Path of the Total Solar Eclipse of 2126 Oct 16

Fred Espenak

Introduction

The following table delineates the path of the Moon's umbral shadow during the Total Solar Eclipse of 2126 Oct 16 . 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 2126 Oct 16
UT1 Northern Limit Southern Limit Central Line M:S Sun Sun Path Central
Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Ratio Alt. Azm. Width Duration
Limits72°02.9'N008°51.6'W69°57.8'N011°26.5'W70°59.8'N010°15.5'W 1.043 - 249 km 02m28.0s
08:1671°16.5'N004°39.6'W64°00.8'N013°07.7'E66°47.3'N008°32.3'E 1.046 136° 257 km 02m46.9s
08:1867°35.1'N010°50.3'E62°24.3'N017°55.1'E64°45.8'N015°15.0'E 1.047 11° 143° 260 km 02m55.8s
08:2065°36.1'N017°17.1'E61°02.6'N021°37.5'E63°11.0'N019°52.5'E 1.048 14° 148° 264 km 03m02.6s
08:2264°02.0'N021°48.1'E59°50.5'N024°41.3'E61°50.2'N023°29.5'E 1.048 16° 152° 266 km 03m08.4s
08:2462°41.5'N025°21.5'E58°45.0'N027°19.1'E60°38.5'N026°29.8'E 1.049 18° 155° 269 km 03m13.5s
08:2661°29.8'N028°19.4'E57°44.8'N029°38.2'E59°33.4'N029°05.3'E 1.049 20° 158° 271 km 03m18.0s
08:2860°24.7'N030°53.2'E56°48.7'N031°43.0'E58°33.3'N031°22.6'E 1.050 21° 161° 274 km 03m22.2s
08:3059°24.6'N033°09.4'E55°55.9'N033°36.6'E57°37.3'N033°26.2'E 1.050 22° 163° 276 km 03m26.0s
08:3258°28.6'N035°12.0'E55°06.1'N035°21.3'E56°44.7'N035°18.9'E 1.051 24° 166° 278 km 03m29.6s
08:3457°36.0'N037°04.1'E54°18.7'N036°58.5'E55°55.0'N037°02.8'E 1.051 25° 168° 281 km 03m32.8s
08:3656°46.2'N038°47.5'E53°33.6'N038°29.5'E55°07.7'N038°39.5'E 1.051 26° 170° 283 km 03m35.8s
08:3855°58.9'N040°23.9'E52°50.3'N039°55.4'E54°22.6'N040°10.2'E 1.052 27° 173° 285 km 03m38.7s
08:4055°13.8'N041°54.4'E52°08.8'N041°16.7'E53°39.5'N041°35.8'E 1.052 27° 175° 287 km 03m41.3s
08:4254°30.7'N043°20.0'E51°28.9'N042°34.2'E52°58.1'N042°57.1'E 1.052 28° 177° 290 km 03m43.7s
08:4453°49.2'N044°41.3'E50°50.4'N043°48.4'E52°18.2'N044°14.6'E 1.052 29° 179° 292 km 03m45.9s
08:4653°09.4'N045°58.9'E50°13.3'N044°59.7'E51°39.8'N045°28.9'E 1.052 29° 181° 294 km 03m47.9s
08:4852°31.1'N047°13.5'E49°37.3'N046°08.5'E51°02.8'N046°40.4'E 1.053 30° 183° 296 km 03m49.8s
08:5051°54.1'N048°25.3'E49°02.5'N047°15.1'E50°26.9'N047°49.5'E 1.053 31° 185° 299 km 03m51.5s
08:5251°18.3'N049°34.8'E48°28.8'N048°19.7'E49°52.2'N048°56.4'E 1.053 31° 186° 301 km 03m53.0s
08:5450°43.6'N050°42.2'E47°56.0'N049°22.7'E49°18.6'N050°01.5'E 1.053 31° 188° 303 km 03m54.4s
08:5650°10.1'N051°47.9'E47°24.2'N050°24.2'E48°46.0'N051°05.0'E 1.053 32° 190° 305 km 03m55.6s
08:5849°37.6'N052°52.0'E46°53.4'N051°24.5'E48°14.4'N052°07.2'E 1.053 32° 192° 307 km 03m56.7s
09:0049°06.0'N053°54.9'E46°23.3'N052°23.7'E47°43.6'N053°08.1'E 1.053 32° 194° 309 km 03m57.6s
09:0248°35.4'N054°56.7'E45°54.1'N053°21.9'E47°13.7'N054°08.0'E 1.053 33° 196° 311 km 03m58.4s
09:0448°05.7'N055°57.6'E45°25.7'N054°19.4'E46°44.7'N055°07.1'E 1.053 33° 197° 313 km 03m59.0s
09:0647°36.8'N056°57.7'E44°58.0'N055°16.2'E46°16.4'N056°05.6'E 1.053 33° 199° 315 km 03m59.4s
09:0847°08.7'N057°57.3'E44°31.0'N056°12.6'E45°48.9'N057°03.5'E 1.053 33° 201° 317 km 03m59.7s
09:1046°41.4'N058°56.4'E44°04.8'N057°08.6'E45°22.2'N058°00.9'E 1.053 33° 203° 319 km 03m59.9s
09:1246°14.8'N059°55.2'E43°39.3'N058°04.4'E44°56.2'N058°58.2'E 1.053 33° 204° 320 km 03m59.8s
09:1445°49.0'N060°53.9'E43°14.4'N059°00.0'E44°30.9'N059°55.3'E 1.053 33° 206° 322 km 03m59.7s
09:1645°23.9'N061°52.6'E42°50.2'N059°55.6'E44°06.3'N060°52.4'E 1.053 33° 208° 323 km 03m59.4s
09:1844°59.6'N062°51.5'E42°26.7'N060°51.4'E43°42.3'N061°49.6'E 1.053 33° 210° 325 km 03m58.9s
09:2044°35.9'N063°50.7'E42°03.8'N061°47.4'E43°19.1'N062°47.1'E 1.053 33° 211° 326 km 03m58.3s
09:2244°13.0'N064°50.2'E41°41.5'N062°43.8'E42°56.5'N063°45.1'E 1.053 32° 213° 327 km 03m57.5s
09:2443°50.7'N065°50.4'E41°19.9'N063°40.7'E42°34.6'N064°43.5'E 1.053 32° 215° 328 km 03m56.6s
09:2643°29.1'N066°51.4'E40°59.0'N064°38.2'E42°13.4'N065°42.6'E 1.053 32° 216° 328 km 03m55.5s
09:2843°08.3'N067°53.2'E40°38.7'N065°36.5'E41°52.8'N066°42.6'E 1.053 31° 218° 329 km 03m54.2s
09:3042°48.1'N068°56.2'E40°19.1'N066°35.7'E41°32.9'N067°43.6'E 1.053 31° 220° 329 km 03m52.8s
09:3242°28.7'N070°00.5'E40°00.1'N067°36.0'E41°13.7'N068°45.8'E 1.053 30° 221° 329 km 03m51.2s
09:3442°10.0'N071°06.4'E39°41.8'N068°37.7'E40°55.2'N069°49.4'E 1.052 30° 223° 328 km 03m49.4s
09:3641°52.1'N072°14.1'E39°24.2'N069°40.8'E40°37.5'N070°54.7'E 1.052 29° 225° 328 km 03m47.5s
09:3841°35.0'N073°23.9'E39°07.3'N070°45.6'E40°20.5'N072°01.9'E 1.052 28° 226° 327 km 03m45.3s
09:4041°18.8'N074°36.2'E38°51.2'N071°52.4'E40°04.3'N073°11.2'E 1.052 28° 228° 326 km 03m43.0s
09:4241°03.4'N075°51.3'E38°36.0'N073°01.5'E39°49.0'N074°23.1'E 1.052 27° 230° 324 km 03m40.5s
09:4440°49.0'N077°09.9'E38°21.5'N074°13.3'E39°34.6'N075°38.0'E 1.051 26° 231° 322 km 03m37.8s
09:4640°35.7'N078°32.5'E38°08.0'N075°28.2'E39°21.1'N076°56.4'E 1.051 25° 233° 320 km 03m34.8s
09:4840°23.5'N079°59.8'E37°55.5'N076°46.7'E39°08.7'N078°18.9'E 1.051 24° 235° 317 km 03m31.6s
09:5040°12.6'N081°33.0'E37°44.0'N078°09.4'E38°57.5'N079°46.4'E 1.050 23° 236° 314 km 03m28.2s
09:5240°03.3'N083°13.4'E37°33.8'N079°37.3'E38°47.7'N081°19.8'E 1.050 22° 238° 310 km 03m24.4s
09:5439°55.7'N085°02.9'E37°25.0'N081°11.3'E38°39.4'N083°00.7'E 1.050 20° 240° 306 km 03m20.3s
09:5639°50.5'N087°04.5'E37°17.9'N082°53.1'E38°33.0'N084°50.9'E 1.049 19° 242° 301 km 03m15.9s
09:5839°48.3'N089°22.6'E37°12.7'N084°44.6'E38°29.1'N086°53.6'E 1.049 17° 243° 296 km 03m10.9s
10:0039°50.3'N092°05.9'E37°10.1'N086°49.2'E38°28.3'N089°13.7'E 1.048 15° 245° 290 km 03m05.3s
10:0239°59.6'N095°33.0'E37°10.9'N089°12.3'E38°32.1'N092°00.2'E 1.047 13° 248° 283 km 02m58.8s
10:0440°26.9'N100°53.4'E37°16.8'N092°03.8'E38°43.9'N095°34.1'E 1.046 250° 273 km 02m50.8s
10:06 - - 37°31.8'N095°48.6'E39°17.6'N101°22.5'E 1.045 255° 260 km 02m38.7s
Limits41°17.1'N107°18.3'E38°57.6'N107°03.9'E40°06.2'N107°11.1'E 1.043 - 248 km 02m27.9s

ΔT = 157.6 seconds

Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration
Event Time
TD
Time
UT1
Latitude Longitude Sun
Altitude
Sun
Azimuth
Path Width Central
Duration
Greatest Eclipse09:12:51.209:10:13.645°19.2'N057°27.9'E 33.1° 202.9° 319.0 km03m59.86s
Greatest Duration09:13:32.009:10:54.445°10.3'N058°26.9'E 33.1° 203.5° 319.6 km03m59.87s

Explanation of Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration

Links for the Total Solar Eclipse of 2126 Oct 16

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Eclipse Predictions

Predictions for the Total Solar Eclipse of 2126 Oct 16 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 157.6 seconds for this eclipse. The uncertainty in ΔT is 30.7 seconds corresponding to a standard error in longitude of the eclipse path of ± 0.13°.

Acknowledgments

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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