Path of the Total Solar Eclipse of 2940 Jul 26

Fred Espenak

Introduction

The following table delineates the path of the Moon's umbral shadow during the Total Solar Eclipse of 2940 Jul 26 . 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 2940 Jul 26
UT1 Northern Limit Southern Limit Central Line M:S Sun Sun Path Central
Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Ratio Alt. Azm. Width Duration
Limits47°35.9'S028°24.7'E49°10.1'S028°57.6'E48°22.0'S028°40.2'E 1.019 - 171 km 01m15.4s
05:4644°53.6'S036°54.8'E - - 46°53.8'S032°58.1'E 1.020 57° 185 km 01m21.7s
05:4844°14.1'S040°00.8'E47°30.5'S034°06.0'E45°40.1'S037°37.0'E 1.021 53° 203 km 01m29.1s
05:5043°52.5'S042°21.8'E46°33.2'S038°06.8'E45°07.9'S040°28.1'E 1.021 51° 215 km 01m33.8s
05:5243°40.8'S044°19.2'E46°06.6'S040°47.7'E44°50.7'S042°42.0'E 1.022 11° 49° 226 km 01m37.5s
05:5443°35.7'S046°01.8'E45°53.0'S042°56.2'E44°42.2'S044°35.1'E 1.022 12° 47° 234 km 01m40.6s
05:5643°35.4'S047°33.8'E45°47.4'S044°45.9'E44°39.7'S046°14.6'E 1.023 13° 45° 242 km 01m43.2s
05:5843°39.1'S048°57.9'E45°47.4'S046°23.1'E44°41.8'S047°44.4'E 1.023 14° 44° 248 km 01m45.5s
06:0043°46.0'S050°16.0'E45°51.8'S047°51.2'E44°47.7'S049°06.9'E 1.023 15° 42° 253 km 01m47.5s
06:0243°55.8'S051°29.1'E45°59.8'S049°12.4'E44°56.7'S050°23.7'E 1.024 16° 40° 258 km 01m49.3s
06:0444°08.2'S052°38.2'E46°10.8'S050°28.1'E45°08.5'S051°35.8'E 1.024 16° 39° 261 km 01m50.8s
06:0644°22.9'S053°43.9'E46°24.7'S051°39.4'E45°22.8'S052°44.1'E 1.024 17° 37° 263 km 01m52.1s
06:0844°39.7'S054°46.9'E46°41.1'S052°47.2'E45°39.5'S053°49.3'E 1.024 17° 36° 264 km 01m53.2s
06:1044°58.7'S055°47.6'E46°59.8'S053°52.0'E45°58.3'S054°51.9'E 1.024 18° 35° 264 km 01m54.1s
06:1245°19.6'S056°46.3'E47°20.8'S054°54.2'E46°19.3'S055°52.2'E 1.024 18° 33° 264 km 01m54.9s
06:1445°42.5'S057°43.3'E47°44.0'S055°54.4'E46°42.4'S056°50.8'E 1.024 18° 32° 262 km 01m55.5s
06:1646°07.3'S058°39.0'E48°09.3'S056°52.9'E47°07.4'S057°47.8'E 1.024 18° 30° 260 km 01m55.9s
06:1846°34.1'S059°33.5'E48°36.9'S057°50.0'E47°34.6'S058°43.5'E 1.024 18° 29° 258 km 01m56.1s
06:2047°02.8'S060°27.1'E49°06.6'S058°45.9'E48°03.8'S059°38.2'E 1.024 19° 27° 255 km 01m56.2s
06:2247°33.6'S061°20.0'E49°38.6'S059°40.8'E48°35.1'S060°32.1'E 1.024 18° 26° 252 km 01m56.1s
06:2448°06.4'S062°12.3'E50°12.9'S060°35.1'E49°08.6'S061°25.4'E 1.024 18° 25° 248 km 01m55.9s
06:2648°41.4'S063°04.4'E50°49.7'S061°28.9'E49°44.5'S062°18.3'E 1.024 18° 23° 244 km 01m55.5s
06:2849°18.8'S063°56.3'E51°29.2'S062°22.4'E50°22.9'S063°11.0'E 1.024 18° 22° 240 km 01m54.9s
06:3049°58.6'S064°48.3'E52°11.6'S063°15.9'E51°03.9'S064°03.8'E 1.024 18° 20° 236 km 01m54.2s
06:3250°41.1'S065°40.6'E52°57.1'S064°09.5'E51°47.8'S064°56.7'E 1.024 17° 19° 232 km 01m53.3s
06:3451°26.6'S066°33.3'E53°46.2'S065°03.5'E52°34.9'S065°50.2'E 1.024 17° 18° 227 km 01m52.2s
06:3652°15.4'S067°26.8'E54°39.3'S065°58.2'E53°25.6'S066°44.3'E 1.024 16° 16° 223 km 01m50.9s
06:3853°07.9'S068°21.3'E55°37.1'S066°53.8'E54°20.5'S067°39.5'E 1.024 15° 15° 219 km 01m49.4s
06:4054°04.7'S069°17.2'E56°40.5'S067°50.6'E55°20.3'S068°35.9'E 1.023 15° 13° 214 km 01m47.6s
06:4255°06.5'S070°14.8'E57°50.8'S068°49.1'E56°25.9'S069°34.2'E 1.023 14° 12° 210 km 01m45.6s
06:4456°14.6'S071°14.6'E59°10.1'S069°49.7'E57°38.8'S070°34.7'E 1.023 13° 10° 205 km 01m43.3s
06:4657°30.3'S072°17.5'E60°41.8'S070°52.9'E59°01.2'S071°38.1'E 1.023 12° 201 km 01m40.6s
06:4858°56.4'S073°24.2'E62°32.4'S071°59.5'E60°37.0'S072°45.5'E 1.022 10° 196 km 01m37.5s
06:5060°37.3'S074°36.2'E64°58.8'S073°09.5'E62°34.0'S073°58.2'E 1.022 191 km 01m33.6s
06:5262°42.4'S075°56.1'E70°08.3'S074°04.3'E65°13.2'S075°18.6'E 1.021 186 km 01m28.3s
Limits70°57.6'S078°47.2'E70°53.3'S073°57.2'E70°56.8'S076°25.2'E 1.019 - 177 km 01m17.3s

ΔT = 3795.3 seconds

Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration
Event Time
TD
Time
UT1
Latitude Longitude Sun
Altitude
Sun
Azimuth
Path Width Central
Duration
Greatest Eclipse07:23:00.906:19:45.548°00.1'S043°40.2'E 18.5° 27.6° 255.5 km01m56.21s
Greatest Duration07:23:17.406:20:02.148°04.3'S059°39.1'E 18.5° 27.4° 255.0 km01m56.22s

Explanation of Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration

Links for the Total Solar Eclipse of 2940 Jul 26

Links to Additional Solar Eclipse Predictions

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Eclipse Predictions

Predictions for the Total Solar Eclipse of 2940 Jul 26 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 3795.3 seconds for this eclipse. The uncertainty in ΔT is 837.0 seconds corresponding to a standard error in longitude of the eclipse path of ± 3.50°.

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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