Path of the Annular Solar Eclipse of -0459 Feb 27

Fred Espenak

Introduction

The following table delineates the path of the Moon's antumbral shadow during the Annular Solar Eclipse of -0459 Feb 27 . 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 -0459 Feb 27
UT1 Northern Limit Southern Limit Central Line M:S Sun Sun Path Central
Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Ratio Alt. Azm. Width Duration
Limits41°48.3'N143°28.0'W38°02.6'N143°03.5'W39°52.7'N143°15.8'W 0.936 - 396 km 04m40.1s
16:26 - - 36°11.9'N128°48.7'W38°29.0'N134°16.1'W 0.938 109° 393 km 04m50.8s
16:2840°54.9'N138°22.6'W36°03.1'N126°18.2'W38°04.4'N130°25.2'W 0.939 11° 112° 393 km 04m56.0s
16:3040°08.7'N132°43.1'W35°58.9'N124°11.6'W37°51.8'N127°37.0'W 0.940 13° 114° 394 km 05m00.0s
16:3239°49.2'N129°22.3'W35°57.8'N122°20.9'W37°45.2'N125°19.6'W 0.940 15° 116° 394 km 05m03.4s
16:3439°39.0'N126°47.6'W35°59.2'N120°41.6'W37°42.5'N123°21.6'W 0.941 17° 118° 395 km 05m06.4s
16:3639°33.9'N124°38.4'W36°02.4'N119°11.1'W37°42.7'N121°36.9'W 0.941 19° 120° 395 km 05m09.2s
16:3839°32.4'N122°45.8'W36°07.1'N117°47.6'W37°45.0'N120°02.1'W 0.942 20° 121° 395 km 05m11.6s
16:4039°33.4'N121°05.1'W36°13.2'N116°29.7'W37°49.1'N118°35.1'W 0.942 21° 123° 395 km 05m13.9s
16:4239°36.6'N119°33.4'W36°20.4'N115°16.5'W37°54.6'N117°14.4'W 0.942 22° 124° 396 km 05m16.0s
16:4439°41.5'N118°08.7'W36°28.7'N114°07.3'W38°01.5'N115°58.7'W 0.942 23° 126° 395 km 05m18.0s
16:4639°47.8'N116°49.8'W36°37.8'N113°01.4'W38°09.4'N114°47.4'W 0.943 24° 127° 395 km 05m19.8s
16:4839°55.4'N115°35.6'W36°47.8'N111°58.5'W38°18.4'N113°39.6'W 0.943 25° 129° 395 km 05m21.5s
16:5040°04.1'N114°25.3'W36°58.6'N110°58.2'W38°28.2'N112°35.0'W 0.943 26° 130° 394 km 05m23.0s
16:5240°13.8'N113°18.5'W37°10.1'N110°00.1'W38°39.0'N111°33.1'W 0.943 27° 132° 394 km 05m24.5s
16:5440°24.4'N112°14.6'W37°22.2'N109°04.0'W38°50.5'N110°33.5'W 0.943 28° 133° 393 km 05m25.8s
16:5640°35.9'N111°13.2'W37°35.1'N108°09.6'W39°02.7'N109°36.0'W 0.944 28° 134° 392 km 05m27.1s
16:5840°48.2'N110°13.9'W37°48.5'N107°16.7'W39°15.6'N108°40.3'W 0.944 29° 136° 391 km 05m28.2s
17:0041°01.2'N109°16.6'W38°02.5'N106°25.2'W39°29.2'N107°46.2'W 0.944 30° 137° 389 km 05m29.3s
17:0241°15.0'N108°20.9'W38°17.1'N105°34.9'W39°43.4'N106°53.5'W 0.944 30° 139° 388 km 05m30.3s
17:0441°29.5'N107°26.8'W38°32.2'N104°45.6'W39°58.3'N106°02.0'W 0.944 31° 140° 386 km 05m31.1s
17:0641°44.6'N106°33.8'W38°47.8'N103°57.3'W40°13.7'N105°11.6'W 0.944 31° 141° 385 km 05m31.9s
17:0842°00.4'N105°42.1'W39°04.0'N103°09.8'W40°29.7'N104°22.2'W 0.944 32° 143° 383 km 05m32.6s
17:1042°16.9'N104°51.2'W39°20.7'N102°23.0'W40°46.3'N103°33.5'W 0.944 32° 144° 381 km 05m33.2s
17:1242°33.9'N104°01.2'W39°38.0'N101°36.9'W41°03.4'N102°45.6'W 0.945 32° 146° 379 km 05m33.8s
17:1442°51.6'N103°12.0'W39°55.7'N100°51.2'W41°21.1'N101°58.3'W 0.945 33° 147° 377 km 05m34.2s
17:1643°09.9'N102°23.3'W40°13.9'N100°06.0'W41°39.4'N101°11.5'W 0.945 33° 149° 375 km 05m34.6s
17:1843°28.8'N101°35.0'W40°32.6'N099°21.1'W41°58.2'N100°25.0'W 0.945 33° 150° 373 km 05m34.9s
17:2043°48.3'N100°47.2'W40°51.9'N098°36.5'W42°17.6'N099°38.9'W 0.945 33° 152° 371 km 05m35.1s
17:2244°08.4'N099°59.7'W41°11.6'N097°52.0'W42°37.5'N098°53.0'W 0.945 33° 153° 369 km 05m35.2s
17:2444°29.2'N099°12.3'W41°31.8'N097°07.7'W42°58.0'N098°07.3'W 0.945 33° 155° 367 km 05m35.3s
17:2644°50.6'N098°25.0'W41°52.6'N096°23.4'W43°19.0'N097°21.6'W 0.945 33° 156° 365 km 05m35.2s
17:2845°12.6'N097°37.7'W42°13.9'N095°39.1'W43°40.6'N096°35.9'W 0.945 33° 158° 362 km 05m35.1s
17:3045°35.2'N096°50.3'W42°35.7'N094°54.6'W44°02.8'N095°50.0'W 0.945 33° 159° 360 km 05m35.0s
17:3245°58.6'N096°02.7'W42°58.0'N094°09.9'W44°25.6'N095°04.0'W 0.945 33° 161° 358 km 05m34.7s
17:3446°22.6'N095°14.8'W43°20.9'N093°25.0'W44°49.0'N094°17.6'W 0.945 33° 162° 356 km 05m34.4s
17:3646°47.3'N094°26.4'W43°44.4'N092°39.7'W45°13.1'N093°30.9'W 0.945 33° 164° 354 km 05m34.0s
17:3847°12.7'N093°37.6'W44°08.5'N091°53.9'W45°37.8'N092°43.7'W 0.945 33° 165° 352 km 05m33.5s
17:4047°38.9'N092°48.2'W44°33.1'N091°07.6'W46°03.1'N091°55.9'W 0.945 33° 167° 351 km 05m33.0s
17:4248°05.8'N091°58.0'W44°58.4'N090°20.7'W46°29.1'N091°07.5'W 0.945 33° 169° 349 km 05m32.4s
17:4448°33.6'N091°06.9'W45°24.3'N089°33.0'W46°55.9'N090°18.2'W 0.945 32° 170° 347 km 05m31.7s
17:4649°02.2'N090°14.8'W45°50.9'N088°44.5'W47°23.4'N089°28.0'W 0.945 32° 172° 346 km 05m31.0s
17:4849°31.7'N089°21.6'W46°18.2'N087°55.0'W47°51.7'N088°36.8'W 0.945 32° 173° 344 km 05m30.1s
17:5050°02.2'N088°27.0'W46°46.2'N087°04.5'W48°20.8'N087°44.4'W 0.945 31° 175° 343 km 05m29.2s
17:5250°33.6'N087°30.9'W47°14.9'N086°12.7'W48°50.8'N086°50.6'W 0.944 31° 177° 342 km 05m28.3s
17:5451°06.2'N086°33.1'W47°44.5'N085°19.5'W49°21.7'N085°55.3'W 0.944 30° 178° 341 km 05m27.2s
17:5651°39.8'N085°33.3'W48°14.9'N084°24.8'W49°53.6'N084°58.2'W 0.944 30° 180° 340 km 05m26.1s
17:5852°14.8'N084°31.3'W48°46.2'N083°28.4'W50°26.5'N083°59.2'W 0.944 29° 182° 339 km 05m24.9s
18:0052°51.0'N083°26.7'W49°18.5'N082°30.0'W51°00.6'N082°58.0'W 0.944 29° 183° 338 km 05m23.6s
18:0253°28.7'N082°19.1'W49°51.9'N081°29.4'W51°35.8'N081°54.2'W 0.944 28° 185° 338 km 05m22.2s
18:0454°08.0'N081°08.2'W50°26.3'N080°26.3'W52°12.4'N080°47.6'W 0.944 27° 187° 338 km 05m20.8s
18:0654°49.1'N079°53.3'W51°01.9'N079°20.5'W52°50.4'N079°37.7'W 0.944 27° 189° 338 km 05m19.3s
18:0855°32.1'N078°33.8'W51°38.8'N078°11.4'W53°30.0'N078°24.0'W 0.943 26° 190° 338 km 05m17.7s
18:1056°17.4'N077°08.8'W52°17.2'N076°58.6'W54°11.4'N077°05.9'W 0.943 25° 192° 338 km 05m16.0s
18:1257°05.2'N075°37.3'W52°57.2'N075°41.7'W54°54.7'N075°42.7'W 0.943 24° 194° 339 km 05m14.2s
18:1457°56.0'N073°58.0'W53°38.9'N074°19.8'W55°40.3'N074°13.4'W 0.943 23° 196° 339 km 05m12.2s
18:1658°50.4'N072°08.8'W54°22.6'N072°52.1'W56°28.4'N072°36.9'W 0.942 22° 198° 341 km 05m10.2s
18:1859°49.0'N070°07.2'W55°08.6'N071°17.7'W57°19.5'N070°51.4'W 0.942 21° 201° 342 km 05m08.0s
18:2060°53.1'N067°49.1'W55°57.2'N069°35.0'W58°14.3'N068°54.9'W 0.942 19° 203° 344 km 05m05.7s
18:2262°04.3'N065°08.2'W56°48.9'N067°42.1'W59°13.4'N066°44.0'W 0.941 18° 206° 347 km 05m03.2s
18:2463°25.5'N061°53.3'W57°44.3'N065°36.4'W60°18.2'N064°14.1'W 0.941 16° 208° 350 km 05m00.4s
18:2665°02.8'N057°41.0'W58°44.5'N063°13.9'W61°30.6'N061°17.2'W 0.941 14° 212° 354 km 04m57.4s
18:2867°13.1'N051°21.6'W59°50.7'N060°28.6'W62°54.0'N057°38.7'W 0.940 12° 215° 359 km 04m53.9s
18:30 - - 61°05.5'N057°09.8'W64°36.3'N052°44.6'W 0.939 220° 366 km 04m49.7s
18:32 - - 62°33.4'N052°56.0'W67°06.4'N044°23.8'W 0.938 229° 378 km 04m43.6s
Limits71°24.4'N035°35.2'W68°08.1'N031°27.3'W69°45.1'N033°15.5'W 0.937 - 394 km 04m37.2s

ΔT = 16391.5 seconds

Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration
Event Time
TD
Time
UT1
Latitude Longitude Sun
Altitude
Sun
Azimuth
Path Width Central
Duration
Greatest Eclipse22:01:51.617:28:40.143°48.0'N164°49.7'W 33.5° 158.3° 361.7 km05m35.09s
Greatest Duration21:57:37.117:24:25.643°02.4'N097°57.5'W 33.4° 155.0° 366.2 km05m35.26s

Explanation of Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration

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Eclipse Predictions

Predictions for the Annular Solar Eclipse of -0459 Feb 27 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 16391.5 seconds for this eclipse. The uncertainty in ΔT is 415.4 seconds corresponding to a standard error in longitude of the eclipse path of ± 1.74°.

Acknowledgments

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

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