# Location E Lng N Lat 1st 2nd 3rd 4th Tot h
° ' ° ' hh:mm:ss hh:mm:ss hh:mm:ss hh:mm:ss m:ss °
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1 Bregenz 09 43 47 30 11:13:21 (no total eclipse) 13:58:55 (98.31) 56.1
2 Innsbruck 11 24 47 16 11:15:48 (no total eclipse) 14:02:01 (98.54) 56.9
3 Braunau/Inn 13 03 48 16 11:18:39 12:39:45 12:41:50 14:03:42 2:05 56.4
4 Salzburg 13 03 47 48 11:18:30 12:39:56 12:42:01 14:04:13 2:04 56.9
5 Hallein 13 06 47 41 11:18:33 12:40:14 12:41:59 14:04:25 1:45 57.0
6 Mondsee 13 21 47 52 11:18:59 12:40:20 12:42:37 14:04:38 2:17 56.9
7 Schärding 13 27 48 28 11:19:20 12:41:13 12:41:36 14:04:07 0:23 56.3
8 Ried/Innkreis 13 29 48 13 11:19:18 12:40:34 12:42:33 14:04:27 1:59 56.5
9 Bad Ischl 13 38 47 43 11:19:23 12:40:57 12:43:07 14:05:15 2:09 57.1
10 Vöcklabruck 13 40 48 01 11:19:32 12:40:49 12:43:06 14:04:58 2:17 56.8
11 Bad Aussee 13 47 47 37 11:19:36 12:41:20 12:43:20 14:05:37 2:00 57.2
12 Gmunden 13 48 47 56 11:19:43 12:41:04 12:43:23 14:05:17 2:19 56.9
13 Grieskirchen 13 51 48 14 11:19:53 12:41:21 12:43:01 14:05:01 1:40 56.6
14 Bad Mitterndorf 13 56 47 34 11:19:49 12:41:39 12:43:36 14:05:55 1:57 57.3
15 Wels 14 02 48 10 11:20:09 12:41:38 12:43:26 14:05:23 1:47 56.7
16 Kirchdorf/Krems 14 08 47 55 11:20:14 12:41:40 12:43:58 14:05:50 2:17 57.0
17 Liezen 14 15 47 35 11:20:19 12:42:06 12:44:15 14:06:24 2:09 57.3
18 Linz 14 16 48 18 11:20:33 12:42:39 12:43:07 14:05:37 0:27 56.6
19 Klagenfurt 14 18 46 37 11:20:12 (no total eclipse) 14:07:35 (98.38) 58.3
20 Windischgarsten 14 20 47 44 11:20:29 12:42:05 12:44:25 14:06:22 2:20 57.2
21 Rottenmann 14 23 47 32 11:20:31 12:42:22 12:44:29 14:06:41 2:07 57.4
22 Steyr 14 25 48 04 11:20:43 12:42:19 12:44:10 14:06:07 1:51 56.9
23 Enns 14 28 48 13 11:20:50 12:42:47 12:43:44 14:06:01 0:57 56.7
24 Grossraming 14 33 47 54 11:20:53 12:42:27 12:44:39 14:06:31 2:12 57.1
25 Fohnsdorf 14 40 47 13 11:20:54 12:43:37 12:44:33 14:07:30 0:56 57.8
26 Waidhofen/Ybbs 14 47 47 58 11:21:16 12:42:58 12:44:53 14:06:49 1:55 57.0
27 Knittelfeld 14 50 47 14 11:21:11 12:43:42 12:45:03 14:07:45 1:22 57.8
28 Amstetten 14 52 48 08 11:21:26 12:43:32 12:44:27 14:06:44 0:55 56.9
29 Eisenerz 14 53 47 33 11:21:19 12:43:09 12:45:27 14:07:28 2:18 57.5
30 Lunz/See 15 02 47 52 11:21:38 12:43:23 12:45:26 14:07:19 2:03 57.2
31 Leoben 15 06 47 23 11:21:38 12:43:42 12:45:51 14:08:00 2:08 57.7
32 Scheibbs 15 11 48 01 11:21:55 12:43:57 12:45:15 14:07:23 1:18 57.1
33 Bruck/Mur 15 17 47 25 11:21:56 12:43:57 12:46:13 14:08:16 2:16 57.7
34 Kapfenberg 15 18 47 27 11:21:58 12:43:56 12:46:15 14:08:15 2:18 57.6
35 Mariazell 15 20 47 47 11:22:06 12:43:56 12:46:01 14:07:54 2:05 57.3
36 Graz 15 22 47 05 11:22:01 12:44:50 12:45:59 14:08:48 1:09 58.0
37 St.Ägyd/Neuwalde 15 35 47 52 11:22:31 12:44:33 12:46:11 14:08:11 1:37 57.3
38 St. Pölten 15 38 48 12 11:22:40 (no total eclipse) 14:07:51 (99.66) 56.9
39 Weiz 15 38 47 13 11:22:28 12:44:47 12:46:50 14:09:04 2:03 57.9
40 Mürzzuschlag 15 41 47 37 11:22:37 12:44:33 12:46:48 14:08:39 2:15 57.5
41 Gleisdorf 15 43 47 07 11:22:35 12:45:07 12:46:54 14:09:19 1:47 58.0
42 Puchberg/Schneeberg 15 48 47 47 11:22:51 12:44:54 12:46:40 14:08:38 1:46 57.4
43 Hartberg 15 58 47 18 11:23:02 12:45:12 12:47:31 14:09:29 2:19 57.9
44 Neunkirchen 16 05 47 44 11:23:18 12:45:27 12:47:10 14:09:08 1:43 57.5
45 Fürstenfeld 16 05 47 03 11:23:11 12:45:46 12:47:38 14:09:59 1:52 58.1
46 Aspang 16 06 47 34 11:23:17 12:45:21 12:47:32 14:09:22 2:11 57.6
47 Pinkafeld 16 08 47 23 11:23:19 12:45:25 12:47:47 14:09:39 2:21 57.8
48 Jennersdorf 16 08 46 57 11:23:15 12:46:07 12:47:35 14:10:11 1:28 58.2
49 Oberwart 16 12 47 18 11:23:25 12:45:35 12:47:56 14:09:52 2:21 57.9
50 Wiener Neustadt 16 15 47 49 11:23:35 12:46:05 12:47:02 14:09:17 0:58 57.4
51 Güssing 16 19 47 03 11:23:34 12:46:06 12:48:08 14:10:21 2:02 58.2
52 Wien 16 23 48 13 11:23:53 (no total eclipse) 14:09:00 (99.18) 57.0
53 Eisenstadt 16 31 47 51 11:24:01 (no total eclipse) 14:09:40 (99.95) 57.4
54 Deutschkreutz 16 37 47 37 11:24:09 12:46:28 12:48:09 14:10:07 1:41 57.6
Symbols:
E Lng: Eastern longitude
N Lat: Northern latitude
1st: Central European Daylight Savings Time (CEDT) of first contact (Begin of partial eclipse)
2nd: Central European Daylight Savings Time (CEDT) of second contact (Begin of total eclipse)
3rd: Central European Daylight Savings Time (CEDT) of third contact (End of total eclipse)
4th: Central European Daylight Savings Time (CEDT) of fourth contact (End of partial eclipse)
Tot: Duration of totality
For locations where no total eclipse will be visible, the maximum percentage of
the solar disc which is covered by the moon is listed in brackets.
h: Height of the sun at mid-eclipse
Central Line Data
The table below lists data for the central line across Austria. The predictions are based on the Besselian elements and formulae given by J. Meeus in his book "Elements of Solar Eclipses 1951-2200" (Willmann-Bell, Inc., 1989), assuming Delta T = 64 seconds.
E Lng N Lat Time Tot h w S Limit N Limit
° ' " ° ' " hh:mm:ss m:ss ° km ° ' " ° ' "
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12 30 00 48 08 56 12:39:53 2:20 56.4 110 47 38 01 48 39 50
12 45 00 48 05 58 12:40:20 2:20 56.5 110 47 35 00 48 36 55
13 00 00 48 02 58 12:40:47 2:20 56.6 110 47 31 57 48 33 58
13 15 00 47 59 55 12:41:15 2:20 56.7 110 47 28 51 48 30 58
13 30 00 47 56 50 12:41:42 2:20 56.8 110 47 25 43 48 27 56
13 45 00 47 53 43 12:42:10 2:20 56.9 110 47 22 33 48 24 51
14 00 00 47 50 33 12:42:37 2:21 57.0 110 47 19 20 48 21 45
14 15 00 47 47 21 12:43:05 2:21 57.1 110 47 16 05 48 18 35
14 30 00 47 44 06 12:43:33 2:21 57.2 110 47 12 47 48 15 24
14 45 00 47 40 49 12:44:00 2:21 57.3 110 47 09 27 48 12 10
15 00 00 47 37 30 12:44:28 2:21 57.4 110 47 06 04 48 08 53
15 15 00 47 34 08 12:44:57 2:21 57.5 111 47 02 39 48 05 35
15 30 00 47 30 44 12:45:25 2:21 57.6 111 46 59 12 48 02 13
15 45 00 47 27 17 12:45:53 2:21 57.7 111 46 55 42 47 58 50
16 00 00 47 23 48 12:46:22 2:22 57.8 111 46 52 10 47 55 23
16 15 00 47 20 16 12:46:50 2:22 57.9 111 46 48 35 47 51 55
16 30 00 47 16 42 12:47:19 2:22 58.0 111 46 44 57 47 48 24
16 45 00 47 13 05 12:47:47 2:22 58.0 111 46 41 18 47 44 50
17 00 00 47 09 26 12:48:16 2:22 58.1 111 46 37 35 47 41 14
Symbols:
E Lng: Eastern longitude of central eclipse
N Lat: Northern latitude of central eclipse
Time: Central European Daylight Savings Time (CEDT) of mid-eclipse
Tot: Duration of totality
h: Height of the sun
w: Width of the path of total eclipse in kilometers
S Limit: Northern Latitude of the southern limit of the path of total eclipse
N Limit: Northern Latitude of the northern limit of the path of total eclipse
Both the northern and the southern limit refer to the same longitude
(not the same time) as the central eclipse data which is given in the
same line.
The Sky during Totality
You will see the planets Venus (-3.5mag, 15° southeast of the sun) and Mercury (+0.7mag, 18° west) are visible near the eclipsed sun, while Saturn (+0.5mag, 92° west) and Jupiter (-2.1mag, 104° west) are setting in the westnorthwest. Among the bright stars visible during the total phase are Regulus (+1.4mag, 10° east), Betelgeuse (+0.5mag var, 26° southwest), Pollux (+1.1mag, 28° northwest), Procyon (+0.4mag, 30° southwest), Castor (+1.9mag, 31° northwest), Riegel (+0.1mag, 38° southwest) Sirius (-1.5mag, 52° southwest) und Capella (+0.1mag, 63° northwest of the sun).
Past and future total solar eclipses in Austria
The table below lists the Duration of the total phase (minutes and seconds), as seen from major cities within the current borders of Austria during solar eclipses in the 1501 years from +1000 to +2500. The values are based on the Besselian elements given by H. Mucke und J. Meeus in their book "Canon of Solar Eclipses -2003 to +2526" (second edition, Astronomisches Büro Wien, 1992). The values for Delta T were adopted from J. Meeus "Astronomical Algorithms" (Willmann-Bell, Inc., 1991).Date Bregenz Innsbruck Salzburg Linz Klagenfurt St.Pölten Graz Vienna Eisenstadt ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1133 08 02 -:-- -:-- -:-- 4:32 -:-- 4:24 3:56 3:39 4:09 1241 10 06 -:-- -:-- 2:27 3:26 2:49 2:06 3:27 -:-- -:-- 1330 07 16 -:-- -:-- -:-- -:-- -:-- -:-- -:-- 0:33 0:14 1415 06 07 3:12 3:31 3:28 3:29 -:-- 2:19 -:-- 0:36 -:-- 1433 06 17 -:-- -:-- 3:11 3:52 2:11 3:28 3:43 2:50 3:15 1485 03 16 2:59 2:11 2:48 2:47 -:-- 2:49 -:-- 2:46 2:09 1544 01 24 -:-- -:-- -:-- 0:14 -:-- -:-- -:-- -:-- -:-- 1706 05 12 4:03 -:-- -:-- -:-- -:-- -:-- -:-- -:-- -:-- 1724 05 22 0:53 -:-- -:-- -:-- -:-- -:-- -:-- -:-- -:-- 1842 07 08 -:-- -:-- -:-- -:-- 2:27 1:05 2:35 2:01 2:38 1999 08 11 -:-- -:-- 2:04 0:27 -:-- -:-- 1:09 -:-- -:-- 2081 09 03 3:58 4:00 0:54 -:-- 4:10 -:-- 2:54 -:-- -:-- 2151 06 14 0:54 2:01 1:48 -:-- 2:12 -:-- 0:52 -:-- -:-- 2433 04 20 3:16 -:-- -:-- -:-- -:-- -:-- -:-- -:-- -:-- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 19:15 13:43 16:40 18:47 13:49 16:11 18:36 14:25 14:25
As shown by the table, the eclipse on August 11, 1999 is the first total solar eclipse visible in Austria since July 8, 1842. The next total eclipse of the sun in Austria will not be visible before September 3, 2081!
According to the table, the cities listed above experience one total solar eclipse each 246 years on average. However, note that no total eclipse of the sun is visible in St.Pölten, Vienna and Eisenstadt from 1842 until the end of the periode (that is, until the year 2500). For Linz, the eclipse in 1999 is the last event in that period. On the other hand, in four of the nine cities listed above, three total solar eclipses were visible in the 71 years from 1415 to 1485.
Links to related Sites
- NASA Solar Eclipse Bulletion (RP 1398): Probably the most complete collection of information on this eclipse.
- Fred Espenak's Eclipse Homepage: A huge collection of information on upcoming eclipses in general and, of course, also on the August 1999 solar eclipse.
- Eclipse 99 Ldt. offers filters for save solar observing and educational material.
- Eclipse 1999 Symposium: Research Amateur Astronomy in the VLT Era in Munich.
- MEPCO Homepage. The Meetring of European Planetary and Cometary Observers (MEPCO) 1999 is sechedules in Bulgaria near the eclipse date.
Web sites with further information on the 1999 eclipse in Austria:
- Institut für Astronomie der Universität Wien (German only)
- Institut für Astronomie der Universität Graz (German only)
- Astronomischer Arbeitskreis Salzkammergut (German only)
- Wiener Arbeitsgemeinschaft Astronomie (German only)
- Burgenländische Amateurastronomen (German only)
- Astronomy in Austria: is a listing of observatories and astronomical associations in Austria (German only)
Web sites with information on the 1999 eclipse in other countries:
- Belgium, by Observatory Urania, Antwerp.
- England, by hermit.org.
- France, by the Saros observatory, Beine-Nauroy.
- Germany, by the SONNE solar observer group.
- Hungary, by the Society of Hungarian Astronomers.
- Luxembourg, by the Amateur Astronomers du Luxembourg.
- Switzerland by astroInfo.
- Turkey, by Tamer Atac.
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