Path of the Annular Solar Eclipse of -0551 Aug 20

Fred Espenak

Introduction

The following table delineates the path of the Moon's antumbral shadow during the Annular Solar Eclipse of -0551 Aug 20 . 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 -0551 Aug 20
UT1 Northern Limit Southern Limit Central Line M:S Sun Sun Path Central
Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Ratio Alt. Azm. Width Duration
Limits52°32.5'N003°38.3'E49°31.9'N007°01.5'E51°01.4'N005°23.7'E 0.926 - 402 km 04m45.2s
04:24 - - 53°27.2'N021°53.5'E52°15.9'N009°52.0'E 0.926 69° 396 km 04m48.9s
04:26 - - 54°36.6'N027°01.7'E54°45.6'N019°41.2'E 0.928 10° 78° 382 km 04m57.7s
04:2855°58.3'N016°48.8'E55°27.7'N031°12.6'E56°00.7'N025°17.9'E 0.929 13° 83° 374 km 05m02.9s
04:3057°22.8'N023°02.6'E56°08.0'N034°51.6'E56°54.5'N029°46.5'E 0.930 16° 87° 367 km 05m07.2s
04:3258°20.8'N027°59.2'E56°40.9'N038°09.3'E57°36.4'N033°39.1'E 0.930 18° 91° 362 km 05m10.9s
04:3459°05.1'N032°09.0'E57°08.2'N041°11.7'E58°10.3'N037°08.5'E 0.931 21° 95° 357 km 05m14.2s
04:3659°40.4'N035°52.7'E57°31.1'N044°02.2'E58°38.2'N040°21.4'E 0.931 22° 98° 353 km 05m17.3s
04:3860°09.2'N039°18.1'E57°50.2'N046°43.3'E59°01.3'N043°21.6'E 0.932 24° 101° 349 km 05m20.2s
04:4060°32.9'N042°29.8'E58°06.1'N049°16.4'E59°20.5'N046°11.6'E 0.932 26° 105° 345 km 05m22.9s
04:4260°52.4'N045°30.5'E58°19.3'N051°42.7'E59°36.3'N048°53.2'E 0.932 27° 108° 342 km 05m25.4s
04:4461°08.3'N048°22.1'E58°30.1'N054°03.1'E59°49.3'N051°27.6'E 0.933 29° 111° 339 km 05m27.8s
04:4661°21.1'N051°06.0'E58°38.6'N056°18.3'E59°59.6'N053°55.8'E 0.933 30° 114° 336 km 05m30.1s
04:4861°31.2'N053°43.3'E58°45.2'N058°28.8'E60°07.7'N056°18.4'E 0.933 31° 117° 333 km 05m32.3s
04:5061°38.8'N056°14.5'E58°49.9'N060°34.9'E60°13.7'N058°36.0'E 0.933 32° 120° 331 km 05m34.4s
04:5261°44.2'N058°40.4'E58°53.0'N062°37.1'E60°17.8'N060°49.0'E 0.934 33° 122° 328 km 05m36.4s
04:5461°47.6'N061°01.3'E58°54.5'N064°35.6'E60°20.1'N062°57.7'E 0.934 35° 125° 326 km 05m38.4s
04:5661°49.2'N063°17.6'E58°54.6'N066°30.6'E60°20.8'N065°02.5'E 0.934 36° 128° 324 km 05m40.2s
04:5861°49.1'N065°29.6'E58°53.3'N068°22.4'E60°20.0'N067°03.6'E 0.934 37° 131° 322 km 05m41.9s
05:0061°47.4'N067°37.5'E58°50.8'N070°11.1'E60°17.8'N069°01.1'E 0.934 37° 133° 321 km 05m43.6s
05:0261°44.3'N069°41.7'E58°47.1'N071°56.9'E60°14.4'N070°55.3'E 0.935 38° 136° 319 km 05m45.2s
05:0461°39.8'N071°42.1'E58°42.3'N073°39.9'E60°09.7'N072°46.4'E 0.935 39° 139° 318 km 05m46.7s
05:0661°34.0'N073°39.1'E58°36.4'N075°20.2'E60°03.8'N074°34.4'E 0.935 40° 142° 316 km 05m48.2s
05:0861°27.1'N075°32.8'E58°29.6'N076°58.0'E59°56.9'N076°19.5'E 0.935 41° 144° 315 km 05m49.6s
05:1061°19.0'N077°23.3'E58°21.8'N078°33.3'E59°48.9'N078°01.8'E 0.935 42° 147° 314 km 05m50.9s
05:1261°09.8'N079°10.7'E58°13.1'N080°06.2'E59°40.0'N079°41.5'E 0.935 42° 149° 313 km 05m52.1s
05:1460°59.7'N080°55.2'E58°03.6'N081°36.9'E59°30.2'N081°18.6'E 0.935 43° 152° 312 km 05m53.3s
05:1660°48.7'N082°36.8'E57°53.3'N083°05.4'E59°19.5'N082°53.1'E 0.936 44° 155° 311 km 05m54.4s
05:1860°36.8'N084°15.7'E57°42.2'N084°31.8'E59°08.0'N084°25.3'E 0.936 44° 157° 310 km 05m55.4s
05:2060°24.0'N085°51.9'E57°30.4'N085°56.1'E58°55.8'N085°55.2'E 0.936 45° 160° 309 km 05m56.4s
05:2260°10.4'N087°25.6'E57°17.9'N087°18.5'E58°42.8'N087°22.9'E 0.936 45° 162° 309 km 05m57.3s
05:2459°56.1'N088°56.9'E57°04.8'N088°39.0'E58°29.0'N088°48.5'E 0.936 46° 165° 308 km 05m58.2s
05:2659°41.1'N090°25.8'E56°51.0'N089°57.7'E58°14.7'N090°12.0'E 0.936 46° 167° 308 km 05m59.0s
05:2859°25.5'N091°52.5'E56°36.6'N091°14.7'E57°59.7'N091°33.5'E 0.936 47° 170° 308 km 05m59.7s
05:3059°09.2'N093°17.0'E56°21.6'N092°29.9'E57°44.0'N092°53.1'E 0.936 47° 173° 307 km 06m00.3s
05:3258°52.2'N094°39.5'E56°06.1'N093°43.5'E57°27.8'N094°10.9'E 0.936 47° 175° 307 km 06m00.9s
05:3458°34.7'N095°59.9'E55°50.0'N094°55.6'E57°11.1'N095°26.9'E 0.936 48° 178° 307 km 06m01.4s
05:3658°16.7'N097°18.4'E55°33.4'N096°06.1'E56°53.8'N096°41.2'E 0.936 48° 180° 307 km 06m01.9s
05:3857°58.1'N098°35.1'E55°16.3'N097°15.3'E56°36.0'N097°53.9'E 0.936 48° 183° 307 km 06m02.3s
05:4057°39.0'N099°50.1'E54°58.7'N098°23.0'E56°17.7'N099°05.1'E 0.936 49° 185° 307 km 06m02.6s
05:4257°19.4'N101°03.4'E54°40.7'N099°29.4'E55°58.9'N100°14.8'E 0.936 49° 188° 307 km 06m02.9s
05:4456°59.4'N102°15.1'E54°22.2'N100°34.6'E55°39.7'N101°23.1'E 0.936 49° 190° 307 km 06m03.1s
05:4656°38.9'N103°25.3'E54°03.3'N101°38.5'E55°20.0'N102°30.0'E 0.937 49° 192° 308 km 06m03.3s
05:4856°17.9'N104°34.0'E53°43.9'N102°41.3'E54°59.9'N103°35.7'E 0.937 49° 195° 308 km 06m03.4s
05:5055°56.6'N105°41.4'E53°24.2'N103°43.0'E54°39.4'N104°40.1'E 0.937 49° 197° 309 km 06m03.4s
05:5255°34.8'N106°47.5'E53°04.0'N104°43.7'E54°18.4'N105°43.3'E 0.937 49° 200° 309 km 06m03.4s
05:5455°12.6'N107°52.3'E52°43.5'N105°43.3'E53°57.1'N106°45.5'E 0.937 49° 202° 310 km 06m03.3s
05:5654°50.1'N108°56.0'E52°22.5'N106°42.1'E53°35.4'N107°46.6'E 0.937 49° 204° 310 km 06m03.2s
05:5854°27.2'N109°58.7'E52°01.2'N107°39.9'E53°13.3'N108°46.8'E 0.937 49° 207° 311 km 06m03.0s
06:0054°03.9'N111°00.3'E51°39.5'N108°36.9'E52°50.8'N109°46.0'E 0.936 49° 209° 312 km 06m02.8s
06:0253°40.2'N112°00.9'E51°17.5'N109°33.1'E52°28.0'N110°44.4'E 0.936 49° 211° 313 km 06m02.4s
06:0453°16.2'N113°00.7'E50°55.1'N110°28.7'E52°04.8'N111°42.0'E 0.936 49° 214° 314 km 06m02.1s
06:0652°51.8'N113°59.7'E50°32.3'N111°23.5'E51°41.3'N112°38.8'E 0.936 49° 216° 315 km 06m01.7s
06:0852°27.1'N114°57.9'E50°09.2'N112°17.7'E51°17.4'N113°35.0'E 0.936 49° 218° 316 km 06m01.2s
06:1052°02.1'N115°55.4'E49°45.8'N113°11.4'E50°53.2'N114°30.5'E 0.936 48° 220° 317 km 06m00.7s
06:1251°36.7'N116°52.3'E49°21.9'N114°04.5'E50°28.6'N115°25.5'E 0.936 48° 222° 318 km 06m00.1s
06:1451°10.9'N117°48.7'E48°57.8'N114°57.2'E50°03.7'N116°20.0'E 0.936 48° 224° 320 km 05m59.4s
06:1650°44.9'N118°44.6'E48°33.3'N115°49.4'E49°38.4'N117°14.0'E 0.936 47° 227° 321 km 05m58.7s
06:1850°18.4'N119°40.2'E48°08.4'N116°41.3'E49°12.8'N118°07.7'E 0.936 47° 229° 322 km 05m58.0s
06:2049°51.6'N120°35.3'E47°43.2'N117°33.0'E48°46.9'N119°01.0'E 0.936 47° 231° 324 km 05m57.2s
06:2249°24.5'N121°30.2'E47°17.7'N118°24.4'E48°20.5'N119°54.1'E 0.936 46° 233° 325 km 05m56.3s
06:2448°57.0'N122°25.0'E46°51.7'N119°15.6'E47°53.9'N120°47.0'E 0.936 46° 235° 327 km 05m55.4s
06:2648°29.1'N123°19.6'E46°25.4'N120°06.7'E47°26.8'N121°39.8'E 0.936 45° 236° 329 km 05m54.4s
06:2848°00.9'N124°14.2'E45°58.8'N120°57.8'E46°59.4'N122°32.6'E 0.936 45° 238° 330 km 05m53.4s
06:3047°32.2'N125°08.9'E45°31.7'N121°48.8'E46°31.6'N123°25.4'E 0.935 44° 240° 332 km 05m52.4s
06:3247°03.2'N126°03.7'E45°04.3'N122°40.0'E46°03.3'N124°18.3'E 0.935 43° 242° 334 km 05m51.2s
06:3446°33.7'N126°58.7'E44°36.4'N123°31.3'E45°34.7'N125°11.5'E 0.935 43° 244° 336 km 05m50.1s
06:3646°03.8'N127°54.1'E44°08.2'N124°22.9'E45°05.7'N126°04.9'E 0.935 42° 246° 338 km 05m48.8s
06:3845°33.5'N128°49.9'E43°39.5'N125°14.8'E44°36.2'N126°58.7'E 0.935 41° 247° 340 km 05m47.6s
06:4045°02.7'N129°46.4'E43°10.3'N126°07.1'E44°06.2'N127°52.9'E 0.935 41° 249° 343 km 05m46.2s
06:4244°31.3'N130°43.5'E42°40.7'N127°00.0'E43°35.8'N128°47.8'E 0.935 40° 251° 345 km 05m44.8s
06:4443°59.5'N131°41.4'E42°10.6'N127°53.5'E43°04.8'N129°43.4'E 0.934 39° 252° 347 km 05m43.4s
06:4643°27.0'N132°40.4'E41°39.9'N128°47.7'E42°33.3'N130°39.8'E 0.934 38° 254° 349 km 05m41.9s
06:4842°54.0'N133°40.5'E41°08.7'N129°42.8'E42°01.3'N131°37.3'E 0.934 37° 256° 352 km 05m40.3s
06:5042°20.2'N134°42.0'E40°37.0'N130°38.8'E41°28.6'N132°35.9'E 0.934 36° 257° 354 km 05m38.7s
06:5241°45.8'N135°45.1'E40°04.5'N131°36.1'E40°55.2'N133°35.9'E 0.934 35° 259° 357 km 05m37.0s
06:5441°10.6'N136°50.1'E39°31.5'N132°34.7'E40°21.1'N134°37.5'E 0.933 34° 260° 359 km 05m35.3s
06:5640°34.5'N137°57.2'E38°57.6'N133°34.9'E39°46.2'N135°40.9'E 0.933 33° 262° 362 km 05m33.5s
06:5839°57.4'N139°06.9'E38°23.0'N134°36.9'E39°10.5'N136°46.4'E 0.933 32° 263° 365 km 05m31.6s
07:0039°19.3'N140°19.7'E37°47.6'N135°41.0'E38°33.8'N137°54.4'E 0.933 31° 265° 367 km 05m29.6s
07:0238°39.9'N141°36.0'E37°11.1'N136°47.6'E37°56.0'N139°05.3'E 0.932 30° 266° 370 km 05m27.5s
07:0437°59.1'N142°56.5'E36°33.6'N137°56.9'E37°17.0'N140°19.7'E 0.932 28° 268° 373 km 05m25.4s
07:0637°16.6'N144°22.3'E35°54.8'N139°09.7'E36°36.5'N141°38.1'E 0.932 27° 269° 376 km 05m23.2s
07:0836°32.1'N145°54.6'E35°14.7'N140°26.3'E35°54.5'N143°01.5'E 0.931 25° 271° 379 km 05m20.8s
07:1035°45.1'N147°35.0'E34°32.9'N141°47.8'E35°10.5'N144°31.0'E 0.931 24° 272° 381 km 05m18.3s
07:1234°54.9'N149°26.2'E33°49.2'N143°15.1'E34°24.0'N146°08.2'E 0.931 22° 274° 384 km 05m15.6s
07:1434°00.5'N151°32.3'E33°03.2'N144°49.7'E33°34.6'N147°55.4'E 0.930 20° 275° 387 km 05m12.8s
07:1632°59.7'N154°00.7'E32°14.2'N146°33.7'E32°41.1'N149°56.2'E 0.930 18° 277° 390 km 05m09.6s
07:1831°48.2'N157°07.9'E31°21.4'N148°30.4'E31°41.9'N152°16.8'E 0.929 15° 278° 393 km 05m06.1s
07:2030°10.8'N161°50.7'E30°23.1'N150°45.3'E30°33.3'N155°10.2'E 0.928 12° 280° 396 km 05m02.0s
07:22 - - 29°16.4'N153°29.2'E29°05.2'N159°14.0'E 0.927 283° 400 km 04m56.6s
Limits28°12.2'N168°35.6'E25°00.7'N166°17.0'E26°35.3'N167°24.6'E 0.925 - 404 km 04m47.3s

ΔT = 17860.1 seconds

Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration
Event Time
TD
Time
UT1
Latitude Longitude Sun
Altitude
Sun
Azimuth
Path Width Central
Duration
Greatest Eclipse10:51:12.005:53:31.954°02.1'N031°53.8'E 49.3° 201.5° 309.6 km06m03.37s
Greatest Duration10:47:59.105:50:19.054°36.1'N104°50.2'E 49.3° 197.6° 308.7 km06m03.44s

Explanation of Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration

Links for the Annular Solar Eclipse of -0551 Aug 20

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Eclipse Predictions

Predictions for the Annular Solar Eclipse of -0551 Aug 20 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 17860.1 seconds for this eclipse. The uncertainty in ΔT is 449.5 seconds corresponding to a standard error in longitude of the eclipse path of ± 1.88°.

Acknowledgments

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

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