Path of the Total Solar Eclipse of -0840 Sep 04

Fred Espenak

Introduction

The following table delineates the path of the Moon's umbral shadow during the Total Solar Eclipse of -0840 Sep 04 . 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 -0840 Sep 04
UT1 Northern Limit Southern Limit Central Line M:S Sun Sun Path Central
Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Ratio Alt. Azm. Width Duration
Limits34°08.6'S167°39.4'W35°26.4'S167°49.2'W34°47.1'S167°44.2'W 1.020 - 136 km 01m13.2s
17:4233°06.5'S160°51.5'W - - 34°29.5'S166°06.8'W 1.020 76° 140 km 01m15.5s
17:4432°50.6'S156°44.0'W34°37.2'S162°01.1'W33°40.3'S159°01.1'W 1.022 72° 161 km 01m26.7s
17:4632°51.1'S153°57.4'W34°22.4'S157°46.2'W33°35.6'S155°44.0'W 1.023 11° 69° 171 km 01m32.4s
17:4832°58.9'S151°45.3'W34°24.4'S154°57.8'W33°41.1'S153°17.0'W 1.024 13° 68° 180 km 01m36.8s
17:5033°11.2'S149°53.5'W34°33.6'S152°45.0'W33°52.1'S151°16.1'W 1.024 15° 66° 186 km 01m40.4s
17:5233°26.7'S148°15.4'W34°47.3'S150°52.9'W34°06.7'S149°31.7'W 1.025 16° 64° 192 km 01m43.6s
17:5433°44.6'S146°47.5'W35°04.0'S149°14.8'W34°24.1'S147°59.1'W 1.025 18° 63° 197 km 01m46.4s
17:5634°04.6'S145°27.3'W35°23.2'S147°46.9'W34°43.8'S146°35.4'W 1.026 19° 62° 201 km 01m49.0s
17:5834°26.3'S144°13.3'W35°44.4'S146°26.8'W35°05.2'S145°18.6'W 1.026 20° 60° 204 km 01m51.2s
18:0034°49.5'S143°04.4'W36°07.3'S145°12.9'W35°28.3'S144°07.4'W 1.026 21° 59° 207 km 01m53.3s
18:0235°14.1'S141°59.8'W36°31.7'S144°04.2'W35°52.8'S143°00.8'W 1.027 22° 57° 209 km 01m55.1s
18:0435°39.9'S140°58.8'W36°57.5'S142°59.7'W36°18.6'S141°58.1'W 1.027 23° 56° 211 km 01m56.8s
18:0636°06.9'S140°00.8'W37°24.5'S141°58.8'W36°45.6'S140°58.8'W 1.027 23° 55° 212 km 01m58.3s
18:0836°34.9'S139°05.6'W37°52.7'S141°00.9'W37°13.7'S140°02.3'W 1.027 24° 53° 213 km 01m59.7s
18:1037°04.1'S138°12.6'W38°22.0'S140°05.8'W37°42.9'S139°08.3'W 1.027 25° 52° 213 km 02m00.9s
18:1237°34.2'S137°21.7'W38°52.3'S139°12.9'W38°13.2'S138°16.4'W 1.027 25° 51° 212 km 02m02.0s
18:1438°05.4'S136°32.6'W39°23.8'S138°22.1'W38°44.5'S137°26.5'W 1.028 26° 49° 212 km 02m03.0s
18:1638°37.5'S135°45.0'W39°56.2'S137°33.0'W39°16.8'S136°38.2'W 1.028 26° 48° 211 km 02m03.8s
18:1839°10.7'S134°58.9'W40°29.7'S136°45.5'W39°50.0'S135°51.4'W 1.028 26° 47° 210 km 02m04.5s
18:2039°44.7'S134°13.9'W41°04.2'S135°59.3'W40°24.3'S135°05.8'W 1.028 27° 45° 209 km 02m05.1s
18:2240°19.8'S133°30.0'W41°39.7'S135°14.3'W40°59.6'S134°21.4'W 1.028 27° 44° 207 km 02m05.5s
18:2440°55.9'S132°47.1'W42°16.3'S134°30.4'W41°35.9'S133°38.0'W 1.028 27° 43° 205 km 02m05.9s
18:2641°32.9'S132°04.9'W42°53.9'S133°47.3'W42°13.3'S132°55.4'W 1.028 27° 41° 204 km 02m06.1s
18:2842°11.0'S131°23.4'W43°32.6'S133°05.1'W42°51.7'S132°13.5'W 1.028 27° 40° 202 km 02m06.2s
18:3042°50.2'S130°42.5'W44°12.5'S132°23.4'W43°31.1'S131°32.2'W 1.028 27° 39° 200 km 02m06.2s
18:3243°30.5'S130°02.0'W44°53.5'S131°42.3'W44°11.8'S130°51.4'W 1.028 27° 37° 198 km 02m06.1s
18:3444°11.8'S129°21.8'W45°35.7'S131°01.5'W44°53.5'S130°10.9'W 1.028 27° 36° 195 km 02m05.9s
18:3644°54.4'S128°41.8'W46°19.1'S130°21.1'W45°36.6'S129°30.7'W 1.028 27° 34° 193 km 02m05.5s
18:3845°38.3'S128°02.0'W47°03.9'S129°40.9'W46°20.9'S128°50.7'W 1.028 27° 33° 191 km 02m05.1s
18:4046°23.4'S127°22.2'W47°50.1'S129°00.7'W47°06.5'S128°10.6'W 1.028 27° 32° 189 km 02m04.5s
18:4247°10.0'S126°42.3'W48°37.8'S128°20.4'W47°53.6'S127°30.5'W 1.028 27° 30° 186 km 02m03.9s
18:4447°58.0'S126°02.2'W49°27.2'S127°40.0'W48°42.3'S126°50.3'W 1.028 26° 29° 184 km 02m03.1s
18:4648°47.6'S125°21.7'W50°18.2'S126°59.3'W49°32.6'S126°09.6'W 1.027 26° 27° 182 km 02m02.2s
18:4849°38.9'S124°40.7'W51°11.1'S126°18.2'W50°24.6'S125°28.5'W 1.027 26° 26° 179 km 02m01.2s
18:5050°32.1'S123°59.1'W52°06.0'S125°36.4'W51°18.7'S124°46.8'W 1.027 25° 24° 177 km 02m00.0s
18:5251°27.3'S123°16.7'W53°03.2'S124°54.0'W52°14.8'S124°04.3'W 1.027 24° 23° 175 km 01m58.7s
18:5452°24.8'S122°33.2'W54°02.9'S124°10.5'W53°13.3'S123°20.9'W 1.027 24° 22° 173 km 01m57.3s
18:5653°24.7'S121°48.6'W55°05.3'S123°25.9'W54°14.5'S122°36.2'W 1.027 23° 20° 170 km 01m55.8s
18:5854°27.4'S121°02.5'W56°10.9'S122°39.9'W55°18.5'S121°50.1'W 1.026 22° 19° 168 km 01m54.1s
19:0055°33.2'S120°14.6'W57°20.2'S121°52.1'W56°26.0'S121°02.1'W 1.026 22° 17° 166 km 01m52.3s
19:0256°42.6'S119°24.5'W58°33.6'S121°02.2'W57°37.3'S120°12.1'W 1.026 21° 16° 163 km 01m50.2s
19:0457°56.2'S118°31.8'W59°52.0'S120°09.8'W58°53.2'S119°19.4'W 1.026 20° 14° 161 km 01m48.0s
19:0659°14.9'S117°35.9'W61°16.5'S119°14.1'W60°14.6'S118°23.4'W 1.025 18° 13° 159 km 01m45.6s
19:0860°39.5'S116°35.8'W62°48.7'S118°14.3'W61°42.7'S117°23.3'W 1.025 17° 11° 156 km 01m42.9s
19:1062°11.8'S115°30.5'W64°30.9'S117°09.3'W63°19.5'S116°17.8'W 1.024 16° 154 km 01m39.9s
19:1263°54.1'S114°18.2'W66°27.1'S115°57.2'W65°08.0'S115°05.2'W 1.024 14° 151 km 01m36.6s
19:1465°50.3'S112°56.1'W68°44.8'S114°34.8'W67°13.5'S113°42.3'W 1.023 12° 148 km 01m32.7s
19:1668°07.8'S111°18.9'W71°43.0'S112°55.9'W69°47.2'S112°03.1'W 1.022 10° 145 km 01m27.9s
19:1871°05.1'S109°14.5'W77°15.2'S110°42.1'W73°24.8'S109°50.9'W 1.021 140 km 01m21.3s
Limits79°16.0'S104°05.1'W79°19.0'S110°29.9'W79°18.6'S107°14.9'W 1.019 - 134 km 01m11.2s

ΔT = 22486.6 seconds

Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration
Event Time
TD
Time
UT1
Latitude Longitude Sun
Altitude
Sun
Azimuth
Path Width Central
Duration
Greatest Eclipse00:45:36.118:30:49.543°47.8'S134°47.7'E 27.5° 38.0° 198.8 km02m06.17s
Greatest Duration00:43:47.918:29:01.343°11.7'S131°52.3'W 27.5° 39.2° 200.7 km02m06.21s

Explanation of Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration

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Eclipse Predictions

Predictions for the Total Solar Eclipse of -0840 Sep 04 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 22486.6 seconds for this eclipse. The uncertainty in ΔT is 560.9 seconds corresponding to a standard error in longitude of the eclipse path of ± 2.34°.

Acknowledgments

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

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