Path of the Total Solar Eclipse of 2042 Apr 20

Fred Espenak

Introduction

The following table delineates the path of the Moon's umbral shadow during the Total Solar Eclipse of 2042 Apr 20 . 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 2042 Apr 20
UT1 Northern Limit Southern Limit Central Line M:S Sun Sun Path Central
Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Ratio Alt. Azm. Width Duration
Limits08°13.2'S081°58.5'E09°34.4'S082°29.4'E08°53.9'S082°14.1'E 1.044 - 158 km 02m18.6s
00:3807°32.9'S084°56.8'E07°36.7'S090°33.0'E07°27.8'S088°16.4'E 1.046 77° 167 km 02m30.7s
00:4005°24.3'S092°24.1'E06°02.1'S095°26.1'E05°42.1'S093°58.9'E 1.048 13° 77° 176 km 02m43.9s
00:4204°02.7'S096°08.9'E04°48.0'S098°40.6'E04°24.7'S097°26.7'E 1.049 17° 77° 181 km 02m52.8s
00:4402°53.5'S098°55.9'E03°42.8'S101°13.1'E03°17.7'S100°05.8'E 1.050 20° 76° 186 km 03m00.1s
00:4601°51.1'S101°12.3'E02°43.0'S103°20.8'E02°16.7'S102°17.6'E 1.051 23° 76° 189 km 03m06.5s
00:4800°53.1'S103°09.1'E01°46.9'S105°11.7'E01°19.7'S104°11.2'E 1.052 26° 77° 192 km 03m12.3s
00:5000°01.7'N104°51.9'E00°53.6'S106°50.3'E00°25.7'S105°51.8'E 1.053 28° 77° 195 km 03m17.6s
00:5200°54.0'N106°24.2'E00°02.5'S108°19.4'E00°26.0'N107°22.4'E 1.053 30° 77° 198 km 03m22.6s
00:5401°44.3'N107°48.3'E00°46.8'N109°40.9'E01°15.8'N108°45.2'E 1.054 32° 77° 200 km 03m27.2s
00:5602°33.0'N109°05.6'E01°34.5'N110°56.2'E02°04.0'N110°01.4'E 1.054 34° 78° 202 km 03m31.6s
00:5803°20.4'N110°17.4'E02°21.0'N112°06.3'E02°50.9'N111°12.3'E 1.055 36° 78° 203 km 03m35.8s
01:0004°06.5'N111°24.4'E03°06.4'N113°12.0'E03°36.7'N112°18.7'E 1.055 38° 78° 205 km 03m39.8s
01:0204°51.6'N112°27.5'E03°50.8'N114°13.9'E04°21.4'N113°21.1'E 1.056 39° 79° 206 km 03m43.6s
01:0405°35.7'N113°27.1'E04°34.4'N115°12.5'E05°05.2'N114°20.2'E 1.056 41° 79° 207 km 03m47.3s
01:0606°19.1'N114°23.6'E05°17.1'N116°08.2'E05°48.3'N115°16.3'E 1.056 42° 80° 209 km 03m50.8s
01:0807°01.6'N115°17.5'E05°59.1'N117°01.3'E06°30.6'N116°09.7'E 1.057 44° 80° 210 km 03m54.2s
01:1007°43.6'N116°09.0'E06°40.5'N117°52.1'E07°12.2'N117°00.9'E 1.057 45° 81° 210 km 03m57.5s
01:1208°24.9'N116°58.4'E07°21.3'N118°40.9'E07°53.2'N117°50.0'E 1.057 47° 82° 211 km 04m00.6s
01:1409°05.6'N117°46.0'E08°01.6'N119°27.9'E08°33.7'N118°37.3'E 1.058 48° 82° 212 km 04m03.6s
01:1609°45.9'N118°31.8'E08°41.3'N120°13.3'E09°13.7'N119°22.9'E 1.058 49° 83° 212 km 04m06.5s
01:1810°25.6'N119°16.2'E09°20.6'N120°57.2'E09°53.2'N120°07.0'E 1.058 51° 84° 213 km 04m09.3s
01:2011°04.9'N119°59.2'E09°59.4'N121°39.7'E10°32.3'N120°49.7'E 1.058 52° 85° 213 km 04m12.0s
01:2211°43.8'N120°40.9'E10°37.8'N122°21.1'E11°10.9'N121°31.3'E 1.059 53° 86° 214 km 04m14.6s
01:2412°22.3'N121°21.6'E11°15.8'N123°01.4'E11°49.2'N122°11.8'E 1.059 54° 87° 214 km 04m17.1s
01:2613°00.4'N122°01.3'E11°53.5'N123°40.7'E12°27.1'N122°51.2'E 1.059 55° 88° 214 km 04m19.4s
01:2813°38.2'N122°40.0'E12°30.8'N124°19.1'E13°04.6'N123°29.8'E 1.059 57° 89° 214 km 04m21.8s
01:3014°15.7'N123°18.0'E13°07.8'N124°56.7'E13°41.8'N124°07.6'E 1.060 58° 90° 215 km 04m24.0s
01:3214°52.9'N123°55.2'E13°44.4'N125°33.6'E14°18.7'N124°44.6'E 1.060 59° 91° 215 km 04m26.1s
01:3415°29.8'N124°31.8'E14°20.8'N126°09.8'E14°55.4'N125°21.1'E 1.060 60° 93° 215 km 04m28.1s
01:3616°06.4'N125°07.8'E14°56.9'N126°45.5'E15°31.7'N125°56.9'E 1.060 61° 94° 215 km 04m30.1s
01:3816°42.7'N125°43.3'E15°32.8'N127°20.7'E16°07.8'N126°32.2'E 1.060 62° 96° 215 km 04m31.9s
01:4017°18.8'N126°18.3'E16°08.3'N127°55.4'E16°43.6'N127°07.1'E 1.060 63° 97° 215 km 04m33.7s
01:4217°54.7'N126°53.0'E16°43.7'N128°29.7'E17°19.2'N127°41.6'E 1.060 64° 99° 215 km 04m35.4s
01:4418°30.3'N127°27.3'E17°18.8'N129°03.7'E17°54.6'N128°15.7'E 1.061 65° 101° 215 km 04m37.0s
01:4619°05.7'N128°01.3'E17°53.7'N129°37.4'E18°29.7'N128°49.6'E 1.061 65° 103° 214 km 04m38.5s
01:4819°40.9'N128°35.1'E18°28.3'N130°10.9'E19°04.6'N129°23.2'E 1.061 66° 105° 214 km 04m39.9s
01:5020°15.9'N129°08.7'E19°02.8'N130°44.1'E19°39.4'N129°56.7'E 1.061 67° 107° 214 km 04m41.3s
01:5220°50.7'N129°42.2'E19°37.0'N131°17.3'E20°13.9'N130°30.0'E 1.061 68° 110° 214 km 04m42.5s
01:5421°25.3'N130°15.6'E20°11.0'N131°50.3'E20°48.2'N131°03.2'E 1.061 69° 112° 214 km 04m43.7s
01:5621°59.8'N130°49.0'E20°44.9'N132°23.3'E21°22.4'N131°36.4'E 1.061 69° 115° 213 km 04m44.8s
01:5822°34.1'N131°22.4'E21°18.6'N132°56.2'E21°56.3'N132°09.5'E 1.061 70° 118° 213 km 04m45.8s
02:0023°08.1'N131°55.8'E21°52.1'N133°29.2'E22°30.1'N132°42.7'E 1.061 70° 121° 213 km 04m46.7s
02:0223°42.1'N132°29.3'E22°25.4'N134°02.2'E23°03.7'N133°16.0'E 1.061 71° 124° 213 km 04m47.6s
02:0424°15.9'N133°02.9'E22°58.5'N134°35.4'E23°37.2'N133°49.4'E 1.061 71° 128° 212 km 04m48.3s
02:0624°49.5'N133°36.7'E23°31.5'N135°08.7'E24°10.5'N134°22.9'E 1.061 72° 131° 212 km 04m49.0s
02:0825°22.9'N134°10.7'E24°04.3'N135°42.1'E24°43.6'N134°56.6'E 1.061 72° 135° 212 km 04m49.6s
02:1025°56.2'N134°44.9'E24°36.9'N136°15.8'E25°16.6'N135°30.6'E 1.061 72° 139° 211 km 04m50.1s
02:1226°29.4'N135°19.5'E25°09.4'N136°49.8'E25°49.4'N136°04.8'E 1.061 73° 143° 211 km 04m50.5s
02:1427°02.4'N135°54.4'E25°41.7'N137°24.0'E26°22.1'N136°39.4'E 1.061 73° 147° 211 km 04m50.8s
02:1627°35.3'N136°29.6'E26°13.9'N137°58.6'E26°54.6'N137°14.3'E 1.061 73° 151° 210 km 04m51.0s
02:1828°08.0'N137°05.3'E26°45.9'N138°33.6'E27°26.9'N137°49.7'E 1.061 73° 155° 210 km 04m51.1s
02:2028°40.6'N137°41.5'E27°17.7'N139°09.0'E27°59.1'N138°25.5'E 1.061 73° 159° 210 km 04m51.2s
02:2229°13.0'N138°18.1'E27°49.4'N139°44.9'E28°31.2'N139°01.7'E 1.061 72° 163° 209 km 04m51.1s
02:2429°45.3'N138°55.3'E28°21.0'N140°21.3'E29°03.1'N139°38.5'E 1.061 72° 167° 209 km 04m51.0s
02:2630°17.4'N139°33.1'E28°52.4'N140°58.3'E29°34.8'N140°15.9'E 1.061 72° 171° 209 km 04m50.8s
02:2830°49.4'N140°11.6'E29°23.6'N141°35.8'E30°06.4'N140°53.9'E 1.061 71° 174° 208 km 04m50.5s
02:3031°21.3'N140°50.8'E29°54.7'N142°14.0'E30°37.9'N141°32.6'E 1.061 71° 178° 208 km 04m50.0s
02:3231°52.9'N141°30.7'E30°25.6'N142°52.9'E31°09.2'N142°12.0'E 1.061 70° 181° 207 km 04m49.5s
02:3432°24.5'N142°11.4'E30°56.3'N143°32.5'E31°40.3'N142°52.1'E 1.061 70° 185° 207 km 04m48.9s
02:3632°55.8'N142°53.0'E31°26.9'N144°12.9'E32°11.3'N143°33.1'E 1.061 69° 188° 206 km 04m48.2s
02:3833°27.0'N143°35.5'E31°57.3'N144°54.2'E32°42.1'N144°15.0'E 1.061 69° 191° 206 km 04m47.4s
02:4033°58.0'N144°19.0'E32°27.5'N145°36.4'E33°12.7'N144°57.8'E 1.061 68° 194° 206 km 04m46.5s
02:4234°28.9'N145°03.6'E32°57.5'N146°19.5'E33°43.1'N145°41.7'E 1.061 67° 196° 205 km 04m45.5s
02:4434°59.6'N145°49.3'E33°27.4'N147°03.7'E34°13.4'N146°26.6'E 1.061 66° 199° 205 km 04m44.4s
02:4635°30.0'N146°36.1'E33°57.1'N147°49.0'E34°43.4'N147°12.6'E 1.060 65° 202° 204 km 04m43.2s
02:4836°00.3'N147°24.2'E34°26.5'N148°35.4'E35°13.3'N147°59.9'E 1.060 65° 204° 204 km 04m41.9s
02:5036°30.4'N148°13.7'E34°55.8'N149°23.1'E35°42.9'N148°48.4'E 1.060 64° 206° 203 km 04m40.5s
02:5237°00.2'N149°04.5'E35°24.8'N150°12.1'E36°12.3'N149°38.4'E 1.060 63° 209° 203 km 04m38.9s
02:5437°29.8'N149°56.9'E35°53.6'N151°02.5'E36°41.5'N150°29.7'E 1.060 62° 211° 202 km 04m37.3s
02:5637°59.1'N150°50.9'E36°22.1'N151°54.3'E37°10.5'N151°22.6'E 1.060 61° 213° 201 km 04m35.6s
02:5838°28.2'N151°46.7'E36°50.4'N152°47.8'E37°39.1'N152°17.2'E 1.060 60° 215° 201 km 04m33.8s
03:0038°57.0'N152°44.2'E37°18.4'N153°42.9'E38°07.5'N153°13.5'E 1.059 59° 217° 200 km 04m31.8s
03:0239°25.4'N153°43.7'E37°46.2'N154°39.8'E38°35.6'N154°11.7'E 1.059 58° 219° 200 km 04m29.7s
03:0439°53.6'N154°45.2'E38°13.6'N155°38.6'E39°03.4'N155°11.8'E 1.059 57° 221° 199 km 04m27.6s
03:0640°21.4'N155°49.0'E38°40.6'N156°39.5'E39°30.8'N156°14.1'E 1.059 55° 222° 198 km 04m25.3s
03:0840°48.8'N156°55.1'E39°07.4'N157°42.5'E39°57.9'N157°18.6'E 1.059 54° 224° 198 km 04m22.9s
03:1041°15.8'N158°03.7'E39°33.7'N158°47.8'E40°24.5'N158°25.5'E 1.058 53° 226° 197 km 04m20.3s
03:1241°42.3'N159°15.0'E39°59.6'N159°55.6'E40°50.8'N159°35.0'E 1.058 52° 228° 196 km 04m17.7s
03:1442°08.3'N160°29.2'E40°25.1'N161°06.0'E41°16.5'N160°47.3'E 1.058 51° 230° 195 km 04m14.9s
03:1642°33.8'N161°46.6'E40°50.0'N162°19.3'E41°41.7'N162°02.6'E 1.058 49° 231° 195 km 04m12.0s
03:1842°58.7'N163°07.2'E41°14.5'N163°35.7'E42°06.4'N163°21.0'E 1.057 48° 233° 194 km 04m09.0s
03:2043°23.0'N164°31.5'E41°38.3'N164°55.4'E42°30.5'N164°42.9'E 1.057 47° 235° 193 km 04m05.8s
03:2243°46.5'N165°59.7'E42°01.5'N166°18.7'E42°53.8'N166°08.6'E 1.057 45° 237° 192 km 04m02.5s
03:2444°09.3'N167°32.2'E42°24.0'N167°45.8'E43°16.5'N167°38.4'E 1.056 44° 238° 191 km 03m59.1s
03:2644°31.1'N169°09.3'E42°45.7'N169°17.3'E43°38.2'N169°12.6'E 1.056 42° 240° 190 km 03m55.5s
03:2844°52.0'N170°51.6'E43°06.5'N170°53.4'E43°59.1'N170°51.7'E 1.056 41° 242° 189 km 03m51.7s
03:3045°11.7'N172°39.5'E43°26.4'N172°34.7'E44°18.9'N172°36.1'E 1.055 39° 244° 188 km 03m47.8s
03:3245°30.1'N174°33.7'E43°45.1'N174°21.7'E44°37.4'N174°26.6'E 1.055 38° 246° 187 km 03m43.6s
03:3445°47.1'N176°35.0'E44°02.5'N176°15.1'E44°54.7'N176°23.9'E 1.054 36° 248° 186 km 03m39.3s
03:3646°02.4'N178°44.2'E44°18.5'N178°15.8'E45°10.3'N178°28.7'E 1.054 34° 250° 184 km 03m34.8s
03:3846°15.7'N178°57.3'W44°32.7'N179°35.2'W45°24.1'N179°17.8'W 1.053 32° 252° 183 km 03m30.0s
03:4046°26.7'N176°28.0'W44°45.0'N177°16.5'W45°35.8'N176°54.0'W 1.053 30° 255° 181 km 03m25.0s
03:4246°34.8'N173°45.9'W44°54.8'N174°46.4'W45°44.8'N174°18.1'W 1.052 28° 257° 180 km 03m19.7s
03:4446°39.4'N170°47.9'W45°01.6'N172°02.4'W45°50.6'N171°27.4'W 1.051 26° 260° 178 km 03m13.9s
03:4646°39.4'N167°29.7'W45°04.7'N169°00.9'W45°52.2'N168°17.9'W 1.051 23° 263° 176 km 03m07.7s
03:4846°33.1'N163°43.8'W45°02.8'N165°36.2'W45°48.3'N164°43.2'W 1.050 20° 266° 174 km 03m00.9s
03:5046°17.5'N159°16.6'W44°53.7'N161°38.5'W45°36.2'N160°31.8'W 1.049 17° 269° 171 km 02m53.2s
03:5245°45.1'N153°34.8'W44°33.1'N156°47.0'W45°10.4'N155°17.7'W 1.048 13° 273° 168 km 02m43.9s
03:5444°20.3'N143°53.1'W43°47.3'N149°57.2'W44°10.4'N147°25.6'W 1.046 279° 163 km 02m30.8s
Limits43°09.3'N137°48.7'W41°50.8'N138°32.7'W42°30.0'N138°11.0'W 1.043 - 156 km 02m16.7s

ΔT = 80.4 seconds

Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration
Event Time
TD
Time
UT1
Latitude Longitude Sun
Altitude
Sun
Azimuth
Path Width Central
Duration
Greatest Eclipse02:17:30.102:16:09.726°57.2'N136°57.0'E 72.7° 151.2° 210.4 km04m51.02s
Greatest Duration02:21:20.202:19:59.827°59.1'N138°25.4'E 72.5° 159.0° 209.7 km04m51.19s

Explanation of Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration

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Eclipse Predictions

Predictions for the Total Solar Eclipse of 2042 Apr 20 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 80.4 seconds for this eclipse.

Acknowledgments

Some of the content on this website is based on the book Thousand Year Canon of Solar Eclipses 1501 to 2500. All eclipse calculations are by Fred Espenak, and he assumes full responsibility for their accuracy.

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