Path of the Total Solar Eclipse of 1017 Apr 29

Fred Espenak

Introduction

The following table delineates the path of the Moon's umbral shadow during the Total Solar Eclipse of 1017 Apr 29 . 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 1017 Apr 29
UT1 Northern Limit Southern Limit Central Line M:S Sun Sun Path Central
Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Ratio Alt. Azm. Width Duration
Limits56°13.4'S120°17.8'E58°00.1'S121°44.4'E57°06.6'S120°59.7'E 1.055 - 215 km 03m10.8s
23:3850°41.1'S134°28.5'E56°36.5'S125°51.9'E53°02.3'S131°56.3'E 1.058 50° 220 km 03m30.1s
23:4048°19.3'S139°13.6'E52°17.6'S136°22.4'E50°10.9'S138°05.9'E 1.060 13° 45° 224 km 03m43.7s
23:4246°27.2'S142°36.8'E49°54.8'S141°08.5'E48°06.6'S142°01.4'E 1.061 16° 41° 227 km 03m53.7s
23:4444°50.9'S145°18.2'E48°01.7'S144°32.5'E46°23.1'S145°00.8'E 1.062 19° 39° 229 km 04m02.1s
23:4643°25.1'S147°33.5'E46°24.7'S147°14.5'E44°52.4'S147°27.7'E 1.062 21° 36° 231 km 04m09.5s
23:4842°06.8'S149°30.5'E44°58.3'S149°30.2'E43°30.4'S149°33.1'E 1.063 24° 34° 233 km 04m16.3s
23:5040°54.3'S151°14.1'E43°39.5'S151°27.6'E42°15.0'S151°23.0'E 1.064 26° 32° 235 km 04m22.5s
23:5239°46.4'S152°47.3'E42°26.6'S153°11.4'E41°04.8'S153°01.1'E 1.064 27° 30° 237 km 04m28.3s
23:5438°42.4'S154°12.2'E41°18.5'S154°44.8'E39°58.9'S154°29.9'E 1.065 29° 29° 239 km 04m33.8s
23:5637°41.7'S155°30.3'E40°14.3'S156°09.9'E38°56.6'S155°51.2'E 1.065 31° 27° 240 km 04m38.9s
23:5836°43.8'S156°42.8'E39°13.4'S157°28.1'E37°57.3'S157°06.4'E 1.066 32° 25° 242 km 04m43.8s
00:0035°48.3'S157°50.4'E38°15.3'S158°40.7'E37°00.6'S158°16.4'E 1.066 34° 24° 244 km 04m48.5s
00:0234°55.0'S158°54.0'E37°19.8'S159°48.5'E36°06.3'S159°21.9'E 1.066 35° 22° 245 km 04m52.9s
00:0434°03.7'S159°54.0'E36°26.6'S160°52.2'E35°14.1'S160°23.7'E 1.067 36° 21° 247 km 04m57.2s
00:0633°14.2'S160°51.0'E35°35.3'S161°52.3'E34°23.7'S161°22.2'E 1.067 37° 19° 248 km 05m01.3s
00:0832°26.2'S161°45.2'E34°45.8'S162°49.4'E33°35.1'S162°17.7'E 1.067 38° 18° 250 km 05m05.1s
00:1031°39.8'S162°37.1'E33°58.0'S163°43.8'E32°48.0'S163°10.8'E 1.068 40° 17° 251 km 05m08.9s
00:1230°54.7'S163°26.8'E33°11.7'S164°35.8'E32°02.3'S164°01.6'E 1.068 41° 15° 253 km 05m12.4s
00:1430°10.9'S164°14.7'E32°26.9'S165°25.6'E31°18.0'S164°50.5'E 1.068 42° 14° 254 km 05m15.9s
00:1629°28.2'S165°00.9'E31°43.3'S166°13.6'E30°34.9'S165°37.5'E 1.068 43° 12° 256 km 05m19.1s
00:1828°46.7'S165°45.6'E31°00.9'S167°00.0'E29°53.0'S166°23.0'E 1.069 43° 11° 257 km 05m22.3s
00:2028°06.2'S166°29.0'E30°19.6'S167°44.8'E29°12.1'S167°07.1'E 1.069 44° 259 km 05m25.2s
00:2227°26.6'S167°11.1'E29°39.4'S168°28.4'E28°32.3'S167°49.9'E 1.069 45° 260 km 05m28.1s
00:2426°48.0'S167°52.2'E29°00.2'S169°10.7'E27°53.4'S168°31.5'E 1.069 46° 261 km 05m30.8s
00:2626°10.3'S168°32.3'E28°22.0'S169°51.9'E27°15.4'S169°12.2'E 1.069 47° 263 km 05m33.4s
00:2825°33.4'S169°11.5'E27°44.6'S170°32.2'E26°38.3'S169°51.9'E 1.069 47° 264 km 05m35.8s
00:3024°57.3'S169°50.0'E27°08.2'S171°11.6'E26°02.1'S170°30.9'E 1.070 48° 266 km 05m38.1s
00:3224°22.0'S170°27.7'E26°32.5'S171°50.3'E25°26.6'S171°09.0'E 1.070 49° 360° 267 km 05m40.3s
00:3423°47.4'S171°04.9'E25°57.7'S172°28.3'E24°51.9'S171°46.6'E 1.070 49° 358° 269 km 05m42.3s
00:3623°13.5'S171°41.5'E25°23.5'S173°05.7'E24°17.9'S172°23.6'E 1.070 50° 356° 270 km 05m44.2s
00:3822°40.4'S172°17.6'E24°50.2'S173°42.5'E23°44.6'S173°00.1'E 1.070 50° 355° 272 km 05m46.0s
00:4022°07.8'S172°53.4'E24°17.5'S174°18.9'E23°12.1'S173°36.1'E 1.070 50° 353° 273 km 05m47.7s
00:4221°35.9'S173°28.7'E23°45.5'S174°54.9'E22°40.1'S174°11.8'E 1.070 51° 351° 275 km 05m49.2s
00:4421°04.7'S174°03.8'E23°14.2'S175°30.6'E22°08.9'S174°47.1'E 1.070 51° 349° 276 km 05m50.6s
00:4620°34.0'S174°38.7'E22°43.5'S176°06.0'E21°38.2'S175°22.2'E 1.070 52° 348° 277 km 05m51.8s
00:4820°04.0'S175°13.3'E22°13.5'S176°41.1'E21°08.2'S175°57.1'E 1.070 52° 346° 279 km 05m52.9s
00:5019°34.5'S175°47.8'E21°44.1'S177°16.1'E20°38.7'S176°31.8'E 1.070 52° 344° 280 km 05m53.9s
00:5219°05.6'S176°22.2'E21°15.2'S177°51.0'E20°09.9'S177°06.5'E 1.071 52° 342° 282 km 05m54.7s
00:5418°37.3'S176°56.6'E20°47.0'S178°25.8'E19°41.6'S177°41.0'E 1.071 52° 340° 283 km 05m55.4s
00:5618°09.5'S177°30.9'E20°19.3'S179°00.5'E19°13.9'S178°15.6'E 1.071 52° 339° 284 km 05m56.0s
00:5817°42.2'S178°05.3'E19°52.2'S179°35.3'E18°46.7'S178°50.2'E 1.071 52° 337° 286 km 05m56.4s
01:0017°15.5'S178°39.8'E19°25.7'S179°49.8'W18°20.1'S179°24.8'E 1.071 52° 335° 287 km 05m56.7s
01:0216°49.4'S179°14.4'E18°59.7'S179°14.9'W17°54.1'S179°59.6'E 1.071 52° 333° 288 km 05m56.8s
01:0416°23.8'S179°49.2'E18°34.3'S178°39.8'W17°28.6'S179°25.5'W 1.071 52° 331° 289 km 05m56.8s
01:0615°58.7'S179°35.8'W18°09.4'S178°04.5'W17°03.6'S178°50.4'W 1.071 52° 330° 290 km 05m56.6s
01:0815°34.1'S179°00.5'W17°45.1'S177°28.9'W16°39.2'S178°15.0'W 1.071 52° 328° 291 km 05m56.3s
01:1015°10.0'S178°25.0'W17°21.3'S176°53.0'W16°15.3'S177°39.3'W 1.070 52° 326° 292 km 05m55.8s
01:1214°46.5'S177°49.1'W16°58.1'S176°16.8'W15°51.9'S177°03.2'W 1.070 51° 325° 293 km 05m55.2s
01:1414°23.5'S177°12.8'W16°35.4'S175°40.2'W15°29.1'S176°26.8'W 1.070 51° 323° 294 km 05m54.4s
01:1614°01.1'S176°36.0'W16°13.3'S175°03.2'W15°06.8'S175°50.0'W 1.070 51° 321° 294 km 05m53.5s
01:1813°39.2'S175°58.8'W15°51.7'S174°25.7'W14°45.0'S175°12.6'W 1.070 50° 320° 295 km 05m52.4s
01:2013°17.8'S175°21.1'W15°30.6'S173°47.6'W14°23.8'S174°34.7'W 1.070 50° 318° 295 km 05m51.2s
01:2212°57.0'S174°42.7'W15°10.1'S173°09.0'W14°03.2'S173°56.2'W 1.070 49° 317° 296 km 05m49.8s
01:2412°36.8'S174°03.7'W14°50.2'S172°29.6'W13°43.1'S173°17.0'W 1.070 49° 315° 296 km 05m48.2s
01:2612°17.1'S173°23.9'W14°30.9'S171°49.5'W13°23.6'S172°37.2'W 1.070 48° 314° 296 km 05m46.5s
01:2811°58.0'S172°43.4'W14°12.2'S171°08.7'W13°04.7'S171°56.5'W 1.070 48° 312° 296 km 05m44.6s
01:3011°39.5'S172°02.1'W13°54.1'S170°26.9'W12°46.4'S171°15.0'W 1.069 47° 311° 296 km 05m42.6s
01:3211°21.6'S171°19.8'W13°36.6'S169°44.2'W12°28.7'S170°32.5'W 1.069 46° 310° 296 km 05m40.3s
01:3411°04.4'S170°36.5'W13°19.7'S169°00.5'W12°11.7'S169°49.0'W 1.069 45° 309° 295 km 05m37.9s
01:3610°47.8'S169°52.2'W13°03.5'S168°15.6'W11°55.3'S169°04.5'W 1.069 45° 307° 295 km 05m35.3s
01:3810°31.9'S169°06.6'W12°48.0'S167°29.5'W11°39.6'S168°18.7'W 1.069 44° 306° 294 km 05m32.6s
01:4010°16.6'S168°19.8'W12°33.2'S166°42.0'W11°24.6'S167°31.5'W 1.069 43° 305° 293 km 05m29.6s
01:4210°02.2'S167°31.5'W12°19.2'S165°53.0'W11°10.3'S166°43.0'W 1.068 42° 304° 292 km 05m26.5s
01:4409°48.5'S166°41.8'W12°05.9'S165°02.4'W10°56.9'S165°52.8'W 1.068 41° 303° 290 km 05m23.2s
01:4609°35.6'S165°50.3'W11°53.5'S164°10.0'W10°44.2'S165°01.0'W 1.068 40° 302° 289 km 05m19.7s
01:4809°23.6'S164°57.0'W11°42.0'S163°15.6'W10°32.5'S164°07.2'W 1.068 39° 301° 287 km 05m15.9s
01:5009°12.5'S164°01.6'W11°31.4'S162°19.0'W10°21.6'S163°11.2'W 1.067 38° 300° 285 km 05m12.0s
01:5209°02.4'S163°04.0'W11°21.9'S161°19.9'W10°11.8'S162°12.9'W 1.067 37° 299° 283 km 05m07.9s
01:5408°53.4'S162°03.8'W11°13.5'S160°18.0'W10°03.1'S161°12.0'W 1.067 35° 298° 281 km 05m03.5s
01:5608°45.5'S161°00.8'W11°06.3'S159°13.0'W09°55.5'S160°08.1'W 1.066 34° 297° 279 km 04m58.9s
01:5808°38.9'S159°54.5'W11°00.4'S158°04.3'W09°49.3'S159°00.7'W 1.066 33° 296° 276 km 04m54.1s
02:0008°33.8'S158°44.6'W10°56.1'S156°51.5'W09°44.5'S157°49.5'W 1.066 31° 296° 273 km 04m48.9s
02:0208°30.2'S157°30.5'W10°53.5'S155°33.8'W09°41.4'S156°33.7'W 1.065 30° 295° 270 km 04m43.5s
02:0408°28.4'S156°11.4'W10°52.9'S154°10.3'W09°40.2'S155°12.6'W 1.065 28° 294° 267 km 04m37.8s
02:0608°28.7'S154°46.4'W10°54.7'S152°39.8'W09°41.2'S153°45.1'W 1.064 26° 293° 263 km 04m31.6s
02:0808°31.5'S153°14.2'W10°59.4'S151°00.4'W09°44.8'S152°09.7'W 1.064 24° 293° 259 km 04m25.1s
02:1008°37.3'S151°33.0'W11°07.7'S149°09.5'W09°51.8'S150°24.2'W 1.063 22° 292° 255 km 04m18.0s
02:1208°47.0'S149°40.2'W11°20.9'S147°03.0'W10°03.0'S148°25.4'W 1.062 20° 291° 250 km 04m10.2s
02:1409°01.8'S147°31.5'W11°41.3'S144°33.1'W10°20.2'S146°07.6'W 1.061 17° 291° 245 km 04m01.6s
02:1609°24.1'S144°59.0'W12°13.7'S141°23.2'W10°46.6'S143°20.0'W 1.060 14° 290° 239 km 03m51.6s
02:1809°59.0'S141°45.6'W13°15.3'S136°33.4'W11°30.6'S139°33.7'W 1.059 10° 289° 232 km 03m38.9s
Limits12°53.8'S130°08.6'W14°53.8'S130°15.9'W13°53.4'S130°12.4'W 1.056 - 216 km 03m11.9s

ΔT = 1466.1 seconds

Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration
Event Time
TD
Time
UT1
Latitude Longitude Sun
Altitude
Sun
Azimuth
Path Width Central
Duration
Greatest Eclipse01:22:41.200:58:15.118°43.4'S172°47.0'E 52.4° 336.6° 285.7 km05m56.42s
Greatest Duration01:27:11.801:02:45.717°44.3'S179°47.1'W 52.3° 332.6° 288.4 km05m56.79s

Explanation of Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration

Links for the Total Solar Eclipse of 1017 Apr 29

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Eclipse Predictions

Predictions for the Total Solar Eclipse of 1017 Apr 29 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 1466.1 seconds for this eclipse. The uncertainty in ΔT is 51.5 seconds corresponding to a standard error in longitude of the eclipse path of ± 0.22°.

Acknowledgments

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

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