Path of the Total Solar Eclipse of 0259 Aug 06

Fred Espenak

Introduction

The following table delineates the path of the Moon's umbral shadow during the Total Solar Eclipse of 0259 Aug 06 . 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 0259 Aug 06
UT1 Northern Limit Southern Limit Central Line M:S Sun Sun Path Central
Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Ratio Alt. Azm. Width Duration
Limits04°27.0'S025°53.7'E05°21.9'S026°01.9'E04°54.4'S025°57.9'E 1.028 - 101 km 01m40.1s
04:2602°48.2'S031°19.2'E - - 03°46.6'S029°41.2'E 1.029 72° 106 km 01m47.7s
04:2801°17.8'S036°59.5'E02°43.4'S035°31.0'E02°00.1'S036°17.5'E 1.032 11° 72° 115 km 02m02.9s
04:3000°30.7'S040°26.7'E01°51.3'S039°19.6'E01°10.8'S039°54.4'E 1.033 15° 72° 120 km 02m12.3s
04:3200°01.1'N043°07.6'E01°17.8'S042°10.0'E00°38.3'S042°39.6'E 1.034 19° 71° 124 km 02m20.1s
04:3400°24.1'N045°22.7'E00°54.2'S044°30.3'E00°15.0'S044°57.2'E 1.035 21° 71° 128 km 02m26.8s
04:3600°41.1'N047°20.6'E00°36.9'S046°31.6'E00°02.2'N046°56.7'E 1.035 24° 71° 131 km 02m33.0s
04:3800°53.8'N049°06.2'E00°24.2'S048°19.4'E00°14.9'N048°43.4'E 1.036 26° 71° 134 km 02m38.7s
04:4001°03.1'N050°42.4'E00°14.9'S049°57.1'E00°24.1'N050°20.2'E 1.037 28° 71° 136 km 02m44.0s
04:4201°09.6'N052°10.9'E00°08.6'S051°26.7'E00°30.5'N051°49.2'E 1.037 30° 70° 139 km 02m49.1s
04:4401°13.8'N053°33.3'E00°04.6'S052°49.7'E00°34.6'N053°11.9'E 1.038 32° 70° 141 km 02m53.9s
04:4601°16.0'N054°50.4'E00°02.6'S054°07.4'E00°36.7'N054°29.3'E 1.038 34° 70° 143 km 02m58.4s
04:4801°16.4'N056°03.1'E00°02.3'S055°20.3'E00°37.0'N055°42.1'E 1.039 35° 69° 146 km 03m02.8s
04:5001°15.3'N057°11.9'E00°03.6'S056°29.3'E00°35.8'N056°50.9'E 1.039 37° 69° 147 km 03m06.9s
04:5201°12.7'N058°17.4'E00°06.2'S057°34.8'E00°33.2'N057°56.4'E 1.039 38° 68° 149 km 03m10.9s
04:5401°09.0'N059°19.8'E00°10.1'S058°37.2'E00°29.4'N058°58.8'E 1.040 40° 68° 151 km 03m14.8s
04:5601°04.1'N060°19.6'E00°15.2'S059°36.8'E00°24.4'N059°58.4'E 1.040 41° 67° 153 km 03m18.4s
04:5800°58.1'N061°16.9'E00°21.2'S060°34.0'E00°18.4'N060°55.7'E 1.040 42° 67° 154 km 03m22.0s
05:0000°51.1'N062°12.1'E00°28.2'S061°28.9'E00°11.4'N061°50.7'E 1.041 43° 66° 156 km 03m25.4s
05:0200°43.3'N063°05.2'E00°36.2'S062°21.9'E00°03.6'N062°43.8'E 1.041 45° 65° 157 km 03m28.6s
05:0400°34.5'N063°56.6'E00°44.9'S063°13.0'E00°05.2'S063°35.0'E 1.041 46° 65° 158 km 03m31.7s
05:0600°25.0'N064°46.3'E00°54.5'S064°02.4'E00°14.7'S064°24.5'E 1.041 47° 64° 160 km 03m34.7s
05:0800°14.7'N065°34.5'E01°04.7'S064°50.3'E00°25.0'S065°12.5'E 1.042 48° 63° 161 km 03m37.5s
05:1000°03.7'N066°21.3'E01°15.7'S065°36.7'E00°36.0'S065°59.1'E 1.042 49° 62° 162 km 03m40.2s
05:1200°08.0'S067°06.7'E01°27.4'S066°21.8'E00°47.7'S066°44.4'E 1.042 50° 61° 163 km 03m42.8s
05:1400°20.4'S067°51.0'E01°39.7'S067°05.7'E01°00.0'S067°28.5'E 1.042 51° 60° 164 km 03m45.3s
05:1600°33.4'S068°34.1'E01°52.6'S067°48.5'E01°13.0'S068°11.4'E 1.043 52° 59° 164 km 03m47.6s
05:1800°47.0'S069°16.1'E02°06.1'S068°30.3'E01°26.5'S068°53.3'E 1.043 53° 58° 165 km 03m49.9s
05:2001°01.2'S069°57.2'E02°20.2'S069°11.0'E01°40.7'S069°34.2'E 1.043 54° 57° 166 km 03m51.9s
05:2201°15.9'S070°37.4'E02°34.8'S069°50.9'E01°55.4'S070°14.2'E 1.043 55° 56° 166 km 03m53.9s
05:2401°31.3'S071°16.8'E02°50.0'S070°29.9'E02°10.6'S070°53.4'E 1.043 55° 55° 167 km 03m55.8s
05:2601°47.1'S071°55.3'E03°05.7'S071°08.1'E02°26.4'S071°31.8'E 1.043 56° 53° 167 km 03m57.5s
05:2802°03.5'S072°33.1'E03°21.9'S071°45.6'E02°42.7'S072°09.4'E 1.044 57° 52° 168 km 03m59.1s
05:3002°20.4'S073°10.2'E03°38.6'S072°22.4'E02°59.5'S072°46.4'E 1.044 58° 50° 168 km 04m00.6s
05:3202°37.8'S073°46.7'E03°55.8'S072°58.6'E03°16.8'S073°22.7'E 1.044 58° 49° 168 km 04m02.0s
05:3402°55.6'S074°22.6'E04°13.5'S073°34.2'E03°34.5'S073°58.4'E 1.044 59° 47° 168 km 04m03.2s
05:3603°14.0'S074°57.9'E04°31.6'S074°09.3'E03°52.8'S074°33.6'E 1.044 59° 45° 169 km 04m04.4s
05:3803°32.8'S075°32.7'E04°50.3'S074°43.8'E04°11.5'S075°08.3'E 1.044 60° 44° 169 km 04m05.4s
05:4003°52.1'S076°07.0'E05°09.3'S075°17.9'E04°30.7'S075°42.5'E 1.044 60° 42° 169 km 04m06.3s
05:4204°11.8'S076°40.9'E05°28.8'S075°51.6'E04°50.3'S076°16.3'E 1.044 61° 40° 169 km 04m07.1s
05:4404°32.0'S077°14.4'E05°48.8'S076°24.8'E05°10.4'S076°49.6'E 1.044 61° 38° 168 km 04m07.8s
05:4604°52.7'S077°47.5'E06°09.2'S076°57.7'E05°30.9'S077°22.6'E 1.044 62° 36° 168 km 04m08.4s
05:4805°13.8'S078°20.3'E06°30.1'S077°30.3'E05°51.9'S077°55.3'E 1.045 62° 34° 168 km 04m08.8s
05:5005°35.3'S078°52.7'E06°51.4'S078°02.6'E06°13.3'S078°27.7'E 1.045 62° 32° 168 km 04m09.2s
05:5205°57.3'S079°24.9'E07°13.1'S078°34.7'E06°35.1'S078°59.8'E 1.045 62° 30° 168 km 04m09.4s
05:5406°19.7'S079°56.9'E07°35.3'S079°06.5'E06°57.4'S079°31.7'E 1.045 63° 27° 167 km 04m09.6s
05:5606°42.5'S080°28.6'E07°57.9'S079°38.1'E07°20.1'S080°03.4'E 1.045 63° 25° 167 km 04m09.6s
05:5807°05.8'S081°00.2'E08°20.9'S080°09.6'E07°43.3'S080°34.9'E 1.045 63° 23° 167 km 04m09.5s
06:0007°29.6'S081°31.6'E08°44.4'S080°40.9'E08°06.9'S081°06.3'E 1.045 63° 21° 166 km 04m09.4s
06:0207°53.8'S082°03.0'E09°08.3'S081°12.2'E08°31.0'S081°37.5'E 1.045 63° 18° 166 km 04m09.1s
06:0408°18.4'S082°34.2'E09°32.7'S081°43.3'E08°55.5'S082°08.7'E 1.045 63° 16° 165 km 04m08.7s
06:0608°43.5'S083°05.4'E09°57.6'S082°14.5'E09°20.4'S082°39.9'E 1.045 63° 14° 165 km 04m08.2s
06:0809°09.0'S083°36.5'E10°22.9'S082°45.6'E09°45.8'S083°11.0'E 1.045 62° 12° 164 km 04m07.6s
06:1009°35.0'S084°07.7'E10°48.6'S083°16.8'E10°11.7'S083°42.2'E 1.045 62° 10° 164 km 04m07.0s
06:1210°01.4'S084°38.9'E11°14.8'S083°48.0'E10°38.0'S084°13.4'E 1.045 62° 163 km 04m06.2s
06:1410°28.4'S085°10.2'E11°41.5'S084°19.3'E11°04.8'S084°44.7'E 1.045 62° 162 km 04m05.3s
06:1610°55.7'S085°41.6'E12°08.7'S084°50.8'E11°32.1'S085°16.1'E 1.045 61° 162 km 04m04.3s
06:1811°23.6'S086°13.1'E12°36.4'S085°22.4'E11°59.9'S085°47.7'E 1.045 61° 161 km 04m03.3s
06:2011°52.0'S086°44.8'E13°04.6'S085°54.3'E12°28.2'S086°19.5'E 1.044 60° 359° 161 km 04m02.1s
06:2212°20.9'S087°16.8'E13°33.3'S086°26.4'E12°57.0'S086°51.5'E 1.044 60° 357° 160 km 04m00.9s
06:2412°50.3'S087°49.0'E14°02.5'S086°58.8'E13°26.3'S087°23.8'E 1.044 59° 355° 159 km 03m59.5s
06:2613°20.2'S088°21.6'E14°32.3'S087°31.5'E13°56.1'S087°56.5'E 1.044 59° 353° 159 km 03m58.1s
06:2813°50.7'S088°54.5'E15°02.6'S088°04.6'E14°26.5'S088°29.4'E 1.044 58° 352° 158 km 03m56.5s
06:3014°21.7'S089°27.8'E15°33.5'S088°38.1'E14°57.5'S089°02.9'E 1.044 57° 350° 157 km 03m54.9s
06:3214°53.3'S090°01.5'E16°04.9'S089°12.1'E15°29.0'S089°36.7'E 1.044 57° 348° 156 km 03m53.2s
06:3415°25.6'S090°35.8'E16°37.0'S089°46.7'E16°01.1'S090°11.1'E 1.044 56° 347° 156 km 03m51.4s
06:3615°58.4'S091°10.6'E17°09.7'S090°21.8'E16°33.9'S090°46.1'E 1.044 55° 345° 155 km 03m49.5s
06:3816°31.9'S091°46.0'E17°43.1'S090°57.6'E17°07.3'S091°21.7'E 1.044 54° 344° 154 km 03m47.5s
06:4017°06.0'S092°22.2'E18°17.2'S091°34.2'E17°41.4'S091°58.1'E 1.043 53° 342° 153 km 03m45.4s
06:4217°40.8'S092°59.1'E18°51.9'S092°11.5'E18°16.2'S092°35.2'E 1.043 52° 341° 152 km 03m43.3s
06:4418°16.4'S093°36.9'E19°27.5'S092°49.8'E18°51.7'S093°13.2'E 1.043 52° 339° 152 km 03m41.0s
06:4618°52.7'S094°15.6'E20°03.7'S093°29.0'E19°28.0'S093°52.2'E 1.043 51° 338° 151 km 03m38.7s
06:4819°29.8'S094°55.3'E20°40.9'S094°09.3'E20°05.1'S094°32.2'E 1.043 50° 337° 150 km 03m36.2s
06:5020°07.7'S095°36.2'E21°18.8'S094°50.9'E20°43.1'S095°13.4'E 1.042 49° 335° 149 km 03m33.7s
06:5220°46.6'S096°18.4'E21°57.7'S095°33.7'E21°22.0'S095°55.9'E 1.042 47° 334° 148 km 03m31.1s
06:5421°26.4'S097°01.9'E22°37.6'S096°18.0'E22°01.8'S096°39.8'E 1.042 46° 333° 147 km 03m28.3s
06:5622°07.2'S097°47.0'E23°18.5'S097°03.9'E22°42.6'S097°25.3'E 1.042 45° 332° 146 km 03m25.5s
06:5822°49.0'S098°33.8'E24°00.5'S097°51.7'E23°24.5'S098°12.6'E 1.042 44° 330° 145 km 03m22.6s
07:0023°32.0'S099°22.5'E24°43.6'S098°41.4'E24°07.6'S099°01.8'E 1.041 43° 329° 144 km 03m19.5s
07:0224°16.3'S100°13.4'E25°28.1'S099°33.4'E24°52.0'S099°53.2'E 1.041 42° 328° 143 km 03m16.4s
07:0425°01.9'S101°06.7'E26°14.0'S100°27.9'E25°37.7'S100°47.1'E 1.041 40° 327° 142 km 03m13.1s
07:0625°49.0'S102°02.6'E27°01.4'S101°25.3'E26°24.9'S101°43.7'E 1.040 39° 326° 141 km 03m09.7s
07:0826°37.7'S103°01.7'E27°50.4'S102°25.9'E27°13.8'S102°43.5'E 1.040 37° 325° 139 km 03m06.1s
07:1027°28.2'S104°04.3'E28°41.3'S103°30.2'E28°04.5'S103°47.0'E 1.040 36° 323° 138 km 03m02.5s
07:1228°20.7'S105°10.9'E29°34.4'S104°38.9'E28°57.3'S104°54.6'E 1.039 34° 322° 137 km 02m58.6s
07:1429°15.5'S106°22.2'E30°29.8'S105°52.6'E29°52.3'S106°07.1'E 1.039 33° 321° 135 km 02m54.6s
07:1630°12.9'S107°39.2'E31°27.9'S107°12.3'E30°50.1'S107°25.3'E 1.038 31° 320° 134 km 02m50.4s
07:1831°13.3'S109°02.8'E32°29.2'S108°39.2'E31°50.9'S108°50.6'E 1.038 29° 318° 132 km 02m46.0s
07:2032°17.3'S110°34.6'E33°34.2'S110°15.0'E32°55.4'S110°24.3'E 1.037 27° 317° 130 km 02m41.4s
07:2233°25.6'S112°16.7'E34°44.0'S112°01.9'E34°04.4'S112°08.7'E 1.037 25° 315° 128 km 02m36.4s
07:2434°39.4'S114°12.0'E35°59.6'S114°03.7'E35°19.1'S114°07.1'E 1.036 23° 314° 126 km 02m31.0s
07:2636°00.3'S116°25.4'E37°23.2'S116°25.8'E36°41.3'S116°24.7'E 1.035 20° 312° 124 km 02m25.1s
07:2837°31.4'S119°05.0'E38°58.2'S119°18.5'E38°14.2'S119°10.4'E 1.035 17° 310° 121 km 02m18.5s
07:3039°18.5'S122°27.6'E40°52.3'S123°04.2'E40°04.5'S122°43.7'E 1.033 14° 307° 118 km 02m10.7s
07:3241°37.9'S127°20.6'E43°31.6'S129°00.5'E42°32.5'S128°04.0'E 1.032 303° 113 km 02m00.4s
Limits46°00.9'S138°38.9'E46°54.7'S138°11.1'E46°27.8'S138°25.1'E 1.029 - 105 km 01m44.0s

ΔT = 8025.4 seconds

Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration
Event Time
TD
Time
UT1
Latitude Longitude Sun
Altitude
Sun
Azimuth
Path Width Central
Duration
Greatest Eclipse08:13:23.105:59:37.708°02.5'S047°28.6'E 62.8° 21.2° 166.2 km04m09.41s
Greatest Duration08:09:23.605:55:38.107°16.0'S079°57.6'E 62.7° 25.7° 167.0 km04m09.62s

Explanation of Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration

Links for the Total Solar Eclipse of 0259 Aug 06

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Eclipse Predictions

Predictions for the Total Solar Eclipse of 0259 Aug 06 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 8025.4 seconds for this eclipse. The uncertainty in ΔT is 194.8 seconds corresponding to a standard error in longitude of the eclipse path of ± 0.81°.

Acknowledgments

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

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