Path of the Total Solar Eclipse of 2878 Nov 15

Fred Espenak

Introduction

The following table delineates the path of the Moon's umbral shadow during the Total Solar Eclipse of 2878 Nov 15 . 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 2878 Nov 15
UT1 Northern Limit Southern Limit Central Line M:S Sun Sun Path Central
Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Ratio Alt. Azm. Width Duration
Limits14°46.8'S158°37.6'W15°48.7'S159°20.1'W15°17.7'S158°58.7'W 1.029 - 133 km 01m28.1s
16:0018°28.9'S149°14.2'W17°39.5'S154°27.8'W18°11.4'S151°31.7'W 1.032 107° 147 km 01m40.3s
16:0220°15.8'S145°34.6'W20°04.9'S149°05.5'W20°12.3'S147°15.5'W 1.033 13° 105° 155 km 01m48.3s
16:0421°42.4'S142°53.6'W21°44.7'S145°52.7'W21°44.7'S144°20.8'W 1.034 16° 104° 161 km 01m54.2s
16:0622°58.6'S140°42.1'W23°08.6'S143°24.5'W23°04.4'S142°01.7'W 1.035 19° 103° 165 km 01m59.2s
16:0824°08.0'S138°49.1'W24°23.4'S141°20.9'W24°16.4'S140°03.8'W 1.036 22° 101° 168 km 02m03.6s
16:1025°12.7'S137°08.9'W25°32.3'S139°33.3'W25°23.1'S138°20.1'W 1.036 24° 100° 171 km 02m07.6s
16:1226°13.8'S135°38.2'W26°36.8'S137°57.3'W26°25.8'S136°46.9'W 1.037 26° 99° 174 km 02m11.2s
16:1427°12.1'S134°14.9'W27°37.9'S136°29.8'W27°25.4'S135°21.6'W 1.037 28° 98° 176 km 02m14.6s
16:1628°08.0'S132°57.4'W28°36.3'S135°09.1'W28°22.5'S134°02.6'W 1.038 29° 96° 177 km 02m17.8s
16:1829°01.9'S131°44.8'W29°32.5'S133°53.8'W29°17.6'S132°48.7'W 1.038 31° 95° 179 km 02m20.8s
16:2029°54.1'S130°36.2'W30°26.8'S132°42.9'W30°10.8'S131°39.0'W 1.039 32° 94° 180 km 02m23.6s
16:2230°44.9'S129°30.8'W31°19.5'S131°35.8'W31°02.5'S130°32.8'W 1.039 34° 93° 181 km 02m26.3s
16:2431°34.4'S128°28.3'W32°10.7'S130°31.7'W31°52.9'S129°29.5'W 1.039 35° 91° 182 km 02m28.9s
16:2632°22.7'S127°28.2'W33°00.8'S129°30.3'W32°42.0'S128°28.7'W 1.040 37° 90° 183 km 02m31.3s
16:2833°10.0'S126°30.2'W33°49.7'S128°31.0'W33°30.1'S127°30.1'W 1.040 38° 88° 183 km 02m33.6s
16:3033°56.4'S125°33.9'W34°37.6'S127°33.7'W34°17.3'S126°33.3'W 1.040 39° 87° 184 km 02m35.9s
16:3234°41.9'S124°39.1'W35°24.6'S126°38.0'W35°03.6'S125°38.0'W 1.041 40° 85° 184 km 02m38.0s
16:3435°26.7'S123°45.6'W36°10.9'S125°43.7'W35°49.0'S124°44.1'W 1.041 41° 84° 185 km 02m40.0s
16:3636°10.7'S122°53.2'W36°56.3'S124°50.5'W36°33.8'S123°51.3'W 1.041 42° 82° 185 km 02m41.9s
16:3836°54.1'S122°01.7'W37°41.1'S123°58.3'W37°17.8'S122°59.5'W 1.041 43° 81° 185 km 02m43.8s
16:4037°36.9'S121°10.9'W38°25.2'S123°06.9'W38°01.3'S122°08.4'W 1.042 44° 79° 185 km 02m45.6s
16:4238°19.1'S120°20.8'W39°08.7'S122°16.1'W38°44.1'S121°18.0'W 1.042 45° 77° 185 km 02m47.2s
16:4439°00.7'S119°31.1'W39°51.7'S121°25.9'W39°26.4'S120°28.0'W 1.042 46° 75° 185 km 02m48.8s
16:4639°41.8'S118°41.9'W40°34.1'S120°36.0'W40°08.2'S119°38.4'W 1.042 47° 74° 185 km 02m50.3s
16:4840°22.5'S117°52.9'W41°16.0'S119°46.4'W40°49.4'S118°49.1'W 1.042 47° 72° 185 km 02m51.8s
16:5041°02.6'S117°04.0'W41°57.5'S118°57.0'W41°30.2'S118°00.0'W 1.042 48° 70° 185 km 02m53.1s
16:5241°42.4'S116°15.2'W42°38.5'S118°07.6'W42°10.6'S117°10.8'W 1.043 49° 68° 184 km 02m54.4s
16:5442°21.7'S115°26.3'W43°19.1'S117°18.1'W42°50.5'S116°21.7'W 1.043 49° 66° 184 km 02m55.6s
16:5643°00.6'S114°37.3'W43°59.2'S116°28.5'W43°30.1'S115°32.3'W 1.043 50° 64° 184 km 02m56.7s
16:5843°39.1'S113°48.0'W44°39.0'S115°38.6'W44°09.2'S114°42.7'W 1.043 50° 62° 184 km 02m57.8s
17:0044°17.2'S112°58.5'W45°18.4'S114°48.3'W44°48.0'S113°52.8'W 1.043 51° 59° 183 km 02m58.7s
17:0244°55.0'S112°08.5'W45°57.4'S113°57.6'W45°26.3'S113°02.5'W 1.043 51° 57° 183 km 02m59.6s
17:0445°32.4'S111°18.0'W46°36.1'S113°06.3'W46°04.3'S112°11.6'W 1.043 52° 55° 183 km 03m00.4s
17:0646°09.4'S110°27.0'W47°14.4'S112°14.4'W46°42.0'S111°20.1'W 1.043 52° 52° 182 km 03m01.2s
17:0846°46.0'S109°35.2'W47°52.3'S111°21.8'W47°19.3'S110°27.9'W 1.043 53° 50° 182 km 03m01.9s
17:1047°22.4'S108°42.7'W48°29.9'S110°28.3'W47°56.2'S109°34.9'W 1.043 53° 48° 181 km 03m02.4s
17:1247°58.3'S107°49.4'W49°07.1'S109°33.9'W48°32.8'S108°41.0'W 1.043 53° 45° 181 km 03m03.0s
17:1448°33.9'S106°55.2'W49°44.0'S108°38.5'W49°09.1'S107°46.2'W 1.043 53° 43° 181 km 03m03.4s
17:1649°09.2'S105°59.9'W50°20.6'S107°41.9'W49°45.0'S106°50.3'W 1.043 54° 40° 180 km 03m03.8s
17:1849°44.1'S105°03.5'W50°56.7'S106°44.1'W50°20.5'S105°53.1'W 1.043 54° 37° 180 km 03m04.1s
17:2050°18.7'S104°05.9'W51°32.6'S105°44.9'W50°55.7'S104°54.8'W 1.043 54° 35° 179 km 03m04.3s
17:2250°52.8'S103°06.9'W52°08.0'S104°44.3'W51°30.5'S103°55.0'W 1.043 54° 32° 179 km 03m04.4s
17:2451°26.6'S102°06.6'W52°43.1'S103°42.2'W52°04.9'S102°53.7'W 1.043 54° 29° 179 km 03m04.4s
17:2652°00.1'S101°04.7'W53°17.8'S102°38.3'W52°38.9'S101°50.9'W 1.043 54° 27° 178 km 03m04.4s
17:2852°33.1'S100°01.2'W53°52.1'S101°32.6'W53°12.6'S100°46.3'W 1.043 54° 24° 178 km 03m04.3s
17:3053°05.7'S098°56.0'W54°25.9'S100°25.0'W53°45.8'S099°39.9'W 1.043 53° 21° 177 km 03m04.1s
17:3253°37.8'S097°48.9'W54°59.3'S099°15.3'W54°18.6'S098°31.5'W 1.043 53° 18° 177 km 03m03.9s
17:3454°09.5'S096°39.8'W55°32.3'S098°03.4'W54°50.9'S097°21.0'W 1.043 53° 16° 176 km 03m03.5s
17:3654°40.8'S095°28.6'W56°04.7'S096°49.1'W55°22.7'S096°08.3'W 1.043 53° 13° 176 km 03m03.1s
17:3855°11.5'S094°15.2'W56°36.7'S095°32.3'W55°54.1'S094°53.2'W 1.043 52° 10° 175 km 03m02.6s
17:4055°41.8'S092°59.4'W57°08.1'S094°12.9'W56°24.9'S093°35.6'W 1.043 52° 175 km 03m02.0s
17:4256°11.4'S091°41.0'W57°38.9'S092°50.6'W56°55.1'S092°15.3'W 1.043 52° 174 km 03m01.3s
17:4456°40.5'S090°20.0'W58°09.1'S091°25.2'W57°24.7'S090°52.2'W 1.043 51° 174 km 03m00.6s
17:4657°09.0'S088°56.2'W58°38.6'S089°56.7'W57°53.7'S089°26.1'W 1.043 51° 358° 173 km 02m59.7s
17:4857°36.7'S087°29.4'W59°07.4'S088°24.8'W58°22.0'S087°56.8'W 1.043 50° 355° 173 km 02m58.8s
17:5058°03.8'S085°59.4'W59°35.4'S086°49.3'W58°49.5'S086°24.1'W 1.043 50° 353° 172 km 02m57.8s
17:5258°30.1'S084°26.1'W60°02.6'S085°10.0'W59°16.2'S084°47.9'W 1.042 49° 350° 172 km 02m56.7s
17:5458°55.5'S082°49.3'W60°28.9'S083°26.8'W59°42.1'S083°08.0'W 1.042 48° 347° 171 km 02m55.5s
17:5659°20.1'S081°08.8'W60°54.2'S081°39.3'W60°07.0'S081°24.1'W 1.042 48° 344° 171 km 02m54.2s
17:5859°43.7'S079°24.4'W61°18.4'S079°47.4'W60°30.9'S079°36.1'W 1.042 47° 341° 170 km 02m52.9s
18:0060°06.3'S077°36.0'W61°41.5'S077°50.9'W60°53.7'S077°43.7'W 1.042 46° 337° 169 km 02m51.4s
18:0260°27.7'S075°43.2'W62°03.3'S075°49.5'W61°15.4'S075°46.8'W 1.042 45° 334° 169 km 02m49.9s
18:0460°47.9'S073°46.0'W62°23.8'S073°43.1'W61°35.7'S073°45.1'W 1.041 45° 331° 168 km 02m48.2s
18:0661°06.8'S071°44.2'W62°42.7'S071°31.3'W61°54.6'S071°38.5'W 1.041 44° 328° 168 km 02m46.5s
18:0861°24.3'S069°37.4'W63°00.0'S069°14.0'W62°12.0'S069°26.7'W 1.041 43° 325° 167 km 02m44.7s
18:1061°40.2'S067°25.5'W63°15.6'S066°51.0'W62°27.8'S067°09.4'W 1.041 42° 322° 166 km 02m42.7s
18:1261°54.3'S065°08.3'W63°29.2'S064°22.1'W62°41.7'S064°46.5'W 1.040 41° 318° 166 km 02m40.7s
18:1462°06.7'S062°45.6'W63°40.6'S061°47.0'W62°53.6'S062°17.9'W 1.040 40° 315° 165 km 02m38.6s
18:1662°17.0'S060°17.1'W63°49.8'S059°05.5'W63°03.3'S059°43.1'W 1.040 38° 311° 164 km 02m36.3s
18:1862°25.1'S057°42.6'W63°56.4'S056°17.5'W63°10.7'S057°02.1'W 1.040 37° 308° 163 km 02m33.9s
18:2062°30.7'S055°01.9'W64°00.1'S053°22.7'W63°15.5'S054°14.5'W 1.039 36° 304° 163 km 02m31.4s
18:2262°33.7'S052°14.6'W64°00.8'S050°20.9'W63°17.4'S051°20.2'W 1.039 35° 301° 162 km 02m28.8s
18:2462°33.7'S049°20.5'W63°58.0'S047°11.8'W63°16.1'S048°18.8'W 1.038 33° 297° 161 km 02m26.1s
18:2662°30.4'S046°19.1'W63°51.5'S043°55.0'W63°11.2'S045°10.0'W 1.038 32° 293° 160 km 02m23.2s
18:2862°23.5'S043°10.0'W63°40.7'S040°30.2'W63°02.4'S041°53.2'W 1.038 30° 290° 159 km 02m20.1s
18:3062°12.4'S039°52.6'W63°25.1'S036°56.6'W62°49.2'S038°27.9'W 1.037 29° 286° 157 km 02m16.8s
18:3261°56.6'S036°25.9'W63°04.0'S033°13.3'W62°30.9'S034°53.1'W 1.037 27° 282° 156 km 02m13.4s
18:3461°35.5'S032°48.8'W62°36.4'S029°18.8'W62°06.7'S031°07.4'W 1.036 25° 277° 155 km 02m09.7s
18:3661°07.9'S028°59.3'W62°01.2'S025°10.8'W61°35.5'S027°08.9'W 1.036 23° 273° 153 km 02m05.7s
18:3860°32.5'S024°54.6'W61°16.3'S020°45.4'W60°55.6'S022°54.0'W 1.035 21° 269° 151 km 02m01.4s
18:4059°47.0'S020°29.7'W60°18.6'S015°55.5'W60°04.5'S018°17.2'W 1.034 18° 264° 149 km 01m56.6s
18:4258°47.8'S015°35.6'W59°02.0'S010°26.7'W58°57.3'S013°07.0'W 1.033 15° 259° 146 km 01m51.1s
18:4457°26.8'S009°52.5'W57°10.2'S003°39.4'W57°23.1'S006°56.3'W 1.032 11° 253° 143 km 01m44.4s
18:4655°19.3'S002°15.5'W - - 54°35.7'S002°14.4'E 1.030 245° 136 km 01m34.2s
Limits51°26.3'S009°15.4'E52°20.9'S010°28.6'E51°53.6'S009°51.6'E 1.028 - 130 km 01m25.9s

ΔT = 3335.8 seconds

Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration
Event Time
TD
Time
UT1
Latitude Longitude Sun
Altitude
Sun
Azimuth
Path Width Central
Duration
Greatest Eclipse18:18:22.517:22:46.751°43.9'S117°27.6'W 53.7° 31.1° 178.8 km03m04.42s
Greatest Duration18:19:56.717:24:20.952°10.9'S102°42.9'W 53.7° 29.0° 178.4 km03m04.44s

Explanation of Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration

Links for the Total Solar Eclipse of 2878 Nov 15

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Eclipse Predictions

Predictions for the Total Solar Eclipse of 2878 Nov 15 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 3335.8 seconds for this eclipse. The uncertainty in ΔT is 747.9 seconds corresponding to a standard error in longitude of the eclipse path of ± 3.12°.

Acknowledgments

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

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