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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