Path of the Annular Solar Eclipse of -1977 Oct 05

Fred Espenak

Introduction

The following table delineates the path of the Moon's antumbral shadow during the Annular Solar Eclipse of -1977 Oct 05 . 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 -1977 Oct 05
UT1 Northern Limit Southern Limit Central Line M:S Sun Sun Path Central
Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Ratio Alt. Azm. Width Duration
Limits20°20.5'N026°45.1'E18°50.1'N026°41.6'E19°35.4'N026°43.4'E 0.955 - 167 km 02m53.8s
04:1020°07.3'N037°54.4'E18°48.3'N036°10.0'E19°28.1'N037°04.1'E 0.958 10° 92° 157 km 02m55.7s
04:1219°42.6'N042°08.8'E18°28.1'N040°47.9'E19°05.6'N041°29.1'E 0.959 15° 93° 153 km 02m56.5s
04:1419°16.1'N045°16.8'E18°04.7'N044°05.0'E18°40.6'N044°41.4'E 0.960 18° 94° 150 km 02m57.1s
04:1618°48.7'N047°50.3'E17°39.8'N046°43.4'E18°14.4'N047°17.2'E 0.961 21° 95° 147 km 02m57.5s
04:1818°20.7'N050°01.6'E17°14.0'N048°58.0'E17°47.5'N049°30.0'E 0.961 24° 96° 145 km 02m57.9s
04:2017°52.3'N051°57.2'E16°47.6'N050°55.8'E17°20.1'N051°26.7'E 0.962 26° 97° 143 km 02m58.1s
04:2217°23.7'N053°40.8'E16°20.7'N052°41.1'E16°52.3'N053°11.1'E 0.963 28° 97° 141 km 02m58.4s
04:2416°54.8'N055°15.0'E15°53.5'N054°16.5'E16°24.3'N054°45.9'E 0.963 31° 98° 140 km 02m58.5s
04:2616°25.8'N056°41.4'E15°25.9'N055°44.0'E15°56.0'N056°12.8'E 0.964 32° 98° 138 km 02m58.7s
04:2815°56.6'N058°01.3'E14°58.2'N057°04.9'E15°27.5'N057°33.2'E 0.964 34° 98° 137 km 02m58.8s
04:3015°27.3'N059°15.8'E14°30.2'N058°20.1'E14°58.9'N058°48.0'E 0.964 36° 99° 135 km 02m58.9s
04:3214°58.0'N060°25.5'E14°02.1'N059°30.5'E14°30.2'N059°58.0'E 0.965 38° 99° 134 km 02m58.9s
04:3414°28.6'N061°31.0'E13°33.9'N060°36.6'E14°01.4'N061°03.9'E 0.965 39° 99° 133 km 02m59.0s
04:3613°59.1'N062°32.8'E13°05.5'N061°39.0'E13°32.5'N062°06.0'E 0.965 41° 99° 131 km 02m59.0s
04:3813°29.6'N063°31.4'E12°37.1'N062°38.1'E13°03.5'N063°04.8'E 0.966 42° 99° 130 km 02m59.0s
04:4013°00.0'N064°27.0'E12°08.5'N063°34.2'E12°34.4'N064°00.7'E 0.966 44° 100° 129 km 02m58.9s
04:4212°30.4'N065°20.0'E11°39.9'N064°27.6'E12°05.3'N064°53.8'E 0.966 45° 100° 128 km 02m58.9s
04:4412°00.8'N066°10.6'E11°11.2'N065°18.6'E11°36.1'N065°44.6'E 0.967 47° 100° 127 km 02m58.9s
04:4611°31.1'N066°59.0'E10°42.4'N066°07.4'E11°06.9'N066°33.2'E 0.967 48° 100° 126 km 02m58.8s
04:4811°01.4'N067°45.4'E10°13.5'N066°54.1'E10°37.6'N067°19.8'E 0.967 49° 100° 125 km 02m58.7s
04:5010°31.8'N068°29.9'E09°44.7'N067°39.0'E10°08.3'N068°04.5'E 0.967 51° 99° 124 km 02m58.6s
04:5210°02.0'N069°12.8'E09°15.7'N068°22.2'E09°39.0'N068°47.5'E 0.968 52° 99° 123 km 02m58.5s
04:5409°32.3'N069°54.1'E08°46.7'N069°03.9'E09°09.6'N069°29.0'E 0.968 53° 99° 122 km 02m58.4s
04:5609°02.6'N070°33.9'E08°17.7'N069°44.0'E08°40.2'N070°09.0'E 0.968 54° 99° 121 km 02m58.3s
04:5808°32.8'N071°12.4'E07°48.6'N070°22.8'E08°10.8'N070°47.7'E 0.968 55° 99° 120 km 02m58.1s
05:0008°03.0'N071°49.7'E07°19.4'N071°00.4'E07°41.3'N071°25.1'E 0.969 57° 98° 119 km 02m58.0s
05:0207°33.2'N072°25.8'E06°50.2'N071°36.8'E07°11.9'N072°01.3'E 0.969 58° 98° 119 km 02m57.8s
05:0407°03.4'N073°00.9'E06°21.0'N072°12.1'E06°42.3'N072°36.5'E 0.969 59° 97° 118 km 02m57.7s
05:0606°33.6'N073°34.9'E05°51.7'N072°46.4'E06°12.8'N073°10.7'E 0.969 60° 97° 117 km 02m57.5s
05:0806°03.8'N074°08.0'E05°22.4'N073°19.8'E05°43.2'N073°43.9'E 0.969 61° 96° 116 km 02m57.4s
05:1005°33.9'N074°40.3'E04°53.1'N073°52.2'E05°13.6'N074°16.3'E 0.969 62° 96° 115 km 02m57.2s
05:1205°04.1'N075°11.7'E04°23.7'N074°23.9'E04°44.0'N074°47.8'E 0.970 63° 95° 115 km 02m57.0s
05:1404°34.2'N075°42.4'E03°54.3'N074°54.8'E04°14.3'N075°18.6'E 0.970 64° 94° 114 km 02m56.9s
05:1604°04.3'N076°12.3'E03°24.8'N075°25.0'E03°44.6'N075°48.7'E 0.970 65° 94° 113 km 02m56.7s
05:1803°34.3'N076°41.6'E02°55.3'N075°54.5'E03°14.9'N076°18.1'E 0.970 66° 93° 113 km 02m56.5s
05:2003°04.4'N077°10.3'E02°25.7'N076°23.4'E02°45.1'N076°46.9'E 0.970 67° 92° 112 km 02m56.4s
05:2202°34.4'N077°38.5'E01°56.1'N076°51.7'E02°15.3'N077°15.1'E 0.970 68° 91° 111 km 02m56.2s
05:2402°04.4'N078°06.1'E01°26.5'N077°19.5'E01°45.5'N077°42.8'E 0.970 69° 89° 111 km 02m56.0s
05:2601°34.4'N078°33.2'E00°56.8'N077°46.8'E01°15.7'N078°10.0'E 0.970 70° 88° 110 km 02m55.8s
05:2801°04.3'N078°59.9'E00°27.0'N078°13.7'E00°45.8'N078°36.8'E 0.970 71° 86° 110 km 02m55.7s
05:3000°34.2'N079°26.1'E00°02.8'S078°40.1'E00°15.8'N079°03.1'E 0.971 72° 85° 109 km 02m55.5s
05:3200°04.1'N079°52.0'E00°32.6'S079°06.1'E00°14.2'S079°29.1'E 0.971 73° 83° 109 km 02m55.3s
05:3400°26.0'S080°17.6'E01°02.5'S079°31.8'E00°44.2'S079°54.7'E 0.971 74° 81° 108 km 02m55.2s
05:3600°56.2'S080°42.8'E01°32.5'S079°57.2'E01°14.2'S080°20.0'E 0.971 75° 78° 108 km 02m55.0s
05:3801°26.4'S081°07.7'E02°02.5'S080°22.2'E01°44.4'S080°45.0'E 0.971 75° 76° 107 km 02m54.8s
05:4001°56.6'S081°32.4'E02°32.5'S080°47.0'E02°14.5'S081°09.7'E 0.971 76° 73° 107 km 02m54.7s
05:4202°26.9'S081°56.8'E03°02.7'S081°11.6'E02°44.7'S081°34.2'E 0.971 77° 70° 107 km 02m54.5s
05:4402°57.3'S082°21.1'E03°32.8'S081°36.0'E03°15.0'S081°58.5'E 0.971 77° 66° 106 km 02m54.4s
05:4603°27.6'S082°45.1'E04°03.1'S082°00.1'E03°45.3'S082°22.7'E 0.971 78° 62° 106 km 02m54.2s
05:4803°58.1'S083°09.1'E04°33.4'S082°24.2'E04°15.7'S082°46.6'E 0.971 79° 58° 106 km 02m54.1s
05:5004°28.5'S083°32.9'E05°03.8'S082°48.1'E04°46.1'S083°10.5'E 0.971 79° 53° 105 km 02m53.9s
05:5204°59.1'S083°56.6'E05°34.2'S083°11.9'E05°16.6'S083°34.3'E 0.971 79° 48° 105 km 02m53.8s
05:5405°29.6'S084°20.3'E06°04.7'S083°35.6'E05°47.1'S083°58.0'E 0.971 80° 42° 105 km 02m53.7s
05:5606°00.3'S084°43.9'E06°35.3'S083°59.3'E06°17.7'S084°21.6'E 0.971 80° 37° 105 km 02m53.5s
05:5806°30.9'S085°07.5'E07°06.0'S084°23.0'E06°48.4'S084°45.3'E 0.971 80° 31° 104 km 02m53.4s
06:0007°01.7'S085°31.2'E07°36.7'S084°46.7'E07°19.1'S085°09.0'E 0.971 80° 25° 104 km 02m53.3s
06:0207°32.5'S085°54.8'E08°07.5'S085°10.4'E07°50.0'S085°32.7'E 0.971 80° 19° 104 km 02m53.2s
06:0408°03.4'S086°18.6'E08°38.4'S085°34.2'E08°20.9'S085°56.4'E 0.971 79° 14° 104 km 02m53.1s
06:0608°34.3'S086°42.4'E09°09.4'S085°58.1'E08°51.8'S086°20.3'E 0.971 79° 104 km 02m53.0s
06:0809°05.3'S087°06.4'E09°40.5'S086°22.1'E09°22.9'S086°44.2'E 0.971 79° 104 km 02m52.9s
06:1009°36.4'S087°30.5'E10°11.7'S086°46.2'E09°54.0'S087°08.4'E 0.971 78° 359° 104 km 02m52.8s
06:1210°07.6'S087°54.8'E10°43.0'S087°10.5'E10°25.2'S087°32.7'E 0.971 78° 355° 104 km 02m52.8s
06:1410°38.8'S088°19.3'E11°14.3'S087°35.0'E10°56.5'S087°57.2'E 0.971 77° 351° 104 km 02m52.7s
06:1611°10.2'S088°44.0'E11°45.8'S087°59.8'E11°27.9'S088°21.9'E 0.971 76° 348° 104 km 02m52.6s
06:1811°41.6'S089°09.0'E12°17.4'S088°24.8'E11°59.4'S088°46.9'E 0.971 76° 344° 104 km 02m52.5s
06:2012°13.1'S089°34.3'E12°49.1'S088°50.0'E12°31.0'S089°12.2'E 0.971 75° 342° 104 km 02m52.5s
06:2212°44.7'S089°59.9'E13°20.9'S089°15.7'E13°02.7'S089°37.8'E 0.971 74° 339° 104 km 02m52.4s
06:2413°16.4'S090°25.9'E13°52.8'S089°41.6'E13°34.6'S090°03.8'E 0.971 73° 337° 104 km 02m52.4s
06:2613°48.2'S090°52.2'E14°24.8'S090°08.0'E14°06.5'S090°30.1'E 0.971 72° 334° 104 km 02m52.3s
06:2814°20.1'S091°19.0'E14°57.0'S090°34.8'E14°38.5'S090°56.9'E 0.971 71° 332° 105 km 02m52.3s
06:3014°52.1'S091°46.3'E15°29.3'S091°02.0'E15°10.7'S091°24.2'E 0.971 71° 330° 105 km 02m52.3s
06:3215°24.2'S092°14.1'E16°01.7'S091°29.8'E15°42.9'S091°52.0'E 0.971 70° 329° 105 km 02m52.2s
06:3415°56.4'S092°42.4'E16°34.3'S091°58.1'E16°15.3'S092°20.3'E 0.971 69° 327° 105 km 02m52.2s
06:3616°28.8'S093°11.3'E17°07.0'S092°27.0'E16°47.9'S092°49.2'E 0.971 68° 326° 106 km 02m52.2s
06:3817°01.3'S093°40.8'E17°39.9'S092°56.6'E17°20.6'S093°18.7'E 0.971 67° 324° 106 km 02m52.2s
06:4017°33.9'S094°11.1'E18°12.9'S093°26.8'E17°53.4'S093°49.0'E 0.970 66° 323° 106 km 02m52.2s
06:4218°06.6'S094°42.1'E18°46.1'S093°57.8'E18°26.3'S094°19.9'E 0.970 65° 322° 107 km 02m52.1s
06:4418°39.5'S095°13.8'E19°19.4'S094°29.5'E18°59.5'S094°51.7'E 0.970 64° 321° 107 km 02m52.1s
06:4619°12.5'S095°46.4'E19°53.0'S095°02.1'E19°32.7'S095°24.3'E 0.970 63° 319° 108 km 02m52.1s
06:4819°45.7'S096°20.0'E20°26.7'S095°35.7'E20°06.2'S095°57.8'E 0.970 61° 318° 108 km 02m52.1s
06:5020°19.1'S096°54.5'E21°00.6'S096°10.2'E20°39.8'S096°32.4'E 0.970 60° 317° 109 km 02m52.1s
06:5220°52.6'S097°30.0'E21°34.7'S096°45.8'E21°13.6'S097°07.9'E 0.970 59° 316° 109 km 02m52.1s
06:5421°26.2'S098°06.7'E22°08.9'S097°22.6'E21°47.6'S097°44.6'E 0.970 58° 315° 110 km 02m52.1s
06:5622°00.1'S098°44.6'E22°43.4'S098°00.5'E22°21.7'S098°22.6'E 0.969 57° 314° 110 km 02m52.1s
06:5822°34.1'S099°23.8'E23°18.2'S098°39.8'E22°56.1'S099°01.8'E 0.969 56° 313° 111 km 02m52.1s
07:0023°08.3'S100°04.4'E23°53.1'S099°20.5'E23°30.7'S099°42.5'E 0.969 55° 312° 111 km 02m52.1s
07:0223°42.8'S100°46.6'E24°28.3'S100°02.8'E24°05.5'S100°24.7'E 0.969 53° 312° 112 km 02m52.1s
07:0424°17.4'S101°30.4'E25°03.7'S100°46.8'E24°40.5'S101°08.6'E 0.969 52° 311° 113 km 02m52.1s
07:0624°52.2'S102°15.9'E25°39.4'S101°32.5'E25°15.8'S101°54.3'E 0.968 51° 310° 114 km 02m52.1s
07:0825°27.3'S103°03.4'E26°15.4'S102°20.3'E25°51.3'S102°41.9'E 0.968 50° 309° 114 km 02m52.1s
07:1026°02.6'S103°53.0'E26°51.6'S103°10.2'E26°27.1'S103°31.6'E 0.968 48° 308° 115 km 02m52.1s
07:1226°38.2'S104°44.9'E27°28.2'S104°02.4'E27°03.2'S104°23.7'E 0.968 47° 307° 116 km 02m52.0s
07:1427°14.0'S105°39.4'E28°05.1'S104°57.2'E27°39.5'S105°18.3'E 0.968 46° 306° 117 km 02m52.0s
07:1627°50.1'S106°36.5'E28°42.3'S105°54.9'E28°16.2'S106°15.7'E 0.967 44° 305° 118 km 02m52.0s
07:1828°26.5'S107°36.7'E29°19.9'S106°55.7'E28°53.2'S107°16.2'E 0.967 43° 304° 119 km 02m51.9s
07:2029°03.2'S108°40.3'E29°57.8'S108°00.0'E29°30.5'S108°20.1'E 0.967 41° 303° 120 km 02m51.9s
07:2229°40.2'S109°47.7'E30°36.2'S109°08.2'E30°08.2'S109°27.9'E 0.966 40° 302° 121 km 02m51.8s
07:2430°17.6'S110°59.3'E31°14.9'S110°20.7'E30°46.2'S110°40.0'E 0.966 38° 301° 123 km 02m51.8s
07:2630°55.4'S112°15.7'E31°54.2'S111°38.3'E31°24.7'S111°56.9'E 0.966 37° 300° 124 km 02m51.7s
07:2831°33.5'S113°37.5'E32°34.0'S113°01.5'E32°03.7'S113°19.4'E 0.965 35° 299° 125 km 02m51.6s
07:3032°12.1'S115°05.6'E33°14.3'S114°31.4'E32°43.1'S114°48.4'E 0.965 33° 298° 127 km 02m51.5s
07:3232°51.1'S116°41.1'E33°55.2'S116°09.0'E33°23.1'S116°24.9'E 0.964 31° 296° 128 km 02m51.4s
07:3433°30.7'S118°25.3'E34°36.8'S117°55.9'E34°03.7'S118°10.5'E 0.964 29° 295° 130 km 02m51.2s
07:3634°10.9'S120°20.2'E35°19.2'S119°54.0'E34°44.9'S120°06.9'E 0.964 27° 294° 132 km 02m51.1s
07:3834°51.7'S122°28.4'E36°02.5'S122°06.5'E35°27.0'S122°17.1'E 0.963 25° 292° 134 km 02m50.9s
07:4035°33.3'S124°53.6'E36°46.9'S124°37.5'E36°10.0'S124°45.2'E 0.962 22° 290° 137 km 02m50.6s
07:4236°16.0'S127°42.3'E37°32.7'S127°34.4'E36°54.1'S127°37.8'E 0.962 20° 288° 140 km 02m50.3s
07:4436°59.9'S131°05.8'E38°20.5'S131°10.8'E37°39.9'S131°07.4'E 0.961 16° 286° 143 km 02m50.0s
07:4637°45.8'S135°29.3'E39°11.5'S135°59.2'E38°28.3'S135°42.4'E 0.960 12° 282° 147 km 02m49.5s
07:4838°36.4'S142°26.7'E40°12.1'S144°42.5'E39°23.2'S143°22.4'E 0.958 277° 155 km 02m48.7s
Limits39°05.9'S150°44.1'E40°33.1'S150°46.2'E39°49.4'S150°45.1'E 0.956 - 161 km 02m48.0s

ΔT = 45851.7 seconds

Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration
Event Time
TD
Time
UT1
Latitude Longitude Sun
Altitude
Sun
Azimuth
Path Width Central
Duration
Greatest Eclipse18:42:39.405:58:27.706°55.5'S106°43.5'W 79.9° 29.7° 104.3 km02m53.40s
Greatest Duration17:20:23.004:36:11.313°29.7'N062°11.6'E 40.9° 99.4° 131.4 km02m58.98s

Explanation of Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration

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Eclipse Predictions

Predictions for the Annular Solar Eclipse of -1977 Oct 05 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 45851.7 seconds for this eclipse. The uncertainty in ΔT is 3632.7 seconds corresponding to a standard error in longitude of the eclipse path of ± 15.18°.

Acknowledgments

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

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