Path of the Total Solar Eclipse of 0453 Aug 20

Fred Espenak

Introduction

The following table delineates the path of the Moon's umbral shadow during the Total Solar Eclipse of 0453 Aug 20 . 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 0453 Aug 20
UT1 Northern Limit Southern Limit Central Line M:S Sun Sun Path Central
Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Ratio Alt. Azm. Width Duration
Limits14°29.3'S040°24.3'W16°09.0'S040°20.5'W15°18.9'S040°22.2'W 1.049 - 181 km 02m45.6s
08:5812°23.9'S030°11.5'W14°59.5'S034°39.1'W13°37.6'S032°04.4'W 1.052 75° 192 km 03m07.0s
09:0011°43.4'S026°12.3'W13°58.7'S028°56.6'W12°50.0'S027°28.3'W 1.054 14° 74° 199 km 03m20.8s
09:0211°17.2'S023°14.8'W13°26.8'S025°25.6'W12°21.4'S024°16.6'W 1.055 17° 73° 203 km 03m31.3s
09:0410°58.6'S020°48.8'W13°05.5'S022°41.7'W12°01.7'S021°42.7'W 1.056 20° 72° 208 km 03m40.3s
09:0610°44.8'S018°42.9'W12°50.3'S020°24.3'W11°47.3'S019°31.5'W 1.056 23° 71° 211 km 03m48.3s
09:0810°34.6'S016°51.0'W12°39.2'S018°24.5'W11°36.7'S017°36.0'W 1.057 25° 70° 215 km 03m55.7s
09:1010°27.0'S015°09.7'W12°31.1'S016°37.2'W11°28.9'S015°52.0'W 1.058 27° 70° 217 km 04m02.6s
09:1210°21.7'S013°36.8'W12°25.5'S014°59.7'W11°23.4'S014°16.9'W 1.058 29° 69° 220 km 04m09.1s
09:1410°18.1'S012°10.5'W12°21.8'S013°29.8'W11°19.8'S012°49.0'W 1.059 31° 68° 223 km 04m15.2s
09:1610°16.1'S010°49.9'W12°19.7'S012°06.3'W11°17.7'S011°27.0'W 1.059 32° 67° 225 km 04m21.0s
09:1810°15.5'S009°34.0'W12°19.0'S010°47.9'W11°17.1'S010°10.0'W 1.060 34° 67° 227 km 04m26.5s
09:2010°16.0'S008°22.2'W12°19.5'S009°34.1'W11°17.6'S008°57.2'W 1.060 36° 66° 230 km 04m31.8s
09:2210°17.6'S007°14.0'W12°21.1'S008°24.1'W11°19.2'S007°48.2'W 1.061 37° 65° 232 km 04m36.9s
09:2410°20.1'S006°08.8'W12°23.7'S007°17.5'W11°21.8'S006°42.3'W 1.061 38° 64° 233 km 04m41.8s
09:2610°23.5'S005°06.4'W12°27.2'S006°13.8'W11°25.2'S005°39.3'W 1.061 40° 63° 235 km 04m46.4s
09:2810°27.7'S004°06.4'W12°31.5'S005°12.7'W11°29.5'S004°38.9'W 1.062 41° 62° 237 km 04m50.9s
09:3010°32.7'S003°08.6'W12°36.5'S004°14.0'W11°34.5'S003°40.7'W 1.062 42° 61° 238 km 04m55.2s
09:3210°38.3'S002°12.9'W12°42.2'S003°17.4'W11°40.2'S002°44.5'W 1.062 44° 60° 240 km 04m59.3s
09:3410°44.7'S001°18.9'W12°48.6'S002°22.7'W11°46.5'S001°50.2'W 1.062 45° 59° 241 km 05m03.2s
09:3610°51.6'S000°26.5'W12°55.6'S001°29.7'W11°53.5'S000°57.6'W 1.063 46° 58° 242 km 05m07.0s
09:3810°59.1'S000°24.3'E13°03.1'S000°38.2'W12°01.0'S000°06.4'W 1.063 47° 57° 243 km 05m10.6s
09:4011°07.2'S001°13.9'E13°11.3'S000°11.8'E12°09.1'S000°43.3'E 1.063 48° 56° 244 km 05m14.0s
09:4211°15.8'S002°02.1'E13°19.9'S001°00.5'E12°17.7'S001°31.8'E 1.063 49° 55° 245 km 05m17.3s
09:4411°24.9'S002°49.2'E13°29.0'S001°48.1'E12°26.8'S002°19.1'E 1.064 50° 53° 246 km 05m20.4s
09:4611°34.5'S003°35.3'E13°38.6'S002°34.5'E12°36.4'S003°05.3'E 1.064 51° 52° 247 km 05m23.4s
09:4811°44.5'S004°20.4'E13°48.7'S003°20.0'E12°46.5'S003°50.6'E 1.064 51° 51° 248 km 05m26.2s
09:5011°55.0'S005°04.7'E13°59.2'S004°04.6'E12°57.0'S004°35.0'E 1.064 52° 49° 248 km 05m28.8s
09:5212°06.0'S005°48.1'E14°10.2'S004°48.3'E13°08.0'S005°18.5'E 1.064 53° 48° 249 km 05m31.3s
09:5412°17.4'S006°30.7'E14°21.6'S005°31.3'E13°19.3'S006°01.3'E 1.064 54° 46° 249 km 05m33.6s
09:5612°29.2'S007°12.7'E14°33.4'S006°13.5'E13°31.1'S006°43.4'E 1.065 54° 45° 250 km 05m35.8s
09:5812°41.4'S007°54.1'E14°45.6'S006°55.2'E13°43.3'S007°24.9'E 1.065 55° 43° 250 km 05m37.8s
10:0012°54.0'S008°34.9'E14°58.2'S007°36.2'E13°55.9'S008°05.8'E 1.065 56° 41° 250 km 05m39.7s
10:0213°07.1'S009°15.1'E15°11.2'S008°16.7'E14°08.9'S008°46.2'E 1.065 56° 39° 250 km 05m41.3s
10:0413°20.5'S009°54.9'E15°24.5'S008°56.8'E14°22.3'S009°26.1'E 1.065 57° 38° 250 km 05m42.9s
10:0613°34.2'S010°34.3'E15°38.2'S009°36.4'E14°36.1'S010°05.5'E 1.065 57° 36° 250 km 05m44.3s
10:0813°48.4'S011°13.2'E15°52.4'S010°15.6'E14°50.2'S010°44.6'E 1.065 58° 34° 250 km 05m45.5s
10:1014°02.9'S011°51.9'E16°06.8'S010°54.5'E15°04.7'S011°23.4'E 1.065 58° 32° 250 km 05m46.6s
10:1214°17.8'S012°30.2'E16°21.7'S011°33.1'E15°19.6'S012°01.8'E 1.065 58° 30° 250 km 05m47.5s
10:1414°33.1'S013°08.3'E16°36.9'S012°11.5'E15°34.8'S012°40.0'E 1.065 59° 28° 250 km 05m48.3s
10:1614°48.7'S013°46.1'E16°52.5'S012°49.6'E15°50.4'S013°18.0'E 1.065 59° 25° 249 km 05m48.9s
10:1815°04.7'S014°23.8'E17°08.4'S013°27.6'E16°06.3'S013°55.8'E 1.066 59° 23° 249 km 05m49.4s
10:2015°21.0'S015°01.3'E17°24.7'S014°05.5'E16°22.6'S014°33.5'E 1.066 59° 21° 249 km 05m49.7s
10:2215°37.8'S015°38.8'E17°41.3'S014°43.2'E16°39.3'S015°11.1'E 1.066 60° 19° 248 km 05m49.9s
10:2415°54.8'S016°16.1'E17°58.3'S015°20.9'E16°56.4'S015°48.6'E 1.066 60° 17° 248 km 05m49.9s
10:2616°12.3'S016°53.4'E18°15.7'S015°58.6'E17°13.7'S016°26.1'E 1.066 60° 14° 247 km 05m49.8s
10:2816°30.1'S017°30.7'E18°33.5'S016°36.3'E17°31.5'S017°03.6'E 1.066 60° 12° 247 km 05m49.5s
10:3016°48.2'S018°08.1'E18°51.6'S017°14.1'E17°49.6'S017°41.1'E 1.066 59° 10° 246 km 05m49.1s
10:3217°06.8'S018°45.5'E19°10.0'S017°52.0'E18°08.1'S018°18.7'E 1.066 59° 245 km 05m48.5s
10:3417°25.7'S019°23.1'E19°28.9'S018°30.0'E18°27.0'S018°56.5'E 1.066 59° 245 km 05m47.8s
10:3617°44.9'S020°00.8'E19°48.2'S019°08.2'E18°46.3'S019°34.4'E 1.065 59° 244 km 05m46.9s
10:3818°04.6'S020°38.7'E20°07.8'S019°46.6'E19°05.9'S020°12.6'E 1.065 59° 243 km 05m45.9s
10:4018°24.7'S021°16.8'E20°27.8'S020°25.3'E19°26.0'S020°51.0'E 1.065 58° 359° 242 km 05m44.8s
10:4218°45.1'S021°55.3'E20°48.2'S021°04.3'E19°46.4'S021°29.7'E 1.065 58° 357° 242 km 05m43.5s
10:4419°05.9'S022°34.0'E21°09.1'S021°43.7'E20°07.2'S022°08.7'E 1.065 57° 355° 241 km 05m42.1s
10:4619°27.2'S023°13.1'E21°30.3'S022°23.4'E20°28.5'S022°48.1'E 1.065 57° 353° 240 km 05m40.5s
10:4819°48.9'S023°52.6'E21°52.0'S023°03.7'E20°50.1'S023°28.0'E 1.065 57° 351° 239 km 05m38.8s
10:5020°11.0'S024°32.6'E22°14.1'S023°44.4'E21°12.2'S024°08.4'E 1.065 56° 349° 238 km 05m36.9s
10:5220°33.5'S025°13.2'E22°36.7'S024°25.8'E21°34.8'S024°49.3'E 1.065 55° 347° 237 km 05m35.0s
10:5420°56.5'S025°54.3'E22°59.7'S025°07.7'E21°57.8'S025°30.8'E 1.065 55° 345° 236 km 05m32.8s
10:5621°20.0'S026°36.0'E23°23.2'S025°50.4'E22°21.2'S026°13.0'E 1.065 54° 343° 235 km 05m30.6s
10:5821°43.9'S027°18.5'E23°47.2'S026°33.8'E22°45.2'S026°55.9'E 1.064 53° 342° 234 km 05m28.2s
11:0022°08.3'S028°01.7'E24°11.8'S027°18.1'E23°09.7'S027°39.6'E 1.064 53° 340° 233 km 05m25.7s
11:0222°33.3'S028°45.8'E24°36.8'S028°03.3'E23°34.7'S028°24.3'E 1.064 52° 338° 232 km 05m23.0s
11:0422°58.7'S029°30.8'E25°02.4'S028°49.5'E24°00.2'S029°09.9'E 1.064 51° 337° 231 km 05m20.2s
11:0623°24.8'S030°16.9'E25°28.6'S029°36.8'E24°26.3'S029°56.5'E 1.064 50° 335° 230 km 05m17.2s
11:0823°51.4'S031°04.1'E25°55.4'S030°25.4'E24°53.0'S030°44.4'E 1.064 49° 334° 229 km 05m14.2s
11:1024°18.6'S031°52.5'E26°22.8'S031°15.3'E25°20.3'S031°33.5'E 1.063 48° 332° 228 km 05m11.0s
11:1224°46.5'S032°42.3'E26°50.9'S032°06.7'E25°48.2'S032°24.0'E 1.063 47° 330° 227 km 05m07.6s
11:1425°15.0'S033°33.5'E27°19.7'S032°59.6'E26°16.9'S033°16.1'E 1.063 46° 329° 226 km 05m04.1s
11:1625°44.3'S034°26.4'E27°49.2'S033°54.4'E26°46.3'S034°09.9'E 1.063 45° 328° 225 km 05m00.5s
11:1826°14.3'S035°21.1'E28°19.5'S034°51.2'E27°16.4'S035°05.6'E 1.062 44° 326° 224 km 04m56.7s
11:2026°45.1'S036°17.9'E28°50.7'S035°50.1'E27°47.4'S036°03.4'E 1.062 43° 325° 222 km 04m52.8s
11:2227°16.8'S037°16.8'E29°22.8'S036°51.5'E28°19.3'S037°03.5'E 1.062 42° 323° 221 km 04m48.7s
11:2427°49.4'S038°18.2'E29°55.9'S037°55.5'E28°52.1'S038°06.2'E 1.062 40° 322° 220 km 04m44.4s
11:2628°23.0'S039°22.4'E30°30.0'S039°02.7'E29°26.0'S039°11.8'E 1.061 39° 321° 219 km 04m40.0s
11:2828°57.8'S040°29.7'E31°05.4'S040°13.3'E30°01.0'S040°20.6'E 1.061 38° 319° 217 km 04m35.4s
11:3029°33.7'S041°40.5'E31°42.0'S041°27.8'E30°37.3'S041°33.2'E 1.061 36° 318° 216 km 04m30.7s
11:3230°11.0'S042°55.4'E32°20.0'S042°46.9'E31°14.9'S042°50.1'E 1.060 35° 316° 214 km 04m25.7s
11:3430°49.8'S044°14.9'E32°59.7'S044°11.2'E31°54.1'S044°11.9'E 1.060 33° 315° 213 km 04m20.5s
11:3631°30.3'S045°39.8'E33°41.3'S045°41.6'E32°35.1'S045°39.5'E 1.059 32° 313° 211 km 04m15.1s
11:3832°12.7'S047°11.2'E34°24.9'S047°19.5'E33°18.1'S047°13.9'E 1.059 30° 312° 209 km 04m09.4s
11:4032°57.4'S048°50.2'E35°11.1'S049°06.3'E34°03.5'S048°56.6'E 1.058 28° 310° 208 km 04m03.4s
11:4233°44.8'S050°38.7'E36°00.4'S051°04.3'E34°51.8'S050°49.5'E 1.058 26° 309° 206 km 03m57.0s
11:4434°35.4'S052°39.1'E36°53.4'S053°16.7'E35°43.5'S052°55.5'E 1.057 24° 307° 204 km 03m50.2s
11:4635°30.3'S054°55.0'E37°51.5'S055°48.7'E36°39.9'S055°18.8'E 1.056 21° 305° 201 km 03m42.8s
11:4836°30.8'S057°32.5'E38°56.7'S058°49.2'E37°42.5'S058°06.7'E 1.055 18° 303° 199 km 03m34.7s
11:5037°39.5'S060°42.3'E40°13.1'S062°36.3'E38°54.6'S061°32.8'E 1.054 15° 300° 196 km 03m25.4s
11:5239°02.1'S064°48.6'E41°52.7'S068°03.2'E40°24.0'S066°11.6'E 1.053 11° 297° 192 km 03m13.9s
11:5440°59.1'S071°20.6'E - - 42°56.5'S075°25.3'E 1.051 290° 185 km 02m54.3s
Limits43°08.3'S079°54.5'E44°46.3'S079°32.4'E43°57.1'S079°43.6'E 1.049 - 182 km 02m46.5s

ΔT = 6130.9 seconds

Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration
Event Time
TD
Time
UT1
Latitude Longitude Sun
Altitude
Sun
Azimuth
Path Width Central
Duration
Greatest Eclipse12:07:42.310:25:31.517°09.6'S009°19.8'W 59.6° 15.0° 247.2 km05m49.82s
Greatest Duration12:05:27.310:23:16.416°50.1'S015°35.0'E 59.6° 17.5° 247.8 km05m49.91s

Explanation of Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration

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Eclipse Predictions

Predictions for the Total Solar Eclipse of 0453 Aug 20 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 6130.9 seconds for this eclipse. The uncertainty in ΔT is 149.3 seconds corresponding to a standard error in longitude of the eclipse path of ± 0.62°.

Acknowledgments

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

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