular solar eclipse of the millennium January 15, 2010 | Millennium's longest annular solar eclipse

 January 15, 2010 3:40 PM The  solar eclipse  of January 15, 2010 is an annular eclipse of the Sun with a magnitude of 0.9190. This is th...

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