Path of the Total Solar Eclipse of -0656 Apr 15

Fred Espenak

Introduction

The following table delineates the path of the Moon's umbral shadow during the Total Solar Eclipse of -0656 Apr 15 . 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 -0656 Apr 15
UT1 Northern Limit Southern Limit Central Line M:S Sun Sun Path Central
Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Ratio Alt. Azm. Width Duration
Limits10°17.0'N013°52.2'W08°05.2'N012°57.2'W09°10.6'N013°24.2'W 1.059 - 253 km 03m01.3s
06:50 - - 09°56.5'N002°53.2'W10°11.9'N007°11.9'W 1.061 84° 267 km 03m15.3s
06:5211°45.8'N005°51.2'W10°59.1'N000°45.2'E11°25.6'N002°10.8'W 1.063 12° 85° 280 km 03m28.1s
06:5412°52.7'N001°48.4'W11°54.5'N003°26.5'E12°25.2'N000°59.2'E 1.064 16° 86° 288 km 03m37.0s
06:5613°50.2'N001°02.0'E12°46.2'N005°38.1'E13°19.2'N003°26.5'E 1.065 18° 87° 294 km 03m44.3s
06:5814°43.3'N003°18.5'E13°35.4'N007°30.8'E14°10.1'N005°29.3'E 1.066 21° 88° 299 km 03m50.6s
07:0015°33.6'N005°14.2'E14°22.8'N009°10.2'E14°58.8'N007°15.9'E 1.066 23° 89° 303 km 03m56.3s
07:0216°22.0'N006°55.5'E15°09.0'N010°39.5'E15°46.0'N008°50.6'E 1.067 25° 89° 307 km 04m01.5s
07:0417°09.0'N008°26.2'E15°54.2'N012°00.9'E16°32.0'N010°16.2'E 1.068 27° 90° 310 km 04m06.3s
07:0617°54.9'N009°48.7'E16°38.5'N013°16.0'E17°17.0'N011°34.6'E 1.068 29° 91° 312 km 04m10.8s
07:0818°39.9'N011°04.5'E17°22.1'N014°25.8'E18°01.3'N012°47.2'E 1.069 30° 92° 314 km 04m15.0s
07:1019°24.2'N012°14.8'E18°05.1'N015°31.1'E18°44.9'N013°54.9'E 1.069 32° 93° 316 km 04m18.9s
07:1220°07.9'N013°20.6'E18°47.6'N016°32.7'E19°28.0'N014°58.4'E 1.069 33° 94° 317 km 04m22.7s
07:1420°51.0'N014°22.5'E19°29.7'N017°30.9'E20°10.6'N015°58.4'E 1.070 35° 95° 319 km 04m26.2s
07:1621°33.8'N015°21.1'E20°11.5'N018°26.4'E20°52.8'N016°55.3'E 1.070 36° 97° 319 km 04m29.5s
07:1822°16.2'N016°16.8'E20°52.9'N019°19.3'E21°34.7'N017°49.5'E 1.070 37° 98° 320 km 04m32.7s
07:2022°58.2'N017°09.9'E21°34.0'N020°10.0'E22°16.2'N018°41.3'E 1.071 38° 99° 320 km 04m35.7s
07:2223°40.0'N018°00.8'E22°14.9'N020°58.8'E22°57.6'N019°31.1'E 1.071 39° 100° 320 km 04m38.6s
07:2424°21.5'N018°49.8'E22°55.6'N021°45.8'E23°38.6'N020°19.1'E 1.071 40° 101° 320 km 04m41.3s
07:2625°02.9'N019°37.0'E23°36.0'N022°31.3'E24°19.5'N021°05.4'E 1.072 41° 103° 320 km 04m43.9s
07:2825°44.0'N020°22.7'E24°16.3'N023°15.4'E25°00.2'N021°50.3'E 1.072 42° 104° 320 km 04m46.4s
07:3026°25.0'N021°07.0'E24°56.5'N023°58.4'E25°40.8'N022°33.9'E 1.072 43° 105° 320 km 04m48.7s
07:3227°05.9'N021°50.1'E25°36.5'N024°40.2'E26°21.3'N023°16.3'E 1.072 44° 107° 319 km 04m50.9s
07:3427°46.7'N022°32.2'E26°16.5'N025°21.0'E27°01.6'N023°57.7'E 1.072 45° 108° 318 km 04m53.0s
07:3628°27.4'N023°13.3'E26°56.3'N026°01.0'E27°41.9'N024°38.3'E 1.073 46° 110° 318 km 04m55.0s
07:3829°08.1'N023°53.5'E27°36.1'N026°40.3'E28°22.1'N025°18.0'E 1.073 46° 111° 317 km 04m56.9s
07:4029°48.7'N024°33.1'E28°15.8'N027°18.9'E29°02.2'N025°57.1'E 1.073 47° 113° 316 km 04m58.6s
07:4230°29.3'N025°12.0'E28°55.5'N027°56.9'E29°42.3'N026°35.5'E 1.073 48° 115° 315 km 05m00.3s
07:4431°09.8'N025°50.4'E29°35.1'N028°34.5'E30°22.4'N027°13.5'E 1.073 48° 116° 314 km 05m01.8s
07:4631°50.4'N026°28.3'E30°14.7'N029°11.6'E31°02.5'N027°51.0'E 1.073 49° 118° 313 km 05m03.2s
07:4832°30.9'N027°05.8'E30°54.3'N029°48.5'E31°42.6'N028°28.2'E 1.073 49° 120° 312 km 05m04.5s
07:5033°11.5'N027°43.1'E31°33.9'N030°25.0'E32°22.6'N029°05.1'E 1.074 50° 122° 311 km 05m05.7s
07:5233°52.1'N028°20.2'E32°13.6'N031°01.4'E33°02.7'N029°41.9'E 1.074 50° 124° 310 km 05m06.8s
07:5434°32.8'N028°57.1'E32°53.2'N031°37.7'E33°42.9'N030°18.5'E 1.074 51° 126° 309 km 05m07.8s
07:5635°13.5'N029°34.0'E33°32.9'N032°13.9'E34°23.1'N030°55.0'E 1.074 51° 128° 307 km 05m08.7s
07:5835°54.3'N030°10.9'E34°12.6'N032°50.2'E35°03.3'N031°31.6'E 1.074 51° 130° 306 km 05m09.5s
08:0036°35.2'N030°47.9'E34°52.4'N033°26.5'E35°43.6'N032°08.2'E 1.074 52° 132° 305 km 05m10.2s
08:0237°16.1'N031°25.0'E35°32.2'N034°03.0'E36°24.0'N032°45.1'E 1.074 52° 134° 304 km 05m10.8s
08:0437°57.2'N032°02.4'E36°12.1'N034°39.7'E37°04.5'N033°22.1'E 1.074 52° 136° 303 km 05m11.3s
08:0638°38.4'N032°40.1'E36°52.1'N035°16.7'E37°45.1'N033°59.4'E 1.074 52° 138° 302 km 05m11.7s
08:0839°19.7'N033°18.1'E37°32.2'N035°54.0'E38°25.7'N034°37.1'E 1.074 52° 140° 301 km 05m11.9s
08:1040°01.2'N033°56.6'E38°12.3'N036°31.8'E39°06.5'N035°15.3'E 1.074 52° 142° 299 km 05m12.1s
08:1240°42.8'N034°35.6'E38°52.6'N037°10.1'E39°47.4'N035°54.0'E 1.074 52° 144° 298 km 05m12.2s
08:1441°24.5'N035°15.3'E39°33.0'N037°48.9'E40°28.5'N036°33.2'E 1.074 52° 146° 297 km 05m12.1s
08:1642°06.4'N035°55.7'E40°13.5'N038°28.4'E41°09.7'N037°13.2'E 1.074 52° 149° 296 km 05m12.0s
08:1842°48.5'N036°36.8'E40°54.1'N039°08.7'E41°51.0'N037°53.9'E 1.074 52° 151° 295 km 05m11.8s
08:2043°30.8'N037°18.9'E41°34.9'N039°49.7'E42°32.5'N038°35.4'E 1.074 52° 153° 294 km 05m11.4s
08:2244°13.3'N038°02.0'E42°15.8'N040°31.7'E43°14.2'N039°17.9'E 1.074 51° 155° 293 km 05m11.0s
08:2444°56.0'N038°46.1'E42°56.9'N041°14.7'E43°56.1'N040°01.5'E 1.074 51° 157° 292 km 05m10.4s
08:2645°38.9'N039°31.5'E43°38.1'N041°58.8'E44°38.1'N040°46.2'E 1.074 51° 160° 291 km 05m09.7s
08:2846°22.0'N040°18.2'E44°19.6'N042°44.1'E45°20.4'N041°32.3'E 1.074 51° 162° 290 km 05m08.9s
08:3047°05.4'N041°06.5'E45°01.2'N043°30.7'E46°02.9'N042°19.7'E 1.074 50° 164° 289 km 05m08.1s
08:3247°49.0'N041°56.3'E45°42.9'N044°18.8'E46°45.5'N043°08.7'E 1.074 50° 166° 288 km 05m07.0s
08:3448°32.9'N042°48.0'E46°24.9'N045°08.5'E47°28.4'N043°59.3'E 1.073 49° 169° 287 km 05m05.9s
08:3649°17.0'N043°41.6'E47°07.1'N046°00.0'E48°11.6'N044°51.9'E 1.073 49° 171° 286 km 05m04.7s
08:3850°01.5'N044°37.4'E47°49.5'N046°53.3'E48°55.0'N045°46.4'E 1.073 48° 173° 285 km 05m03.3s
08:4050°46.2'N045°35.6'E48°32.1'N047°48.8'E49°38.6'N046°43.2'E 1.073 47° 175° 284 km 05m01.9s
08:4251°31.2'N046°36.4'E49°15.0'N048°46.6'E50°22.5'N047°42.5'E 1.073 47° 177° 283 km 05m00.3s
08:4452°16.5'N047°40.1'E49°58.0'N049°46.9'E51°06.6'N048°44.4'E 1.073 46° 180° 282 km 04m58.6s
08:4653°02.1'N048°47.0'E50°41.3'N050°49.9'E51°51.1'N049°49.3'E 1.073 45° 182° 281 km 04m56.7s
08:4853°48.1'N049°57.4'E51°24.9'N051°55.9'E52°35.7'N050°57.5'E 1.072 44° 184° 280 km 04m54.8s
08:5054°34.3'N051°11.7'E52°08.6'N053°05.3'E53°20.7'N052°09.3'E 1.072 44° 186° 279 km 04m52.7s
08:5255°20.9'N052°30.4'E52°52.6'N054°18.4'E54°05.9'N053°25.0'E 1.072 43° 189° 278 km 04m50.4s
08:5456°07.8'N053°53.9'E53°36.9'N055°35.4'E54°51.4'N054°45.2'E 1.072 42° 191° 277 km 04m48.0s
08:5656°55.0'N055°22.8'E54°21.3'N056°57.0'E55°37.2'N056°10.3'E 1.071 41° 193° 277 km 04m45.5s
08:5857°42.4'N056°57.8'E55°06.0'N058°23.6'E56°23.2'N057°40.8'E 1.071 40° 196° 276 km 04m42.8s
09:0058°30.2'N058°39.7'E55°50.8'N059°55.7'E57°09.5'N059°17.6'E 1.071 39° 198° 275 km 04m40.0s
09:0259°18.2'N060°29.3'E56°35.9'N061°34.1'E57°55.9'N061°01.2'E 1.071 38° 201° 274 km 04m37.0s
09:0460°06.3'N062°27.8'E57°21.0'N063°19.4'E58°42.5'N062°52.7'E 1.070 36° 203° 273 km 04m33.9s
09:0660°54.6'N064°36.3'E58°06.3'N065°12.6'E59°29.2'N064°53.1'E 1.070 35° 206° 273 km 04m30.5s
09:0861°42.9'N066°56.6'E58°51.6'N067°14.9'E60°16.0'N067°03.6'E 1.070 34° 209° 272 km 04m27.0s
09:1062°31.1'N069°30.3'E59°36.8'N069°27.4'E61°02.6'N069°25.9'E 1.069 32° 212° 271 km 04m23.2s
09:1263°19.1'N072°20.0'E60°21.9'N071°51.7'E61°49.1'N072°01.8'E 1.069 31° 215° 270 km 04m19.3s
09:1464°06.5'N075°28.6'E61°06.6'N074°29.8'E62°35.1'N074°53.7'E 1.068 29° 219° 269 km 04m15.1s
09:1664°53.0'N078°59.7'E61°50.8'N077°24.0'E63°20.5'N078°04.6'E 1.068 28° 223° 268 km 04m10.5s
09:1865°38.1'N082°58.3'E62°34.2'N080°37.4'E64°04.7'N081°38.2'E 1.067 26° 227° 267 km 04m05.7s
09:2066°21.0'N087°31.3'E63°16.3'N084°13.8'E64°47.4'N085°39.6'E 1.067 24° 231° 267 km 04m00.5s
09:2267°00.6'N092°48.0'E63°56.6'N088°18.8'E65°27.6'N090°15.9'E 1.066 22° 236° 266 km 03m54.8s
09:2467°34.8'N099°03.2'E64°34.1'N092°59.7'E66°04.0'N095°37.4'E 1.065 20° 242° 265 km 03m48.6s
09:2668°00.0'N106°42.4'E65°07.4'N098°28.1'E66°34.5'N102°00.6'E 1.065 17° 248° 263 km 03m41.5s
09:2868°08.0'N116°42.8'E65°33.8'N105°03.6'E66°54.6'N109°56.7'E 1.063 14° 256° 262 km 03m33.2s
09:3067°21.6'N133°26.0'E65°47.9'N113°26.8'E66°53.0'N120°47.2'E 1.062 267° 260 km 03m22.3s
Limits66°13.3'N143°57.1'E64°07.1'N141°45.5'E65°09.9'N142°48.7'E 1.059 - 255 km 03m01.3s

ΔT = 19485.2 seconds

Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration
Event Time
TD
Time
UT1
Latitude Longitude Sun
Altitude
Sun
Azimuth
Path Width Central
Duration
Greatest Eclipse13:35:22.008:10:36.839°19.1'N045°57.6'W 52.2° 142.7° 299.1 km05m12.14s
Greatest Duration13:37:07.208:12:22.039°54.9'N036°01.1'E 52.2° 144.6° 298.1 km05m12.18s

Explanation of Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration

Links for the Total Solar Eclipse of -0656 Apr 15

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Eclipse Predictions

Predictions for the Total Solar Eclipse of -0656 Apr 15 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 19485.2 seconds for this eclipse. The uncertainty in ΔT is 490.3 seconds corresponding to a standard error in longitude of the eclipse path of ± 2.05°.

Acknowledgments

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

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