Path of the Annular Solar Eclipse of -0517 Apr 09

Fred Espenak

Introduction

The following table delineates the path of the Moon's antumbral shadow during the Annular Solar Eclipse of -0517 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 .

Annular Solar Eclipse of -0517 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
Limits55°02.6'N070°53.0'E53°05.8'N072°17.1'E54°02.7'N071°36.6'E 0.981 - 226 km 01m08.0s
00:50 - - 54°47.8'N082°49.7'E54°49.2'N077°51.6'E 0.982 87° 219 km 01m06.1s
00:5255°53.8'N077°57.7'E55°40.9'N086°12.5'E55°50.6'N082°56.9'E 0.983 92° 213 km 01m04.4s
00:5456°53.4'N082°49.5'E56°30.1'N088°50.1'E56°42.8'N086°12.3'E 0.984 95° 207 km 01m03.3s
00:5657°45.2'N086°00.6'E57°17.3'N091°02.7'E57°31.7'N088°45.8'E 0.984 11° 98° 202 km 01m02.4s
00:5858°34.0'N088°31.4'E58°03.5'N092°59.0'E58°18.9'N090°55.6'E 0.984 12° 100° 198 km 01m01.7s
01:0059°21.4'N090°39.2'E58°48.9'N094°43.8'E59°05.2'N092°49.8'E 0.985 13° 102° 193 km 01m01.1s
01:0260°08.1'N092°31.7'E59°34.0'N096°20.0'E59°51.0'N094°32.9'E 0.985 14° 105° 189 km 01m00.6s
01:0460°54.3'N094°13.1'E60°18.9'N097°49.6'E60°36.5'N096°07.5'E 0.985 15° 107° 185 km 01m00.2s
01:0661°40.4'N095°46.3'E61°03.7'N099°13.9'E61°21.9'N097°35.7'E 0.985 15° 109° 182 km 00m59.8s
01:0862°26.6'N097°12.9'E61°48.7'N100°33.9'E62°07.5'N098°58.6'E 0.985 16° 111° 178 km 00m59.5s
01:1063°13.0'N098°34.3'E62°33.9'N101°50.6'E62°53.2'N100°17.4'E 0.985 16° 112° 175 km 00m59.2s
01:1263°59.7'N099°51.5'E63°19.4'N103°04.5'E63°39.3'N101°32.8'E 0.986 17° 114° 172 km 00m59.0s
01:1464°46.9'N101°05.2'E64°05.4'N104°16.2'E64°25.9'N102°45.3'E 0.986 17° 116° 170 km 00m58.8s
01:1665°34.6'N102°15.9'E64°51.8'N105°26.2'E65°12.9'N103°55.6'E 0.986 17° 118° 167 km 00m58.7s
01:1866°23.0'N103°24.2'E65°38.8'N106°34.8'E66°00.6'N105°04.1'E 0.986 18° 120° 165 km 00m58.7s
01:2067°12.2'N104°30.6'E66°26.4'N107°42.4'E66°49.0'N106°11.2'E 0.986 18° 122° 164 km 00m58.6s
01:2268°02.3'N105°35.2'E67°14.8'N108°49.4'E67°38.2'N107°17.2'E 0.986 18° 123° 162 km 00m58.6s
01:2468°53.4'N106°38.4'E68°04.1'N109°56.2'E68°28.4'N108°22.4'E 0.986 18° 125° 161 km 00m58.7s
01:2669°45.7'N107°40.5'E68°54.4'N111°03.0'E69°19.6'N109°27.1'E 0.986 18° 127° 160 km 00m58.8s
01:2870°39.3'N108°41.6'E69°45.7'N112°10.2'E70°12.0'N110°31.7'E 0.986 18° 129° 159 km 00m58.9s
01:3071°34.4'N109°41.9'E70°38.3'N113°18.2'E71°05.8'N111°36.3'E 0.986 18° 131° 159 km 00m59.1s
01:3272°31.1'N110°41.6'E71°32.2'N114°27.3'E72°01.1'N112°41.3'E 0.986 17° 132° 159 km 00m59.3s
01:3473°29.9'N111°40.5'E72°27.7'N115°38.0'E72°58.1'N113°47.0'E 0.985 17° 134° 159 km 00m59.5s
01:3674°30.8'N112°38.8'E73°24.9'N116°50.9'E73°57.2'N114°53.7'E 0.985 17° 136° 160 km 00m59.8s
01:3875°34.4'N113°36.1'E74°24.2'N118°06.5'E74°58.5'N116°01.7'E 0.985 16° 138° 161 km 01m00.1s
01:4076°41.1'N114°32.0'E75°25.9'N119°25.6'E76°02.5'N117°11.3'E 0.985 16° 140° 162 km 01m00.5s
01:4277°51.5'N115°25.3'E76°30.2'N120°49.3'E77°09.7'N118°22.8'E 0.985 15° 142° 164 km 01m01.0s
01:4479°06.4'N116°14.1'E77°37.8'N122°18.9'E78°20.7'N119°36.6'E 0.985 14° 144° 166 km 01m01.5s
01:4680°27.1'N116°54.0'E78°49.2'N123°56.4'E79°36.4'N120°52.8'E 0.984 14° 146° 169 km 01m02.0s
01:4881°55.2'N117°15.2'E80°05.5'N125°44.9'E80°58.1'N122°11.0'E 0.984 13° 148° 173 km 01m02.7s
01:5083°33.6'N116°51.1'E81°27.9'N127°49.5'E82°27.7'N123°29.4'E 0.984 11° 150° 178 km 01m03.4s
01:5285°27.2'N114°06.9'E82°58.3'N130°20.2'E84°08.3'N124°40.3'E 0.983 10° 152° 184 km 01m04.2s
01:5487°42.2'N098°11.3'E84°40.2'N133°41.1'E86°06.2'N125°06.7'E 0.983 153° 192 km 01m05.3s
01:5686°53.0'N011°51.1'W86°39.9'N139°21.4'E88°35.5'N117°16.6'E 0.982 146° 203 km 01m06.6s
01:58 - - 89°09.3'N169°32.7'E86°21.1'N031°40.6'W 0.981 357° 228 km 01m09.1s
Limits85°02.4'N018°58.0'W84°57.6'N043°08.1'W85°06.1'N031°28.2'W 0.981 - 234 km 01m09.7s

ΔT = 17356.2 seconds

Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration
Event Time
TD
Time
UT1
Latitude Longitude Sun
Altitude
Sun
Azimuth
Path Width Central
Duration
Greatest Eclipse06:13:06.701:23:50.568°24.4'N035°46.4'E 17.9° 125.1° 160.9 km00m58.67s
Greatest Duration06:47:21.301:58:05.285°06.1'N031°28.2'W 0.0° 357.4° 233.9 km01m09.73s

Explanation of Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration

Links for the Annular Solar Eclipse of -0517 Apr 09

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Eclipse Predictions

Predictions for the Annular Solar Eclipse of -0517 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 17356.2 seconds for this eclipse. The uncertainty in ΔT is 436.8 seconds corresponding to a standard error in longitude of the eclipse path of ± 1.83°.

Acknowledgments

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

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