Path of the Annular Solar Eclipse of -0978 Aug 02

Fred Espenak

Introduction

The following table delineates the path of the Moon's antumbral shadow during the Annular Solar Eclipse of -0978 Aug 02 . 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 .

Annular Solar Eclipse of -0978 Aug 02
UT1 Northern Limit Southern Limit Central Line M:S Sun Sun Path Central
Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Ratio Alt. Azm. Width Duration
Limits36°33.3'N039°35.5'E34°49.0'N041°15.1'E35°40.9'N040°26.0'E 0.950 - 239 km 02m59.6s
02:18 - - 38°40.9'N050°53.3'E37°43.0'N045°34.5'E 0.951 67° 233 km 03m01.1s
02:2039°53.6'N048°08.0'E40°31.2'N055°31.0'E40°23.0'N052°19.3'E 0.953 11° 72° 224 km 03m03.4s
02:2241°56.8'N053°26.2'E41°52.1'N058°58.9'E41°58.5'N056°25.4'E 0.954 15° 75° 218 km 03m04.9s
02:2443°22.3'N057°11.9'E42°58.3'N061°53.5'E43°12.6'N059°40.8'E 0.955 18° 78° 213 km 03m06.2s
02:2644°31.0'N060°18.2'E43°55.2'N064°27.7'E44°14.6'N062°28.9'E 0.955 20° 80° 209 km 03m07.3s
02:2845°29.3'N063°01.3'E44°45.3'N066°48.0'E45°08.3'N064°59.4'E 0.956 22° 83° 205 km 03m08.3s
02:3046°20.5'N065°28.9'E45°30.3'N068°57.9'E45°56.1'N067°17.4'E 0.956 24° 85° 202 km 03m09.2s
02:3247°06.1'N067°45.4'E46°11.0'N070°59.9'E46°39.1'N069°26.2'E 0.957 26° 87° 199 km 03m10.1s
02:3447°47.3'N069°53.4'E46°48.3'N072°55.7'E47°18.2'N071°27.6'E 0.957 28° 89° 196 km 03m10.9s
02:3648°24.9'N071°54.7'E47°22.5'N074°46.3'E47°54.0'N073°23.3'E 0.958 30° 91° 193 km 03m11.7s
02:3848°59.3'N073°50.6'E47°54.1'N076°32.7'E48°26.9'N075°14.2'E 0.958 31° 94° 191 km 03m12.4s
02:4049°31.0'N075°42.0'E48°23.4'N078°15.5'E48°57.3'N077°01.2'E 0.958 33° 96° 188 km 03m13.2s
02:4250°00.3'N077°29.8'E48°50.5'N079°55.2'E49°25.5'N078°44.7'E 0.959 34° 98° 186 km 03m13.8s
02:4450°27.5'N079°14.3'E49°15.8'N081°32.4'E49°51.6'N080°25.4'E 0.959 35° 100° 184 km 03m14.5s
02:4650°52.6'N080°56.1'E49°39.2'N083°07.2'E50°15.9'N082°03.6'E 0.959 37° 102° 182 km 03m15.1s
02:4851°15.9'N082°35.5'E50°01.0'N084°39.9'E50°38.4'N083°39.5'E 0.960 38° 104° 180 km 03m15.7s
02:5051°37.5'N084°12.8'E50°21.2'N086°10.9'E50°59.3'N085°13.6'E 0.960 39° 106° 178 km 03m16.3s
02:5251°57.5'N085°48.2'E50°40.0'N087°40.2'E51°18.6'N086°45.9'E 0.960 40° 108° 177 km 03m16.9s
02:5452°16.0'N087°22.0'E50°57.4'N089°08.1'E51°36.6'N088°16.6'E 0.960 41° 111° 175 km 03m17.4s
02:5652°33.1'N088°54.3'E51°13.5'N090°34.6'E51°53.1'N089°45.9'E 0.961 42° 113° 174 km 03m17.9s
02:5852°48.8'N090°25.2'E51°28.3'N092°00.0'E52°08.4'N091°14.0'E 0.961 43° 115° 172 km 03m18.4s
03:0053°03.2'N091°54.9'E51°42.0'N093°24.2'E52°22.4'N092°40.9'E 0.961 44° 117° 171 km 03m18.9s
03:0253°16.4'N093°23.5'E51°54.4'N094°47.4'E52°35.2'N094°06.6'E 0.961 45° 120° 170 km 03m19.4s
03:0453°28.4'N094°50.9'E52°05.8'N096°09.6'E52°46.9'N095°31.4'E 0.961 46° 122° 169 km 03m19.8s
03:0653°39.3'N096°17.4'E52°16.1'N097°30.9'E52°57.5'N096°55.2'E 0.962 47° 124° 167 km 03m20.2s
03:0853°49.0'N097°42.9'E52°25.3'N098°51.3'E53°06.9'N098°18.1'E 0.962 48° 127° 166 km 03m20.6s
03:1053°57.7'N099°07.5'E52°33.6'N100°10.9'E53°15.4'N099°40.1'E 0.962 49° 129° 165 km 03m20.9s
03:1254°05.3'N100°31.3'E52°40.8'N101°29.8'E53°22.8'N101°01.4'E 0.962 49° 131° 164 km 03m21.3s
03:1454°11.9'N101°54.2'E52°47.1'N102°47.8'E53°29.3'N102°21.8'E 0.962 50° 134° 163 km 03m21.6s
03:1654°17.5'N103°16.3'E52°52.5'N104°05.2'E53°34.7'N103°41.5'E 0.962 51° 136° 163 km 03m21.9s
03:1854°22.2'N104°37.7'E52°56.9'N105°21.8'E53°39.3'N105°00.4'E 0.962 51° 139° 162 km 03m22.2s
03:2054°25.9'N105°58.3'E53°00.5'N106°37.8'E53°42.9'N106°18.6'E 0.963 52° 141° 161 km 03m22.4s
03:2254°28.7'N107°18.2'E53°03.1'N107°53.0'E53°45.6'N107°36.2'E 0.963 53° 144° 160 km 03m22.7s
03:2454°30.5'N108°37.3'E53°04.9'N109°07.7'E53°47.5'N108°53.0'E 0.963 53° 146° 160 km 03m22.9s
03:2654°31.5'N109°55.8'E53°05.9'N110°21.6'E53°48.4'N110°09.1'E 0.963 54° 149° 159 km 03m23.1s
03:2854°31.7'N111°13.5'E53°06.1'N111°34.9'E53°48.6'N111°24.6'E 0.963 54° 152° 159 km 03m23.3s
03:3054°30.9'N112°30.5'E53°05.4'N112°47.6'E53°47.9'N112°39.4'E 0.963 55° 154° 158 km 03m23.4s
03:3254°29.4'N113°46.8'E53°04.0'N113°59.7'E53°46.4'N113°53.5'E 0.963 55° 157° 158 km 03m23.5s
03:3454°27.0'N115°02.5'E53°01.8'N115°11.1'E53°44.1'N115°07.0'E 0.963 56° 160° 157 km 03m23.7s
03:3654°23.8'N116°17.4'E52°58.8'N116°22.0'E53°41.0'N116°19.8'E 0.963 56° 163° 157 km 03m23.7s
03:3854°19.9'N117°31.7'E52°55.0'N117°32.2'E53°37.2'N117°32.0'E 0.963 56° 166° 157 km 03m23.8s
03:4054°15.1'N118°45.3'E52°50.5'N118°41.8'E53°32.5'N118°43.6'E 0.963 57° 168° 156 km 03m23.9s
03:4254°09.6'N119°58.2'E52°45.3'N119°50.8'E53°27.2'N119°54.5'E 0.963 57° 171° 156 km 03m23.9s
03:4454°03.4'N121°10.4'E52°39.4'N120°59.3'E53°21.1'N121°04.8'E 0.963 57° 174° 156 km 03m23.9s
03:4653°56.4'N122°22.0'E52°32.7'N122°07.1'E53°14.3'N122°14.5'E 0.963 57° 177° 156 km 03m23.9s
03:4853°48.7'N123°33.0'E52°25.4'N123°14.4'E53°06.8'N123°23.5'E 0.964 58° 180° 156 km 03m23.8s
03:5053°40.2'N124°43.3'E52°17.4'N124°21.1'E52°58.5'N124°32.0'E 0.964 58° 183° 156 km 03m23.8s
03:5253°31.1'N125°52.9'E52°08.6'N125°27.2'E52°49.6'N125°39.8'E 0.964 58° 185° 156 km 03m23.7s
03:5453°21.2'N127°02.0'E51°59.2'N126°32.8'E52°40.0'N126°47.1'E 0.964 58° 188° 156 km 03m23.6s
03:5653°10.7'N128°10.4'E51°49.2'N127°37.8'E52°29.7'N127°53.8'E 0.964 58° 191° 156 km 03m23.5s
03:5852°59.5'N129°18.2'E51°38.5'N128°42.3'E52°18.7'N128°59.9'E 0.964 58° 194° 156 km 03m23.3s
04:0052°47.6'N130°25.4'E51°27.1'N129°46.3'E52°07.1'N130°05.5'E 0.964 58° 197° 156 km 03m23.2s
04:0252°35.1'N131°32.0'E51°15.1'N130°49.7'E51°54.8'N131°10.5'E 0.964 58° 200° 156 km 03m23.0s
04:0452°21.9'N132°38.1'E51°02.4'N131°52.7'E51°41.9'N132°15.0'E 0.964 57° 202° 156 km 03m22.8s
04:0652°08.0'N133°43.7'E50°49.1'N132°55.2'E51°28.3'N133°19.0'E 0.964 57° 205° 157 km 03m22.6s
04:0851°53.5'N134°48.7'E50°35.2'N133°57.3'E51°14.1'N134°22.5'E 0.964 57° 208° 157 km 03m22.4s
04:1051°38.3'N135°53.2'E50°20.7'N134°58.9'E50°59.3'N135°25.5'E 0.963 57° 211° 157 km 03m22.1s
04:1251°22.5'N136°57.3'E50°05.5'N136°00.1'E50°43.8'N136°28.1'E 0.963 56° 213° 158 km 03m21.8s
04:1451°06.1'N138°00.9'E49°49.7'N137°00.9'E50°27.7'N137°30.3'E 0.963 56° 216° 158 km 03m21.6s
04:1650°49.0'N139°04.1'E49°33.3'N138°01.3'E50°11.0'N138°32.1'E 0.963 56° 219° 158 km 03m21.3s
04:1850°31.3'N140°06.9'E49°16.3'N139°01.4'E49°53.6'N139°33.5'E 0.963 55° 221° 159 km 03m20.9s
04:2050°13.0'N141°09.3'E48°58.6'N140°01.2'E49°35.6'N140°34.6'E 0.963 55° 224° 160 km 03m20.6s
04:2249°54.1'N142°11.4'E48°40.4'N141°00.7'E49°17.0'N141°35.3'E 0.963 54° 226° 160 km 03m20.2s
04:2449°34.5'N143°13.2'E48°21.5'N141°59.9'E48°57.8'N142°35.8'E 0.963 54° 228° 161 km 03m19.9s
04:2649°14.2'N144°14.7'E48°01.9'N142°58.9'E48°37.9'N143°36.1'E 0.963 53° 231° 162 km 03m19.5s
04:2848°53.3'N145°16.1'E47°41.8'N143°57.7'E48°17.4'N144°36.1'E 0.963 53° 233° 162 km 03m19.1s
04:3048°31.8'N146°17.2'E47°21.0'N144°56.4'E47°56.3'N145°36.0'E 0.963 52° 235° 163 km 03m18.7s
04:3248°09.6'N147°18.3'E46°59.6'N145°54.9'E47°34.5'N146°35.8'E 0.963 52° 237° 164 km 03m18.3s
04:3447°46.8'N148°19.3'E46°37.5'N146°53.5'E47°12.0'N147°35.6'E 0.963 51° 240° 165 km 03m17.8s
04:3647°23.3'N149°20.3'E46°14.8'N147°52.0'E46°48.9'N148°35.3'E 0.963 50° 242° 166 km 03m17.4s
04:3846°59.1'N150°21.3'E45°51.4'N148°50.5'E46°25.1'N149°35.0'E 0.962 49° 244° 167 km 03m16.9s
04:4046°34.2'N151°22.4'E45°27.4'N149°49.2'E46°00.6'N150°34.9'E 0.962 49° 246° 168 km 03m16.4s
04:4246°08.6'N152°23.8'E45°02.6'N150°48.0'E45°35.5'N151°35.0'E 0.962 48° 248° 169 km 03m15.9s
04:4445°42.2'N153°25.4'E44°37.1'N151°47.0'E45°09.5'N152°35.3'E 0.962 47° 250° 170 km 03m15.4s
04:4645°15.1'N154°27.3'E44°10.9'N152°46.4'E44°42.9'N153°35.9'E 0.962 46° 252° 171 km 03m14.9s
04:4844°47.2'N155°29.7'E43°43.9'N153°46.1'E44°15.4'N154°36.9'E 0.962 45° 253° 173 km 03m14.4s
04:5044°18.4'N156°32.6'E43°16.1'N154°46.3'E43°47.2'N155°38.5'E 0.962 44° 255° 174 km 03m13.8s
04:5243°48.9'N157°36.2'E42°47.5'N155°47.1'E43°18.1'N156°40.6'E 0.961 43° 257° 175 km 03m13.3s
04:5443°18.4'N158°40.6'E42°18.0'N156°48.6'E42°48.2'N157°43.5'E 0.961 42° 259° 177 km 03m12.7s
04:5642°46.9'N159°45.9'E41°47.7'N157°50.8'E42°17.3'N158°47.2'E 0.961 41° 260° 178 km 03m12.1s
04:5842°14.5'N160°52.3'E41°16.4'N158°54.0'E41°45.4'N159°52.0'E 0.961 40° 262° 180 km 03m11.5s
05:0041°41.0'N162°00.0'E40°44.1'N159°58.3'E41°12.5'N160°57.9'E 0.961 39° 264° 182 km 03m10.9s
05:0241°06.4'N163°09.2'E40°10.7'N161°03.9'E40°38.6'N162°05.3'E 0.960 38° 265° 183 km 03m10.3s
05:0440°30.5'N164°20.1'E39°36.2'N162°11.0'E40°03.4'N163°14.2'E 0.960 37° 267° 185 km 03m09.6s
05:0639°53.2'N165°33.1'E39°00.4'N163°19.8'E39°26.9'N164°25.0'E 0.960 36° 268° 187 km 03m09.0s
05:0839°14.5'N166°48.4'E38°23.3'N164°30.5'E38°49.0'N165°38.0'E 0.960 34° 270° 189 km 03m08.3s
05:1038°34.2'N168°06.7'E37°44.8'N165°43.7'E38°09.6'N166°53.5'E 0.959 33° 272° 191 km 03m07.7s
05:1237°51.9'N169°28.2'E37°04.5'N166°59.5'E37°28.4'N168°12.1'E 0.959 31° 273° 193 km 03m07.0s
05:1437°07.6'N170°53.8'E36°22.5'N168°18.6'E36°45.3'N169°34.3'E 0.959 30° 275° 196 km 03m06.2s
05:1636°20.8'N172°24.4'E35°38.3'N169°41.6'E35°59.9'N171°00.8'E 0.958 28° 276° 198 km 03m05.5s
05:1835°31.1'N174°01.0'E34°51.8'N171°09.3'E35°11.9'N172°32.7'E 0.958 26° 278° 201 km 03m04.7s
05:2034°37.9'N175°45.3'E34°02.4'N172°42.8'E34°20.7'N174°11.1'E 0.957 25° 279° 203 km 03m03.9s
05:2233°40.1'N177°39.7'E33°09.5'N174°23.5'E33°25.6'N175°58.1'E 0.957 23° 281° 206 km 03m03.1s
05:2432°36.5'N179°48.0'E32°12.3'N176°13.7'E32°25.5'N177°56.4'E 0.956 20° 282° 210 km 03m02.2s
05:2631°24.3'N177°43.2'W31°09.5'N178°16.7'E31°18.6'N179°49.5'W 0.956 18° 284° 213 km 03m01.3s
05:2829°58.3'N174°40.1'W29°58.7'N179°21.9'W30°01.6'N177°11.0'W 0.955 15° 286° 217 km 03m00.2s
05:3028°02.4'N170°20.6'W28°35.5'N176°30.6'W28°26.8'N173°48.4'W 0.954 11° 288° 221 km 02m59.0s
05:32 - - 26°47.8'N172°38.7'W26°02.1'N168°19.1'W 0.952 290° 228 km 02m57.2s
Limits24°46.5'N162°17.5'W23°01.7'N163°42.2'W23°53.9'N163°00.4'W 0.951 - 233 km 02m55.8s

ΔT = 24885.4 seconds

Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration
Event Time
TD
Time
UT1
Latitude Longitude Sun
Altitude
Sun
Azimuth
Path Width Central
Duration
Greatest Eclipse10:49:47.703:55:02.352°34.7'N023°23.4'E 57.8° 189.8° 155.6 km03m23.53s
Greatest Duration10:38:07.503:43:22.053°23.1'N120°42.6'E 57.1° 173.1° 155.9 km03m23.88s

Explanation of Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration

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Eclipse Predictions

Predictions for the Annular Solar Eclipse of -0978 Aug 02 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 24885.4 seconds for this eclipse. The uncertainty in ΔT is 613.4 seconds corresponding to a standard error in longitude of the eclipse path of ± 2.56°.

Acknowledgments

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

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