Path of the Total Solar Eclipse of 2958 Aug 06

Fred Espenak

Introduction

The following table delineates the path of the Moon's umbral shadow during the Total Solar Eclipse of 2958 Aug 06 . 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 2958 Aug 06
UT1 Northern Limit Southern Limit Central Line M:S Sun Sun Path Central
Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Ratio Alt. Azm. Width Duration
Limits36°26.4'S085°05.3'W37°19.2'S085°02.9'W36°52.6'S085°04.1'W 1.015 - 93 km 00m57.9s
12:4034°10.8'S076°20.1'W36°15.4'S081°07.3'W35°06.4'S078°19.7'W 1.017 65° 107 km 01m08.2s
12:4233°35.2'S072°57.4'W35°08.2'S075°52.1'W34°20.4'S074°19.3'W 1.018 10° 63° 117 km 01m15.1s
12:4433°16.3'S070°27.1'W34°40.5'S072°47.7'W33°57.8'S071°34.5'W 1.018 12° 61° 125 km 01m20.1s
12:4633°06.2'S068°23.4'W34°26.1'S070°25.9'W33°45.8'S069°22.8'W 1.019 14° 59° 131 km 01m24.3s
12:4833°01.8'S066°36.6'W34°19.2'S068°27.4'W33°40.3'S067°30.6'W 1.020 16° 57° 136 km 01m27.9s
12:5033°01.6'S065°01.7'W34°17.4'S066°44.2'W33°39.3'S065°51.8'W 1.020 17° 56° 141 km 01m31.2s
12:5233°04.7'S063°35.7'W34°19.4'S065°12.0'W33°41.9'S064°22.9'W 1.020 19° 54° 146 km 01m34.1s
12:5433°10.4'S062°16.5'W34°24.4'S063°47.9'W33°47.3'S063°01.4'W 1.021 20° 53° 150 km 01m36.7s
12:5633°18.4'S061°03.0'W34°31.9'S062°30.5'W33°55.1'S061°46.0'W 1.021 21° 52° 153 km 01m39.2s
12:5833°28.4'S059°54.1'W34°41.5'S061°18.3'W34°04.9'S060°35.6'W 1.021 22° 50° 156 km 01m41.4s
13:0033°40.1'S058°49.1'W34°53.0'S060°10.5'W34°16.5'S059°29.2'W 1.022 23° 49° 159 km 01m43.5s
13:0233°53.4'S057°47.5'W35°06.2'S059°06.4'W34°29.8'S058°26.4'W 1.022 24° 48° 161 km 01m45.3s
13:0434°08.2'S056°48.6'W35°20.9'S058°05.4'W34°44.5'S057°26.5'W 1.022 24° 46° 163 km 01m47.1s
13:0634°24.4'S055°52.2'W35°37.1'S057°07.2'W35°00.6'S056°29.2'W 1.022 25° 45° 165 km 01m48.6s
13:0834°41.8'S054°58.0'W35°54.5'S056°11.3'W35°18.1'S055°34.2'W 1.022 26° 44° 166 km 01m50.1s
13:1035°00.4'S054°05.6'W36°13.2'S055°17.4'W35°36.7'S054°41.1'W 1.023 26° 43° 167 km 01m51.4s
13:1235°20.2'S053°14.9'W36°33.1'S054°25.4'W35°56.6'S053°49.7'W 1.023 27° 41° 167 km 01m52.6s
13:1435°41.1'S052°25.7'W36°54.2'S053°34.9'W36°17.6'S052°59.9'W 1.023 27° 40° 167 km 01m53.6s
13:1636°03.1'S051°37.7'W37°16.4'S052°45.8'W36°39.7'S052°11.4'W 1.023 28° 39° 168 km 01m54.5s
13:1836°26.2'S050°50.8'W37°39.7'S051°57.8'W37°02.8'S051°24.0'W 1.023 28° 37° 167 km 01m55.3s
13:2036°50.3'S050°05.0'W38°04.0'S051°11.0'W37°27.1'S050°37.6'W 1.023 28° 36° 167 km 01m56.0s
13:2237°15.5'S049°19.9'W38°29.5'S050°25.0'W37°52.4'S049°52.1'W 1.023 28° 35° 166 km 01m56.6s
13:2437°41.7'S048°35.6'W38°56.0'S049°39.8'W38°18.8'S049°07.4'W 1.023 29° 33° 165 km 01m57.1s
13:2638°09.0'S047°52.0'W39°23.6'S048°55.2'W38°46.2'S048°23.3'W 1.023 29° 32° 164 km 01m57.4s
13:2838°37.4'S047°08.8'W39°52.3'S048°11.2'W39°14.8'S047°39.7'W 1.023 29° 31° 163 km 01m57.6s
13:3039°06.8'S046°25.9'W40°22.2'S047°27.6'W39°44.4'S046°56.5'W 1.023 29° 29° 162 km 01m57.8s
13:3239°37.3'S045°43.4'W40°53.1'S046°44.3'W40°15.1'S046°13.6'W 1.023 29° 28° 161 km 01m57.8s
13:3440°09.0'S045°01.1'W41°25.2'S046°01.2'W40°47.0'S045°30.8'W 1.023 29° 26° 159 km 01m57.7s
13:3640°41.8'S044°18.9'W41°58.6'S045°18.1'W41°20.0'S044°48.2'W 1.023 29° 25° 158 km 01m57.5s
13:3841°15.8'S043°36.7'W42°33.1'S044°35.1'W41°54.3'S044°05.6'W 1.023 29° 24° 156 km 01m57.1s
13:4041°51.0'S042°54.3'W43°09.0'S043°52.0'W42°29.9'S043°22.9'W 1.023 28° 22° 154 km 01m56.7s
13:4242°27.6'S042°11.7'W43°46.2'S043°08.5'W43°06.7'S042°39.9'W 1.023 28° 21° 152 km 01m56.2s
13:4443°05.5'S041°28.8'W44°24.8'S042°24.8'W43°45.0'S041°56.5'W 1.023 28° 19° 151 km 01m55.5s
13:4643°44.8'S040°45.4'W45°05.0'S041°40.5'W44°24.7'S041°12.7'W 1.023 27° 18° 149 km 01m54.7s
13:4844°25.7'S040°01.4'W45°46.8'S040°55.6'W45°06.0'S040°28.2'W 1.023 27° 17° 147 km 01m53.8s
13:5045°08.2'S039°16.7'W46°30.3'S040°09.8'W45°49.0'S039°43.0'W 1.023 27° 15° 145 km 01m52.8s
13:5245°52.5'S038°31.0'W47°15.6'S039°23.1'W46°33.8'S038°56.8'W 1.023 26° 14° 143 km 01m51.7s
13:5446°38.6'S037°44.2'W48°03.0'S038°35.2'W47°20.5'S038°09.5'W 1.023 26° 12° 141 km 01m50.5s
13:5647°26.8'S036°56.1'W48°52.6'S037°45.9'W48°09.4'S037°20.8'W 1.023 25° 11° 139 km 01m49.1s
13:5848°17.2'S036°06.5'W49°44.7'S036°54.8'W49°00.6'S036°30.4'W 1.022 24° 137 km 01m47.6s
14:0049°10.2'S035°14.9'W50°39.5'S036°01.8'W49°54.5'S035°38.1'W 1.022 23° 135 km 01m46.0s
14:0250°06.0'S034°21.2'W51°37.3'S035°06.2'W50°51.3'S034°43.5'W 1.022 23° 133 km 01m44.2s
14:0451°04.9'S033°24.8'W52°38.8'S034°07.8'W51°51.4'S033°46.1'W 1.022 22° 131 km 01m42.2s
14:0652°07.5'S032°25.2'W53°44.3'S033°05.7'W52°55.4'S032°45.3'W 1.022 21° 129 km 01m40.1s
14:0853°14.3'S031°21.6'W54°54.7'S031°59.2'W54°03.9'S031°40.3'W 1.021 20° 127 km 01m37.7s
14:1054°26.2'S030°13.1'W56°11.1'S030°47.0'W55°18.0'S030°30.0'W 1.021 18° 360° 124 km 01m35.2s
14:1255°44.4'S028°58.5'W57°34.9'S029°27.5'W56°38.8'S029°13.0'W 1.020 17° 358° 122 km 01m32.4s
14:1457°10.5'S027°35.6'W59°08.6'S027°57.9'W58°08.4'S027°47.0'W 1.020 16° 356° 119 km 01m29.2s
14:1658°47.0'S026°01.5'W60°56.1'S026°13.9'W59°49.9'S026°08.3'W 1.020 14° 354° 116 km 01m25.7s
14:1860°38.6'S024°10.7'W63°05.0'S024°06.6'W61°49.2'S024°10.1'W 1.019 12° 352° 113 km 01m21.6s
14:2062°54.5'S021°52.0'W65°55.6'S021°12.8'W64°19.3'S021°36.9'W 1.018 349° 110 km 01m16.4s
14:2266°01.1'S018°32.9'W - - 68°09.9'S017°28.7'W 1.017 345° 104 km 01m08.9s
Limits72°25.2'S010°55.6'W72°45.9'S013°36.8'W72°35.8'S012°14.7'W 1.015 - 98 km 01m00.7s

ΔT = 3935.3 seconds

Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration
Event Time
TD
Time
UT1
Latitude Longitude Sun
Altitude
Sun
Azimuth
Path Width Central
Duration
Greatest Eclipse14:36:34.913:30:59.639°59.5'S063°01.6'W 28.8° 28.5° 161.3 km01m57.78s
Greatest Duration14:36:45.213:31:09.940°02.1'S046°31.4'W 28.8° 28.4° 161.1 km01m57.78s

Explanation of Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration

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Eclipse Predictions

Predictions for the Total Solar Eclipse of 2958 Aug 06 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 3935.3 seconds for this eclipse. The uncertainty in ΔT is 863.8 seconds corresponding to a standard error in longitude of the eclipse path of ± 3.61°.

Acknowledgments

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

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"Eclipse Predictions by Fred Espenak, EclipseWise.com"

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