Path of the Total Solar Eclipse of 2072 Sep 12

Fred Espenak

Introduction

The following table delineates the path of the Moon's umbral shadow during the Total Solar Eclipse of 2072 Sep 12 . 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 2072 Sep 12
UT1 Northern Limit Southern Limit Central Line M:S Sun Sun Path Central
Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Ratio Alt. Azm. Width Duration
Limits82°20.9'N168°52.8'E86°11.9'N133°53.6'W85°03.2'N169°16.9'W 1.051 - 705 km 02m39.4s
08:34 - - 81°56.0'N079°21.5'E85°36.5'N121°04.7'E 1.053 251° 693 km 02m50.9s
08:36 - - 80°16.6'N080°39.9'E83°36.4'N104°33.1'E 1.054 235° 689 km 02m56.1s
08:38 - - 78°47.6'N082°02.4'E81°47.0'N099°19.8'E 1.054 231° 688 km 02m59.8s
08:4082°24.7'N135°38.2'E77°26.0'N083°24.8'E80°09.5'N097°20.1'E 1.054 10° 229° 689 km 03m02.8s
08:4281°01.1'N123°00.5'E76°10.1'N084°45.7'E78°41.0'N096°39.0'E 1.055 11° 229° 691 km 03m05.2s
08:4479°34.3'N117°01.0'E74°58.9'N086°05.0'E77°19.4'N096°37.0'E 1.055 12° 230° 694 km 03m07.2s
08:4678°11.1'N113°51.2'E73°51.3'N087°22.6'E76°03.1'N096°57.1'E 1.055 13° 231° 697 km 03m08.8s
08:4876°52.3'N112°09.3'E72°46.8'N088°39.1'E74°51.3'N097°30.9'E 1.055 13° 232° 702 km 03m10.1s
08:5075°37.6'N111°19.0'E71°45.0'N089°54.5'E73°43.0'N098°14.0'E 1.056 14° 234° 707 km 03m11.2s
08:5274°26.4'N111°01.8'E70°45.5'N091°09.4'E72°37.8'N099°03.8'E 1.056 14° 235° 713 km 03m11.9s
08:5473°18.3'N111°07.6'E69°48.0'N092°24.1'E71°35.1'N099°58.9'E 1.056 14° 237° 720 km 03m12.5s
08:5672°12.7'N111°30.7'E68°52.1'N093°38.9'E70°34.6'N100°58.5'E 1.056 14° 239° 727 km 03m12.8s
08:5871°09.3'N112°07.5'E67°57.8'N094°54.1'E69°36.0'N102°02.1'E 1.056 14° 240° 734 km 03m12.9s
09:0070°07.7'N112°56.2'E67°04.8'N096°10.2'E68°39.0'N103°09.7'E 1.056 14° 242° 741 km 03m12.7s
09:0269°07.7'N113°55.6'E66°13.0'N097°27.6'E67°43.3'N104°21.4'E 1.056 14° 244° 749 km 03m12.4s
09:0468°08.9'N115°05.9'E65°22.2'N098°46.7'E66°48.9'N105°37.4'E 1.056 14° 246° 756 km 03m11.8s
09:0667°11.1'N116°27.6'E64°32.4'N100°08.0'E65°55.5'N106°58.3'E 1.056 14° 248° 763 km 03m10.9s
09:0866°13.9'N118°02.6'E63°43.3'N101°32.2'E65°03.0'N108°24.9'E 1.055 13° 250° 769 km 03m09.8s
09:1065°17.0'N119°54.2'E62°54.8'N102°59.9'E64°11.1'N109°58.4'E 1.055 13° 252° 775 km 03m08.4s
09:1264°19.7'N122°08.5'E62°06.9'N104°32.0'E63°19.6'N111°40.3'E 1.055 12° 254° 779 km 03m06.7s
09:1463°21.0'N124°59.4'E61°19.4'N106°09.8'E62°28.3'N113°33.0'E 1.055 11° 257° 781 km 03m04.6s
09:1662°17.7'N129°09.0'E60°32.2'N107°54.6'E61°36.9'N115°40.4'E 1.054 10° 259° 781 km 03m02.1s
09:18 - - 59°45.0'N109°48.7'E60°44.8'N118°09.3'E 1.054 262° 776 km 02m59.1s
09:20 - - 58°57.6'N111°55.4'E59°51.1'N121°13.5'E 1.053 265° 765 km 02m55.1s
09:22 - - 58°09.7'N114°20.0'E58°52.9'N125°34.5'E 1.053 269° 744 km 02m49.6s
Limits61°15.5'N136°33.8'E55°02.9'N132°20.3'E57°49.3'N134°09.0'E 1.051 - 694 km 02m39.2s

ΔT = 101.7 seconds

Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration
Event Time
TD
Time
UT1
Latitude Longitude Sun
Altitude
Sun
Azimuth
Path Width Central
Duration
Greatest Eclipse08:59:20.208:57:38.669°46.3'N101°25.0'E 14.4° 240.0° 732.4 km03m12.88s
Greatest Duration08:59:25.008:57:43.369°44.0'N101°53.0'E 14.4° 240.1° 732.7 km03m12.88s

Explanation of Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration

Links for the Total Solar Eclipse of 2072 Sep 12

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Eclipse Predictions

Predictions for the Total Solar Eclipse of 2072 Sep 12 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 101.7 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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