Path of the Total Solar Eclipse of 0608 Apr 20

Fred Espenak

Introduction

The following table delineates the path of the Moon's umbral shadow during the Total Solar Eclipse of 0608 Apr 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 .

Total Solar Eclipse of 0608 Apr 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
Limits75°18.9'S036°03.8'E76°02.7'S040°40.7'E75°41.4'S038°17.1'E 1.026 - 151 km 01m37.7s
07:2268°50.9'S048°24.0'E - - 72°06.8'S045°26.3'E 1.028 23° 155 km 01m45.4s
07:2465°38.5'S052°57.2'E70°10.8'S050°57.5'E67°40.1'S052°16.0'E 1.029 16° 160 km 01m55.5s
07:2663°16.3'S055°56.3'E66°47.8'S055°30.0'E64°55.8'S055°48.3'E 1.030 12° 12° 163 km 02m02.0s
07:2861°18.3'S058°13.7'E64°21.2'S058°24.7'E62°45.9'S058°21.1'E 1.031 15° 165 km 02m07.1s
07:3059°35.4'S060°06.8'E62°20.7'S060°38.2'E60°55.3'S060°23.2'E 1.031 17° 167 km 02m11.5s
07:3258°03.0'S061°43.9'E60°36.1'S062°28.1'E59°17.5'S062°06.2'E 1.032 18° 170 km 02m15.4s
07:3456°38.6'S063°09.6'E59°02.6'S064°02.5'E57°48.9'S063°35.9'E 1.032 20° 172 km 02m18.9s
07:3655°20.5'S064°26.6'E57°37.2'S065°25.8'E56°27.5'S064°55.9'E 1.033 21° 174 km 02m22.1s
07:3854°07.4'S065°36.9'E56°18.4'S066°40.9'E55°11.7'S066°08.5'E 1.033 22° 359° 176 km 02m25.0s
07:4052°58.7'S066°41.8'E55°04.8'S067°49.6'E54°00.7'S067°15.2'E 1.033 24° 357° 177 km 02m27.7s
07:4251°53.5'S067°42.4'E53°55.6'S068°53.1'E52°53.7'S068°17.2'E 1.034 25° 355° 179 km 02m30.2s
07:4450°51.5'S068°39.3'E52°50.2'S069°52.5'E51°50.0'S069°15.4'E 1.034 26° 354° 181 km 02m32.6s
07:4649°52.4'S069°33.2'E51°48.0'S070°48.5'E50°49.4'S070°10.3'E 1.034 26° 352° 183 km 02m34.7s
07:4848°55.6'S070°24.5'E50°48.6'S071°41.6'E49°51.4'S071°02.5'E 1.034 27° 350° 185 km 02m36.7s
07:5048°01.1'S071°13.6'E49°51.8'S072°32.3'E48°55.8'S071°52.4'E 1.035 28° 349° 187 km 02m38.6s
07:5247°08.6'S072°00.9'E48°57.2'S073°20.9'E48°02.3'S072°40.3'E 1.035 29° 347° 189 km 02m40.3s
07:5446°18.0'S072°46.6'E48°04.6'S074°07.8'E47°10.8'S073°26.6'E 1.035 29° 346° 191 km 02m41.8s
07:5645°29.0'S073°30.9'E47°14.0'S074°53.2'E46°21.0'S074°11.5'E 1.035 30° 344° 193 km 02m43.3s
07:5844°41.6'S074°14.0'E46°25.1'S075°37.3'E45°32.8'S074°55.1'E 1.035 30° 343° 194 km 02m44.6s
08:0043°55.6'S074°56.2'E45°37.7'S076°20.4'E44°46.2'S075°37.7'E 1.035 31° 341° 196 km 02m45.8s
08:0243°11.0'S075°37.5'E44°51.9'S077°02.6'E44°01.0'S076°19.4'E 1.035 31° 340° 198 km 02m46.9s
08:0442°27.6'S076°18.1'E44°07.4'S077°44.0'E43°17.1'S077°00.5'E 1.036 32° 338° 200 km 02m47.8s
08:0641°45.5'S076°58.1'E43°24.2'S078°24.8'E42°34.5'S077°40.9'E 1.036 32° 337° 202 km 02m48.6s
08:0841°04.5'S077°37.7'E42°42.2'S079°05.1'E41°53.0'S078°20.8'E 1.036 32° 335° 204 km 02m49.4s
08:1040°24.6'S078°16.9'E42°01.4'S079°45.0'E41°12.6'S079°00.4'E 1.036 33° 334° 206 km 02m50.0s
08:1239°45.7'S078°55.8'E41°21.7'S080°24.7'E40°33.4'S079°39.7'E 1.036 33° 333° 208 km 02m50.5s
08:1439°07.7'S079°34.6'E40°43.1'S081°04.3'E39°55.1'S080°18.8'E 1.036 33° 331° 210 km 02m50.8s
08:1638°30.8'S080°13.3'E40°05.4'S081°43.7'E39°17.8'S080°57.9'E 1.036 33° 330° 211 km 02m51.1s
08:1837°54.7'S080°52.1'E39°28.8'S082°23.2'E38°41.5'S081°37.0'E 1.036 33° 328° 213 km 02m51.3s
08:2037°19.6'S081°30.9'E38°53.1'S083°02.8'E38°06.1'S082°16.2'E 1.036 33° 327° 215 km 02m51.3s
08:2236°45.3'S082°09.9'E38°18.3'S083°42.6'E37°31.5'S082°55.7'E 1.036 33° 325° 216 km 02m51.2s
08:2436°11.9'S082°49.3'E37°44.3'S084°22.7'E36°57.9'S083°35.4'E 1.036 33° 324° 218 km 02m51.0s
08:2635°39.2'S083°28.9'E37°11.3'S085°03.2'E36°25.0'S084°15.5'E 1.036 33° 323° 220 km 02m50.7s
08:2835°07.4'S084°09.1'E36°39.1'S085°44.2'E35°53.0'S084°56.0'E 1.036 33° 321° 221 km 02m50.3s
08:3034°36.4'S084°49.7'E36°07.8'S086°25.8'E35°21.9'S085°37.1'E 1.036 32° 320° 222 km 02m49.8s
08:3234°06.2'S085°31.1'E35°37.2'S087°08.1'E34°51.5'S086°18.9'E 1.036 32° 318° 223 km 02m49.1s
08:3433°36.8'S086°13.1'E35°07.5'S087°51.2'E34°22.0'S087°01.5'E 1.035 32° 317° 224 km 02m48.3s
08:3633°08.2'S086°56.0'E34°38.7'S088°35.2'E33°53.3'S087°44.9'E 1.035 32° 316° 225 km 02m47.4s
08:3832°40.4'S087°39.9'E34°10.7'S089°20.3'E33°25.3'S088°29.4'E 1.035 31° 314° 226 km 02m46.4s
08:4032°13.4'S088°24.8'E33°43.5'S090°06.6'E32°58.2'S089°14.9'E 1.035 31° 313° 226 km 02m45.2s
08:4231°47.2'S089°11.0'E33°17.1'S090°54.1'E32°32.0'S090°01.8'E 1.035 30° 312° 226 km 02m43.9s
08:4431°21.9'S089°58.5'E32°51.7'S091°43.3'E32°06.6'S090°50.1'E 1.035 30° 310° 226 km 02m42.5s
08:4630°57.4'S090°47.6'E32°27.1'S092°34.1'E31°42.1'S091°40.0'E 1.035 29° 309° 226 km 02m40.9s
08:4830°33.8'S091°38.4'E32°03.5'S093°26.9'E31°18.4'S092°31.8'E 1.034 28° 308° 225 km 02m39.2s
08:5030°11.1'S092°31.2'E31°40.8'S094°21.8'E30°55.8'S093°25.6'E 1.034 28° 307° 224 km 02m37.4s
08:5229°49.4'S093°26.2'E31°19.2'S095°19.3'E30°34.1'S094°21.8'E 1.034 27° 305° 223 km 02m35.4s
08:5429°28.7'S094°23.8'E30°58.7'S096°19.7'E30°13.5'S095°20.7'E 1.034 26° 304° 221 km 02m33.2s
08:5629°09.1'S095°24.2'E30°39.4'S097°23.4'E29°54.1'S096°22.7'E 1.033 25° 303° 219 km 02m30.9s
08:5828°50.8'S096°28.0'E30°21.4'S098°31.0'E29°35.9'S097°28.3'E 1.033 24° 302° 216 km 02m28.3s
09:0028°33.7'S097°35.7'E30°04.8'S099°43.3'E29°19.0'S098°38.1'E 1.033 23° 300° 213 km 02m25.6s
09:0228°18.2'S098°48.1'E29°49.9'S101°01.1'E29°03.8'S099°52.9'E 1.032 22° 299° 209 km 02m22.6s
09:0428°04.3'S100°05.9'E29°36.9'S102°25.7'E28°50.3'S101°13.9'E 1.032 20° 298° 205 km 02m19.4s
09:0627°52.4'S101°30.6'E29°26.3'S103°59.0'E28°39.0'S102°42.6'E 1.032 19° 297° 201 km 02m15.9s
09:0827°42.8'S103°03.8'E29°18.6'S105°43.7'E28°30.3'S104°21.0'E 1.031 17° 295° 196 km 02m12.0s
09:1027°36.3'S104°48.4'E29°14.8'S107°44.4'E28°25.0'S106°12.7'E 1.031 16° 294° 190 km 02m07.6s
09:1227°33.8'S106°48.5'E29°16.9'S110°09.7'E28°24.4'S108°23.6'E 1.030 13° 292° 183 km 02m02.7s
09:1427°37.1'S109°12.6'E29°29.4'S113°20.0'E28°31.3'S111°05.9'E 1.029 11° 291° 175 km 01m56.7s
09:1627°50.8'S112°19.8'E30°14.3'S118°55.6'E28°53.9'S114°56.0'E 1.028 288° 164 km 01m48.8s
Limits29°33.5'S122°27.9'E30°57.0'S122°35.1'E30°14.8'S122°31.5'E 1.026 - 146 km 01m35.0s

ΔT = 4631.7 seconds

Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration
Event Time
TD
Time
UT1
Latitude Longitude Sun
Altitude
Sun
Azimuth
Path Width Central
Duration
Greatest Eclipse09:36:27.308:19:15.638°19.1'S062°40.6'E 33.1° 327.3° 214.2 km02m51.29s
Greatest Duration09:36:50.808:19:39.138°12.2'S082°09.4'E 33.1° 327.1° 214.5 km02m51.30s

Explanation of Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration

Links for the Total Solar Eclipse of 0608 Apr 20

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Eclipse Predictions

Predictions for the Total Solar Eclipse of 0608 Apr 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 4631.7 seconds for this eclipse. The uncertainty in ΔT is 117.5 seconds corresponding to a standard error in longitude of the eclipse path of ± 0.49°.

Acknowledgments

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

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"Eclipse Predictions by Fred Espenak, EclipseWise.com"

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