Path of the Total Solar Eclipse of -1984 Feb 28

Fred Espenak

Introduction

The following table delineates the path of the Moon's umbral shadow during the Total Solar Eclipse of -1984 Feb 28 . 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 -1984 Feb 28
UT1 Northern Limit Southern Limit Central Line M:S Sun Sun Path Central
Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Ratio Alt. Azm. Width Duration
Limits23°41.8'S007°49.4'E25°10.2'S007°09.5'E24°25.9'S007°29.7'E 1.050 - 175 km 02m37.4s
05:2426°11.3'S018°18.8'E27°02.5'S014°34.1'E26°40.2'S016°38.2'E 1.053 102° 184 km 02m57.2s
05:2627°13.7'S023°16.4'E28°28.7'S020°50.6'E27°52.3'S022°07.7'E 1.055 14° 99° 189 km 03m10.7s
05:2827°55.1'S026°54.7'E29°19.7'S024°57.3'E28°38.1'S025°58.9'E 1.056 18° 97° 193 km 03m20.9s
05:3028°26.1'S029°54.6'E29°56.8'S028°14.1'E29°12.0'S029°06.7'E 1.057 21° 95° 196 km 03m29.6s
05:3228°50.5'S032°30.7'E30°25.6'S031°02.2'E29°38.5'S031°48.4'E 1.058 24° 93° 198 km 03m37.4s
05:3429°10.2'S034°50.1'E30°48.8'S033°31.0'E29°59.8'S034°12.3'E 1.059 27° 92° 200 km 03m44.6s
05:3629°26.3'S036°57.0'E31°07.8'S035°45.7'E30°17.3'S036°23.0'E 1.060 29° 90° 202 km 03m51.3s
05:3829°39.4'S038°54.1'E31°23.4'S037°49.7'E30°31.6'S038°23.4'E 1.060 31° 89° 204 km 03m57.7s
05:4029°50.2'S040°43.3'E31°36.2'S039°44.9'E30°43.4'S040°15.5'E 1.061 33° 87° 205 km 04m03.7s
05:4229°58.9'S042°25.9'E31°46.7'S041°32.9'E30°52.9'S042°00.7'E 1.061 35° 86° 207 km 04m09.5s
05:4430°05.8'S044°02.8'E31°55.3'S043°14.9'E31°00.6'S043°40.0'E 1.062 37° 85° 208 km 04m15.0s
05:4630°11.1'S045°34.9'E32°02.1'S044°51.6'E31°06.7'S045°14.4'E 1.062 39° 83° 209 km 04m20.3s
05:4830°15.1'S047°02.7'E32°07.3'S046°23.9'E31°11.2'S046°44.3'E 1.063 40° 82° 210 km 04m25.4s
05:5030°17.8'S048°26.7'E32°11.1'S047°52.1'E31°14.5'S048°10.4'E 1.063 42° 81° 211 km 04m30.3s
05:5230°19.3'S049°47.4'E32°13.7'S049°16.8'E31°16.5'S049°33.0'E 1.063 44° 80° 212 km 04m35.0s
05:5430°19.8'S051°05.0'E32°15.1'S050°38.3'E31°17.4'S050°52.6'E 1.064 45° 78° 213 km 04m39.6s
05:5630°19.3'S052°19.9'E32°15.4'S051°56.9'E31°17.3'S052°09.3'E 1.064 47° 77° 214 km 04m44.0s
05:5830°17.9'S053°32.3'E32°14.8'S053°12.8'E31°16.3'S053°23.4'E 1.064 48° 76° 215 km 04m48.2s
06:0030°15.7'S054°42.5'E32°13.2'S054°26.4'E31°14.4'S054°35.2'E 1.065 50° 75° 216 km 04m52.3s
06:0230°12.7'S055°50.5'E32°10.7'S055°37.7'E31°11.7'S055°44.8'E 1.065 51° 73° 217 km 04m56.3s
06:0430°09.0'S056°56.5'E32°07.5'S056°47.0'E31°08.2'S056°52.4'E 1.065 52° 72° 218 km 05m00.1s
06:0630°04.5'S058°00.8'E32°03.4'S057°54.4'E31°03.9'S057°58.2'E 1.066 54° 71° 218 km 05m03.8s
06:0829°59.4'S059°03.3'E31°58.7'S059°00.0'E30°59.0'S059°02.3'E 1.066 55° 69° 219 km 05m07.4s
06:1029°53.7'S060°04.4'E31°53.3'S060°04.0'E30°53.4'S060°04.7'E 1.066 56° 68° 220 km 05m10.8s
06:1229°47.3'S061°03.9'E31°47.2'S061°06.4'E30°47.2'S061°05.7'E 1.066 57° 67° 220 km 05m14.1s
06:1429°40.4'S062°02.1'E31°40.4'S062°07.4'E30°40.3'S062°05.2'E 1.067 59° 65° 221 km 05m17.2s
06:1629°33.0'S062°59.0'E31°33.1'S063°07.0'E30°33.0'S063°03.4'E 1.067 60° 64° 221 km 05m20.2s
06:1829°25.0'S063°54.6'E31°25.2'S064°05.3'E30°25.0'S064°00.4'E 1.067 61° 62° 222 km 05m23.1s
06:2029°16.5'S064°49.2'E31°16.8'S065°02.5'E30°16.5'S064°56.2'E 1.067 62° 61° 223 km 05m25.8s
06:2229°07.5'S065°42.6'E31°07.8'S065°58.5'E30°07.6'S065°50.9'E 1.067 63° 59° 223 km 05m28.4s
06:2428°58.1'S066°35.1'E30°58.3'S066°53.4'E29°58.1'S066°44.5'E 1.067 64° 57° 224 km 05m30.9s
06:2628°48.2'S067°26.6'E30°48.3'S067°47.3'E29°48.2'S067°37.2'E 1.068 65° 55° 224 km 05m33.2s
06:2828°37.9'S068°17.2'E30°37.9'S068°40.2'E29°37.8'S068°28.9'E 1.068 66° 53° 224 km 05m35.4s
06:3028°27.1'S069°06.9'E30°27.0'S069°32.2'E29°26.9'S069°19.7'E 1.068 67° 51° 225 km 05m37.5s
06:3228°15.9'S069°55.8'E30°15.6'S070°23.4'E29°15.7'S070°09.8'E 1.068 69° 49° 225 km 05m39.5s
06:3428°04.3'S070°44.0'E30°03.8'S071°13.7'E29°04.0'S070°59.0'E 1.068 70° 47° 226 km 05m41.3s
06:3627°52.3'S071°31.4'E29°51.6'S072°03.2'E28°51.9'S071°47.4'E 1.068 70° 45° 226 km 05m42.9s
06:3827°40.0'S072°18.2'E29°38.9'S072°52.1'E28°39.4'S072°35.2'E 1.068 71° 42° 226 km 05m44.5s
06:4027°27.2'S073°04.3'E29°25.9'S073°40.2'E28°26.5'S073°22.3'E 1.068 72° 39° 227 km 05m45.9s
06:4227°14.1'S073°49.8'E29°12.4'S074°27.7'E28°13.2'S074°08.8'E 1.069 73° 36° 227 km 05m47.2s
06:4427°00.6'S074°34.8'E28°58.6'S075°14.5'E27°59.5'S074°54.6'E 1.069 74° 33° 227 km 05m48.3s
06:4626°46.8'S075°19.2'E28°44.4'S076°00.8'E27°45.5'S075°40.0'E 1.069 75° 29° 228 km 05m49.3s
06:4826°32.6'S076°03.1'E28°29.8'S076°46.5'E27°31.2'S076°24.7'E 1.069 75° 26° 228 km 05m50.2s
06:5026°18.1'S076°46.5'E28°14.9'S077°31.6'E27°16.4'S077°09.0'E 1.069 76° 21° 228 km 05m51.0s
06:5226°03.2'S077°29.5'E27°59.6'S078°16.3'E27°01.3'S077°52.8'E 1.069 77° 17° 228 km 05m51.6s
06:5425°48.1'S078°12.1'E27°43.9'S079°00.6'E26°45.9'S078°36.2'E 1.069 77° 12° 229 km 05m52.1s
06:5625°32.5'S078°54.3'E27°27.9'S079°44.4'E26°30.2'S079°19.2'E 1.069 78° 229 km 05m52.4s
06:5825°16.7'S079°36.1'E27°11.6'S080°27.8'E26°14.1'S080°01.8'E 1.069 78° 229 km 05m52.6s
07:0025°00.5'S080°17.6'E26°54.9'S081°10.9'E25°57.6'S080°44.1'E 1.069 78° 356° 229 km 05m52.7s
07:0224°44.0'S080°58.9'E26°37.8'S081°53.6'E25°40.9'S081°26.1'E 1.069 78° 350° 229 km 05m52.7s
07:0424°27.2'S081°39.8'E26°20.5'S082°36.0'E25°23.8'S082°07.7'E 1.069 78° 344° 229 km 05m52.5s
07:0624°10.0'S082°20.6'E26°02.8'S083°18.1'E25°06.4'S082°49.1'E 1.069 78° 338° 230 km 05m52.3s
07:0823°52.6'S083°01.1'E25°44.8'S084°00.0'E24°48.6'S083°30.3'E 1.069 78° 332° 230 km 05m51.8s
07:1023°34.8'S083°41.4'E25°26.4'S084°41.7'E24°30.6'S084°11.3'E 1.069 78° 326° 230 km 05m51.3s
07:1223°16.7'S084°21.6'E25°07.7'S085°23.1'E24°12.2'S084°52.1'E 1.069 78° 321° 230 km 05m50.6s
07:1422°58.3'S085°01.6'E24°48.7'S086°04.4'E23°53.5'S085°32.8'E 1.069 77° 316° 230 km 05m49.8s
07:1622°39.6'S085°41.6'E24°29.4'S086°45.6'E23°34.5'S086°13.4'E 1.069 76° 312° 230 km 05m48.9s
07:1822°20.5'S086°21.5'E24°09.7'S087°26.7'E23°15.1'S086°53.8'E 1.069 76° 307° 230 km 05m47.9s
07:2022°01.2'S087°01.4'E23°49.7'S088°07.7'E22°55.5'S087°34.3'E 1.069 75° 303° 230 km 05m46.7s
07:2221°41.5'S087°41.2'E23°29.4'S088°48.7'E22°35.5'S088°14.7'E 1.069 74° 300° 230 km 05m45.5s
07:2421°21.5'S088°21.1'E23°08.8'S089°29.7'E22°15.2'S088°55.1'E 1.069 74° 297° 230 km 05m44.1s
07:2621°01.2'S089°01.1'E22°47.8'S090°10.7'E21°54.5'S089°35.5'E 1.069 73° 294° 230 km 05m42.6s
07:2820°40.5'S089°41.1'E22°26.4'S090°51.7'E21°33.5'S090°16.1'E 1.068 72° 291° 230 km 05m40.9s
07:3020°19.5'S090°21.2'E22°04.8'S091°32.9'E21°12.2'S090°56.7'E 1.068 71° 288° 230 km 05m39.2s
07:3219°58.2'S091°01.6'E21°42.8'S092°14.2'E20°50.5'S091°37.5'E 1.068 70° 286° 230 km 05m37.3s
07:3419°36.5'S091°42.1'E21°20.4'S092°55.7'E20°28.5'S092°18.5'E 1.068 69° 284° 230 km 05m35.4s
07:3619°14.5'S092°22.9'E20°57.7'S093°37.4'E20°06.2'S092°59.7'E 1.068 68° 282° 230 km 05m33.3s
07:3818°52.1'S093°03.9'E20°34.6'S094°19.3'E19°43.4'S093°41.2'E 1.068 67° 280° 230 km 05m31.1s
07:4018°29.4'S093°45.3'E20°11.1'S095°01.6'E19°20.3'S094°23.0'E 1.068 66° 278° 229 km 05m28.8s
07:4218°06.3'S094°27.0'E19°47.3'S095°44.2'E18°56.9'S095°05.2'E 1.068 65° 277° 229 km 05m26.3s
07:4417°42.8'S095°09.1'E19°23.1'S096°27.2'E18°33.0'S095°47.8'E 1.067 64° 275° 229 km 05m23.8s
07:4617°18.9'S095°51.8'E18°58.4'S097°10.6'E18°08.8'S096°30.8'E 1.067 63° 274° 229 km 05m21.2s
07:4816°54.6'S096°34.9'E18°33.4'S097°54.6'E17°44.1'S097°14.3'E 1.067 62° 273° 229 km 05m18.4s
07:5016°29.8'S097°18.6'E18°07.9'S098°39.2'E17°19.0'S097°58.5'E 1.067 60° 272° 228 km 05m15.5s
07:5216°04.7'S098°03.0'E17°42.0'S099°24.3'E16°53.5'S098°43.2'E 1.067 59° 270° 228 km 05m12.6s
07:5415°39.1'S098°48.1'E17°15.6'S100°10.2'E16°27.5'S099°28.7'E 1.067 58° 269° 228 km 05m09.5s
07:5615°13.0'S099°34.0'E16°48.8'S100°56.9'E16°01.0'S100°15.0'E 1.066 57° 268° 227 km 05m06.3s
07:5814°46.5'S100°20.8'E16°21.4'S101°44.5'E15°34.1'S101°02.2'E 1.066 56° 267° 227 km 05m03.0s
08:0014°19.4'S101°08.5'E15°53.5'S102°33.1'E15°06.6'S101°50.3'E 1.066 54° 266° 226 km 04m59.5s
08:0213°51.8'S101°57.3'E15°25.1'S103°22.7'E14°38.6'S102°39.5'E 1.066 53° 266° 226 km 04m56.0s
08:0413°23.7'S102°47.3'E14°56.1'S104°13.5'E14°10.1'S103°29.9'E 1.065 52° 265° 225 km 04m52.4s
08:0612°54.9'S103°38.7'E14°26.5'S105°05.7'E13°40.9'S104°21.6'E 1.065 50° 264° 224 km 04m48.6s
08:0812°25.5'S104°31.4'E13°56.2'S105°59.3'E13°11.1'S105°14.8'E 1.065 49° 263° 224 km 04m44.7s
08:1011°55.5'S105°25.8'E13°25.2'S106°54.6'E12°40.6'S106°09.6'E 1.064 47° 263° 223 km 04m40.7s
08:1211°24.7'S106°22.0'E12°53.5'S107°51.7'E12°09.3'S107°06.3'E 1.064 46° 262° 222 km 04m36.5s
08:1410°53.2'S107°20.1'E12°20.9'S108°50.9'E11°37.3'S108°04.9'E 1.064 44° 261° 221 km 04m32.2s
08:1610°20.8'S108°20.5'E11°47.5'S109°52.4'E11°04.4'S109°05.9'E 1.063 43° 261° 220 km 04m27.8s
08:1809°47.4'S109°23.5'E11°13.1'S110°56.5'E10°30.5'S110°09.4'E 1.063 41° 260° 219 km 04m23.2s
08:2009°13.1'S110°29.4'E10°37.6'S112°03.7'E09°55.6'S111°15.9'E 1.063 40° 260° 218 km 04m18.5s
08:2208°37.7'S111°38.5'E10°01.0'S113°14.3'E09°19.6'S112°25.7'E 1.062 38° 259° 217 km 04m13.6s
08:2408°01.0'S112°51.5'E09°23.0'S114°28.9'E08°42.3'S113°39.4'E 1.062 36° 259° 215 km 04m08.5s
08:2607°22.9'S114°08.9'E08°43.4'S115°48.1'E08°03.5'S114°57.7'E 1.061 34° 258° 214 km 04m03.2s
08:2806°43.1'S115°31.5'E08°02.1'S117°13.0'E07°23.0'S116°21.5'E 1.061 32° 258° 212 km 03m57.6s
08:3006°01.4'S117°00.5'E07°18.7'S118°44.7'E06°40.5'S117°51.7'E 1.060 30° 257° 210 km 03m51.8s
08:3205°17.5'S118°37.3'E06°32.7'S120°24.9'E05°55.5'S119°30.1'E 1.059 28° 257° 208 km 03m45.6s
08:3404°30.7'S120°23.9'E05°43.6'S122°15.8'E05°07.6'S121°18.7'E 1.059 25° 257° 205 km 03m39.0s
08:3603°40.2'S122°23.4'E04°50.3'S124°21.3'E04°15.8'S123°21.0'E 1.058 23° 256° 203 km 03m31.9s
08:3802°44.8'S124°40.8'E03°51.1'S126°47.7'E03°18.6'S125°42.6'E 1.057 20° 256° 199 km 03m24.1s
08:4001°42.1'S127°25.5'E02°42.6'S129°47.6'E02°13.2'S128°34.2'E 1.056 16° 256° 195 km 03m15.1s
08:4200°26.5'S130°59.0'E01°16.0'S133°55.1'E00°52.8'S132°22.4'E 1.054 12° 256° 190 km 03m04.1s
08:4401°24.7'N136°50.7'E - - 01°22.4'N139°41.5'E 1.052 256° 180 km 02m45.6s
Limits03°03.2'N142°53.5'E01°33.8'N143°28.7'E02°18.5'N143°11.0'E 1.051 - 176 km 02m37.9s

ΔT = 46035.5 seconds

Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration
Event Time
TD
Time
UT1
Latitude Longitude Sun
Altitude
Sun
Azimuth
Path Width Central
Duration
Greatest Eclipse19:50:43.107:03:27.525°28.4'S110°23.9'W 78.5° 345.4° 229.4 km05m52.60s
Greatest Duration19:47:44.707:00:29.225°53.6'S080°54.3'E 78.3° 354.2° 229.2 km05m52.74s

Explanation of Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration

Links for the Total Solar Eclipse of -1984 Feb 28

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Eclipse Predictions

Predictions for the Total Solar Eclipse of -1984 Feb 28 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 46035.5 seconds for this eclipse. The uncertainty in ΔT is 3664.3 seconds corresponding to a standard error in longitude of the eclipse path of ± 15.31°.

Acknowledgments

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

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