Path of the Annular Solar Eclipse of 2256 Oct 19

Fred Espenak

Introduction

The following table delineates the path of the Moon's antumbral shadow during the Annular Solar Eclipse of 2256 Oct 19 . 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 2256 Oct 19
UT1 Northern Limit Southern Limit Central Line M:S Sun Sun Path Central
Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Ratio Alt. Azm. Width Duration
Limits60°00.4'N056°07.4'E57°54.5'N055°23.4'E58°56.9'N055°44.1'E 0.952 - 234 km 03m20.7s
03:1259°12.6'N060°06.2'E53°55.2'N072°53.4'E55°57.8'N069°14.8'E 0.954 122° 219 km 03m25.3s
03:1456°17.7'N072°04.7'E52°35.3'N077°24.5'E54°17.4'N075°15.9'E 0.955 12° 127° 212 km 03m27.9s
03:1654°42.3'N077°26.2'E51°28.1'N080°52.8'E52°59.7'N079°24.8'E 0.956 15° 131° 207 km 03m29.9s
03:1853°25.9'N081°18.2'E50°28.6'N083°44.7'E51°53.3'N082°40.7'E 0.956 17° 134° 203 km 03m31.6s
03:2052°19.9'N084°24.2'E49°34.4'N086°12.3'E50°54.0'N085°24.5'E 0.957 20° 137° 200 km 03m33.2s
03:2251°20.8'N087°01.0'E48°44.2'N088°22.3'E49°59.9'N087°46.2'E 0.957 21° 139° 197 km 03m34.6s
03:2450°26.5'N089°17.5'E47°57.3'N090°18.9'E49°09.6'N089°51.6'E 0.958 23° 142° 195 km 03m35.9s
03:2649°36.2'N091°18.9'E47°12.9'N092°04.8'E48°22.6'N091°44.4'E 0.958 25° 144° 193 km 03m37.2s
03:2848°48.9'N093°08.4'E46°30.7'N093°42.1'E47°38.1'N093°27.3'E 0.959 26° 146° 191 km 03m38.4s
03:3048°04.2'N094°48.5'E45°50.5'N095°12.1'E46°55.8'N095°01.9'E 0.959 28° 148° 190 km 03m39.5s
03:3247°21.8'N096°20.8'E45°11.9'N096°36.1'E46°15.4'N096°29.7'E 0.959 29° 150° 189 km 03m40.6s
03:3446°41.2'N097°46.6'E44°34.8'N097°54.8'E45°36.6'N097°51.8'E 0.959 30° 151° 187 km 03m41.7s
03:3646°02.4'N099°06.8'E43°59.0'N099°09.0'E44°59.4'N099°08.8'E 0.960 31° 153° 186 km 03m42.7s
03:3845°25.0'N100°22.3'E43°24.4'N100°19.3'E44°23.5'N100°21.5'E 0.960 32° 155° 186 km 03m43.7s
03:4044°49.0'N101°33.6'E42°50.9'N101°26.1'E43°48.8'N101°30.4'E 0.960 33° 157° 185 km 03m44.6s
03:4244°14.2'N102°41.3'E42°18.4'N102°29.8'E43°15.2'N102°36.0'E 0.960 34° 158° 184 km 03m45.5s
03:4443°40.6'N103°45.8'E41°46.8'N103°30.7'E42°42.7'N103°38.6'E 0.961 35° 160° 183 km 03m46.4s
03:4643°08.0'N104°47.4'E41°16.1'N104°29.2'E42°11.0'N104°38.6'E 0.961 36° 162° 183 km 03m47.2s
03:4842°36.3'N105°46.5'E40°46.1'N105°25.5'E41°40.3'N105°36.2'E 0.961 37° 163° 183 km 03m48.0s
03:5042°05.5'N106°43.3'E40°17.0'N106°19.8'E41°10.3'N106°31.7'E 0.961 38° 165° 182 km 03m48.8s
03:5241°35.6'N107°38.1'E39°48.5'N107°12.2'E40°41.2'N107°25.3'E 0.961 38° 166° 182 km 03m49.6s
03:5441°06.4'N108°31.1'E39°20.7'N108°03.0'E40°12.7'N108°17.1'E 0.961 39° 168° 182 km 03m50.3s
03:5640°38.0'N109°22.4'E38°53.5'N108°52.4'E39°44.9'N109°07.4'E 0.961 40° 170° 182 km 03m51.0s
03:5840°10.3'N110°12.2'E38°26.9'N109°40.4'E39°17.8'N109°56.3'E 0.962 40° 171° 182 km 03m51.7s
04:0039°43.2'N111°00.6'E38°00.9'N110°27.1'E38°51.3'N110°43.8'E 0.962 41° 173° 182 km 03m52.3s
04:0239°16.8'N111°47.8'E37°35.5'N111°12.8'E38°25.4'N111°30.2'E 0.962 41° 174° 182 km 03m52.9s
04:0438°51.0'N112°33.8'E37°10.6'N111°57.4'E38°00.0'N112°15.5'E 0.962 42° 176° 182 km 03m53.5s
04:0638°25.7'N113°18.9'E36°46.1'N112°41.1'E37°35.2'N112°59.9'E 0.962 42° 178° 182 km 03m54.1s
04:0838°01.0'N114°03.1'E36°22.2'N113°24.0'E37°10.9'N113°43.4'E 0.962 43° 179° 183 km 03m54.6s
04:1037°36.9'N114°46.4'E35°58.7'N114°06.0'E36°47.1'N114°26.1'E 0.962 43° 181° 183 km 03m55.1s
04:1237°13.2'N115°29.0'E35°35.7'N114°47.5'E36°23.8'N115°08.0'E 0.962 44° 183° 184 km 03m55.6s
04:1436°50.1'N116°10.9'E35°13.2'N115°28.3'E36°00.9'N115°49.4'E 0.962 44° 184° 184 km 03m56.1s
04:1636°27.4'N116°52.2'E34°51.0'N116°08.5'E35°38.5'N116°30.1'E 0.962 44° 186° 184 km 03m56.5s
04:1836°05.2'N117°33.0'E34°29.3'N116°48.3'E35°16.6'N117°10.4'E 0.962 44° 188° 185 km 03m56.9s
04:2035°43.5'N118°13.3'E34°08.0'N117°27.6'E34°55.1'N117°50.2'E 0.962 45° 189° 186 km 03m57.2s
04:2235°22.2'N118°53.2'E33°47.0'N118°06.5'E34°34.0'N118°29.6'E 0.962 45° 191° 186 km 03m57.6s
04:2435°01.3'N119°32.8'E33°26.5'N118°45.2'E34°13.3'N119°08.7'E 0.962 45° 192° 187 km 03m57.9s
04:2634°40.9'N120°12.1'E33°06.3'N119°23.5'E33°53.0'N119°47.5'E 0.962 45° 194° 188 km 03m58.2s
04:2834°20.8'N120°51.2'E32°46.6'N120°01.6'E33°33.1'N120°26.1'E 0.962 45° 196° 188 km 03m58.4s
04:3034°01.2'N121°30.1'E32°27.2'N120°39.6'E33°13.6'N121°04.5'E 0.962 45° 197° 189 km 03m58.6s
04:3233°42.0'N122°08.9'E32°08.1'N121°17.4'E32°54.4'N121°42.8'E 0.962 45° 199° 190 km 03m58.8s
04:3433°23.2'N122°47.6'E31°49.4'N121°55.2'E32°35.7'N122°21.0'E 0.962 45° 201° 191 km 03m58.9s
04:3633°04.8'N123°26.2'E31°31.1'N122°32.9'E32°17.3'N122°59.2'E 0.962 45° 202° 192 km 03m59.0s
04:3832°46.8'N124°04.9'E31°13.1'N123°10.7'E31°59.3'N123°37.4'E 0.962 45° 204° 193 km 03m59.1s
04:4032°29.2'N124°43.7'E30°55.5'N123°48.5'E31°41.7'N124°15.7'E 0.962 45° 205° 193 km 03m59.2s
04:4232°12.0'N125°22.6'E30°38.2'N124°26.4'E31°24.5'N124°54.1'E 0.962 45° 207° 194 km 03m59.2s
04:4431°55.1'N126°01.7'E30°21.3'N125°04.5'E31°07.6'N125°32.7'E 0.962 44° 209° 195 km 03m59.2s
04:4631°38.6'N126°41.0'E30°04.7'N125°42.8'E30°51.0'N126°11.5'E 0.962 44° 210° 196 km 03m59.1s
04:4831°22.6'N127°20.6'E29°48.5'N126°21.3'E30°34.9'N126°50.5'E 0.962 44° 212° 197 km 03m59.0s
04:5031°06.9'N128°00.5'E29°32.6'N127°00.2'E30°19.1'N127°29.9'E 0.962 44° 213° 198 km 03m58.9s
04:5230°51.6'N128°40.9'E29°17.0'N127°39.4'E30°03.7'N128°09.6'E 0.962 43° 215° 199 km 03m58.7s
04:5430°36.7'N129°21.7'E29°01.9'N128°19.0'E29°48.7'N128°49.8'E 0.962 43° 216° 200 km 03m58.5s
04:5630°22.2'N130°03.0'E28°47.1'N128°59.1'E29°34.0'N129°30.5'E 0.962 42° 218° 201 km 03m58.3s
04:5830°08.1'N130°44.9'E28°32.6'N129°39.8'E29°19.7'N130°11.8'E 0.962 42° 219° 202 km 03m58.0s
05:0029°54.4'N131°27.5'E28°18.5'N130°21.0'E29°05.8'N130°53.7'E 0.961 41° 221° 203 km 03m57.7s
05:0229°41.2'N132°10.8'E28°04.8'N131°02.9'E28°52.4'N131°36.2'E 0.961 41° 222° 204 km 03m57.3s
05:0429°28.3'N132°55.0'E27°51.5'N131°45.5'E28°39.3'N132°19.6'E 0.961 40° 223° 205 km 03m56.9s
05:0629°16.0'N133°40.1'E27°38.6'N132°29.0'E28°26.6'N133°03.8'E 0.961 40° 225° 206 km 03m56.5s
05:0829°04.0'N134°26.2'E27°26.1'N133°13.3'E28°14.4'N133°49.0'E 0.961 39° 226° 207 km 03m56.0s
05:1028°52.6'N135°13.4'E27°14.0'N133°58.7'E28°02.6'N134°35.3'E 0.961 38° 227° 208 km 03m55.5s
05:1228°41.6'N136°01.9'E27°02.3'N134°45.2'E27°51.3'N135°22.7'E 0.961 38° 229° 209 km 03m54.9s
05:1428°31.2'N136°51.8'E26°51.1'N135°32.9'E27°40.5'N136°11.4'E 0.960 37° 230° 209 km 03m54.3s
05:1628°21.3'N137°43.2'E26°40.4'N136°21.9'E27°30.1'N137°01.6'E 0.960 36° 231° 210 km 03m53.7s
05:1828°12.0'N138°36.3'E26°30.2'N137°12.4'E27°20.3'N137°53.4'E 0.960 35° 233° 211 km 03m53.0s
05:2028°03.3'N139°31.3'E26°20.4'N138°04.6'E27°11.1'N138°46.9'E 0.960 34° 234° 212 km 03m52.2s
05:2227°55.2'N140°28.5'E26°11.3'N138°58.7'E27°02.4'N139°42.4'E 0.960 33° 235° 213 km 03m51.4s
05:2427°47.8'N141°28.1'E26°02.7'N139°54.8'E26°54.4'N140°40.2'E 0.959 32° 236° 214 km 03m50.6s
05:2627°41.2'N142°30.5'E25°54.7'N140°53.2'E26°47.1'N141°40.4'E 0.959 31° 237° 215 km 03m49.7s
05:2827°35.4'N143°36.0'E25°47.5'N141°54.2'E26°40.6'N142°43.5'E 0.959 30° 239° 215 km 03m48.7s
05:3027°30.5'N144°45.1'E25°41.0'N142°58.2'E26°34.8'N143°49.9'E 0.959 29° 240° 216 km 03m47.7s
05:3227°26.7'N145°58.4'E25°35.3'N144°05.6'E26°30.0'N145°00.1'E 0.958 28° 241° 217 km 03m46.6s
05:3427°24.0'N147°16.8'E25°30.5'N145°17.0'E26°26.2'N146°14.6'E 0.958 27° 242° 218 km 03m45.5s
05:3627°22.7'N148°41.1'E25°26.8'N146°32.9'E26°23.6'N147°34.4'E 0.958 25° 243° 219 km 03m44.2s
05:3827°23.0'N150°12.7'E25°24.2'N147°54.4'E26°22.4'N149°00.5'E 0.957 24° 245° 220 km 03m42.9s
05:4027°25.4'N151°53.7'E25°23.1'N149°22.5'E26°22.8'N150°34.3'E 0.957 22° 246° 221 km 03m41.5s
05:4227°30.2'N153°46.9'E25°23.7'N150°59.0'E26°25.3'N152°18.1'E 0.956 20° 247° 222 km 03m40.0s
05:4427°38.6'N155°57.2'E25°26.4'N152°46.2'E26°30.4'N154°15.1'E 0.956 18° 248° 224 km 03m38.3s
05:4627°52.1'N158°33.5'E25°31.9'N154°47.8'E26°39.3'N156°30.8'E 0.955 16° 250° 225 km 03m36.4s
05:4828°14.7'N161°57.3'E25°41.4'N157°10.4'E26°53.7'N159°16.1'E 0.954 13° 252° 227 km 03m34.2s
05:5029°04.4'N167°44.7'E25°57.2'N160°07.4'E27°18.9'N162°58.9'E 0.953 254° 230 km 03m31.4s
05:52 - - 26°26.4'N164°18.7'E28°42.4'N172°03.7'E 0.951 258° 238 km 03m25.5s
Limits29°56.2'N172°43.7'E27°41.8'N172°30.3'E28°48.4'N172°36.8'E 0.951 - 238 km 03m25.2s

ΔT = 386.8 seconds

Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration
Event Time
TD
Time
UT1
Latitude Longitude Sun
Altitude
Sun
Azimuth
Path Width Central
Duration
Greatest Eclipse04:37:31.204:31:04.433°03.3'N119°48.2'E 45.2° 198.2° 189.6 km03m58.71s
Greatest Duration04:48:12.804:41:46.131°26.4'N124°49.6'E 44.7° 206.8° 194.3 km03m59.19s

Explanation of Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration

Links for the Annular Solar Eclipse of 2256 Oct 19

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Eclipse Predictions

Predictions for the Annular Solar Eclipse of 2256 Oct 19 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 386.8 seconds for this eclipse. The uncertainty in ΔT is 100.0 seconds corresponding to a standard error in longitude of the eclipse path of ± 0.42°.

Acknowledgments

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

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