Path of the Annular Solar Eclipse of 0491 Aug 21

Fred Espenak

Introduction

The following table delineates the path of the Moon's antumbral shadow during the Annular Solar Eclipse of 0491 Aug 21 . 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 0491 Aug 21
UT1 Northern Limit Southern Limit Central Line M:S Sun Sun Path Central
Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Ratio Alt. Azm. Width Duration
Limits75°20.9'N009°54.4'E73°10.2'N021°30.3'E74°16.8'N016°14.1'E 0.955 - 424 km 02m39.7s
01:38 - - 79°40.4'N050°44.9'E77°06.6'N025°36.9'E 0.956 48° 408 km 02m40.4s
01:40 - - 81°00.0'N062°19.5'E80°12.6'N039°48.2'E 0.957 63° 388 km 02m41.3s
01:4279°54.8'N024°36.8'E81°52.9'N074°10.4'E81°57.9'N052°27.8'E 0.958 10° 76° 375 km 02m41.8s
01:4482°29.7'N037°44.4'E82°24.6'N086°18.0'E83°07.5'N066°01.8'E 0.959 12° 90° 366 km 02m42.2s
01:4684°08.7'N052°07.2'E82°38.3'N098°18.2'E83°50.0'N080°47.4'E 0.959 14° 106° 358 km 02m42.5s
01:4885°12.7'N069°43.1'E82°36.7'N109°40.0'E84°08.5'N096°04.4'E 0.959 15° 122° 351 km 02m42.8s
01:5085°43.6'N090°23.8'E82°22.9'N119°58.8'E84°06.1'N110°39.8'E 0.960 16° 137° 346 km 02m43.1s
01:5285°43.1'N111°10.6'E81°59.6'N129°02.9'E83°47.5'N123°32.0'E 0.960 18° 150° 341 km 02m43.3s
01:5485°18.1'N128°39.7'E81°29.4'N136°52.3'E83°17.3'N134°17.8'E 0.960 19° 162° 337 km 02m43.4s
01:5684°38.1'N141°54.0'E80°54.3'N143°34.3'E82°39.6'N143°05.1'E 0.961 19° 171° 333 km 02m43.6s
01:5883°50.1'N151°40.5'E80°15.8'N149°18.7'E81°57.0'N150°14.4'E 0.961 20° 179° 330 km 02m43.7s
02:0082°58.3'N159°01.3'E79°35.0'N154°15.3'E81°11.7'N156°07.1'E 0.961 21° 186° 328 km 02m43.8s
02:0282°04.9'N164°43.2'E78°52.7'N158°32.8'E80°24.7'N161°01.1'E 0.961 22° 192° 325 km 02m43.9s
02:0481°11.0'N169°16.9'E78°09.3'N162°18.4'E79°36.8'N165°10.1'E 0.961 22° 197° 324 km 02m44.0s
02:0680°17.2'N173°02.8'E77°25.3'N165°37.9'E78°48.5'N168°44.2'E 0.961 23° 201° 322 km 02m44.1s
02:0879°23.8'N176°13.8'E76°40.9'N168°36.1'E78°00.1'N171°51.2'E 0.962 23° 205° 321 km 02m44.1s
02:1078°30.9'N178°59.0'E75°56.3'N171°16.6'E77°11.8'N174°36.6'E 0.962 23° 209° 320 km 02m44.2s
02:1277°38.6'N178°35.4'W75°11.6'N173°42.4'E76°23.6'N177°04.8'E 0.962 24° 212° 320 km 02m44.2s
02:1476°46.9'N176°25.1'W74°26.9'N175°55.9'E75°35.7'N179°19.0'E 0.962 24° 215° 319 km 02m44.2s
02:1675°55.8'N174°26.9'W73°42.3'N177°59.2'E74°48.1'N178°38.1'W 0.962 24° 218° 319 km 02m44.2s
02:1875°05.2'N172°38.3'W72°57.7'N179°53.7'E74°00.7'N176°44.7'W 0.962 25° 221° 320 km 02m44.2s
02:2074°15.2'N170°57.4'W72°13.2'N178°19.1'W73°13.7'N174°59.1'W 0.962 25° 223° 320 km 02m44.1s
02:2273°25.7'N169°22.8'W71°28.9'N176°38.3'W72°26.9'N173°19.9'W 0.962 25° 226° 321 km 02m44.1s
02:2472°36.6'N167°53.3'W70°44.6'N175°02.7'W71°40.3'N171°46.2'W 0.962 25° 228° 322 km 02m44.0s
02:2671°47.8'N166°28.0'W70°00.5'N173°31.8'W70°54.0'N170°17.0'W 0.962 25° 231° 323 km 02m44.0s
02:2870°59.4'N165°06.1'W69°16.4'N172°04.7'W70°07.9'N168°51.6'W 0.962 25° 233° 325 km 02m43.9s
02:3070°11.3'N163°46.8'W68°32.4'N170°40.8'W69°21.9'N167°29.2'W 0.962 25° 235° 327 km 02m43.8s
02:3269°23.3'N162°29.7'W67°48.5'N169°19.7'W68°36.0'N166°09.5'W 0.962 25° 237° 329 km 02m43.7s
02:3468°35.6'N161°14.1'W67°04.5'N168°00.9'W67°50.2'N164°51.7'W 0.962 25° 239° 331 km 02m43.6s
02:3667°47.9'N159°59.6'W66°20.5'N166°43.9'W67°04.5'N163°35.5'W 0.962 24° 242° 333 km 02m43.5s
02:3867°00.2'N158°45.8'W65°36.5'N165°28.3'W66°18.7'N162°20.5'W 0.962 24° 244° 336 km 02m43.3s
02:4066°12.6'N157°32.2'W64°52.4'N164°13.8'W65°32.9'N161°06.2'W 0.962 24° 246° 339 km 02m43.2s
02:4265°24.8'N156°18.3'W64°08.1'N163°00.0'W64°47.0'N159°52.2'W 0.962 23° 248° 342 km 02m43.0s
02:4464°36.8'N155°03.8'W63°23.7'N161°46.5'W64°00.9'N158°38.2'W 0.962 23° 250° 345 km 02m42.9s
02:4663°48.6'N153°48.2'W62°39.0'N160°33.0'W63°14.6'N157°23.7'W 0.962 22° 252° 349 km 02m42.7s
02:4863°00.0'N152°31.0'W61°54.1'N159°19.1'W62°27.9'N156°08.4'W 0.962 22° 254° 353 km 02m42.5s
02:5062°10.9'N151°11.5'W61°08.7'N158°04.5'W61°40.9'N154°51.6'W 0.961 21° 256° 357 km 02m42.3s
02:5261°21.1'N149°49.1'W60°23.0'N156°48.6'W60°53.3'N153°33.0'W 0.961 21° 257° 361 km 02m42.1s
02:5460°30.6'N148°23.0'W59°36.7'N155°31.1'W60°05.1'N152°11.9'W 0.961 20° 259° 365 km 02m41.9s
02:5659°38.9'N146°52.1'W58°49.7'N154°11.4'W59°16.1'N150°47.7'W 0.961 19° 261° 370 km 02m41.6s
02:5858°46.0'N145°15.0'W58°02.0'N152°48.8'W58°26.1'N149°19.3'W 0.961 18° 263° 375 km 02m41.4s
03:0057°51.2'N143°29.8'W57°13.3'N151°22.5'W57°34.8'N147°45.6'W 0.960 17° 266° 380 km 02m41.1s
03:0256°54.0'N141°33.7'W56°23.4'N149°51.7'W56°42.0'N146°05.2'W 0.960 16° 268° 385 km 02m40.8s
03:0455°53.3'N139°21.9'W55°32.1'N148°14.8'W55°47.0'N144°15.8'W 0.960 15° 270° 390 km 02m40.5s
03:0654°47.3'N136°46.0'W54°38.8'N146°30.2'W54°49.2'N142°14.0'W 0.959 13° 272° 395 km 02m40.2s
03:0853°31.6'N133°26.3'W53°43.0'N144°35.2'W53°47.3'N139°54.2'W 0.959 12° 275° 400 km 02m39.8s
03:1051°48.5'N128°01.2'W52°43.8'N142°25.5'W52°38.7'N137°05.0'W 0.958 10° 277° 405 km 02m39.4s
03:12 - - 51°39.2'N139°53.5'W51°16.8'N133°17.4'W 0.958 281° 410 km 02m38.8s
Limits50°23.5'N122°17.0'W47°08.2'N125°31.6'W48°42.9'N123°59.3'W 0.956 - 416 km 02m37.7s

ΔT = 5757.9 seconds

Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration
Event Time
TD
Time
UT1
Latitude Longitude Sun
Altitude
Sun
Azimuth
Path Width Central
Duration
Greatest Eclipse04:01:28.302:25:30.471°05.4'N165°18.0'E 24.9° 230.1° 323.0 km02m43.97s
Greatest Duration03:49:42.902:13:45.075°41.7'N179°03.0'E 24.1° 214.7° 319.5 km02m44.18s

Explanation of Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration

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Eclipse Predictions

Predictions for the Annular Solar Eclipse of 0491 Aug 21 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 5757.9 seconds for this eclipse. The uncertainty in ΔT is 141.2 seconds corresponding to a standard error in longitude of the eclipse path of ± 0.59°.

Acknowledgments

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

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