Path of the Annular Solar Eclipse of 1990 Jan 26

Fred Espenak

Introduction

The following table delineates the path of the Moon's antumbral shadow during the Annular Solar Eclipse of 1990 Jan 26 . 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 .

Annular Solar Eclipse of 1990 Jan 26
UT1 Northern Limit Southern Limit Central Line M:S Sun Sun Path Central
Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Ratio Alt. Azm. Width Duration
Limits71°22.0'S080°46.5'E71°00.5'S066°43.4'E71°17.7'S074°03.4'E 0.962 - 506 km 02m06.4s
18:5679°52.9'S068°56.9'E - - 74°35.6'S071°42.6'E 0.963 187° 479 km 02m06.0s
18:5881°26.0'S059°52.1'E - - 77°52.9'S064°31.0'E 0.964 193° 448 km 02m05.5s
19:0082°25.0'S048°44.3'E74°33.2'S062°35.0'E79°38.1'S055°54.1'E 0.964 201° 430 km 02m05.1s
19:0282°54.1'S036°17.7'E77°14.4'S054°04.5'E80°40.5'S046°01.0'E 0.965 11° 210° 416 km 02m04.9s
19:0482°56.6'S023°52.1'E78°33.3'S045°07.7'E81°11.4'S035°28.3'E 0.965 12° 220° 405 km 02m04.6s
19:0682°37.3'S012°44.1'E79°12.7'S035°56.3'E81°16.8'S025°07.3'E 0.965 13° 230° 396 km 02m04.4s
19:0882°02.3'S003°32.1'E79°24.6'S027°01.2'E81°02.0'S015°43.2'E 0.966 14° 238° 389 km 02m04.2s
19:1081°16.8'S003°43.7'W79°16.0'S018°50.5'E80°32.2'S007°40.7'E 0.966 15° 245° 383 km 02m04.0s
19:1280°24.5'S009°21.2'W78°52.1'S011°40.8'E79°51.7'S001°03.5'E 0.966 16° 251° 379 km 02m03.9s
19:1479°28.1'S013°41.9'W78°17.1'S005°36.3'E79°04.0'S004°17.0'W 0.966 16° 256° 375 km 02m03.7s
19:1678°29.2'S017°03.7'W77°34.1'S000°33.3'E78°11.4'S008°33.5'W 0.966 17° 259° 372 km 02m03.6s
19:1877°28.9'S019°41.0'W76°45.6'S003°35.9'W77°15.6'S011°58.3'W 0.967 17° 262° 370 km 02m03.4s
19:2076°27.7'S021°44.5'W75°53.1'S006°59.8'W76°17.7'S014°42.1'W 0.967 18° 263° 369 km 02m03.3s
19:2275°26.1'S023°21.6'W74°57.8'S009°46.2'W75°18.5'S016°53.3'W 0.967 18° 265° 368 km 02m03.2s
19:2474°24.4'S024°38.0'W74°00.6'S012°01.8'W74°18.3'S018°38.5'W 0.967 18° 266° 368 km 02m03.1s
19:2673°22.6'S025°37.8'W73°01.9'S013°51.9'W73°17.5'S020°02.6'W 0.967 18° 266° 369 km 02m03.0s
19:2872°20.8'S026°24.2'W72°02.1'S015°21.1'W72°16.4'S021°09.5'W 0.967 18° 266° 370 km 02m02.9s
19:3071°19.0'S026°59.4'W71°01.6'S016°32.5'W71°14.9'S022°02.1'W 0.967 18° 266° 372 km 02m02.8s
19:3270°17.3'S027°25.3'W70°00.3'S017°28.9'W70°13.2'S022°42.7'W 0.967 18° 266° 375 km 02m02.7s
19:3469°15.6'S027°43.1'W68°58.4'S018°12.4'W69°11.2'S023°12.8'W 0.967 18° 266° 378 km 02m02.7s
19:3668°13.9'S027°53.8'W67°55.9'S018°44.6'W68°09.0'S023°33.9'W 0.967 18° 265° 381 km 02m02.6s
19:3867°12.0'S027°58.3'W66°52.8'S019°06.7'W67°06.5'S023°47.0'W 0.967 18° 265° 386 km 02m02.6s
19:4066°10.0'S027°57.0'W65°49.0'S019°19.4'W66°03.6'S023°52.7'W 0.967 18° 264° 390 km 02m02.6s
19:4265°07.8'S027°50.4'W64°44.3'S019°23.5'W65°00.2'S023°51.6'W 0.967 17° 263° 396 km 02m02.5s
19:4464°05.1'S027°38.6'W63°38.7'S019°19.2'W63°56.3'S023°43.9'W 0.967 17° 262° 402 km 02m02.5s
19:4663°01.9'S027°21.9'W62°31.8'S019°06.5'W62°51.5'S023°29.9'W 0.967 17° 261° 409 km 02m02.6s
19:4861°58.1'S027°00.2'W61°23.5'S018°45.2'W61°45.8'S023°09.3'W 0.966 16° 260° 416 km 02m02.6s
19:5060°53.5'S026°33.3'W60°13.2'S018°14.6'W60°38.8'S022°42.0'W 0.966 15° 259° 424 km 02m02.6s
19:5259°47.7'S026°00.9'W59°00.3'S017°33.3'W59°30.3'S022°07.2'W 0.966 15° 258° 432 km 02m02.7s
19:5458°40.6'S025°25.8'W57°44.0'S016°39.3'W58°19.8'S021°24.2'W 0.966 14° 257° 441 km 02m02.8s
19:5657°31.8'S024°37.2'W56°22.6'S015°28.5'W57°06.6'S020°31.4'W 0.966 13° 255° 451 km 02m02.9s
19:5856°20.7'S023°43.9'W54°53.3'S013°53.1'W55°49.6'S019°26.2'W 0.965 12° 254° 461 km 02m03.0s
20:0055°06.5'S022°40.7'W53°08.3'S011°32.3'W54°27.3'S018°04.4'W 0.965 10° 252° 471 km 02m03.2s
20:0253°48.2'S021°24.7'W50°13.9'S005°57.2'W52°56.4'S016°17.0'W 0.964 250° 480 km 02m03.5s
20:0452°23.6'S019°50.3'W - - 51°08.1'S013°40.8'W 0.964 247° 489 km 02m03.8s
Limits46°05.9'S008°41.7'W49°31.8'S004°06.5'W47°44.0'S006°34.2'W 0.962 - 492 km 02m04.7s

ΔT = 56.9 seconds

Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration
Event Time
TD
Time
UT1
Latitude Longitude Sun
Altitude
Sun
Azimuth
Path Width Central
Duration
Greatest Eclipse19:31:23.919:30:27.071°01.0'S022°26.5'W 18.5° 266.3° 372.8 km02m02.79s
Greatest Duration18:56:20.718:55:23.771°17.7'S074°03.4'E 0.0° 185.0° 505.8 km02m06.37s

Explanation of Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration

Links for the Annular Solar Eclipse of 1990 Jan 26

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Eclipse Predictions

Predictions for the Annular Solar Eclipse of 1990 Jan 26 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 56.9 seconds for this eclipse.

Acknowledgments

Some of the content on this website is based on the book Thousand Year Canon of Solar Eclipses 1501 to 2500. All eclipse calculations are by Fred Espenak, and he assumes full responsibility for their accuracy.

Permission is granted to reproduce eclipse data when accompanied by a link to this page and an acknowledgment:

"Eclipse Predictions by Fred Espenak, EclipseWise.com"

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