Path of the Annular Solar Eclipse of 0509 Aug 31

Fred Espenak

Introduction

The following table delineates the path of the Moon's antumbral shadow during the Annular Solar Eclipse of 0509 Aug 31 . 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 0509 Aug 31
UT1 Northern Limit Southern Limit Central Line M:S Sun Sun Path Central
Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Ratio Alt. Azm. Width Duration
Limits74°52.6'N075°00.0'W72°05.8'N067°50.6'W73°28.4'N071°06.0'W 0.950 - 381 km 03m07.7s
08:48 - - 75°45.6'N030°44.0'W76°09.8'N049°32.5'W 0.951 81° 359 km 03m10.5s
08:5076°44.8'N061°43.2'W76°00.7'N020°56.7'W77°07.6'N034°41.1'W 0.952 10° 96° 346 km 03m12.2s
08:5278°26.8'N041°10.9'W76°00.8'N012°33.2'W77°27.2'N023°07.8'W 0.953 12° 108° 336 km 03m13.4s
08:5478°56.9'N026°53.9'W75°51.0'N005°12.9'W77°27.7'N013°23.8'W 0.953 14° 118° 329 km 03m14.3s
08:5678°59.8'N015°09.6'W75°34.2'N001°16.0'E77°16.2'N005°01.0'W 0.954 16° 127° 323 km 03m15.2s
08:5878°47.0'N005°15.5'W75°12.3'N007°01.6'E76°56.5'N002°16.1'E 0.954 18° 135° 318 km 03m15.9s
09:0078°24.1'N003°09.7'E74°46.7'N012°10.3'E76°31.1'N008°38.4'E 0.955 19° 142° 314 km 03m16.6s
09:0277°54.7'N010°21.7'E74°18.2'N016°47.3'E76°01.7'N014°14.5'E 0.955 20° 148° 310 km 03m17.2s
09:0477°20.8'N016°33.5'E73°47.7'N020°57.2'E75°29.4'N019°12.0'E 0.955 21° 154° 306 km 03m17.8s
09:0676°44.1'N021°55.9'E73°15.5'N024°43.7'E74°55.1'N023°36.7'E 0.956 22° 159° 303 km 03m18.3s
09:0876°05.5'N026°37.8'E72°42.2'N028°09.8'E74°19.4'N027°33.7'E 0.956 23° 164° 301 km 03m18.7s
09:1075°25.6'N030°46.4'E72°08.0'N031°18.3'E73°42.7'N031°07.2'E 0.956 24° 168° 299 km 03m19.1s
09:1274°45.0'N034°27.6'E71°33.2'N034°11.6'E73°05.2'N034°20.8'E 0.956 25° 172° 297 km 03m19.5s
09:1474°04.0'N037°45.8'E70°57.9'N036°51.5'E72°27.4'N037°17.3'E 0.956 26° 176° 295 km 03m19.8s
09:1673°22.8'N040°44.8'E70°22.2'N039°19.6'E71°49.2'N039°59.1'E 0.957 26° 179° 294 km 03m20.1s
09:1872°41.5'N043°27.7'E69°46.3'N041°37.5'E71°10.9'N042°28.2'E 0.957 27° 183° 292 km 03m20.4s
09:2072°00.3'N045°56.9'E69°10.3'N043°46.3'E70°32.5'N044°46.3'E 0.957 28° 186° 291 km 03m20.7s
09:2271°19.3'N048°14.3'E68°34.2'N045°47.1'E69°54.2'N046°54.8'E 0.957 28° 189° 290 km 03m20.9s
09:2470°38.4'N050°21.7'E67°58.1'N047°40.8'E69°15.9'N048°54.9'E 0.957 29° 192° 290 km 03m21.1s
09:2669°57.8'N052°20.4'E67°22.0'N049°28.1'E68°37.7'N050°47.7'E 0.957 29° 194° 289 km 03m21.2s
09:2869°17.5'N054°11.6'E66°45.9'N051°09.8'E67°59.7'N052°34.0'E 0.957 29° 197° 289 km 03m21.4s
09:3068°37.4'N055°56.2'E66°09.8'N052°46.5'E67°21.7'N054°14.6'E 0.957 30° 200° 289 km 03m21.5s
09:3267°57.6'N057°35.1'E65°33.9'N054°18.7'E66°44.0'N055°50.2'E 0.958 30° 202° 289 km 03m21.6s
09:3467°18.0'N059°09.0'E64°58.0'N055°46.9'E66°06.4'N057°21.2'E 0.958 30° 204° 290 km 03m21.6s
09:3666°38.8'N060°38.5'E64°22.1'N057°11.5'E65°28.9'N058°48.3'E 0.958 31° 207° 290 km 03m21.7s
09:3865°59.7'N062°04.2'E63°46.4'N058°32.9'E64°51.6'N060°11.9'E 0.958 31° 209° 291 km 03m21.7s
09:4065°20.9'N063°26.5'E63°10.8'N059°51.4'E64°14.5'N061°32.3'E 0.958 31° 211° 291 km 03m21.7s
09:4264°42.4'N064°45.8'E62°35.2'N061°07.4'E63°37.5'N062°50.1'E 0.958 31° 214° 292 km 03m21.6s
09:4464°04.0'N066°02.5'E61°59.7'N062°21.1'E63°00.7'N064°05.3'E 0.958 31° 216° 293 km 03m21.6s
09:4663°25.9'N067°17.0'E61°24.3'N063°32.7'E62°24.0'N065°18.4'E 0.958 31° 218° 294 km 03m21.5s
09:4862°47.9'N068°29.5'E60°48.9'N064°42.6'E61°47.4'N066°29.7'E 0.958 31° 220° 296 km 03m21.4s
09:5062°10.1'N069°40.4'E60°13.6'N065°50.9'E61°10.9'N067°39.4'E 0.958 31° 222° 297 km 03m21.3s
09:5261°32.4'N070°49.9'E59°38.4'N066°57.9'E60°34.5'N068°47.6'E 0.958 31° 224° 299 km 03m21.2s
09:5460°54.9'N071°58.3'E59°03.2'N068°03.7'E59°58.2'N069°54.7'E 0.958 31° 226° 300 km 03m21.0s
09:5660°17.5'N073°05.7'E58°28.0'N069°08.5'E59°21.9'N071°00.9'E 0.958 30° 228° 302 km 03m20.8s
09:5859°40.1'N074°12.5'E57°52.8'N070°12.6'E58°45.7'N072°06.3'E 0.958 30° 230° 304 km 03m20.6s
10:0059°02.8'N075°18.8'E57°17.6'N071°16.1'E58°09.6'N073°11.2'E 0.958 30° 232° 306 km 03m20.4s
10:0258°25.6'N076°24.8'E56°42.5'N072°19.2'E57°33.4'N074°15.7'E 0.958 30° 234° 308 km 03m20.2s
10:0457°48.4'N077°30.8'E56°07.2'N073°22.0'E56°57.2'N075°20.1'E 0.958 29° 236° 311 km 03m19.9s
10:0657°11.2'N078°37.1'E55°31.9'N074°24.7'E56°21.0'N076°24.5'E 0.958 29° 238° 313 km 03m19.6s
10:0856°33.9'N079°43.8'E54°56.6'N075°27.6'E55°44.7'N077°29.2'E 0.957 29° 239° 316 km 03m19.3s
10:1055°56.5'N080°51.2'E54°21.1'N076°30.8'E55°08.4'N078°34.3'E 0.957 28° 241° 319 km 03m19.0s
10:1255°19.1'N081°59.6'E53°45.6'N077°34.5'E54°31.9'N079°40.2'E 0.957 28° 243° 321 km 03m18.6s
10:1454°41.4'N083°09.2'E53°09.8'N078°38.9'E53°55.3'N080°47.0'E 0.957 27° 245° 324 km 03m18.3s
10:1654°03.6'N084°20.4'E52°33.9'N079°44.2'E53°18.5'N081°55.0'E 0.957 26° 247° 327 km 03m17.9s
10:1853°25.6'N085°33.7'E51°57.8'N080°50.8'E52°41.4'N083°04.6'E 0.957 26° 248° 330 km 03m17.4s
10:2052°47.2'N086°49.4'E51°21.4'N081°58.9'E52°04.1'N084°16.1'E 0.957 25° 250° 333 km 03m17.0s
10:2252°08.4'N088°08.0'E50°44.7'N083°08.8'E51°26.4'N085°29.9'E 0.956 24° 252° 337 km 03m16.5s
10:2451°29.1'N089°30.4'E50°07.6'N084°20.9'E50°48.3'N086°46.4'E 0.956 23° 254° 340 km 03m16.0s
10:2650°49.1'N090°57.2'E49°30.1'N085°35.7'E50°09.7'N088°06.4'E 0.956 22° 256° 343 km 03m15.5s
10:2850°08.4'N092°29.6'E48°52.1'N086°53.7'E49°30.5'N089°30.5'E 0.956 21° 257° 346 km 03m14.9s
10:3049°26.8'N094°09.0'E48°13.4'N088°15.6'E48°50.5'N090°59.7'E 0.955 20° 259° 350 km 03m14.3s
10:3248°43.8'N095°57.6'E47°34.0'N089°42.2'E48°09.6'N092°35.3'E 0.955 19° 261° 353 km 03m13.6s
10:3447°59.0'N097°58.7'E46°53.6'N091°14.8'E47°27.4'N094°19.1'E 0.955 17° 263° 356 km 03m12.9s
10:3647°11.7'N100°17.4'E46°12.1'N092°54.9'E46°43.6'N096°13.8'E 0.954 16° 265° 359 km 03m12.1s
10:3846°20.4'N103°04.3'E45°29.0'N094°44.8'E45°57.6'N098°23.5'E 0.954 14° 267° 363 km 03m11.2s
10:4045°21.4'N106°45.1'E44°43.8'N096°48.0'E45°08.2'N100°55.8'E 0.953 12° 270° 366 km 03m10.2s
10:4243°51.1'N114°07.5'E43°55.6'N099°10.6'E44°12.9'N104°07.4'E 0.953 272° 369 km 03m09.0s
10:44 - - 43°02.5'N102°04.8'E43°03.5'N108°55.1'E 0.952 276° 372 km 03m07.4s
Limits43°25.0'N116°59.3'E40°17.4'N114°46.6'E41°49.0'N115°50.6'E 0.950 - 374 km 03m05.2s

ΔT = 5581.3 seconds

Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration
Event Time
TD
Time
UT1
Latitude Longitude Sun
Altitude
Sun
Azimuth
Path Width Central
Duration
Greatest Eclipse11:18:40.609:45:39.362°30.3'N041°46.8'E 31.0° 217.5° 294.1 km03m21.53s
Greatest Duration11:11:24.209:38:22.964°44.5'N060°27.5'E 30.7° 209.5° 290.6 km03m21.67s

Explanation of Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration

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Eclipse Predictions

Predictions for the Annular Solar Eclipse of 0509 Aug 31 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 5581.3 seconds for this eclipse. The uncertainty in ΔT is 137.4 seconds corresponding to a standard error in longitude of the eclipse path of ± 0.57°.

Acknowledgments

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

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