Path of the Total Solar Eclipse of 0408 Aug 07
Fred Espenak
Introduction
The following table delineates the path of the Moon's umbral shadow during the Total Solar Eclipse of 0408 Aug 07 . 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 0408 Aug 07 | |||||||||||
| 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 | 39°33.8'S | 161°31.1'W | 43°15.1'S | 161°07.4'W | 41°20.3'S | 161°20.9'W | 1.053 | 0° | - | 389 km | 03m13.0s |
| 17:50 | 36°42.1'S | 148°23.7'W | - | - | 39°26.5'S | 153°46.7'W | 1.056 | 6° | 63° | 422 km | 03m30.6s |
| 17:52 | 36°30.6'S | 146°02.4'W | 42°32.8'S | 158°34.9'W | 38°52.1'S | 150°08.6'W | 1.057 | 9° | 60° | 442 km | 03m39.9s |
| 17:54 | 36°26.8'S | 144°03.6'W | 41°18.8'S | 152°41.1'W | 38°37.0'S | 147°31.7'W | 1.057 | 12° | 58° | 457 km | 03m46.7s |
| 17:56 | 36°28.2'S | 142°19.6'W | 40°55.4'S | 149°32.2'W | 38°31.6'S | 145°23.9'W | 1.058 | 13° | 56° | 470 km | 03m52.3s |
| 17:58 | 36°33.6'S | 140°46.3'W | 40°46.4'S | 147°08.3'W | 38°32.3'S | 143°33.9'W | 1.058 | 15° | 54° | 481 km | 03m57.1s |
| 18:00 | 36°42.1'S | 139°21.0'W | 40°45.5'S | 145°08.5'W | 38°37.6'S | 141°56.3'W | 1.059 | 16° | 53° | 490 km | 04m01.3s |
| 18:02 | 36°53.4'S | 138°02.1'W | 40°50.0'S | 143°24.1'W | 38°46.4'S | 140°27.8'W | 1.059 | 17° | 51° | 497 km | 04m05.0s |
| 18:04 | 37°06.9'S | 136°48.4'W | 40°58.6'S | 141°50.6'W | 38°58.1'S | 139°06.4'W | 1.059 | 18° | 50° | 504 km | 04m08.3s |
| 18:06 | 37°22.5'S | 135°39.0'W | 41°10.5'S | 140°25.3'W | 39°12.3'S | 137°50.6'W | 1.060 | 19° | 48° | 508 km | 04m11.2s |
| 18:08 | 37°40.0'S | 134°33.2'W | 41°25.2'S | 139°06.5'W | 39°28.7'S | 136°39.5'W | 1.060 | 20° | 47° | 512 km | 04m13.8s |
| 18:10 | 37°59.2'S | 133°30.4'W | 41°42.4'S | 137°52.8'W | 39°47.1'S | 135°32.2'W | 1.060 | 21° | 45° | 514 km | 04m16.1s |
| 18:12 | 38°20.1'S | 132°30.3'W | 42°01.7'S | 136°43.4'W | 40°07.3'S | 134°28.2'W | 1.060 | 21° | 44° | 515 km | 04m18.1s |
| 18:14 | 38°42.5'S | 131°32.4'W | 42°23.0'S | 135°37.6'W | 40°29.3'S | 133°26.9'W | 1.060 | 22° | 42° | 515 km | 04m19.8s |
| 18:16 | 39°06.3'S | 130°36.5'W | 42°46.3'S | 134°34.7'W | 40°52.9'S | 132°28.0'W | 1.061 | 22° | 41° | 514 km | 04m21.4s |
| 18:18 | 39°31.6'S | 129°42.2'W | 43°11.3'S | 133°34.4'W | 41°18.1'S | 131°31.1'W | 1.061 | 23° | 40° | 512 km | 04m22.6s |
| 18:20 | 39°58.3'S | 128°49.4'W | 43°38.1'S | 132°36.3'W | 41°44.9'S | 130°35.9'W | 1.061 | 23° | 38° | 509 km | 04m23.7s |
| 18:22 | 40°26.4'S | 127°57.9'W | 44°06.6'S | 131°40.0'W | 42°13.2'S | 129°42.3'W | 1.061 | 23° | 37° | 505 km | 04m24.5s |
| 18:24 | 40°55.9'S | 127°07.4'W | 44°36.8'S | 130°45.3'W | 42°43.0'S | 128°49.9'W | 1.061 | 23° | 35° | 501 km | 04m25.1s |
| 18:26 | 41°26.7'S | 126°17.8'W | 45°08.7'S | 129°52.0'W | 43°14.3'S | 127°58.6'W | 1.061 | 23° | 34° | 497 km | 04m25.5s |
| 18:28 | 41°59.0'S | 125°29.0'W | 45°42.3'S | 128°59.8'W | 43°47.2'S | 127°08.2'W | 1.061 | 24° | 33° | 492 km | 04m25.7s |
| 18:30 | 42°32.8'S | 124°40.7'W | 46°17.7'S | 128°08.5'W | 44°21.7'S | 126°18.5'W | 1.061 | 24° | 31° | 486 km | 04m25.6s |
| 18:32 | 43°08.0'S | 123°52.9'W | 46°55.0'S | 127°17.9'W | 44°57.8'S | 125°29.4'W | 1.061 | 24° | 30° | 481 km | 04m25.4s |
| 18:34 | 43°44.7'S | 123°05.5'W | 47°34.1'S | 126°28.0'W | 45°35.6'S | 124°40.7'W | 1.061 | 23° | 28° | 475 km | 04m24.9s |
| 18:36 | 44°23.1'S | 122°18.1'W | 48°15.2'S | 125°38.4'W | 46°15.2'S | 123°52.3'W | 1.061 | 23° | 27° | 469 km | 04m24.3s |
| 18:38 | 45°03.1'S | 121°30.8'W | 48°58.4'S | 124°49.1'W | 46°56.6'S | 123°03.9'W | 1.061 | 23° | 26° | 463 km | 04m23.4s |
| 18:40 | 45°44.9'S | 120°43.4'W | 49°44.0'S | 123°59.9'W | 47°40.1'S | 122°15.5'W | 1.061 | 23° | 24° | 458 km | 04m22.4s |
| 18:42 | 46°28.6'S | 119°55.7'W | 50°32.0'S | 123°10.5'W | 48°25.6'S | 121°26.9'W | 1.061 | 22° | 23° | 452 km | 04m21.1s |
| 18:44 | 47°14.3'S | 119°07.5'W | 51°22.6'S | 122°20.9'W | 49°13.5'S | 120°37.9'W | 1.060 | 22° | 21° | 446 km | 04m19.6s |
| 18:46 | 48°02.1'S | 118°18.8'W | 52°16.3'S | 121°30.9'W | 50°03.8'S | 119°48.3'W | 1.060 | 22° | 20° | 440 km | 04m17.8s |
| 18:48 | 48°52.4'S | 117°29.2'W | 53°13.3'S | 120°40.1'W | 50°57.0'S | 118°57.9'W | 1.060 | 21° | 18° | 435 km | 04m15.9s |
| 18:50 | 49°45.2'S | 116°38.5'W | 54°14.1'S | 119°48.4'W | 51°53.2'S | 118°06.4'W | 1.060 | 20° | 17° | 429 km | 04m13.7s |
| 18:52 | 50°41.0'S | 115°46.5'W | 55°19.4'S | 118°55.5'W | 52°52.9'S | 117°13.6'W | 1.060 | 20° | 15° | 424 km | 04m11.2s |
| 18:54 | 51°40.0'S | 114°52.9'W | 56°29.9'S | 118°01.0'W | 53°56.6'S | 116°19.2'W | 1.059 | 19° | 14° | 419 km | 04m08.4s |
| 18:56 | 52°42.8'S | 113°57.3'W | 57°46.8'S | 117°04.7'W | 55°05.1'S | 115°22.6'W | 1.059 | 18° | 12° | 414 km | 04m05.3s |
| 18:58 | 53°49.9'S | 112°59.1'W | 59°11.9'S | 116°05.8'W | 56°19.2'S | 114°23.3'W | 1.059 | 17° | 11° | 410 km | 04m01.9s |
| 19:00 | 55°02.2'S | 111°57.9'W | 60°47.6'S | 115°03.9'W | 57°40.3'S | 113°20.6'W | 1.058 | 16° | 9° | 405 km | 03m58.0s |
| 19:02 | 56°20.8'S | 110°52.6'W | 62°38.7'S | 113°58.1'W | 59°10.4'S | 112°13.6'W | 1.058 | 14° | 7° | 401 km | 03m53.7s |
| 19:04 | 57°47.3'S | 109°42.2'W | 64°54.7'S | 112°47.3'W | 60°52.7'S | 111°00.6'W | 1.057 | 13° | 6° | 398 km | 03m48.7s |
| 19:06 | 59°24.3'S | 108°24.9'W | 68°04.0'S | 111°31.6'W | 62°53.1'S | 109°39.1'W | 1.057 | 11° | 4° | 394 km | 03m42.8s |
| 19:08 | 61°16.0'S | 106°57.7'W | - | - | 65°24.8'S | 108°04.1'W | 1.056 | 8° | 2° | 392 km | 03m35.5s |
| 19:10 | 63°31.1'S | 105°15.0'W | - | - | 69°18.8'S | 106°00.5'W | 1.055 | 4° | 359° | 390 km | 03m24.4s |
| Limits | 73°30.6'S | 098°41.8'W | 73°38.2'S | 111°07.4'W | 73°41.2'S | 104°38.6'W | 1.053 | 0° | - | 392 km | 03m12.7s |
ΔT = 6575.9 seconds
| Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration | ||||||||
| Event | Time TD |
Time UT1 |
Latitude | Longitude | Sun Altitude |
Sun Azimuth |
Path Width | Central Duration |
| Greatest Eclipse | 20:19:23.9 | 18:29:48.0 | 44°18.2'S | 153°51.9'W | 23.6° | 31.3° | 486.9 km | 04m25.64s |
| Greatest Duration | 20:18:18.6 | 18:28:42.7 | 43°59.3'S | 126°50.4'W | 23.6° | 32.1° | 489.8 km | 04m25.67s |
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Eclipse Predictions
Predictions for the Total Solar Eclipse of 0408 Aug 07 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 6575.9 seconds for this eclipse. The uncertainty in ΔT is 159.4 seconds corresponding to a standard error in longitude of the eclipse path of ± 0.67°.
Acknowledgments
All eclipse calculations are by Fred Espenak, and he assumes full responsibility for their accuracy.
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"Eclipse Predictions by Fred Espenak, EclipseWise.com"
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