Path of the Total Solar Eclipse of 0502 Jan 24

Fred Espenak

Introduction

The following table delineates the path of the Moon's umbral shadow during the Total Solar Eclipse of 0502 Jan 24 . 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 0502 Jan 24
UT1 Northern Limit Southern Limit Central Line M:S Sun Sun Path Central
Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Ratio Alt. Azm. Width Duration
Limits35°36.3'N108°55.3'W34°10.1'N109°06.5'W34°52.8'N109°01.0'W 1.028 - 153 km 01m44.0s
14:2835°05.7'N107°24.5'W31°06.7'N099°18.7'W32°39.3'N102°02.4'W 1.030 117° 168 km 01m57.6s
14:3032°58.5'N100°11.3'W30°20.3'N096°02.3'W31°35.3'N097°53.8'W 1.031 10° 120° 178 km 02m06.7s
14:3232°11.7'N096°46.9'W29°51.2'N093°32.4'W30°59.4'N095°03.0'W 1.032 13° 122° 186 km 02m13.3s
14:3431°43.3'N094°13.6'W29°31.8'N091°27.5'W30°36.2'N092°46.2'W 1.033 15° 123° 193 km 02m18.9s
14:3631°24.7'N092°06.8'W29°18.7'N089°38.8'W30°20.7'N090°49.6'W 1.033 17° 125° 199 km 02m23.7s
14:3831°12.7'N090°16.9'W29°10.3'N088°01.7'W30°10.7'N089°06.7'W 1.034 19° 126° 205 km 02m28.0s
14:4031°05.4'N088°38.9'W29°05.6'N086°33.2'W30°04.9'N087°33.9'W 1.034 20° 128° 209 km 02m31.9s
14:4231°01.8'N087°09.8'W29°03.9'N085°11.6'W30°02.3'N086°08.9'W 1.035 22° 129° 214 km 02m35.5s
14:4431°01.2'N085°47.7'W29°04.8'N083°55.6'W30°02.5'N084°50.1'W 1.035 23° 130° 218 km 02m38.8s
14:4631°03.1'N084°31.3'W29°07.9'N082°44.2'W30°05.1'N083°36.3'W 1.035 24° 132° 222 km 02m41.8s
14:4831°07.3'N083°19.5'W29°13.0'N081°36.7'W30°09.7'N082°26.8'W 1.036 25° 133° 225 km 02m44.6s
14:5031°13.4'N082°11.7'W29°19.8'N080°32.5'W30°16.2'N081°20.9'W 1.036 26° 134° 228 km 02m47.2s
14:5231°21.2'N081°07.2'W29°28.3'N079°31.2'W30°24.4'N080°18.1'W 1.036 27° 136° 230 km 02m49.6s
14:5431°30.7'N080°05.6'W29°38.2'N078°32.4'W30°34.1'N079°18.0'W 1.036 28° 137° 232 km 02m51.8s
14:5631°41.6'N079°06.4'W29°49.5'N077°35.8'W30°45.2'N078°20.2'W 1.036 28° 138° 234 km 02m53.8s
14:5831°54.0'N078°09.5'W30°02.2'N076°41.0'W30°57.7'N077°24.4'W 1.037 29° 139° 236 km 02m55.7s
15:0032°07.6'N077°14.5'W30°16.0'N075°48.0'W31°11.5'N076°30.4'W 1.037 30° 141° 237 km 02m57.3s
15:0232°22.5'N076°21.1'W30°31.1'N074°56.5'W31°26.4'N075°38.0'W 1.037 30° 142° 238 km 02m58.9s
15:0432°38.6'N075°29.2'W30°47.3'N074°06.3'W31°42.6'N074°47.0'W 1.037 31° 143° 238 km 03m00.2s
15:0632°55.8'N074°38.6'W31°04.6'N073°17.3'W31°59.8'N073°57.3'W 1.037 31° 145° 238 km 03m01.4s
15:0833°14.1'N073°49.1'W31°22.9'N072°29.3'W32°18.2'N073°08.6'W 1.037 31° 146° 238 km 03m02.5s
15:1033°33.6'N073°00.6'W31°42.3'N071°42.2'W32°37.6'N072°20.8'W 1.037 32° 148° 238 km 03m03.4s
15:1233°54.1'N072°13.0'W32°02.8'N070°55.9'W32°58.1'N071°33.9'W 1.038 32° 149° 237 km 03m04.1s
15:1434°15.8'N071°26.1'W32°24.3'N070°10.3'W33°19.7'N070°47.7'W 1.038 32° 150° 236 km 03m04.7s
15:1634°38.4'N070°39.9'W32°46.8'N069°25.3'W33°42.3'N070°02.0'W 1.038 32° 152° 235 km 03m05.2s
15:1835°02.2'N069°54.1'W33°10.4'N068°40.7'W34°05.9'N069°16.9'W 1.038 33° 153° 234 km 03m05.6s
15:2035°27.0'N069°08.8'W33°34.9'N067°56.5'W34°30.6'N068°32.2'W 1.038 33° 155° 233 km 03m05.7s
15:2235°52.9'N068°23.8'W34°00.5'N067°12.7'W34°56.3'N067°47.7'W 1.038 33° 156° 231 km 03m05.8s
15:2436°19.9'N067°39.0'W34°27.2'N066°29.0'W35°23.1'N067°03.5'W 1.038 33° 157° 229 km 03m05.7s
15:2636°48.0'N066°54.3'W34°54.9'N065°45.4'W35°51.1'N066°19.4'W 1.038 33° 159° 228 km 03m05.5s
15:2837°17.3'N066°09.6'W35°23.8'N065°01.9'W36°20.1'N065°35.3'W 1.038 32° 160° 226 km 03m05.1s
15:3037°47.8'N065°24.8'W35°53.7'N064°18.2'W36°50.3'N064°51.1'W 1.038 32° 162° 224 km 03m04.7s
15:3238°19.5'N064°39.8'W36°24.8'N063°34.4'W37°21.7'N064°06.7'W 1.038 32° 163° 222 km 03m04.0s
15:3438°52.4'N063°54.5'W36°57.1'N062°50.4'W37°54.3'N063°22.1'W 1.038 32° 165° 220 km 03m03.3s
15:3639°26.7'N063°08.8'W37°30.6'N062°06.0'W38°28.2'N062°37.0'W 1.038 32° 166° 217 km 03m02.4s
15:3840°02.4'N062°22.6'W38°05.5'N061°21.0'W39°03.4'N061°51.5'W 1.037 31° 167° 215 km 03m01.3s
15:4040°39.5'N061°35.7'W38°41.7'N060°35.5'W39°40.0'N061°05.3'W 1.037 31° 169° 213 km 03m00.2s
15:4241°18.2'N060°47.9'W39°19.3'N059°49.2'W40°18.2'N060°18.3'W 1.037 30° 170° 210 km 02m58.9s
15:4441°58.6'N059°59.2'W39°58.5'N059°02.1'W40°57.9'N059°30.4'W 1.037 30° 172° 208 km 02m57.4s
15:4642°40.7'N059°09.2'W40°39.3'N058°13.9'W41°39.3'N058°41.3'W 1.037 29° 173° 206 km 02m55.8s
15:4843°24.7'N058°17.9'W41°21.8'N057°24.5'W42°22.6'N057°51.0'W 1.037 29° 175° 203 km 02m54.1s
15:5044°10.9'N057°25.0'W42°06.2'N056°33.6'W43°07.8'N056°59.1'W 1.037 28° 176° 201 km 02m52.2s
15:5244°59.3'N056°30.1'W42°52.7'N055°41.0'W43°55.2'N056°05.4'W 1.036 27° 178° 199 km 02m50.1s
15:5445°50.3'N055°32.9'W43°41.4'N054°46.5'W44°44.9'N055°09.6'W 1.036 26° 179° 196 km 02m47.9s
15:5646°44.1'N054°33.1'W44°32.6'N053°49.6'W45°37.4'N054°11.3'W 1.036 26° 181° 194 km 02m45.5s
15:5847°41.1'N053°30.0'W45°26.6'N052°50.0'W46°32.8'N053°10.1'W 1.036 25° 182° 191 km 02m42.9s
16:0048°41.8'N052°23.1'W46°23.7'N051°47.1'W47°31.5'N052°05.3'W 1.035 24° 184° 189 km 02m40.1s
16:0249°46.8'N051°11.4'W47°24.4'N050°40.4'W48°34.3'N050°56.2'W 1.035 22° 186° 186 km 02m37.1s
16:0450°56.9'N049°53.9'W48°29.3'N049°28.8'W49°41.6'N049°41.8'W 1.035 21° 187° 184 km 02m33.9s
16:0652°13.4'N048°28.8'W49°39.2'N048°11.3'W50°54.5'N048°20.8'W 1.034 20° 189° 181 km 02m30.3s
16:0853°37.9'N046°53.7'W50°55.2'N046°46.3'W52°14.3'N046°51.2'W 1.034 18° 191° 179 km 02m26.5s
16:1055°13.1'N045°04.9'W52°18.9'N045°11.4'W53°43.1'N045°10.1'W 1.033 17° 193° 176 km 02m22.2s
16:1257°03.6'N042°55.4'W53°52.8'N043°22.9'W55°24.3'N043°12.5'W 1.033 15° 195° 173 km 02m17.4s
16:1459°19.4'N040°10.8'W55°41.3'N041°14.3'W57°23.9'N040°49.0'W 1.032 12° 198° 170 km 02m11.8s
16:1662°29.9'N036°06.1'W57°52.9'N038°32.1'W59°56.7'N037°37.5'W 1.031 201° 166 km 02m04.9s
16:18 - - 60°52.0'N034°38.1'W64°05.8'N031°57.7'W 1.029 207° 160 km 01m54.1s
Limits68°05.8'N027°56.5'W67°15.4'N024°59.5'W67°40.9'N026°25.3'W 1.028 - 156 km 01m45.4s

ΔT = 5656.1 seconds

Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration
Event Time
TD
Time
UT1
Latitude Longitude Sun
Altitude
Sun
Azimuth
Path Width Central
Duration
Greatest Eclipse16:57:05.915:22:49.835°07.3'N091°07.3'W 32.6° 156.5° 230.5 km03m05.78s
Greatest Duration16:56:04.315:21:48.234°53.7'N067°52.1'W 32.6° 155.8° 231.3 km03m05.80s

Explanation of Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration

Links for the Total Solar Eclipse of 0502 Jan 24

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Eclipse Predictions

Predictions for the Total Solar Eclipse of 0502 Jan 24 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 5656.1 seconds for this eclipse. The uncertainty in ΔT is 138.9 seconds corresponding to a standard error in longitude of the eclipse path of ± 0.58°.

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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