Path of the Annular Solar Eclipse of 2242 Jan 31

Fred Espenak

Introduction

The following table delineates the path of the Moon's antumbral shadow during the Annular Solar Eclipse of 2242 Jan 31 . 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 2242 Jan 31
UT1 Northern Limit Southern Limit Central Line M:S Sun Sun Path Central
Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Ratio Alt. Azm. Width Duration
Limits57°08.3'S140°06.4'E59°01.5'S136°44.3'E58°04.4'S138°28.8'E 0.957 - 285 km 02m26.0s
19:0062°39.8'S156°24.6'E - - 61°33.6'S148°29.8'E 0.959 115° 270 km 02m26.5s
19:0264°16.1'S161°54.3'E62°48.5'S147°43.6'E63°53.7'S155°53.8'E 0.960 10° 108° 259 km 02m26.9s
19:0465°31.2'S166°38.3'E65°05.6'S155°07.2'E65°28.2'S161°26.6'E 0.961 13° 103° 252 km 02m27.2s
19:0666°33.3'S170°57.8'E66°39.3'S160°45.9'E66°42.2'S166°16.5'E 0.962 16° 97° 245 km 02m27.5s
19:0867°25.9'S175°02.7'E67°52.9'S165°43.4'E67°43.5'S170°43.3'E 0.962 18° 93° 240 km 02m27.8s
19:1068°11.3'S178°58.0'E68°53.8'S170°19.3'E68°35.5'S174°56.6'E 0.962 19° 88° 235 km 02m28.0s
19:1268°50.5'S177°13.4'W69°45.4'S174°42.6'E69°20.1'S179°01.1'E 0.963 21° 83° 231 km 02m28.2s
19:1469°24.5'S173°29.5'W70°29.5'S178°57.9'E69°58.6'S177°00.4'W 0.963 22° 79° 227 km 02m28.4s
19:1669°53.8'S169°49.3'W71°07.4'S176°52.0'W70°31.7'S173°06.1'W 0.964 24° 74° 224 km 02m28.6s
19:1870°18.9'S166°12.0'W71°39.8'S172°45.4'W71°00.1'S169°14.9'W 0.964 25° 70° 221 km 02m28.8s
19:2070°40.0'S162°37.4'W72°07.2'S168°41.6'W71°24.1'S165°26.4'W 0.964 26° 65° 218 km 02m29.0s
19:2270°57.5'S159°05.2'W72°30.2'S164°40.0'W71°44.0'S161°40.4'W 0.964 27° 61° 215 km 02m29.2s
19:2471°11.6'S155°35.7'W72°48.9'S160°40.7'W72°00.2'S157°56.8'W 0.965 28° 56° 213 km 02m29.3s
19:2671°22.5'S152°08.9'W73°03.6'S156°44.0'W72°12.8'S154°16.0'W 0.965 29° 52° 211 km 02m29.5s
19:2871°30.3'S148°45.2'W73°14.7'S152°50.1'W72°22.0'S150°38.2'W 0.965 30° 47° 209 km 02m29.6s
19:3071°35.2'S145°24.9'W73°22.2'S148°59.7'W72°28.1'S147°03.9'W 0.965 31° 43° 207 km 02m29.8s
19:3271°37.4'S142°08.2'W73°26.4'S145°13.3'W72°31.2'S143°33.4'W 0.965 31° 38° 206 km 02m29.9s
19:3471°37.0'S138°55.6'W73°27.6'S141°31.5'W72°31.5'S140°07.3'W 0.966 32° 34° 204 km 02m30.0s
19:3671°34.2'S135°47.3'W73°25.7'S137°54.8'W72°29.1'S136°45.9'W 0.966 33° 30° 203 km 02m30.2s
19:3871°29.0'S132°43.6'W73°21.1'S134°23.8'W72°24.1'S133°29.5'W 0.966 33° 26° 202 km 02m30.3s
19:4071°21.7'S129°44.7'W73°13.9'S130°58.9'W72°16.8'S130°18.7'W 0.966 34° 21° 201 km 02m30.4s
19:4271°12.3'S126°50.9'W73°04.3'S127°40.4'W72°07.3'S127°13.4'W 0.966 34° 17° 200 km 02m30.5s
19:4471°01.0'S124°02.3'W72°52.5'S124°28.6'W71°55.7'S124°14.0'W 0.966 35° 13° 199 km 02m30.6s
19:4670°47.8'S121°18.9'W72°38.5'S121°23.6'W71°42.2'S121°20.6'W 0.966 35° 198 km 02m30.7s
19:4870°33.0'S118°40.7'W72°22.7'S118°25.4'W71°26.9'S118°33.1'W 0.966 36° 198 km 02m30.8s
19:5070°16.6'S116°07.9'W72°05.0'S115°34.0'W71°09.9'S115°51.6'W 0.966 36° 197 km 02m30.9s
19:5269°58.7'S113°40.2'W71°45.7'S112°49.4'W70°51.3'S113°16.0'W 0.966 36° 358° 197 km 02m31.0s
19:5469°39.4'S111°17.6'W71°24.8'S110°11.4'W70°31.3'S110°46.1'W 0.966 37° 355° 196 km 02m31.0s
19:5669°18.9'S108°59.9'W71°02.6'S107°39.7'W70°09.9'S108°21.8'W 0.966 37° 351° 196 km 02m31.1s
19:5868°57.1'S106°47.1'W70°39.0'S105°14.2'W69°47.3'S106°03.0'W 0.967 37° 348° 196 km 02m31.2s
20:0068°34.2'S104°38.9'W70°14.2'S102°54.5'W69°23.5'S103°49.3'W 0.967 37° 344° 196 km 02m31.2s
20:0268°10.2'S102°35.2'W69°48.3'S100°40.4'W68°58.6'S101°40.6'W 0.967 37° 341° 197 km 02m31.3s
20:0467°45.2'S100°35.7'W69°21.4'S098°31.6'W68°32.6'S099°36.6'W 0.967 37° 338° 197 km 02m31.3s
20:0667°19.3'S098°40.2'W68°53.4'S096°27.7'W68°05.8'S097°37.0'W 0.967 38° 335° 197 km 02m31.4s
20:0866°52.5'S096°48.6'W68°24.6'S094°28.4'W67°38.0'S095°41.7'W 0.967 38° 332° 198 km 02m31.4s
20:1066°24.8'S095°00.5'W67°55.0'S092°33.5'W67°09.4'S093°50.3'W 0.967 38° 329° 198 km 02m31.4s
20:1265°56.4'S093°15.8'W67°24.5'S090°42.7'W66°40.0'S092°02.6'W 0.966 37° 326° 199 km 02m31.4s
20:1465°27.1'S091°34.3'W66°53.2'S088°55.5'W66°09.8'S090°18.3'W 0.966 37° 323° 200 km 02m31.5s
20:1664°57.2'S089°55.7'W66°21.3'S087°11.8'W65°38.8'S088°37.2'W 0.966 37° 320° 200 km 02m31.5s
20:1864°26.5'S088°19.9'W65°48.6'S085°31.3'W65°07.2'S086°59.0'W 0.966 37° 318° 201 km 02m31.5s
20:2063°55.1'S086°46.5'W65°15.2'S083°53.6'W64°34.9'S085°23.6'W 0.966 37° 315° 202 km 02m31.5s
20:2263°23.1'S085°15.5'W64°41.2'S082°18.6'W64°01.9'S083°50.5'W 0.966 36° 312° 204 km 02m31.5s
20:2462°50.4'S083°46.6'W64°06.6'S080°45.9'W63°28.3'S082°19.7'W 0.966 36° 310° 205 km 02m31.5s
20:2662°17.1'S082°19.6'W63°31.2'S079°15.3'W62°54.0'S080°50.9'W 0.966 36° 307° 206 km 02m31.5s
20:2861°43.1'S080°54.3'W62°55.3'S077°46.6'W62°19.0'S079°23.9'W 0.966 35° 305° 208 km 02m31.5s
20:3061°08.4'S079°30.5'W62°18.7'S076°19.4'W61°43.4'S077°58.4'W 0.966 35° 303° 209 km 02m31.5s
20:3260°33.1'S078°07.9'W61°41.4'S074°53.6'W61°07.2'S076°34.3'W 0.966 35° 300° 211 km 02m31.4s
20:3459°57.2'S076°46.5'W61°03.4'S073°28.9'W60°30.3'S075°11.2'W 0.966 34° 298° 213 km 02m31.4s
20:3659°20.5'S075°26.0'W60°24.8'S072°05.0'W59°52.7'S073°49.0'W 0.965 34° 296° 215 km 02m31.4s
20:3858°43.2'S074°06.1'W59°45.4'S070°41.6'W59°14.3'S072°27.5'W 0.965 33° 293° 217 km 02m31.4s
20:4058°05.1'S072°46.7'W59°05.2'S069°18.6'W58°35.3'S071°06.3'W 0.965 32° 291° 219 km 02m31.3s
20:4257°26.3'S071°27.5'W58°24.3'S067°55.6'W57°55.4'S069°45.2'W 0.965 32° 289° 221 km 02m31.3s
20:4456°46.6'S070°08.2'W57°42.4'S066°32.3'W57°14.7'S068°24.0'W 0.965 31° 287° 224 km 02m31.2s
20:4656°06.1'S068°48.7'W56°59.6'S065°08.3'W56°33.1'S067°02.4'W 0.965 30° 285° 226 km 02m31.2s
20:4855°24.7'S067°28.6'W56°15.7'S063°43.3'W55°50.5'S065°40.0'W 0.964 29° 283° 229 km 02m31.1s
20:5054°42.3'S066°07.7'W55°30.7'S062°16.8'W55°06.8'S064°16.4'W 0.964 28° 281° 232 km 02m31.1s
20:5253°58.7'S064°45.4'W54°44.4'S060°48.4'W54°22.0'S062°51.3'W 0.964 27° 278° 235 km 02m31.0s
20:5453°14.0'S063°21.5'W53°56.7'S059°17.4'W53°35.9'S061°24.1'W 0.964 26° 276° 238 km 02m31.0s
20:5652°27.9'S061°55.4'W53°07.3'S057°43.1'W52°48.3'S059°54.3'W 0.963 25° 274° 241 km 02m30.9s
20:5851°40.3'S060°26.6'W52°15.9'S056°04.6'W51°58.9'S058°21.1'W 0.963 24° 272° 244 km 02m30.8s
21:0050°51.0'S058°54.3'W51°22.1'S054°20.6'W51°07.6'S056°43.5'W 0.963 23° 270° 248 km 02m30.7s
21:0249°59.5'S057°17.5'W50°25.5'S052°29.5'W50°13.8'S055°00.4'W 0.962 21° 268° 252 km 02m30.6s
21:0449°05.7'S055°35.1'W49°25.3'S050°28.7'W49°17.1'S053°10.1'W 0.962 20° 266° 256 km 02m30.5s
21:0648°08.8'S053°45.3'W48°20.2'S048°14.6'W48°16.7'S051°10.1'W 0.961 18° 264° 260 km 02m30.4s
21:0847°08.0'S051°45.6'W47°08.0'S045°40.6'W47°11.3'S048°56.6'W 0.961 16° 262° 265 km 02m30.3s
21:1046°02.1'S049°32.2'W45°44.5'S042°33.2'W45°58.7'S046°23.0'W 0.960 14° 259° 269 km 02m30.2s
21:1244°48.7'S046°58.1'W43°56.8'S038°12.5'W44°34.4'S043°15.4'W 0.959 11° 256° 275 km 02m30.0s
21:1443°23.1'S043°48.9'W - - 42°45.0'S038°52.7'W 0.958 253° 281 km 02m29.7s
Limits38°42.5'S031°39.2'W40°51.9'S029°31.1'W39°46.4'S030°36.7'W 0.956 - 291 km 02m29.3s

ΔT = 354.1 seconds

Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration
Event Time
TD
Time
UT1
Latitude Longitude Sun
Altitude
Sun
Azimuth
Path Width Central
Duration
Greatest Eclipse20:12:58.220:07:04.167°51.0'S098°03.7'W 37.5° 333.2° 197.4 km02m31.37s
Greatest Duration20:27:57.620:22:03.564°00.9'S083°47.9'W 36.5° 312.3° 203.6 km02m31.50s

Explanation of Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration

Links for the Annular Solar Eclipse of 2242 Jan 31

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Eclipse Predictions

Predictions for the Annular Solar Eclipse of 2242 Jan 31 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 354.1 seconds for this eclipse. The uncertainty in ΔT is 90.8 seconds corresponding to a standard error in longitude of the eclipse path of ± 0.38°.

Acknowledgments

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

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