Path of the Total Solar Eclipse of -0818 Jan 08

Fred Espenak

Introduction

The following table delineates the path of the Moon's umbral shadow during the Total Solar Eclipse of -0818 Jan 08 . 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 -0818 Jan 08
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°20.0'N044°06.2'E56°51.5'N040°24.9'E58°01.8'N042°01.9'E 1.026 - 340 km 01m43.7s
06:18 - - 52°17.2'N050°11.5'E56°06.8'N045°34.8'E 1.027 142° 358 km 01m49.7s
06:20 - - 51°33.5'N052°34.3'E54°23.0'N049°40.5'E 1.028 145° 385 km 01m56.5s
06:2257°13.9'N048°11.1'E51°04.4'N054°34.2'E53°32.2'N052°19.1'E 1.028 148° 406 km 02m00.6s
06:2455°57.6'N051°35.3'E50°44.9'N056°20.2'E53°00.8'N054°27.4'E 1.029 150° 423 km 02m03.7s
06:2655°18.4'N054°01.0'E50°32.4'N057°56.6'E52°40.8'N056°18.8'E 1.029 10° 152° 438 km 02m06.1s
06:2854°55.7'N056°02.5'E50°25.6'N059°26.1'E52°29.0'N057°59.3'E 1.029 10° 154° 450 km 02m08.0s
06:3054°43.5'N057°49.9'E50°23.6'N060°50.5'E52°23.6'N059°32.2'E 1.029 11° 156° 459 km 02m09.5s
06:3254°39.1'N059°28.2'E50°25.7'N062°10.8'E52°23.5'N060°59.6'E 1.029 11° 158° 466 km 02m10.7s
06:3454°41.0'N060°59.9'E50°31.8'N063°28.2'E52°28.1'N062°22.7'E 1.029 12° 160° 469 km 02m11.6s
06:3654°48.6'N062°27.0'E50°41.4'N064°43.2'E52°37.1'N063°42.8'E 1.030 12° 161° 470 km 02m12.1s
06:3855°01.4'N063°50.7'E50°54.6'N065°56.5'E52°50.2'N065°00.5'E 1.030 12° 163° 468 km 02m12.4s
06:4055°19.2'N065°12.0'E51°11.3'N067°08.5'E53°07.4'N066°16.6'E 1.030 12° 165° 464 km 02m12.4s
06:4255°42.2'N066°31.7'E51°31.5'N068°19.9'E53°28.7'N067°31.7'E 1.030 12° 166° 457 km 02m12.2s
06:4456°10.7'N067°50.7'E51°55.3'N069°30.9'E53°54.4'N068°46.3'E 1.029 12° 168° 449 km 02m11.7s
06:4656°45.2'N069°09.5'E52°23.1'N070°42.1'E54°24.7'N070°01.0'E 1.029 12° 170° 439 km 02m10.8s
06:4857°26.6'N070°28.9'E52°55.1'N071°54.0'E55°00.2'N071°16.4'E 1.029 11° 171° 428 km 02m09.7s
06:5058°16.6'N071°49.9'E53°31.8'N073°07.1'E55°41.7'N072°33.2'E 1.029 11° 173° 417 km 02m08.3s
06:5259°18.1'N073°13.4'E54°13.9'N074°22.0'E56°30.4'N073°52.2'E 1.029 10° 175° 405 km 02m06.5s
06:5460°36.5'N074°41.2'E55°02.6'N075°39.6'E57°28.4'N075°14.6'E 1.029 176° 392 km 02m04.2s
06:5662°26.8'N076°16.0'E55°59.4'N077°01.1'E58°39.0'N076°42.0'E 1.028 178° 380 km 02m01.4s
06:58 - - 57°07.1'N078°28.0'E60°09.7'N078°17.6'E 1.028 180° 367 km 01m57.8s
07:00 - - 58°30.9'N080°03.3'E62°22.3'N080°08.7'E 1.027 182° 353 km 01m52.5s
Limits66°38.6'N077°57.5'E66°22.6'N085°39.1'E66°34.1'N082°07.2'E 1.026 - 341 km 01m43.1s

ΔT = 22126.7 seconds

Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration
Event Time
TD
Time
UT1
Latitude Longitude Sun
Altitude
Sun
Azimuth
Path Width Central
Duration
Greatest Eclipse12:48:17.306:39:30.553°02.8'N026°28.8'W 12.2° 164.3° 465.1 km02m12.46s
Greatest Duration12:47:52.606:39:05.952°59.1'N065°42.4'E 12.2° 163.9° 466.1 km02m12.47s

Explanation of Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration

Links for the Total Solar Eclipse of -0818 Jan 08

Links to Additional Solar Eclipse Predictions

  • Home - home page of EclipseWise with predictions for both solar and lunar eclipses
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Eclipse Predictions

Predictions for the Total Solar Eclipse of -0818 Jan 08 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 22126.7 seconds for this eclipse. The uncertainty in ΔT is 552.8 seconds corresponding to a standard error in longitude of the eclipse path of ± 2.31°.

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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