Path of the Annular Solar Eclipse of 2460 Oct 14

Fred Espenak

Introduction

The following table delineates the path of the Moon's antumbral shadow during the Annular Solar Eclipse of 2460 Oct 14 . 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 2460 Oct 14
UT1 Northern Limit Southern Limit Central Line M:S Sun Sun Path Central
Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Ratio Alt. Azm. Width Duration
Limits59°40.2'S135°18.6'E63°00.1'S131°19.7'E61°12.7'S133°32.3'E 0.979 - 410 km 01m13.6s
19:4863°03.4'S147°16.5'E - - 62°32.5'S139°42.9'E 0.980 103° 405 km 01m12.1s
19:5064°11.0'S149°42.5'E - - 63°58.7'S144°01.3'E 0.980 98° 396 km 01m11.0s
19:5265°14.5'S151°39.6'E64°41.9'S138°51.8'E65°10.2'S146°42.7'E 0.981 95° 387 km 01m10.3s
19:5466°15.8'S153°17.2'E66°02.9'S142°23.1'E66°16.2'S148°43.7'E 0.981 93° 377 km 01m09.8s
19:5667°15.7'S154°40.6'E67°13.4'S144°38.0'E67°19.4'S150°20.1'E 0.981 91° 368 km 01m09.4s
19:5868°14.8'S155°52.6'E68°19.5'S146°16.0'E68°21.0'S151°38.6'E 0.981 10° 89° 360 km 01m09.1s
20:0069°13.5'S156°54.8'E69°23.4'S147°28.1'E69°21.7'S152°42.7'E 0.982 10° 87° 352 km 01m08.9s
20:0270°12.2'S157°48.1'E70°26.0'S148°21.0'E70°22.0'S153°34.1'E 0.982 11° 86° 345 km 01m08.7s
20:0471°11.0'S158°32.8'E71°28.0'S148°55.8'E71°22.3'S154°13.4'E 0.982 11° 84° 339 km 01m08.6s
20:0672°10.3'S159°08.8'E72°29.9'S149°12.7'E72°22.8'S154°40.4'E 0.982 11° 83° 334 km 01m08.6s
20:0873°10.2'S159°35.4'E73°31.7'S149°10.5'E73°23.8'S154°54.2'E 0.982 11° 82° 330 km 01m08.6s
20:1074°10.9'S159°51.5'E74°33.8'S148°46.4'E74°25.3'S154°52.7'E 0.982 11° 82° 327 km 01m08.7s
20:1275°12.5'S159°55.1'E75°36.1'S147°55.6'E75°27.7'S154°33.0'E 0.982 11° 81° 325 km 01m08.8s
20:1476°15.3'S159°43.2'E76°38.6'S146°30.9'E76°30.8'S153°50.3'E 0.982 11° 81° 324 km 01m08.9s
20:1677°19.4'S159°11.3'E77°40.9'S144°20.9'E77°34.9'S152°37.2'E 0.981 11° 82° 324 km 01m09.2s
20:1878°24.8'S158°12.1'E78°42.1'S141°08.9'E78°39.6'S150°42.5'E 0.981 10° 83° 326 km 01m09.5s
20:2079°31.5'S156°34.4'E79°40.4'S136°24.5'E79°44.4'S147°47.9'E 0.981 10° 85° 329 km 01m09.8s
20:2280°39.4'S153°59.3'E80°31.7'S129°25.3'E80°48.2'S143°23.7'E 0.981 89° 334 km 01m10.2s
20:2481°47.5'S149°54.4'E81°06.4'S119°01.7'E81°47.9'S136°41.4'E 0.981 95° 341 km 01m10.7s
20:2682°53.5'S143°21.6'E80°54.5'S103°12.0'E82°36.6'S126°24.6'E 0.980 105° 352 km 01m11.4s
20:2883°51.7'S132°43.0'E - - 82°57.7'S110°58.4'E 0.980 119° 368 km 01m12.2s
20:3084°26.9'S115°39.3'E - - 81°57.5'S089°11.4'E 0.979 140° 397 km 01m13.6s
Limits80°42.9'S068°42.1'E78°57.8'S088°05.0'E80°01.4'S078°24.1'E 0.978 - 423 km 01m14.7s

ΔT = 1016.1 seconds

Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration
Event Time
TD
Time
UT1
Latitude Longitude Sun
Altitude
Sun
Azimuth
Path Width Central
Duration
Greatest Eclipse20:25:56.220:09:00.173°54.5'S150°40.8'E 11.3° 82.1° 328.2 km01m08.63s
Greatest Duration20:47:29.620:30:33.580°01.4'S078°24.1'E 0.0° 150.7° 422.7 km01m14.70s

Explanation of Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration

Links for the Annular Solar Eclipse of 2460 Oct 14

Links to Additional Solar Eclipse Predictions

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Eclipse Predictions

Predictions for the Annular Solar Eclipse of 2460 Oct 14 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 1016.1 seconds for this eclipse. The uncertainty in ΔT is 259.4 seconds corresponding to a standard error in longitude of the eclipse path of ± 1.08°.

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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