Path of the Annular Solar Eclipse of -0486 Feb 26

Fred Espenak

Introduction

The following table delineates the path of the Moon's antumbral shadow during the Annular Solar Eclipse of -0486 Feb 26 . 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 .

Annular Solar Eclipse of -0486 Feb 26
UT1 Northern Limit Southern Limit Central Line M:S Sun Sun Path Central
Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Ratio Alt. Azm. Width Duration
Limits17°28.1'N087°43.1'W15°15.9'N087°27.9'W16°21.4'N087°35.3'W 0.951 - 234 km 03m27.0s
12:2216°39.8'N083°09.5'W13°49.0'N076°06.6'W15°03.4'N078°49.1'W 0.953 104° 229 km 03m32.2s
12:2416°00.8'N077°51.2'W13°42.6'N073°19.7'W14°47.8'N075°20.6'W 0.954 13° 105° 227 km 03m34.5s
12:2615°48.3'N074°44.1'W13°42.7'N071°06.3'W14°43.0'N072°47.1'W 0.955 16° 106° 226 km 03m36.3s
12:2815°44.7'N072°20.8'W13°46.9'N069°13.2'W14°44.0'N070°41.6'W 0.956 18° 107° 225 km 03m37.7s
12:3015°46.3'N070°21.7'W13°54.0'N067°34.1'W14°48.6'N068°53.9'W 0.956 20° 108° 225 km 03m39.0s
12:3215°51.3'N068°38.5'W14°03.3'N066°05.3'W14°56.0'N067°18.8'W 0.957 22° 108° 224 km 03m40.2s
12:3415°58.9'N067°06.8'W14°14.3'N064°44.5'W15°05.4'N065°53.1'W 0.957 24° 109° 223 km 03m41.2s
12:3616°08.4'N065°43.9'W14°26.7'N063°30.2'W15°16.5'N064°34.9'W 0.957 25° 110° 223 km 03m42.1s
12:3816°19.6'N064°28.0'W14°40.4'N062°21.3'W15°29.0'N063°22.8'W 0.958 27° 111° 222 km 03m43.0s
12:4016°32.1'N063°17.8'W14°55.1'N061°16.9'W15°42.7'N062°15.7'W 0.958 28° 112° 222 km 03m43.8s
12:4216°45.8'N062°12.3'W15°10.8'N060°16.4'W15°57.4'N061°12.9'W 0.958 29° 113° 221 km 03m44.5s
12:4417°00.6'N061°10.9'W15°27.3'N059°19.2'W16°13.1'N060°13.8'W 0.959 31° 114° 220 km 03m45.1s
12:4617°16.3'N060°13.0'W15°44.6'N058°25.0'W16°29.7'N059°17.8'W 0.959 32° 114° 219 km 03m45.7s
12:4817°32.9'N059°18.2'W16°02.6'N057°33.4'W16°47.0'N058°24.7'W 0.959 33° 115° 219 km 03m46.3s
12:5017°50.2'N058°26.0'W16°21.3'N056°44.1'W17°05.0'N057°34.1'W 0.960 34° 116° 218 km 03m46.8s
12:5218°08.3'N057°36.3'W16°40.5'N055°56.9'W17°23.7'N056°45.7'W 0.960 35° 117° 217 km 03m47.2s
12:5418°27.0'N056°48.7'W17°00.4'N055°11.6'W17°43.0'N055°59.3'W 0.960 36° 118° 216 km 03m47.6s
12:5618°46.3'N056°03.0'W17°20.8'N054°28.0'W18°02.9'N055°14.7'W 0.960 37° 119° 214 km 03m48.0s
12:5819°06.2'N055°19.0'W17°41.7'N053°45.9'W18°23.3'N054°31.7'W 0.960 37° 120° 213 km 03m48.3s
13:0019°26.7'N054°36.7'W18°03.1'N053°05.2'W18°44.3'N053°50.2'W 0.961 38° 121° 212 km 03m48.6s
13:0219°47.8'N053°55.7'W18°25.0'N052°25.8'W19°05.7'N053°10.1'W 0.961 39° 122° 211 km 03m48.9s
13:0420°09.3'N053°16.1'W18°47.3'N051°47.6'W19°27.7'N052°31.2'W 0.961 40° 124° 209 km 03m49.1s
13:0620°31.4'N052°37.6'W19°10.1'N051°10.5'W19°50.1'N051°53.4'W 0.961 40° 125° 208 km 03m49.3s
13:0820°53.9'N052°00.2'W19°33.3'N050°34.3'W20°13.0'N051°16.6'W 0.961 41° 126° 207 km 03m49.5s
13:1021°16.9'N051°23.8'W19°57.0'N049°59.0'W20°36.3'N050°40.8'W 0.961 42° 127° 205 km 03m49.6s
13:1221°40.4'N050°48.3'W20°21.0'N049°24.6'W21°00.1'N050°05.9'W 0.961 42° 128° 204 km 03m49.7s
13:1422°04.3'N050°13.7'W20°45.5'N048°50.9'W21°24.3'N049°31.8'W 0.962 43° 130° 202 km 03m49.8s
13:1622°28.7'N049°39.8'W21°10.4'N048°17.9'W21°49.0'N048°58.3'W 0.962 43° 131° 201 km 03m49.8s
13:1822°53.6'N049°06.6'W21°35.7'N047°45.5'W22°14.0'N048°25.6'W 0.962 44° 132° 199 km 03m49.8s
13:2023°18.8'N048°34.0'W22°01.3'N047°13.8'W22°39.5'N047°53.4'W 0.962 44° 133° 198 km 03m49.8s
13:2223°44.5'N048°02.0'W22°27.4'N046°42.5'W23°05.4'N047°21.8'W 0.962 44° 135° 196 km 03m49.8s
13:2424°10.7'N047°30.5'W22°53.8'N046°11.7'W23°31.7'N046°50.6'W 0.962 45° 136° 195 km 03m49.8s
13:2624°37.2'N046°59.5'W23°20.7'N045°41.3'W23°58.4'N046°19.9'W 0.962 45° 137° 193 km 03m49.7s
13:2825°04.2'N046°28.8'W23°47.9'N045°11.3'W24°25.5'N045°49.6'W 0.962 45° 139° 192 km 03m49.6s
13:3025°31.7'N045°58.6'W24°15.6'N044°41.6'W24°53.0'N045°19.7'W 0.962 46° 140° 191 km 03m49.5s
13:3225°59.5'N045°28.6'W24°43.6'N044°12.2'W25°21.0'N044°50.0'W 0.962 46° 142° 189 km 03m49.4s
13:3426°27.8'N044°59.0'W25°12.0'N043°43.0'W25°49.4'N044°20.6'W 0.962 46° 143° 188 km 03m49.2s
13:3626°56.6'N044°29.5'W25°40.9'N043°14.1'W26°18.2'N043°51.4'W 0.962 46° 145° 187 km 03m49.1s
13:3827°25.8'N044°00.2'W26°10.1'N042°45.3'W26°47.4'N043°22.3'W 0.962 46° 146° 185 km 03m48.9s
13:4027°55.5'N043°31.1'W26°39.8'N042°16.6'W27°17.1'N042°53.4'W 0.962 46° 148° 184 km 03m48.7s
13:4228°25.6'N043°02.0'W27°09.9'N041°47.9'W27°47.2'N042°24.6'W 0.962 46° 149° 183 km 03m48.5s
13:4428°56.2'N042°33.0'W27°40.4'N041°19.3'W28°17.7'N041°55.8'W 0.962 46° 151° 182 km 03m48.2s
13:4629°27.3'N042°04.1'W28°11.3'N040°50.7'W28°48.7'N041°27.0'W 0.962 46° 152° 181 km 03m48.0s
13:4829°58.8'N041°35.0'W28°42.7'N040°22.1'W29°20.2'N040°58.2'W 0.962 46° 154° 180 km 03m47.7s
13:5030°30.9'N041°05.9'W29°14.5'N039°53.3'W29°52.1'N040°29.2'W 0.962 46° 155° 179 km 03m47.5s
13:5231°03.5'N040°36.7'W29°46.8'N039°24.4'W30°24.6'N040°00.1'W 0.962 46° 157° 178 km 03m47.2s
13:5431°36.6'N040°07.2'W30°19.6'N038°55.3'W30°57.5'N039°30.9'W 0.962 46° 158° 177 km 03m46.9s
13:5632°10.3'N039°37.6'W30°52.9'N038°26.0'W31°31.0'N039°01.4'W 0.962 46° 160° 176 km 03m46.6s
13:5832°44.5'N039°07.6'W31°26.7'N037°56.4'W32°05.0'N038°31.6'W 0.962 45° 161° 176 km 03m46.3s
14:0033°19.3'N038°37.3'W32°01.0'N037°26.4'W32°39.6'N038°01.5'W 0.962 45° 163° 175 km 03m45.9s
14:0233°54.7'N038°06.6'W32°35.8'N036°56.0'W33°14.7'N037°31.0'W 0.962 45° 164° 174 km 03m45.6s
14:0434°30.8'N037°35.5'W33°11.2'N036°25.2'W33°50.4'N037°00.0'W 0.962 44° 166° 174 km 03m45.2s
14:0635°07.5'N037°03.8'W33°47.2'N035°53.9'W34°26.7'N036°28.5'W 0.962 44° 167° 173 km 03m44.9s
14:0835°44.9'N036°31.6'W34°23.8'N035°22.0'W35°03.7'N035°56.5'W 0.962 44° 169° 173 km 03m44.5s
14:1036°22.9'N035°58.6'W35°01.1'N034°49.5'W35°41.3'N035°23.7'W 0.962 43° 170° 173 km 03m44.1s
14:1237°01.8'N035°25.0'W35°38.9'N034°16.2'W36°19.7'N034°50.3'W 0.962 43° 172° 172 km 03m43.7s
14:1437°41.4'N034°50.4'W36°17.5'N033°42.2'W36°58.7'N034°16.0'W 0.962 42° 173° 172 km 03m43.3s
14:1638°21.8'N034°15.0'W36°56.8'N033°07.2'W37°38.6'N033°40.7'W 0.962 41° 175° 172 km 03m42.9s
14:1839°03.1'N033°38.5'W37°36.9'N032°31.2'W38°19.2'N033°04.5'W 0.962 41° 176° 172 km 03m42.4s
14:2039°45.3'N033°00.8'W38°17.7'N031°54.1'W39°00.7'N032°27.1'W 0.961 40° 178° 172 km 03m42.0s
14:2240°28.4'N032°21.8'W38°59.4'N031°15.8'W39°43.1'N031°48.5'W 0.961 39° 179° 172 km 03m41.5s
14:2441°12.6'N031°41.4'W39°42.0'N030°36.1'W40°26.5'N031°08.4'W 0.961 39° 181° 172 km 03m41.1s
14:2641°57.9'N030°59.3'W40°25.6'N029°54.9'W41°10.9'N030°26.8'W 0.961 38° 182° 173 km 03m40.6s
14:2842°44.4'N030°15.4'W41°10.1'N029°12.1'W41°56.4'N029°43.5'W 0.961 37° 184° 173 km 03m40.1s
14:3043°32.2'N029°29.5'W41°55.8'N028°27.3'W42°43.1'N028°58.1'W 0.961 36° 185° 173 km 03m39.6s
14:3244°21.3'N028°41.2'W42°42.6'N027°40.5'W43°31.0'N028°10.6'W 0.961 35° 187° 174 km 03m39.1s
14:3445°12.0'N027°50.3'W43°30.7'N026°51.2'W44°20.3'N027°20.6'W 0.960 35° 188° 174 km 03m38.6s
14:3646°04.2'N026°56.5'W44°20.2'N025°59.3'W45°11.1'N026°27.8'W 0.960 34° 190° 175 km 03m38.0s
14:3846°58.3'N025°59.2'W45°11.1'N025°04.4'W46°03.5'N025°31.7'W 0.960 32° 191° 176 km 03m37.4s
14:4047°54.4'N024°58.0'W46°03.7'N024°06.0'W46°57.8'N024°32.0'W 0.960 31° 193° 177 km 03m36.8s
14:4248°52.8'N023°52.3'W46°58.1'N023°03.7'W47°54.1'N023°28.1'W 0.959 30° 195° 178 km 03m36.2s
14:4449°53.7'N022°41.1'W47°54.5'N021°56.8'W48°52.6'N022°19.1'W 0.959 29° 196° 179 km 03m35.6s
14:4650°57.5'N021°23.4'W48°53.2'N020°44.5'W49°53.7'N021°04.4'W 0.959 28° 198° 181 km 03m34.9s
14:4852°04.7'N019°58.0'W49°54.5'N019°25.8'W50°57.7'N019°42.6'W 0.958 26° 200° 183 km 03m34.2s
14:5053°15.8'N018°22.9'W50°58.8'N017°59.5'W52°05.1'N018°12.2'W 0.958 25° 202° 185 km 03m33.5s
14:5254°31.9'N016°35.4'W52°06.5'N016°23.9'W53°16.6'N016°31.3'W 0.958 23° 204° 187 km 03m32.7s
14:5455°53.9'N014°31.9'W53°18.4'N014°36.6'W54°33.1'N014°36.8'W 0.957 21° 206° 189 km 03m31.8s
14:5657°23.8'N012°06.2'W54°35.4'N012°34.1'W55°55.8'N012°24.2'W 0.957 19° 209° 192 km 03m30.9s
14:5859°04.6'N009°07.7'W55°58.9'N010°11.3'W57°26.7'N009°46.4'W 0.956 17° 212° 196 km 03m29.9s
15:0061°02.1'N005°15.2'W57°31.0'N007°19.7'W59°09.3'N006°30.6'W 0.956 15° 215° 200 km 03m28.8s
15:0263°31.1'N000°29.0'E59°15.9'N003°43.0'W61°10.4'N002°09.2'W 0.955 12° 219° 205 km 03m27.4s
15:04 - - 61°22.3'N001°16.3'E63°50.8'N004°44.0'E 0.954 226° 214 km 03m25.6s
Limits68°57.4'N018°35.0'E67°03.7'N020°48.5'E68°00.4'N019°45.7'E 0.952 - 230 km 03m22.5s

ΔT = 16856.2 seconds

Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration
Event Time
TD
Time
UT1
Latitude Longitude Sun
Altitude
Sun
Azimuth
Path Width Central
Duration
Greatest Eclipse18:23:51.013:42:54.828°01.1'N112°37.0'W 46.3° 149.9° 182.5 km03m48.37s
Greatest Duration17:59:46.713:18:50.522°24.7'N048°11.9'W 43.8° 132.6° 198.6 km03m49.85s

Explanation of Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration

Links for the Annular Solar Eclipse of -0486 Feb 26

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Eclipse Predictions

Predictions for the Annular Solar Eclipse of -0486 Feb 26 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 16856.2 seconds for this eclipse. The uncertainty in ΔT is 425.3 seconds corresponding to a standard error in longitude of the eclipse path of ± 1.78°.

Acknowledgments

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

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