Path of the Total Solar Eclipse of -0459 Aug 23

Fred Espenak

Introduction

The following table delineates the path of the Moon's umbral shadow during the Total Solar Eclipse of -0459 Aug 23 . The geographic coordinates (WGS 84) of the northern and southern limits and the central line are listed at 120-second intervals. This provides adequate detail for making plots of the path on larger scale maps. Local circumstances on the central line include the ratio of the apparent diameters of the Moon to the Sun, the Sun's altitude and azimuth (degrees), the path width (kilometers) and the duration on the central line (minutes and seconds). See the Explanation of the Central Eclipse Path Table for a description of each column in the table.

The geographic visibility of the eclipse is shown on a global map on the Prime Page for the Eclipse which also includes complete details on the eclipse. The path of the eclipse is displayed in greater detail on an interactive Google Map .

Total Solar Eclipse of -0459 Aug 23
UT1 Northern Limit Southern Limit Central Line M:S Sun Sun Path Central
Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Ratio Alt. Azm. Width Duration
Limits41°46.8'S068°46.2'E44°13.1'S068°58.2'E42°58.7'S068°51.7'E 1.045 - 261 km 02m39.7s
02:2039°15.9'S079°49.6'E - - 41°47.5'S073°48.6'E 1.046 68° 270 km 02m49.5s
02:2238°37.4'S083°30.4'E43°05.3'S073°49.0'E40°32.4'S079°56.7'E 1.048 63° 284 km 03m03.0s
02:2438°13.2'S086°18.8'E41°54.3'S079°49.7'E39°56.9'S083°32.2'E 1.049 12° 60° 294 km 03m11.6s
02:2637°56.8'S088°39.1'E41°20.6'S083°24.1'E39°34.5'S086°18.3'E 1.050 14° 58° 301 km 03m18.5s
02:2837°45.7'S090°41.5'E40°59.7'S086°09.9'E39°19.7'S088°37.4'E 1.050 16° 56° 308 km 03m24.5s
02:3037°38.4'S092°31.0'E40°46.1'S088°28.9'E39°09.9'S090°39.0'E 1.051 18° 54° 314 km 03m29.7s
02:3237°34.2'S094°10.9'E40°37.5'S090°30.6'E39°03.8'S092°28.1'E 1.051 20° 52° 319 km 03m34.4s
02:3437°32.4'S095°43.2'E40°32.5'S092°19.9'E39°00.7'S094°07.8'E 1.052 21° 50° 324 km 03m38.7s
02:3637°32.7'S097°09.5'E40°30.3'S093°59.9'E39°00.0'S095°40.0'E 1.052 22° 49° 328 km 03m42.6s
02:3837°34.9'S098°30.7'E40°30.6'S095°32.5'E39°01.3'S097°06.3'E 1.052 23° 47° 332 km 03m46.3s
02:4037°38.7'S099°47.8'E40°32.9'S096°59.2'E39°04.4'S098°27.7'E 1.053 24° 45° 336 km 03m49.6s
02:4237°43.9'S101°01.4'E40°37.0'S098°21.1'E39°09.2'S099°45.0'E 1.053 25° 44° 339 km 03m52.6s
02:4437°50.4'S102°11.9'E40°42.7'S099°39.0'E39°15.3'S100°58.9'E 1.053 26° 42° 341 km 03m55.5s
02:4637°58.2'S103°19.7'E40°49.8'S100°53.4'E39°22.8'S102°09.8'E 1.053 27° 41° 343 km 03m58.0s
02:4838°07.1'S104°25.4'E40°58.2'S102°04.9'E39°31.5'S103°18.1'E 1.053 27° 39° 345 km 04m00.4s
02:5038°17.1'S105°29.0'E41°07.8'S103°13.9'E39°41.3'S104°24.2'E 1.054 28° 38° 347 km 04m02.6s
02:5238°28.1'S106°31.0'E41°18.6'S104°20.8'E39°52.2'S105°28.5'E 1.054 29° 36° 348 km 04m04.5s
02:5438°40.1'S107°31.5'E41°30.4'S105°25.8'E40°04.1'S106°31.1'E 1.054 29° 34° 349 km 04m06.3s
02:5638°53.0'S108°30.7'E41°43.4'S106°29.3'E40°17.1'S107°32.3'E 1.054 30° 33° 349 km 04m07.8s
02:5839°06.9'S109°28.8'E41°57.3'S107°31.4'E40°31.0'S108°32.3'E 1.054 30° 31° 349 km 04m09.2s
03:0039°21.6'S110°26.0'E42°12.2'S108°32.4'E40°45.8'S109°31.2'E 1.054 30° 30° 349 km 04m10.4s
03:0239°37.2'S111°22.4'E42°28.1'S109°32.5'E41°01.5'S110°29.4'E 1.054 31° 28° 349 km 04m11.4s
03:0439°53.7'S112°18.2'E42°44.9'S110°31.8'E41°18.2'S111°26.8'E 1.054 31° 26° 348 km 04m12.2s
03:0640°11.1'S113°13.5'E43°02.7'S111°30.4'E41°35.7'S112°23.7'E 1.054 31° 25° 347 km 04m12.8s
03:0840°29.3'S114°08.4'E43°21.4'S112°28.6'E41°54.2'S113°20.1'E 1.055 31° 23° 346 km 04m13.3s
03:1040°48.4'S115°03.0'E43°41.0'S113°26.5'E42°13.5'S114°16.3'E 1.055 31° 21° 344 km 04m13.6s
03:1241°08.4'S115°57.5'E44°01.7'S114°24.3'E42°33.8'S115°12.3'E 1.055 31° 20° 343 km 04m13.7s
03:1441°29.2'S116°51.9'E44°23.2'S115°22.0'E42°55.0'S116°08.3'E 1.055 31° 18° 341 km 04m13.7s
03:1641°51.0'S117°46.5'E44°45.8'S116°19.8'E43°17.1'S117°04.4'E 1.055 31° 16° 339 km 04m13.5s
03:1842°13.6'S118°41.2'E45°09.3'S117°17.9'E43°40.2'S118°00.7'E 1.055 31° 15° 337 km 04m13.1s
03:2042°37.2'S119°36.3'E45°33.9'S118°16.4'E44°04.2'S118°57.4'E 1.054 31° 13° 335 km 04m12.5s
03:2243°01.7'S120°31.9'E45°59.6'S119°15.4'E44°29.3'S119°54.7'E 1.054 31° 11° 332 km 04m11.8s
03:2443°27.2'S121°28.1'E46°26.4'S120°15.2'E44°55.4'S120°52.6'E 1.054 31° 10° 330 km 04m10.9s
03:2643°53.8'S122°25.0'E46°54.3'S121°15.9'E45°22.6'S121°51.3'E 1.054 30° 327 km 04m09.8s
03:2844°21.4'S123°22.9'E47°23.4'S122°17.7'E45°50.9'S122°51.0'E 1.054 30° 325 km 04m08.5s
03:3044°50.2'S124°21.8'E47°53.9'S123°20.8'E46°20.4'S123°51.8'E 1.054 30° 322 km 04m07.1s
03:3245°20.2'S125°21.9'E48°25.7'S124°25.4'E46°51.2'S124°54.1'E 1.054 29° 319 km 04m05.5s
03:3445°51.4'S126°23.6'E48°59.0'S125°31.8'E47°23.4'S125°58.0'E 1.054 29° 317 km 04m03.7s
03:3646°23.9'S127°26.9'E49°33.8'S126°40.4'E47°57.0'S127°03.8'E 1.054 28° 359° 314 km 04m01.8s
03:3846°57.9'S128°32.2'E50°10.4'S127°51.4'E48°32.2'S128°11.7'E 1.053 28° 358° 311 km 03m59.6s
03:4047°33.5'S129°39.7'E50°48.8'S129°05.3'E49°09.0'S129°22.2'E 1.053 27° 356° 308 km 03m57.2s
03:4248°10.7'S130°49.9'E51°29.3'S130°22.6'E49°47.7'S130°35.7'E 1.053 26° 354° 305 km 03m54.7s
03:4448°49.7'S132°03.1'E52°12.1'S131°43.8'E50°28.5'S131°52.6'E 1.053 25° 352° 302 km 03m51.9s
03:4649°30.8'S133°19.9'E52°57.4'S133°09.9'E51°11.5'S133°13.7'E 1.052 25° 350° 299 km 03m48.9s
03:4850°14.2'S134°40.9'E53°45.8'S134°41.6'E51°57.1'S134°39.5'E 1.052 24° 348° 296 km 03m45.7s
03:5051°00.2'S136°06.9'E54°37.6'S136°20.4'E52°45.7'S136°11.2'E 1.052 22° 346° 294 km 03m42.2s
03:5251°49.1'S137°38.8'E55°33.5'S138°07.9'E53°37.7'S137°50.1'E 1.052 21° 344° 291 km 03m38.4s
03:5452°41.5'S139°18.0'E56°34.5'S140°06.5'E54°33.8'S139°37.7'E 1.051 20° 342° 288 km 03m34.3s
03:5653°37.9'S141°06.3'E57°41.8'S142°19.9'E55°34.8'S141°36.7'E 1.051 19° 339° 285 km 03m29.8s
03:5854°39.5'S143°06.2'E58°57.6'S144°53.8'E56°42.3'S143°50.7'E 1.050 17° 337° 281 km 03m24.8s
04:0055°47.4'S145°21.5'E60°25.6'S147°58.8'E57°58.2'S146°25.6'E 1.050 15° 334° 278 km 03m19.3s
04:0257°03.9'S147°58.4'E62°13.3'S151°56.9'E59°26.2'S149°31.9'E 1.049 13° 331° 275 km 03m12.9s
04:0458°32.8'S151°07.9'E64°44.4'S157°58.9'E61°14.1'S153°32.5'E 1.048 10° 326° 271 km 03m05.3s
04:0660°22.4'S155°14.5'E - - 63°46.1'S159°40.7'E 1.047 320° 266 km 02m54.9s
Limits66°55.2'S173°06.7'E68°53.8'S169°44.4'E67°54.3'S171°32.6'E 1.045 - 260 km 02m38.9s

ΔT = 16383.3 seconds

Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration
Event Time
TD
Time
UT1
Latitude Longitude Sun
Altitude
Sun
Azimuth
Path Width Central
Duration
Greatest Eclipse07:46:35.003:13:31.642°49.9'S047°28.0'E 31.5° 18.5° 341.2 km04m13.71s
Greatest Duration07:45:29.403:12:26.142°38.3'S115°24.5'E 31.5° 19.4° 342.2 km04m13.74s

Explanation of Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration

Links for the Total Solar Eclipse of -0459 Aug 23

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Eclipse Predictions

Predictions for the Total Solar Eclipse of -0459 Aug 23 were generated using the JPL DE406 solar and lunar ephemerides. The lunar coordinates were calculated with respect to the Moon's Center of Mass. Although the predictions are first calculated in Terrestrial Dynamical Time (TD), they are then converted to Universal Time (UT1) as presented here. The parameter ΔT is used to convert between the two times (i.e., UT1 = TD - ΔT). ΔT has a value of 16383.3 seconds for this eclipse. The uncertainty in ΔT is 415.3 seconds corresponding to a standard error in longitude of the eclipse path of ± 1.73°.

Acknowledgments

All eclipse calculations are by Fred Espenak, and he assumes full responsibility for their accuracy.

Permission is granted to reproduce eclipse data when accompanied by a link to this page and an acknowledgment:

"Eclipse Predictions by Fred Espenak, EclipseWise.com"

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