Path of the Total Solar Eclipse of 0825 Aug 17

Fred Espenak

Introduction

The following table delineates the path of the Moon's umbral shadow during the Total Solar Eclipse of 0825 Aug 17 . 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 0825 Aug 17
UT1 Northern Limit Southern Limit Central Line M:S Sun Sun Path Central
Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Ratio Alt. Azm. Width Duration
Limits47°44.0'S177°34.4'W50°43.8'S177°17.2'W49°11.3'S177°27.1'W 1.044 - 320 km 02m35.6s
18:5045°23.6'S164°40.1'W - - 47°56.7'S171°15.7'W 1.045 66° 336 km 02m46.5s
18:5245°02.9'S161°25.9'W50°22.1'S175°33.8'W47°07.0'S165°48.1'W 1.046 62° 353 km 02m57.0s
18:5444°51.6'S158°50.0'W48°59.8'S167°27.8'W46°44.9'S162°20.4'W 1.047 11° 59° 365 km 03m04.0s
18:5644°46.1'S156°36.6'W48°34.1'S163°35.7'W46°33.5'S159°37.1'W 1.048 13° 56° 375 km 03m09.7s
18:5844°44.8'S154°38.3'W48°21.6'S160°40.6'W46°28.4'S157°18.8'W 1.048 14° 54° 383 km 03m14.5s
19:0044°46.5'S152°51.2'W48°16.4'S158°14.8'W46°27.6'S155°17.0'W 1.049 16° 52° 390 km 03m18.7s
19:0244°50.9'S151°12.4'W48°16.0'S156°07.5'W46°30.1'S153°26.9'W 1.049 17° 50° 396 km 03m22.4s
19:0444°57.4'S149°40.3'W48°19.1'S154°13.2'W46°35.3'S151°45.6'W 1.050 18° 48° 401 km 03m25.7s
19:0645°05.7'S148°13.5'W48°25.0'S152°28.5'W46°42.7'S150°11.3'W 1.050 19° 46° 406 km 03m28.7s
19:0845°15.8'S146°51.2'W48°33.3'S150°51.2'W46°52.1'S148°42.6'W 1.050 20° 44° 409 km 03m31.4s
19:1045°27.4'S145°32.5'W48°43.7'S149°19.8'W47°03.2'S147°18.4'W 1.050 21° 42° 412 km 03m33.8s
19:1245°40.3'S144°16.8'W48°55.8'S147°53.1'W47°15.8'S145°57.9'W 1.051 21° 41° 414 km 03m36.0s
19:1445°54.6'S143°03.8'W49°09.7'S146°30.3'W47°29.9'S144°40.5'W 1.051 22° 39° 416 km 03m37.9s
19:1646°10.1'S141°52.9'W49°25.0'S145°10.7'W47°45.4'S143°25.7'W 1.051 23° 37° 417 km 03m39.6s
19:1846°26.8'S140°43.8'W49°41.9'S143°53.7'W48°02.2'S142°13.1'W 1.051 23° 35° 417 km 03m41.1s
19:2046°44.7'S139°36.3'W50°00.1'S142°38.9'W48°20.3'S141°02.2'W 1.051 23° 34° 417 km 03m42.3s
19:2247°03.7'S138°30.0'W50°19.6'S141°25.9'W48°39.5'S139°52.9'W 1.051 24° 32° 416 km 03m43.4s
19:2447°23.8'S137°24.7'W50°40.5'S140°14.3'W49°00.0'S138°44.7'W 1.051 24° 30° 415 km 03m44.3s
19:2647°45.1'S136°20.2'W51°02.7'S139°03.9'W49°21.7'S137°37.4'W 1.051 24° 29° 414 km 03m45.0s
19:2848°07.4'S135°16.2'W51°26.1'S137°54.2'W49°44.6'S136°30.8'W 1.051 24° 27° 412 km 03m45.5s
19:3048°30.9'S134°12.6'W51°50.9'S136°45.1'W50°08.6'S135°24.7'W 1.052 24° 25° 409 km 03m45.8s
19:3248°55.5'S133°09.2'W52°17.1'S135°36.3'W50°34.0'S134°18.7'W 1.052 24° 23° 407 km 03m45.9s
19:3449°21.2'S132°05.8'W52°44.6'S134°27.6'W51°00.5'S133°12.8'W 1.052 24° 22° 404 km 03m45.8s
19:3649°48.2'S131°02.1'W53°13.5'S133°18.6'W51°28.4'S132°06.6'W 1.052 24° 20° 401 km 03m45.6s
19:3850°16.4'S129°58.0'W53°44.0'S132°09.1'W51°57.6'S131°00.0'W 1.051 24° 18° 398 km 03m45.1s
19:4050°45.9'S128°53.3'W54°16.0'S130°58.9'W52°28.3'S129°52.7'W 1.051 24° 16° 394 km 03m44.5s
19:4251°16.8'S127°47.7'W54°49.7'S129°47.7'W53°00.4'S128°44.4'W 1.051 24° 15° 391 km 03m43.7s
19:4451°49.0'S126°41.0'W55°25.1'S128°35.0'W53°34.1'S127°34.9'W 1.051 23° 13° 387 km 03m42.7s
19:4652°22.8'S125°32.9'W56°02.5'S127°20.6'W54°09.5'S126°23.9'W 1.051 23° 11° 383 km 03m41.4s
19:4852°58.3'S124°23.2'W56°42.0'S126°04.0'W54°46.7'S125°10.9'W 1.051 23° 380 km 03m40.0s
19:5053°35.5'S123°11.5'W57°23.8'S124°44.8'W55°26.0'S123°55.7'W 1.051 22° 376 km 03m38.4s
19:5254°14.6'S121°57.3'W58°08.2'S123°22.2'W56°07.4'S122°37.7'W 1.051 22° 372 km 03m36.6s
19:5454°55.8'S120°40.3'W58°55.5'S121°55.7'W56°51.2'S121°16.3'W 1.051 21° 368 km 03m34.5s
19:5655°39.3'S119°19.8'W59°46.1'S120°24.2'W57°37.9'S119°50.8'W 1.050 20° 364 km 03m32.2s
19:5856°25.5'S117°55.1'W60°40.7'S118°46.4'W58°27.6'S118°20.3'W 1.050 19° 359° 361 km 03m29.6s
20:0057°14.7'S116°25.4'W61°40.0'S117°00.8'W59°21.1'S116°43.6'W 1.050 18° 357° 357 km 03m26.8s
20:0258°07.4'S114°49.5'W62°45.1'S115°04.8'W60°18.9'S114°59.1'W 1.050 17° 355° 353 km 03m23.6s
20:0459°04.1'S113°05.9'W63°57.7'S112°54.9'W61°22.0'S113°04.5'W 1.049 16° 352° 349 km 03m20.1s
20:0660°05.9'S111°12.4'W65°20.6'S110°24.8'W62°31.9'S110°56.5'W 1.049 15° 350° 345 km 03m16.1s
20:0861°14.0'S109°05.8'W66°58.8'S107°23.0'W63°50.8'S108°29.7'W 1.048 13° 347° 342 km 03m11.6s
20:1062°30.4'S106°41.1'W69°03.7'S103°22.4'W65°22.8'S105°34.3'W 1.048 11° 344° 338 km 03m06.4s
20:1263°58.3'S103°49.7'W72°22.7'S096°26.0'W67°15.9'S101°49.2'W 1.047 339° 334 km 03m00.0s
20:1465°44.6'S100°13.7'W - - 69°55.8'S096°07.3'W 1.046 334° 330 km 02m51.1s
Limits73°32.4'S080°45.4'W75°28.9'S088°55.3'W74°31.9'S084°25.9'W 1.044 - 325 km 02m36.7s

ΔT = 2730.9 seconds

Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration
Event Time
TD
Time
UT1
Latitude Longitude Sun
Altitude
Sun
Azimuth
Path Width Central
Duration
Greatest Eclipse20:17:57.119:32:26.350°39.7'S145°28.9'W 24.5° 23.0° 406.2 km03m45.89s
Greatest Duration20:17:45.419:32:14.550°37.1'S134°10.7'W 24.5° 23.2° 406.5 km03m45.89s

Explanation of Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration

Links for the Total Solar Eclipse of 0825 Aug 17

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Eclipse Predictions

Predictions for the Total Solar Eclipse of 0825 Aug 17 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 2730.9 seconds for this eclipse. The uncertainty in ΔT is 79.1 seconds corresponding to a standard error in longitude of the eclipse path of ± 0.33°.

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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