Solar eclipse of September 22, 2006

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. 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.

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Eclipses of 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