Path of the Total Solar Eclipse of -0401 Jan 18

Fred Espenak

Introduction

The following table delineates the path of the Moon's umbral shadow during the Total Solar Eclipse of -0401 Jan 18 . 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 -0401 Jan 18
UT1 Northern Limit Southern Limit Central Line M:S Sun Sun Path Central
Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Ratio Alt. Azm. Width Duration
Limits46°23.3'N004°10.5'E44°54.9'N003°27.0'E45°38.7'N003°48.1'E 1.033 - 169 km 02m05.3s
07:36 - - 40°32.2'N013°28.1'E42°49.1'N010°19.0'E 1.035 127° 178 km 02m18.2s
07:3842°39.4'N012°55.1'E38°56.9'N017°14.1'E40°39.8'N015°24.0'E 1.037 10° 130° 186 km 02m29.9s
07:4040°58.9'N016°59.2'E37°48.6'N020°01.6'E39°19.8'N018°39.5'E 1.038 13° 133° 192 km 02m38.1s
07:4239°49.4'N019°54.6'E36°54.4'N022°19.3'E38°19.4'N021°12.7'E 1.038 16° 135° 197 km 02m44.8s
07:4438°55.1'N022°17.1'E36°09.4'N024°18.3'E37°30.3'N023°21.8'E 1.039 18° 137° 202 km 02m50.7s
07:4638°10.3'N024°19.5'E35°31.0'N026°04.2'E36°49.2'N025°15.0'E 1.040 19° 139° 206 km 02m56.0s
07:4837°32.5'N026°07.9'E34°57.6'N027°40.3'E36°13.8'N026°56.7'E 1.040 21° 141° 210 km 03m00.9s
07:5036°59.8'N027°46.1'E34°28.4'N029°08.8'E35°43.0'N028°29.7'E 1.040 22° 142° 214 km 03m05.4s
07:5236°31.3'N029°16.4'E34°02.5'N030°31.3'E35°15.9'N029°55.7'E 1.041 24° 144° 217 km 03m09.5s
07:5436°06.2'N030°40.4'E33°39.6'N031°48.7'E34°52.0'N031°16.2'E 1.041 25° 145° 221 km 03m13.4s
07:5635°44.1'N031°59.1'E33°19.2'N033°01.9'E34°30.8'N032°32.0'E 1.042 26° 147° 224 km 03m17.0s
07:5835°24.5'N033°13.6'E33°01.0'N034°11.6'E34°12.0'N033°43.9'E 1.042 27° 148° 227 km 03m20.4s
08:0035°07.2'N034°24.4'E32°44.9'N035°18.3'E33°55.3'N034°52.5'E 1.042 28° 150° 230 km 03m23.5s
08:0234°51.9'N035°32.2'E32°30.5'N036°22.3'E33°40.5'N035°58.3'E 1.042 29° 151° 233 km 03m26.5s
08:0434°38.4'N036°37.2'E32°17.9'N037°24.1'E33°27.5'N037°01.6'E 1.043 30° 152° 236 km 03m29.2s
08:0634°26.6'N037°40.0'E32°06.8'N038°23.8'E33°16.1'N038°02.7'E 1.043 30° 154° 238 km 03m31.8s
08:0834°16.4'N038°40.7'E31°57.2'N039°21.8'E33°06.2'N039°02.0'E 1.043 31° 155° 240 km 03m34.2s
08:1034°07.6'N039°39.6'E31°48.9'N040°18.3'E32°57.7'N039°59.6'E 1.043 32° 157° 243 km 03m36.3s
08:1234°00.2'N040°37.0'E31°41.9'N041°13.4'E32°50.5'N040°55.8'E 1.043 32° 158° 245 km 03m38.3s
08:1433°54.1'N041°33.1'E31°36.1'N042°07.3'E32°44.6'N041°50.7'E 1.043 33° 160° 246 km 03m40.2s
08:1633°49.3'N042°28.0'E31°31.6'N043°00.1'E32°39.9'N042°44.6'E 1.044 33° 161° 248 km 03m41.8s
08:1833°45.6'N043°21.8'E31°28.1'N043°52.1'E32°36.3'N043°37.4'E 1.044 34° 163° 249 km 03m43.3s
08:2033°43.0'N044°14.8'E31°25.8'N044°43.2'E32°33.9'N044°29.4'E 1.044 34° 164° 251 km 03m44.6s
08:2233°41.6'N045°07.0'E31°24.5'N045°33.7'E32°32.5'N045°20.7'E 1.044 34° 166° 252 km 03m45.7s
08:2433°41.2'N045°58.6'E31°24.2'N046°23.6'E32°32.2'N046°11.4'E 1.044 35° 167° 252 km 03m46.7s
08:2633°41.9'N046°49.6'E31°25.0'N047°13.0'E32°32.9'N047°01.6'E 1.044 35° 169° 253 km 03m47.5s
08:2833°43.6'N047°40.2'E31°26.8'N048°02.0'E32°34.7'N047°51.3'E 1.044 35° 170° 253 km 03m48.1s
08:3033°46.4'N048°30.4'E31°29.5'N048°50.7'E32°37.4'N048°40.8'E 1.044 35° 172° 254 km 03m48.6s
08:3233°50.1'N049°20.5'E31°33.3'N049°39.2'E32°41.2'N049°30.0'E 1.044 35° 173° 254 km 03m48.9s
08:3433°54.9'N050°10.4'E31°38.0'N050°27.6'E32°45.9'N050°19.1'E 1.044 35° 175° 253 km 03m49.0s
08:3634°00.6'N051°00.2'E31°43.7'N051°15.9'E32°51.7'N051°08.1'E 1.044 35° 176° 253 km 03m49.0s
08:3834°07.4'N051°50.1'E31°50.4'N052°04.2'E32°58.4'N051°57.2'E 1.044 35° 178° 252 km 03m48.8s
08:4034°15.2'N052°40.1'E31°58.1'N052°52.6'E33°06.1'N052°46.3'E 1.044 35° 179° 252 km 03m48.5s
08:4234°24.1'N053°30.3'E32°06.8'N053°41.3'E33°14.9'N053°35.7'E 1.044 35° 181° 251 km 03m47.9s
08:4434°33.9'N054°20.8'E32°16.4'N054°30.2'E33°24.6'N054°25.4'E 1.044 35° 182° 249 km 03m47.2s
08:4634°44.9'N055°11.8'E32°27.2'N055°19.5'E33°35.5'N055°15.5'E 1.044 35° 184° 248 km 03m46.4s
08:4834°56.9'N056°03.3'E32°38.9'N056°09.3'E33°47.4'N056°06.1'E 1.044 34° 185° 247 km 03m45.4s
08:5035°10.1'N056°55.4'E32°51.8'N056°59.6'E34°00.4'N056°57.3'E 1.044 34° 187° 245 km 03m44.2s
08:5235°24.5'N057°48.3'E33°05.7'N057°50.6'E34°14.5'N057°49.2'E 1.044 34° 188° 243 km 03m42.8s
08:5435°40.0'N058°42.1'E33°20.9'N058°42.4'E34°29.8'N058°41.9'E 1.044 33° 190° 241 km 03m41.3s
08:5635°56.8'N059°36.9'E33°37.2'N059°35.0'E34°46.4'N059°35.6'E 1.043 33° 191° 239 km 03m39.6s
08:5836°15.0'N060°33.0'E33°54.8'N060°28.8'E35°04.2'N060°30.5'E 1.043 32° 193° 237 km 03m37.7s
09:0036°34.6'N061°30.4'E34°13.7'N061°23.7'E35°23.5'N061°26.6'E 1.043 32° 194° 235 km 03m35.7s
09:0236°55.7'N062°29.3'E34°34.0'N062°20.0'E35°44.1'N062°24.1'E 1.043 31° 196° 233 km 03m33.5s
09:0437°18.3'N063°30.1'E34°55.8'N063°17.9'E36°06.3'N063°23.4'E 1.043 30° 197° 230 km 03m31.1s
09:0637°42.7'N064°33.0'E35°19.2'N064°17.6'E36°30.2'N064°24.6'E 1.043 30° 199° 228 km 03m28.6s
09:0838°09.0'N065°38.3'E35°44.2'N065°19.3'E36°55.8'N065°28.0'E 1.042 29° 200° 225 km 03m25.8s
09:1038°37.4'N066°46.4'E36°11.2'N066°23.4'E37°23.4'N066°34.0'E 1.042 28° 202° 222 km 03m22.8s
09:1239°08.0'N067°57.7'E36°40.2'N067°30.3'E37°53.2'N067°42.9'E 1.042 27° 203° 219 km 03m19.7s
09:1439°41.3'N069°12.9'E37°11.4'N068°40.3'E38°25.3'N068°55.3'E 1.042 26° 205° 217 km 03m16.3s
09:1640°17.4'N070°32.6'E37°45.2'N069°54.0'E39°00.2'N070°11.9'E 1.041 25° 206° 214 km 03m12.7s
09:1840°57.0'N071°57.9'E38°21.9'N071°12.1'E39°38.2'N071°33.3'E 1.041 24° 208° 211 km 03m08.9s
09:2041°40.6'N073°29.9'E39°01.9'N072°35.6'E40°19.9'N073°00.7'E 1.041 22° 210° 207 km 03m04.7s
09:2242°29.2'N075°10.5'E39°45.9'N074°05.6'E41°05.9'N074°35.5'E 1.040 21° 211° 204 km 03m00.2s
09:2443°23.9'N077°02.3'E40°34.6'N075°43.7'E41°57.3'N076°19.8'E 1.040 19° 213° 201 km 02m55.4s
09:2644°26.9'N079°09.6'E41°29.3'N077°32.5'E42°55.7'N078°16.8'E 1.039 17° 215° 197 km 02m50.1s
09:2845°41.7'N081°39.6'E42°31.9'N079°35.7'E44°03.5'N080°31.5'E 1.038 15° 217° 193 km 02m44.1s
09:3047°15.9'N084°47.9'E43°45.5'N081°59.9'E45°25.4'N083°13.6'E 1.038 13° 220° 189 km 02m37.3s
09:3249°32.1'N089°22.8'E45°16.8'N084°58.4'E47°12.5'N086°45.9'E 1.037 10° 223° 183 km 02m28.9s
09:34 - - 47°23.6'N089°08.4'E50°12.3'N092°48.7'E 1.035 228° 176 km 02m16.1s
Limits53°33.5'N097°46.4'E52°10.7'N098°57.0'E52°51.9'N098°22.7'E 1.034 - 170 km 02m06.0s

ΔT = 15457.8 seconds

Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration
Event Time
TD
Time
UT1
Latitude Longitude Sun
Altitude
Sun
Azimuth
Path Width Central
Duration
Greatest Eclipse12:52:30.608:34:52.932°48.3'N013°54.3'W 35.4° 175.2° 253.3 km03m49.05s
Greatest Duration12:52:15.008:34:37.232°47.6'N050°34.3'E 35.4° 175.0° 253.3 km03m49.05s

Explanation of Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration

Links for the Total Solar Eclipse of -0401 Jan 18

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Eclipse Predictions

Predictions for the Total Solar Eclipse of -0401 Jan 18 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 15457.8 seconds for this eclipse. The uncertainty in ΔT is 394.6 seconds corresponding to a standard error in longitude of the eclipse path of ± 1.65°.

Acknowledgments

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

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