Path of the Annular Solar Eclipse of 0985 Jan 23

Fred Espenak

Introduction

The following table delineates the path of the Moon's antumbral shadow during the Annular Solar Eclipse of 0985 Jan 23 . 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 0985 Jan 23
UT1 Northern Limit Southern Limit Central Line M:S Sun Sun Path Central
Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Ratio Alt. Azm. Width Duration
Limits45°50.7'S141°14.2'E48°04.2'S138°50.6'E46°57.2'S140°04.1'E 0.934 - 303 km 04m04.5s
19:3449°23.9'S152°20.3'E - - 47°42.5'S142°17.2'E 0.935 115° 300 km 04m05.9s
19:3651°03.5'S158°31.1'E50°27.4'S146°12.3'E51°09.7'S153°39.7'E 0.937 10° 106° 285 km 04m13.1s
19:3852°08.7'S163°11.2'E52°49.1'S154°40.6'E52°36.4'S159°24.9'E 0.938 14° 101° 277 km 04m16.9s
19:4052°56.9'S167°08.5'E54°06.8'S160°11.2'E53°35.7'S163°58.5'E 0.939 17° 97° 271 km 04m20.0s
19:4253°34.3'S170°39.6'E55°01.3'S164°41.3'E54°20.1'S167°54.4'E 0.940 20° 93° 266 km 04m22.7s
19:4454°03.8'S173°52.1'E55°42.4'S168°37.5'E54°54.6'S171°26.2'E 0.940 22° 90° 262 km 04m25.1s
19:4654°27.3'S176°50.5'E56°14.2'S172°11.2'E55°21.6'S174°40.5'E 0.941 24° 86° 258 km 04m27.4s
19:4854°45.7'S179°37.8'E56°38.9'S175°28.3'E55°42.8'S177°41.4'E 0.941 26° 83° 255 km 04m29.4s
19:5055°00.0'S177°44.3'W56°58.0'S178°32.4'E55°59.3'S179°28.6'W 0.941 28° 80° 252 km 04m31.4s
19:5255°10.8'S175°14.4'W57°12.5'S178°34.3'W56°11.7'S176°47.8'W 0.942 30° 77° 249 km 04m33.2s
19:5455°18.4'S172°51.5'W57°23.0'S175°50.1'W56°20.6'S174°15.0'W 0.942 32° 74° 247 km 04m35.0s
19:5655°23.3'S170°34.8'W57°30.1'S173°13.9'W56°26.4'S171°49.2'W 0.943 33° 72° 244 km 04m36.6s
19:5855°25.7'S168°23.8'W57°34.1'S170°44.9'W56°29.6'S169°29.7'W 0.943 35° 69° 242 km 04m38.2s
20:0055°25.9'S166°18.0'W57°35.5'S168°22.3'W56°30.3'S167°16.0'W 0.943 36° 66° 240 km 04m39.7s
20:0255°24.1'S164°17.0'W57°34.5'S166°05.5'W56°28.8'S165°07.6'W 0.943 37° 63° 238 km 04m41.2s
20:0455°20.4'S162°20.4'W57°31.3'S163°54.3'W56°25.3'S163°04.2'W 0.944 39° 61° 236 km 04m42.5s
20:0655°15.1'S160°28.1'W57°26.2'S161°48.2'W56°20.1'S161°05.3'W 0.944 40° 58° 235 km 04m43.9s
20:0855°08.1'S158°39.8'W57°19.2'S159°46.9'W56°13.1'S159°10.9'W 0.944 41° 56° 233 km 04m45.1s
20:1054°59.8'S156°55.1'W57°10.6'S157°50.2'W56°04.6'S157°20.5'W 0.944 42° 53° 232 km 04m46.3s
20:1254°50.1'S155°14.1'W57°00.5'S155°57.7'W55°54.7'S155°34.0'W 0.945 43° 51° 230 km 04m47.5s
20:1454°39.1'S153°36.4'W56°49.0'S154°09.3'W55°43.4'S153°51.3'W 0.945 44° 48° 229 km 04m48.5s
20:1654°27.1'S152°02.0'W56°36.2'S152°24.8'W55°31.0'S152°12.0'W 0.945 45° 46° 228 km 04m49.6s
20:1854°13.9'S150°30.6'W56°22.2'S150°44.0'W55°17.4'S150°36.2'W 0.945 46° 43° 227 km 04m50.6s
20:2053°59.7'S149°02.2'W56°07.1'S149°06.8'W55°02.8'S149°03.6'W 0.945 47° 41° 226 km 04m51.5s
20:2253°44.6'S147°36.6'W55°50.9'S147°32.9'W54°47.1'S147°34.0'W 0.945 48° 39° 225 km 04m52.4s
20:2453°28.6'S146°13.7'W55°33.8'S146°02.2'W54°30.6'S146°07.4'W 0.946 49° 36° 224 km 04m53.2s
20:2653°11.8'S144°53.4'W55°15.8'S144°34.5'W54°13.2'S144°43.6'W 0.946 50° 34° 223 km 04m54.0s
20:2852°54.2'S143°35.6'W54°57.0'S143°09.8'W53°55.0'S143°22.4'W 0.946 51° 31° 222 km 04m54.8s
20:3052°35.8'S142°20.1'W54°37.4'S141°48.0'W53°36.0'S142°03.9'W 0.946 52° 29° 222 km 04m55.5s
20:3252°16.8'S141°06.9'W54°17.0'S140°28.7'W53°16.4'S140°47.8'W 0.946 52° 26° 221 km 04m56.1s
20:3451°57.1'S139°55.9'W53°56.0'S139°12.1'W52°56.0'S139°34.1'W 0.946 53° 24° 221 km 04m56.7s
20:3651°36.8'S138°47.0'W53°34.4'S137°57.9'W52°35.1'S138°22.6'W 0.946 54° 22° 220 km 04m57.3s
20:3851°15.9'S137°40.1'W53°12.1'S136°46.0'W52°13.5'S137°13.3'W 0.946 55° 19° 220 km 04m57.8s
20:4050°54.5'S136°35.1'W52°49.2'S135°36.4'W51°51.4'S136°06.1'W 0.947 55° 17° 219 km 04m58.3s
20:4250°32.5'S135°32.0'W52°25.9'S134°28.9'W51°28.7'S135°00.8'W 0.947 56° 14° 219 km 04m58.7s
20:4450°10.0'S134°30.6'W52°02.0'S133°23.4'W51°05.5'S133°57.4'W 0.947 56° 12° 219 km 04m59.1s
20:4649°47.1'S133°30.8'W51°37.6'S132°19.8'W50°41.9'S132°55.8'W 0.947 57° 218 km 04m59.5s
20:4849°23.7'S132°32.7'W51°12.8'S131°18.1'W50°17.8'S131°56.0'W 0.947 57° 218 km 04m59.8s
20:5048°59.8'S131°36.1'W50°47.6'S130°18.2'W49°53.3'S130°57.7'W 0.947 58° 218 km 05m00.0s
20:5248°35.6'S130°41.0'W50°21.9'S129°19.9'W49°28.3'S130°01.1'W 0.947 58° 218 km 05m00.3s
20:5448°10.9'S129°47.3'W49°55.9'S128°23.3'W49°03.0'S129°05.9'W 0.947 59° 359° 218 km 05m00.5s
20:5647°45.8'S128°55.0'W49°29.5'S127°28.1'W48°37.3'S128°12.2'W 0.947 59° 356° 218 km 05m00.6s
20:5847°20.4'S128°03.9'W49°02.7'S126°34.4'W48°11.2'S127°19.8'W 0.947 60° 354° 218 km 05m00.7s
21:0046°54.7'S127°14.0'W48°35.6'S125°42.1'W47°44.8'S126°28.7'W 0.947 60° 351° 218 km 05m00.8s
21:0246°28.5'S126°25.3'W48°08.2'S124°51.0'W47°18.0'S125°38.9'W 0.947 60° 348° 218 km 05m00.9s
21:0446°02.1'S125°37.6'W47°40.4'S124°01.2'W46°50.9'S124°50.2'W 0.947 60° 346° 219 km 05m00.9s
21:0645°35.3'S124°51.1'W47°12.3'S123°12.6'W46°23.5'S124°02.6'W 0.947 61° 343° 219 km 05m00.9s
21:0845°08.2'S124°05.5'W46°44.0'S122°25.1'W45°55.8'S123°16.0'W 0.947 61° 340° 219 km 05m00.8s
21:1044°40.8'S123°20.8'W46°15.3'S121°38.6'W45°27.8'S122°30.5'W 0.947 61° 338° 219 km 05m00.7s
21:1244°13.1'S122°37.1'W45°46.4'S120°53.1'W44°59.4'S121°45.9'W 0.947 61° 335° 220 km 05m00.6s
21:1443°45.1'S121°54.2'W45°17.2'S120°08.5'W44°30.9'S121°02.1'W 0.947 61° 332° 220 km 05m00.4s
21:1643°16.8'S121°12.1'W44°47.7'S119°24.8'W44°02.0'S120°19.2'W 0.947 61° 330° 221 km 05m00.2s
21:1842°48.3'S120°30.7'W44°18.0'S118°41.9'W43°32.8'S119°37.1'W 0.947 61° 327° 221 km 05m00.0s
21:2042°19.4'S119°50.0'W43°48.0'S117°59.8'W43°03.4'S118°55.7'W 0.947 61° 325° 222 km 04m59.8s
21:2241°50.3'S119°10.0'W43°17.8'S117°18.4'W42°33.7'S118°15.0'W 0.947 61° 322° 223 km 04m59.5s
21:2441°20.9'S118°30.6'W42°47.2'S116°37.6'W42°03.8'S117°34.9'W 0.947 61° 319° 223 km 04m59.2s
21:2640°51.2'S117°51.7'W42°16.5'S115°57.4'W41°33.6'S116°55.4'W 0.947 60° 317° 224 km 04m58.9s
21:2840°21.2'S117°13.4'W41°45.5'S115°17.8'W41°03.1'S116°16.5'W 0.947 60° 314° 225 km 04m58.5s
21:3039°51.0'S116°35.6'W41°14.2'S114°38.7'W40°32.4'S115°38.0'W 0.947 60° 312° 226 km 04m58.1s
21:3239°20.5'S115°58.1'W40°42.7'S114°00.1'W40°01.4'S115°00.0'W 0.947 60° 310° 226 km 04m57.7s
21:3438°49.8'S115°21.1'W40°10.9'S113°21.9'W39°30.1'S114°22.4'W 0.947 59° 307° 227 km 04m57.3s
21:3638°18.7'S114°44.4'W39°38.9'S112°44.0'W38°58.6'S113°45.1'W 0.947 59° 305° 228 km 04m56.8s
21:3837°47.4'S114°08.0'W39°06.6'S112°06.5'W38°26.8'S113°08.1'W 0.947 58° 303° 229 km 04m56.3s
21:4037°15.8'S113°31.9'W38°34.0'S111°29.2'W37°54.7'S112°31.4'W 0.947 58° 301° 230 km 04m55.8s
21:4236°43.9'S112°56.0'W38°01.2'S110°52.2'W37°22.3'S111°55.0'W 0.947 57° 299° 232 km 04m55.3s
21:4436°11.7'S112°20.3'W37°28.1'S110°15.3'W36°49.7'S111°18.7'W 0.946 57° 297° 233 km 04m54.7s
21:4635°39.2'S111°44.7'W36°54.7'S109°38.5'W36°16.8'S110°42.5'W 0.946 56° 295° 234 km 04m54.1s
21:4835°06.4'S111°09.2'W36°21.1'S109°01.8'W35°43.5'S110°06.4'W 0.946 56° 293° 235 km 04m53.5s
21:5034°33.3'S110°33.7'W35°47.1'S108°25.1'W35°10.0'S109°30.3'W 0.946 55° 291° 237 km 04m52.9s
21:5233°59.9'S109°58.2'W35°12.8'S107°48.3'W34°36.2'S108°54.2'W 0.946 55° 289° 238 km 04m52.2s
21:5433°26.1'S109°22.6'W34°38.2'S107°11.5'W34°02.0'S108°18.0'W 0.946 54° 287° 239 km 04m51.5s
21:5632°52.1'S108°46.9'W34°03.3'S106°34.5'W33°27.5'S107°41.6'W 0.946 53° 285° 241 km 04m50.8s
21:5832°17.6'S108°11.0'W33°28.0'S105°57.3'W32°52.6'S107°05.1'W 0.946 52° 284° 242 km 04m50.1s
22:0031°42.8'S107°34.9'W32°52.4'S105°19.8'W32°17.4'S106°28.3'W 0.946 52° 282° 244 km 04m49.4s
22:0231°07.6'S106°58.5'W32°16.4'S104°41.9'W31°41.8'S105°51.2'W 0.945 51° 281° 246 km 04m48.6s
22:0430°32.0'S106°21.8'W31°40.0'S104°03.6'W31°05.8'S105°13.7'W 0.945 50° 279° 247 km 04m47.8s
22:0629°56.0'S105°44.6'W31°03.2'S103°24.8'W30°29.4'S104°35.8'W 0.945 49° 278° 249 km 04m47.0s
22:0829°19.6'S105°07.0'W30°26.0'S102°45.5'W29°52.6'S103°57.3'W 0.945 48° 276° 251 km 04m46.2s
22:1028°42.7'S104°28.8'W29°48.2'S102°05.4'W29°15.3'S103°18.2'W 0.945 47° 275° 253 km 04m45.4s
22:1228°05.3'S103°49.9'W29°10.0'S101°24.6'W28°37.5'S102°38.4'W 0.945 46° 274° 254 km 04m44.5s
22:1427°27.4'S103°10.2'W28°31.3'S100°42.9'W27°59.2'S101°57.7'W 0.944 45° 272° 256 km 04m43.6s
22:1626°49.0'S102°29.7'W27°52.0'S100°00.1'W27°20.4'S101°16.1'W 0.944 44° 271° 258 km 04m42.7s
22:1826°10.0'S101°48.2'W27°12.1'S099°16.3'W26°40.9'S100°33.5'W 0.944 43° 270° 260 km 04m41.7s
22:2025°30.3'S101°05.7'W26°31.6'S098°31.1'W26°00.9'S099°49.7'W 0.944 42° 269° 262 km 04m40.7s
22:2224°50.0'S100°21.9'W25°50.4'S097°44.5'W25°20.1'S099°04.6'W 0.943 41° 268° 264 km 04m39.7s
22:2424°09.0'S099°36.7'W25°08.3'S096°56.2'W24°38.6'S098°17.9'W 0.943 40° 267° 267 km 04m38.7s
22:2623°27.2'S098°49.9'W24°25.5'S096°06.0'W23°56.3'S097°29.5'W 0.943 38° 266° 269 km 04m37.6s
22:2822°44.5'S098°01.3'W23°41.7'S095°13.7'W23°13.1'S096°39.1'W 0.943 37° 265° 271 km 04m36.5s
22:3022°00.9'S097°10.7'W22°56.8'S094°18.8'W22°28.9'S095°46.5'W 0.942 36° 264° 273 km 04m35.4s
22:3221°16.3'S096°17.8'W22°10.9'S093°21.1'W21°43.6'S094°51.4'W 0.942 34° 263° 275 km 04m34.2s
22:3420°30.5'S095°22.2'W21°23.5'S092°20.1'W20°57.1'S093°53.2'W 0.942 33° 262° 278 km 04m33.0s
22:3619°43.4'S094°23.5'W20°34.7'S091°15.2'W20°09.2'S092°51.6'W 0.941 31° 261° 280 km 04m31.8s
22:3818°54.8'S093°21.2'W19°44.1'S090°05.6'W19°19.6'S091°45.9'W 0.941 30° 260° 282 km 04m30.4s
22:4018°04.5'S092°14.5'W18°51.5'S088°50.3'W18°28.2'S090°35.3'W 0.941 28° 259° 284 km 04m29.1s
22:4217°12.2'S091°02.8'W17°56.2'S087°28.0'W17°34.6'S089°18.8'W 0.940 26° 258° 287 km 04m27.6s
22:4416°17.5'S089°44.8'W16°57.9'S085°56.7'W16°38.3'S087°54.8'W 0.940 24° 257° 289 km 04m26.1s
22:4615°19.8'S088°18.8'W15°55.3'S084°13.6'W15°38.4'S086°21.3'W 0.939 22° 257° 291 km 04m24.4s
22:4814°18.4'S086°42.6'W14°47.1'S082°13.7'W14°34.1'S084°35.0'W 0.939 20° 256° 294 km 04m22.6s
22:5013°11.9'S084°52.4'W13°30.1'S079°47.7'W13°23.4'S082°30.3'W 0.938 17° 255° 296 km 04m20.6s
22:5211°58.1'S082°41.7'W11°57.1'S076°32.9'W12°02.5'S079°56.0'W 0.937 14° 254° 299 km 04m18.2s
22:5410°32.5'S079°56.5'W09°28.1'S070°25.1'W10°21.7'S076°22.0'W 0.936 253° 302 km 04m15.2s
Limits05°53.6'S068°34.0'W08°18.7'S067°01.2'W07°05.7'S067°48.2'W 0.933 - 307 km 04m08.9s

ΔT = 1643.9 seconds

Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration
Event Time
TD
Time
UT1
Latitude Longitude Sun
Altitude
Sun
Azimuth
Path Width Central
Duration
Greatest Eclipse21:42:09.021:14:45.144°20.1'S127°38.0'W 61.1° 331.4° 220.5 km05m00.37s
Greatest Duration21:31:02.621:03:38.646°55.7'S124°58.8'W 60.4° 346.2° 218.5 km05m00.88s

Explanation of Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration

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Eclipse Predictions

Predictions for the Annular Solar Eclipse of 0985 Jan 23 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 1643.9 seconds for this eclipse. The uncertainty in ΔT is 55.8 seconds corresponding to a standard error in longitude of the eclipse path of ± 0.23°.

Acknowledgments

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

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