Path of the Total Solar Eclipse of -0986 Jan 06

Fred Espenak

Introduction

The following table delineates the path of the Moon's umbral shadow during the Total Solar Eclipse of -0986 Jan 06 . 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 -0986 Jan 06
UT1 Northern Limit Southern Limit Central Line M:S Sun Sun Path Central
Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Ratio Alt. Azm. Width Duration
Limits16°44.9'S155°14.7'W17°33.0'S155°46.2'W17°08.9'S155°30.4'W 1.029 - 104 km 01m30.8s
16:0221°30.4'S144°22.7'W21°43.3'S146°30.8'W21°38.2'S145°24.3'W 1.032 11° 111° 116 km 01m49.5s
16:0423°13.9'S140°21.0'W23°42.5'S142°01.9'W23°28.9'S141°10.2'W 1.034 16° 109° 121 km 01m58.4s
16:0624°31.6'S137°15.0'W25°08.2'S138°44.0'W24°50.4'S137°58.6'W 1.035 19° 108° 124 km 02m05.6s
16:0825°35.2'S134°38.4'W26°17.4'S136°00.0'W25°56.7'S135°18.4'W 1.036 22° 106° 127 km 02m11.9s
16:1026°29.7'S132°20.5'W27°16.1'S133°36.7'W26°53.2'S132°57.9'W 1.037 25° 105° 129 km 02m17.5s
16:1227°17.4'S130°15.7'W28°07.3'S131°27.8'W27°42.7'S130°51.1'W 1.037 28° 104° 131 km 02m22.8s
16:1427°59.9'S128°21.0'W28°52.8'S129°29.5'W28°26.6'S128°54.6'W 1.038 30° 102° 133 km 02m27.7s
16:1628°38.2'S126°34.0'W29°33.7'S127°39.4'W29°06.2'S127°06.1'W 1.039 32° 101° 135 km 02m32.3s
16:1829°12.9'S124°53.3'W30°10.8'S125°55.9'W29°42.0'S125°24.0'W 1.039 34° 100° 137 km 02m36.7s
16:2029°44.5'S123°17.8'W30°44.6'S124°17.8'W30°14.8'S123°47.3'W 1.040 36° 99° 138 km 02m41.0s
16:2230°13.5'S121°46.8'W31°15.5'S122°44.3'W30°44.7'S122°15.0'W 1.040 38° 98° 139 km 02m45.0s
16:2430°40.1'S120°19.5'W31°44.0'S121°14.7'W31°12.2'S120°46.6'W 1.040 39° 96° 141 km 02m48.9s
16:2631°04.6'S118°55.5'W32°10.2'S119°48.4'W31°37.6'S119°21.4'W 1.041 41° 95° 142 km 02m52.7s
16:2831°27.2'S117°34.4'W32°34.4'S118°25.0'W32°00.9'S117°59.2'W 1.041 43° 94° 143 km 02m56.4s
16:3031°48.0'S116°15.9'W32°56.6'S117°04.3'W32°22.5'S116°39.6'W 1.042 44° 93° 144 km 02m59.9s
16:3232°07.2'S114°59.7'W33°17.2'S115°45.8'W32°42.3'S115°22.3'W 1.042 46° 91° 145 km 03m03.3s
16:3432°24.8'S113°45.5'W33°36.2'S114°29.5'W33°00.6'S114°07.0'W 1.042 47° 90° 146 km 03m06.6s
16:3632°41.0'S112°33.2'W33°53.6'S113°15.0'W33°17.4'S112°53.6'W 1.043 49° 89° 146 km 03m09.8s
16:3832°55.9'S111°22.6'W34°09.7'S112°02.2'W33°32.9'S111°41.9'W 1.043 50° 88° 147 km 03m12.8s
16:4033°09.6'S110°13.5'W34°24.4'S110°51.0'W33°47.0'S110°31.8'W 1.043 51° 86° 148 km 03m15.8s
16:4233°22.0'S109°05.9'W34°37.8'S109°41.2'W34°00.0'S109°23.1'W 1.043 53° 85° 149 km 03m18.7s
16:4433°33.3'S107°59.6'W34°50.1'S108°32.7'W34°11.7'S108°15.7'W 1.044 54° 84° 149 km 03m21.4s
16:4633°43.5'S106°54.5'W35°01.1'S107°25.4'W34°22.4'S107°09.6'W 1.044 55° 82° 150 km 03m24.1s
16:4833°52.7'S105°50.6'W35°11.1'S106°19.3'W34°31.9'S106°04.6'W 1.044 57° 81° 150 km 03m26.7s
16:5034°00.8'S104°47.7'W35°20.1'S105°14.3'W34°40.5'S105°00.6'W 1.044 58° 79° 151 km 03m29.2s
16:5234°08.0'S103°45.9'W35°28.0'S104°10.2'W34°48.0'S103°57.7'W 1.045 59° 78° 152 km 03m31.6s
16:5434°14.3'S102°44.9'W35°34.9'S103°07.1'W34°54.6'S102°55.7'W 1.045 60° 76° 152 km 03m33.8s
16:5634°19.6'S101°44.9'W35°40.8'S102°04.9'W35°00.3'S101°54.6'W 1.045 61° 75° 153 km 03m36.0s
16:5834°24.1'S100°45.7'W35°45.9'S101°03.5'W35°05.0'S100°54.4'W 1.045 63° 73° 153 km 03m38.1s
17:0034°27.8'S099°47.3'W35°50.0'S100°03.0'W35°08.9'S099°54.9'W 1.045 64° 71° 153 km 03m40.1s
17:0234°30.6'S098°49.7'W35°53.3'S099°03.1'W35°12.0'S098°56.2'W 1.045 65° 70° 154 km 03m42.0s
17:0434°32.6'S097°52.8'W35°55.7'S098°04.0'W35°14.2'S097°58.2'W 1.046 66° 68° 154 km 03m43.8s
17:0634°33.9'S096°56.6'W35°57.3'S097°05.6'W35°15.6'S097°00.9'W 1.046 67° 66° 155 km 03m45.5s
17:0834°34.3'S096°01.0'W35°58.1'S096°07.9'W35°16.2'S096°04.2'W 1.046 68° 64° 155 km 03m47.1s
17:1034°34.1'S095°06.0'W35°58.1'S095°10.8'W35°16.1'S095°08.2'W 1.046 69° 61° 155 km 03m48.6s
17:1234°33.1'S094°11.7'W35°57.3'S094°14.3'W35°15.2'S094°12.8'W 1.046 70° 59° 156 km 03m50.0s
17:1434°31.3'S093°17.9'W35°55.7'S093°18.4'W35°13.5'S093°18.0'W 1.046 71° 57° 156 km 03m51.3s
17:1634°28.9'S092°24.6'W35°53.4'S092°23.0'W35°11.2'S092°23.7'W 1.046 72° 54° 156 km 03m52.5s
17:1834°25.8'S091°31.9'W35°50.4'S091°28.2'W35°08.1'S091°29.9'W 1.046 73° 51° 156 km 03m53.6s
17:2034°22.0'S090°39.6'W35°46.6'S090°33.9'W35°04.3'S090°36.7'W 1.046 74° 48° 157 km 03m54.6s
17:2234°17.6'S089°47.9'W35°42.2'S089°40.1'W34°59.8'S089°43.9'W 1.046 75° 44° 157 km 03m55.5s
17:2434°12.5'S088°56.6'W35°37.0'S088°46.8'W34°54.7'S088°51.6'W 1.046 76° 41° 157 km 03m56.3s
17:2634°06.7'S088°05.7'W35°31.2'S087°53.9'W34°48.9'S087°59.8'W 1.047 76° 37° 157 km 03m57.0s
17:2834°00.3'S087°15.3'W35°24.6'S087°01.5'W34°42.4'S087°08.4'W 1.047 77° 32° 157 km 03m57.6s
17:3033°53.3'S086°25.3'W35°17.4'S086°09.5'W34°35.3'S086°17.4'W 1.047 78° 27° 158 km 03m58.1s
17:3233°45.6'S085°35.6'W35°09.6'S085°18.0'W34°27.6'S085°26.8'W 1.047 78° 22° 158 km 03m58.5s
17:3433°37.3'S084°46.3'W35°01.1'S084°26.8'W34°19.2'S084°36.6'W 1.047 79° 16° 158 km 03m58.8s
17:3633°28.4'S083°57.4'W34°51.9'S083°36.0'W34°10.2'S083°46.8'W 1.047 79° 10° 158 km 03m59.0s
17:3833°19.0'S083°08.8'W34°42.1'S082°45.6'W34°00.5'S082°57.2'W 1.047 80° 158 km 03m59.0s
17:4033°08.9'S082°20.5'W34°31.7'S081°55.5'W33°50.3'S082°08.1'W 1.047 80° 357° 158 km 03m59.0s
17:4232°58.2'S081°32.5'W34°20.6'S081°05.7'W33°39.4'S081°19.2'W 1.047 80° 350° 158 km 03m58.9s
17:4432°46.9'S080°44.7'W34°08.9'S080°16.3'W33°27.9'S080°30.6'W 1.047 80° 343° 158 km 03m58.7s
17:4632°35.0'S079°57.3'W33°56.6'S079°27.1'W33°15.8'S079°42.3'W 1.047 80° 337° 158 km 03m58.4s
17:4832°22.5'S079°10.0'W33°43.7'S078°38.2'W33°03.1'S078°54.3'W 1.047 79° 330° 158 km 03m58.0s
17:5032°09.5'S078°23.0'W33°30.2'S077°49.6'W32°49.8'S078°06.4'W 1.047 79° 324° 158 km 03m57.5s
17:5231°55.9'S077°36.2'W33°16.0'S077°01.2'W32°36.0'S077°18.9'W 1.047 78° 318° 158 km 03m56.9s
17:5431°41.6'S076°49.5'W33°01.2'S076°13.0'W32°21.5'S076°31.5'W 1.047 78° 313° 158 km 03m56.2s
17:5631°26.8'S076°03.0'W32°45.9'S075°25.1'W32°06.4'S075°44.2'W 1.047 77° 308° 158 km 03m55.4s
17:5831°11.5'S075°16.7'W32°29.9'S074°37.3'W31°50.7'S074°57.2'W 1.046 76° 304° 158 km 03m54.5s
18:0030°55.5'S074°30.4'W32°13.3'S073°49.6'W31°34.4'S074°10.2'W 1.046 76° 300° 158 km 03m53.6s
18:0230°38.9'S073°44.3'W31°56.1'S073°02.1'W31°17.5'S073°23.4'W 1.046 75° 297° 157 km 03m52.5s
18:0430°21.8'S072°58.2'W31°38.2'S072°14.7'W31°00.0'S072°36.7'W 1.046 74° 293° 157 km 03m51.3s
18:0630°04.0'S072°12.2'W31°19.8'S071°27.3'W30°42.0'S071°50.0'W 1.046 73° 290° 157 km 03m50.1s
18:0829°45.7'S071°26.1'W31°00.7'S070°40.0'W30°23.3'S071°03.3'W 1.046 72° 288° 157 km 03m48.7s
18:1029°26.7'S070°40.1'W30°41.0'S069°52.8'W30°03.9'S070°16.7'W 1.046 71° 285° 157 km 03m47.3s
18:1229°07.1'S069°54.0'W30°20.7'S069°05.5'W29°44.0'S069°30.0'W 1.046 70° 283° 157 km 03m45.8s
18:1428°46.9'S069°07.9'W29°59.8'S068°18.2'W29°23.4'S068°43.3'W 1.046 69° 281° 156 km 03m44.2s
18:1628°26.1'S068°21.6'W29°38.1'S067°30.8'W29°02.2'S067°56.5'W 1.046 68° 279° 156 km 03m42.5s
18:1828°04.7'S067°35.2'W29°15.9'S066°43.3'W28°40.4'S067°09.5'W 1.045 67° 277° 156 km 03m40.7s
18:2027°42.6'S066°48.6'W28°52.9'S065°55.7'W28°17.8'S066°22.4'W 1.045 66° 275° 156 km 03m38.9s
18:2227°19.8'S066°01.7'W28°29.3'S065°07.8'W27°54.7'S065°35.1'W 1.045 65° 273° 155 km 03m36.9s
18:2426°56.4'S065°14.7'W28°05.0'S064°19.8'W27°30.8'S064°47.5'W 1.045 64° 272° 155 km 03m34.9s
18:2626°32.3'S064°27.3'W27°40.0'S063°31.4'W27°06.2'S063°59.6'W 1.045 63° 270° 154 km 03m32.8s
18:2826°07.4'S063°39.5'W27°14.2'S062°42.8'W26°40.9'S063°11.4'W 1.045 61° 269° 154 km 03m30.6s
18:3025°41.9'S062°51.3'W26°47.7'S061°53.7'W26°14.9'S062°22.8'W 1.044 60° 268° 154 km 03m28.3s
18:3225°15.6'S062°02.7'W26°20.5'S061°04.2'W25°48.1'S061°33.7'W 1.044 59° 267° 153 km 03m26.0s
18:3424°48.5'S061°13.5'W25°52.4'S060°14.1'W25°20.6'S060°44.1'W 1.044 58° 265° 153 km 03m23.6s
18:3624°20.6'S060°23.7'W25°23.5'S059°23.5'W24°52.2'S059°53.9'W 1.044 57° 264° 152 km 03m21.0s
18:3823°51.9'S059°33.2'W24°53.8'S058°32.2'W24°23.0'S059°03.0'W 1.044 55° 263° 152 km 03m18.4s
18:4023°22.3'S058°41.9'W24°23.1'S057°40.2'W23°52.8'S058°11.4'W 1.043 54° 262° 151 km 03m15.8s
18:4222°51.7'S057°49.8'W23°51.6'S056°47.3'W23°21.8'S057°18.8'W 1.043 53° 261° 150 km 03m13.0s
18:4422°20.3'S056°56.7'W23°19.0'S055°53.4'W22°49.8'S056°25.4'W 1.043 51° 260° 150 km 03m10.2s
18:4621°47.8'S056°02.5'W22°45.4'S054°58.5'W22°16.8'S055°30.8'W 1.042 50° 259° 149 km 03m07.2s
18:4821°14.3'S055°07.0'W22°10.7'S054°02.3'W21°42.7'S054°35.0'W 1.042 48° 258° 148 km 03m04.2s
18:5020°39.6'S054°10.2'W21°34.8'S053°04.7'W21°07.4'S053°37.8'W 1.042 47° 258° 147 km 03m01.1s
18:5220°03.7'S053°11.8'W20°57.7'S052°05.6'W20°30.9'S052°39.0'W 1.042 46° 257° 147 km 02m57.9s
18:5419°26.5'S052°11.6'W20°19.2'S051°04.7'W19°53.1'S051°38.5'W 1.041 44° 256° 146 km 02m54.6s
18:5618°47.9'S051°09.5'W19°39.3'S050°01.7'W19°13.8'S050°35.9'W 1.041 42° 255° 145 km 02m51.2s
18:5818°07.7'S050°05.0'W18°57.7'S048°56.4'W18°32.9'S049°31.0'W 1.040 41° 254° 143 km 02m47.6s
19:0017°25.9'S048°57.9'W18°14.4'S047°48.4'W17°50.3'S048°23.5'W 1.040 39° 254° 142 km 02m44.0s
19:0216°42.1'S047°47.8'W17°29.1'S046°37.3'W17°05.8'S047°12.9'W 1.040 37° 253° 141 km 02m40.2s
19:0415°56.2'S046°34.1'W16°41.6'S045°22.6'W16°19.1'S045°58.7'W 1.039 36° 252° 139 km 02m36.3s
19:0615°07.9'S045°16.2'W15°51.5'S044°03.5'W15°30.0'S044°40.2'W 1.039 34° 252° 138 km 02m32.2s
19:0814°16.8'S043°53.3'W14°58.5'S042°39.2'W14°37.9'S043°16.6'W 1.038 32° 251° 136 km 02m28.0s
19:1013°22.5'S042°24.3'W14°02.0'S041°08.4'W13°42.5'S041°46.8'W 1.037 30° 250° 134 km 02m23.5s
19:1212°24.1'S040°47.6'W13°01.2'S039°29.6'W12°42.9'S040°09.0'W 1.037 27° 250° 132 km 02m18.8s
19:1411°20.8'S039°01.1'W11°55.0'S037°40.3'W11°38.2'S038°21.2'W 1.036 25° 249° 130 km 02m13.7s
19:1610°10.9'S037°01.4'W10°41.6'S035°36.7'W10°26.7'S036°19.6'W 1.035 22° 249° 127 km 02m08.2s
19:1808°52.1'S034°42.8'W09°18.1'S033°12.1'W09°05.5'S033°58.1'W 1.034 19° 248° 124 km 02m02.1s
19:2007°19.1'S031°53.9'W07°37.9'S030°12.4'W07°29.2'S031°04.2'W 1.033 15° 247° 120 km 01m55.1s
19:2205°19.0'S028°05.2'W05°22.2'S025°55.7'W05°22.0'S027°02.9'W 1.032 10° 247° 114 km 01m46.1s
Limits00°43.8'S018°22.5'W01°31.5'S017°53.6'W01°07.7'S018°08.1'W 1.028 - 102 km 01m29.1s

ΔT = 25038.3 seconds

Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration
Event Time
TD
Time
UT1
Latitude Longitude Sun
Altitude
Sun
Azimuth
Path Width Central
Duration
Greatest Eclipse00:39:10.117:41:51.833°40.2'S174°00.8'E 79.8° 350.6° 158.0 km03m58.94s
Greatest Duration00:36:05.117:38:46.833°56.6'S082°38.0'W 79.7° 1.1° 157.9 km03m59.06s

Explanation of Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration

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Eclipse Predictions

Predictions for the Total Solar Eclipse of -0986 Jan 06 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 25038.3 seconds for this eclipse. The uncertainty in ΔT is 616.7 seconds corresponding to a standard error in longitude of the eclipse path of ± 2.58°.

Acknowledgments

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

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