Path of the Total Solar Eclipse of 0906 Oct 20

Fred Espenak

Introduction

The following table delineates the path of the Moon's umbral shadow during the Total Solar Eclipse of 0906 Oct 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 0906 Oct 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
Limits11°40.5'N082°23.4'W10°51.8'N082°41.9'W11°16.2'N082°32.6'W 1.026 - 95 km 01m24.8s
11:2609°36.6'N074°17.2'W09°25.1'N076°58.2'W09°29.4'N075°32.3'W 1.029 104° 104 km 01m36.6s
11:2807°58.5'N069°23.5'W07°32.7'N071°09.3'W07°45.2'N070°15.2'W 1.030 13° 104° 112 km 01m46.8s
11:3006°42.1'N066°08.4'W06°11.6'N067°40.0'W06°26.6'N066°53.5'W 1.032 17° 105° 117 km 01m54.1s
11:3205°35.1'N063°35.5'W05°02.0'N065°00.1'W05°18.3'N064°17.3'W 1.033 21° 105° 121 km 02m00.2s
11:3404°33.8'N061°27.5'W03°58.8'N062°48.0'W04°16.1'N062°07.4'W 1.034 23° 105° 124 km 02m05.5s
11:3603°36.5'N059°36.4'W03°00.1'N060°54.2'W03°18.1'N060°14.9'W 1.034 26° 105° 127 km 02m10.3s
11:3802°42.2'N057°57.6'W02°04.6'N059°13.5'W02°23.2'N058°35.3'W 1.035 28° 105° 130 km 02m14.8s
11:4001°50.2'N056°28.4'W01°11.6'N057°42.9'W01°30.7'N057°05.4'W 1.036 30° 105° 132 km 02m19.0s
11:4201°00.1'N055°06.8'W00°20.6'N056°20.3'W00°40.2'N055°43.3'W 1.036 32° 105° 134 km 02m22.9s
11:4400°11.6'N053°51.4'W00°28.7'S055°04.1'W00°08.7'S054°27.6'W 1.037 34° 105° 136 km 02m26.7s
11:4600°35.6'S052°41.3'W01°16.5'S053°53.4'W00°56.2'S053°17.2'W 1.037 36° 104° 138 km 02m30.2s
11:4801°21.5'S051°35.7'W02°03.1'S052°47.2'W01°42.4'S052°11.2'W 1.038 38° 104° 139 km 02m33.6s
11:5002°06.4'S050°33.8'W02°48.5'S051°44.9'W02°27.6'S051°09.2'W 1.038 40° 104° 141 km 02m36.9s
11:5202°50.3'S049°35.3'W03°33.0'S050°46.1'W03°11.8'S050°10.5'W 1.038 41° 103° 142 km 02m40.0s
11:5403°33.4'S048°39.7'W04°16.7'S049°50.2'W03°55.2'S049°14.8'W 1.039 43° 103° 143 km 02m43.0s
11:5604°15.8'S047°46.7'W04°59.5'S048°57.0'W04°37.8'S048°21.7'W 1.039 44° 102° 144 km 02m45.9s
11:5804°57.5'S046°56.0'W05°41.7'S048°06.1'W05°19.7'S047°30.9'W 1.040 46° 102° 145 km 02m48.7s
12:0005°38.5'S046°07.3'W06°23.1'S047°17.2'W06°00.9'S046°42.1'W 1.040 47° 101° 146 km 02m51.4s
12:0206°18.9'S045°20.5'W07°04.0'S046°30.2'W06°41.6'S045°55.2'W 1.040 49° 101° 147 km 02m54.0s
12:0406°58.8'S044°35.3'W07°44.3'S045°44.9'W07°21.7'S045°09.9'W 1.040 50° 100° 148 km 02m56.5s
12:0607°38.2'S043°51.5'W08°24.1'S045°01.0'W08°01.3'S044°26.2'W 1.041 51° 99° 149 km 02m58.9s
12:0808°17.1'S043°09.2'W09°03.5'S044°18.6'W08°40.4'S043°43.7'W 1.041 52° 99° 149 km 03m01.3s
12:1008°55.5'S042°28.0'W09°42.3'S043°37.3'W09°19.0'S043°02.5'W 1.041 54° 98° 150 km 03m03.5s
12:1209°33.6'S041°47.9'W10°20.8'S042°57.1'W09°57.3'S042°22.4'W 1.041 55° 97° 150 km 03m05.7s
12:1410°11.2'S041°08.9'W10°58.8'S042°18.0'W10°35.1'S041°43.3'W 1.042 56° 96° 151 km 03m07.8s
12:1610°48.5'S040°30.7'W11°36.5'S041°39.7'W11°12.6'S041°05.1'W 1.042 57° 95° 151 km 03m09.8s
12:1811°25.4'S039°53.3'W12°13.9'S041°02.2'W11°49.7'S040°27.7'W 1.042 58° 94° 152 km 03m11.8s
12:2012°02.0'S039°16.7'W12°50.8'S040°25.5'W12°26.5'S039°51.0'W 1.042 60° 93° 152 km 03m13.6s
12:2212°38.2'S038°40.7'W13°27.5'S039°49.4'W13°02.9'S039°14.9'W 1.042 61° 92° 152 km 03m15.4s
12:2413°14.2'S038°05.3'W14°03.9'S039°13.9'W13°39.1'S038°39.5'W 1.043 62° 90° 153 km 03m17.1s
12:2613°49.9'S037°30.5'W14°40.0'S038°38.9'W14°15.0'S038°04.6'W 1.043 63° 89° 153 km 03m18.8s
12:2814°25.2'S036°56.1'W15°15.8'S038°04.4'W14°50.6'S037°30.1'W 1.043 64° 87° 153 km 03m20.4s
12:3015°00.3'S036°22.1'W15°51.3'S037°30.3'W15°25.9'S036°56.1'W 1.043 65° 86° 153 km 03m21.9s
12:3215°35.2'S035°48.5'W16°26.6'S036°56.5'W16°00.9'S036°22.4'W 1.043 66° 84° 153 km 03m23.3s
12:3416°09.8'S035°15.1'W17°01.6'S036°23.0'W16°35.8'S035°49.0'W 1.043 67° 82° 154 km 03m24.7s
12:3616°44.2'S034°42.1'W17°36.4'S035°49.8'W17°10.3'S035°15.8'W 1.043 68° 80° 154 km 03m26.0s
12:3817°18.3'S034°09.2'W18°11.0'S035°16.8'W17°44.7'S034°42.9'W 1.044 69° 78° 154 km 03m27.2s
12:4017°52.2'S033°36.5'W18°45.3'S034°43.9'W18°18.8'S034°10.1'W 1.044 69° 76° 154 km 03m28.4s
12:4218°25.9'S033°04.0'W19°19.5'S034°11.1'W18°52.7'S033°37.4'W 1.044 70° 73° 154 km 03m29.5s
12:4418°59.4'S032°31.5'W19°53.4'S033°38.4'W19°26.4'S033°04.8'W 1.044 71° 70° 154 km 03m30.5s
12:4619°32.6'S031°59.0'W20°27.1'S033°05.8'W19°59.9'S032°32.3'W 1.044 72° 67° 154 km 03m31.4s
12:4820°05.7'S031°26.6'W21°00.7'S032°33.1'W20°33.2'S031°59.7'W 1.044 72° 64° 154 km 03m32.3s
12:5020°38.6'S030°54.1'W21°34.0'S032°00.3'W21°06.3'S031°27.1'W 1.044 73° 61° 154 km 03m33.1s
12:5221°11.3'S030°21.6'W22°07.1'S031°27.5'W21°39.2'S030°54.4'W 1.044 73° 57° 154 km 03m33.8s
12:5421°43.7'S029°48.9'W22°40.1'S030°54.5'W22°12.0'S030°21.6'W 1.044 74° 53° 153 km 03m34.5s
12:5622°16.0'S029°16.1'W23°12.9'S030°21.4'W22°44.5'S029°48.6'W 1.044 74° 49° 153 km 03m35.1s
12:5822°48.2'S028°43.1'W23°45.5'S029°48.0'W23°16.9'S029°15.4'W 1.044 75° 45° 153 km 03m35.6s
13:0023°20.1'S028°09.8'W24°17.9'S029°14.4'W23°49.0'S028°42.0'W 1.044 75° 41° 153 km 03m36.1s
13:0223°51.8'S027°36.3'W24°50.2'S028°40.5'W24°21.0'S028°08.3'W 1.044 75° 36° 153 km 03m36.4s
13:0424°23.4'S027°02.5'W25°22.3'S028°06.3'W24°52.9'S027°34.3'W 1.044 75° 32° 153 km 03m36.7s
13:0624°54.8'S026°28.4'W25°54.2'S027°31.7'W25°24.5'S026°59.9'W 1.044 75° 27° 153 km 03m36.9s
13:0825°26.0'S025°53.9'W26°25.9'S026°56.7'W25°56.0'S026°25.2'W 1.044 75° 22° 152 km 03m37.1s
13:1025°57.1'S025°19.0'W26°57.5'S026°21.3'W26°27.3'S025°50.0'W 1.044 75° 18° 152 km 03m37.2s
13:1226°27.9'S024°43.6'W27°28.9'S025°45.3'W26°58.4'S025°14.4'W 1.044 75° 13° 152 km 03m37.2s
13:1426°58.6'S024°07.7'W28°00.1'S025°08.9'W27°29.4'S024°38.2'W 1.044 74° 152 km 03m37.1s
13:1627°29.1'S023°31.3'W28°31.2'S024°31.8'W28°00.1'S024°01.5'W 1.044 74° 152 km 03m36.9s
13:1827°59.5'S022°54.3'W29°02.0'S023°54.2'W28°30.7'S023°24.1'W 1.044 74° 151 km 03m36.7s
13:2028°29.6'S022°16.7'W29°32.7'S023°15.8'W29°01.2'S022°46.2'W 1.044 73° 357° 151 km 03m36.3s
13:2228°59.6'S021°38.4'W30°03.2'S022°36.8'W29°31.4'S022°07.5'W 1.044 73° 353° 151 km 03m35.9s
13:2429°29.3'S020°59.4'W30°33.6'S021°57.0'W30°01.4'S021°28.1'W 1.044 72° 350° 150 km 03m35.5s
13:2629°58.9'S020°19.6'W31°03.7'S021°16.4'W30°31.3'S020°47.9'W 1.044 71° 347° 150 km 03m34.9s
13:2830°28.3'S019°39.0'W31°33.6'S020°34.9'W31°00.9'S020°06.9'W 1.044 70° 343° 150 km 03m34.2s
13:3030°57.5'S018°57.6'W32°03.3'S019°52.5'W31°30.4'S019°25.0'W 1.044 70° 341° 149 km 03m33.5s
13:3231°26.5'S018°15.2'W32°32.9'S019°09.1'W31°59.6'S018°42.1'W 1.044 69° 338° 149 km 03m32.7s
13:3431°55.2'S017°31.8'W33°02.2'S018°24.7'W32°28.7'S017°58.2'W 1.044 68° 335° 149 km 03m31.8s
13:3632°23.8'S016°47.4'W33°31.2'S017°39.2'W32°57.5'S017°13.3'W 1.044 67° 333° 148 km 03m30.8s
13:3832°52.1'S016°01.9'W34°00.1'S016°52.5'W33°26.0'S016°27.2'W 1.044 66° 330° 148 km 03m29.8s
13:4033°20.1'S015°15.2'W34°28.7'S016°04.5'W33°54.3'S015°39.9'W 1.043 65° 328° 147 km 03m28.6s
13:4233°48.0'S014°27.3'W34°57.0'S015°15.3'W34°22.4'S014°51.3'W 1.043 64° 326° 147 km 03m27.4s
13:4434°15.5'S013°38.1'W35°25.0'S014°24.6'W34°50.2'S014°01.3'W 1.043 63° 324° 146 km 03m26.0s
13:4634°42.8'S012°47.4'W35°52.8'S013°32.5'W35°17.8'S013°10.0'W 1.043 62° 322° 146 km 03m24.6s
13:4835°09.8'S011°55.3'W36°20.3'S012°38.7'W35°45.0'S012°17.1'W 1.043 61° 320° 145 km 03m23.1s
13:5035°36.5'S011°01.6'W36°47.4'S011°43.4'W36°11.9'S011°22.5'W 1.043 60° 318° 145 km 03m21.5s
13:5236°02.9'S010°06.2'W37°14.2'S010°46.2'W36°38.5'S010°26.3'W 1.043 59° 317° 144 km 03m19.8s
13:5436°28.9'S009°09.1'W37°40.7'S009°47.2'W37°04.7'S009°28.2'W 1.042 58° 315° 144 km 03m18.0s
13:5636°54.5'S008°10.0'W38°06.8'S008°46.1'W37°30.6'S008°28.2'W 1.042 57° 313° 143 km 03m16.1s
13:5837°19.8'S007°09.0'W38°32.4'S007°42.9'W37°56.0'S007°26.1'W 1.042 55° 311° 142 km 03m14.1s
14:0037°44.7'S006°05.7'W38°57.6'S006°37.5'W38°21.1'S006°21.7'W 1.042 54° 310° 142 km 03m12.0s
14:0238°09.1'S005°00.2'W39°22.3'S005°29.6'W38°45.6'S005°15.1'W 1.041 53° 308° 141 km 03m09.8s
14:0438°33.0'S003°52.2'W39°46.5'S004°19.1'W39°09.7'S004°05.8'W 1.041 52° 306° 140 km 03m07.5s
14:0638°56.4'S002°41.6'W40°10.1'S003°05.8'W39°33.2'S002°53.9'W 1.041 50° 305° 139 km 03m05.1s
14:0839°19.3'S001°28.2'W40°33.2'S001°49.6'W39°56.1'S001°39.1'W 1.041 49° 303° 139 km 03m02.6s
14:1039°41.5'S000°11.7'W40°55.5'S000°30.1'W40°18.4'S000°21.1'W 1.040 48° 302° 138 km 03m00.0s
14:1240°03.1'S001°08.1'E41°17.2'S000°52.9'E40°40.0'S001°00.2'E 1.040 46° 300° 137 km 02m57.3s
14:1440°23.9'S002°31.5'E41°38.0'S002°19.7'E41°00.9'S002°25.3'E 1.040 45° 298° 136 km 02m54.4s
14:1640°43.9'S003°58.8'E41°57.9'S003°50.5'E41°20.9'S003°54.3'E 1.039 43° 297° 135 km 02m51.5s
14:1841°03.1'S005°30.3'E42°16.9'S005°25.9'E41°39.9'S005°27.7'E 1.039 42° 295° 134 km 02m48.4s
14:2041°21.2'S007°06.5'E42°34.7'S007°06.2'E41°57.9'S007°06.0'E 1.039 40° 293° 133 km 02m45.1s
14:2241°38.2'S008°48.0'E42°51.4'S008°52.0'E42°14.7'S008°49.5'E 1.038 39° 291° 132 km 02m41.8s
14:2441°54.0'S010°35.2'E43°06.6'S010°44.0'E42°30.3'S010°39.0'E 1.038 37° 289° 130 km 02m38.2s
14:2642°08.3'S012°28.9'E43°20.3'S012°42.8'E42°44.3'S012°35.2'E 1.037 35° 288° 129 km 02m34.5s
14:2842°21.0'S014°30.0'E43°32.1'S014°49.5'E42°56.5'S014°39.1'E 1.037 33° 286° 128 km 02m30.6s
14:3042°31.7'S016°39.8'E43°41.7'S017°05.3'E43°06.7'S016°51.8'E 1.036 31° 284° 126 km 02m26.5s
14:3242°40.1'S018°59.6'E43°48.8'S019°31.8'E43°14.5'S019°14.9'E 1.036 29° 281° 125 km 02m22.2s
14:3442°45.8'S021°31.6'E43°52.8'S022°11.4'E43°19.3'S021°50.6'E 1.035 27° 279° 123 km 02m17.6s
14:3642°48.0'S024°18.6'E43°52.8'S025°07.3'E43°20.5'S024°42.0'E 1.035 25° 277° 121 km 02m12.6s
14:3842°45.7'S027°25.2'E43°47.7'S028°24.6'E43°16.8'S027°53.7'E 1.034 22° 274° 118 km 02m07.2s
14:4042°37.2'S030°58.7'E43°35.4'S032°11.9'E43°06.5'S031°33.9'E 1.033 19° 271° 116 km 02m01.1s
14:4242°19.3'S035°13.4'E43°11.6'S036°47.0'E42°45.8'S035°58.3'E 1.032 15° 268° 112 km 01m54.1s
14:4441°44.0'S040°45.2'E42°25.0'S043°00.0'E42°05.4'S041°49.0'E 1.030 11° 263° 108 km 01m45.3s
Limits39°17.8'S054°54.6'E40°06.9'S055°20.6'E39°42.4'S055°07.5'E 1.027 - 98 km 01m27.1s

ΔT = 2136.0 seconds

Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration
Event Time
TD
Time
UT1
Latitude Longitude Sun
Altitude
Sun
Azimuth
Path Width Central
Duration
Greatest Eclipse13:41:09.613:05:33.625°17.6'S036°03.0'W 75.3° 28.0° 152.6 km03m36.90s
Greatest Duration13:46:23.913:10:47.926°39.7'S025°35.8'W 75.0° 15.9° 152.1 km03m37.16s

Explanation of Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration

Links for the Total Solar Eclipse of 0906 Oct 20

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Eclipse Predictions

Predictions for the Total Solar Eclipse of 0906 Oct 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 2136.0 seconds for this eclipse. The uncertainty in ΔT is 66.7 seconds corresponding to a standard error in longitude of the eclipse path of ± 0.28°.

Acknowledgments

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

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