Path of the Total Solar Eclipse of -0479 Apr 09

Fred Espenak

Introduction

The following table delineates the path of the Moon's umbral shadow during the Total Solar Eclipse of -0479 Apr 09 . 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 -0479 Apr 09
UT1 Northern Limit Southern Limit Central Line M:S Sun Sun Path Central
Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Ratio Alt. Azm. Width Duration
Limits43°31.5'S159°57.7'E45°23.8'S159°56.1'E44°27.4'S159°57.0'E 1.057 - 206 km 03m03.9s
19:4441°45.0'S173°41.3'E44°36.4'S167°29.5'E43°07.0'S171°15.5'E 1.059 75° 214 km 03m25.3s
19:4640°46.0'S179°01.2'E43°22.6'S175°51.7'E42°02.9'S177°37.9'E 1.061 14° 70° 218 km 03m39.5s
19:4839°55.7'S177°04.8'W42°27.4'S179°12.7'W41°10.5'S178°02.1'W 1.062 17° 67° 221 km 03m50.2s
19:5039°10.0'S173°54.9'W41°38.9'S175°27.6'W40°23.6'S174°36.5'W 1.063 20° 64° 224 km 03m59.2s
19:5238°27.5'S171°12.9'W40°54.3'S172°21.8'W39°40.1'S171°43.7'W 1.064 23° 62° 226 km 04m07.3s
19:5437°47.1'S168°50.6'W40°12.5'S169°41.8'W38°59.1'S169°13.2'W 1.065 25° 59° 228 km 04m14.7s
19:5637°08.6'S166°43.2'W39°32.7'S167°20.5'W38°19.9'S166°59.3'W 1.065 27° 57° 229 km 04m21.6s
19:5836°31.5'S164°47.4'W38°54.5'S165°13.4'W37°42.3'S164°58.3'W 1.066 29° 56° 231 km 04m28.0s
20:0035°55.7'S163°01.1'W38°17.6'S163°17.5'W37°06.0'S163°07.5'W 1.067 31° 54° 233 km 04m34.1s
20:0235°20.9'S161°22.7'W37°41.9'S161°31.0'W36°30.8'S161°25.2'W 1.067 33° 52° 234 km 04m39.9s
20:0434°47.0'S159°50.9'W37°07.2'S159°52.1'W35°56.5'S159°50.0'W 1.068 35° 50° 236 km 04m45.4s
20:0634°14.0'S158°24.8'W36°33.4'S158°19.8'W35°23.1'S158°21.0'W 1.068 36° 49° 237 km 04m50.7s
20:0833°41.6'S157°03.6'W36°00.4'S156°53.0'W34°50.4'S156°57.2'W 1.068 38° 47° 238 km 04m55.8s
20:1033°10.0'S155°46.8'W35°28.0'S155°31.2'W34°18.5'S155°38.0'W 1.069 39° 46° 239 km 05m00.7s
20:1232°39.0'S154°33.8'W34°56.4'S154°13.8'W33°47.1'S154°22.8'W 1.069 41° 44° 241 km 05m05.3s
20:1432°08.5'S153°24.2'W34°25.3'S153°00.1'W33°16.4'S153°11.3'W 1.069 42° 43° 242 km 05m09.8s
20:1631°38.6'S152°17.7'W33°54.8'S151°49.8'W32°46.2'S152°03.0'W 1.070 43° 41° 243 km 05m14.1s
20:1831°09.2'S151°13.9'W33°24.8'S150°42.6'W32°16.5'S150°57.6'W 1.070 45° 40° 244 km 05m18.3s
20:2030°40.2'S150°12.6'W32°55.3'S149°38.2'W31°47.3'S149°54.7'W 1.070 46° 38° 245 km 05m22.3s
20:2230°11.7'S149°13.5'W32°26.3'S148°36.2'W31°18.5'S148°54.3'W 1.071 47° 36° 246 km 05m26.1s
20:2429°43.5'S148°16.5'W31°57.6'S147°36.5'W30°50.1'S147°56.0'W 1.071 48° 35° 247 km 05m29.8s
20:2629°15.8'S147°21.4'W31°29.4'S146°38.9'W30°22.1'S146°59.7'W 1.071 49° 33° 248 km 05m33.3s
20:2828°48.4'S146°28.0'W31°01.6'S145°43.1'W29°54.5'S146°05.1'W 1.071 50° 32° 249 km 05m36.7s
20:3028°21.4'S145°36.2'W30°34.1'S144°49.1'W29°27.3'S145°12.3'W 1.072 51° 30° 250 km 05m39.9s
20:3227°54.7'S144°45.8'W30°07.0'S143°56.6'W29°00.4'S144°20.9'W 1.072 52° 28° 251 km 05m43.0s
20:3427°28.3'S143°56.8'W29°40.2'S143°05.6'W28°33.8'S143°30.9'W 1.072 53° 27° 252 km 05m46.0s
20:3627°02.2'S143°08.9'W29°13.8'S142°16.0'W28°07.6'S142°42.2'W 1.072 54° 25° 252 km 05m48.8s
20:3826°36.4'S142°22.2'W28°47.6'S141°27.6'W27°41.6'S141°54.6'W 1.072 55° 23° 253 km 05m51.5s
20:4026°10.9'S141°36.5'W28°21.8'S140°40.3'W27°16.0'S141°08.2'W 1.072 56° 21° 254 km 05m54.0s
20:4225°45.7'S140°51.8'W27°56.2'S139°54.0'W26°50.6'S140°22.7'W 1.073 56° 19° 255 km 05m56.4s
20:4425°20.7'S140°08.0'W27°31.0'S139°08.7'W26°25.5'S139°38.2'W 1.073 57° 17° 256 km 05m58.7s
20:4624°56.0'S139°24.9'W27°05.9'S138°24.3'W26°00.6'S138°54.5'W 1.073 58° 15° 257 km 06m00.9s
20:4824°31.6'S138°42.6'W26°41.2'S137°40.7'W25°36.0'S138°11.6'W 1.073 59° 13° 258 km 06m02.8s
20:5024°07.4'S138°01.0'W26°16.7'S136°57.9'W25°11.7'S137°29.4'W 1.073 59° 11° 258 km 06m04.7s
20:5223°43.4'S137°20.0'W25°52.4'S136°15.7'W24°47.6'S136°47.8'W 1.073 60° 259 km 06m06.4s
20:5423°19.6'S136°39.6'W25°28.4'S135°34.2'W24°23.7'S136°06.8'W 1.073 60° 260 km 06m08.0s
20:5622°56.1'S135°59.7'W25°04.7'S134°53.2'W24°00.1'S135°26.4'W 1.073 61° 261 km 06m09.5s
20:5822°32.8'S135°20.2'W24°41.1'S134°12.7'W23°36.6'S134°46.5'W 1.073 61° 261 km 06m10.8s
21:0022°09.7'S134°41.2'W24°17.8'S133°32.7'W23°13.4'S134°06.9'W 1.073 62° 359° 262 km 06m11.9s
21:0221°46.8'S134°02.5'W23°54.7'S132°53.1'W22°50.4'S133°27.8'W 1.074 62° 357° 263 km 06m13.0s
21:0421°24.1'S133°24.1'W23°31.8'S132°13.9'W22°27.7'S132°49.0'W 1.074 62° 354° 263 km 06m13.9s
21:0621°01.6'S132°46.1'W23°09.1'S131°34.9'W22°05.1'S132°10.6'W 1.074 63° 352° 264 km 06m14.6s
21:0820°39.3'S132°08.2'W22°46.6'S130°56.3'W21°42.7'S131°32.3'W 1.074 63° 349° 265 km 06m15.2s
21:1020°17.2'S131°30.6'W22°24.4'S130°17.9'W21°20.5'S130°54.3'W 1.074 63° 347° 265 km 06m15.7s
21:1219°55.3'S130°53.1'W22°02.3'S129°39.7'W20°58.6'S130°16.5'W 1.074 63° 344° 266 km 06m16.1s
21:1419°33.6'S130°15.8'W21°40.4'S129°01.6'W20°36.8'S129°38.8'W 1.074 63° 342° 267 km 06m16.3s
21:1619°12.1'S129°38.5'W21°18.7'S128°23.6'W20°15.2'S129°01.2'W 1.074 63° 339° 267 km 06m16.3s
21:1818°50.8'S129°01.3'W20°57.3'S127°45.8'W19°53.8'S128°23.7'W 1.074 63° 336° 268 km 06m16.2s
21:2018°29.6'S128°24.1'W20°36.0'S127°07.9'W19°32.5'S127°46.2'W 1.074 63° 334° 268 km 06m16.0s
21:2218°08.6'S127°46.8'W20°14.9'S126°30.0'W19°11.5'S127°08.6'W 1.074 63° 331° 269 km 06m15.6s
21:2417°47.8'S127°09.5'W19°53.9'S125°52.1'W18°50.7'S126°31.0'W 1.074 62° 329° 269 km 06m15.1s
21:2617°27.2'S126°32.1'W19°33.2'S125°14.1'W18°30.0'S125°53.3'W 1.074 62° 327° 270 km 06m14.5s
21:2817°06.8'S125°54.5'W19°12.6'S124°36.0'W18°09.5'S125°15.5'W 1.074 62° 324° 270 km 06m13.7s
21:3016°46.5'S125°16.7'W18°52.3'S123°57.7'W17°49.2'S124°37.5'W 1.073 61° 322° 270 km 06m12.7s
21:3216°26.4'S124°38.8'W18°32.1'S123°19.1'W17°29.1'S123°59.2'W 1.073 61° 320° 271 km 06m11.6s
21:3416°06.6'S124°00.5'W18°12.1'S122°40.4'W17°09.2'S123°20.7'W 1.073 61° 317° 271 km 06m10.4s
21:3615°46.8'S123°21.9'W17°52.3'S122°01.3'W16°49.4'S122°41.9'W 1.073 60° 315° 271 km 06m09.0s
21:3815°27.3'S122°43.0'W17°32.7'S121°21.9'W16°29.8'S122°02.8'W 1.073 59° 313° 271 km 06m07.5s
21:4015°08.0'S122°03.7'W17°13.2'S120°42.1'W16°10.4'S121°23.2'W 1.073 59° 311° 272 km 06m05.8s
21:4214°48.8'S121°24.0'W16°54.0'S120°01.8'W15°51.2'S120°43.2'W 1.073 58° 309° 272 km 06m04.0s
21:4414°29.8'S120°43.7'W16°34.9'S119°21.0'W15°32.2'S120°02.8'W 1.073 57° 307° 272 km 06m02.1s
21:4614°11.1'S120°02.9'W16°16.0'S118°39.7'W15°13.4'S119°21.7'W 1.073 57° 306° 272 km 06m00.0s
21:4813°52.5'S119°21.5'W15°57.3'S117°57.8'W14°54.8'S118°40.1'W 1.073 56° 304° 272 km 05m57.7s
21:5013°34.1'S118°39.5'W15°38.8'S117°15.2'W14°36.3'S117°57.8'W 1.072 55° 302° 271 km 05m55.3s
21:5213°15.9'S117°56.7'W15°20.6'S116°31.9'W14°18.1'S117°14.7'W 1.072 54° 301° 271 km 05m52.8s
21:5412°57.9'S117°13.1'W15°02.5'S115°47.8'W14°00.1'S116°30.9'W 1.072 53° 299° 271 km 05m50.1s
21:5612°40.1'S116°28.7'W14°44.6'S115°02.7'W13°42.3'S115°46.2'W 1.072 53° 298° 270 km 05m47.2s
21:5812°22.6'S115°43.3'W14°26.9'S114°16.7'W13°24.7'S115°00.5'W 1.072 52° 297° 270 km 05m44.2s
22:0012°05.2'S114°56.8'W14°09.5'S113°29.7'W13°07.3'S114°13.8'W 1.071 51° 295° 269 km 05m41.0s
22:0211°48.1'S114°09.3'W13°52.2'S112°41.4'W12°50.1'S113°25.9'W 1.071 50° 294° 269 km 05m37.7s
22:0411°31.3'S113°20.5'W13°35.2'S111°51.9'W12°33.2'S112°36.8'W 1.071 48° 293° 268 km 05m34.3s
22:0611°14.7'S112°30.4'W13°18.5'S111°01.0'W12°16.5'S111°46.4'W 1.071 47° 292° 267 km 05m30.6s
22:0810°58.3'S111°38.8'W13°02.0'S110°08.6'W12°00.1'S110°54.4'W 1.071 46° 291° 266 km 05m26.8s
22:1010°42.2'S110°45.6'W12°45.8'S109°14.5'W11°44.0'S110°00.7'W 1.070 45° 290° 265 km 05m22.9s
22:1210°26.5'S109°50.6'W12°29.8'S108°18.5'W11°28.1'S109°05.3'W 1.070 44° 289° 264 km 05m18.7s
22:1410°11.0'S108°53.6'W12°14.2'S107°20.4'W11°12.5'S108°07.8'W 1.070 43° 288° 263 km 05m14.4s
22:1609°55.8'S107°54.5'W11°58.9'S106°20.0'W10°57.3'S107°08.1'W 1.069 41° 287° 262 km 05m09.9s
22:1809°41.0'S106°52.9'W11°43.9'S105°17.0'W10°42.4'S106°05.9'W 1.069 40° 286° 260 km 05m05.3s
22:2009°26.6'S105°48.7'W11°29.2'S104°11.1'W10°27.9'S105°00.8'W 1.069 38° 285° 259 km 05m00.4s
22:2209°12.6'S104°41.3'W11°15.0'S103°01.9'W10°13.8'S103°52.6'W 1.068 37° 284° 257 km 04m55.3s
22:2408°59.0'S103°30.5'W11°01.3'S101°48.9'W10°00.1'S102°40.8'W 1.068 35° 284° 255 km 04m50.0s
22:2608°46.0'S102°15.7'W10°48.0'S100°31.5'W09°47.0'S101°24.8'W 1.067 34° 283° 253 km 04m44.4s
22:2808°33.5'S100°56.2'W10°35.3'S099°09.0'W09°34.4'S100°03.9'W 1.067 32° 282° 251 km 04m38.6s
22:3008°21.7'S099°31.3'W10°23.3'S097°40.3'W09°22.5'S098°37.3'W 1.066 30° 282° 248 km 04m32.4s
22:3208°10.6'S097°59.9'W10°12.0'S096°04.3'W09°11.3'S097°03.7'W 1.066 28° 281° 246 km 04m25.9s
22:3408°00.4'S096°20.6'W10°01.6'S094°19.0'W09°01.0'S095°21.6'W 1.065 26° 280° 243 km 04m19.1s
22:3607°51.3'S094°31.2'W09°52.5'S092°21.7'W08°51.9'S093°28.6'W 1.064 24° 280° 240 km 04m11.7s
22:3807°43.6'S092°28.8'W09°44.9'S090°08.1'W08°44.2'S091°21.2'W 1.064 21° 279° 236 km 04m03.6s
22:4007°37.8'S090°08.2'W09°39.5'S087°30.6'W08°38.6'S088°53.1'W 1.063 18° 278° 232 km 03m54.7s
22:4207°34.8'S087°20.1'W09°37.8'S084°12.9'W08°36.1'S085°52.3'W 1.062 15° 278° 227 km 03m44.4s
22:4407°36.6'S083°42.9'W09°44.4'S079°22.4'W08°39.6'S081°47.2'W 1.060 10° 277° 221 km 03m31.5s
Limits08°20.4'S071°48.7'W10°13.9'S071°37.9'W09°16.9'S071°43.5'W 1.057 - 206 km 03m04.4s

ΔT = 16731.8 seconds

Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration
Event Time
TD
Time
UT1
Latitude Longitude Sun
Altitude
Sun
Azimuth
Path Width Central
Duration
Greatest Eclipse01:53:05.521:14:13.720°34.3'S160°31.1'E 63.0° 341.3° 266.7 km06m16.27s
Greatest Duration01:54:39.121:15:47.320°17.5'S129°05.2'W 63.0° 339.3° 267.2 km06m16.32s

Explanation of Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration

Links for the Total Solar Eclipse of -0479 Apr 09

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Eclipse Predictions

Predictions for the Total Solar Eclipse of -0479 Apr 09 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 16731.8 seconds for this eclipse. The uncertainty in ΔT is 422.7 seconds corresponding to a standard error in longitude of the eclipse path of ± 1.77°.

Acknowledgments

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

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