Path of the Annular Solar Eclipse of 0455 Feb 02

Fred Espenak

Introduction

The following table delineates the path of the Moon's antumbral shadow during the Annular Solar Eclipse of 0455 Feb 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 0455 Feb 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
Limits68°03.1'S126°41.9'E69°40.2'S119°51.7'E68°51.9'S123°28.2'E 0.966 - 327 km 01m54.7s
18:4675°01.7'S144°11.2'E - - 72°47.5'S132°23.9'E 0.967 133° 308 km 01m54.0s
18:4876°58.5'S150°30.4'E72°52.2'S126°44.7'E75°47.2'S140°05.9'E 0.968 125° 293 km 01m53.5s
18:5078°32.8'S156°43.2'E76°21.8'S134°58.4'E77°50.8'S146°26.4'E 0.969 11° 118° 283 km 01m53.1s
18:5279°52.0'S163°14.5'E78°35.5'S141°13.1'E79°30.1'S152°42.4'E 0.969 13° 111° 274 km 01m52.8s
18:5480°59.1'S170°22.3'E80°21.7'S147°21.2'E80°53.6'S159°24.8'E 0.970 14° 104° 268 km 01m52.6s
18:5681°55.3'S178°16.4'E81°51.1'S154°02.0'E82°04.6'S166°56.9'E 0.970 16° 96° 262 km 01m52.4s
18:5882°40.7'S172°51.2'W83°07.7'S161°48.7'E83°04.0'S175°40.0'E 0.970 17° 86° 257 km 01m52.2s
19:0083°14.8'S163°00.3'W84°12.2'S171°18.3'E83°51.6'S174°08.5'W 0.971 18° 75° 252 km 01m52.1s
19:0283°37.1'S152°21.7'W85°03.7'S176°48.3'W84°26.0'S162°22.9'W 0.971 19° 63° 249 km 01m52.0s
19:0483°47.1'S141°20.1'W85°39.6'S162°08.3'W84°46.0'S149°22.7'W 0.971 20° 49° 245 km 01m51.9s
19:0683°45.3'S130°28.8'W85°56.9'S145°16.4'W84°50.9'S135°57.4'W 0.971 21° 35° 243 km 01m51.8s
19:0883°33.0'S120°19.2'W85°54.4'S128°09.7'W84°41.7'S123°10.7'W 0.971 21° 21° 240 km 01m51.7s
19:1083°11.9'S111°11.8'W85°34.7'S112°59.7'W84°20.6'S111°50.2'W 0.972 22° 238 km 01m51.6s
19:1282°43.8'S103°13.4'W85°02.4'S100°45.0'W83°50.7'S102°13.8'W 0.972 23° 358° 236 km 01m51.6s
19:1482°10.4'S096°21.3'W84°22.2'S091°13.9'W83°14.4'S094°16.2'W 0.972 23° 350° 235 km 01m51.5s
19:1681°33.2'S090°27.9'W83°37.0'S083°50.3'W82°33.7'S087°41.9'W 0.972 23° 342° 234 km 01m51.5s
19:1880°53.2'S085°24.1'W82°49.1'S077°59.7'W81°50.2'S082°14.2'W 0.972 24° 336° 233 km 01m51.5s
19:2080°11.1'S081°01.2'W81°59.4'S073°16.0'W81°04.6'S077°38.5'W 0.972 24° 330° 232 km 01m51.4s
19:2279°27.4'S077°11.7'W81°08.8'S069°20.9'W80°17.8'S073°43.3'W 0.972 24° 325° 232 km 01m51.4s
19:2478°42.7'S073°49.5'W80°17.6'S066°01.7'W79°30.0'S070°19.6'W 0.972 25° 321° 231 km 01m51.4s
19:2677°57.2'S070°49.4'W79°26.1'S063°09.4'W78°41.7'S067°20.8'W 0.972 25° 317° 231 km 01m51.4s
19:2877°11.0'S068°07.6'W78°34.5'S060°37.6'W77°52.9'S064°41.7'W 0.972 25° 314° 232 km 01m51.5s
19:3076°24.3'S065°40.7'W77°42.8'S058°21.8'W77°03.8'S062°18.4'W 0.972 25° 310° 232 km 01m51.5s
19:3275°37.2'S063°26.2'W76°51.1'S056°18.5'W76°14.5'S060°07.9'W 0.972 25° 307° 233 km 01m51.5s
19:3474°49.8'S061°22.1'W75°59.4'S054°25.2'W75°25.0'S058°07.7'W 0.972 25° 304° 234 km 01m51.6s
19:3674°02.1'S059°26.4'W75°07.6'S052°39.7'W74°35.4'S056°16.0'W 0.972 25° 302° 235 km 01m51.6s
19:3873°14.1'S057°37.9'W74°15.7'S051°00.5'W73°45.5'S054°31.2'W 0.972 25° 299° 236 km 01m51.7s
19:4072°25.9'S055°55.4'W73°23.8'S049°26.4'W72°55.4'S052°52.0'W 0.972 25° 296° 238 km 01m51.8s
19:4271°37.3'S054°17.7'W72°31.7'S047°56.2'W72°05.2'S051°17.4'W 0.972 25° 294° 240 km 01m51.8s
19:4470°48.5'S052°44.1'W71°39.4'S046°29.0'W71°14.6'S049°46.4'W 0.972 24° 292° 242 km 01m51.9s
19:4669°59.3'S051°13.7'W70°46.8'S045°04.0'W70°23.8'S048°18.3'W 0.972 24° 289° 244 km 01m52.0s
19:4869°09.7'S049°45.9'W69°53.8'S043°40.6'W69°32.6'S046°52.4'W 0.972 24° 287° 247 km 01m52.2s
19:5068°19.6'S048°20.1'W69°00.4'S042°18.0'W68°40.9'S045°27.9'W 0.972 23° 285° 249 km 01m52.3s
19:5267°29.1'S046°55.6'W68°06.5'S040°55.6'W67°48.8'S044°04.3'W 0.972 23° 283° 252 km 01m52.4s
19:5466°37.9'S045°31.9'W67°11.9'S039°32.8'W66°56.0'S042°41.0'W 0.971 22° 280° 256 km 01m52.6s
19:5665°46.1'S044°08.5'W66°16.4'S038°08.8'W66°02.4'S041°17.4'W 0.971 22° 278° 259 km 01m52.7s
19:5864°53.5'S042°44.6'W65°19.9'S036°43.0'W65°08.0'S039°52.7'W 0.971 21° 276° 263 km 01m52.9s
20:0064°00.0'S041°19.9'W64°22.2'S035°14.5'W64°12.6'S038°26.4'W 0.971 20° 274° 267 km 01m53.1s
20:0263°05.4'S039°53.5'W63°22.9'S033°42.2'W63°15.9'S036°57.5'W 0.971 19° 272° 271 km 01m53.3s
20:0462°09.5'S038°24.7'W62°21.8'S032°04.8'W62°17.6'S035°25.2'W 0.970 18° 270° 276 km 01m53.5s
20:0661°12.1'S036°52.6'W61°18.2'S030°20.7'W61°17.5'S033°48.2'W 0.970 17° 268° 281 km 01m53.7s
20:0860°12.8'S035°16.0'W60°11.3'S028°27.3'W60°15.0'S032°04.8'W 0.970 16° 265° 286 km 01m53.9s
20:1059°11.1'S033°33.3'W59°00.1'S026°20.7'W59°09.3'S030°12.9'W 0.969 15° 263° 292 km 01m54.2s
20:1258°06.3'S031°42.5'W57°42.3'S023°54.3'W57°59.5'S028°08.9'W 0.969 14° 261° 298 km 01m54.5s
20:1456°57.5'S029°40.4'W56°13.6'S020°54.1'W56°43.7'S025°47.0'W 0.968 12° 258° 305 km 01m54.9s
20:1655°42.9'S027°21.7'W54°20.7'S016°37.6'W55°18.1'S022°55.7'W 0.968 10° 255° 312 km 01m55.3s
20:1854°19.3'S024°36.1'W - - 53°32.9'S019°03.9'W 0.967 251° 320 km 01m55.8s
Limits49°02.8'S011°30.2'W51°26.0'S008°28.4'W50°12.9'S010°03.0'W 0.965 - 331 km 01m57.0s

ΔT = 6116.5 seconds

Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration
Event Time
TD
Time
UT1
Latitude Longitude Sun
Altitude
Sun
Azimuth
Path Width Central
Duration
Greatest Eclipse21:14:13.919:32:17.376°07.4'S085°23.2'W 25.1° 306.9° 233.0 km01m51.53s
Greatest Duration20:26:58.018:45:01.568°51.9'S123°28.2'E 0.0° 141.5° 327.2 km01m54.75s

Explanation of Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration

Links for the Annular Solar Eclipse of 0455 Feb 02

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Eclipse Predictions

Predictions for the Annular Solar Eclipse of 0455 Feb 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 6116.5 seconds for this eclipse. The uncertainty in ΔT is 149.0 seconds corresponding to a standard error in longitude of the eclipse path of ± 0.62°.

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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