Path of the Total Solar Eclipse of 2061 Apr 20

Fred Espenak

Introduction

The following table delineates the path of the Moon's umbral shadow during the Total Solar Eclipse of 2061 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 2061 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
Limits48°52.2'N038°26.6'E44°28.1'N042°26.3'E46°31.2'N040°37.5'E 1.042 - 547 km 02m06.7s
02:28 - - 49°27.5'N055°12.2'E48°53.5'N047°58.1'E 1.044 79° 603 km 02m16.6s
02:30 - - 50°39.2'N056°52.4'E50°21.2'N050°44.5'E 1.045 81° 619 km 02m21.0s
02:3250°52.7'N044°25.9'E51°47.7'N058°14.4'E51°38.6'N052°39.7'E 1.045 10° 83° 625 km 02m24.2s
02:3452°24.0'N047°11.5'E52°54.1'N059°23.6'E52°51.0'N054°08.4'E 1.046 11° 85° 626 km 02m26.8s
02:3653°43.5'N048°59.3'E53°59.1'N060°22.8'E54°00.5'N055°19.6'E 1.046 12° 87° 624 km 02m29.0s
02:3854°57.8'N050°19.8'E55°03.2'N061°13.8'E55°08.2'N056°18.0'E 1.046 13° 88° 619 km 02m30.8s
02:4056°09.0'N051°18.3'E56°06.7'N061°58.0'E56°14.6'N057°06.1'E 1.047 14° 90° 613 km 02m32.3s
02:4257°18.3'N052°04.1'E57°09.9'N062°36.0'E57°20.3'N057°45.6'E 1.047 14° 91° 606 km 02m33.6s
02:4458°26.4'N052°38.1'E58°12.9'N063°08.5'E58°25.4'N058°17.4'E 1.047 15° 92° 599 km 02m34.7s
02:4659°33.6'N053°01.7'E59°15.9'N063°35.7'E59°30.2'N058°41.9'E 1.047 15° 93° 591 km 02m35.6s
02:4860°40.3'N053°15.7'E60°19.0'N063°57.8'E60°35.0'N058°59.6'E 1.047 16° 94° 584 km 02m36.3s
02:5061°46.8'N053°20.1'E61°22.4'N064°14.8'E61°39.9'N059°10.5'E 1.047 16° 95° 576 km 02m36.8s
02:5262°53.0'N053°14.7'E62°26.2'N064°26.6'E62°45.0'N059°14.2'E 1.048 16° 96° 569 km 02m37.2s
02:5463°59.3'N052°59.1'E63°30.4'N064°32.8'E63°50.4'N059°10.3'E 1.048 16° 96° 563 km 02m37.4s
02:5665°05.7'N052°32.1'E64°35.3'N064°33.1'E64°56.2'N058°58.3'E 1.048 16° 97° 557 km 02m37.4s
02:5866°12.2'N051°52.3'E65°40.9'N064°26.7'E66°02.6'N058°37.0'E 1.048 16° 97° 551 km 02m37.3s
03:0067°18.7'N050°57.7'E66°47.3'N064°12.8'E67°09.5'N058°05.0'E 1.047 16° 98° 546 km 02m37.0s
03:0268°25.3'N049°45.5'E67°54.6'N063°50.1'E68°17.1'N057°20.5'E 1.047 16° 98° 541 km 02m36.6s
03:0469°31.7'N048°11.8'E69°02.8'N063°16.8'E69°25.2'N056°20.8'E 1.047 15° 98° 538 km 02m35.9s
03:0670°37.5'N046°11.5'E70°12.1'N062°30.8'E70°33.8'N055°02.5'E 1.047 15° 97° 534 km 02m35.1s
03:0871°42.1'N043°37.5'E71°22.4'N061°28.7'E71°42.9'N053°20.6'E 1.047 14° 96° 532 km 02m34.1s
03:1072°44.5'N040°18.8'E72°33.8'N060°06.2'E72°51.9'N051°08.3'E 1.047 14° 95° 530 km 02m32.9s
03:1273°42.6'N036°02.2'E73°46.1'N058°16.9'E74°00.4'N048°16.0'E 1.047 13° 93° 529 km 02m31.4s
03:1474°32.9'N030°26.2'E74°59.1'N055°51.5'E75°07.0'N044°29.8'E 1.046 12° 90° 529 km 02m29.6s
03:1675°08.4'N022°58.8'E76°11.9'N052°36.2'E76°09.8'N039°29.4'E 1.046 11° 86° 530 km 02m27.5s
03:1875°10.3'N012°37.0'E77°23.4'N048°10.1'E77°04.5'N032°45.9'E 1.046 10° 80° 532 km 02m25.0s
03:20 - - 78°30.7'N042°01.5'E77°42.7'N023°38.1'E 1.045 72° 536 km 02m21.8s
03:22 - - 79°28.1'N033°22.9'E77°44.7'N011°05.5'E 1.044 60° 543 km 02m17.4s
Limits73°06.8'N003°02.8'W76°03.6'N018°31.8'W74°47.4'N010°42.1'W 1.043 - 559 km 02m07.1s

ΔT = 92.8 seconds

Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration
Event Time
TD
Time
UT1
Latitude Longitude Sun
Altitude
Sun
Azimuth
Path Width Central
Duration
Greatest Eclipse02:56:49.102:55:16.264°32.2'N058°40.4'E 16.2° 96.8° 558.9 km02m37.42s
Greatest Duration02:57:02.502:55:29.664°39.5'N059°02.2'E 16.2° 96.9° 558.2 km02m37.42s

Explanation of Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration

Links for the Total Solar Eclipse of 2061 Apr 20

Links to Additional Solar Eclipse Predictions

  • Home - home page of EclipseWise with predictions for both solar and lunar eclipses
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Eclipse Predictions

Predictions for the Total Solar Eclipse of 2061 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 92.8 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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