Path of the Annular Solar Eclipse of 2238 Oct 08

Fred Espenak

Introduction

The following table delineates the path of the Moon's antumbral shadow during the Annular Solar Eclipse of 2238 Oct 08 . 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 2238 Oct 08
UT1 Northern Limit Southern Limit Central Line M:S Sun Sun Path Central
Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Ratio Alt. Azm. Width Duration
Limits66°00.5'N165°06.1'E63°42.1'N164°35.1'E64°50.6'N164°48.9'E 0.952 - 255 km 03m16.3s
19:40 - - 61°25.5'N179°05.5'W64°22.6'N168°50.8'E 0.952 108° 251 km 03m17.2s
19:4264°54.4'N173°40.3'E60°04.5'N172°13.7'W62°05.9'N176°38.6'W 0.954 121° 236 km 03m21.2s
19:4462°49.2'N174°26.4'W58°57.9'N167°24.9'W60°44.3'N170°11.4'W 0.955 12° 128° 229 km 03m23.4s
19:4661°26.0'N168°15.6'W57°58.9'N163°36.6'W59°36.3'N165°33.3'W 0.956 15° 132° 224 km 03m25.1s
19:4860°16.4'N163°45.4'W57°05.0'N160°25.8'W58°36.0'N161°51.5'W 0.957 17° 136° 220 km 03m26.6s
19:5059°14.5'N160°08.7'W56°14.7'N157°40.9'W57°40.8'N158°45.3'W 0.957 19° 139° 216 km 03m27.9s
19:5258°18.0'N157°06.3'W55°27.4'N155°15.2'W56°49.5'N156°04.0'W 0.957 21° 142° 213 km 03m29.2s
19:5457°25.5'N154°28.1'W54°42.4'N153°04.4'W56°01.2'N153°41.3'W 0.958 23° 145° 211 km 03m30.3s
19:5656°36.1'N152°07.9'W53°59.5'N151°05.6'W55°15.3'N151°33.0'W 0.958 24° 148° 209 km 03m31.4s
19:5855°49.3'N150°01.7'W53°18.2'N149°16.5'W54°31.5'N149°36.3'W 0.959 25° 150° 207 km 03m32.4s
20:0055°04.7'N148°06.9'W52°38.5'N147°35.6'W53°49.5'N147°49.1'W 0.959 27° 152° 205 km 03m33.4s
20:0254°21.9'N146°21.4'W52°00.1'N146°01.7'W53°09.1'N146°09.8'W 0.959 28° 154° 204 km 03m34.3s
20:0453°40.9'N144°43.7'W51°22.9'N144°33.7'W52°30.1'N144°37.3'W 0.959 29° 157° 203 km 03m35.2s
20:0653°01.2'N143°12.5'W50°46.8'N143°10.8'W51°52.4'N143°10.7'W 0.960 30° 159° 202 km 03m36.0s
20:0852°22.9'N141°47.0'W50°11.6'N141°52.5'W51°15.7'N141°49.0'W 0.960 31° 161° 201 km 03m36.8s
20:1051°45.8'N140°26.5'W49°37.4'N140°38.2'W50°40.1'N140°31.8'W 0.960 32° 162° 200 km 03m37.6s
20:1251°09.7'N139°10.2'W49°04.0'N139°27.4'W50°05.5'N139°18.4'W 0.960 33° 164° 199 km 03m38.3s
20:1450°34.7'N137°57.7'W48°31.4'N138°19.8'W49°31.7'N138°08.5'W 0.960 34° 166° 199 km 03m39.0s
20:1650°00.6'N136°48.6'W47°59.5'N137°15.0'W48°58.8'N137°01.7'W 0.961 34° 168° 198 km 03m39.7s
20:1849°27.3'N135°42.5'W47°28.3'N136°12.8'W48°26.6'N135°57.6'W 0.961 35° 170° 198 km 03m40.3s
20:2048°54.8'N134°39.0'W46°57.7'N135°12.8'W47°55.1'N134°55.9'W 0.961 36° 172° 198 km 03m40.9s
20:2248°23.0'N133°38.0'W46°27.8'N134°14.9'W47°24.3'N133°56.5'W 0.961 36° 173° 197 km 03m41.5s
20:2447°52.0'N132°39.1'W45°58.4'N133°18.9'W46°54.1'N132°59.1'W 0.961 37° 175° 197 km 03m42.1s
20:2647°21.6'N131°42.1'W45°29.5'N132°24.6'W46°24.6'N132°03.5'W 0.961 38° 177° 197 km 03m42.6s
20:2846°51.9'N130°46.8'W45°01.2'N131°31.8'W45°55.6'N131°09.6'W 0.961 38° 179° 197 km 03m43.1s
20:3046°22.7'N129°53.2'W44°33.4'N130°40.4'W45°27.1'N130°17.1'W 0.961 39° 180° 198 km 03m43.6s
20:3245°54.1'N129°01.0'W44°06.0'N129°50.3'W44°59.1'N129°26.0'W 0.961 39° 182° 198 km 03m44.1s
20:3445°26.1'N128°10.0'W43°39.1'N129°01.4'W44°31.7'N128°36.1'W 0.962 39° 184° 198 km 03m44.5s
20:3644°58.6'N127°20.2'W43°12.6'N128°13.5'W44°04.7'N127°47.3'W 0.962 40° 186° 199 km 03m44.9s
20:3844°31.5'N126°31.5'W42°46.6'N127°26.5'W43°38.2'N126°59.5'W 0.962 40° 187° 199 km 03m45.3s
20:4044°05.0'N125°43.7'W42°20.9'N126°40.4'W43°12.1'N126°12.5'W 0.962 40° 189° 200 km 03m45.6s
20:4243°38.9'N124°56.8'W41°55.7'N125°55.1'W42°46.5'N125°26.4'W 0.962 41° 191° 200 km 03m45.9s
20:4443°13.3'N124°10.5'W41°30.8'N125°10.4'W42°21.2'N124°41.0'W 0.962 41° 192° 201 km 03m46.2s
20:4642°48.0'N123°25.0'W41°06.3'N124°26.4'W41°56.4'N123°56.2'W 0.962 41° 194° 201 km 03m46.5s
20:4842°23.2'N122°40.0'W40°42.2'N123°42.9'W41°31.9'N123°12.0'W 0.962 41° 196° 202 km 03m46.7s
20:5041°58.9'N121°55.5'W40°18.4'N122°59.8'W41°07.8'N122°28.2'W 0.962 41° 198° 203 km 03m47.0s
20:5241°34.9'N121°11.4'W39°54.9'N122°17.2'W40°44.1'N121°44.9'W 0.962 41° 199° 204 km 03m47.2s
20:5441°11.2'N120°27.7'W39°31.8'N121°34.9'W40°20.7'N121°01.9'W 0.962 41° 201° 205 km 03m47.3s
20:5640°48.0'N119°44.3'W39°09.0'N120°52.8'W39°57.7'N120°19.2'W 0.962 41° 203° 206 km 03m47.5s
20:5840°25.2'N119°01.1'W38°46.5'N120°11.0'W39°35.1'N119°36.7'W 0.962 41° 204° 207 km 03m47.6s
21:0040°02.7'N118°18.0'W38°24.3'N119°29.3'W39°12.7'N118°54.3'W 0.962 41° 206° 208 km 03m47.6s
21:0239°40.5'N117°35.0'W38°02.5'N118°47.7'W38°50.7'N118°12.1'W 0.962 41° 208° 209 km 03m47.7s
21:0439°18.7'N116°52.0'W37°40.9'N118°06.1'W38°29.1'N117°29.8'W 0.962 41° 209° 210 km 03m47.7s
21:0638°57.3'N116°09.0'W37°19.7'N117°24.5'W38°07.7'N116°47.5'W 0.962 41° 211° 211 km 03m47.7s
21:0838°36.2'N115°25.8'W36°58.7'N116°42.9'W37°46.7'N116°05.1'W 0.962 41° 212° 212 km 03m47.7s
21:1038°15.4'N114°42.4'W36°38.0'N116°01.0'W37°26.0'N115°22.5'W 0.962 41° 214° 214 km 03m47.6s
21:1237°55.0'N113°58.8'W36°17.7'N115°19.0'W37°05.6'N114°39.7'W 0.961 40° 216° 215 km 03m47.5s
21:1437°34.9'N113°14.9'W35°57.6'N114°36.6'W36°45.5'N113°56.6'W 0.961 40° 217° 216 km 03m47.4s
21:1637°15.2'N112°30.5'W35°37.8'N113°54.0'W36°25.7'N113°13.2'W 0.961 40° 219° 217 km 03m47.2s
21:1836°55.7'N111°45.7'W35°18.3'N113°10.9'W36°06.3'N112°29.3'W 0.961 39° 220° 219 km 03m47.0s
21:2036°36.7'N111°00.3'W34°59.1'N112°27.4'W35°47.2'N111°44.8'W 0.961 39° 222° 220 km 03m46.8s
21:2236°17.9'N110°14.3'W34°40.2'N111°43.2'W35°28.3'N110°59.8'W 0.961 38° 223° 221 km 03m46.5s
21:2435°59.6'N109°27.5'W34°21.6'N110°58.5'W35°09.8'N110°14.1'W 0.961 38° 225° 223 km 03m46.3s
21:2635°41.5'N108°39.9'W34°03.3'N110°13.0'W34°51.7'N109°27.6'W 0.961 37° 226° 224 km 03m45.9s
21:2835°23.9'N107°51.3'W33°45.3'N109°26.7'W34°33.8'N108°40.2'W 0.961 37° 228° 225 km 03m45.6s
21:3035°06.5'N107°01.6'W33°27.6'N108°39.5'W34°16.3'N107°51.8'W 0.960 36° 229° 226 km 03m45.2s
21:3234°49.6'N106°10.7'W33°10.2'N107°51.3'W33°59.1'N107°02.3'W 0.960 36° 230° 228 km 03m44.8s
21:3434°33.1'N105°18.5'W32°53.2'N107°01.9'W33°42.3'N106°11.6'W 0.960 35° 232° 229 km 03m44.3s
21:3634°16.9'N104°24.7'W32°36.5'N106°11.2'W33°25.9'N105°19.4'W 0.960 34° 233° 230 km 03m43.8s
21:3834°01.2'N103°29.3'W32°20.1'N105°19.1'W33°09.8'N104°25.7'W 0.960 33° 235° 232 km 03m43.2s
21:4033°45.9'N102°31.9'W32°04.1'N104°25.4'W32°54.2'N103°30.3'W 0.960 33° 236° 233 km 03m42.7s
21:4233°31.1'N101°32.2'W31°48.5'N103°29.8'W32°38.9'N102°32.9'W 0.959 32° 237° 234 km 03m42.0s
21:4433°16.8'N100°30.2'W31°33.3'N102°32.3'W32°24.1'N101°33.2'W 0.959 31° 239° 235 km 03m41.3s
21:4633°03.0'N099°25.2'W31°18.5'N101°32.4'W32°09.8'N100°31.0'W 0.959 30° 240° 236 km 03m40.6s
21:4832°49.8'N098°17.0'W31°04.2'N100°30.0'W31°56.0'N099°25.9'W 0.959 29° 241° 237 km 03m39.9s
21:5032°37.2'N097°05.0'W30°50.3'N099°24.5'W31°42.8'N098°17.4'W 0.958 28° 243° 239 km 03m39.0s
21:5232°25.3'N095°48.5'W30°37.0'N098°15.7'W31°30.1'N097°05.1'W 0.958 26° 244° 240 km 03m38.2s
21:5432°14.3'N094°26.7'W30°24.3'N097°02.8'W31°18.2'N095°48.1'W 0.958 25° 245° 241 km 03m37.2s
21:5632°04.2'N092°58.4'W30°12.2'N095°45.3'W31°07.0'N094°25.7'W 0.957 24° 247° 242 km 03m36.2s
21:5831°55.2'N091°22.0'W30°00.9'N094°22.1'W30°56.7'N092°56.7'W 0.957 22° 248° 243 km 03m35.1s
22:0031°47.5'N089°35.2'W29°50.5'N092°52.0'W30°47.5'N091°19.4'W 0.957 20° 249° 244 km 03m33.9s
22:0231°41.7'N087°34.5'W29°41.2'N091°13.4'W30°39.7'N089°31.4'W 0.956 19° 251° 246 km 03m32.6s
22:0431°38.3'N085°13.6'W29°33.2'N089°23.5'W30°33.6'N087°28.8'W 0.956 17° 252° 247 km 03m31.1s
22:0631°38.9'N082°19.9'W29°26.9'N087°18.5'W30°30.0'N085°05.1'W 0.955 14° 254° 249 km 03m29.5s
22:0831°47.3'N078°18.3'W29°23.1'N084°50.9'W30°30.4'N082°06.6'W 0.954 11° 256° 251 km 03m27.5s
22:10 - - 29°23.4'N081°45.3'W30°39.1'N077°52.4'W 0.953 258° 253 km 03m24.9s
Limits32°32.1'N069°23.0'W30°06.9'N069°54.6'W31°18.7'N069°39.1'W 0.951 - 259 km 03m20.3s

ΔT = 347.0 seconds

Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration
Event Time
TD
Time
UT1
Latitude Longitude Sun
Altitude
Sun
Azimuth
Path Width Central
Duration
Greatest Eclipse21:01:17.620:55:30.740°03.3'N121°56.6'W 41.5° 202.1° 205.5 km03m47.42s
Greatest Duration21:10:16.221:04:29.238°23.8'N117°19.5'W 41.2° 209.5° 210.3 km03m47.71s

Explanation of Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration

Links for the Annular Solar Eclipse of 2238 Oct 08

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Eclipse Predictions

Predictions for the Annular Solar Eclipse of 2238 Oct 08 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 347.0 seconds for this eclipse. The uncertainty in ΔT is 88.7 seconds corresponding to a standard error in longitude of the eclipse path of ± 0.37°.

Acknowledgments

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

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