Path of the Annular Solar Eclipse of -0804 Apr 02

Fred Espenak

Introduction

The following table delineates the path of the Moon's antumbral shadow during the Annular Solar Eclipse of -0804 Apr 02 . 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 -0804 Apr 02
UT1 Northern Limit Southern Limit Central Line M:S Sun Sun Path Central
Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Ratio Alt. Azm. Width Duration
Limits42°42.8'N008°51.0'E39°49.7'N010°20.5'E41°13.2'N009°37.6'E 0.970 - 322 km 01m51.5s
05:22 - - 41°15.1'N019°54.0'E41°35.3'N014°16.1'E 0.971 91° 325 km 01m50.5s
05:24 - - 42°00.7'N022°16.3'E42°23.7'N018°29.8'E 0.972 94° 326 km 01m49.5s
05:2643°33.7'N016°35.2'E42°45.7'N024°07.8'E43°09.6'N021°03.2'E 0.973 96° 325 km 01m48.8s
05:2844°20.0'N019°30.1'E43°30.4'N025°40.8'E43°54.9'N022°59.9'E 0.973 11° 98° 323 km 01m48.2s
05:3045°05.6'N021°35.7'E44°15.1'N027°01.1'E44°39.9'N024°35.6'E 0.974 12° 100° 320 km 01m47.7s
05:3245°51.0'N023°16.1'E45°00.0'N028°12.0'E45°25.0'N025°57.4'E 0.974 13° 101° 315 km 01m47.3s
05:3446°36.6'N024°40.4'E45°45.0'N029°15.5'E46°10.3'N027°08.9'E 0.974 14° 103° 311 km 01m46.9s
05:3647°22.5'N025°53.3'E46°30.4'N030°13.0'E46°55.9'N028°12.6'E 0.975 15° 104° 305 km 01m46.6s
05:3848°08.7'N026°57.5'E47°16.1'N031°05.6'E47°41.9'N029°09.9'E 0.975 16° 106° 300 km 01m46.3s
05:4048°55.4'N027°54.8'E48°02.2'N031°53.9'E48°28.2'N030°01.9'E 0.975 17° 107° 295 km 01m46.0s
05:4249°42.5'N028°46.3'E48°48.8'N032°38.6'E49°15.1'N030°49.4'E 0.975 17° 108° 289 km 01m45.7s
05:4450°30.3'N029°32.8'E49°35.9'N033°20.0'E50°02.5'N031°33.0'E 0.975 18° 110° 284 km 01m45.5s
05:4651°18.6'N030°15.1'E50°23.6'N033°58.5'E50°50.5'N032°13.1'E 0.975 18° 111° 278 km 01m45.3s
05:4852°07.7'N030°53.5'E51°11.8'N034°34.4'E51°39.2'N032°50.0'E 0.976 19° 112° 273 km 01m45.1s
05:5052°57.5'N031°28.4'E52°00.7'N035°07.8'E52°28.5'N033°24.0'E 0.976 19° 113° 268 km 01m44.9s
05:5253°48.1'N032°00.0'E52°50.4'N035°39.0'E53°18.6'N033°55.4'E 0.976 19° 114° 264 km 01m44.8s
05:5454°39.5'N032°28.5'E53°40.8'N036°08.1'E54°09.5'N034°24.2'E 0.976 19° 115° 260 km 01m44.7s
05:5655°31.9'N032°54.0'E54°32.0'N036°35.1'E55°01.3'N034°50.5'E 0.976 19° 117° 256 km 01m44.6s
05:5856°25.4'N033°16.6'E55°24.2'N037°00.1'E55°54.1'N035°14.4'E 0.976 19° 118° 252 km 01m44.5s
06:0057°19.9'N033°36.1'E56°17.3'N037°23.1'E56°47.9'N035°35.8'E 0.976 19° 119° 249 km 01m44.4s
06:0258°15.7'N033°52.6'E57°11.4'N037°44.1'E57°42.8'N035°54.8'E 0.976 19° 120° 246 km 01m44.4s
06:0459°12.8'N034°05.7'E58°06.8'N038°03.1'E58°39.0'N036°11.2'E 0.976 19° 121° 244 km 01m44.4s
06:0660°11.3'N034°15.4'E59°03.3'N038°20.0'E59°36.5'N036°24.8'E 0.976 19° 122° 242 km 01m44.4s
06:0861°11.4'N034°21.0'E60°01.3'N038°34.5'E60°35.5'N036°35.4'E 0.976 19° 123° 240 km 01m44.4s
06:1062°13.3'N034°22.2'E61°00.7'N038°46.4'E61°36.1'N036°42.7'E 0.976 18° 124° 238 km 01m44.5s
06:1263°17.2'N034°18.2'E62°01.8'N038°55.5'E62°38.5'N036°46.1'E 0.976 18° 124° 238 km 01m44.5s
06:1464°23.2'N034°08.0'E63°04.7'N039°01.4'E63°42.9'N036°45.0'E 0.976 18° 125° 237 km 01m44.6s
06:1665°31.7'N033°50.1'E64°09.7'N039°03.3'E64°49.5'N036°38.5'E 0.975 17° 126° 237 km 01m44.8s
06:1866°43.0'N033°22.5'E65°16.9'N039°00.6'E65°58.7'N036°25.2'E 0.975 17° 126° 238 km 01m44.9s
06:2067°57.4'N032°42.3'E66°26.7'N038°52.0'E67°10.7'N036°03.5'E 0.975 16° 127° 239 km 01m45.1s
06:2269°15.6'N031°45.0'E67°39.5'N038°36.0'E68°26.0'N035°30.6'E 0.975 15° 127° 241 km 01m45.3s
06:2470°38.2'N030°23.5'E68°55.7'N038°10.1'E69°45.2'N034°42.6'E 0.975 14° 127° 243 km 01m45.6s
06:2672°06.0'N028°25.8'E70°15.9'N037°30.8'E71°08.9'N033°33.1'E 0.974 13° 127° 247 km 01m45.8s
06:2873°40.0'N025°29.6'E71°40.8'N036°32.2'E72°38.0'N031°51.5'E 0.974 12° 126° 251 km 01m46.2s
06:3075°21.6'N020°47.0'E73°11.4'N035°04.8'E74°13.8'N029°18.2'E 0.974 11° 124° 257 km 01m46.6s
06:3277°11.5'N012°03.3'E74°49.1'N032°50.6'E75°57.8'N025°12.5'E 0.973 121° 265 km 01m47.1s
06:34 - - 76°35.6'N029°12.8'E77°51.5'N017°50.0'E 0.973 114° 278 km 01m47.7s
06:36 - - 78°33.3'N022°39.2'E79°49.7'N000°42.9'W 0.972 96° 302 km 01m48.8s
Limits78°30.4'N015°24.0'W81°17.5'N019°30.8'W79°57.1'N017°20.4'W 0.971 - 321 km 01m49.5s

ΔT = 21888.3 seconds

Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration
Event Time
TD
Time
UT1
Latitude Longitude Sun
Altitude
Sun
Azimuth
Path Width Central
Duration
Greatest Eclipse12:03:59.305:59:10.956°25.8'N055°59.7'W 19.4° 118.3° 250.2 km01m44.44s
Greatest Duration11:26:07.505:21:19.241°13.2'N009°37.6'E 0.0° 87.8° 321.7 km01m51.50s

Explanation of Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration

Links for the Annular Solar Eclipse of -0804 Apr 02

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Eclipse Predictions

Predictions for the Annular Solar Eclipse of -0804 Apr 02 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 21888.3 seconds for this eclipse. The uncertainty in ΔT is 547.4 seconds corresponding to a standard error in longitude of the eclipse path of ± 2.29°.

Acknowledgments

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

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