Path of the Total Solar Eclipse of 2240 Aug 18

Fred Espenak

Introduction

The following table delineates the path of the Moon's umbral shadow during the Total Solar Eclipse of 2240 Aug 18 . 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 2240 Aug 18
UT1 Northern Limit Southern Limit Central Line M:S Sun Sun Path Central
Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Ratio Alt. Azm. Width Duration
Limits11°38.2'S089°49.7'W13°29.9'S089°41.7'W12°33.8'S089°45.5'W 1.058 - 204 km 03m11.2s
12:1609°32.2'S080°14.0'W12°28.2'S084°57.7'W10°54.5'S082°08.7'W 1.060 75° 214 km 03m32.5s
12:1808°44.5'S076°00.4'W11°14.5'S078°40.4'W09°58.3'S077°13.7'W 1.062 13° 74° 220 km 03m48.4s
12:2008°13.8'S072°56.4'W10°37.3'S075°01.2'W09°24.8'S073°54.9'W 1.063 17° 73° 225 km 04m00.3s
12:2207°51.4'S070°26.3'W10°12.1'S072°13.0'W09°01.3'S071°16.8'W 1.064 20° 73° 229 km 04m10.3s
12:2407°34.5'S068°17.3'W09°53.6'S069°52.7'W08°43.6'S069°02.7'W 1.065 23° 72° 233 km 04m19.3s
12:2607°21.4'S066°23.0'W09°39.5'S067°50.7'W08°30.1'S067°04.9'W 1.066 25° 71° 236 km 04m27.5s
12:2807°11.2'S064°39.8'W09°28.8'S066°01.7'W08°19.7'S065°19.1'W 1.066 27° 71° 239 km 04m35.2s
12:3007°03.3'S063°05.1'W09°20.7'S064°22.8'W08°11.8'S063°42.4'W 1.067 29° 70° 242 km 04m42.5s
12:3206°57.4'S061°37.4'W09°14.6'S062°51.7'W08°05.8'S062°13.2'W 1.067 31° 70° 244 km 04m49.3s
12:3406°53.2'S060°15.4'W09°10.2'S061°27.0'W08°01.5'S060°50.0'W 1.068 33° 69° 247 km 04m55.8s
12:3606°50.4'S058°58.3'W09°07.4'S060°07.8'W07°58.7'S059°31.9'W 1.068 35° 68° 249 km 05m02.0s
12:3806°48.8'S057°45.4'W09°05.9'S058°53.1'W07°57.2'S058°18.2'W 1.069 36° 68° 251 km 05m08.0s
12:4006°48.4'S056°36.2'W09°05.5'S057°42.3'W07°56.7'S057°08.3'W 1.069 38° 67° 253 km 05m13.7s
12:4206°49.0'S055°30.1'W09°06.1'S056°35.0'W07°57.4'S056°01.6'W 1.070 39° 66° 255 km 05m19.2s
12:4406°50.5'S054°26.8'W09°07.7'S055°30.7'W07°58.9'S054°57.9'W 1.070 41° 65° 256 km 05m24.5s
12:4606°52.8'S053°26.1'W09°10.1'S054°29.1'W08°01.3'S053°56.8'W 1.070 42° 65° 258 km 05m29.6s
12:4806°56.0'S052°27.6'W09°13.3'S053°29.9'W08°04.5'S052°58.0'W 1.071 43° 64° 260 km 05m34.4s
12:5006°59.9'S051°31.1'W09°17.2'S052°32.8'W08°08.4'S052°01.3'W 1.071 45° 63° 261 km 05m39.1s
12:5207°04.4'S050°36.5'W09°21.8'S051°37.7'W08°13.0'S051°06.4'W 1.071 46° 62° 262 km 05m43.6s
12:5407°09.6'S049°43.6'W09°27.1'S050°44.4'W08°18.2'S050°13.3'W 1.071 47° 61° 264 km 05m47.9s
12:5607°15.5'S048°52.2'W09°32.9'S049°52.6'W08°24.0'S049°21.8'W 1.072 48° 60° 265 km 05m52.1s
12:5807°21.9'S048°02.2'W09°39.4'S049°02.3'W08°30.5'S048°31.7'W 1.072 49° 59° 266 km 05m56.0s
13:0007°28.8'S047°13.4'W09°46.3'S048°13.3'W08°37.4'S047°42.8'W 1.072 50° 58° 267 km 05m59.8s
13:0207°36.3'S046°25.9'W09°53.8'S047°25.6'W08°44.9'S046°55.2'W 1.072 51° 57° 268 km 06m03.4s
13:0407°44.3'S045°39.5'W10°01.8'S046°39.0'W08°52.9'S046°08.7'W 1.073 52° 55° 269 km 06m06.9s
13:0607°52.7'S044°54.0'W10°10.2'S045°53.4'W09°01.3'S045°23.3'W 1.073 53° 54° 269 km 06m10.1s
13:0808°01.7'S044°09.5'W10°19.1'S045°08.7'W09°10.2'S044°38.7'W 1.073 54° 53° 270 km 06m13.2s
13:1008°11.1'S043°25.9'W10°28.5'S044°25.0'W09°19.6'S043°55.0'W 1.073 55° 51° 271 km 06m16.1s
13:1208°20.9'S042°43.0'W10°38.3'S043°42.0'W09°29.4'S043°12.2'W 1.073 56° 50° 271 km 06m18.9s
13:1408°31.2'S042°00.9'W10°48.5'S042°59.8'W09°39.6'S042°30.0'W 1.073 56° 48° 272 km 06m21.5s
13:1608°41.8'S041°19.4'W10°59.1'S042°18.3'W09°50.3'S041°48.5'W 1.074 57° 47° 272 km 06m23.9s
13:1808°52.9'S040°38.6'W11°10.1'S041°37.4'W10°01.3'S041°07.7'W 1.074 58° 45° 272 km 06m26.1s
13:2009°04.4'S039°58.3'W11°21.5'S040°57.0'W10°12.8'S040°27.4'W 1.074 59° 43° 273 km 06m28.2s
13:2209°16.3'S039°18.5'W11°33.3'S040°17.2'W10°24.6'S039°47.6'W 1.074 59° 41° 273 km 06m30.1s
13:2409°28.6'S038°39.3'W11°45.5'S039°37.8'W10°36.8'S039°08.3'W 1.074 60° 39° 273 km 06m31.9s
13:2609°41.2'S038°00.4'W11°58.0'S038°58.9'W10°49.4'S038°29.5'W 1.074 60° 38° 273 km 06m33.4s
13:2809°54.2'S037°21.9'W12°10.9'S038°20.4'W11°02.4'S037°51.0'W 1.074 61° 35° 273 km 06m34.8s
13:3010°07.6'S036°43.8'W12°24.2'S037°42.2'W11°15.7'S037°12.8'W 1.074 61° 33° 273 km 06m36.1s
13:3210°21.3'S036°06.0'W12°37.8'S037°04.3'W11°29.4'S036°35.0'W 1.074 62° 31° 273 km 06m37.2s
13:3410°35.5'S035°28.5'W12°51.8'S036°26.7'W11°43.4'S035°57.5'W 1.074 62° 29° 272 km 06m38.1s
13:3610°49.9'S034°51.2'W13°06.2'S035°49.3'W11°57.8'S035°20.2'W 1.074 62° 27° 272 km 06m38.8s
13:3811°04.7'S034°14.2'W13°20.8'S035°12.1'W12°12.6'S034°43.0'W 1.074 63° 24° 272 km 06m39.4s
13:4011°19.9'S033°37.3'W13°35.9'S034°35.1'W12°27.7'S034°06.1'W 1.075 63° 22° 272 km 06m39.8s
13:4211°35.5'S033°00.5'W13°51.3'S033°58.2'W12°43.1'S033°29.3'W 1.075 63° 20° 271 km 06m40.0s
13:4411°51.3'S032°23.8'W14°07.1'S033°21.3'W12°58.9'S032°52.5'W 1.075 63° 17° 271 km 06m40.1s
13:4612°07.6'S031°47.2'W14°23.2'S032°44.6'W13°15.1'S032°15.9'W 1.075 63° 15° 270 km 06m40.0s
13:4812°24.2'S031°10.7'W14°39.6'S032°07.8'W13°31.6'S031°39.2'W 1.075 63° 12° 270 km 06m39.8s
13:5012°41.1'S030°34.1'W14°56.4'S031°31.0'W13°48.5'S031°02.6'W 1.075 63° 10° 269 km 06m39.4s
13:5212°58.4'S029°57.5'W15°13.6'S030°54.2'W14°05.8'S030°25.9'W 1.075 63° 269 km 06m38.8s
13:5413°16.1'S029°20.9'W15°31.2'S030°17.2'W14°23.4'S029°49.1'W 1.075 63° 268 km 06m38.1s
13:5613°34.1'S028°44.1'W15°49.1'S029°40.2'W14°41.3'S029°12.2'W 1.074 62° 267 km 06m37.2s
13:5813°52.5'S028°07.2'W16°07.4'S029°02.9'W14°59.7'S028°35.1'W 1.074 62° 267 km 06m36.1s
14:0014°11.3'S027°30.1'W16°26.0'S028°25.5'W15°18.4'S027°57.9'W 1.074 62° 358° 266 km 06m35.0s
14:0214°30.5'S026°52.8'W16°45.1'S027°47.8'W15°37.4'S027°20.4'W 1.074 61° 356° 265 km 06m33.6s
14:0414°50.0'S026°15.3'W17°04.5'S027°09.9'W15°56.9'S026°42.7'W 1.074 61° 353° 264 km 06m32.1s
14:0615°09.9'S025°37.5'W17°24.3'S026°31.6'W16°16.8'S026°04.7'W 1.074 61° 351° 264 km 06m30.5s
14:0815°30.2'S024°59.3'W17°44.5'S025°52.9'W16°37.0'S025°26.3'W 1.074 60° 349° 263 km 06m28.6s
14:1015°50.9'S024°20.8'W18°05.2'S025°13.8'W16°57.7'S024°47.5'W 1.074 59° 347° 262 km 06m26.7s
14:1216°12.1'S023°41.8'W18°26.3'S024°34.3'W17°18.8'S024°08.3'W 1.074 59° 345° 261 km 06m24.6s
14:1416°33.6'S023°02.4'W18°47.7'S023°54.2'W17°40.3'S023°28.5'W 1.074 58° 343° 260 km 06m22.3s
14:1616°55.6'S022°22.4'W19°09.7'S023°13.6'W18°02.3'S022°48.2'W 1.074 58° 341° 259 km 06m20.0s
14:1817°18.0'S021°41.9'W19°32.1'S022°32.3'W18°24.7'S022°07.4'W 1.074 57° 340° 259 km 06m17.4s
14:2017°40.9'S021°00.7'W19°55.0'S021°50.3'W18°47.5'S021°25.8'W 1.073 56° 338° 258 km 06m14.7s
14:2218°04.3'S020°18.8'W20°18.3'S021°07.6'W19°10.9'S020°43.5'W 1.073 55° 336° 257 km 06m11.9s
14:2418°28.1'S019°36.1'W20°42.2'S020°24.0'W19°34.7'S020°00.4'W 1.073 54° 334° 256 km 06m08.9s
14:2618°52.5'S018°52.6'W21°06.6'S019°39.5'W19°59.1'S019°16.5'W 1.073 53° 333° 255 km 06m05.8s
14:2819°17.4'S018°08.2'W21°31.5'S018°54.0'W20°24.0'S018°31.5'W 1.073 53° 331° 254 km 06m02.5s
14:3019°42.8'S017°22.8'W21°57.0'S018°07.4'W20°49.5'S017°45.5'W 1.073 52° 330° 253 km 05m59.1s
14:3220°08.8'S016°36.2'W22°23.1'S017°19.7'W21°15.5'S016°58.4'W 1.072 51° 328° 252 km 05m55.6s
14:3420°35.5'S015°48.5'W22°49.9'S016°30.6'W21°42.2'S016°10.0'W 1.072 50° 327° 251 km 05m51.9s
14:3621°02.7'S014°59.4'W23°17.3'S015°40.0'W22°09.5'S015°20.2'W 1.072 49° 325° 249 km 05m48.0s
14:3821°30.6'S014°08.8'W23°45.3'S014°47.9'W22°37.5'S014°28.9'W 1.072 47° 324° 248 km 05m44.0s
14:4021°59.2'S013°16.7'W24°14.2'S013°54.0'W23°06.2'S013°36.0'W 1.071 46° 323° 247 km 05m39.9s
14:4222°28.6'S012°22.8'W24°43.8'S012°58.3'W23°35.7'S012°41.2'W 1.071 45° 322° 246 km 05m35.6s
14:4422°58.8'S011°26.9'W25°14.2'S012°00.3'W24°06.0'S011°44.3'W 1.071 44° 320° 245 km 05m31.1s
14:4623°29.8'S010°28.8'W25°45.6'S011°00.0'W24°37.2'S010°45.2'W 1.071 43° 319° 244 km 05m26.5s
14:4824°01.8'S009°28.4'W26°17.9'S009°57.1'W25°09.3'S009°43.5'W 1.070 41° 318° 242 km 05m21.7s
14:5024°34.7'S008°25.2'W26°51.3'S008°51.2'W25°42.4'S008°39.0'W 1.070 40° 316° 241 km 05m16.8s
14:5225°08.8'S007°19.0'W27°25.9'S007°41.9'W26°16.7'S007°31.4'W 1.070 38° 315° 240 km 05m11.6s
14:5425°44.1'S006°09.3'W28°01.8'S006°28.7'W26°52.3'S006°20.1'W 1.069 37° 314° 238 km 05m06.3s
14:5626°20.6'S004°55.7'W28°39.0'S005°11.2'W27°29.2'S005°04.6'W 1.069 35° 313° 237 km 05m00.7s
14:5826°58.7'S003°37.5'W29°17.9'S003°48.6'W28°07.6'S003°44.3'W 1.068 34° 311° 235 km 04m54.9s
15:0027°38.5'S002°14.1'W29°58.7'S002°20.0'W28°47.8'S002°18.4'W 1.068 32° 310° 234 km 04m48.9s
15:0228°20.2'S000°44.3'W30°41.5'S000°44.2'W29°30.1'S000°45.8'W 1.067 30° 309° 232 km 04m42.5s
15:0429°04.2'S000°52.9'E31°26.9'S001°00.3'E30°14.7'S000°54.8'E 1.067 28° 307° 230 km 04m35.8s
15:0629°50.9'S002°39.4'E32°15.3'S002°55.7'E31°02.2'S002°45.4'E 1.066 26° 306° 228 km 04m28.8s
15:0830°40.9'S004°37.5'E33°07.6'S005°05.2'E31°53.3'S004°48.8'E 1.065 24° 304° 226 km 04m21.2s
15:1031°35.1'S006°51.0'E34°05.0'S007°33.8'E32°48.9'S007°09.2'E 1.065 21° 303° 224 km 04m13.0s
15:1232°35.1'S009°25.7'E35°09.5'S010°30.3'E33°50.9'S009°53.8'E 1.064 19° 301° 221 km 04m04.0s
15:1433°43.5'S012°32.7'E36°25.6'S014°13.1'E35°02.7'S013°16.4'E 1.063 15° 298° 218 km 03m53.7s
15:1635°06.4'S016°37.0'E38°06.0'S019°37.0'E36°32.6'S017°52.4'E 1.061 11° 295° 214 km 03m40.8s
15:1837°08.0'S023°18.6'E - - 39°22.3'S028°03.2'E 1.058 288° 207 km 03m16.8s
Limits39°02.7'S030°42.0'E40°52.7'S030°17.7'E39°57.5'S030°30.0'E 1.058 - 205 km 03m11.9s

ΔT = 351.0 seconds

Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration
Event Time
TD
Time
UT1
Latitude Longitude Sun
Altitude
Sun
Azimuth
Path Width Central
Duration
Greatest Eclipse13:52:24.513:46:33.513°19.7'S033°33.6'W 63.0° 14.1° 270.1 km06m39.95s
Greatest Duration13:49:48.913:43:57.912°58.7'S032°53.2'W 63.0° 17.2° 270.8 km06m40.09s

Explanation of Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration

Links for the Total Solar Eclipse of 2240 Aug 18

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Eclipse Predictions

Predictions for the Total Solar Eclipse of 2240 Aug 18 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 351.0 seconds for this eclipse. The uncertainty in ΔT is 89.9 seconds corresponding to a standard error in longitude of the eclipse path of ± 0.38°.

Acknowledgments

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

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