Path of the Total Solar Eclipse of -0477 Aug 12

Fred Espenak

Introduction

The following table delineates the path of the Moon's umbral shadow during the Total Solar Eclipse of -0477 Aug 12 . 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 -0477 Aug 12
UT1 Northern Limit Southern Limit Central Line M:S Sun Sun Path Central
Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Ratio Alt. Azm. Width Duration
Limits39°26.7'S166°24.7'W41°38.4'S166°00.4'W40°31.7'S166°13.1'W 1.047 - 237 km 02m49.4s
18:1035°58.1'S154°59.5'W - - 38°21.6'S159°11.0'W 1.049 63° 249 km 03m05.3s
18:1235°02.6'S151°30.0'W39°17.1'S158°09.2'W36°58.2'S154°12.4'W 1.050 10° 59° 259 km 03m18.2s
18:1434°23.5'S148°48.1'W38°04.3'S153°38.1'W36°08.4'S150°55.8'W 1.051 13° 57° 266 km 03m27.4s
18:1633°53.7'S146°32.5'W37°18.8'S150°30.1'W35°32.7'S148°20.3'W 1.052 16° 55° 272 km 03m35.0s
18:1833°30.1'S144°34.1'W36°45.8'S147°59.2'W35°05.3'S146°08.7'W 1.053 18° 53° 278 km 03m41.6s
18:2033°11.1'S142°48.0'W36°20.4'S145°50.4'W34°43.6'S144°13.0'W 1.053 20° 51° 283 km 03m47.6s
18:2232°55.8'S141°11.3'W36°00.5'S143°56.6'W34°26.3'S142°28.8'W 1.054 21° 49° 288 km 03m53.1s
18:2432°43.3'S139°41.9'W35°44.6'S142°13.8'W34°12.4'S140°53.6'W 1.054 23° 48° 292 km 03m58.1s
18:2632°33.4'S138°18.4'W35°32.0'S140°39.6'W34°01.3'S139°25.3'W 1.055 24° 46° 296 km 04m02.7s
18:2832°25.7'S136°59.9'W35°22.0'S139°12.0'W33°52.6'S138°02.7'W 1.055 25° 45° 300 km 04m07.1s
18:3032°19.8'S135°45.6'W35°14.4'S137°50.0'W33°45.9'S136°44.9'W 1.055 26° 43° 303 km 04m11.1s
18:3232°15.6'S134°34.7'W35°08.8'S136°32.5'W33°41.1'S135°31.0'W 1.056 27° 42° 306 km 04m14.8s
18:3432°12.9'S133°27.0'W35°04.9'S135°19.0'W33°37.8'S134°20.6'W 1.056 28° 40° 309 km 04m18.3s
18:3632°11.6'S132°21.9'W35°02.7'S134°08.7'W33°36.1'S133°13.1'W 1.056 29° 39° 312 km 04m21.6s
18:3832°11.6'S131°19.1'W35°01.9'S133°01.3'W33°35.7'S132°08.2'W 1.056 30° 37° 314 km 04m24.6s
18:4032°12.8'S130°18.3'W35°02.4'S131°56.3'W33°36.6'S131°05.5'W 1.056 31° 36° 317 km 04m27.4s
18:4232°15.1'S129°19.3'W35°04.2'S130°53.5'W33°38.7'S130°04.7'W 1.057 32° 34° 319 km 04m30.0s
18:4432°18.5'S128°21.9'W35°07.1'S129°52.6'W33°41.9'S129°05.7'W 1.057 32° 33° 320 km 04m32.4s
18:4632°22.9'S127°25.9'W35°11.1'S128°53.3'W33°46.1'S128°08.2'W 1.057 33° 32° 322 km 04m34.6s
18:4832°28.3'S126°31.1'W35°16.2'S127°55.5'W33°51.4'S127°12.0'W 1.057 33° 30° 323 km 04m36.6s
18:5032°34.6'S125°37.4'W35°22.3'S126°59.0'W33°57.6'S126°16.9'W 1.057 34° 29° 324 km 04m38.4s
18:5232°41.9'S124°44.7'W35°29.4'S126°03.5'W34°04.7'S125°22.9'W 1.057 34° 27° 324 km 04m40.0s
18:5432°50.0'S123°52.8'W35°37.3'S125°09.0'W34°12.8'S124°29.8'W 1.057 35° 25° 325 km 04m41.4s
18:5632°59.0'S123°01.6'W35°46.3'S124°15.3'W34°21.7'S123°37.4'W 1.058 35° 24° 325 km 04m42.7s
18:5833°08.8'S122°11.0'W35°56.1'S123°22.3'W34°31.5'S122°45.7'W 1.058 35° 22° 325 km 04m43.7s
19:0033°19.4'S121°20.9'W36°06.7'S122°30.0'W34°42.2'S121°54.6'W 1.058 36° 21° 325 km 04m44.6s
19:0233°30.9'S120°31.3'W36°18.3'S121°38.0'W34°53.7'S121°03.9'W 1.058 36° 19° 324 km 04m45.3s
19:0433°43.2'S119°42.0'W36°30.7'S120°46.5'W35°06.1'S120°13.5'W 1.058 36° 18° 324 km 04m45.7s
19:0633°56.4'S118°52.9'W36°44.0'S119°55.2'W35°19.3'S119°23.4'W 1.058 36° 16° 323 km 04m46.1s
19:0834°10.3'S118°04.0'W36°58.2'S119°04.1'W35°33.3'S118°33.4'W 1.058 36° 15° 322 km 04m46.2s
19:1034°25.0'S117°15.1'W37°13.2'S118°13.0'W35°48.2'S117°43.5'W 1.058 36° 13° 321 km 04m46.2s
19:1234°40.6'S116°26.3'W37°29.1'S117°21.9'W36°03.9'S116°53.6'W 1.058 36° 11° 319 km 04m45.9s
19:1434°57.0'S115°37.3'W37°45.8'S116°30.7'W36°20.5'S116°03.6'W 1.058 36° 10° 318 km 04m45.5s
19:1635°14.3'S114°48.2'W38°03.5'S115°39.3'W36°37.9'S115°13.4'W 1.058 36° 316 km 04m45.0s
19:1835°32.4'S113°58.8'W38°22.1'S114°47.5'W36°56.3'S114°22.9'W 1.058 36° 314 km 04m44.2s
19:2035°51.5'S113°09.0'W38°41.7'S113°55.4'W37°15.5'S113°32.0'W 1.058 35° 312 km 04m43.3s
19:2236°11.4'S112°18.8'W39°02.2'S113°02.6'W37°35.7'S112°40.5'W 1.058 35° 310 km 04m42.2s
19:2436°32.2'S111°28.0'W39°23.7'S112°09.2'W37°56.9'S111°48.5'W 1.057 35° 308 km 04m40.9s
19:2636°54.0'S110°36.5'W39°46.3'S111°15.0'W38°19.0'S110°55.8'W 1.057 35° 306 km 04m39.5s
19:2837°16.8'S109°44.3'W40°09.9'S110°19.9'W38°42.2'S110°02.2'W 1.057 34° 359° 304 km 04m37.8s
19:3037°40.7'S108°51.1'W40°34.7'S109°23.7'W39°06.5'S109°07.6'W 1.057 34° 357° 302 km 04m36.0s
19:3238°05.6'S107°56.9'W41°00.7'S108°26.2'W39°31.9'S108°11.8'W 1.057 33° 355° 299 km 04m34.0s
19:3438°31.7'S107°01.5'W41°28.0'S107°27.3'W39°58.5'S107°14.8'W 1.057 33° 354° 297 km 04m31.9s
19:3638°59.0'S106°04.6'W41°56.6'S106°26.8'W40°26.4'S106°16.2'W 1.057 32° 352° 294 km 04m29.5s
19:3839°27.5'S105°06.3'W42°26.7'S105°24.3'W40°55.7'S105°15.9'W 1.056 31° 350° 292 km 04m27.0s
19:4039°57.5'S104°06.1'W42°58.3'S104°19.7'W41°26.4'S104°13.7'W 1.056 31° 349° 289 km 04m24.2s
19:4240°28.9'S103°03.9'W43°31.7'S103°12.6'W41°58.7'S103°09.2'W 1.056 30° 347° 287 km 04m21.3s
19:4441°01.9'S101°59.4'W44°06.9'S102°02.6'W42°32.7'S102°02.1'W 1.056 29° 346° 284 km 04m18.2s
19:4641°36.6'S100°52.2'W44°44.1'S100°49.2'W43°08.6'S100°52.0'W 1.056 28° 344° 281 km 04m14.8s
19:4842°13.3'S099°41.8'W45°23.7'S099°31.9'W43°46.6'S099°38.5'W 1.055 27° 342° 279 km 04m11.2s
19:5042°52.1'S098°27.9'W46°05.8'S098°09.9'W44°26.9'S098°20.8'W 1.055 26° 340° 276 km 04m07.4s
19:5243°33.2'S097°09.8'W46°51.0'S096°42.4'W45°09.8'S096°58.4'W 1.055 25° 339° 273 km 04m03.4s
19:5444°17.1'S095°46.7'W47°39.6'S095°08.0'W45°55.8'S095°30.2'W 1.054 24° 337° 270 km 03m59.0s
19:5645°04.1'S094°17.5'W48°32.3'S093°25.3'W46°45.4'S093°55.0'W 1.054 22° 335° 267 km 03m54.4s
19:5845°54.8'S092°41.0'W49°30.2'S091°31.8'W47°39.2'S092°11.0'W 1.053 21° 333° 264 km 03m49.4s
20:0046°50.0'S090°55.3'W50°34.6'S089°24.1'W48°38.4'S090°15.8'W 1.053 19° 331° 261 km 03m43.9s
20:0247°50.7'S088°57.7'W51°47.8'S086°56.4'W49°44.3'S088°05.6'W 1.052 18° 328° 258 km 03m37.9s
20:0448°58.6'S086°44.1'W53°13.9'S083°58.5'W50°59.6'S085°34.1'W 1.052 15° 326° 255 km 03m31.3s
20:0650°16.5'S084°07.5'W55°01.9'S080°07.0'W52°28.7'S082°29.8'W 1.051 13° 323° 251 km 03m23.6s
20:0851°49.7'S080°54.2'W57°43.7'S073°57.2'W54°22.3'S078°25.1'W 1.050 10° 319° 247 km 03m14.2s
20:1053°51.5'S076°29.7'W - - 57°25.6'S071°19.8'W 1.048 312° 241 km 02m59.9s
Limits59°11.2'S063°23.9'W61°05.3'S065°24.0'W60°07.9'S064°20.9'W 1.047 - 237 km 02m48.2s

ΔT = 16691.2 seconds

Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration
Event Time
TD
Time
UT1
Latitude Longitude Sun
Altitude
Sun
Azimuth
Path Width Central
Duration
Greatest Eclipse23:48:04.719:09:53.535°47.3'S172°29.6'E 36.1° 13.1° 320.7 km04m46.17s
Greatest Duration23:46:42.919:08:31.835°37.2'S118°20.2'W 36.0° 14.2° 321.5 km04m46.21s

Explanation of Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration

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Eclipse Predictions

Predictions for the Total Solar Eclipse of -0477 Aug 12 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 16691.2 seconds for this eclipse. The uncertainty in ΔT is 421.9 seconds corresponding to a standard error in longitude of the eclipse path of ± 1.76°.

Acknowledgments

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

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