Path of the Total Solar Eclipse of -0962 Sep 03

Fred Espenak

Introduction

The following table delineates the path of the Moon's umbral shadow during the Total Solar Eclipse of -0962 Sep 03 . 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 -0962 Sep 03
UT1 Northern Limit Southern Limit Central Line M:S Sun Sun Path Central
Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Ratio Alt. Azm. Width Duration
Limits58°29.5'S091°47.4'W63°20.7'S089°43.0'W60°39.7'S091°01.7'W 1.035 - 522 km 02m05.3s
13:3056°38.3'S075°29.6'W - - 59°23.2'S082°45.5'W 1.036 59° 571 km 02m15.1s
13:3256°43.9'S073°01.8'W - - 59°09.7'S078°41.6'W 1.037 55° 599 km 02m20.0s
13:3456°54.7'S070°52.6'W62°48.7'S086°39.1'W59°11.5'S075°42.9'W 1.037 52° 618 km 02m23.4s
13:3657°09.6'S068°56.1'W62°17.1'S080°45.8'W59°21.4'S073°15.0'W 1.038 49° 631 km 02m26.0s
13:3857°27.8'S067°08.7'W62°18.8'S077°21.9'W59°36.8'S071°05.7'W 1.038 10° 47° 640 km 02m28.1s
13:4057°49.0'S065°28.3'W62°31.8'S074°42.5'W59°56.5'S069°09.0'W 1.038 10° 44° 644 km 02m29.7s
13:4258°13.0'S063°53.3'W62°52.0'S072°27.1'W60°19.9'S067°21.5'W 1.038 11° 42° 645 km 02m31.0s
13:4458°39.5'S062°22.4'W63°17.7'S070°27.1'W60°46.7'S065°40.8'W 1.039 11° 40° 644 km 02m31.9s
13:4659°08.6'S060°54.7'W63°48.1'S068°38.1'W61°16.7'S064°05.4'W 1.039 12° 38° 639 km 02m32.6s
13:4859°40.2'S059°29.5'W64°23.1'S066°57.5'W61°50.0'S062°34.0'W 1.039 12° 36° 633 km 02m32.9s
13:5060°14.4'S058°06.2'W65°02.8'S065°23.5'W62°26.5'S061°05.8'W 1.039 12° 34° 625 km 02m33.0s
13:5260°51.5'S056°44.1'W65°47.3'S063°55.1'W63°06.4'S059°40.1'W 1.039 12° 32° 616 km 02m32.8s
13:5461°31.4'S055°22.8'W66°37.3'S062°31.9'W63°50.2'S058°16.2'W 1.039 11° 30° 606 km 02m32.4s
13:5662°14.6'S054°01.7'W67°33.9'S061°13.9'W64°38.2'S056°53.7'W 1.039 11° 28° 595 km 02m31.6s
13:5863°01.4'S052°40.4'W68°38.5'S060°02.2'W65°31.0'S055°32.1'W 1.038 11° 26° 585 km 02m30.6s
14:0063°52.3'S051°18.3'W69°54.2'S058°59.7'W66°29.7'S054°11.2'W 1.038 10° 24° 574 km 02m29.2s
14:0264°48.0'S049°54.8'W71°26.8'S058°14.1'W67°35.7'S052°50.8'W 1.038 23° 564 km 02m27.4s
14:0465°49.6'S048°29.2'W73°33.6'S058°15.5'W68°51.4'S051°31.4'W 1.038 21° 554 km 02m25.2s
14:0666°58.7'S047°00.8'W - - 70°21.2'S050°14.4'W 1.037 19° 545 km 02m22.3s
14:0868°17.6'S045°28.5'W - - 72°15.1'S049°05.8'W 1.037 17° 537 km 02m18.5s
14:1069°51.0'S043°51.2'W - - 75°11.6'S048°42.3'W 1.036 16° 531 km 02m12.2s
Limits78°38.8'S040°44.1'W76°53.2'S062°17.4'W78°07.2'S051°08.4'W 1.035 - 532 km 02m05.8s

ΔT = 24599.7 seconds

Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration
Event Time
TD
Time
UT1
Latitude Longitude Sun
Altitude
Sun
Azimuth
Path Width Central
Duration
Greatest Eclipse20:39:43.113:49:43.462°21.2'S164°04.6'W 11.7° 34.2° 626.0 km02m33.02s
Greatest Duration20:39:40.613:49:40.962°20.4'S061°19.7'W 11.7° 34.3° 626.2 km02m33.02s

Explanation of Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration

Links for the Total Solar Eclipse of -0962 Sep 03

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Eclipse Predictions

Predictions for the Total Solar Eclipse of -0962 Sep 03 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 24599.7 seconds for this eclipse. The uncertainty in ΔT is 607.3 seconds corresponding to a standard error in longitude of the eclipse path of ± 2.54°.

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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