Path of the Total Solar Eclipse of 0956 Aug 09

Fred Espenak

Introduction

The following table delineates the path of the Moon's umbral shadow during the Total Solar Eclipse of 0956 Aug 09 . 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 0956 Aug 09
UT1 Northern Limit Southern Limit Central Line M:S Sun Sun Path Central
Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Ratio Alt. Azm. Width Duration
Limits08°14.3'S122°34.0'E09°37.0'S122°45.4'E08°55.5'S122°39.9'E 1.044 - 153 km 02m29.1s
22:0206°57.9'S127°26.3'E - - 08°23.2'S124°44.3'E 1.045 75° 155 km 02m33.9s
22:0405°25.3'S133°47.1'E07°21.2'S132°02.2'E06°22.4'S132°58.9'E 1.047 11° 74° 165 km 02m55.7s
22:0604°36.5'S137°27.3'E06°26.3'S136°13.3'E05°31.0'S136°52.5'E 1.049 15° 73° 170 km 03m07.7s
22:0804°01.9'S140°16.3'E05°49.8'S139°15.7'E04°55.6'S139°47.6'E 1.050 19° 73° 174 km 03m17.3s
22:1003°35.3'S142°37.5'E05°22.5'S141°44.4'E04°28.7'S142°12.2'E 1.051 22° 72° 177 km 03m25.8s
22:1203°13.9'S144°40.4'E05°00.9'S143°52.1'E04°07.3'S144°17.4'E 1.052 24° 72° 180 km 03m33.5s
22:1402°56.5'S146°30.2'E04°43.5'S145°45.3'E03°49.9'S146°08.7'E 1.052 27° 72° 183 km 03m40.6s
22:1602°42.2'S148°10.0'E04°29.3'S147°27.6'E03°35.6'S147°49.7'E 1.053 29° 71° 185 km 03m47.3s
22:1802°30.2'S149°42.0'E04°17.6'S149°01.3'E03°23.8'S149°22.5'E 1.053 31° 71° 188 km 03m53.7s
22:2002°20.4'S151°07.5'E04°08.1'S150°28.2'E03°14.1'S150°48.6'E 1.054 33° 70° 190 km 03m59.7s
22:2202°12.3'S152°27.6'E04°00.2'S151°49.3'E03°06.2'S152°09.1'E 1.054 34° 70° 192 km 04m05.5s
22:2402°05.7'S153°43.1'E03°54.0'S153°05.6'E02°59.8'S153°25.0'E 1.055 36° 69° 194 km 04m11.1s
22:2602°00.5'S154°54.6'E03°49.1'S154°17.7'E02°54.7'S154°36.8'E 1.055 38° 69° 195 km 04m16.4s
22:2801°56.5'S156°02.7'E03°45.3'S155°26.2'E02°50.9'S155°45.1'E 1.056 39° 68° 197 km 04m21.5s
22:3001°53.6'S157°07.8'E03°42.7'S156°31.6'E02°48.1'S156°50.2'E 1.056 41° 68° 199 km 04m26.4s
22:3201°51.7'S158°10.2'E03°41.1'S157°34.1'E02°46.3'S157°52.7'E 1.056 42° 67° 200 km 04m31.2s
22:3401°50.8'S159°10.1'E03°40.4'S158°34.1'E02°45.5'S158°52.6'E 1.057 44° 67° 201 km 04m35.8s
22:3601°50.7'S160°07.9'E03°40.5'S159°31.9'E02°45.5'S159°50.4'E 1.057 45° 66° 203 km 04m40.2s
22:3801°51.3'S161°03.7'E03°41.3'S160°27.7'E02°46.3'S160°46.1'E 1.057 46° 65° 204 km 04m44.5s
22:4001°52.8'S161°57.7'E03°43.0'S161°21.6'E02°47.8'S161°40.0'E 1.057 48° 65° 205 km 04m48.6s
22:4201°54.9'S162°50.0'E03°45.3'S162°13.8'E02°50.0'S162°32.3'E 1.058 49° 64° 206 km 04m52.5s
22:4401°57.7'S163°40.9'E03°48.2'S163°04.5'E02°52.9'S163°23.0'E 1.058 50° 63° 207 km 04m56.3s
22:4602°01.1'S164°30.3'E03°51.8'S163°53.8'E02°56.4'S164°12.4'E 1.058 51° 62° 208 km 05m00.0s
22:4802°05.2'S165°18.5'E03°55.9'S164°41.8'E03°00.5'S165°00.5'E 1.058 52° 61° 209 km 05m03.5s
22:5002°09.8'S166°05.6'E04°00.6'S165°28.6'E03°05.1'S165°47.4'E 1.059 53° 60° 210 km 05m06.8s
22:5202°14.9'S166°51.5'E04°05.8'S166°14.3'E03°10.3'S166°33.2'E 1.059 54° 59° 211 km 05m10.0s
22:5402°20.6'S167°36.4'E04°11.5'S166°59.0'E03°16.0'S167°18.0'E 1.059 55° 58° 212 km 05m13.1s
22:5602°26.8'S168°20.4'E04°17.7'S167°42.7'E03°22.2'S168°01.8'E 1.059 56° 57° 212 km 05m16.0s
22:5802°33.4'S169°03.6'E04°24.4'S168°25.6'E03°28.9'S168°44.8'E 1.059 57° 56° 213 km 05m18.8s
23:0002°40.6'S169°45.9'E04°31.6'S169°07.6'E03°36.0'S169°27.0'E 1.059 58° 55° 214 km 05m21.4s
23:0202°48.2'S170°27.5'E04°39.2'S169°48.9'E03°43.6'S170°08.4'E 1.060 59° 53° 214 km 05m23.8s
23:0402°56.3'S171°08.4'E04°47.2'S170°29.6'E03°51.7'S170°49.2'E 1.060 60° 52° 215 km 05m26.2s
23:0603°04.8'S171°48.7'E04°55.7'S171°09.5'E04°00.2'S171°29.3'E 1.060 61° 50° 215 km 05m28.3s
23:0803°13.7'S172°28.3'E05°04.6'S171°48.9'E04°09.1'S172°08.8'E 1.060 62° 48° 215 km 05m30.3s
23:1003°23.1'S173°07.5'E05°13.8'S172°27.8'E04°18.4'S172°47.7'E 1.060 62° 47° 216 km 05m32.2s
23:1203°32.8'S173°46.1'E05°23.5'S173°06.1'E04°28.1'S173°26.2'E 1.060 63° 45° 216 km 05m33.9s
23:1403°43.0'S174°24.2'E05°33.6'S173°44.0'E04°38.2'S174°04.2'E 1.060 64° 43° 216 km 05m35.5s
23:1603°53.5'S175°01.9'E05°44.0'S174°21.4'E04°48.7'S174°41.8'E 1.060 64° 41° 216 km 05m36.9s
23:1804°04.5'S175°39.2'E05°54.8'S174°58.5'E04°59.6'S175°18.9'E 1.060 65° 39° 216 km 05m38.2s
23:2004°15.8'S176°16.2'E06°06.0'S175°35.2'E05°10.8'S175°55.7'E 1.060 65° 37° 216 km 05m39.3s
23:2204°27.5'S176°52.8'E06°17.6'S176°11.6'E05°22.5'S176°32.2'E 1.061 66° 34° 216 km 05m40.3s
23:2404°39.6'S177°29.1'E06°29.5'S176°47.7'E05°34.5'S177°08.4'E 1.061 66° 32° 216 km 05m41.2s
23:2604°52.1'S178°05.2'E06°41.8'S177°23.5'E05°46.8'S177°44.4'E 1.061 67° 29° 216 km 05m41.8s
23:2805°04.9'S178°41.0'E06°54.5'S177°59.1'E05°59.6'S178°20.1'E 1.061 67° 27° 216 km 05m42.4s
23:3005°18.1'S179°16.6'E07°07.5'S178°34.6'E06°12.7'S178°55.6'E 1.061 67° 24° 216 km 05m42.8s
23:3205°31.6'S179°52.1'E07°20.8'S179°09.9'E06°26.1'S179°31.0'E 1.061 67° 21° 216 km 05m43.0s
23:3405°45.5'S179°32.6'W07°34.6'S179°45.0'E06°39.9'S179°53.8'W 1.061 68° 19° 216 km 05m43.1s
23:3605°59.8'S178°57.4'W07°48.6'S179°39.9'W06°54.1'S179°18.7'W 1.061 68° 16° 215 km 05m43.1s
23:3806°14.5'S178°22.3'W08°03.1'S179°04.9'W07°08.6'S178°43.7'W 1.061 68° 13° 215 km 05m42.9s
23:4006°29.5'S177°47.2'W08°17.9'S178°30.0'W07°23.5'S178°08.7'W 1.061 68° 10° 215 km 05m42.6s
23:4206°44.8'S177°12.2'W08°33.0'S177°55.1'W07°38.8'S177°33.7'W 1.061 68° 214 km 05m42.1s
23:4407°00.6'S176°37.2'W08°48.5'S177°20.1'W07°54.4'S176°58.7'W 1.061 67° 214 km 05m41.5s
23:4607°16.7'S176°02.1'W09°04.4'S176°45.1'W08°10.4'S176°23.7'W 1.061 67° 213 km 05m40.7s
23:4807°33.2'S175°27.0'W09°20.6'S176°10.0'W08°26.8'S175°48.6'W 1.061 67° 359° 213 km 05m39.8s
23:5007°50.0'S174°51.8'W09°37.3'S175°34.8'W08°43.5'S175°13.4'W 1.061 67° 356° 212 km 05m38.8s
23:5208°07.2'S174°16.5'W09°54.2'S174°59.5'W09°00.6'S174°38.1'W 1.060 66° 354° 212 km 05m37.6s
23:5408°24.8'S173°41.0'W10°11.6'S174°23.9'W09°18.0'S174°02.6'W 1.060 66° 351° 211 km 05m36.4s
23:5608°42.8'S173°05.3'W10°29.3'S173°48.2'W09°35.9'S173°26.9'W 1.060 65° 349° 211 km 05m34.9s
23:5809°01.2'S172°29.4'W10°47.5'S173°12.2'W09°54.1'S172°51.0'W 1.060 65° 347° 210 km 05m33.4s
00:0009°19.9'S171°53.3'W11°06.0'S172°36.0'W10°12.8'S172°14.8'W 1.060 64° 344° 209 km 05m31.7s
00:0209°39.1'S171°16.8'W11°24.9'S171°59.4'W10°31.8'S171°38.3'W 1.060 64° 342° 209 km 05m29.9s
00:0409°58.7'S170°40.1'W11°44.3'S171°22.4'W10°51.3'S171°01.4'W 1.060 63° 340° 208 km 05m27.9s
00:0610°18.7'S170°02.9'W12°04.0'S170°45.1'W11°11.2'S170°24.2'W 1.060 62° 338° 207 km 05m25.8s
00:0810°39.1'S169°25.3'W12°24.2'S170°07.3'W11°31.5'S169°46.5'W 1.060 62° 336° 207 km 05m23.6s
00:1011°00.0'S168°47.3'W12°44.9'S169°29.0'W11°52.2'S169°08.4'W 1.060 61° 334° 206 km 05m21.3s
00:1211°21.3'S168°08.8'W13°06.0'S168°50.2'W12°13.4'S168°29.7'W 1.059 60° 333° 205 km 05m18.9s
00:1411°43.0'S167°29.7'W13°27.5'S168°10.7'W12°35.1'S167°50.4'W 1.059 59° 331° 204 km 05m16.3s
00:1612°05.3'S166°50.0'W13°49.5'S167°30.7'W12°57.2'S167°10.6'W 1.059 58° 330° 203 km 05m13.6s
00:1812°28.0'S166°09.6'W14°12.1'S166°49.9'W13°19.8'S166°30.0'W 1.059 57° 328° 203 km 05m10.8s
00:2012°51.3'S165°28.4'W14°35.1'S166°08.3'W13°43.0'S165°48.6'W 1.059 56° 327° 202 km 05m07.8s
00:2213°15.0'S164°46.5'W14°58.7'S165°25.8'W14°06.6'S165°06.5'W 1.059 55° 325° 201 km 05m04.8s
00:2413°39.4'S164°03.7'W15°22.8'S164°42.5'W14°30.8'S164°23.4'W 1.058 54° 324° 200 km 05m01.6s
00:2614°04.3'S163°19.9'W15°47.5'S163°58.1'W14°55.6'S163°39.3'W 1.058 53° 323° 199 km 04m58.3s
00:2814°29.8'S162°35.0'W16°12.8'S163°12.6'W15°21.0'S162°54.1'W 1.058 52° 321° 198 km 04m54.9s
00:3014°55.9'S161°49.0'W16°38.8'S162°25.8'W15°47.1'S162°07.8'W 1.058 51° 320° 197 km 04m51.4s
00:3215°22.7'S161°01.8'W17°05.4'S161°37.8'W16°13.8'S161°20.2'W 1.057 50° 319° 196 km 04m47.7s
00:3415°50.1'S160°13.1'W17°32.8'S160°48.3'W16°41.2'S160°31.1'W 1.057 49° 318° 195 km 04m44.0s
00:3616°18.3'S159°23.0'W18°00.8'S159°57.2'W17°09.3'S159°40.5'W 1.057 48° 317° 194 km 04m40.1s
00:3816°47.3'S158°31.1'W18°29.7'S159°04.3'W17°38.2'S158°48.1'W 1.057 46° 316° 193 km 04m36.0s
00:4017°17.2'S157°37.4'W18°59.4'S158°09.4'W18°08.0'S157°53.8'W 1.056 45° 315° 192 km 04m31.9s
00:4217°47.9'S156°41.6'W19°30.1'S157°12.4'W18°38.7'S156°57.5'W 1.056 44° 314° 191 km 04m27.6s
00:4418°19.6'S155°43.5'W20°01.7'S156°12.9'W19°10.3'S155°58.7'W 1.056 42° 313° 189 km 04m23.1s
00:4618°52.3'S154°42.9'W20°34.4'S155°10.7'W19°43.0'S154°57.3'W 1.055 41° 312° 188 km 04m18.6s
00:4819°26.2'S153°39.4'W21°08.3'S154°05.5'W20°16.9'S153°53.0'W 1.055 39° 311° 187 km 04m13.8s
00:5020°01.3'S152°32.5'W21°43.4'S152°56.7'W20°52.0'S152°45.2'W 1.055 38° 310° 185 km 04m08.9s
00:5220°37.8'S151°22.0'W22°20.1'S151°44.0'W21°28.6'S151°33.6'W 1.054 36° 309° 184 km 04m03.9s
00:5421°15.9'S150°07.1'W22°58.3'S150°26.7'W22°06.7'S150°17.6'W 1.054 35° 308° 182 km 03m58.6s
00:5621°55.8'S148°47.2'W23°38.4'S149°03.9'W22°46.7'S148°56.3'W 1.053 33° 307° 181 km 03m53.1s
00:5822°37.7'S147°21.4'W24°20.6'S147°34.7'W23°28.7'S147°28.9'W 1.053 31° 305° 179 km 03m47.4s
01:0023°22.0'S145°48.4'W25°05.3'S145°57.7'W24°13.2'S145°54.0'W 1.052 29° 304° 177 km 03m41.4s
01:0224°09.2'S144°06.5'W25°53.0'S144°11.1'W25°00.7'S144°09.9'W 1.051 27° 303° 175 km 03m35.1s
01:0424°59.9'S142°13.6'W26°44.6'S142°12.1'W25°51.8'S142°14.0'W 1.051 24° 302° 173 km 03m28.3s
01:0625°55.2'S140°06.0'W27°41.1'S139°56.4'W26°47.6'S140°02.6'W 1.050 22° 300° 171 km 03m21.0s
01:0826°56.6'S137°37.9'W28°44.5'S137°17.0'W27°50.0'S137°29.2'W 1.049 19° 299° 168 km 03m13.0s
01:1028°07.2'S134°38.5'W29°58.7'S133°59.6'W29°02.2'S134°21.6'W 1.048 16° 297° 165 km 03m03.9s
01:1229°33.9'S130°42.7'W31°33.7'S129°26.0'W30°32.5'S130°09.1'W 1.047 11° 295° 161 km 02m52.8s
01:1431°46.5'S124°01.6'W - - 33°08.6'S121°54.4'W 1.044 290° 153 km 02m34.1s
Limits33°34.6'S117°46.9'W34°54.3'S118°07.1'W34°14.3'S117°57.0'W 1.043 - 150 km 02m26.4s

ΔT = 1813.0 seconds

Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration
Event Time
TD
Time
UT1
Latitude Longitude Sun
Altitude
Sun
Azimuth
Path Width Central
Duration
Greatest Eclipse00:08:20.123:38:07.107°09.5'S173°43.9'E 67.7° 12.7° 214.9 km05m42.87s
Greatest Duration00:04:36.823:34:23.706°42.7'S179°46.8'W 67.6° 18.0° 215.5 km05m43.12s

Explanation of Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration

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Eclipse Predictions

Predictions for the Total Solar Eclipse of 0956 Aug 09 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 1813.0 seconds for this eclipse. The uncertainty in ΔT is 59.6 seconds corresponding to a standard error in longitude of the eclipse path of ± 0.25°.

Acknowledgments

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

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