Path of the Total Solar Eclipse of 1998 Feb 26

Fred Espenak

Introduction

The following table delineates the path of the Moon's umbral shadow during the Total Solar Eclipse of 1998 Feb 26 . 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 1998 Feb 26
UT1 Northern Limit Southern Limit Central Line M:S Sun Sun Path Central
Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Ratio Alt. Azm. Width Duration
Limits01°57.1'S143°58.6'W02°45.6'S144°02.2'W02°21.4'S144°00.4'W 1.026 - 89 km 01m27.3s
15:4802°34.7'S139°26.6'W03°38.5'S137°57.3'W03°07.0'S138°37.7'W 1.028 98° 95 km 01m37.2s
15:5003°19.9'S132°40.1'W04°20.2'S131°56.4'W03°50.1'S132°17.3'W 1.030 12° 98° 103 km 01m50.6s
15:5203°38.5'S128°49.8'W04°39.6'S128°14.4'W04°09.1'S128°31.4'W 1.031 17° 98° 108 km 01m59.5s
15:5403°48.8'S125°53.6'W04°50.9'S125°21.8'W04°19.9'S125°37.1'W 1.032 20° 98° 111 km 02m07.0s
15:5603°54.5'S123°26.9'W04°57.6'S122°57.0'W04°26.0'S123°11.5'W 1.033 23° 97° 114 km 02m13.6s
15:5803°57.1'S121°19.5'W05°01.1'S120°50.6'W04°29.0'S121°04.6'W 1.034 26° 97° 117 km 02m19.6s
16:0003°57.4'S119°25.9'W05°02.2'S118°57.6'W04°29.8'S119°11.4'W 1.034 28° 97° 120 km 02m25.2s
16:0203°55.9'S117°42.8'W05°01.6'S117°14.9'W04°28.7'S117°28.5'W 1.035 30° 97° 122 km 02m30.5s
16:0403°53.1'S116°08.1'W04°59.4'S115°40.3'W04°26.2'S115°53.8'W 1.036 32° 97° 124 km 02m35.5s
16:0603°49.0'S114°40.2'W04°56.0'S114°12.4'W04°22.5'S114°26.0'W 1.036 34° 97° 126 km 02m40.2s
16:0803°43.9'S113°18.0'W04°51.6'S112°50.1'W04°17.7'S113°03.7'W 1.037 36° 98° 128 km 02m44.8s
16:1003°38.0'S112°00.7'W04°46.2'S111°32.6'W04°12.1'S111°46.3'W 1.037 38° 98° 129 km 02m49.2s
16:1203°31.3'S110°47.6'W04°40.0'S110°19.2'W04°05.6'S110°33.1'W 1.038 39° 98° 131 km 02m53.4s
16:1403°23.9'S109°38.1'W04°33.0'S109°09.5'W03°58.4'S109°23.5'W 1.038 41° 98° 133 km 02m57.5s
16:1603°15.8'S108°31.9'W04°25.4'S108°03.0'W03°50.6'S108°17.2'W 1.038 43° 98° 134 km 03m01.5s
16:1803°07.2'S107°28.6'W04°17.2'S106°59.3'W03°42.2'S107°13.7'W 1.039 44° 98° 135 km 03m05.3s
16:2002°58.1'S106°27.8'W04°08.5'S105°58.2'W03°33.2'S106°12.8'W 1.039 46° 99° 137 km 03m08.9s
16:2202°48.5'S105°29.4'W03°59.2'S104°59.4'W03°23.8'S105°14.2'W 1.039 47° 99° 138 km 03m12.5s
16:2402°38.4'S104°33.1'W03°49.5'S104°02.8'W03°13.9'S104°17.7'W 1.040 48° 99° 139 km 03m15.9s
16:2602°27.9'S103°38.7'W03°39.2'S103°08.0'W03°03.5'S103°23.2'W 1.040 50° 100° 140 km 03m19.3s
16:2802°17.0'S102°46.1'W03°28.6'S102°15.0'W02°52.8'S102°30.4'W 1.040 51° 100° 141 km 03m22.5s
16:3002°05.8'S101°55.0'W03°17.6'S101°23.6'W02°41.6'S101°39.2'W 1.041 52° 101° 142 km 03m25.5s
16:3201°54.1'S101°05.5'W03°06.2'S100°33.7'W02°30.1'S100°49.4'W 1.041 54° 101° 143 km 03m28.5s
16:3401°42.2'S100°17.3'W02°54.5'S099°45.2'W02°18.3'S100°01.1'W 1.041 55° 102° 144 km 03m31.4s
16:3601°29.9'S099°30.4'W02°42.4'S098°57.9'W02°06.1'S099°14.0'W 1.041 56° 102° 144 km 03m34.2s
16:3801°17.3'S098°44.6'W02°29.9'S098°11.8'W01°53.6'S098°28.0'W 1.042 57° 103° 145 km 03m36.8s
16:4001°04.5'S097°59.9'W02°17.2'S097°26.7'W01°40.8'S097°43.2'W 1.042 58° 104° 146 km 03m39.4s
16:4200°51.3'S097°16.3'W02°04.2'S096°42.7'W01°27.7'S096°59.3'W 1.042 60° 105° 147 km 03m41.8s
16:4400°37.9'S096°33.5'W01°50.8'S095°59.6'W01°14.3'S096°16.4'W 1.042 61° 106° 147 km 03m44.2s
16:4600°24.2'S095°51.6'W01°37.2'S095°17.4'W01°00.7'S095°34.4'W 1.042 62° 106° 148 km 03m46.4s
16:4800°10.2'S095°10.5'W01°23.3'S094°36.0'W00°46.8'S094°53.2'W 1.042 63° 108° 148 km 03m48.5s
16:5000°04.0'N094°30.2'W01°09.2'S093°55.4'W00°32.6'S094°12.7'W 1.043 64° 109° 149 km 03m50.5s
16:5200°18.4'N093°50.5'W00°54.8'S093°15.4'W00°18.2'S093°32.9'W 1.043 65° 110° 149 km 03m52.4s
16:5400°33.1'N093°11.5'W00°40.1'S092°36.1'W00°03.5'S092°53.7'W 1.043 66° 111° 150 km 03m54.2s
16:5600°48.1'N092°33.1'W00°25.2'S091°57.4'W00°11.4'N092°15.2'W 1.043 67° 113° 150 km 03m55.9s
16:5801°03.2'N091°55.3'W00°10.1'S091°19.3'W00°26.6'N091°37.2'W 1.043 68° 115° 150 km 03m57.5s
17:0001°18.6'N091°17.9'W00°05.3'N090°41.7'W00°41.9'N090°59.7'W 1.043 69° 116° 151 km 03m59.0s
17:0201°34.2'N090°41.0'W00°20.9'N090°04.6'W00°57.5'N090°22.7'W 1.043 70° 118° 151 km 04m00.4s
17:0401°50.0'N090°04.6'W00°36.7'N089°27.9'W01°13.4'N089°46.2'W 1.043 70° 120° 151 km 04m01.6s
17:0602°06.0'N089°28.5'W00°52.7'N088°51.7'W01°29.4'N089°10.0'W 1.044 71° 123° 151 km 04m02.8s
17:0802°22.3'N088°52.8'W01°09.0'N088°15.8'W01°45.6'N088°34.3'W 1.044 72° 125° 151 km 04m03.9s
17:1002°38.7'N088°17.5'W01°25.5'N087°40.2'W02°02.1'N087°58.8'W 1.044 73° 128° 151 km 04m04.8s
17:1202°55.4'N087°42.4'W01°42.2'N087°05.0'W02°18.8'N087°23.7'W 1.044 73° 131° 152 km 04m05.7s
17:1403°12.2'N087°07.6'W01°59.1'N086°30.0'W02°35.7'N086°48.8'W 1.044 74° 134° 152 km 04m06.4s
17:1603°29.3'N086°33.0'W02°16.3'N085°55.3'W02°52.8'N086°14.1'W 1.044 74° 138° 152 km 04m07.0s
17:1803°46.6'N085°58.7'W02°33.6'N085°20.8'W03°10.1'N085°39.7'W 1.044 75° 142° 152 km 04m07.5s
17:2004°04.1'N085°24.5'W02°51.1'N084°46.5'W03°27.6'N085°05.5'W 1.044 75° 146° 152 km 04m08.0s
17:2204°21.7'N084°50.4'W03°08.9'N084°12.3'W03°45.3'N084°31.4'W 1.044 76° 150° 152 km 04m08.3s
17:2404°39.6'N084°16.5'W03°26.9'N083°38.3'W04°03.2'N083°57.4'W 1.044 76° 154° 152 km 04m08.5s
17:2604°57.7'N083°42.6'W03°45.0'N083°04.4'W04°21.4'N083°23.5'W 1.044 76° 159° 151 km 04m08.6s
17:2805°16.0'N083°08.8'W04°03.4'N082°30.5'W04°39.7'N082°49.7'W 1.044 76° 163° 151 km 04m08.6s
17:3005°34.5'N082°35.0'W04°22.0'N081°56.7'W04°58.2'N082°15.9'W 1.044 76° 168° 151 km 04m08.5s
17:3205°53.2'N082°01.3'W04°40.8'N081°22.9'W05°17.0'N081°42.1'W 1.044 76° 172° 151 km 04m08.3s
17:3406°12.1'N081°27.5'W04°59.8'N080°49.1'W05°35.9'N081°08.3'W 1.044 76° 177° 151 km 04m08.0s
17:3606°31.3'N080°53.6'W05°19.0'N080°15.3'W05°55.1'N080°34.5'W 1.044 75° 181° 151 km 04m07.6s
17:3806°50.6'N080°19.7'W05°38.5'N079°41.3'W06°14.5'N080°00.5'W 1.044 75° 185° 150 km 04m07.0s
17:4007°10.1'N079°45.6'W05°58.1'N079°07.3'W06°34.1'N079°26.5'W 1.044 75° 189° 150 km 04m06.4s
17:4207°29.9'N079°11.4'W06°18.0'N078°33.2'W06°53.9'N078°52.3'W 1.044 74° 192° 150 km 04m05.7s
17:4407°49.9'N078°37.0'W06°38.1'N077°58.9'W07°13.9'N078°18.0'W 1.044 74° 196° 150 km 04m04.9s
17:4608°10.1'N078°02.4'W06°58.4'N077°24.4'W07°34.2'N077°43.5'W 1.044 73° 199° 149 km 04m04.0s
17:4808°30.5'N077°27.6'W07°18.9'N076°49.6'W07°54.6'N077°08.7'W 1.044 72° 202° 149 km 04m02.9s
17:5008°51.1'N076°52.5'W07°39.7'N076°14.7'W08°15.3'N076°33.6'W 1.044 71° 205° 149 km 04m01.8s
17:5209°12.0'N076°17.1'W08°00.7'N075°39.4'W08°36.3'N075°58.3'W 1.044 71° 207° 148 km 04m00.6s
17:5409°33.1'N075°41.3'W08°21.9'N075°03.8'W08°57.4'N075°22.6'W 1.044 70° 210° 148 km 03m59.3s
17:5609°54.5'N075°05.1'W08°43.4'N074°27.8'W09°18.9'N074°46.5'W 1.044 69° 212° 148 km 03m57.9s
17:5810°16.1'N074°28.5'W09°05.1'N073°51.4'W09°40.5'N074°10.1'W 1.043 68° 214° 147 km 03m56.4s
18:0010°37.9'N073°51.5'W09°27.1'N073°14.6'W10°02.4'N073°33.1'W 1.043 67° 216° 147 km 03m54.8s
18:0211°00.0'N073°13.9'W09°49.3'N072°37.3'W10°24.6'N072°55.7'W 1.043 66° 217° 146 km 03m53.1s
18:0411°22.4'N072°35.8'W10°11.8'N071°59.4'W10°47.0'N072°17.7'W 1.043 65° 219° 146 km 03m51.3s
18:0611°45.1'N071°57.0'W10°34.6'N071°21.0'W11°09.7'N071°39.1'W 1.043 64° 221° 145 km 03m49.4s
18:0812°08.0'N071°17.6'W10°57.6'N070°41.9'W11°32.7'N070°59.8'W 1.043 63° 222° 145 km 03m47.4s
18:1012°31.2'N070°37.4'W11°21.0'N070°02.1'W11°56.0'N070°19.9'W 1.043 62° 223° 144 km 03m45.4s
18:1212°54.7'N069°56.5'W11°44.6'N069°21.5'W12°19.6'N069°39.1'W 1.043 61° 225° 144 km 03m43.2s
18:1413°18.5'N069°14.7'W12°08.6'N068°40.2'W12°43.5'N068°57.6'W 1.042 60° 226° 143 km 03m40.9s
18:1613°42.7'N068°32.0'W12°32.9'N067°57.9'W13°07.7'N068°15.1'W 1.042 59° 227° 142 km 03m38.6s
18:1814°07.2'N067°48.3'W12°57.5'N067°14.7'W13°32.2'N067°31.6'W 1.042 58° 228° 142 km 03m36.1s
18:2014°32.0'N067°03.5'W13°22.5'N066°30.4'W13°57.1'N066°47.1'W 1.042 56° 229° 141 km 03m33.6s
18:2214°57.2'N066°17.5'W13°47.8'N065°44.9'W14°22.4'N066°01.4'W 1.042 55° 230° 140 km 03m30.9s
18:2415°22.7'N065°30.3'W14°13.5'N064°58.3'W14°48.0'N065°14.4'W 1.041 54° 231° 139 km 03m28.2s
18:2615°48.7'N064°41.6'W14°39.7'N064°10.2'W15°14.1'N064°26.1'W 1.041 53° 232° 139 km 03m25.3s
18:2816°15.1'N063°51.4'W15°06.2'N063°20.7'W15°40.6'N063°36.2'W 1.041 52° 233° 138 km 03m22.4s
18:3016°41.9'N062°59.6'W15°33.2'N062°29.6'W16°07.5'N062°44.8'W 1.041 50° 234° 137 km 03m19.4s
18:3217°09.2'N062°05.9'W16°00.7'N061°36.7'W16°34.9'N061°51.5'W 1.040 49° 235° 136 km 03m16.2s
18:3417°37.1'N061°10.2'W16°28.7'N060°41.8'W17°02.8'N060°56.2'W 1.040 47° 236° 135 km 03m13.0s
18:3618°05.4'N060°12.3'W16°57.2'N059°44.8'W17°31.2'N059°58.8'W 1.040 46° 236° 134 km 03m09.6s
18:3818°34.3'N059°11.9'W17°26.4'N058°45.4'W18°00.2'N058°58.9'W 1.039 45° 237° 133 km 03m06.2s
18:4019°03.9'N058°08.8'W17°56.1'N057°43.4'W18°29.9'N057°56.3'W 1.039 43° 238° 132 km 03m02.6s
18:4219°34.1'N057°02.6'W18°26.6'N056°38.3'W19°00.2'N056°50.7'W 1.039 42° 239° 131 km 02m58.9s
18:4420°05.0'N055°53.0'W18°57.8'N055°30.0'W19°31.3'N055°41.8'W 1.038 40° 240° 129 km 02m55.0s
18:4620°36.8'N054°39.5'W19°29.8'N054°17.8'W20°03.2'N054°29.0'W 1.038 38° 241° 128 km 02m51.0s
18:4821°09.5'N053°21.5'W20°02.7'N053°01.3'W20°36.0'N053°11.7'W 1.038 37° 242° 127 km 02m46.9s
18:5021°43.2'N051°58.3'W20°36.7'N051°39.8'W21°09.8'N051°49.4'W 1.037 35° 242° 125 km 02m42.6s
18:5222°18.1'N050°29.0'W21°11.9'N050°12.5'W21°44.9'N050°21.1'W 1.037 33° 243° 124 km 02m38.1s
18:5422°54.3'N048°52.5'W21°48.5'N048°38.1'W22°21.2'N048°45.7'W 1.036 31° 244° 122 km 02m33.4s
18:5623°32.1'N047°07.1'W22°26.7'N046°55.2'W22°59.3'N047°01.6'W 1.035 29° 245° 120 km 02m28.4s
18:5824°11.9'N045°10.7'W23°06.8'N045°01.8'W23°39.2'N045°06.7'W 1.035 26° 246° 118 km 02m23.2s
19:0024°54.2'N042°59.9'W23°49.4'N042°54.7'W24°21.7'N042°57.9'W 1.034 24° 248° 116 km 02m17.5s
19:0225°39.7'N040°29.6'W24°35.3'N040°29.2'W25°07.4'N040°30.0'W 1.033 21° 249° 113 km 02m11.4s
19:0426°29.9'N037°30.4'W25°25.9'N037°36.7'W25°57.7'N037°34.3'W 1.032 18° 251° 110 km 02m04.5s
19:0627°27.9'N033°42.0'W26°23.9'N033°59.5'W26°55.7'N033°51.8'W 1.031 14° 253° 106 km 01m56.4s
19:0828°43.9'N027°56.3'W27°38.1'N028°43.0'W28°10.7'N028°21.9'W 1.029 255° 101 km 01m45.6s
Limits30°15.9'N019°05.8'W29°26.2'N018°59.9'W29°51.0'N019°02.9'W 1.027 - 92 km 01m30.1s

ΔT = 63.0 seconds

Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration
Event Time
TD
Time
UT1
Latitude Longitude Sun
Altitude
Sun
Azimuth
Path Width Central
Duration
Greatest Eclipse17:29:26.717:28:23.704°43.3'N082°58.8'W 76.1° 164.0° 151.3 km04m08.58s
Greatest Duration17:28:01.917:26:58.904°30.3'N083°06.9'W 76.1° 160.7° 151.4 km04m08.60s

Explanation of Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration

Links for the Total Solar Eclipse of 1998 Feb 26

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Eclipse Predictions

Predictions for the Total Solar Eclipse of 1998 Feb 26 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 63.0 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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