An annular solar eclipse occurred at the Moon's descending node of orbit on Friday, September 22, 2006, with a magnitude of 0.9352. A solar eclipse occurs when the Moon passes between Earth and the Sun, thereby totally or partly obscuring the image of the Sun for a viewer on Earth. An annular solar eclipse occurs when the Moon's apparent diameter is smaller than the Sun's, blocking most of the Sun's light and causing the Sun to look like an annulus (ring). An annular eclipse appears as a partial eclipse over a region of the Earth thousands of kilometres wide. Occurring about 5 hours after apogee (on September 22, 2006, at 6:20 UTC), the Moon's apparent diameter was smaller.

The path of annularity of this eclipse passed through Guyana, Suriname, French Guiana, the northern tip of Roraima and Amapá of Brazil, and the southern Atlantic. A partial eclipse was visible for parts of South America, West Africa, Southern Africa, the Antarctic Peninsula, and east Antarctica.

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Eclipse timing Places experiencing annular eclipse Solar Eclipse of September 22, 2006(Local Times)Country or territory City or placeStart of partial eclipseStart of annular eclipseMaximum eclipseEnd of annular eclipseEnd of partial eclipseDuration of annularity (min:s)Duration of eclipse (hr:min)Maximum coverage New Amsterdam 05:39:23 (sunrise) 05:48:44 05:50:45 05:52:45 07:04:36 4:01 1:25 85.22% Linden 05:42:24 (sunrise) 05:48:33 05:50:54 05:53:14 07:04:20 4:41 1:22 85.18% Nieuw Nickerie 06:37:17 (sunrise) 06:48:36 06:51:03 06:53:29 08:05:20 4:53 1:28 85.24% Paramaribo 06:29:59 (sunrise) 06:48:50 06:51:21 06:53:52 08:06:53 5:02 1:37 85.33% Saint-Laurent-du-Maroni 06:25:27 (sunrise) 06:49:06 06:51:50 06:54:33 08:08:14 5:27 1:43 85.39% Kourou 06:19:55 (sunrise) 06:49:36 06:52:26 06:55:16 08:09:54 5:40 1:50 85.46% Cayenne 06:18:40 (sunrise) 06:49:54 06:52:44 06:55:35 08:10:30 5:41 1:52 85.48%References:

Places experiencing partial eclipse Solar Eclipse of September 22, 2006(Local Times)Country or territory City or placeStart of partial eclipseMaximum eclipseEnd of partial eclipseDuration of eclipse (hr:min)Maximum coverage Bridgetown 05:47:34 (sunrise) 05:49:46 06:55:18 1:08 65.18% Georgetown 05:41:57 (sunrise) 05:50:16 07:03:31 1:22 85.08% Maripasoula 06:25:30 (sunrise) 06:53:36 08:10:28 1:45 85.38% Castries 05:53:01 (sunrise) 05:55:13 06:53:36 1:01 58.66% Fort-de-France 05:53:20 (sunrise) 05:55:32 06:52:49 0:59 56.45% Kingstown 05:54:00 (sunrise) 05:56:11 06:54:32 1:01 60.61% Roseau 05:54:34 (sunrise) 05:56:46 06:51:50 0:57 53.19% Port of Spain 05:55:13 (sunrise) 05:57:23 06:57:20 1:02 67.37% Basse-Terre 05:55:55 (sunrise) 05:58:08 06:50:50 0:55 49.81% St. George's 05:56:09 (sunrise) 05:58:19 06:55:38 0:59 61.96% St. John's 05:56:19 (sunrise) 05:58:33 06:49:20 0:53 45.99% Praia 07:47:23 09:00:33 10:23:28 2:36 40.14% Belém 06:03:22 (sunrise) 07:01:35 08:23:15 2:20 73.56% Basseterre 05:59:49 (sunrise) 06:02:03 06:48:51 0:49 42.31% Ciudad Guayana 06:00:06 (sunrise) 06:02:15 06:59:21 0:59 67.24% Fortaleza 05:55:24 07:12:46 08:43:38 2:48 74.19% Bissau 08:56:24 10:13:30 11:39:52 2:43 36.59% Conakry 08:59:43 10:19:53 11:49:29 2:50 39.08% Caracas 06:16:45 (sunrise) 06:20:21 06:55:37 0:39 35.43% Freetown 09:00:52 10:22:23 11:53:28 2:53 40.64% Brasília 06:18:31 07:25:20 08:42:09 2:24 38.23% Monrovia 09:06:11 10:30:04 12:03:07 2:57 40.92% Rio de Janeiro 06:38:22 07:45:33 09:01:44 2:23 28.76% Jamestown 09:51:27 11:34:19 13:21:40 3:30 75.10% Cape Town 13:20:58 14:56:47 16:24:20 3:03 61.47% Johannesburg 13:44:04 15:03:43 16:15:24 2:31 26.04% Maseru 13:41:53 15:06:20 16:22:09 2:40 35.00% Port-aux-Français 17:22:53 18:12:33 18:15:49 (sunset) 0:53 56.87% Marion Island 15:00:30 16:23:30 17:38:46 2:38 79.31% Île de la Possession 17:15:18 18:31:05 19:29:36 (sunset) 2:14 70.83%References:

Eclipse details Shown below are two tables displaying details about this particular solar eclipse. The first table outlines times at which the Moon's penumbra or umbra attains the specific parameter, and the second table describes various other parameters pertaining to this eclipse.

+September 22, 2006 Solar Eclipse Times Event Time (UTC) First Penumbral External Contact 2006 September 22 at 08:41:01.9 UTC First Umbral External Contact 2006 September 22 at 09:49:37.0 UTC First Central Line 2006 September 22 at 09:52:37.2 UTC First Umbral Internal Contact 2006 September 22 at 09:55:38.2 UTC First Penumbral Internal Contact 2006 September 22 at 11:24:51.6 UTC Greatest Duration 2006 September 22 at 11:40:28.6 UTC Greatest Eclipse 2006 September 22 at 11:41:16.4 UTC Ecliptic Conjunction 2006 September 22 at 11:46:08.5 UTC Last Penumbral Internal Contact 2006 September 22 at 11:57:02.3 UTC Equatorial Conjunction 2006 September 22 at 12:08:15.8 UTC Last Umbral Internal Contact 2006 September 22 at 13:26:37.6 UTC Last Central Line 2006 September 22 at 13:29:39.0 UTC Last Umbral External Contact 2006 September 22 at 13:32:39.5 UTC Last Penumbral External Contact 2006 September 22 at 14:41:20.1 UTC

+September 22, 2006 Solar Eclipse Parameters Parameter Value Eclipse Magnitude 0.93517 Eclipse Obscuration 0.87455 Gamma −0.40624 Sun Right Ascension 11h57m32.9s Sun Declination +00°15'56.9" Sun Semi-Diameter 15'56.1" Sun Equatorial Horizontal Parallax 08.8" Moon Right Ascension 11h56m50.2s Moon Declination -00°03'07.8" Moon Semi-Diameter 14'41.9" Moon Equatorial Horizontal Parallax 0°53'56.7" ΔT 65.0 s

Eclipse season

This eclipse is part of an eclipse season, a period, roughly every six months, when eclipses occur. Only two (or occasionally three) eclipse seasons occur each year, and each season lasts about 35 days and repeats just short of six months (173 days) later; thus two full eclipse seasons always occur each year. Either two or three eclipses happen each eclipse season. In the sequence below, each eclipse is separated by a fortnight.

+ Eclipse season of September 2006 September 7Ascending node (full moon) September 22Descending node (new moon) Partial lunar eclipseLunar Saros 118 Annular solar eclipseSolar Saros 144

Related eclipses Eclipses in 2006 A penumbral lunar eclipse on March 14. A total solar eclipse on March 29. A partial lunar eclipse on September 7. An annular solar eclipse on September 22.

Metonic Preceded by: Solar eclipse of December 4, 2002 Followed by: Solar eclipse of July 11, 2010

Tzolkinex Preceded by: Solar eclipse of August 11, 1999 Followed by: Solar eclipse of November 3, 2013

Half-Saros Preceded by: Lunar eclipse of September 16, 1997 Followed by: Lunar eclipse of September 28, 2015

Tritos Preceded by: Solar eclipse of October 24, 1995 Followed by: Solar eclipse of August 21, 2017

Solar Saros 144 Preceded by: Solar eclipse of September 11, 1988 Followed by: Solar eclipse of October 2, 2024

Inex Preceded by: Solar eclipse of October 12, 1977 Followed by: Solar eclipse of September 2, 2035

Triad Preceded by: Solar eclipse of November 22, 1919 Followed by: Solar eclipse of July 23, 2093

Solar eclipses of 2004–2007

Saros 144

Metonic series

Tritos series

Inex series

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External links

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