Path of the Total Solar Eclipse of 0221 Aug 05

Fred Espenak

Introduction

The following table delineates the path of the Moon's umbral shadow during the Total Solar Eclipse of 0221 Aug 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 .

Total Solar Eclipse of 0221 Aug 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
Limits72°24.9'N073°20.7'W72°08.3'N066°01.0'W72°18.0'N069°35.2'W 1.027 - 251 km 01m20.3s
05:16 - - 79°47.1'N063°55.4'W75°34.5'N068°40.9'W 1.028 255 km 01m25.0s
05:1876°15.5'N073°35.0'W82°46.1'N066°38.4'W80°09.5'N070°46.1'W 1.029 258 km 01m31.8s
05:2080°14.3'N078°03.0'W85°01.5'N073°20.3'W82°51.9'N076°25.5'W 1.030 10° 259 km 01m35.9s
05:2282°39.4'N086°07.4'W86°45.4'N088°26.5'W84°50.3'N087°04.4'W 1.031 12° 353° 260 km 01m39.2s
05:2484°18.5'N099°00.2'W87°43.6'N121°15.7'W86°09.5'N105°56.4'W 1.031 14° 335° 260 km 01m41.8s
05:2685°15.0'N117°30.3'W87°28.4'N161°24.8'W86°38.3'N133°23.6'W 1.032 15° 308° 261 km 01m44.1s
05:2885°26.1'N138°51.6'W86°25.4'N176°38.5'E86°14.1'N159°05.1'W 1.032 17° 283° 261 km 01m46.2s
05:3084°58.4'N157°19.0'W85°09.3'N166°32.9'E85°18.1'N175°35.2'W 1.032 18° 268° 261 km 01m48.0s
05:3284°06.9'N170°21.4'W83°51.0'N161°22.0'E84°09.2'N174°49.5'E 1.033 19° 259° 262 km 01m49.6s
05:3483°03.7'N178°58.3'W82°33.6'N158°25.9'E82°56.1'N169°04.6'E 1.033 20° 254° 262 km 01m51.0s
05:3681°55.4'N175°18.1'E81°17.7'N156°40.1'E81°42.3'N165°26.8'E 1.033 20° 251° 263 km 01m52.2s
05:3880°45.2'N171°23.8'E80°03.7'N155°34.9'E80°29.1'N163°03.4'E 1.033 21° 250° 264 km 01m53.4s
05:4079°34.7'N168°39.9'E78°51.4'N154°54.9'E79°16.9'N161°26.5'E 1.033 22° 249° 264 km 01m54.4s
05:4278°24.5'N166°42.8'E77°40.7'N154°31.6'E78°05.9'N160°20.1'E 1.033 22° 249° 265 km 01m55.2s
05:4477°15.0'N165°18.1'E76°31.5'N154°19.9'E76°56.1'N159°34.9'E 1.034 23° 249° 266 km 01m56.0s
05:4676°06.3'N164°16.7'E75°23.6'N154°16.5'E75°47.5'N159°04.7'E 1.034 23° 250° 267 km 01m56.7s
05:4874°58.5'N163°32.5'E74°16.9'N154°19.4'E74°40.0'N158°45.8'E 1.034 23° 250° 268 km 01m57.2s
05:5073°51.5'N163°01.4'E73°11.3'N154°27.2'E73°33.5'N158°35.5'E 1.034 24° 251° 269 km 01m57.6s
05:5272°45.3'N162°40.5'E72°06.6'N154°38.7'E72°27.9'N158°32.0'E 1.034 24° 252° 271 km 01m58.0s
05:5471°39.8'N162°27.7'E71°02.7'N154°53.5'E71°23.1'N158°33.8'E 1.034 24° 253° 272 km 01m58.2s
05:5670°34.9'N162°21.7'E69°59.6'N155°10.9'E70°19.0'N158°40.3'E 1.034 24° 254° 273 km 01m58.3s
05:5869°30.7'N162°21.2'E68°57.1'N155°30.7'E69°15.5'N158°50.5'E 1.034 24° 255° 275 km 01m58.4s
06:0068°26.8'N162°25.6'E67°55.1'N155°52.5'E68°12.6'N159°04.1'E 1.034 24° 256° 276 km 01m58.3s
06:0267°23.4'N162°34.1'E66°53.6'N156°16.3'E67°10.0'N159°20.7'E 1.034 24° 257° 278 km 01m58.1s
06:0466°20.3'N162°46.5'E65°52.5'N156°41.9'E66°07.9'N159°40.0'E 1.034 24° 259° 279 km 01m57.9s
06:0665°17.4'N163°02.4'E64°51.6'N157°09.4'E65°05.9'N160°02.0'E 1.034 24° 260° 281 km 01m57.5s
06:0864°14.6'N163°21.6'E63°50.9'N157°38.6'E64°04.2'N160°26.4'E 1.034 24° 261° 283 km 01m57.1s
06:1063°11.9'N163°44.0'E62°50.3'N158°09.6'E63°02.5'N160°53.3'E 1.034 23° 263° 285 km 01m56.6s
06:1262°09.1'N164°09.5'E61°49.8'N158°42.6'E62°00.8'N161°22.7'E 1.034 23° 264° 286 km 01m55.9s
06:1461°06.1'N164°38.2'E60°49.2'N159°17.6'E60°59.0'N161°54.6'E 1.033 23° 265° 288 km 01m55.2s
06:1660°02.8'N165°10.2'E59°48.4'N159°54.8'E59°57.0'N162°29.3'E 1.033 22° 267° 290 km 01m54.3s
06:1858°59.0'N165°45.7'E58°47.3'N160°34.3'E58°54.6'N163°06.8'E 1.033 22° 268° 291 km 01m53.4s
06:2057°54.7'N166°25.0'E57°45.8'N161°16.5'E57°51.7'N163°47.5'E 1.033 21° 269° 293 km 01m52.3s
06:2256°49.5'N167°08.4'E56°43.8'N162°01.6'E56°48.2'N164°31.8'E 1.033 20° 271° 294 km 01m51.1s
06:2455°43.3'N167°56.6'E55°41.0'N162°50.1'E55°43.8'N165°19.9'E 1.032 20° 272° 295 km 01m49.7s
06:2654°35.7'N168°50.2'E54°37.3'N163°42.5'E54°38.3'N166°12.7'E 1.032 19° 274° 296 km 01m48.2s
06:2853°26.4'N169°50.3'E53°32.4'N164°39.4'E53°31.3'N167°10.8'E 1.032 18° 275° 297 km 01m46.6s
06:3052°14.8'N170°58.3'E52°26.1'N165°41.7'E52°22.6'N168°15.5'E 1.032 17° 277° 297 km 01m44.8s
06:3251°00.2'N172°16.4'E51°17.8'N166°50.6'E51°11.4'N169°28.2'E 1.031 16° 279° 296 km 01m42.7s
06:3449°41.2'N173°48.5'E50°07.0'N168°08.0'E49°57.1'N170°51.5'E 1.031 14° 280° 294 km 01m40.4s
06:3648°15.6'N175°40.9'E48°52.7'N169°36.4'E48°38.1'N172°29.2'E 1.030 13° 282° 291 km 01m37.8s
06:3846°38.6'N178°07.9'E47°33.6'N171°19.2'E47°12.1'N174°28.8'E 1.030 11° 284° 286 km 01m34.6s
06:4044°33.0'N178°00.1'W46°06.8'N173°28.2'E45°33.5'N177°06.9'E 1.029 287° 278 km 01m30.7s
06:42 - - 44°25.5'N176°20.3'E43°19.9'N178°29.2'W 1.028 290° 262 km 01m24.6s
Limits42°22.6'N172°39.5'W40°35.2'N174°32.7'W41°28.0'N173°37.7'W 1.026 - 243 km 01m18.7s

ΔT = 8387.2 seconds

Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration
Event Time
TD
Time
UT1
Latitude Longitude Sun
Altitude
Sun
Azimuth
Path Width Central
Duration
Greatest Eclipse08:18:42.505:58:55.468°46.4'N123°53.8'E 24.3° 255.6° 275.5 km01m58.34s
Greatest Duration08:17:34.005:57:46.869°22.5'N158°49.2'E 24.2° 254.9° 274.7 km01m58.36s

Explanation of Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration

Links for the Total Solar Eclipse of 0221 Aug 05

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Eclipse Predictions

Predictions for the Total Solar Eclipse of 0221 Aug 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 8387.2 seconds for this eclipse. The uncertainty in ΔT is 204.4 seconds corresponding to a standard error in longitude of the eclipse path of ± 0.85°.

Acknowledgments

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

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