Path of the Annular Solar Eclipse of -0898 Apr 21

Fred Espenak

Introduction

The following table delineates the path of the Moon's antumbral shadow during the Annular Solar Eclipse of -0898 Apr 21 . 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 -0898 Apr 21
UT1 Northern Limit Southern Limit Central Line M:S Sun Sun Path Central
Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Ratio Alt. Azm. Width Duration
Limits37°19.8'N119°47.1'E33°48.8'N122°12.4'E35°30.9'N121°02.9'E 0.953 - 420 km 02m57.1s
21:32 - - 37°02.2'N133°42.5'E36°56.7'N127°42.7'E 0.954 84° 426 km 02m58.3s
21:34 - - 38°00.1'N135°46.2'E38°06.8'N131°10.5'E 0.955 87° 428 km 02m59.1s
21:3639°07.2'N127°48.2'E38°54.7'N137°27.7'E39°07.2'N133°32.1'E 0.956 11° 88° 427 km 02m59.6s
21:3840°12.7'N130°46.3'E39°47.2'N138°54.6'E40°03.3'N135°23.7'E 0.956 13° 90° 425 km 03m00.1s
21:4041°11.3'N132°55.0'E40°38.4'N140°11.1'E40°57.0'N136°57.0'E 0.956 15° 92° 422 km 03m00.5s
21:4242°06.6'N134°38.4'E41°28.4'N141°19.5'E41°49.0'N138°17.8'E 0.957 16° 93° 419 km 03m00.8s
21:4442°59.9'N136°05.8'E42°17.7'N142°21.7'E42°39.8'N139°29.4'E 0.957 17° 95° 414 km 03m01.1s
21:4643°51.8'N137°21.9'E43°06.5'N143°18.7'E43°29.9'N140°33.7'E 0.957 18° 96° 409 km 03m01.4s
21:4844°42.8'N138°29.3'E43°54.8'N144°11.4'E44°19.3'N141°32.2'E 0.958 19° 97° 404 km 03m01.7s
21:5045°33.1'N139°30.1'E44°42.8'N145°00.4'E45°08.4'N142°26.0'E 0.958 20° 99° 399 km 03m01.9s
21:5246°23.0'N140°25.3'E45°30.6'N145°46.3'E45°57.1'N143°15.7'E 0.958 21° 100° 394 km 03m02.2s
21:5447°12.5'N141°16.0'E46°18.2'N146°29.5'E46°45.6'N144°02.0'E 0.958 22° 101° 388 km 03m02.4s
21:5648°01.9'N142°02.7'E47°05.8'N147°10.4'E47°34.0'N144°45.3'E 0.958 22° 103° 383 km 03m02.6s
21:5848°51.2'N142°46.1'E47°53.4'N147°49.1'E48°22.4'N145°25.9'E 0.958 23° 104° 378 km 03m02.8s
22:0049°40.5'N143°26.5'E48°41.1'N148°26.0'E49°10.8'N146°04.3'E 0.959 23° 105° 373 km 03m03.0s
22:0250°29.9'N144°04.3'E49°28.8'N149°01.3'E49°59.3'N146°40.6'E 0.959 24° 106° 368 km 03m03.2s
22:0451°19.4'N144°39.8'E50°16.7'N149°35.0'E50°48.0'N147°15.0'E 0.959 24° 108° 363 km 03m03.3s
22:0652°09.1'N145°13.1'E51°04.8'N150°07.4'E51°36.8'N147°47.8'E 0.959 25° 109° 358 km 03m03.5s
22:0852°59.0'N145°44.5'E51°53.0'N150°38.7'E52°25.9'N148°19.0'E 0.959 25° 110° 354 km 03m03.6s
22:1053°49.3'N146°14.1'E52°41.6'N151°08.8'E53°15.3'N148°48.9'E 0.959 25° 111° 350 km 03m03.8s
22:1254°39.9'N146°42.0'E53°30.5'N151°38.0'E54°05.0'N149°17.5'E 0.959 25° 113° 346 km 03m03.9s
22:1455°30.9'N147°08.3'E54°19.7'N152°06.3'E54°55.1'N149°44.9'E 0.959 26° 114° 342 km 03m04.0s
22:1656°22.4'N147°33.1'E55°09.4'N152°33.8'E55°45.6'N150°11.2'E 0.959 26° 115° 339 km 03m04.1s
22:1857°14.4'N147°56.5'E55°59.5'N153°00.6'E56°36.7'N150°36.4'E 0.959 26° 116° 336 km 03m04.2s
22:2058°07.0'N148°18.4'E56°50.0'N153°26.8'E57°28.2'N151°00.7'E 0.959 26° 118° 333 km 03m04.3s
22:2259°00.2'N148°39.0'E57°41.2'N153°52.3'E58°20.4'N151°24.1'E 0.959 26° 119° 330 km 03m04.4s
22:2459°54.1'N148°58.2'E58°32.9'N154°17.4'E59°13.1'N151°46.5'E 0.959 26° 120° 328 km 03m04.5s
22:2660°48.8'N149°15.9'E59°25.2'N154°42.0'E60°06.6'N152°08.1'E 0.959 26° 121° 326 km 03m04.5s
22:2861°44.4'N149°32.2'E60°18.2'N155°06.2'E61°00.9'N152°28.8'E 0.959 26° 123° 324 km 03m04.6s
22:3062°40.9'N149°46.8'E61°12.0'N155°30.0'E61°56.0'N152°48.6'E 0.959 26° 124° 322 km 03m04.6s
22:3263°38.4'N149°59.8'E62°06.7'N155°53.4'E62°52.0'N153°07.5'E 0.959 25° 125° 321 km 03m04.6s
22:3464°37.0'N150°10.9'E63°02.2'N156°16.6'E63°49.1'N153°25.5'E 0.959 25° 126° 320 km 03m04.6s
22:3665°36.8'N150°19.8'E63°58.8'N156°39.4'E64°47.3'N153°42.4'E 0.959 25° 127° 319 km 03m04.6s
22:3866°38.0'N150°26.2'E64°56.4'N157°02.0'E65°46.6'N153°58.1'E 0.959 24° 128° 319 km 03m04.6s
22:4067°40.7'N150°29.7'E65°55.2'N157°24.3'E66°47.4'N154°12.4'E 0.958 24° 129° 319 km 03m04.6s
22:4268°45.1'N150°29.7'E66°55.4'N157°46.2'E67°49.6'N154°25.2'E 0.958 24° 131° 319 km 03m04.5s
22:4469°51.3'N150°25.3'E67°57.0'N158°07.8'E68°53.4'N154°36.1'E 0.958 23° 132° 319 km 03m04.5s
22:4670°59.6'N150°15.3'E69°00.2'N158°29.0'E69°59.1'N154°44.6'E 0.958 22° 133° 320 km 03m04.4s
22:4872°10.2'N149°58.1'E70°05.2'N158°49.6'E71°06.9'N154°50.1'E 0.958 22° 134° 322 km 03m04.3s
22:5073°23.5'N149°31.2'E71°12.2'N159°09.4'E72°16.9'N154°51.5'E 0.958 21° 134° 323 km 03m04.2s
22:5274°39.7'N148°50.9'E72°21.5'N159°28.1'E73°29.7'N154°47.6'E 0.958 20° 135° 325 km 03m04.1s
22:5475°59.4'N147°51.4'E73°33.3'N159°45.2'E74°45.4'N154°36.1'E 0.957 20° 136° 328 km 03m03.9s
22:5677°23.0'N146°23.1'E74°48.2'N159°59.8'E76°04.7'N154°13.6'E 0.957 19° 136° 331 km 03m03.7s
22:5878°51.0'N144°08.7'E76°06.5'N160°10.7'E77°28.2'N153°34.5'E 0.957 18° 136° 335 km 03m03.5s
23:0080°23.8'N140°35.3'E77°28.9'N160°15.4'E78°56.5'N152°28.7'E 0.956 16° 136° 340 km 03m03.2s
23:0282°00.9'N134°32.0'E78°56.2'N160°09.9'E80°30.6'N150°36.4'E 0.956 15° 135° 345 km 03m02.9s
23:0483°37.8'N123°06.9'E80°29.5'N159°45.8'E82°11.6'N147°14.4'E 0.956 14° 132° 352 km 03m02.5s
23:0684°51.6'N099°17.4'E82°10.5'N158°44.7'E83°59.6'N140°29.2'E 0.955 12° 126° 361 km 03m02.1s
23:0883°54.4'N056°58.2'E84°01.2'N156°17.4'E85°48.7'N124°04.3'E 0.955 10° 111° 372 km 03m01.6s
23:10 - - 86°04.1'N149°20.1'E86°42.7'N079°11.9'E 0.954 67° 388 km 03m00.8s
23:12 - - 88°08.1'N116°34.8'E82°07.5'N027°35.8'E 0.952 16° 425 km 02m59.1s
Limits80°47.1'N038°21.6'E81°40.9'N013°39.9'E81°25.3'N026°11.9'E 0.952 - 429 km 02m58.9s

ΔT = 23485.8 seconds

Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration
Event Time
TD
Time
UT1
Latitude Longitude Sun
Altitude
Sun
Azimuth
Path Width Central
Duration
Greatest Eclipse04:53:02.422:21:36.658°10.1'N053°12.1'E 25.9° 118.6° 330.7 km03m04.37s
Greatest Duration05:06:16.722:34:50.964°13.6'N153°32.8'E 24.9° 126.6° 319.7 km03m04.63s

Explanation of Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration

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Eclipse Predictions

Predictions for the Annular Solar Eclipse of -0898 Apr 21 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 23485.8 seconds for this eclipse. The uncertainty in ΔT is 583.1 seconds corresponding to a standard error in longitude of the eclipse path of ± 2.44°.

Acknowledgments

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

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