Path of the Total Solar Eclipse of -0681 Aug 18

Fred Espenak

Introduction

The following table delineates the path of the Moon's umbral shadow during the Total Solar Eclipse of -0681 Aug 18 . 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 -0681 Aug 18
UT1 Northern Limit Southern Limit Central Line M:S Sun Sun Path Central
Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Ratio Alt. Azm. Width Duration
Limits56°53.5'N100°09.2'E55°43.4'N101°51.8'E56°18.3'N101°01.5'E 1.030 - 165 km 01m30.6s
21:36 - - 59°02.4'N113°02.4'E57°25.2'N104°32.7'E 1.031 63° 169 km 01m34.2s
21:3860°14.1'N110°54.2'E61°05.7'N120°57.7'E60°50.9'N116°25.2'E 1.033 74° 178 km 01m46.2s
21:4062°23.5'N118°49.4'E62°25.6'N126°49.0'E62°29.4'N123°02.2'E 1.034 13° 80° 182 km 01m52.7s
21:4263°48.5'N124°45.5'E63°26.1'N131°49.7'E63°40.5'N128°27.0'E 1.035 16° 86° 185 km 01m57.9s
21:4464°53.2'N129°53.8'E64°14.2'N136°21.5'E64°36.1'N133°15.6'E 1.035 18° 91° 187 km 02m02.3s
21:4665°45.1'N134°34.7'E64°53.5'N140°34.1'E65°21.2'N137°41.7'E 1.036 20° 95° 189 km 02m06.2s
21:4866°27.7'N138°57.9'E65°25.8'N144°32.7'E65°58.2'N141°52.3'E 1.037 22° 100° 190 km 02m09.8s
21:5067°02.8'N143°08.4'E65°52.4'N148°20.5'E66°28.8'N145°51.1'E 1.037 24° 104° 192 km 02m13.1s
21:5267°31.8'N147°09.1'E66°14.0'N151°59.3'E66°53.9'N149°40.6'E 1.037 25° 109° 193 km 02m16.1s
21:5467°55.5'N151°01.7'E66°31.3'N155°30.5'E67°14.2'N153°22.3'E 1.038 27° 113° 194 km 02m19.0s
21:5668°14.5'N154°47.3'E66°44.8'N158°54.8'E67°30.3'N156°57.0'E 1.038 28° 117° 195 km 02m21.6s
21:5868°29.3'N158°26.6'E66°54.9'N162°12.9'E67°42.5'N160°25.4'E 1.039 29° 122° 195 km 02m24.1s
22:0068°40.3'N162°00.0'E67°01.8'N165°25.1'E67°51.4'N163°47.8'E 1.039 30° 126° 196 km 02m26.4s
22:0268°47.8'N165°27.6'E67°05.8'N168°31.6'E67°57.0'N167°04.4'E 1.039 31° 130° 197 km 02m28.6s
22:0468°52.1'N168°49.5'E67°07.1'N171°32.7'E67°59.7'N170°15.5'E 1.039 32° 134° 197 km 02m30.7s
22:0668°53.5'N172°05.8'E67°06.0'N174°28.5'E67°59.7'N173°21.1'E 1.040 33° 138° 198 km 02m32.6s
22:0868°52.1'N175°16.5'E67°02.6'N177°19.1'E67°57.2'N176°21.3'E 1.040 34° 142° 199 km 02m34.4s
22:1068°48.1'N178°21.4'E66°57.0'N179°55.5'W67°52.4'N179°16.0'E 1.040 35° 145° 199 km 02m36.1s
22:1268°41.8'N178°39.3'W66°49.5'N177°15.1'W67°45.5'N177°54.6'W 1.040 36° 149° 200 km 02m37.7s
22:1468°33.3'N175°45.6'W66°40.2'N174°39.6'W67°36.5'N175°10.5'W 1.040 37° 153° 200 km 02m39.2s
22:1668°22.7'N172°57.6'W66°29.1'N172°09.0'W67°25.6'N172°31.6'W 1.041 37° 157° 201 km 02m40.6s
22:1868°10.2'N170°15.2'W66°16.4'N169°43.1'W67°13.1'N169°57.9'W 1.041 38° 160° 201 km 02m41.8s
22:2067°56.0'N167°38.3'W66°02.3'N167°21.8'W66°58.9'N167°29.2'W 1.041 38° 164° 202 km 02m43.0s
22:2267°40.2'N165°06.7'W65°46.7'N165°05.0'W66°43.2'N165°05.4'W 1.041 39° 167° 202 km 02m44.1s
22:2467°22.8'N162°40.4'W65°29.9'N162°52.6'W66°26.1'N162°46.3'W 1.041 39° 171° 202 km 02m45.1s
22:2667°04.0'N160°19.3'W65°11.8'N160°44.4'W66°07.7'N160°31.9'W 1.041 40° 174° 203 km 02m45.9s
22:2866°44.0'N158°03.0'W64°52.6'N158°40.2'W65°48.0'N158°22.0'W 1.041 40° 177° 203 km 02m46.7s
22:3066°22.7'N155°51.5'W64°32.3'N156°39.9'W65°27.3'N156°16.3'W 1.041 41° 181° 204 km 02m47.4s
22:3266°00.2'N153°44.6'W64°11.1'N154°43.4'W65°05.4'N154°14.8'W 1.041 41° 184° 204 km 02m48.0s
22:3465°36.7'N151°42.0'W63°48.9'N152°50.5'W64°42.6'N152°17.2'W 1.041 41° 187° 205 km 02m48.5s
22:3665°12.3'N149°43.5'W63°25.8'N151°01.0'W64°18.8'N150°23.4'W 1.042 41° 190° 205 km 02m49.0s
22:3864°46.9'N147°49.1'W63°01.8'N149°14.7'W63°54.2'N148°33.1'W 1.042 42° 193° 205 km 02m49.3s
22:4064°20.6'N145°58.3'W62°37.1'N147°31.5'W63°28.7'N146°46.3'W 1.042 42° 196° 206 km 02m49.5s
22:4263°53.5'N144°11.1'W62°11.6'N145°51.2'W63°02.5'N145°02.6'W 1.042 42° 199° 206 km 02m49.7s
22:4463°25.6'N142°27.1'W61°45.4'N144°13.7'W62°35.5'N143°21.9'W 1.042 42° 202° 207 km 02m49.7s
22:4662°57.0'N140°46.3'W61°18.5'N142°38.7'W62°07.7'N141°44.1'W 1.042 42° 205° 207 km 02m49.7s
22:4862°27.7'N139°08.4'W60°51.0'N141°06.1'W61°39.4'N140°08.9'W 1.042 42° 208° 207 km 02m49.6s
22:5061°57.7'N137°33.2'W60°22.8'N139°35.9'W61°10.3'N138°36.2'W 1.042 42° 211° 208 km 02m49.4s
22:5261°27.1'N136°00.5'W59°54.1'N138°07.7'W60°40.7'N137°05.8'W 1.042 42° 213° 208 km 02m49.1s
22:5460°55.9'N134°30.2'W59°24.7'N136°41.5'W60°10.4'N135°37.5'W 1.041 42° 216° 208 km 02m48.7s
22:5660°24.1'N133°02.0'W58°54.8'N135°17.0'W59°39.5'N134°11.2'W 1.041 42° 219° 209 km 02m48.3s
22:5859°51.7'N131°35.7'W58°24.3'N133°54.3'W59°08.1'N132°46.7'W 1.041 41° 221° 209 km 02m47.7s
23:0059°18.7'N130°11.2'W57°53.2'N132°33.0'W58°36.1'N131°23.8'W 1.041 41° 224° 209 km 02m47.1s
23:0258°45.1'N128°48.4'W57°21.6'N131°13.1'W58°03.5'N130°02.4'W 1.041 41° 226° 210 km 02m46.3s
23:0458°11.0'N127°26.9'W56°49.5'N129°54.3'W57°30.4'N128°42.3'W 1.041 40° 229° 210 km 02m45.5s
23:0657°36.3'N126°06.7'W56°16.8'N128°36.7'W56°56.8'N127°23.3'W 1.041 40° 231° 210 km 02m44.6s
23:0857°01.1'N124°47.5'W55°43.5'N127°19.9'W56°22.5'N126°05.4'W 1.041 40° 234° 210 km 02m43.6s
23:1056°25.2'N123°29.3'W55°09.7'N126°03.9'W55°47.7'N124°48.2'W 1.041 39° 236° 211 km 02m42.5s
23:1255°48.8'N122°11.7'W54°35.3'N124°48.5'W55°12.3'N123°31.7'W 1.041 39° 238° 211 km 02m41.4s
23:1455°11.8'N120°54.7'W54°00.4'N123°33.5'W54°36.4'N122°15.7'W 1.040 38° 241° 211 km 02m40.1s
23:1654°34.1'N119°38.1'W53°24.8'N122°18.8'W53°59.8'N121°00.0'W 1.040 37° 243° 211 km 02m38.7s
23:1853°55.8'N118°21.5'W52°48.6'N121°04.2'W53°22.5'N119°44.4'W 1.040 37° 245° 211 km 02m37.3s
23:2053°16.7'N117°04.9'W52°11.8'N119°49.5'W52°44.6'N118°28.7'W 1.040 36° 247° 211 km 02m35.7s
23:2252°37.0'N115°48.0'W51°34.3'N118°34.4'W52°06.0'N117°12.7'W 1.040 35° 249° 211 km 02m34.1s
23:2451°56.5'N114°30.5'W50°56.0'N117°18.9'W51°26.7'N115°56.2'W 1.039 34° 251° 211 km 02m32.3s
23:2651°15.1'N113°12.2'W50°17.0'N116°02.7'W50°46.5'N114°39.0'W 1.039 34° 253° 210 km 02m30.5s
23:2850°32.8'N111°52.7'W49°37.1'N114°45.4'W50°05.4'N113°20.6'W 1.039 33° 255° 210 km 02m28.5s
23:3049°49.5'N110°31.8'W48°56.3'N113°26.9'W49°23.4'N112°00.9'W 1.039 32° 257° 210 km 02m26.4s
23:3249°05.1'N109°09.0'W48°14.6'N112°06.7'W48°40.4'N110°39.4'W 1.038 31° 259° 209 km 02m24.2s
23:3448°19.5'N107°43.9'W47°31.7'N110°44.4'W47°56.2'N109°15.7'W 1.038 30° 261° 208 km 02m21.9s
23:3647°32.5'N106°15.8'W46°47.6'N109°19.6'W47°10.7'N107°49.3'W 1.038 28° 263° 207 km 02m19.4s
23:3846°43.9'N104°44.1'W46°02.1'N107°51.8'W46°23.7'N106°19.6'W 1.037 27° 265° 206 km 02m16.8s
23:4045°53.4'N103°07.8'W45°15.1'N106°20.1'W45°34.9'N104°45.7'W 1.037 26° 267° 205 km 02m14.0s
23:4245°00.6'N101°25.7'W44°26.1'N104°43.7'W44°44.2'N103°06.6'W 1.037 24° 269° 203 km 02m11.0s
23:4444°05.2'N099°36.3'W43°35.0'N103°01.3'W43°51.0'N101°21.0'W 1.036 23° 271° 201 km 02m07.8s
23:4643°06.2'N097°37.2'W42°41.2'N101°11.4'W42°54.8'N099°26.8'W 1.036 21° 273° 199 km 02m04.4s
23:4842°02.8'N095°24.7'W41°44.0'N099°11.5'W41°54.6'N097°21.1'W 1.035 19° 275° 196 km 02m00.6s
23:5040°52.8'N092°52.5'W40°42.2'N096°57.8'W40°49.1'N094°59.1'W 1.034 17° 277° 193 km 01m56.3s
23:5239°32.5'N089°48.2'W39°34.0'N094°23.9'W39°35.7'N092°12.2'W 1.033 14° 280° 188 km 01m51.5s
23:5437°51.3'N085°36.7'W38°15.5'N091°16.6'W38°08.2'N088°40.0'W 1.032 11° 282° 182 km 01m45.5s
23:56 - - 36°35.7'N086°58.7'W36°02.3'N083°01.1'W 1.031 286° 171 km 01m36.6s
Limits34°47.3'N076°39.9'W33°32.8'N077°40.6'W34°09.9'N077°10.6'W 1.029 - 161 km 01m28.5s

ΔT = 19875.9 seconds

Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration
Event Time
TD
Time
UT1
Latitude Longitude Sun
Altitude
Sun
Azimuth
Path Width Central
Duration
Greatest Eclipse04:17:26.022:46:10.162°05.4'N135°21.5'E 42.1° 205.2° 206.9 km02m49.71s
Greatest Duration04:15:40.522:44:24.662°29.8'N143°01.6'W 42.0° 202.7° 206.6 km02m49.75s

Explanation of Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration

Links for the Total Solar Eclipse of -0681 Aug 18

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Eclipse Predictions

Predictions for the Total Solar Eclipse of -0681 Aug 18 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 19875.9 seconds for this eclipse. The uncertainty in ΔT is 500.1 seconds corresponding to a standard error in longitude of the eclipse path of ± 2.09°.

Acknowledgments

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

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