Official Timing For Brunei Darussalam

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Latitude: 4° 48' 59" N
Longitude: 114° 41' 29" E
Height above sea level: 10 metres
Time zone: 8h ahead of UT

Eclipse Type
The eclipse is partial from this location. The sun sets
before the end of the eclipse.

Timing Information
Beginning of partial phase
Time: 2009 Jan 26 16:41:47 *[16:42]
PA of centre of Moon: 230.1°
Sun's altitude: 24.6°

Maximum eclipse
Time: 2009 Jan 26 17:53:50 *[17:54]
Eclipse magnitude: 0.842 (84.2%)
Moon:Sun size ratio: 0.917
PA of centre of Moon: 149.1°
Sun's altitude: 7.9°

Sun Set
26 Jan 2009 18:30:50 Azimuth 251° 20' 41"
*[18:30]

End of partial phase
Time: 2009 Jan 26 18:57:12 *[18:57]
PA of centre of Moon: 67.9°
Sun's altitude: -7.1°
*Suggested Official Time

Local Duration 1 hour 48 minutes only

Shadow From South Atlantic, south of the African
continent, southern Indian Ocean, encounters land in
the form of the Cocos Islands and onward to
southern Sumatra and western Java, central Borneo
and clips the northwestern edge of Celebes before
ending just short of Mindanao, Philippines.

Visibility An annular eclipse will be visible from a
wide track that traverses the Indian Ocean and
western Indonesia. A partial eclipse will be seen
within the much larger path of the Moon's penumbral
shadow, which includes the southern third of Africa,
Madagascar, Australia except Tasmania, southeast
India, Southeast Asia and Indonesia.
Greatest Annular Eclipse At Southern Indian
Ocean. Greatest eclipse takes place at 07:58:39 UT
(15:58:39 Brunei Time) when the eclipse magnitude
will reach 0.9282. At this instant, the annular
duration is 7 minutes 54 seconds.

Official Observation Site, Time, Organisers
Date: 26th January 2009
Venue: Kompleks Yaysan Sultan Haji
Hassanal Bolkiah, BSB.
Time: 4.00 pm – 6.30 pm
Organisers: Astronomical Society of Brunei
Darussalam

Warnings/Safety Looking at the Sun is dangerous
at any time when any part of the brilliant visible disk
of the Sun (its photosphere) is visible. Looking
directly at the eclipse can badly damage your eyes. It
is NOT safe to view the eclipse through sunglasses,
CDs, binoculars, a telescope without a filter, or even
through a camera.

Techniques of Viewing
1. Solar Filter Equipped Instrument
2. Pinhole Camera
3. Solar Projection through Binocular/Telescope
4. Eclipse's reflection in the water (not
recommended)

Press Release Dates / Conference
22nd January 2009

Last Eclipse 2002 June 11
Next Eclipse 2009 Jul 22 08:47:43 - 10:21:30
(16.8% Partial Obscuration)