Path of the Total Solar Eclipse of 0974 Aug 20

Fred Espenak

Introduction

The following table delineates the path of the Moon's umbral shadow during the Total Solar Eclipse of 0974 Aug 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 0974 Aug 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
Limits09°31.4'S004°04.1'E10°56.1'S004°07.0'E10°13.6'S004°05.6'E 1.043 - 154 km 02m25.4s
05:5407°44.9'S013°55.6'E09°45.5'S010°46.0'E08°43.6'S012°31.4'E 1.046 77° 165 km 02m45.9s
05:5607°09.1'S018°03.9'E08°58.8'S016°02.4'E08°03.5'S017°06.7'E 1.047 14° 77° 171 km 02m58.9s
05:5806°47.0'S021°05.7'E08°33.8'S019°27.4'E07°40.1'S020°18.7'E 1.049 17° 76° 176 km 03m08.8s
06:0006°31.9'S023°34.4'E08°17.5'S022°08.5'E07°24.6'S022°53.0'E 1.050 20° 75° 179 km 03m17.3s
06:0206°21.3'S025°42.3'E08°06.4'S024°24.3'E07°13.8'S025°04.6'E 1.050 23° 75° 183 km 03m24.9s
06:0406°13.9'S027°35.8'E07°58.9'S026°23.1'E07°06.3'S027°00.6'E 1.051 25° 74° 186 km 03m31.9s
06:0606°09.0'S029°18.3'E07°54.0'S028°09.6'E07°01.4'S028°45.0'E 1.052 28° 74° 188 km 03m38.4s
06:0806°06.0'S030°52.3'E07°51.1'S029°46.6'E06°58.5'S030°20.4'E 1.052 30° 73° 191 km 03m44.6s
06:1006°04.7'S032°19.4'E07°50.0'S031°16.1'E06°57.3'S031°48.5'E 1.053 32° 73° 193 km 03m50.4s
06:1206°04.8'S033°40.7'E07°50.3'S032°39.3'E06°57.5'S033°10.7'E 1.053 33° 72° 195 km 03m55.9s
06:1406°06.2'S034°57.1'E07°51.8'S033°57.2'E06°58.9'S034°27.9'E 1.054 35° 71° 197 km 04m01.2s
06:1606°08.5'S036°09.4'E07°54.3'S035°10.7'E07°01.4'S035°40.7'E 1.054 37° 71° 199 km 04m06.3s
06:1806°11.9'S037°18.1'E07°57.9'S036°20.4'E07°04.8'S036°49.8'E 1.054 38° 70° 201 km 04m11.1s
06:2006°16.1'S038°23.5'E08°02.2'S037°26.7'E07°09.1'S037°55.7'E 1.055 40° 69° 203 km 04m15.8s
06:2206°21.0'S039°26.2'E08°07.4'S038°30.1'E07°14.2'S038°58.6'E 1.055 41° 69° 204 km 04m20.3s
06:2406°26.7'S040°26.3'E08°13.2'S039°30.8'E07°20.0'S039°59.0'E 1.055 42° 68° 206 km 04m24.6s
06:2606°33.1'S041°24.1'E08°19.8'S040°29.1'E07°26.4'S040°57.1'E 1.056 44° 67° 207 km 04m28.8s
06:2806°40.1'S042°19.9'E08°26.9'S041°25.3'E07°33.4'S041°53.1'E 1.056 45° 66° 208 km 04m32.7s
06:3006°47.6'S043°13.9'E08°34.6'S042°19.6'E07°41.1'S042°47.2'E 1.056 46° 65° 210 km 04m36.6s
06:3206°55.8'S044°06.1'E08°42.8'S043°12.2'E07°49.2'S043°39.5'E 1.057 47° 64° 211 km 04m40.2s
06:3407°04.4'S044°56.9'E08°51.5'S044°03.1'E07°57.9'S044°30.4'E 1.057 48° 63° 212 km 04m43.8s
06:3607°13.5'S045°46.2'E09°00.7'S044°52.6'E08°07.1'S045°19.7'E 1.057 49° 62° 213 km 04m47.1s
06:3807°23.1'S046°34.2'E09°10.4'S045°40.8'E08°16.7'S046°07.8'E 1.057 51° 61° 213 km 04m50.3s
06:4007°33.1'S047°21.0'E09°20.5'S046°27.8'E08°26.8'S046°54.7'E 1.057 52° 60° 214 km 04m53.4s
06:4207°43.6'S048°06.7'E09°31.0'S047°13.6'E08°37.2'S047°40.5'E 1.058 53° 59° 215 km 04m56.4s
06:4407°54.5'S048°51.4'E09°41.9'S047°58.4'E08°48.1'S048°25.2'E 1.058 54° 58° 216 km 04m59.1s
06:4608°05.8'S049°35.2'E09°53.2'S048°42.3'E08°59.4'S049°09.0'E 1.058 54° 56° 216 km 05m01.8s
06:4808°17.4'S050°18.1'E10°04.9'S049°25.3'E09°11.1'S049°51.9'E 1.058 55° 55° 217 km 05m04.3s
06:5008°29.5'S051°00.2'E10°16.9'S050°07.5'E09°23.1'S050°34.1'E 1.058 56° 54° 217 km 05m06.6s
06:5208°41.9'S051°41.6'E10°29.3'S050°48.9'E09°35.5'S051°15.5'E 1.058 57° 52° 218 km 05m08.9s
06:5408°54.6'S052°22.3'E10°42.0'S051°29.7'E09°48.3'S051°56.2'E 1.059 58° 51° 218 km 05m10.9s
06:5609°07.7'S053°02.3'E10°55.1'S052°09.8'E10°01.3'S052°36.3'E 1.059 58° 49° 218 km 05m12.9s
06:5809°21.2'S053°41.8'E11°08.5'S052°49.4'E10°14.8'S053°15.8'E 1.059 59° 47° 218 km 05m14.7s
07:0009°34.9'S054°20.8'E11°22.3'S053°28.4'E10°28.5'S053°54.8'E 1.059 60° 45° 218 km 05m16.3s
07:0209°49.0'S054°59.3'E11°36.3'S054°07.0'E10°42.6'S054°33.3'E 1.059 60° 43° 219 km 05m17.8s
07:0410°03.5'S055°37.3'E11°50.7'S054°45.1'E10°57.0'S055°11.3'E 1.059 61° 41° 219 km 05m19.2s
07:0610°18.2'S056°15.0'E12°05.3'S055°22.8'E11°11.7'S055°49.0'E 1.059 62° 39° 219 km 05m20.4s
07:0810°33.3'S056°52.3'E12°20.3'S056°00.2'E11°26.7'S056°26.3'E 1.059 62° 37° 218 km 05m21.5s
07:1010°48.6'S057°29.2'E12°35.6'S056°37.3'E11°42.0'S057°03.3'E 1.059 62° 35° 218 km 05m22.5s
07:1211°04.3'S058°05.9'E12°51.2'S057°14.0'E11°57.6'S057°40.1'E 1.059 63° 33° 218 km 05m23.3s
07:1411°20.3'S058°42.3'E13°07.1'S057°50.6'E12°13.6'S058°16.5'E 1.059 63° 31° 218 km 05m24.0s
07:1611°36.6'S059°18.6'E13°23.3'S058°27.0'E12°29.8'S058°52.8'E 1.059 64° 28° 218 km 05m24.5s
07:1811°53.1'S059°54.6'E13°39.8'S059°03.1'E12°46.3'S059°28.9'E 1.059 64° 26° 217 km 05m24.9s
07:2012°10.0'S060°30.5'E13°56.6'S059°39.2'E13°03.2'S060°04.9'E 1.059 64° 23° 217 km 05m25.2s
07:2212°27.2'S061°06.3'E14°13.7'S060°15.2'E13°20.3'S060°40.8'E 1.059 64° 21° 217 km 05m25.3s
07:2412°44.7'S061°42.0'E14°31.1'S060°51.1'E13°37.7'S061°16.5'E 1.059 64° 18° 216 km 05m25.3s
07:2613°02.5'S062°17.7'E14°48.7'S061°26.9'E13°55.5'S061°52.3'E 1.059 64° 16° 216 km 05m25.2s
07:2813°20.6'S062°53.3'E15°06.7'S062°02.8'E14°13.5'S062°28.1'E 1.059 64° 13° 215 km 05m24.9s
07:3013°39.0'S063°29.0'E15°25.0'S062°38.7'E14°31.8'S063°03.8'E 1.059 64° 11° 215 km 05m24.5s
07:3213°57.7'S064°04.7'E15°43.6'S063°14.7'E14°50.5'S063°39.7'E 1.059 64° 214 km 05m24.0s
07:3414°16.7'S064°40.5'E16°02.6'S063°50.8'E15°09.5'S064°15.6'E 1.059 64° 214 km 05m23.3s
07:3614°36.0'S065°16.4'E16°21.8'S064°27.1'E15°28.7'S064°51.7'E 1.059 64° 213 km 05m22.5s
07:3814°55.6'S065°52.5'E16°41.3'S065°03.5'E15°48.3'S065°28.0'E 1.059 63° 213 km 05m21.6s
07:4015°15.6'S066°28.8'E17°01.2'S065°40.2'E16°08.2'S066°04.4'E 1.059 63° 358° 212 km 05m20.5s
07:4215°35.9'S067°05.3'E17°21.4'S066°17.1'E16°28.5'S066°41.1'E 1.059 63° 356° 212 km 05m19.3s
07:4415°56.5'S067°42.1'E17°41.9'S066°54.3'E16°49.0'S067°18.1'E 1.059 62° 354° 211 km 05m18.0s
07:4616°17.4'S068°19.2'E18°02.8'S067°31.8'E17°09.9'S067°55.4'E 1.059 62° 351° 210 km 05m16.6s
07:4816°38.7'S068°56.7'E18°24.0'S068°09.8'E17°31.2'S068°33.1'E 1.059 61° 349° 209 km 05m15.0s
07:5017°00.3'S069°34.5'E18°45.6'S068°48.1'E17°52.8'S069°11.2'E 1.059 60° 347° 209 km 05m13.3s
07:5217°22.3'S070°12.8'E19°07.5'S069°27.0'E18°14.7'S069°49.8'E 1.059 60° 345° 208 km 05m11.5s
07:5417°44.7'S070°51.6'E19°29.8'S070°06.4'E18°37.0'S070°28.8'E 1.058 59° 343° 207 km 05m09.5s
07:5618°07.4'S071°30.9'E19°52.5'S070°46.3'E18°59.7'S071°08.4'E 1.058 59° 341° 206 km 05m07.5s
07:5818°30.5'S072°10.8'E20°15.6'S071°26.9'E19°22.8'S071°48.7'E 1.058 58° 339° 206 km 05m05.3s
08:0018°54.1'S072°51.4'E20°39.1'S072°08.2'E19°46.3'S072°29.6'E 1.058 57° 338° 205 km 05m03.0s
08:0219°18.0'S073°32.7'E21°03.0'S072°50.2'E20°10.2'S073°11.2'E 1.058 56° 336° 204 km 05m00.6s
08:0419°42.3'S074°14.8'E21°27.3'S073°33.1'E20°34.6'S073°53.7'E 1.058 55° 334° 203 km 04m58.0s
08:0620°07.1'S074°57.7'E21°52.1'S074°16.9'E20°59.4'S074°37.1'E 1.058 54° 332° 202 km 04m55.4s
08:0820°32.4'S075°41.5'E22°17.4'S075°01.7'E21°24.6'S075°21.4'E 1.057 54° 331° 201 km 04m52.6s
08:1020°58.1'S076°26.4'E22°43.1'S075°47.6'E21°50.3'S076°06.7'E 1.057 53° 329° 200 km 04m49.7s
08:1221°24.3'S077°12.4'E23°09.3'S076°34.7'E22°16.5'S076°53.2'E 1.057 52° 328° 199 km 04m46.7s
08:1421°51.0'S077°59.6'E23°36.1'S077°23.0'E22°43.3'S077°41.0'E 1.057 51° 326° 198 km 04m43.5s
08:1622°18.3'S078°48.1'E24°03.4'S078°12.8'E23°10.6'S078°30.1'E 1.057 50° 325° 197 km 04m40.2s
08:1822°46.2'S079°38.1'E24°31.4'S079°04.1'E23°38.5'S079°20.7'E 1.056 48° 324° 196 km 04m36.8s
08:2023°14.6'S080°29.7'E24°59.9'S079°57.1'E24°07.0'S080°13.0'E 1.056 47° 322° 195 km 04m33.3s
08:2223°43.7'S081°23.0'E25°29.1'S080°52.0'E24°36.1'S081°07.1'E 1.056 46° 321° 194 km 04m29.7s
08:2424°13.5'S082°18.2'E25°59.0'S081°48.9'E25°06.0'S082°03.1'E 1.056 45° 320° 193 km 04m25.9s
08:2624°44.0'S083°15.6'E26°29.7'S082°48.1'E25°36.5'S083°01.4'E 1.055 44° 318° 192 km 04m22.0s
08:2825°15.3'S084°15.3'E27°01.2'S083°49.9'E26°07.9'S084°02.1'E 1.055 42° 317° 191 km 04m17.9s
08:3025°47.5'S085°17.7'E27°33.5'S084°54.4'E26°40.2'S085°05.5'E 1.055 41° 316° 190 km 04m13.7s
08:3226°20.6'S086°23.0'E28°06.8'S086°02.2'E27°13.3'S086°12.0'E 1.054 40° 315° 188 km 04m09.3s
08:3426°54.6'S087°31.7'E28°41.2'S087°13.5'E27°47.6'S087°22.0'E 1.054 38° 313° 187 km 04m04.8s
08:3627°29.8'S088°44.1'E29°16.7'S088°29.0'E28°22.9'S088°35.8'E 1.053 37° 312° 186 km 04m00.1s
08:3828°06.3'S090°00.8'E29°53.5'S089°49.1'E28°59.5'S089°54.2'E 1.053 35° 311° 184 km 03m55.3s
08:4028°44.1'S091°22.5'E30°31.7'S091°14.7'E29°37.5'S091°17.8'E 1.053 33° 309° 183 km 03m50.2s
08:4229°23.4'S092°50.1'E31°11.6'S092°46.7'E30°17.1'S092°47.5'E 1.052 32° 308° 181 km 03m44.9s
08:4430°04.6'S094°24.6'E31°53.4'S094°26.4'E30°58.6'S094°24.5'E 1.052 30° 307° 179 km 03m39.3s
08:4630°47.9'S096°07.5'E32°37.5'S096°15.6'E31°42.3'S096°10.3'E 1.051 28° 305° 178 km 03m33.4s
08:4831°33.8'S098°00.8'E33°24.4'S098°16.5'E32°28.6'S098°07.2'E 1.050 26° 304° 176 km 03m27.2s
08:5032°22.9'S100°07.3'E34°14.8'S100°32.8'E33°18.3'S100°18.4'E 1.050 23° 302° 173 km 03m20.5s
08:5233°16.1'S102°31.6'E35°09.9'S103°10.3'E34°12.4'S102°48.9'E 1.049 21° 300° 171 km 03m13.3s
08:5434°15.1'S105°21.3'E36°11.8'S106°19.2'E35°12.7'S105°47.4'E 1.048 18° 298° 168 km 03m05.2s
08:5635°22.8'S108°51.2'E37°24.9'S110°22.1'E36°22.9'S109°32.1'E 1.047 14° 295° 165 km 02m55.8s
08:5836°47.5'S113°40.6'E39°04.7'S116°37.2'E37°53.7'S114°56.3'E 1.045 292° 160 km 02m43.6s
Limits39°43.1'S126°01.2'E41°05.0'S125°47.4'E40°23.9'S125°54.3'E 1.042 - 152 km 02m22.9s

ΔT = 1704.6 seconds

Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration
Event Time
TD
Time
UT1
Latitude Longitude Sun
Altitude
Sun
Azimuth
Path Width Central
Duration
Greatest Eclipse07:54:32.407:26:07.813°56.6'S054°47.3'E 64.2° 15.5° 215.9 km05m25.17s
Greatest Duration07:51:20.007:22:55.513°28.3'S060°57.3'E 64.1° 19.6° 216.6 km05m25.34s

Explanation of Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration

Links for the Total Solar Eclipse of 0974 Aug 20

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Eclipse Predictions

Predictions for the Total Solar Eclipse of 0974 Aug 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 1704.6 seconds for this eclipse. The uncertainty in ΔT is 57.2 seconds corresponding to a standard error in longitude of the eclipse path of ± 0.24°.

Acknowledgments

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

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