Table 5. Local Circumstances on the Center Line,
Total Solar Eclipse of 1998 February 26
Center Line
Maximum Eclipse First Contact Second Contact Third Contact Fourth Contact .
U.T. Durat. Alt U.T. P V Alt U.T. P V U.T. P V U.T. P V Alt
° ° ° ° ° ° ° ° ° ° °
15:50 01m50.6s 12 - - - - 15:49:05 76 168 15:50:56 256 348 16:57:05 75 165 29
15:55 02m10.4s 22 14:51:36 256 350 6 15:53:55 75 166 15:56:05 255 346 17:07:45 73 162 40
16:00 02m25.2s 28 14:53:22 255 348 12 15:58:48 74 164 16:01:13 254 344 17:16:52 72 159 47
16:05 02m37.9s 33 14:55:36 254 346 16 16:03:41 73 162 16:06:19 253 342 17:25:15 71 156 53
16:10 02m49.2s 38 14:58:05 254 345 20 16:08:36 72 160 16:11:25 252 340 17:33:08 70 154 58
16:15 02m59.5s 42 15:00:46 253 343 23 16:13:31 71 158 16:16:30 251 338 17:40:37 68 150 63
16:20 03m08.9s 46 15:03:36 252 342 27 16:18:26 70 156 16:21:35 250 336 17:47:46 67 146 67
16:25 03m17.6s 49 15:06:35 251 340 30 16:23:22 69 154 16:26:39 249 334 17:54:36 67 141 71
16:30 03m25.5s 52 15:09:40 251 338 33 16:28:18 68 152 16:31:43 248 331 18:01:09 66 134 74
16:35 03m32.8s 55 15:12:52 250 337 35 16:33:14 68 149 16:36:47 248 329 18:07:27 65 125 77
16:40 03m39.4s 58 15:16:11 249 335 38 16:38:11 67 146 16:41:50 247 326 18:13:30 64 112 80
16:45 03m45.3s 61 15:19:36 249 333 40 16:43:08 66 143 16:46:53 246 322 18:19:20 64 94 81
16:50 03m50.5s 64 15:23:07 248 331 43 16:48:05 66 139 16:51:56 245 318 18:24:57 63 72 82
16:55 03m55.1s 66 15:26:45 247 329 45 16:53:03 65 135 16:56:58 245 314 18:30:22 63 51 81
17:00 03m59.0s 69 15:30:30 247 326 48 16:58:01 64 130 17:02:00 244 309 18:35:36 62 35 80
17:05 04m02.2s 71 15:34:21 246 324 50 17:02:59 64 124 17:07:01 244 302 18:40:40 62 25 78
17:10 04m04.8s 73 15:38:19 246 321 52 17:07:58 63 117 17:12:03 243 295 18:45:34 61 17 75
17:15 04m06.7s 74 15:42:25 245 318 54 17:12:57 63 109 17:17:03 243 286 18:50:19 61 12 73
17:20 04m07.9s 75 15:46:38 245 315 56 17:17:56 62 99 17:22:04 242 275 18:54:56 61 8 70
17:25 04m08.5s 76 15:50:59 244 311 58 17:22:56 62 88 17:27:04 242 264 18:59:25 61 6 68
17:30 04m08.5s 76 15:55:29 244 307 60 17:27:56 62 76 17:32:04 242 252 19:03:46 61 3 66
17:35 04m07.7s 76 16:00:06 243 303 62 17:32:56 61 65 17:37:04 241 240 19:08:01 61 2 63
17:40 04m06.4s 75 16:04:53 243 298 64 17:37:57 61 54 17:42:03 241 230 19:12:08 61 1 61
17:45 04m04.4s 73 16:09:49 242 292 65 17:42:58 61 45 17:47:02 241 222 19:16:10 61 360 58
17:50 04m01.8s 71 16:14:54 242 286 67 17:47:59 61 37 17:52:01 241 215 19:20:06 61 359 55
17:55 03m58.6s 69 16:20:09 242 279 68 17:53:01 61 31 17:56:59 241 209 19:23:56 61 359 53
18:00 03m54.8s 67 16:25:34 241 271 69 17:58:03 61 26 18:01:57 241 204 19:27:41 61 358 50
18:05 03m50.3s 65 16:31:10 241 262 69 18:03:05 61 22 18:06:55 241 200 19:31:20 61 358 48
18:10 03m45.3s 62 16:36:57 241 253 69 18:08:07 61 19 18:11:52 241 197 19:34:54 62 358 45
18:15 03m39.7s 59 16:42:55 241 244 68 18:13:10 61 16 18:16:50 241 195 19:38:23 62 358 42
18:20 03m33.5s 56 16:49:04 241 235 67 18:18:13 61 14 18:21:46 241 193 19:41:47 62 358 40
18:25 03m26.7s 53 16:55:26 241 227 66 18:23:16 62 12 18:26:43 242 191 19:45:05 63 359 37
18:30 03m19.3s 50 17:02:01 241 220 64 18:28:20 62 10 18:31:39 242 190 19:48:18 63 359 34
18:35 03m11.3s 47 17:08:49 242 214 61 18:33:24 62 9 18:36:35 242 189 19:51:25 64 359 31
18:40 03m02.5s 43 17:15:51 242 209 58 18:38:29 63 8 18:41:31 243 188 19:54:25 64 360 27
18:45 02m53.0s 39 17:23:10 243 205 54 18:43:33 63 8 18:46:26 244 187 19:57:16 65 1 24
18:50 02m42.6s 35 17:30:48 243 201 50 18:48:39 64 7 18:51:21 244 187 19:59:58 65 2 20
18:55 02m30.9s 30 17:38:49 244 198 45 18:53:44 65 7 18:56:15 245 187 20:02:26 66 3 15
19:00 02m17.5s 24 17:47:23 245 195 38 18:58:51 66 7 19:01:09 246 187 20:04:33 67 4 10
19:05 02m00.6s 16 17:56:58 246 193 30 19:04:00 67 8 19:06:00 247 188 20:05:57 68 6 3
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