Path of the Total Solar Eclipse of 0520 Feb 05

Fred Espenak

Introduction

The following table delineates the path of the Moon's umbral shadow during the Total Solar Eclipse of 0520 Feb 05 . 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 0520 Feb 05
UT1 Northern Limit Southern Limit Central Line M:S Sun Sun Path Central
Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Ratio Alt. Azm. Width Duration
Limits31°30.6'N119°06.8'E30°02.0'N119°05.6'E30°45.8'N119°06.2'E 1.029 - 156 km 01m45.8s
23:00 - - 27°43.9'N128°34.0'E29°07.4'N125°36.7'E 1.031 112° 170 km 01m58.4s
23:0229°32.5'N127°34.3'E27°10.7'N131°58.8'E28°18.1'N130°00.2'E 1.032 10° 114° 181 km 02m07.9s
23:0428°59.6'N131°05.9'E26°52.9'N134°32.7'E27°54.6'N132°56.0'E 1.033 13° 116° 189 km 02m14.8s
23:0628°42.8'N133°42.3'E26°43.5'N136°39.8'E27°42.1'N135°15.4'E 1.034 16° 118° 196 km 02m20.4s
23:0828°34.5'N135°50.8'E26°39.6'N138°29.9'E27°36.3'N137°13.6'E 1.034 18° 119° 202 km 02m25.3s
23:1028°31.6'N137°41.6'E26°39.6'N140°07.9'E27°35.1'N138°57.3'E 1.035 19° 120° 208 km 02m29.6s
23:1228°32.8'N139°20.1'E26°42.8'N141°36.8'E27°37.3'N140°30.5'E 1.035 21° 122° 213 km 02m33.6s
23:1428°37.0'N140°49.2'E26°48.6'N142°58.5'E27°42.4'N141°55.7'E 1.036 22° 123° 217 km 02m37.2s
23:1628°43.8'N142°11.1'E26°56.6'N144°14.4'E27°49.8'N143°14.3'E 1.036 23° 124° 221 km 02m40.6s
23:1828°52.8'N143°27.1'E27°06.4'N145°25.5'E27°59.3'N144°27.7'E 1.037 25° 125° 224 km 02m43.6s
23:2029°03.6'N144°38.3'E27°17.9'N146°32.5'E28°10.4'N145°36.7'E 1.037 26° 127° 227 km 02m46.5s
23:2229°16.0'N145°45.4'E27°30.9'N147°36.1'E28°23.2'N146°41.9'E 1.037 27° 128° 230 km 02m49.1s
23:2429°30.0'N146°49.0'E27°45.2'N148°36.6'E28°37.3'N147°43.9'E 1.037 28° 129° 232 km 02m51.6s
23:2629°45.3'N147°49.7'E28°00.9'N149°34.5'E28°52.8'N148°43.1'E 1.038 28° 130° 234 km 02m53.9s
23:2830°01.8'N148°47.7'E28°17.7'N150°30.2'E29°09.5'N149°39.9'E 1.038 29° 132° 236 km 02m55.9s
23:3030°19.5'N149°43.4'E28°35.6'N151°23.8'E29°27.3'N150°34.5'E 1.038 30° 133° 237 km 02m57.9s
23:3230°38.4'N150°37.1'E28°54.6'N152°15.6'E29°46.2'N151°27.2'E 1.038 31° 134° 238 km 02m59.6s
23:3430°58.3'N151°29.1'E29°14.5'N153°05.8'E30°06.1'N152°18.2'E 1.038 31° 136° 239 km 03m01.2s
23:3631°19.2'N152°19.4'E29°35.5'N153°54.6'E30°27.1'N153°07.8'E 1.039 32° 137° 239 km 03m02.7s
23:3831°41.1'N153°08.4'E29°57.4'N154°42.1'E30°48.9'N153°56.0'E 1.039 32° 138° 239 km 03m04.0s
23:4032°03.9'N153°56.2'E30°20.2'N155°28.5'E31°11.8'N154°43.0'E 1.039 33° 140° 239 km 03m05.2s
23:4232°27.7'N154°42.9'E30°43.9'N156°13.9'E31°35.5'N155°29.0'E 1.039 33° 141° 238 km 03m06.2s
23:4432°52.5'N155°28.6'E31°08.5'N156°58.4'E32°00.2'N156°14.1'E 1.039 33° 142° 238 km 03m07.1s
23:4633°18.1'N156°13.5'E31°34.0'N157°42.2'E32°25.8'N156°58.4'E 1.039 34° 144° 237 km 03m07.9s
23:4833°44.7'N156°57.6'E32°00.4'N158°25.2'E32°52.2'N157°42.0'E 1.039 34° 145° 236 km 03m08.5s
23:5034°12.1'N157°41.2'E32°27.6'N159°07.8'E33°19.6'N158°25.0'E 1.039 34° 147° 234 km 03m09.0s
23:5234°40.5'N158°24.2'E32°55.8'N159°49.8'E33°47.8'N159°07.5'E 1.039 34° 148° 233 km 03m09.3s
23:5435°09.8'N159°06.8'E33°24.8'N160°31.4'E34°17.0'N159°49.7'E 1.039 34° 149° 232 km 03m09.6s
23:5635°40.1'N159°49.1'E33°54.7'N161°12.7'E34°47.0'N160°31.4'E 1.039 34° 151° 230 km 03m09.7s
23:5836°11.3'N160°31.1'E34°25.5'N161°53.8'E35°18.0'N161°13.0'E 1.039 34° 152° 228 km 03m09.6s
00:0036°43.5'N161°13.0'E34°57.3'N162°34.8'E35°50.0'N161°54.4'E 1.039 34° 154° 226 km 03m09.5s
00:0237°16.7'N161°54.8'E35°30.0'N163°15.7'E36°22.9'N162°35.8'E 1.039 34° 155° 225 km 03m09.2s
00:0437°50.9'N162°36.7'E36°03.6'N163°56.6'E36°56.9'N163°17.2'E 1.039 34° 157° 223 km 03m08.8s
00:0638°26.2'N163°18.7'E36°38.3'N164°37.7'E37°31.9'N163°58.7'E 1.039 34° 158° 221 km 03m08.3s
00:0839°02.6'N164°01.0'E37°14.1'N165°19.0'E38°07.9'N164°40.4'E 1.039 34° 160° 219 km 03m07.7s
00:1039°40.2'N164°43.6'E37°50.9'N166°00.5'E38°45.1'N165°22.5'E 1.039 33° 161° 217 km 03m06.9s
00:1240°19.0'N165°26.6'E38°28.9'N166°42.5'E39°23.4'N166°05.0'E 1.039 33° 162° 215 km 03m06.0s
00:1440°59.0'N166°10.2'E39°08.0'N167°25.0'E40°03.0'N166°48.0'E 1.039 33° 164° 213 km 03m05.0s
00:1641°40.4'N166°54.5'E39°48.4'N168°08.1'E40°43.9'N167°31.7'E 1.039 32° 165° 211 km 03m03.8s
00:1842°23.3'N167°39.6'E40°30.1'N168°52.0'E41°26.1'N168°16.2'E 1.039 32° 167° 209 km 03m02.5s
00:2043°07.6'N168°25.7'E41°13.2'N169°36.8'E42°09.8'N169°01.6'E 1.039 31° 168° 207 km 03m01.1s
00:2243°53.6'N169°13.0'E41°57.8'N170°22.6'E42°55.1'N169°48.2'E 1.039 31° 170° 204 km 02m59.6s
00:2444°41.4'N170°01.6'E42°44.0'N171°09.7'E43°42.1'N170°36.0'E 1.038 30° 171° 202 km 02m57.9s
00:2645°31.1'N170°51.9'E43°32.0'N171°58.2'E44°30.8'N171°25.4'E 1.038 30° 173° 200 km 02m56.0s
00:2846°22.9'N171°44.1'E44°21.8'N172°48.4'E45°21.6'N172°16.5'E 1.038 29° 175° 198 km 02m54.1s
00:3047°17.0'N172°38.4'E45°13.7'N173°40.6'E46°14.5'N173°09.8'E 1.038 28° 176° 196 km 02m51.9s
00:3248°13.7'N173°35.4'E46°07.8'N174°35.0'E47°09.9'N174°05.4'E 1.038 27° 178° 194 km 02m49.6s
00:3449°13.3'N174°35.4'E47°04.5'N175°32.1'E48°07.9'N175°04.0'E 1.037 26° 179° 192 km 02m47.2s
00:3650°16.2'N175°39.1'E48°04.0'N176°32.4'E49°09.0'N176°05.9'E 1.037 25° 181° 190 km 02m44.6s
00:3851°22.9'N176°47.3'E49°06.7'N177°36.5'E50°13.6'N177°11.9'E 1.037 24° 183° 188 km 02m41.7s
00:4052°34.1'N178°00.9'E50°13.2'N178°45.0'E51°22.3'N178°22.9'E 1.036 23° 184° 185 km 02m38.7s
00:4253°50.7'N179°21.4'E51°24.0'N179°59.2'E52°35.8'N179°40.0'E 1.036 22° 186° 183 km 02m35.3s
00:4455°14.0'N179°09.2'W52°40.0'N178°39.7'W53°55.1'N178°55.1'W 1.036 20° 188° 181 km 02m31.8s
00:4656°45.8'N177°28.1'W54°02.5'N177°09.6'W55°21.8'N177°20.0'W 1.035 19° 190° 179 km 02m27.8s
00:4858°29.1'N175°30.2'W55°33.1'N175°27.7'W56°58.1'N175°30.9'W 1.035 17° 192° 176 km 02m23.5s
00:5060°29.4'N173°06.5'W57°14.8'N173°29.0'W58°47.8'N173°21.4'W 1.034 15° 195° 174 km 02m18.5s
00:5262°58.2'N169°56.8'W59°12.4'N171°05.0'W60°58.1'N170°38.9'W 1.033 12° 198° 171 km 02m12.7s
00:5466°35.5'N164°48.5'W61°36.2'N167°56.6'W63°47.1'N166°50.4'W 1.032 202° 167 km 02m05.4s
00:56 - - 64°58.9'N163°01.9'W69°07.8'N158°16.4'W 1.030 210° 161 km 01m52.1s
Limits71°30.3'N156°17.9'W70°37.9'N152°49.6'W71°04.4'N154°30.2'W 1.029 - 159 km 01m47.5s

ΔT = 5479.0 seconds

Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration
Event Time
TD
Time
UT1
Latitude Longitude Sun
Altitude
Sun
Azimuth
Path Width Central
Duration
Greatest Eclipse01:29:04.323:57:45.335°14.2'N138°14.4'E 34.4° 152.1° 228.4 km03m09.65s
Greatest Duration01:27:58.223:56:39.234°57.1'N160°45.0'E 34.4° 151.3° 229.4 km03m09.67s

Explanation of Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration

Links for the Total Solar Eclipse of 0520 Feb 05

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Eclipse Predictions

Predictions for the Total Solar Eclipse of 0520 Feb 05 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 5479.0 seconds for this eclipse. The uncertainty in ΔT is 135.2 seconds corresponding to a standard error in longitude of the eclipse path of ± 0.56°.

Acknowledgments

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

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