Path of the Total Solar Eclipse of 1980 Feb 16

Fred Espenak

Introduction

The following table delineates the path of the Moon's umbral shadow during the Total Solar Eclipse of 1980 Feb 16 . 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 1980 Feb 16
UT1 Northern Limit Southern Limit Central Line M:S Sun Sun Path Central
Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Ratio Alt. Azm. Width Duration
Limits00°59.6'S014°42.3'W01°45.9'S014°49.2'W01°22.8'S014°46.0'W 1.025 - 86 km 01m25.0s
07:1403°02.2'S004°37.5'W04°01.6'S004°09.5'W03°32.0'S004°22.5'W 1.029 11° 102° 98 km 01m45.5s
07:1603°45.4'S000°27.4'W04°45.5'S000°07.0'W04°15.5'S000°16.6'W 1.030 16° 102° 103 km 01m55.1s
07:1804°13.7'S002°37.6'E05°14.9'S002°55.1'E04°44.4'S002°46.9'E 1.031 19° 102° 107 km 02m02.8s
07:2004°34.4'S005°09.6'E05°36.7'S005°25.8'E05°05.6'S005°18.2'E 1.032 22° 102° 110 km 02m09.6s
07:2204°50.1'S007°20.9'E05°53.5'S007°36.4'E05°21.8'S007°29.1'E 1.033 25° 101° 113 km 02m15.7s
07:2405°02.3'S009°17.6'E06°06.6'S009°32.8'E05°34.5'S009°25.6'E 1.034 27° 101° 115 km 02m21.5s
07:2605°11.7'S011°03.2'E06°17.0'S011°18.4'E05°44.4'S011°11.2'E 1.034 30° 101° 117 km 02m26.9s
07:2805°19.0'S012°40.2'E06°25.1'S012°55.4'E05°52.0'S012°48.2'E 1.035 32° 101° 120 km 02m32.0s
07:3005°24.4'S014°10.1'E06°31.3'S014°25.6'E05°57.8'S014°18.2'E 1.035 34° 101° 121 km 02m36.8s
07:3205°28.3'S015°34.1'E06°35.9'S015°49.9'E06°02.1'S015°42.4'E 1.036 36° 101° 123 km 02m41.5s
07:3405°30.8'S016°53.2'E06°39.1'S017°09.4'E06°05.0'S017°01.6'E 1.036 37° 101° 125 km 02m46.0s
07:3605°32.2'S018°08.0'E06°41.1'S018°24.6'E06°06.6'S018°16.6'E 1.037 39° 101° 127 km 02m50.3s
07:3805°32.5'S019°19.1'E06°42.0'S019°36.1'E06°07.2'S019°27.9'E 1.037 41° 101° 128 km 02m54.5s
07:4005°31.8'S020°26.9'E06°41.9'S020°44.4'E06°06.9'S020°35.9'E 1.038 42° 101° 130 km 02m58.5s
07:4205°30.4'S021°31.8'E06°40.9'S021°49.7'E06°05.6'S021°41.0'E 1.038 44° 102° 131 km 03m02.4s
07:4405°28.1'S022°34.1'E06°39.1'S022°52.5'E06°03.6'S022°43.5'E 1.038 45° 102° 132 km 03m06.2s
07:4605°25.1'S023°34.0'E06°36.5'S023°52.9'E06°00.7'S023°43.7'E 1.039 47° 102° 133 km 03m09.9s
07:4805°21.4'S024°31.8'E06°33.2'S024°51.2'E05°57.3'S024°41.7'E 1.039 48° 102° 135 km 03m13.4s
07:5005°17.0'S025°27.6'E06°29.2'S025°47.5'E05°53.1'S025°37.8'E 1.039 50° 103° 136 km 03m16.8s
07:5205°12.1'S026°21.7'E06°24.6'S026°42.1'E05°48.4'S026°32.1'E 1.040 51° 103° 137 km 03m20.1s
07:5405°06.6'S027°14.1'E06°19.5'S027°35.1'E05°43.0'S027°24.8'E 1.040 52° 103° 138 km 03m23.3s
07:5605°00.6'S028°05.0'E06°13.8'S028°26.5'E05°37.2'S028°16.0'E 1.040 54° 104° 139 km 03m26.4s
07:5804°54.1'S028°54.6'E06°07.5'S029°16.6'E05°30.8'S029°05.8'E 1.040 55° 104° 139 km 03m29.4s
08:0004°47.2'S029°42.8'E06°00.7'S030°05.4'E05°23.9'S029°54.3'E 1.041 56° 105° 140 km 03m32.2s
08:0204°39.7'S030°29.9'E05°53.5'S030°53.0'E05°16.6'S030°41.6'E 1.041 57° 105° 141 km 03m35.0s
08:0404°31.8'S031°15.9'E05°45.8'S031°39.5'E05°08.8'S031°27.9'E 1.041 58° 106° 142 km 03m37.6s
08:0604°23.5'S032°00.9'E05°37.7'S032°25.0'E05°00.6'S032°13.1'E 1.041 60° 106° 143 km 03m40.1s
08:0804°14.8'S032°44.9'E05°29.1'S033°09.5'E04°51.9'S032°57.3'E 1.041 61° 107° 143 km 03m42.6s
08:1004°05.7'S033°28.0'E05°20.1'S033°53.1'E04°42.9'S033°40.7'E 1.042 62° 108° 144 km 03m44.9s
08:1203°56.3'S034°10.3'E05°10.8'S034°35.9'E04°33.5'S034°23.2'E 1.042 63° 109° 144 km 03m47.1s
08:1403°46.4'S034°51.9'E05°01.0'S035°17.9'E04°23.7'S035°05.0'E 1.042 64° 110° 145 km 03m49.2s
08:1603°36.2'S035°32.7'E04°50.9'S035°59.2'E04°13.5'S035°46.0'E 1.042 65° 111° 145 km 03m51.2s
08:1803°25.7'S036°12.8'E04°40.3'S036°39.8'E04°03.0'S036°26.4'E 1.042 66° 112° 146 km 03m53.0s
08:2003°14.8'S036°52.3'E04°29.5'S037°19.8'E03°52.1'S037°06.1'E 1.042 67° 114° 146 km 03m54.8s
08:2203°03.5'S037°31.3'E04°18.3'S037°59.2'E03°40.9'S037°45.3'E 1.042 68° 115° 147 km 03m56.5s
08:2402°52.0'S038°09.7'E04°06.7'S038°38.0'E03°29.3'S038°23.9'E 1.043 69° 117° 147 km 03m58.0s
08:2602°40.1'S038°47.6'E03°54.8'S039°16.3'E03°17.5'S039°02.0'E 1.043 70° 119° 147 km 03m59.5s
08:2802°27.9'S039°25.0'E03°42.6'S039°54.1'E03°05.3'S039°39.6'E 1.043 71° 121° 148 km 04m00.8s
08:3002°15.4'S040°02.0'E03°30.1'S040°31.5'E02°52.8'S040°16.8'E 1.043 72° 123° 148 km 04m02.0s
08:3202°02.6'S040°38.6'E03°17.3'S041°08.5'E02°39.9'S040°53.6'E 1.043 72° 125° 148 km 04m03.1s
08:3401°49.6'S041°14.9'E03°04.1'S041°45.1'E02°26.8'S041°30.0'E 1.043 73° 128° 148 km 04m04.1s
08:3601°36.2'S041°50.8'E02°50.6'S042°21.4'E02°13.4'S042°06.1'E 1.043 74° 131° 148 km 04m05.0s
08:3801°22.5'S042°26.4'E02°36.8'S042°57.4'E01°59.7'S042°41.9'E 1.043 75° 134° 149 km 04m05.7s
08:4001°08.5'S043°01.7'E02°22.8'S043°33.0'E01°45.6'S043°17.4'E 1.043 75° 137° 149 km 04m06.4s
08:4200°54.2'S043°36.8'E02°08.4'S044°08.4'E01°31.3'S043°52.6'E 1.043 76° 141° 149 km 04m07.0s
08:4400°39.7'S044°11.7'E01°53.7'S044°43.6'E01°16.7'S044°27.7'E 1.043 76° 145° 149 km 04m07.4s
08:4600°24.8'S044°46.4'E01°38.8'S045°18.6'E01°01.8'S045°02.5'E 1.043 77° 149° 149 km 04m07.7s
08:4800°09.7'S045°20.9'E01°23.5'S045°53.4'E00°46.6'S045°37.2'E 1.043 77° 154° 149 km 04m08.0s
08:5000°05.7'N045°55.3'E01°08.0'S046°28.1'E00°31.1'S046°11.7'E 1.043 77° 158° 149 km 04m08.1s
08:5200°21.4'N046°29.6'E00°52.1'S047°02.6'E00°15.4'S046°46.1'E 1.043 77° 163° 149 km 04m08.1s
08:5400°37.4'N047°03.8'E00°36.0'S047°37.0'E00°00.7'N047°20.4'E 1.043 77° 168° 149 km 04m08.0s
08:5600°53.6'N047°38.0'E00°19.5'S048°11.4'E00°17.0'N047°54.7'E 1.043 77° 173° 148 km 04m07.8s
08:5801°10.2'N048°12.1'E00°02.8'S048°45.7'E00°33.6'N048°28.9'E 1.043 77° 178° 148 km 04m07.5s
09:0001°27.0'N048°46.3'E00°14.2'N049°20.0'E00°50.6'N049°03.1'E 1.043 77° 182° 148 km 04m07.0s
09:0201°44.1'N049°20.4'E00°31.5'N049°54.4'E01°07.8'N049°37.4'E 1.043 76° 186° 148 km 04m06.5s
09:0402°01.5'N049°54.6'E00°49.1'N050°28.7'E01°25.3'N050°11.6'E 1.043 76° 191° 148 km 04m05.9s
09:0602°19.2'N050°28.9'E01°07.0'N051°03.2'E01°43.1'N050°46.0'E 1.043 75° 194° 147 km 04m05.1s
09:0802°37.2'N051°03.4'E01°25.2'N051°37.7'E02°01.2'N051°20.5'E 1.043 75° 198° 147 km 04m04.3s
09:1002°55.5'N051°37.9'E01°43.7'N052°12.4'E02°19.5'N051°55.1'E 1.043 74° 201° 147 km 04m03.4s
09:1203°14.1'N052°12.7'E02°02.5'N052°47.2'E02°38.2'N052°29.9'E 1.043 73° 204° 147 km 04m02.3s
09:1403°33.0'N052°47.6'E02°21.6'N053°22.2'E02°57.3'N053°04.8'E 1.043 73° 207° 146 km 04m01.2s
09:1603°52.2'N053°22.8'E02°41.0'N053°57.4'E03°16.6'N053°40.0'E 1.043 72° 210° 146 km 03m59.9s
09:1804°11.8'N053°58.2'E03°00.8'N054°32.9'E03°36.2'N054°15.5'E 1.043 71° 212° 146 km 03m58.6s
09:2004°31.6'N054°34.0'E03°20.9'N055°08.7'E03°56.2'N054°51.2'E 1.043 70° 214° 145 km 03m57.2s
09:2204°51.8'N055°10.1'E03°41.3'N055°44.7'E04°16.5'N055°27.3'E 1.043 69° 216° 145 km 03m55.6s
09:2405°12.3'N055°46.6'E04°02.0'N056°21.2'E04°37.1'N056°03.8'E 1.043 68° 218° 144 km 03m54.0s
09:2605°33.1'N056°23.5'E04°23.1'N056°58.0'E04°58.1'N056°40.7'E 1.043 67° 220° 144 km 03m52.3s
09:2805°54.4'N057°00.8'E04°44.5'N057°35.3'E05°19.4'N057°18.0'E 1.042 66° 221° 143 km 03m50.4s
09:3006°15.9'N057°38.7'E05°06.3'N058°13.1'E05°41.1'N057°55.8'E 1.042 65° 223° 143 km 03m48.5s
09:3206°37.8'N058°17.2'E05°28.5'N058°51.4'E06°03.1'N058°34.2'E 1.042 64° 224° 142 km 03m46.5s
09:3407°00.2'N058°56.2'E05°51.1'N059°30.4'E06°25.5'N059°13.2'E 1.042 63° 225° 142 km 03m44.4s
09:3607°22.9'N059°35.9'E06°14.0'N060°09.9'E06°48.4'N059°52.8'E 1.042 62° 226° 141 km 03m42.2s
09:3807°46.0'N060°16.4'E06°37.4'N060°50.2'E07°11.6'N060°33.1'E 1.042 61° 227° 141 km 03m39.9s
09:4008°09.5'N060°57.6'E07°01.2'N061°31.2'E07°35.3'N061°14.3'E 1.042 60° 228° 140 km 03m37.6s
09:4208°33.5'N061°39.7'E07°25.4'N062°13.1'E07°59.4'N061°56.2'E 1.041 59° 229° 139 km 03m35.1s
09:4408°57.9'N062°22.7'E07°50.1'N062°55.8'E08°23.9'N062°39.1'E 1.041 57° 230° 139 km 03m32.5s
09:4609°22.8'N063°06.8'E08°15.3'N063°39.6'E08°48.9'N063°23.0'E 1.041 56° 231° 138 km 03m29.9s
09:4809°48.2'N063°51.9'E08°40.9'N064°24.4'E09°14.5'N064°08.0'E 1.041 55° 232° 137 km 03m27.1s
09:5010°14.1'N064°38.3'E09°07.1'N065°10.4'E09°40.5'N064°54.2'E 1.041 54° 233° 136 km 03m24.3s
09:5210°40.5'N065°26.0'E09°33.9'N065°57.8'E10°07.1'N065°41.7'E 1.040 52° 234° 136 km 03m21.4s
09:5411°07.5'N066°15.2'E10°01.2'N066°46.5'E10°34.3'N066°30.6'E 1.040 51° 234° 135 km 03m18.3s
09:5611°35.2'N067°05.9'E10°29.1'N067°36.8'E11°02.0'N067°21.1'E 1.040 50° 235° 134 km 03m15.2s
09:5812°03.5'N067°58.4'E10°57.7'N068°28.7'E11°30.5'N068°13.4'E 1.039 48° 236° 133 km 03m12.0s
10:0012°32.4'N068°52.8'E11°27.0'N069°22.6'E11°59.6'N069°07.5'E 1.039 47° 236° 132 km 03m08.6s
10:0213°02.2'N069°49.4'E11°57.0'N070°18.6'E12°29.5'N070°03.8'E 1.039 46° 237° 131 km 03m05.2s
10:0413°32.7'N070°48.3'E12°27.9'N071°16.8'E13°00.2'N071°02.4'E 1.039 44° 238° 130 km 03m01.6s
10:0614°04.1'N071°50.0'E12°59.6'N072°17.7'E13°31.7'N072°03.6'E 1.038 43° 238° 129 km 02m58.0s
10:0814°36.4'N072°54.6'E13°32.3'N073°21.5'E14°04.2'N073°07.8'E 1.038 41° 239° 127 km 02m54.2s
10:1015°09.8'N074°02.5'E14°06.0'N074°28.6'E14°37.8'N074°15.3'E 1.037 39° 240° 126 km 02m50.3s
10:1215°44.3'N075°14.4'E14°41.0'N075°39.5'E15°12.5'N075°26.7'E 1.037 38° 240° 125 km 02m46.2s
10:1416°20.2'N076°30.7'E15°17.2'N076°54.7'E15°48.6'N076°42.4'E 1.037 36° 241° 123 km 02m42.0s
10:1616°57.5'N077°52.2'E15°54.9'N078°15.0'E16°26.1'N078°03.3'E 1.036 34° 242° 122 km 02m37.6s
10:1817°36.6'N079°19.9'E16°34.4'N079°41.3'E17°05.3'N079°30.3'E 1.036 32° 243° 120 km 02m33.0s
10:2018°17.6'N080°55.0'E17°15.9'N081°14.8'E17°46.6'N081°04.5'E 1.035 30° 243° 118 km 02m28.2s
10:2219°01.1'N082°39.3'E17°59.8'N082°57.1'E18°30.3'N082°47.8'E 1.034 28° 244° 116 km 02m23.1s
10:2419°47.5'N084°35.2'E18°46.7'N084°50.7'E19°16.9'N084°42.5'E 1.034 25° 245° 114 km 02m17.7s
10:2620°37.8'N086°46.6'E19°37.4'N086°59.2'E20°07.4'N086°52.4'E 1.033 23° 246° 112 km 02m11.9s
10:2821°33.4'N089°19.7'E20°33.5'N089°28.4'E21°03.3'N089°23.5'E 1.032 20° 247° 109 km 02m05.5s
10:3022°37.1'N092°26.9'E21°37.5'N092°29.8'E22°07.1'N092°27.6'E 1.031 16° 249° 105 km 01m58.2s
10:3223°55.8'N096°38.5'E22°55.8'N096°30.5'E23°25.5'N096°33.5'E 1.030 12° 251° 101 km 01m49.2s
10:3426°11.6'N105°04.1'E25°00.1'N103°47.1'E25°34.4'N104°18.7'E 1.027 254° 93 km 01m34.6s
Limits26°59.0'N108°29.5'E26°11.7'N108°39.9'E26°35.3'N108°34.7'E 1.026 - 89 km 01m27.6s

ΔT = 50.6 seconds

Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration
Event Time
TD
Time
UT1
Latitude Longitude Sun
Altitude
Sun
Azimuth
Path Width Central
Duration
Greatest Eclipse08:54:01.208:53:10.600°06.0'S046°53.6'E 77.1° 166.1° 148.6 km04m08.03s
Greatest Duration08:51:56.808:51:06.100°22.5'S046°30.7'E 77.1° 161.1° 148.6 km04m08.09s

Explanation of Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration

Links for the Total Solar Eclipse of 1980 Feb 16

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Eclipse Predictions

Predictions for the Total Solar Eclipse of 1980 Feb 16 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 50.6 seconds for this eclipse.

Acknowledgments

Some of the content on this website is based on the book Thousand Year Canon of Solar Eclipses 1501 to 2500. All eclipse calculations are by Fred Espenak, and he assumes full responsibility for their accuracy.

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