Path of the Total Solar Eclipse of 1990 Jul 22

Fred Espenak

Introduction

The following table delineates the path of the Moon's umbral shadow during the Total Solar Eclipse of 1990 Jul 22 . 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 1990 Jul 22
UT1 Northern Limit Southern Limit Central Line M:S Sun Sun Path Central
Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Ratio Alt. Azm. Width Duration
Limits60°15.3'N022°30.9'E59°18.4'N024°49.2'E59°46.8'N023°41.3'E 1.028 - 166 km 01m24.1s
01:54 - - 64°46.4'N037°31.3'E63°07.6'N030°56.3'E 1.029 53° 172 km 01m31.4s
01:5665°39.0'N034°16.1'E67°20.9'N044°46.0'E66°41.7'N039°47.6'E 1.031 10° 61° 178 km 01m39.8s
01:5868°21.9'N041°22.5'E69°09.8'N050°48.9'E68°52.1'N046°14.0'E 1.032 13° 68° 181 km 01m45.3s
02:0070°17.9'N047°22.8'E70°35.2'N056°25.6'E70°31.1'N052°01.3'E 1.033 16° 74° 183 km 01m49.7s
02:0271°49.7'N053°01.9'E71°44.8'N061°51.4'E71°50.9'N057°34.2'E 1.034 18° 80° 185 km 01m53.6s
02:0473°05.1'N058°35.6'E72°42.0'N067°13.5'E72°56.6'N063°03.1'E 1.034 20° 86° 186 km 01m57.0s
02:0674°07.7'N064°11.2'E73°29.0'N072°35.0'E73°51.0'N068°32.9'E 1.035 22° 92° 187 km 02m00.1s
02:0874°59.5'N069°52.3'E74°07.0'N077°57.1'E74°35.5'N074°05.7'E 1.035 23° 98° 188 km 02m02.9s
02:1075°41.7'N075°39.9'E74°36.9'N083°19.4'E75°11.1'N079°41.7'E 1.035 25° 105° 189 km 02m05.5s
02:1276°15.0'N081°33.5'E74°59.3'N088°40.8'E75°38.6'N085°19.7'E 1.036 26° 111° 190 km 02m07.9s
02:1476°40.0'N087°30.8'E75°14.8'N093°59.2'E75°58.5'N090°57.7'E 1.036 27° 117° 190 km 02m10.2s
02:1676°57.1'N093°28.7'E75°23.9'N099°12.3'E76°11.3'N096°32.7'E 1.036 29° 124° 191 km 02m12.3s
02:1877°06.9'N099°23.2'E75°27.0'N104°18.0'E76°17.5'N102°01.8'E 1.037 30° 130° 191 km 02m14.3s
02:2077°09.9'N105°10.1'E75°24.7'N109°13.8'E76°17.5'N107°21.7'E 1.037 31° 136° 192 km 02m16.1s
02:2277°06.5'N110°45.8'E75°17.5'N113°58.0'E76°12.0'N112°29.9'E 1.037 32° 142° 192 km 02m17.9s
02:2476°57.4'N116°06.8'E75°05.8'N118°29.0'E76°01.4'N117°24.1'E 1.037 32° 148° 193 km 02m19.5s
02:2676°43.2'N121°10.9'E74°50.1'N122°46.1'E75°46.4'N122°02.9'E 1.038 33° 154° 193 km 02m21.0s
02:2876°24.4'N125°56.5'E74°30.8'N126°48.6'E75°27.3'N126°25.4'E 1.038 34° 159° 194 km 02m22.4s
02:3076°01.8'N130°23.1'E74°08.4'N130°36.6'E75°04.8'N130°31.2'E 1.038 35° 164° 194 km 02m23.7s
02:3275°35.8'N134°30.8'E73°43.3'N134°10.2'E74°39.2'N134°20.7'E 1.038 35° 169° 195 km 02m24.9s
02:3475°06.8'N138°20.1'E73°15.8'N137°30.1'E74°11.0'N137°54.3'E 1.038 36° 174° 195 km 02m26.0s
02:3674°35.4'N141°52.0'E72°46.1'N140°36.9'E73°40.5'N141°12.9'E 1.038 37° 178° 195 km 02m27.0s
02:3874°01.8'N145°07.9'E72°14.7'N143°31.4'E73°08.0'N144°17.5'E 1.038 37° 183° 196 km 02m28.0s
02:4073°26.5'N148°08.8'E71°41.7'N146°14.4'E72°33.9'N147°09.1'E 1.039 38° 187° 196 km 02m28.8s
02:4272°49.6'N150°56.1'E71°07.3'N148°46.9'E71°58.3'N149°48.7'E 1.039 38° 190° 197 km 02m29.6s
02:4472°11.5'N153°31.1'E70°31.7'N151°09.6'E71°21.5'N152°17.4'E 1.039 39° 194° 197 km 02m30.2s
02:4671°32.2'N155°54.9'E69°55.1'N153°23.4'E70°43.6'N154°36.2'E 1.039 39° 198° 198 km 02m30.8s
02:4870°52.0'N158°08.8'E69°17.5'N155°29.0'E70°04.8'N156°45.9'E 1.039 39° 201° 198 km 02m31.3s
02:5070°11.0'N160°13.6'E68°39.2'N157°27.3'E69°25.1'N158°47.4'E 1.039 39° 204° 199 km 02m31.8s
02:5269°29.3'N162°10.3'E68°00.1'N159°18.7'E68°44.8'N160°41.6'E 1.039 40° 207° 199 km 02m32.1s
02:5468°47.0'N163°59.8'E67°20.4'N161°04.0'E68°03.8'N162°29.1'E 1.039 40° 210° 199 km 02m32.4s
02:5668°04.1'N165°42.8'E66°40.1'N162°43.8'E67°22.3'N164°10.5'E 1.039 40° 213° 200 km 02m32.5s
02:5867°20.7'N167°19.9'E65°59.3'N164°18.4'E66°40.2'N165°46.5'E 1.039 40° 216° 200 km 02m32.6s
03:0066°37.0'N168°51.8'E65°18.0'N165°48.5'E65°57.7'N167°17.6'E 1.039 40° 219° 201 km 02m32.7s
03:0265°52.8'N170°19.0'E64°36.3'N167°14.5'E65°14.8'N168°44.3'E 1.039 40° 222° 201 km 02m32.6s
03:0465°08.2'N171°42.0'E63°54.2'N168°36.7'E64°31.5'N170°07.0'E 1.039 40° 224° 202 km 02m32.5s
03:0664°23.3'N173°01.3'E63°11.7'N169°55.4'E63°47.8'N171°26.1'E 1.039 40° 227° 202 km 02m32.3s
03:0863°38.1'N174°17.2'E62°28.8'N171°11.2'E63°03.8'N172°42.1'E 1.039 40° 229° 203 km 02m32.0s
03:1062°52.6'N175°30.2'E61°45.6'N172°24.2'E62°19.4'N173°55.2'E 1.039 40° 232° 203 km 02m31.6s
03:1262°06.7'N176°40.5'E61°02.0'N173°34.7'E61°34.7'N175°05.7'E 1.039 40° 234° 204 km 02m31.2s
03:1461°20.6'N177°48.5'E60°18.0'N174°43.0'E60°49.7'N176°13.9'E 1.039 40° 236° 204 km 02m30.7s
03:1660°34.1'N178°54.4'E59°33.8'N175°49.4'E60°04.3'N177°20.1'E 1.039 39° 239° 205 km 02m30.1s
03:1859°47.2'N179°58.5'E58°49.1'N176°54.1'E59°18.6'N178°24.6'E 1.039 39° 241° 205 km 02m29.4s
03:2059°00.1'N178°58.9'W58°04.1'N177°57.2'E58°32.5'N179°27.6'E 1.039 39° 243° 206 km 02m28.7s
03:2258°12.5'N177°57.6'W57°18.7'N178°59.2'E57°46.0'N179°30.8'W 1.038 38° 245° 206 km 02m27.9s
03:2457°24.6'N176°57.4'W56°32.9'N180°00.0'E56°59.2'N178°30.2'W 1.038 38° 247° 207 km 02m27.0s
03:2656°36.3'N175°58.0'W55°46.6'N179°00.0'W56°11.9'N177°30.4'W 1.038 37° 249° 207 km 02m26.0s
03:2855°47.5'N174°59.3'W55°00.0'N178°00.8'W55°24.2'N176°31.4'W 1.038 37° 251° 208 km 02m24.9s
03:3054°58.2'N174°01.0'W54°12.8'N177°01.9'W54°36.0'N175°32.8'W 1.038 36° 253° 208 km 02m23.8s
03:3254°08.4'N173°02.9'W53°25.2'N176°03.4'W53°47.3'N174°34.4'W 1.038 36° 255° 208 km 02m22.6s
03:3453°18.1'N172°04.8'W52°37.0'N175°05.0'W52°58.0'N173°36.1'W 1.038 35° 257° 209 km 02m21.3s
03:3652°27.1'N171°06.5'W51°48.2'N174°06.4'W52°08.2'N172°37.6'W 1.037 34° 259° 209 km 02m19.9s
03:3851°35.5'N170°07.7'W50°58.7'N173°07.5'W51°17.6'N171°38.8'W 1.037 34° 261° 209 km 02m18.4s
03:4050°43.1'N169°08.2'W50°08.5'N172°08.0'W50°26.3'N170°39.2'W 1.037 33° 263° 209 km 02m16.8s
03:4249°49.8'N168°07.6'W49°17.6'N171°07.7'W49°34.2'N169°38.8'W 1.037 32° 264° 209 km 02m15.1s
03:4448°55.6'N167°05.7'W48°25.8'N170°06.3'W48°41.2'N168°37.1'W 1.036 31° 266° 209 km 02m13.4s
03:4648°00.2'N166°02.1'W47°33.0'N169°03.5'W47°47.2'N167°33.9'W 1.036 30° 268° 209 km 02m11.5s
03:4847°03.7'N164°56.4'W46°39.1'N167°58.9'W46°52.0'N166°28.8'W 1.036 29° 269° 208 km 02m09.5s
03:5046°05.8'N163°48.1'W45°43.9'N166°52.1'W45°55.5'N165°21.3'W 1.036 28° 271° 208 km 02m07.4s
03:5245°06.2'N162°36.5'W44°47.4'N165°42.6'W44°57.5'N164°10.8'W 1.035 27° 273° 207 km 02m05.1s
03:5444°04.6'N161°21.0'W43°49.1'N164°29.8'W43°57.7'N162°56.7'W 1.035 25° 274° 206 km 02m02.7s
03:5643°00.8'N160°00.4'W42°49.0'N163°12.8'W42°55.7'N161°38.0'W 1.034 24° 276° 205 km 02m00.2s
03:5841°54.0'N158°33.4'W41°46.5'N161°50.8'W41°51.2'N160°13.7'W 1.034 22° 278° 203 km 01m57.4s
04:0040°43.7'N156°58.1'W40°41.1'N160°22.2'W40°43.5'N158°42.0'W 1.033 21° 279° 201 km 01m54.5s
04:0239°28.6'N155°11.6'W39°32.1'N158°45.2'W39°31.6'N157°00.7'W 1.033 19° 281° 199 km 01m51.2s
04:0438°06.8'N153°09.1'W38°18.4'N156°56.7'W38°14.2'N155°05.9'W 1.032 17° 283° 195 km 01m47.6s
04:0636°34.7'N150°41.3'W36°58.0'N154°51.7'W36°48.7'N152°51.1'W 1.032 14° 285° 191 km 01m43.4s
04:0834°43.4'N147°25.2'W35°27.3'N152°20.8'W35°09.5'N150°02.1'W 1.031 11° 287° 185 km 01m38.5s
04:1031°42.5'N141°11.4'W33°37.2'N149°00.0'W32°59.5'N145°54.1'W 1.029 290° 176 km 01m31.7s
Limits30°32.0'N138°19.8'W29°21.9'N139°24.3'W29°56.8'N138°52.4'W 1.027 - 160 km 01m21.7s

ΔT = 57.2 seconds

Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration
Event Time
TD
Time
UT1
Latitude Longitude Sun
Altitude
Sun
Azimuth
Path Width Central
Duration
Greatest Eclipse03:03:07.303:02:10.165°11.2'N168°37.1'E 40.3° 221.7° 201.4 km02m32.61s
Greatest Duration03:00:36.602:59:39.466°05.1'N167°02.3'E 40.2° 218.4° 200.8 km02m32.67s

Explanation of Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration

Links for the Total Solar Eclipse of 1990 Jul 22

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Eclipse Predictions

Predictions for the Total Solar Eclipse of 1990 Jul 22 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 57.2 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.

Permission is granted to reproduce eclipse data when accompanied by a link to this page and an acknowledgment:

"Eclipse Predictions by Fred Espenak, EclipseWise.com"

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