Path of the Total Solar Eclipse of -0252 Jan 21

Fred Espenak

Introduction

The following table delineates the path of the Moon's umbral shadow during the Total Solar Eclipse of -0252 Jan 21 . 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 -0252 Jan 21
UT1 Northern Limit Southern Limit Central Line M:S Sun Sun Path Central
Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Ratio Alt. Azm. Width Duration
Limits13°53.3'N165°47.3'E13°30.4'N165°40.0'E13°41.8'N165°43.7'E 1.013 - 44 km 00m45.0s
19:3412°45.9'N168°42.4'E11°54.2'N169°42.7'E12°18.9'N169°15.8'E 1.014 112° 48 km 00m50.5s
19:3609°56.2'N175°59.0'E09°17.5'N176°13.9'E09°36.8'N176°06.9'E 1.016 11° 114° 56 km 01m02.9s
19:3808°30.3'N179°40.7'E07°51.5'N179°49.3'E08°10.8'N179°45.3'E 1.017 16° 115° 61 km 01m10.4s
19:4007°26.2'N177°32.4'W06°46.7'N177°26.8'W07°06.4'N177°29.4'W 1.018 19° 115° 64 km 01m16.6s
19:4206°33.9'N175°14.4'W05°53.6'N175°10.6'W06°13.7'N175°12.3'W 1.019 22° 116° 67 km 01m22.0s
19:4405°49.4'N173°14.9'W05°08.2'N173°12.4'W05°28.8'N173°13.4'W 1.020 25° 116° 69 km 01m27.0s
19:4605°10.5'N171°28.4'W04°28.4'N171°26.8'W04°49.4'N171°27.4'W 1.021 27° 117° 72 km 01m31.6s
19:4804°35.9'N169°51.9'W03°53.0'N169°50.9'W04°14.4'N169°51.2'W 1.021 29° 117° 74 km 01m36.0s
19:5004°04.8'N168°23.1'W03°21.1'N168°22.6'W03°42.9'N168°22.7'W 1.022 31° 117° 76 km 01m40.1s
19:5203°36.5'N167°00.6'W02°52.1'N167°00.5'W03°14.3'N167°00.4'W 1.022 33° 118° 77 km 01m44.0s
19:5403°10.8'N165°43.3'W02°25.6'N165°43.5'W02°48.2'N165°43.3'W 1.023 35° 118° 79 km 01m47.8s
19:5602°47.2'N164°30.5'W02°01.3'N164°30.9'W02°24.2'N164°30.5'W 1.023 36° 118° 81 km 01m51.5s
19:5802°25.5'N163°21.5'W01°38.9'N163°22.0'W02°02.2'N163°21.6'W 1.023 38° 119° 82 km 01m55.0s
20:0002°05.4'N162°15.8'W01°18.2'N162°16.3'W01°41.8'N162°15.9'W 1.024 40° 119° 84 km 01m58.4s
20:0201°46.9'N161°12.9'W00°59.1'N161°13.5'W01°23.0'N161°13.1'W 1.024 41° 120° 85 km 02m01.7s
20:0401°29.8'N160°12.7'W00°41.4'N160°13.2'W01°05.6'N160°12.8'W 1.024 43° 120° 86 km 02m04.9s
20:0601°13.9'N159°14.7'W00°25.0'N159°15.2'W00°49.4'N159°14.8'W 1.025 44° 121° 87 km 02m08.0s
20:0800°59.2'N158°18.8'W00°09.7'N158°19.2'W00°34.5'N158°18.9'W 1.025 45° 121° 88 km 02m11.0s
20:1000°45.6'N157°24.7'W00°04.4'S157°25.0'W00°20.6'N157°24.8'W 1.025 47° 122° 89 km 02m13.8s
20:1200°33.0'N156°32.3'W00°17.4'S156°32.5'W00°07.8'N156°32.3'W 1.026 48° 122° 91 km 02m16.7s
20:1400°21.4'N155°41.5'W00°29.5'S155°41.5'W00°04.1'S155°41.4'W 1.026 49° 123° 91 km 02m19.4s
20:1600°10.7'N154°52.0'W00°40.7'S154°51.9'W00°15.0'S154°51.8'W 1.026 50° 124° 92 km 02m22.0s
20:1800°00.8'N154°03.9'W00°51.0'S154°03.5'W00°25.1'S154°03.6'W 1.026 51° 125° 93 km 02m24.5s
20:2000°08.3'S153°16.9'W01°00.4'S153°16.3'W00°34.3'S153°16.5'W 1.026 53° 125° 94 km 02m27.0s
20:2200°16.5'S152°30.9'W01°09.0'S152°30.1'W00°42.8'S152°30.4'W 1.027 54° 126° 95 km 02m29.3s
20:2400°24.1'S151°46.0'W01°16.9'S151°44.9'W00°50.5'S151°45.4'W 1.027 55° 127° 96 km 02m31.6s
20:2600°30.9'S151°02.0'W01°24.1'S151°00.7'W00°57.5'S151°01.3'W 1.027 56° 128° 97 km 02m33.8s
20:2800°37.0'S150°18.9'W01°30.5'S150°17.2'W01°03.8'S150°18.0'W 1.027 57° 129° 97 km 02m35.9s
20:3000°42.5'S149°36.5'W01°36.3'S149°34.6'W01°09.4'S149°35.5'W 1.027 58° 130° 98 km 02m37.8s
20:3200°47.3'S148°54.9'W01°41.4'S148°52.7'W01°14.4'S148°53.7'W 1.027 59° 131° 99 km 02m39.8s
20:3400°51.6'S148°13.9'W01°45.8'S148°11.4'W01°18.7'S148°12.6'W 1.028 60° 132° 99 km 02m41.6s
20:3600°55.2'S147°33.6'W01°49.7'S147°30.8'W01°22.4'S147°32.2'W 1.028 61° 134° 100 km 02m43.3s
20:3800°58.2'S146°53.9'W01°52.9'S146°50.8'W01°25.5'S146°52.3'W 1.028 62° 135° 100 km 02m44.9s
20:4001°00.6'S146°14.7'W01°55.6'S146°11.2'W01°28.1'S146°12.9'W 1.028 62° 136° 101 km 02m46.4s
20:4201°02.5'S145°36.0'W01°57.6'S145°32.2'W01°30.1'S145°34.1'W 1.028 63° 138° 101 km 02m47.9s
20:4401°03.9'S144°57.8'W01°59.1'S144°53.7'W01°31.5'S144°55.7'W 1.028 64° 140° 102 km 02m49.2s
20:4601°04.7'S144°20.0'W02°00.1'S144°15.5'W01°32.4'S144°17.7'W 1.028 65° 141° 102 km 02m50.5s
20:4801°05.0'S143°42.6'W02°00.5'S143°37.8'W01°32.7'S143°40.2'W 1.028 65° 143° 102 km 02m51.6s
20:5001°04.7'S143°05.5'W02°00.3'S143°00.4'W01°32.5'S143°02.9'W 1.028 66° 145° 103 km 02m52.6s
20:5201°04.0'S142°28.8'W01°59.7'S142°23.4'W01°31.8'S142°26.1'W 1.028 67° 147° 103 km 02m53.6s
20:5401°02.8'S141°52.4'W01°58.5'S141°46.6'W01°30.6'S141°49.5'W 1.029 67° 150° 103 km 02m54.4s
20:5601°01.0'S141°16.3'W01°56.8'S141°10.2'W01°28.9'S141°13.2'W 1.029 68° 152° 103 km 02m55.2s
20:5800°58.8'S140°40.4'W01°54.6'S140°33.9'W01°26.7'S140°37.2'W 1.029 68° 154° 103 km 02m55.8s
21:0000°56.1'S140°04.7'W01°51.9'S139°57.9'W01°24.0'S140°01.3'W 1.029 69° 157° 104 km 02m56.4s
21:0200°52.9'S139°29.3'W01°48.7'S139°22.1'W01°20.8'S139°25.7'W 1.029 69° 160° 104 km 02m56.8s
21:0400°49.2'S138°54.0'W01°45.0'S138°46.5'W01°17.1'S138°50.2'W 1.029 69° 162° 104 km 02m57.2s
21:0600°45.1'S138°18.8'W01°40.8'S138°11.0'W01°12.9'S138°14.9'W 1.029 69° 165° 104 km 02m57.4s
21:0800°40.4'S137°43.8'W01°36.1'S137°35.7'W01°08.3'S137°39.7'W 1.029 70° 168° 104 km 02m57.6s
21:1000°35.3'S137°08.9'W01°31.0'S137°00.4'W01°03.2'S137°04.6'W 1.029 70° 171° 104 km 02m57.6s
21:1200°29.8'S136°34.0'W01°25.3'S136°25.2'W00°57.6'S136°29.6'W 1.029 70° 174° 104 km 02m57.5s
21:1400°23.8'S135°59.2'W01°19.2'S135°50.1'W00°51.5'S135°54.7'W 1.029 70° 177° 104 km 02m57.4s
21:1600°17.3'S135°24.4'W01°12.6'S135°15.0'W00°44.9'S135°19.7'W 1.029 70° 180° 103 km 02m57.1s
21:1800°10.3'S134°49.6'W01°05.5'S134°39.9'W00°37.9'S134°44.8'W 1.029 70° 183° 103 km 02m56.8s
21:2000°02.8'S134°14.8'W00°57.9'S134°04.8'W00°30.4'S134°09.9'W 1.029 69° 185° 103 km 02m56.3s
21:2200°05.1'N133°40.0'W00°49.8'S133°29.7'W00°22.4'S133°34.9'W 1.029 69° 188° 103 km 02m55.7s
21:2400°13.5'N133°05.0'W00°41.2'S132°54.5'W00°13.9'S132°59.8'W 1.029 69° 191° 103 km 02m55.1s
21:2600°22.3'N132°30.0'W00°32.2'S132°19.3'W00°04.9'S132°24.7'W 1.029 68° 194° 102 km 02m54.3s
21:2800°31.7'N131°54.9'W00°22.6'S131°43.9'W00°04.5'N131°49.4'W 1.028 68° 196° 102 km 02m53.5s
21:3000°41.5'N131°19.6'W00°12.5'S131°08.3'W00°14.5'N131°14.0'W 1.028 68° 199° 102 km 02m52.6s
21:3200°51.9'N130°44.2'W00°02.0'S130°32.7'W00°24.9'N130°38.5'W 1.028 67° 201° 101 km 02m51.5s
21:3401°02.7'N130°08.5'W00°09.1'N129°56.8'W00°35.9'N130°02.7'W 1.028 66° 203° 101 km 02m50.4s
21:3601°14.0'N129°32.6'W00°20.7'N129°20.7'W00°47.4'N129°26.7'W 1.028 66° 205° 100 km 02m49.2s
21:3801°25.9'N128°56.4'W00°32.9'N128°44.3'W00°59.4'N128°50.5'W 1.028 65° 207° 100 km 02m47.9s
21:4001°38.3'N128°20.0'W00°45.5'N128°07.7'W01°11.9'N128°13.9'W 1.028 64° 209° 99 km 02m46.5s
21:4201°51.2'N127°43.2'W00°58.7'N127°30.8'W01°25.0'N127°37.1'W 1.028 64° 211° 99 km 02m45.0s
21:4402°04.7'N127°06.1'W01°12.5'N126°53.5'W01°38.6'N126°59.8'W 1.028 63° 213° 98 km 02m43.4s
21:4602°18.7'N126°28.5'W01°26.9'N126°15.8'W01°52.7'N126°22.2'W 1.028 62° 214° 98 km 02m41.8s
21:4802°33.2'N125°50.5'W01°41.8'N125°37.7'W02°07.5'N125°44.2'W 1.027 61° 216° 97 km 02m40.0s
21:5002°48.4'N125°12.1'W01°57.3'N124°59.1'W02°22.8'N125°05.7'W 1.027 60° 217° 96 km 02m38.2s
21:5203°04.2'N124°33.1'W02°13.4'N124°20.0'W02°38.8'N124°26.6'W 1.027 59° 218° 96 km 02m36.3s
21:5403°20.5'N123°53.5'W02°30.1'N123°40.4'W02°55.3'N123°47.0'W 1.027 58° 220° 95 km 02m34.3s
21:5603°37.5'N123°13.3'W02°47.5'N123°00.1'W03°12.5'N123°06.8'W 1.027 58° 221° 94 km 02m32.3s
21:5803°55.2'N122°32.4'W03°05.6'N122°19.2'W03°30.4'N122°25.9'W 1.027 57° 222° 94 km 02m30.1s
22:0004°13.6'N121°50.7'W03°24.4'N121°37.5'W03°48.9'N121°44.2'W 1.026 55° 223° 93 km 02m27.9s
22:0204°32.6'N121°08.3'W03°43.8'N120°55.0'W04°08.2'N121°01.8'W 1.026 54° 224° 92 km 02m25.6s
22:0404°52.4'N120°24.9'W04°04.1'N120°11.7'W04°28.2'N120°18.4'W 1.026 53° 225° 91 km 02m23.2s
22:0605°13.0'N119°40.6'W04°25.1'N119°27.4'W04°49.0'N119°34.1'W 1.026 52° 226° 90 km 02m20.8s
22:0805°34.3'N118°55.2'W04°46.9'N118°42.1'W05°10.6'N118°48.8'W 1.026 51° 227° 89 km 02m18.2s
22:1005°56.5'N118°08.6'W05°09.6'N117°55.6'W05°33.0'N118°02.2'W 1.025 50° 228° 88 km 02m15.6s
22:1206°19.7'N117°20.8'W05°33.2'N117°07.9'W05°56.4'N117°14.5'W 1.025 49° 228° 87 km 02m12.9s
22:1406°43.7'N116°31.5'W05°57.7'N116°18.8'W06°20.7'N116°25.3'W 1.025 47° 229° 86 km 02m10.2s
22:1607°08.8'N115°40.7'W06°23.3'N115°28.2'W06°46.0'N115°34.6'W 1.024 46° 230° 85 km 02m07.3s
22:1807°34.9'N114°48.1'W06°50.0'N114°35.9'W07°12.4'N114°42.1'W 1.024 45° 231° 84 km 02m04.4s
22:2008°02.2'N113°53.7'W07°17.8'N113°41.7'W07°39.9'N113°47.8'W 1.024 43° 231° 83 km 02m01.4s
22:2208°30.8'N112°57.1'W07°46.9'N112°45.4'W08°08.8'N112°51.4'W 1.024 42° 232° 82 km 01m58.2s
22:2409°00.7'N111°58.1'W08°17.4'N111°46.8'W08°39.0'N111°52.6'W 1.023 41° 233° 80 km 01m55.0s
22:2609°32.1'N110°56.5'W08°49.3'N110°45.5'W09°10.6'N110°51.1'W 1.023 39° 233° 79 km 01m51.8s
22:2810°05.1'N109°51.7'W09°23.0'N109°41.2'W09°44.0'N109°46.6'W 1.022 37° 234° 78 km 01m48.3s
22:3010°39.9'N108°43.4'W09°58.4'N108°33.4'W10°19.1'N108°38.6'W 1.022 36° 235° 76 km 01m44.8s
22:3211°16.9'N107°31.0'W10°36.0'N107°21.7'W10°56.4'N107°26.5'W 1.022 34° 235° 75 km 01m41.2s
22:3411°56.2'N106°13.8'W11°16.0'N106°05.2'W11°36.0'N106°09.6'W 1.021 32° 236° 73 km 01m37.4s
22:3612°38.2'N104°50.8'W11°58.7'N104°43.0'W12°18.4'N104°47.1'W 1.021 30° 236° 71 km 01m33.5s
22:3813°23.5'N103°20.9'W12°44.7'N103°14.1'W13°04.0'N103°17.6'W 1.020 28° 237° 69 km 01m29.4s
22:4014°12.8'N101°42.2'W13°34.7'N101°36.6'W13°53.6'N101°39.6'W 1.019 26° 238° 67 km 01m25.0s
22:4215°07.0'N099°52.2'W14°29.7'N099°48.0'W14°48.3'N099°50.3'W 1.019 24° 239° 65 km 01m20.4s
22:4416°07.9'N097°46.8'W15°31.2'N097°44.6'W15°49.5'N097°46.0'W 1.018 21° 239° 62 km 01m15.4s
22:4617°18.2'N095°19.2'W16°42.2'N095°19.7'W17°00.1'N095°19.7'W 1.017 18° 240° 59 km 01m09.9s
22:4818°43.6'N092°14.6'W18°08.1'N092°19.5'W18°25.8'N092°17.3'W 1.016 14° 242° 55 km 01m03.5s
22:5020°41.3'N087°49.9'W20°04.7'N088°04.9'W20°22.8'N087°57.9'W 1.014 243° 50 km 00m55.3s
Limits24°17.3'N079°02.9'W23°56.6'N078°55.2'W24°06.9'N078°59.1'W 1.012 - 40 km 00m41.1s

ΔT = 13364.6 seconds

Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration
Event Time
TD
Time
UT1
Latitude Longitude Sun
Altitude
Sun
Azimuth
Path Width Central
Duration
Greatest Eclipse00:55:23.921:12:39.300°55.6'S167°51.5'E 69.8° 174.8° 103.6 km02m57.49s
Greatest Duration00:52:33.421:09:48.901°03.7'S137°07.9'W 69.8° 170.6° 103.7 km02m57.60s

Explanation of Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration

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Eclipse Predictions

Predictions for the Total Solar Eclipse of -0252 Jan 21 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 13364.6 seconds for this eclipse. The uncertainty in ΔT is 343.4 seconds corresponding to a standard error in longitude of the eclipse path of ± 1.43°.

Acknowledgments

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

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