Path of the Annular Solar Eclipse of 1998 Aug 22

Fred Espenak

Introduction

The following table delineates the path of the Moon's antumbral shadow during the Annular Solar Eclipse of 1998 Aug 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 .

Annular Solar Eclipse of 1998 Aug 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
Limits00°00.9'S086°59.2'E01°22.5'S087°04.9'E00°41.6'S086°59.8'E 0.959 - 151 km 02m44.3s
00:1601°03.5'N092°18.5'E00°51.5'S089°29.9'E00°10.5'N091°12.9'E 0.960 78° 147 km 02m45.6s
00:1802°04.9'N098°04.0'E00°38.5'N097°09.6'E01°22.2'N097°38.2'E 0.962 11° 78° 140 km 02m48.0s
00:2002°37.4'N101°33.0'E01°16.7'N100°54.1'E01°57.4'N101°14.2'E 0.963 16° 78° 136 km 02m49.6s
00:2202°59.7'N104°14.5'E01°42.4'N103°42.6'E02°21.3'N103°59.0'E 0.964 19° 78° 133 km 02m50.9s
00:2403°16.1'N106°29.7'E02°01.3'N106°01.6'E02°38.9'N106°16.0'E 0.965 22° 78° 131 km 02m52.0s
00:2603°28.6'N108°27.4'E02°15.8'N108°01.8'E02°52.4'N108°14.8'E 0.965 24° 78° 129 km 02m53.1s
00:2803°38.3'N110°12.5'E02°27.1'N109°48.5'E03°02.8'N110°00.7'E 0.966 26° 78° 127 km 02m54.1s
00:3003°45.7'N111°47.9'E02°35.9'N111°25.1'E03°11.0'N111°36.7'E 0.966 28° 78° 125 km 02m55.1s
00:3203°51.3'N113°15.6'E02°42.8'N112°53.7'E03°17.2'N113°04.8'E 0.967 30° 78° 123 km 02m56.0s
00:3403°55.4'N114°37.0'E02°48.0'N114°15.7'E03°21.8'N114°26.5'E 0.967 32° 78° 122 km 02m56.9s
00:3603°58.1'N115°53.1'E02°51.8'N115°32.3'E03°25.1'N115°42.8'E 0.968 34° 78° 121 km 02m57.7s
00:3803°59.7'N117°04.7'E02°54.4'N116°44.2'E03°27.2'N116°54.6'E 0.968 36° 78° 120 km 02m58.6s
00:4004°00.3'N118°12.4'E02°55.9'N117°52.2'E03°28.2'N118°02.4'E 0.968 37° 78° 118 km 02m59.4s
00:4204°00.1'N119°16.7'E02°56.5'N118°56.6'E03°28.4'N119°06.7'E 0.969 39° 78° 117 km 03m00.1s
00:4403°59.0'N120°17.9'E02°56.2'N119°58.0'E03°27.7'N120°08.0'E 0.969 40° 77° 116 km 03m00.9s
00:4603°57.1'N121°16.5'E02°55.1'N120°56.6'E03°26.2'N121°06.6'E 0.969 42° 77° 115 km 03m01.6s
00:4803°54.6'N122°12.6'E02°53.3'N121°52.8'E03°24.1'N122°02.7'E 0.969 43° 77° 115 km 03m02.3s
00:5003°51.5'N123°06.5'E02°50.9'N122°46.7'E03°21.3'N122°56.7'E 0.970 44° 77° 114 km 03m03.0s
00:5203°47.8'N123°58.5'E02°47.8'N123°38.6'E03°17.9'N123°48.6'E 0.970 46° 76° 113 km 03m03.6s
00:5403°43.5'N124°48.6'E02°44.2'N124°28.7'E03°14.0'N124°38.7'E 0.970 47° 76° 112 km 03m04.3s
00:5603°38.8'N125°37.1'E02°40.0'N125°17.1'E03°09.5'N125°27.2'E 0.970 48° 76° 111 km 03m04.9s
00:5803°33.5'N126°24.0'E02°35.4'N126°04.0'E03°04.5'N126°14.1'E 0.971 49° 75° 111 km 03m05.5s
01:0003°27.8'N127°09.6'E02°30.2'N126°49.5'E02°59.1'N126°59.5'E 0.971 51° 75° 110 km 03m06.0s
01:0203°21.7'N127°53.8'E02°24.6'N127°33.6'E02°53.3'N127°43.7'E 0.971 52° 74° 109 km 03m06.6s
01:0403°15.2'N128°36.8'E02°18.6'N128°16.5'E02°47.0'N128°26.7'E 0.971 53° 74° 109 km 03m07.1s
01:0603°08.3'N129°18.7'E02°12.2'N128°58.3'E02°40.3'N129°08.5'E 0.971 54° 73° 108 km 03m07.6s
01:0803°01.0'N129°59.5'E02°05.4'N129°39.0'E02°33.2'N129°49.3'E 0.971 55° 73° 108 km 03m08.1s
01:1002°53.3'N130°39.4'E01°58.2'N130°18.8'E02°25.8'N130°29.1'E 0.972 56° 72° 107 km 03m08.6s
01:1202°45.3'N131°18.3'E01°50.6'N130°57.6'E02°18.0'N131°08.0'E 0.972 57° 71° 106 km 03m09.1s
01:1402°37.0'N131°56.4'E01°42.7'N131°35.5'E02°09.9'N131°46.0'E 0.972 58° 71° 106 km 03m09.5s
01:1602°28.3'N132°33.7'E01°34.4'N132°12.7'E02°01.5'N132°23.2'E 0.972 59° 70° 106 km 03m09.9s
01:1802°19.3'N133°10.3'E01°25.9'N132°49.1'E01°52.7'N132°59.7'E 0.972 60° 69° 105 km 03m10.3s
01:2002°10.1'N133°46.1'E01°17.0'N133°24.8'E01°43.6'N133°35.5'E 0.972 61° 68° 105 km 03m10.7s
01:2202°00.5'N134°21.3'E01°07.8'N133°59.9'E01°34.2'N134°10.6'E 0.972 62° 67° 104 km 03m11.0s
01:2401°50.6'N134°55.9'E00°58.3'N134°34.3'E01°24.5'N134°45.1'E 0.972 63° 66° 104 km 03m11.3s
01:2601°40.5'N135°29.8'E00°48.5'N135°08.2'E01°14.6'N135°19.0'E 0.973 64° 65° 103 km 03m11.7s
01:2801°30.1'N136°03.3'E00°38.4'N135°41.5'E01°04.3'N135°52.4'E 0.973 65° 64° 103 km 03m12.0s
01:3001°19.4'N136°36.2'E00°28.0'N136°14.3'E00°53.8'N136°25.3'E 0.973 66° 62° 103 km 03m12.2s
01:3201°08.5'N137°08.7'E00°17.4'N136°46.6'E00°43.0'N136°57.7'E 0.973 67° 61° 102 km 03m12.5s
01:3400°57.3'N137°40.7'E00°06.5'N137°18.5'E00°32.0'N137°29.6'E 0.973 67° 59° 102 km 03m12.7s
01:3600°45.9'N138°12.3'E00°04.6'S137°50.0'E00°20.7'N138°01.2'E 0.973 68° 57° 102 km 03m12.9s
01:3800°34.2'N138°43.5'E00°16.1'S138°21.1'E00°09.1'N138°32.3'E 0.973 69° 56° 101 km 03m13.1s
01:4000°22.2'N139°14.4'E00°27.8'S138°51.8'E00°02.7'S139°03.1'E 0.973 70° 54° 101 km 03m13.3s
01:4200°10.1'N139°44.9'E00°39.7'S139°22.2'E00°14.7'S139°33.6'E 0.973 70° 52° 101 km 03m13.4s
01:4400°02.4'S140°15.1'E00°51.9'S139°52.3'E00°27.0'S140°03.7'E 0.973 71° 49° 100 km 03m13.6s
01:4600°15.0'S140°45.1'E01°04.3'S140°22.1'E00°39.6'S140°33.6'E 0.973 71° 47° 100 km 03m13.7s
01:4800°27.9'S141°14.7'E01°17.0'S140°51.7'E00°52.4'S141°03.2'E 0.973 72° 44° 100 km 03m13.8s
01:5000°41.0'S141°44.2'E01°29.9'S141°21.0'E01°05.4'S141°32.6'E 0.973 73° 42° 100 km 03m13.9s
01:5200°54.3'S142°13.4'E01°43.0'S141°50.1'E01°18.6'S142°01.7'E 0.973 73° 39° 100 km 03m14.0s
01:5401°07.9'S142°42.4'E01°56.4'S142°19.0'E01°32.1'S142°30.7'E 0.973 73° 36° 99 km 03m14.0s
01:5601°21.7'S143°11.2'E02°10.1'S142°47.7'E01°45.8'S142°59.5'E 0.973 74° 32° 99 km 03m14.0s
01:5801°35.7'S143°39.9'E02°23.9'S143°16.3'E01°59.8'S143°28.1'E 0.973 74° 29° 99 km 03m14.0s
02:0001°50.0'S144°08.5'E02°38.0'S143°44.7'E02°13.9'S143°56.6'E 0.973 74° 25° 99 km 03m14.0s
02:0202°04.4'S144°37.0'E02°52.4'S144°13.1'E02°28.3'S144°25.0'E 0.973 75° 22° 99 km 03m14.0s
02:0402°19.1'S145°05.4'E03°07.0'S144°41.3'E02°43.0'S144°53.4'E 0.973 75° 18° 99 km 03m14.0s
02:0602°34.0'S145°33.7'E03°21.8'S145°09.5'E02°57.8'S145°21.6'E 0.973 75° 15° 99 km 03m13.9s
02:0802°49.1'S146°01.9'E03°36.8'S145°37.7'E03°12.9'S145°49.8'E 0.973 75° 11° 99 km 03m13.9s
02:1003°04.5'S146°30.2'E03°52.1'S146°05.8'E03°28.2'S146°18.0'E 0.973 75° 99 km 03m13.8s
02:1203°20.1'S146°58.4'E04°07.6'S146°33.9'E03°43.8'S146°46.2'E 0.973 74° 99 km 03m13.7s
02:1403°35.9'S147°26.6'E04°23.4'S147°02.1'E03°59.6'S147°14.3'E 0.973 74° 99 km 03m13.6s
02:1603°51.9'S147°54.9'E04°39.4'S147°30.2'E04°15.6'S147°42.6'E 0.973 74° 357° 99 km 03m13.5s
02:1804°08.2'S148°23.2'E04°55.6'S147°58.5'E04°31.9'S148°10.9'E 0.973 73° 353° 99 km 03m13.3s
02:2004°24.7'S148°51.6'E05°12.1'S148°26.8'E04°48.3'S148°39.2'E 0.973 73° 350° 99 km 03m13.2s
02:2204°41.4'S149°20.2'E05°28.9'S148°55.2'E05°05.1'S149°07.7'E 0.973 73° 347° 99 km 03m13.0s
02:2404°58.4'S149°48.8'E05°45.8'S149°23.7'E05°22.0'S149°36.3'E 0.973 72° 344° 99 km 03m12.9s
02:2605°15.6'S150°17.6'E06°03.1'S149°52.4'E05°39.3'S150°05.0'E 0.973 72° 342° 99 km 03m12.7s
02:2805°33.0'S150°46.5'E06°20.5'S150°21.3'E05°56.7'S150°33.9'E 0.973 71° 339° 99 km 03m12.5s
02:3005°50.7'S151°15.7'E06°38.3'S150°50.3'E06°14.4'S151°03.0'E 0.973 70° 337° 99 km 03m12.3s
02:3206°08.6'S151°45.1'E06°56.3'S151°19.6'E06°32.4'S151°32.4'E 0.973 70° 335° 99 km 03m12.1s
02:3406°26.8'S152°14.7'E07°14.6'S151°49.2'E06°50.6'S152°01.9'E 0.973 69° 333° 100 km 03m11.8s
02:3606°45.2'S152°44.6'E07°33.1'S152°19.0'E07°09.1'S152°31.8'E 0.973 68° 331° 100 km 03m11.6s
02:3807°03.9'S153°14.8'E07°51.9'S152°49.1'E07°27.8'S153°02.0'E 0.973 67° 329° 100 km 03m11.3s
02:4007°22.8'S153°45.3'E08°11.0'S153°19.5'E07°46.9'S153°32.5'E 0.972 67° 327° 100 km 03m11.1s
02:4207°42.0'S154°16.2'E08°30.4'S153°50.4'E08°06.2'S154°03.3'E 0.972 66° 325° 101 km 03m10.8s
02:4408°01.5'S154°47.5'E08°50.1'S154°21.6'E08°25.8'S154°34.6'E 0.972 65° 324° 101 km 03m10.5s
02:4608°21.3'S155°19.3'E09°10.1'S154°53.3'E08°45.6'S155°06.3'E 0.972 64° 322° 101 km 03m10.2s
02:4808°41.4'S155°51.5'E09°30.3'S155°25.4'E09°05.8'S155°38.5'E 0.972 63° 321° 102 km 03m09.9s
02:5009°01.8'S156°24.2'E09°50.9'S155°58.1'E09°26.3'S156°11.1'E 0.972 62° 320° 102 km 03m09.6s
02:5209°22.4'S156°57.5'E10°11.9'S156°31.3'E09°47.1'S156°44.4'E 0.972 61° 319° 103 km 03m09.3s
02:5409°43.4'S157°31.3'E10°33.1'S157°05.1'E10°08.2'S157°18.2'E 0.972 60° 317° 103 km 03m09.0s
02:5610°04.7'S158°05.8'E10°54.7'S157°39.6'E10°29.7'S157°52.7'E 0.971 59° 316° 104 km 03m08.7s
02:5810°26.4'S158°41.0'E11°16.7'S158°14.8'E10°51.5'S158°27.9'E 0.971 58° 315° 104 km 03m08.3s
03:0010°48.4'S159°17.0'E11°39.1'S158°50.7'E11°13.7'S159°03.9'E 0.971 57° 314° 105 km 03m08.0s
03:0211°10.7'S159°53.8'E12°01.8'S159°27.5'E11°36.2'S159°40.6'E 0.971 56° 313° 105 km 03m07.6s
03:0411°33.5'S160°31.4'E12°24.9'S160°05.1'E11°59.1'S160°18.3'E 0.971 55° 312° 106 km 03m07.2s
03:0611°56.6'S161°10.0'E12°48.5'S160°43.7'E12°22.5'S160°56.9'E 0.971 54° 311° 106 km 03m06.9s
03:0812°20.1'S161°49.6'E13°12.5'S161°23.4'E12°46.2'S161°36.5'E 0.970 53° 311° 107 km 03m06.5s
03:1012°44.1'S162°30.3'E13°36.9'S162°04.1'E13°10.4'S162°17.2'E 0.970 52° 310° 108 km 03m06.1s
03:1213°08.5'S163°12.2'E14°01.8'S162°46.1'E13°35.1'S162°59.2'E 0.970 51° 309° 109 km 03m05.7s
03:1413°33.4'S163°55.5'E14°27.3'S163°29.5'E14°00.3'S163°42.5'E 0.970 49° 308° 109 km 03m05.3s
03:1613°58.8'S164°40.1'E14°53.2'S164°14.3'E14°26.0'S164°27.2'E 0.970 48° 307° 110 km 03m04.9s
03:1814°24.7'S165°26.4'E15°19.8'S165°00.6'E14°52.2'S165°13.5'E 0.969 47° 307° 111 km 03m04.4s
03:2014°51.2'S166°14.3'E15°46.9'S165°48.7'E15°19.0'S166°01.5'E 0.969 46° 306° 112 km 03m04.0s
03:2215°18.3'S167°04.1'E16°14.7'S166°38.8'E15°46.5'S166°51.4'E 0.969 44° 305° 113 km 03m03.5s
03:2415°46.0'S167°56.0'E16°43.2'S167°30.9'E16°14.6'S167°43.4'E 0.968 43° 304° 114 km 03m03.1s
03:2616°14.5'S168°50.1'E17°12.5'S168°25.4'E16°43.4'S168°37.7'E 0.968 42° 304° 115 km 03m02.6s
03:2816°43.7'S169°46.8'E17°42.6'S169°22.5'E17°13.1'S169°34.6'E 0.968 40° 303° 116 km 03m02.1s
03:3017°13.7'S170°46.4'E18°13.5'S170°22.6'E17°43.5'S170°34.4'E 0.968 39° 302° 117 km 03m01.6s
03:3217°44.6'S171°49.2'E18°45.5'S171°25.9'E18°15.0'S171°37.5'E 0.967 37° 302° 119 km 03m01.1s
03:3418°16.6'S172°55.6'E19°18.6'S172°33.1'E18°47.5'S172°44.3'E 0.967 36° 301° 120 km 03m00.5s
03:3618°49.7'S174°06.2'E19°52.8'S173°44.5'E19°21.2'S173°55.3'E 0.966 34° 300° 121 km 03m00.0s
03:3819°24.0'S175°21.8'E20°28.5'S175°01.1'E19°56.2'S175°11.3'E 0.966 32° 299° 123 km 02m59.4s
03:4019°59.9'S176°43.0'E21°05.8'S176°23.6'E20°32.7'S176°33.2'E 0.966 30° 298° 125 km 02m58.8s
03:4220°37.4'S178°11.1'E21°45.0'S177°53.3'E21°11.1'S178°02.1'E 0.965 29° 297° 126 km 02m58.1s
03:4421°17.0'S179°47.6'E22°26.5'S179°31.9'E21°51.6'S179°39.6'E 0.965 26° 297° 128 km 02m57.5s
03:4621°59.2'S178°25.4'W23°10.8'S178°38.3'W22°34.8'S178°32.1'W 0.964 24° 296° 130 km 02m56.7s
03:4822°44.5'S176°24.7'W23°58.7'S176°33.7'W23°21.4'S176°29.5'W 0.963 22° 294° 133 km 02m56.0s
03:5023°34.2'S174°04.9'W24°51.7'S174°08.2'W24°12.7'S174°07.0'W 0.963 19° 293° 136 km 02m55.1s
03:5224°30.4'S171°16.5'W25°52.2'S171°10.5'W25°10.9'S171°14.2'W 0.962 16° 292° 139 km 02m54.1s
03:5425°37.5'S167°37.8'W27°06.6'S167°12.3'W26°21.4'S167°26.6'W 0.961 12° 290° 143 km 02m53.0s
03:5627°13.2'S161°44.6'W29°08.7'S159°39.5'W28°07.7'S160°54.9'W 0.959 286° 150 km 02m51.1s
Limits28°45.0'S155°03.4'W30°08.6'S155°19.5'W29°26.8'S155°11.4'W 0.958 - 156 km 02m49.7s

ΔT = 63.3 seconds

Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration
Event Time
TD
Time
UT1
Latitude Longitude Sun
Altitude
Sun
Azimuth
Path Width Central
Duration
Greatest Eclipse02:07:10.502:06:07.302°58.7'S145°07.5'E 74.6° 14.3° 98.7 km03m13.94s
Greatest Duration01:59:47.501:58:44.202°05.0'S143°38.6'E 74.2° 27.7° 99.1 km03m14.05s

Explanation of Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration

Links for the Annular Solar Eclipse of 1998 Aug 22

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Eclipse Predictions

Predictions for the Annular Solar Eclipse of 1998 Aug 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 63.3 seconds for this eclipse.

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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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