July 22,2009.It must be a will be an exciting date for all of the amateur astronomers."Total Solar Eclipse of the Sun".Totality will be visible in many cities such as Surat , Varanasi , Patna , Thimphu , Chengdu , Chongqing , Wuhan , Hangzhou and Shanghai .
This solar eclipse is the longest total solar eclipse that will occur in the twenty-first century, and will not be surpassed in duration until June 13, 2132.Totality will last for up to 6 minutes and 39 seconds, with the maximum eclipse occurring in the ocean at 02:35:21 UTC about 100 km south of the Bonin Islands , southeast of Japan .The North Iwo Jima island is the landmass with totality time closest to maximum.
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