Path of the Total Solar Eclipse of 2963 Apr 15

Fred Espenak

Introduction

The following table delineates the path of the Moon's umbral shadow during the Total Solar Eclipse of 2963 Apr 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 2963 Apr 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
Limits33°41.6'N008°24.3'E31°47.6'N009°33.2'E32°44.1'N008°59.4'E 1.042 - 228 km 02m09.5s
05:00 - - 34°18.2'N021°09.3'E34°20.0'N016°43.6'E 1.045 83° 243 km 02m22.7s
05:0235°43.9'N017°37.7'E35°21.4'N024°49.9'E35°37.4'N021°37.2'E 1.046 11° 86° 254 km 02m32.1s
05:0436°55.5'N021°50.0'E36°15.8'N027°40.6'E36°38.2'N024°57.1'E 1.047 15° 89° 260 km 02m38.9s
05:0637°54.8'N024°54.8'E37°05.4'N030°04.1'E37°31.9'N027°37.3'E 1.048 17° 91° 265 km 02m44.5s
05:0838°47.9'N027°26.8'E37°51.8'N032°09.9'E38°21.2'N029°54.3'E 1.048 19° 93° 269 km 02m49.4s
05:1039°37.2'N029°38.4'E38°35.8'N034°03.3'E39°07.6'N031°55.7'E 1.049 21° 95° 272 km 02m53.9s
05:1240°23.8'N031°36.1'E39°18.1'N035°47.2'E39°51.9'N033°45.9'E 1.050 23° 96° 275 km 02m58.0s
05:1441°08.4'N033°23.6'E39°58.9'N037°23.9'E40°34.5'N035°27.4'E 1.050 24° 98° 277 km 03m01.7s
05:1641°51.4'N035°03.2'E40°38.7'N038°54.6'E41°15.8'N037°02.3'E 1.050 26° 100° 279 km 03m05.2s
05:1842°33.1'N036°36.5'E41°17.4'N040°20.7'E41°55.9'N038°31.7'E 1.051 27° 102° 280 km 03m08.4s
05:2043°13.8'N038°04.9'E41°55.3'N041°42.8'E42°35.1'N039°56.8'E 1.051 28° 104° 281 km 03m11.5s
05:2243°53.6'N039°29.1'E42°32.5'N043°01.6'E43°13.6'N041°18.2'E 1.052 30° 105° 282 km 03m14.4s
05:2444°32.6'N040°50.0'E43°09.1'N044°17.7'E43°51.3'N042°36.5'E 1.052 31° 107° 283 km 03m17.1s
05:2645°11.0'N042°08.0'E43°45.1'N045°31.4'E44°28.5'N043°52.3'E 1.052 32° 109° 283 km 03m19.6s
05:2845°48.7'N043°23.7'E44°20.7'N046°43.2'E45°05.1'N045°06.0'E 1.052 33° 111° 284 km 03m22.0s
05:3046°26.0'N044°37.4'E44°55.8'N047°53.4'E45°41.2'N046°17.8'E 1.053 34° 113° 284 km 03m24.2s
05:3247°02.8'N045°49.5'E45°30.4'N049°02.1'E46°16.9'N047°28.2'E 1.053 34° 115° 284 km 03m26.3s
05:3447°39.2'N047°00.3'E46°04.8'N050°09.8'E46°52.3'N048°37.4'E 1.053 35° 117° 284 km 03m28.3s
05:3648°15.2'N048°10.0'E46°38.8'N051°16.6'E47°27.2'N049°45.6'E 1.053 36° 119° 283 km 03m30.2s
05:3848°50.9'N049°18.9'E47°12.5'N052°22.6'E48°01.9'N050°53.0'E 1.054 37° 120° 283 km 03m31.9s
05:4049°26.2'N050°27.1'E47°45.9'N053°28.1'E48°36.3'N051°59.9'E 1.054 37° 122° 283 km 03m33.5s
05:4250°01.3'N051°34.9'E48°19.1'N054°33.2'E49°10.4'N053°06.3'E 1.054 38° 124° 282 km 03m35.0s
05:4450°36.2'N052°42.5'E48°52.0'N055°38.1'E49°44.2'N054°12.6'E 1.054 38° 127° 282 km 03m36.4s
05:4651°10.8'N053°50.0'E49°24.7'N056°42.9'E50°17.8'N055°18.7'E 1.054 39° 129° 281 km 03m37.6s
05:4851°45.1'N054°57.6'E49°57.2'N057°47.8'E50°51.3'N056°24.9'E 1.054 39° 131° 281 km 03m38.8s
05:5052°19.3'N056°05.4'E50°29.5'N058°52.9'E51°24.4'N057°31.4'E 1.054 39° 133° 280 km 03m39.8s
05:5252°53.3'N057°13.6'E51°01.6'N059°58.3'E51°57.5'N058°38.2'E 1.054 40° 135° 279 km 03m40.7s
05:5453°27.1'N058°22.4'E51°33.5'N061°04.2'E52°30.3'N059°45.5'E 1.054 40° 137° 278 km 03m41.5s
05:5654°00.7'N059°31.9'E52°05.2'N062°10.7'E53°02.9'N060°53.5'E 1.055 40° 139° 278 km 03m42.2s
05:5854°34.1'N060°42.2'E52°36.8'N063°17.9'E53°35.4'N062°02.2'E 1.055 41° 142° 277 km 03m42.8s
06:0055°07.4'N061°53.6'E53°08.2'N064°25.9'E54°07.7'N063°11.9'E 1.055 41° 144° 276 km 03m43.2s
06:0255°40.5'N063°06.1'E53°39.4'N065°34.9'E54°39.8'N064°22.7'E 1.055 41° 146° 275 km 03m43.6s
06:0456°13.5'N064°20.0'E54°10.4'N066°45.1'E55°11.8'N065°34.7'E 1.055 41° 149° 275 km 03m43.9s
06:0656°46.2'N065°35.3'E54°41.3'N067°56.5'E55°43.6'N066°48.0'E 1.055 41° 151° 274 km 03m44.0s
06:0857°18.9'N066°52.4'E55°12.0'N069°09.3'E56°15.2'N068°02.9'E 1.055 41° 153° 273 km 03m44.0s
06:1057°51.3'N068°11.3'E55°42.6'N070°23.7'E56°46.7'N069°19.5'E 1.055 41° 156° 272 km 03m44.0s
06:1258°23.6'N069°32.3'E56°12.9'N071°39.8'E57°17.9'N070°38.0'E 1.055 41° 158° 271 km 03m43.8s
06:1458°55.6'N070°55.5'E56°43.1'N072°57.8'E57°49.0'N071°58.5'E 1.055 41° 161° 271 km 03m43.5s
06:1659°27.5'N072°21.2'E57°13.1'N074°17.8'E58°19.9'N073°21.4'E 1.055 40° 163° 270 km 03m43.1s
06:1859°59.2'N073°49.7'E57°42.8'N075°40.1'E58°50.6'N074°46.6'E 1.055 40° 166° 269 km 03m42.5s
06:2060°30.6'N075°21.1'E58°12.3'N077°04.8'E59°21.0'N076°14.6'E 1.055 40° 169° 268 km 03m41.9s
06:2261°01.7'N076°55.8'E58°41.6'N078°32.2'E59°51.2'N077°45.5'E 1.054 40° 171° 267 km 03m41.1s
06:2461°32.6'N078°34.0'E59°10.6'N080°02.5'E60°21.1'N079°19.6'E 1.054 39° 174° 266 km 03m40.3s
06:2662°03.2'N080°16.1'E59°39.4'N081°35.9'E60°50.7'N080°57.1'E 1.054 39° 177° 266 km 03m39.3s
06:2862°33.4'N082°02.4'E60°07.8'N083°12.6'E61°19.9'N082°38.4'E 1.054 38° 179° 265 km 03m38.2s
06:3063°03.2'N083°53.3'E60°35.8'N084°53.1'E61°48.8'N084°23.8'E 1.054 38° 182° 264 km 03m36.9s
06:3263°32.5'N085°49.1'E61°03.5'N086°37.5'E62°17.3'N086°13.6'E 1.054 37° 185° 263 km 03m35.6s
06:3464°01.3'N087°50.4'E61°30.8'N088°26.2'E62°45.3'N088°08.3'E 1.054 37° 188° 262 km 03m34.1s
06:3664°29.6'N089°57.7'E61°57.5'N090°19.6'E63°12.8'N090°08.2'E 1.054 36° 191° 262 km 03m32.5s
06:3864°57.2'N092°11.4'E62°23.7'N092°18.1'E63°39.7'N092°13.8'E 1.053 35° 194° 261 km 03m30.8s
06:4065°24.0'N094°32.1'E62°49.4'N094°22.1'E64°05.9'N094°25.7'E 1.053 35° 197° 260 km 03m29.0s
06:4265°50.0'N097°00.6'E63°14.3'N096°32.2'E64°31.3'N096°44.3'E 1.053 34° 201° 259 km 03m27.0s
06:4466°14.9'N099°37.6'E63°38.4'N098°48.7'E64°55.9'N099°10.4'E 1.053 33° 204° 259 km 03m24.8s
06:4666°38.7'N102°23.9'E64°01.7'N101°12.5'E65°19.4'N101°44.5'E 1.052 32° 207° 258 km 03m22.5s
06:4867°01.2'N105°20.3'E64°23.9'N103°44.0'E65°41.8'N104°27.6'E 1.052 31° 211° 257 km 03m20.1s
06:5067°22.0'N108°28.0'E64°45.0'N106°24.2'E66°02.8'N107°20.4'E 1.052 30° 214° 256 km 03m17.5s
06:5267°41.0'N111°48.1'E65°04.7'N109°13.8'E66°22.2'N110°24.1'E 1.052 29° 218° 255 km 03m14.7s
06:5467°57.8'N115°21.9'E65°22.9'N112°13.9'E66°39.8'N113°39.7'E 1.051 28° 222° 254 km 03m11.8s
06:5668°12.0'N119°11.2'E65°39.2'N115°25.7'E66°55.3'N117°08.6'E 1.051 27° 226° 253 km 03m08.6s
06:5868°23.2'N123°17.9'E65°53.4'N118°50.5'E67°08.2'N120°52.6'E 1.051 25° 231° 252 km 03m05.2s
07:0068°30.5'N127°44.4'E66°05.1'N122°30.2'E67°18.0'N124°53.7'E 1.050 24° 235° 251 km 03m01.6s
07:0268°33.2'N132°34.3'E66°13.7'N126°27.0'E67°24.1'N129°14.6'E 1.050 22° 240° 250 km 02m57.7s
07:0468°30.1'N137°52.4'E66°18.5'N130°43.9'E67°25.5'N133°59.2'E 1.049 20° 245° 249 km 02m53.4s
07:0668°19.1'N143°46.5'E66°18.7'N135°25.1'E67°21.0'N139°13.0'E 1.048 18° 251° 247 km 02m48.6s
07:0867°57.0'N150°30.8'E66°12.7'N140°37.3'E67°08.4'N145°05.4'E 1.048 16° 257° 245 km 02m43.3s
07:1067°17.0'N158°37.4'E65°58.3'N146°31.6'E66°44.0'N151°54.0'E 1.047 13° 264° 243 km 02m37.2s
07:1265°54.4'N170°07.8'E65°30.9'N153°30.8'E65°58.9'N160°23.0'E 1.046 10° 273° 240 km 02m29.4s
07:14 - - 64°37.9'N162°40.7'E64°04.8'N174°45.5'E 1.044 286° 233 km 02m16.1s
Limits63°52.3'N177°33.1'W62°04.0'N179°50.6'W62°57.8'N178°44.1'W 1.043 - 230 km 02m10.3s

ΔT = 3972.1 seconds

Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration
Event Time
TD
Time
UT1
Latitude Longitude Sun
Altitude
Sun
Azimuth
Path Width Central
Duration
Greatest Eclipse07:12:53.306:06:41.255°54.4'N050°37.8'E 41.0° 151.9° 273.5 km03m44.03s
Greatest Duration07:13:46.506:07:34.456°08.5'N067°46.8'E 41.0° 153.0° 273.2 km03m44.04s

Explanation of Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration

Links for the Total Solar Eclipse of 2963 Apr 15

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Eclipse Predictions

Predictions for the Total Solar Eclipse of 2963 Apr 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 3972.1 seconds for this eclipse. The uncertainty in ΔT is 870.8 seconds corresponding to a standard error in longitude of the eclipse path of ± 3.64°.

Acknowledgments

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

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