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Longest Solar Eclipse of the Millennium

The solar eclipse of January 15, 2010 is an annular eclipse of the Sun with a magnitude of 0.9190.

This is the longest annular solar eclipse of the millennium, and the longest until December 23, 3043, with a maximum length of 11 mins and 7.8 seconds. (The solar eclipse of January 4, 1992 was longer, at 11 minutes, 41 seconds, occurring in the middle of the Pacific Ocean.)

After 108 years it just Happened.

Longest Solar Eclipse of the Millennium

Longest Solar Eclipse of the Millennium

Sounion, Greece.
Jan. 15, 2010

Longest Solar Eclipse of the Millennium
Manila Philippines

Longest Solar Eclipse of the Millennium
Manila Bay, Philippines

Longest Solar Eclipse of the Millennium
Dehkade, Karaj, Iran

Longest Solar Eclipse of the Millennium
Weishan Lake, Shandong, China

Longest Solar Eclipse of the Millennium
Bangalore, Karnataka, India

Longest Solar Eclipse of the Millennium
Bükk mountains of Hungary

Longest Solar Eclipse of the Millennium
Degania A, Israel

Longest Solar Eclipse of the Millennium
Lijiang, China

Longest Solar Eclipse of the Millennium
Kerman, Iran

Longest Solar Eclipse of the Millennium
Sizihwan, Kaoshung City, Taiwan

Longest Solar Eclipse of the Millennium
Esfahan, Iran

Longest Solar Eclipse of the Millennium
Solar eclipse Jan 15, 2010 in Chiang Mai, Thailand

Longest Solar Eclipse of the Millennium
A view of a partial solar eclipse over Gaza City.

Longest Solar Eclipse of the Millennium
Bagan, Myanmar

Longest Solar Eclipse of the Millennium
Rawalpindi, Pakistan
A crescent on the minaret of a mosque is reflected in the eclipse

Longest Solar Eclipse of the Millennium
Kaifeng, China

Longest Solar Eclipse of the Millennium
Bangkok, Thailand
The moon starts its path across the sun, obscuring a portion of it.

Longest Solar Eclipse of the Millennium
Nairobi, Kenya

Longest Solar Eclipse of the Millennium

The best place to view the eclipse from India is Dhanushkodi in Pamban Island off Tamil Nadu coast.

Longest Solar Eclipse of the Millennium

Best Place to watch the eclipse of 2010 in India: Dhanushkodi in Pamban Island off Tamil Nadu coast

Longest Solar Eclipse of the Millennium

Solar eclipse 2010 in India on Jan 15, Fire Ring event once in a blue moon

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