Path of the Annular Solar Eclipse of -0218 Apr 03

Fred Espenak

Introduction

The following table delineates the path of the Moon's antumbral shadow during the Annular Solar Eclipse of -0218 Apr 03 . 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 -0218 Apr 03
UT1 Northern Limit Southern Limit Central Line M:S Sun Sun Path Central
Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Ratio Alt. Azm. Width Duration
Limits85°21.9'S039°14.5'W82°58.7'S050°17.3'E86°06.2'S010°34.8'E 0.928 - 908 km 05m10.0s
12:2673°50.9'S000°16.2'W - - 80°50.4'S006°14.3'E 0.930 348° 850 km 05m18.5s
12:2872°36.0'S001°56.6'E - - 78°23.0'S007°54.3'E 0.930 346° 830 km 05m22.5s
12:3071°27.7'S003°53.0'E - - 76°32.4'S009°33.6'E 0.931 344° 818 km 05m25.4s
12:3270°24.5'S005°37.5'E - - 75°00.1'S011°06.0'E 0.931 10° 342° 811 km 05m27.9s
12:3469°25.4'S007°12.9'E - - 73°39.4'S012°32.2'E 0.931 12° 340° 806 km 05m29.9s
12:3668°29.7'S008°41.3'E78°57.9'S030°28.2'E72°26.8'S013°53.1'E 0.932 13° 338° 804 km 05m31.7s
12:3867°37.0'S010°04.1'E76°56.8'S028°15.3'E71°20.4'S015°09.9'E 0.932 13° 336° 804 km 05m33.2s
12:4066°46.8'S011°22.5'E75°20.7'S027°42.0'E70°18.8'S016°23.4'E 0.932 14° 334° 805 km 05m34.5s
12:4265°58.8'S012°37.1'E73°58.4'S027°46.9'E69°21.3'S017°34.2'E 0.932 15° 332° 807 km 05m35.7s
12:4465°12.8'S013°48.8'E72°45.3'S028°11.0'E68°27.1'S018°42.8'E 0.932 15° 330° 811 km 05m36.7s
12:4664°28.5'S014°58.1'E71°39.0'S028°46.3'E67°35.7'S019°49.8'E 0.932 16° 328° 815 km 05m37.6s
12:4863°45.9'S016°05.3'E70°37.9'S029°28.9'E66°46.8'S020°55.6'E 0.932 16° 327° 821 km 05m38.3s
12:5063°04.6'S017°10.9'E69°41.1'S030°16.7'E66°00.2'S022°00.4'E 0.932 16° 325° 827 km 05m38.9s
12:5262°24.7'S018°15.3'E68°47.8'S031°08.7'E65°15.5'S023°04.6'E 0.933 16° 323° 834 km 05m39.4s
12:5461°46.1'S019°18.7'E67°57.6'S032°04.1'E64°32.5'S024°08.5'E 0.933 17° 322° 841 km 05m39.7s
12:5661°08.5'S020°21.5'E67°10.0'S033°02.7'E63°51.2'S025°12.3'E 0.933 17° 320° 849 km 05m39.9s
12:5860°32.1'S021°23.8'E66°24.9'S034°04.5'E63°11.3'S026°16.5'E 0.933 17° 318° 858 km 05m40.0s
13:0059°56.6'S022°25.9'E65°41.8'S035°09.5'E62°32.8'S027°21.2'E 0.933 17° 317° 867 km 05m40.0s
13:0259°22.1'S023°28.2'E65°00.7'S036°18.0'E61°55.6'S028°26.7'E 0.933 17° 315° 876 km 05m39.9s
13:0458°48.4'S024°30.7'E64°21.5'S037°30.4'E61°19.7'S029°33.3'E 0.933 16° 313° 886 km 05m39.7s
13:0658°15.7'S025°33.8'E63°44.0'S038°47.4'E60°44.8'S030°41.5'E 0.932 16° 311° 895 km 05m39.3s
13:0857°43.7'S026°37.8'E63°08.1'S040°09.7'E60°11.1'S031°51.5'E 0.932 16° 310° 904 km 05m38.8s
13:1057°12.6'S027°42.8'E62°34.0'S041°38.6'E59°38.4'S033°03.8'E 0.932 16° 308° 913 km 05m38.2s
13:1256°42.2'S028°49.2'E62°01.5'S043°15.8'E59°06.8'S034°18.8'E 0.932 15° 306° 922 km 05m37.4s
13:1456°12.6'S029°57.4'E61°30.9'S045°03.8'E58°36.2'S035°37.4'E 0.932 15° 304° 930 km 05m36.5s
13:1655°43.7'S031°07.7'E61°02.3'S047°06.8'E58°06.6'S037°00.1'E 0.932 14° 302° 937 km 05m35.4s
13:1855°15.6'S032°20.5'E60°36.2'S049°32.3'E57°38.1'S038°28.0'E 0.932 14° 301° 942 km 05m34.2s
13:2054°48.2'S033°36.5'E60°13.9'S052°37.5'E57°10.7'S040°02.5'E 0.932 13° 299° 946 km 05m32.8s
13:2254°21.6'S034°56.2'E59°59.9'S057°26.5'E56°44.5'S041°45.3'E 0.931 12° 297° 949 km 05m31.2s
13:2453°55.8'S036°20.5'E - - 56°19.7'S043°39.4'E 0.931 11° 294° 949 km 05m29.3s
13:2653°30.8'S037°50.5'E - - 55°56.5'S045°49.3'E 0.931 10° 292° 946 km 05m27.0s
13:2853°06.8'S039°27.6'E - - 55°35.5'S048°23.4'E 0.930 289° 941 km 05m24.3s
13:3052°43.7'S041°14.1'E - - 55°18.0'S051°41.2'E 0.930 286° 931 km 05m20.8s
13:3252°21.9'S043°13.0'E - - 55°09.4'S057°03.6'E 0.929 281° 913 km 05m15.3s
Limits51°35.6'S061°13.4'E60°13.3'S063°41.6'E55°21.4'S062°22.4'E 0.928 - 898 km 05m10.3s

ΔT = 12935.1 seconds

Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration
Event Time
TD
Time
UT1
Latitude Longitude Sun
Altitude
Sun
Azimuth
Path Width Central
Duration
Greatest Eclipse16:33:47.512:58:12.563°07.3'S027°39.5'W 16.7° 318.0° 858.8 km05m40.05s
Greatest Duration16:34:26.412:58:51.362°54.7'S026°44.0'E 16.7° 317.5° 861.7 km05m40.05s

Explanation of Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration

Links for the Annular Solar Eclipse of -0218 Apr 03

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Eclipse Predictions

Predictions for the Annular Solar Eclipse of -0218 Apr 03 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 12935.1 seconds for this eclipse. The uncertainty in ΔT is 332.2 seconds corresponding to a standard error in longitude of the eclipse path of ± 1.39°.

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:

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