Path of the Annular Solar Eclipse of 0239 Feb 21

Fred Espenak

Introduction

The following table delineates the path of the Moon's antumbral shadow during the Annular Solar Eclipse of 0239 Feb 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 0239 Feb 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
Limits79°12.8'S147°50.8'W78°41.1'S162°59.9'W79°02.1'S155°23.5'W 0.965 - 330 km 02m03.1s
09:5487°08.9'S145°10.6'E - - 84°45.8'S178°24.8'W 0.967 214° 296 km 02m02.0s
09:5686°13.0'S107°02.0'E83°20.9'S177°13.6'E85°55.7'S144°41.7'E 0.968 250° 281 km 02m01.4s
09:5884°37.3'S091°35.3'E84°38.3'S146°07.6'E85°11.1'S114°57.6'E 0.968 12° 279° 270 km 02m01.0s
10:0082°59.3'S084°48.4'E84°05.6'S121°18.2'E83°46.9'S099°39.5'E 0.969 13° 293° 262 km 02m00.6s
10:0281°25.4'S081°19.4'E82°52.3'S106°34.2'E82°15.5'S091°48.0'E 0.969 15° 300° 256 km 02m00.2s
10:0479°56.3'S079°21.2'E81°28.0'S098°07.6'E80°45.5'S087°21.7'E 0.969 16° 304° 250 km 01m59.9s
10:0678°31.5'S078°11.0'E80°02.4'S093°00.3'E79°18.8'S084°39.4'E 0.970 17° 306° 246 km 01m59.6s
10:0877°10.7'S077°28.9'E78°38.7'S089°43.0'E77°55.8'S082°55.4'E 0.970 18° 307° 242 km 01m59.3s
10:1075°53.2'S077°04.4'E77°17.6'S087°30.7'E76°36.1'S081°47.0'E 0.970 19° 307° 239 km 01m59.1s
10:1274°38.6'S076°51.6'E75°59.4'S085°59.4'E75°19.4'S081°01.6'E 0.971 20° 307° 237 km 01m58.8s
10:1473°26.6'S076°47.0'E74°43.8'S084°55.3'E74°05.5'S080°31.8'E 0.971 21° 306° 235 km 01m58.6s
10:1672°16.9'S076°48.1'E73°30.7'S084°10.3'E72°53.9'S080°13.2'E 0.971 21° 306° 233 km 01m58.3s
10:1871°09.2'S076°53.6'E72°19.7'S083°39.0'E71°44.6'S080°02.7'E 0.971 22° 305° 232 km 01m58.1s
10:2070°03.2'S077°02.5'E71°10.8'S083°17.9'E70°37.1'S079°58.5'E 0.971 22° 304° 231 km 01m57.9s
10:2268°58.9'S077°13.9'E70°03.8'S083°04.7'E69°31.4'S079°59.0'E 0.971 23° 304° 230 km 01m57.7s
10:2467°56.0'S077°27.5'E68°58.3'S082°57.7'E68°27.2'S080°03.5'E 0.971 23° 303° 229 km 01m57.6s
10:2666°54.4'S077°42.8'E67°54.3'S082°55.7'E67°24.4'S080°11.0'E 0.972 24° 302° 229 km 01m57.4s
10:2865°54.0'S077°59.6'E66°51.6'S082°57.8'E66°22.8'S080°21.2'E 0.972 24° 300° 230 km 01m57.2s
10:3064°54.6'S078°17.8'E65°50.2'S083°03.3'E65°22.4'S080°33.7'E 0.972 24° 299° 230 km 01m57.1s
10:3263°56.2'S078°37.2'E64°49.8'S083°11.9'E64°23.0'S080°48.2'E 0.972 24° 298° 231 km 01m57.0s
10:3462°58.7'S078°57.7'E63°50.4'S083°23.1'E63°24.6'S081°04.4'E 0.972 25° 297° 232 km 01m56.8s
10:3662°02.0'S079°19.2'E62°51.9'S083°36.7'E62°26.9'S081°22.3'E 0.972 25° 296° 233 km 01m56.7s
10:3861°05.9'S079°41.8'E61°54.2'S083°52.5'E61°30.1'S081°41.8'E 0.972 25° 295° 234 km 01m56.6s
10:4060°10.5'S080°05.4'E60°57.2'S084°10.3'E60°33.9'S082°02.8'E 0.972 25° 293° 236 km 01m56.6s
10:4259°15.7'S080°30.1'E60°00.8'S084°30.1'E59°38.3'S082°25.2'E 0.972 25° 292° 238 km 01m56.5s
10:4458°21.4'S080°55.8'E59°05.0'S084°51.8'E58°43.2'S082°49.0'E 0.972 25° 291° 240 km 01m56.4s
10:4657°27.5'S081°22.7'E58°09.7'S085°15.4'E57°48.6'S083°14.4'E 0.972 24° 290° 242 km 01m56.4s
10:4856°34.0'S081°50.8'E57°14.8'S085°41.0'E56°54.5'S083°41.3'E 0.972 24° 288° 245 km 01m56.4s
10:5055°40.9'S082°20.1'E56°20.3'S086°08.5'E56°00.7'S084°09.8'E 0.972 24° 287° 248 km 01m56.3s
10:5254°48.0'S082°50.8'E55°26.1'S086°38.1'E55°07.1'S084°39.9'E 0.972 24° 286° 251 km 01m56.3s
10:5453°55.3'S083°23.0'E54°32.1'S087°10.0'E54°13.8'S085°11.9'E 0.972 23° 285° 255 km 01m56.4s
10:5653°02.8'S083°56.8'E53°38.2'S087°44.2'E53°20.7'S085°45.8'E 0.972 23° 283° 258 km 01m56.4s
10:5852°10.5'S084°32.4'E52°44.4'S088°20.9'E52°27.6'S086°21.9'E 0.972 23° 282° 262 km 01m56.4s
11:0051°18.1'S085°10.0'E51°50.6'S089°00.5'E51°34.6'S087°00.3'E 0.971 22° 281° 266 km 01m56.5s
11:0250°25.7'S085°49.7'E50°56.6'S089°43.3'E50°41.4'S087°41.3'E 0.971 21° 279° 270 km 01m56.6s
11:0449°33.2'S086°31.9'E50°02.5'S090°29.7'E49°48.2'S088°25.3'E 0.971 21° 278° 275 km 01m56.6s
11:0648°40.5'S087°16.9'E49°08.0'S091°20.2'E48°54.6'S089°12.7'E 0.971 20° 277° 279 km 01m56.8s
11:0847°47.4'S088°05.2'E48°13.0'S092°15.5'E48°00.7'S090°03.9'E 0.971 19° 275° 284 km 01m56.9s
11:1046°54.0'S088°57.1'E47°17.2'S093°16.6'E47°06.2'S090°59.8'E 0.971 18° 274° 289 km 01m57.0s
11:1245°59.9'S089°53.5'E46°20.4'S094°24.9'E46°11.0'S092°01.1'E 0.970 17° 273° 294 km 01m57.2s
11:1445°05.1'S090°55.1'E45°22.3'S095°42.2'E45°14.7'S093°09.1'E 0.970 16° 271° 298 km 01m57.4s
11:1644°09.2'S092°03.2'E44°22.2'S097°11.7'E44°17.1'S094°25.6'E 0.970 15° 270° 303 km 01m57.7s
11:1843°11.9'S093°19.4'E43°19.0'S098°58.4'E43°17.5'S095°53.4'E 0.969 14° 268° 308 km 01m58.0s
11:2042°12.8'S094°46.3'E42°10.9'S101°13.2'E42°15.1'S097°37.0'E 0.969 12° 266° 312 km 01m58.3s
11:2241°10.8'S096°28.1'E40°52.1'S104°25.6'E41°08.2'S099°45.3'E 0.968 10° 264° 315 km 01m58.7s
11:2440°04.5'S098°32.7'E - - 39°52.3'S102°40.8'E 0.968 262° 318 km 01m59.3s
11:2638°50.0'S101°18.9'E - - 37°58.1'S108°54.7'E 0.966 258° 319 km 02m00.4s
Limits36°17.0'S109°55.9'E38°52.8'S111°55.6'E37°32.9'S110°53.7'E 0.966 - 319 km 02m00.7s

ΔT = 8220.4 seconds

Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration
Event Time
TD
Time
UT1
Latitude Longitude Sun
Altitude
Sun
Azimuth
Path Width Central
Duration
Greatest Eclipse12:55:56.910:38:56.561°03.5'S047°30.8'E 24.7° 294.1° 235.1 km01m56.61s
Greatest Duration12:09:18.509:52:18.179°02.1'S204°36.5'E 0.0° 191.2° 329.6 km02m03.06s

Explanation of Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration

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Eclipse Predictions

Predictions for the Annular Solar Eclipse of 0239 Feb 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 8220.4 seconds for this eclipse. The uncertainty in ΔT is 199.9 seconds corresponding to a standard error in longitude of the eclipse path of ± 0.84°.

Acknowledgments

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

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