Path of the Annular Solar Eclipse of -1978 Apr 21
Fred Espenak
Introduction
The following table delineates the path of the Moon's antumbral shadow during the Annular Solar Eclipse of -1978 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 -1978 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 | |
| Limits | 79°53.6'S | 026°07.8'E | 82°36.3'S | 038°54.9'E | 81°17.1'S | 031°18.2'E | 0.939 | 0° | - | 371 km | 04m20.7s |
| 06:24 | 73°00.5'S | 058°26.1'E | - | - | 78°28.8'S | 048°10.5'E | 0.940 | 4° | 36° | 355 km | 04m24.5s |
| 06:26 | 70°45.1'S | 063°45.4'E | - | - | 74°32.3'S | 061°00.3'E | 0.941 | 9° | 23° | 338 km | 04m29.3s |
| 06:28 | 68°51.2'S | 067°28.1'E | 76°31.3'S | 063°26.6'E | 71°57.8'S | 066°39.0'E | 0.942 | 12° | 17° | 328 km | 04m32.3s |
| 06:30 | 67°10.6'S | 070°19.2'E | 73°24.6'S | 069°44.4'E | 69°52.9'S | 070°21.6'E | 0.943 | 14° | 13° | 321 km | 04m34.7s |
| 06:32 | 65°39.4'S | 072°38.2'E | 71°04.2'S | 073°27.9'E | 68°05.0'S | 073°08.2'E | 0.943 | 16° | 9° | 315 km | 04m36.8s |
| 06:34 | 64°15.4'S | 074°35.1'E | 69°06.5'S | 076°08.8'E | 66°28.4'S | 075°21.6'E | 0.944 | 18° | 7° | 311 km | 04m38.6s |
| 06:36 | 62°57.0'S | 076°16.0'E | 67°23.2'S | 078°15.5'E | 65°00.1'S | 077°13.1'E | 0.944 | 20° | 4° | 307 km | 04m40.3s |
| 06:38 | 61°43.1'S | 077°44.9'E | 65°49.8'S | 080°00.3'E | 63°38.3'S | 078°48.9'E | 0.944 | 21° | 2° | 304 km | 04m41.8s |
| 06:40 | 60°33.2'S | 079°04.3'E | 64°24.0'S | 081°30.1'E | 62°21.7'S | 080°13.0'E | 0.945 | 22° | 360° | 301 km | 04m43.2s |
| 06:42 | 59°26.5'S | 080°16.1'E | 63°04.2'S | 082°48.8'E | 61°09.4'S | 081°28.1'E | 0.945 | 24° | 358° | 299 km | 04m44.5s |
| 06:44 | 58°22.7'S | 081°21.7'E | 61°49.3'S | 083°58.9'E | 60°00.8'S | 082°35.9'E | 0.945 | 25° | 356° | 297 km | 04m45.7s |
| 06:46 | 57°21.4'S | 082°22.1'E | 60°38.4'S | 085°02.5'E | 58°55.2'S | 083°38.0'E | 0.945 | 26° | 354° | 296 km | 04m46.8s |
| 06:48 | 56°22.3'S | 083°18.2'E | 59°30.9'S | 086°00.6'E | 57°52.4'S | 084°35.2'E | 0.946 | 27° | 353° | 295 km | 04m47.9s |
| 06:50 | 55°25.1'S | 084°10.5'E | 58°26.5'S | 086°54.3'E | 56°52.0'S | 085°28.3'E | 0.946 | 28° | 351° | 294 km | 04m48.9s |
| 06:52 | 54°29.8'S | 084°59.7'E | 57°24.7'S | 087°44.3'E | 55°53.8'S | 086°18.1'E | 0.946 | 28° | 350° | 293 km | 04m49.8s |
| 06:54 | 53°36.1'S | 085°46.0'E | 56°25.2'S | 088°31.1'E | 54°57.4'S | 087°04.8'E | 0.946 | 29° | 348° | 293 km | 04m50.7s |
| 06:56 | 52°43.9'S | 086°30.0'E | 55°27.8'S | 089°15.4'E | 54°02.8'S | 087°49.1'E | 0.946 | 30° | 346° | 292 km | 04m51.5s |
| 06:58 | 51°53.0'S | 087°11.9'E | 54°32.2'S | 089°57.3'E | 53°09.8'S | 088°31.1'E | 0.947 | 31° | 345° | 292 km | 04m52.3s |
| 07:00 | 51°03.4'S | 087°52.0'E | 53°38.4'S | 090°37.3'E | 52°18.3'S | 089°11.2'E | 0.947 | 31° | 344° | 292 km | 04m53.1s |
| 07:02 | 50°15.0'S | 088°30.4'E | 52°46.1'S | 091°15.6'E | 51°28.1'S | 089°49.7'E | 0.947 | 32° | 342° | 292 km | 04m53.7s |
| 07:04 | 49°27.7'S | 089°07.4'E | 51°55.2'S | 091°52.4'E | 50°39.1'S | 090°26.7'E | 0.947 | 32° | 341° | 293 km | 04m54.4s |
| 07:06 | 48°41.3'S | 089°43.1'E | 51°05.7'S | 092°27.9'E | 49°51.3'S | 091°02.4'E | 0.947 | 33° | 339° | 293 km | 04m55.0s |
| 07:08 | 47°56.0'S | 090°17.7'E | 50°17.4'S | 093°02.4'E | 49°04.5'S | 091°37.0'E | 0.947 | 33° | 338° | 294 km | 04m55.6s |
| 07:10 | 47°11.5'S | 090°51.3'E | 49°30.2'S | 093°35.8'E | 48°18.8'S | 092°10.6'E | 0.947 | 34° | 336° | 295 km | 04m56.1s |
| 07:12 | 46°27.8'S | 091°24.0'E | 48°44.1'S | 094°08.4'E | 47°33.9'S | 092°43.3'E | 0.947 | 34° | 335° | 296 km | 04m56.6s |
| 07:14 | 45°45.0'S | 091°56.0'E | 47°58.9'S | 094°40.3'E | 46°50.0'S | 093°15.3'E | 0.947 | 34° | 334° | 297 km | 04m57.1s |
| 07:16 | 45°02.8'S | 092°27.4'E | 47°14.8'S | 095°11.5'E | 46°06.9'S | 093°46.6'E | 0.947 | 35° | 332° | 299 km | 04m57.5s |
| 07:18 | 44°21.4'S | 092°58.1'E | 46°31.4'S | 095°42.2'E | 45°24.6'S | 094°17.4'E | 0.947 | 35° | 331° | 300 km | 04m57.9s |
| 07:20 | 43°40.7'S | 093°28.4'E | 45°49.0'S | 096°12.5'E | 44°43.1'S | 094°47.7'E | 0.948 | 35° | 329° | 302 km | 04m58.2s |
| 07:22 | 43°00.7'S | 093°58.2'E | 45°07.3'S | 096°42.5'E | 44°02.3'S | 095°17.7'E | 0.948 | 36° | 328° | 303 km | 04m58.5s |
| 07:24 | 42°21.2'S | 094°27.7'E | 44°26.4'S | 097°12.2'E | 43°22.1'S | 095°47.3'E | 0.948 | 36° | 327° | 305 km | 04m58.8s |
| 07:26 | 41°42.3'S | 094°57.0'E | 43°46.2'S | 097°41.7'E | 42°42.6'S | 096°16.7'E | 0.948 | 36° | 325° | 307 km | 04m59.0s |
| 07:28 | 41°04.1'S | 095°26.0'E | 43°06.6'S | 098°11.0'E | 42°03.7'S | 096°45.9'E | 0.948 | 36° | 324° | 309 km | 04m59.2s |
| 07:30 | 40°26.3'S | 095°54.9'E | 42°27.8'S | 098°40.3'E | 41°25.5'S | 097°15.0'E | 0.948 | 36° | 322° | 311 km | 04m59.4s |
| 07:32 | 39°49.1'S | 096°23.8'E | 41°49.6'S | 099°09.7'E | 40°47.8'S | 097°44.1'E | 0.948 | 36° | 321° | 314 km | 04m59.5s |
| 07:34 | 39°12.4'S | 096°52.6'E | 41°11.9'S | 099°39.0'E | 40°10.6'S | 098°13.2'E | 0.948 | 36° | 320° | 316 km | 04m59.6s |
| 07:36 | 38°36.1'S | 097°21.4'E | 40°34.9'S | 100°08.6'E | 39°34.0'S | 098°42.4'E | 0.948 | 36° | 318° | 319 km | 04m59.7s |
| 07:38 | 38°00.4'S | 097°50.3'E | 39°58.4'S | 100°38.3'E | 38°57.9'S | 099°11.7'E | 0.948 | 36° | 317° | 321 km | 04m59.7s |
| 07:40 | 37°25.1'S | 098°19.4'E | 39°22.5'S | 101°08.2'E | 38°22.3'S | 099°41.2'E | 0.948 | 36° | 316° | 324 km | 04m59.7s |
| 07:42 | 36°50.2'S | 098°48.7'E | 38°47.1'S | 101°38.6'E | 37°47.2'S | 100°11.0'E | 0.948 | 36° | 314° | 327 km | 04m59.7s |
| 07:44 | 36°15.8'S | 099°18.3'E | 38°12.2'S | 102°09.3'E | 37°12.5'S | 100°41.1'E | 0.948 | 35° | 313° | 330 km | 04m59.6s |
| 07:46 | 35°41.8'S | 099°48.2'E | 37°37.9'S | 102°40.4'E | 36°38.4'S | 101°11.6'E | 0.947 | 35° | 312° | 333 km | 04m59.5s |
| 07:48 | 35°08.2'S | 100°18.5'E | 37°04.0'S | 103°12.1'E | 36°04.6'S | 101°42.5'E | 0.947 | 35° | 311° | 336 km | 04m59.3s |
| 07:50 | 34°35.0'S | 100°49.3'E | 36°30.6'S | 103°44.4'E | 35°31.3'S | 102°14.0'E | 0.947 | 35° | 309° | 339 km | 04m59.1s |
| 07:52 | 34°02.2'S | 101°20.6'E | 35°57.7'S | 104°17.4'E | 34°58.5'S | 102°46.1'E | 0.947 | 34° | 308° | 342 km | 04m58.8s |
| 07:54 | 33°29.8'S | 101°52.4'E | 35°25.2'S | 104°51.1'E | 34°26.1'S | 103°18.8'E | 0.947 | 34° | 307° | 346 km | 04m58.6s |
| 07:56 | 32°57.8'S | 102°25.0'E | 34°53.2'S | 105°25.8'E | 33°54.1'S | 103°52.3'E | 0.947 | 34° | 306° | 349 km | 04m58.2s |
| 07:58 | 32°26.2'S | 102°58.2'E | 34°21.7'S | 106°01.3'E | 33°22.5'S | 104°26.7'E | 0.947 | 33° | 304° | 352 km | 04m57.8s |
| 08:00 | 31°55.0'S | 103°32.4'E | 33°50.7'S | 106°38.0'E | 32°51.3'S | 105°01.9'E | 0.947 | 33° | 303° | 355 km | 04m57.4s |
| 08:02 | 31°24.1'S | 104°07.4'E | 33°20.1'S | 107°15.8'E | 32°20.6'S | 105°38.3'E | 0.947 | 32° | 302° | 358 km | 04m56.9s |
| 08:04 | 30°53.6'S | 104°43.4'E | 32°49.9'S | 107°55.0'E | 31°50.3'S | 106°15.8'E | 0.947 | 32° | 301° | 361 km | 04m56.4s |
| 08:06 | 30°23.5'S | 105°20.6'E | 32°20.3'S | 108°35.7'E | 31°20.4'S | 106°54.5'E | 0.947 | 31° | 300° | 364 km | 04m55.8s |
| 08:08 | 29°53.8'S | 105°59.1'E | 31°51.1'S | 109°18.0'E | 30°50.9'S | 107°34.7'E | 0.946 | 31° | 298° | 367 km | 04m55.2s |
| 08:10 | 29°24.4'S | 106°38.9'E | 31°22.4'S | 110°02.1'E | 30°21.8'S | 108°16.5'E | 0.946 | 30° | 297° | 370 km | 04m54.5s |
| 08:12 | 28°55.5'S | 107°20.3'E | 30°54.2'S | 110°48.3'E | 29°53.2'S | 109°00.1'E | 0.946 | 29° | 296° | 373 km | 04m53.7s |
| 08:14 | 28°26.9'S | 108°03.5'E | 30°26.5'S | 111°36.9'E | 29°25.1'S | 109°45.6'E | 0.946 | 28° | 295° | 375 km | 04m52.9s |
| 08:16 | 27°58.8'S | 108°48.5'E | 29°59.3'S | 112°28.1'E | 28°57.4'S | 110°33.4'E | 0.946 | 27° | 294° | 377 km | 04m52.0s |
| 08:18 | 27°31.1'S | 109°35.8'E | 29°32.8'S | 113°22.4'E | 28°30.2'S | 111°23.8'E | 0.945 | 27° | 293° | 379 km | 04m51.1s |
| 08:20 | 27°03.8'S | 110°25.5'E | 29°06.8'S | 114°20.2'E | 28°03.5'S | 112°17.0'E | 0.945 | 26° | 292° | 381 km | 04m50.0s |
| 08:22 | 26°37.0'S | 111°18.0'E | 28°41.6'S | 115°22.2'E | 27°37.4'S | 113°13.6'E | 0.945 | 25° | 291° | 382 km | 04m48.9s |
| 08:24 | 26°10.7'S | 112°13.6'E | 28°17.0'S | 116°29.1'E | 27°11.9'S | 114°14.1'E | 0.945 | 23° | 290° | 383 km | 04m47.7s |
| 08:26 | 25°45.0'S | 113°13.0'E | 27°53.4'S | 117°41.9'E | 26°47.0'S | 115°19.1'E | 0.944 | 22° | 289° | 384 km | 04m46.4s |
| 08:28 | 25°19.8'S | 114°16.8'E | 27°30.7'S | 119°02.2'E | 26°22.9'S | 116°29.7'E | 0.944 | 21° | 288° | 384 km | 04m44.9s |
| 08:30 | 24°55.3'S | 115°25.7'E | 27°09.2'S | 120°32.1'E | 25°59.7'S | 117°47.0'E | 0.944 | 20° | 286° | 384 km | 04m43.3s |
| 08:32 | 24°31.6'S | 116°41.0'E | 26°49.2'S | 122°14.8'E | 25°37.4'S | 119°12.9'E | 0.943 | 18° | 285° | 383 km | 04m41.5s |
| 08:34 | 24°08.8'S | 118°04.1'E | 26°31.4'S | 124°16.3'E | 25°16.5'S | 120°50.1'E | 0.943 | 16° | 284° | 382 km | 04m39.6s |
| 08:36 | 23°47.1'S | 119°37.5'E | 26°16.9'S | 126°48.6'E | 24°57.3'S | 122°43.0'E | 0.942 | 14° | 283° | 380 km | 04m37.3s |
| 08:38 | 23°26.8'S | 121°24.8'E | 26°09.4'S | 130°28.4'E | 24°40.6'S | 125°00.2'E | 0.942 | 12° | 282° | 378 km | 04m34.6s |
| 08:40 | 23°08.5'S | 123°32.7'E | - | - | 24°28.3'S | 128°02.4'E | 0.941 | 9° | 280° | 376 km | 04m31.3s |
| 08:42 | 22°53.5'S | 126°15.6'E | - | - | 24°30.7'S | 133°38.0'E | 0.940 | 3° | 277° | 372 km | 04m25.5s |
| Limits | 23°03.5'S | 136°32.2'E | 26°31.6'S | 137°33.5'E | 24°45.4'S | 137°01.9'E | 0.939 | 0° | - | 370 km | 04m22.3s |
ΔT = 45886.9 seconds
| Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration | ||||||||
| Event | Time TD |
Time UT1 |
Latitude | Longitude | Sun Altitude |
Sun Azimuth |
Path Width | Central Duration |
| Greatest Eclipse | 20:17:24.7 | 07:32:37.8 | 40°36.0'S | 093°49.9'W | 36.0° | 320.7° | 314.4 km | 04m59.58s |
| Greatest Duration | 20:23:13.1 | 07:38:26.2 | 38°50.1'S | 099°18.1'E | 35.9° | 316.8° | 321.9 km | 04m59.73s |
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Eclipse Predictions
Predictions for the Annular Solar Eclipse of -1978 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 45886.9 seconds for this eclipse. The uncertainty in ΔT is 3638.7 seconds corresponding to a standard error in longitude of the eclipse path of ± 15.20°.
Acknowledgments
All eclipse calculations are by Fred Espenak, and he assumes full responsibility for their accuracy.
Permission is granted to reproduce eclipse data when accompanied by a link to this page and an acknowledgment:
"Eclipse Predictions by Fred Espenak, EclipseWise.com"
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