Path of the Total Solar Eclipse of 2231 Aug 28
Fred Espenak
Introduction
The following table delineates the path of the Moon's umbral shadow during the Total Solar Eclipse of 2231 Aug 28 . 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 2231 Aug 28 | |||||||||||
| UT1 | Northern Limit | Southern Limit | Central Line | M:S | Sun | Sun | Path | Central | |||
| Latitude | Longitude | Latitude | Longitude | Latitude | Longitude | Ratio | Alt. | Azm. | Width | Duration | |
| Limits | 29°31.4'S | 092°25.4'W | 32°39.8'S | 092°52.2'W | 31°03.5'S | 092°38.4'W | 1.056 | 0° | - | 331 km | 03m11.6s |
| 12:38 | 28°18.5'S | 079°20.5'W | - | - | 30°02.8'S | 083°58.2'W | 1.059 | 8° | 74° | 362 km | 03m32.4s |
| 12:40 | 28°24.1'S | 076°48.6'W | 31°49.2'S | 085°41.9'W | 29°58.3'S | 080°25.9'W | 1.060 | 11° | 72° | 377 km | 03m41.8s |
| 12:42 | 28°34.9'S | 074°43.2'W | 31°42.1'S | 081°48.5'W | 30°04.0'S | 077°49.9'W | 1.061 | 14° | 70° | 388 km | 03m49.1s |
| 12:44 | 28°49.1'S | 072°54.7'W | 31°47.4'S | 079°04.6'W | 30°15.2'S | 075°42.2'W | 1.061 | 16° | 68° | 398 km | 03m55.2s |
| 12:46 | 29°05.8'S | 071°18.3'W | 31°58.7'S | 076°52.7'W | 30°29.9'S | 073°52.4'W | 1.062 | 18° | 67° | 406 km | 04m00.6s |
| 12:48 | 29°24.6'S | 069°51.0'W | 32°13.8'S | 075°00.3'W | 30°47.2'S | 072°15.2'W | 1.062 | 19° | 65° | 413 km | 04m05.3s |
| 12:50 | 29°45.1'S | 068°30.9'W | 32°31.6'S | 073°21.3'W | 31°06.7'S | 070°47.3'W | 1.063 | 21° | 64° | 418 km | 04m09.6s |
| 12:52 | 30°07.1'S | 067°16.6'W | 32°51.6'S | 071°52.2'W | 31°27.8'S | 069°26.8'W | 1.063 | 22° | 63° | 423 km | 04m13.4s |
| 12:54 | 30°30.3'S | 066°07.1'W | 33°13.4'S | 070°30.7'W | 31°50.4'S | 068°12.2'W | 1.064 | 23° | 61° | 427 km | 04m17.0s |
| 12:56 | 30°54.7'S | 065°01.7'W | 33°36.7'S | 069°15.4'W | 32°14.4'S | 067°02.5'W | 1.064 | 24° | 60° | 429 km | 04m20.2s |
| 12:58 | 31°20.2'S | 063°59.7'W | 34°01.4'S | 068°05.2'W | 32°39.5'S | 065°56.9'W | 1.064 | 25° | 59° | 431 km | 04m23.2s |
| 13:00 | 31°46.6'S | 063°00.8'W | 34°27.3'S | 066°59.1'W | 33°05.7'S | 064°54.8'W | 1.064 | 26° | 57° | 433 km | 04m25.9s |
| 13:02 | 32°14.0'S | 062°04.4'W | 34°54.3'S | 065°56.7'W | 33°33.0'S | 063°55.8'W | 1.065 | 27° | 56° | 433 km | 04m28.4s |
| 13:04 | 32°42.3'S | 061°10.4'W | 35°22.4'S | 064°57.3'W | 34°01.2'S | 062°59.3'W | 1.065 | 27° | 55° | 434 km | 04m30.7s |
| 13:06 | 33°11.4'S | 060°18.3'W | 35°51.4'S | 064°00.6'W | 34°30.3'S | 062°05.2'W | 1.065 | 28° | 53° | 433 km | 04m32.7s |
| 13:08 | 33°41.4'S | 059°28.0'W | 36°21.5'S | 063°06.1'W | 35°00.3'S | 061°13.0'W | 1.065 | 28° | 52° | 432 km | 04m34.6s |
| 13:10 | 34°12.2'S | 058°39.3'W | 36°52.5'S | 062°13.7'W | 35°31.1'S | 060°22.6'W | 1.065 | 29° | 51° | 431 km | 04m36.2s |
| 13:12 | 34°43.8'S | 057°51.9'W | 37°24.3'S | 061°23.1'W | 36°02.9'S | 059°33.7'W | 1.066 | 29° | 49° | 429 km | 04m37.7s |
| 13:14 | 35°16.2'S | 057°05.8'W | 37°57.1'S | 060°34.0'W | 36°35.4'S | 058°46.2'W | 1.066 | 30° | 48° | 427 km | 04m39.0s |
| 13:16 | 35°49.3'S | 056°20.7'W | 38°30.8'S | 059°46.3'W | 37°08.9'S | 058°00.0'W | 1.066 | 30° | 46° | 424 km | 04m40.1s |
| 13:18 | 36°23.3'S | 055°36.6'W | 39°05.4'S | 058°59.8'W | 37°43.1'S | 057°14.7'W | 1.066 | 31° | 45° | 421 km | 04m41.0s |
| 13:20 | 36°58.0'S | 054°53.2'W | 39°40.9'S | 058°14.3'W | 38°18.2'S | 056°30.4'W | 1.066 | 31° | 44° | 419 km | 04m41.8s |
| 13:22 | 37°33.6'S | 054°10.6'W | 40°17.3'S | 057°29.7'W | 38°54.1'S | 055°46.8'W | 1.066 | 31° | 42° | 415 km | 04m42.4s |
| 13:24 | 38°10.0'S | 053°28.5'W | 40°54.6'S | 056°45.9'W | 39°31.0'S | 055°03.9'W | 1.066 | 31° | 41° | 412 km | 04m42.9s |
| 13:26 | 38°47.2'S | 052°46.9'W | 41°32.9'S | 056°02.6'W | 40°08.7'S | 054°21.5'W | 1.066 | 31° | 39° | 409 km | 04m43.2s |
| 13:28 | 39°25.3'S | 052°05.7'W | 42°12.1'S | 055°19.9'W | 40°47.3'S | 053°39.6'W | 1.066 | 31° | 38° | 405 km | 04m43.3s |
| 13:30 | 40°04.2'S | 051°24.8'W | 42°52.4'S | 054°37.6'W | 41°26.9'S | 052°57.9'W | 1.066 | 31° | 36° | 402 km | 04m43.3s |
| 13:32 | 40°44.1'S | 050°44.0'W | 43°33.7'S | 053°55.6'W | 42°07.4'S | 052°16.5'W | 1.066 | 31° | 35° | 398 km | 04m43.1s |
| 13:34 | 41°24.9'S | 050°03.3'W | 44°16.1'S | 053°13.7'W | 42°49.0'S | 051°35.3'W | 1.066 | 31° | 33° | 395 km | 04m42.7s |
| 13:36 | 42°06.7'S | 049°22.6'W | 44°59.7'S | 052°31.9'W | 43°31.6'S | 050°54.0'W | 1.066 | 31° | 32° | 391 km | 04m42.2s |
| 13:38 | 42°49.5'S | 048°41.7'W | 45°44.5'S | 051°50.1'W | 44°15.3'S | 050°12.6'W | 1.066 | 31° | 30° | 388 km | 04m41.6s |
| 13:40 | 43°33.4'S | 048°00.6'W | 46°30.5'S | 051°08.0'W | 45°00.2'S | 049°31.0'W | 1.066 | 31° | 29° | 384 km | 04m40.8s |
| 13:42 | 44°18.4'S | 047°19.1'W | 47°17.9'S | 050°25.7'W | 45°46.3'S | 048°49.0'W | 1.066 | 31° | 27° | 381 km | 04m39.8s |
| 13:44 | 45°04.6'S | 046°37.1'W | 48°06.7'S | 049°42.9'W | 46°33.7'S | 048°06.6'W | 1.066 | 30° | 26° | 378 km | 04m38.7s |
| 13:46 | 45°52.1'S | 045°54.5'W | 48°57.0'S | 048°59.5'W | 47°22.5'S | 047°23.5'W | 1.066 | 30° | 24° | 374 km | 04m37.4s |
| 13:48 | 46°40.9'S | 045°11.2'W | 49°49.1'S | 048°15.3'W | 48°12.8'S | 046°39.7'W | 1.065 | 29° | 23° | 371 km | 04m35.9s |
| 13:50 | 47°31.2'S | 044°26.9'W | 50°42.9'S | 047°30.2'W | 49°04.7'S | 045°54.9'W | 1.065 | 29° | 21° | 368 km | 04m34.3s |
| 13:52 | 48°23.1'S | 043°41.5'W | 51°38.6'S | 046°44.0'W | 49°58.4'S | 045°09.0'W | 1.065 | 28° | 20° | 365 km | 04m32.5s |
| 13:54 | 49°16.7'S | 042°54.8'W | 52°36.6'S | 045°56.4'W | 50°53.9'S | 044°21.8'W | 1.065 | 28° | 18° | 362 km | 04m30.5s |
| 13:56 | 50°12.1'S | 042°06.6'W | 53°36.9'S | 045°07.1'W | 51°51.6'S | 043°32.9'W | 1.065 | 27° | 17° | 359 km | 04m28.3s |
| 13:58 | 51°09.5'S | 041°16.5'W | 54°39.9'S | 044°15.9'W | 52°51.5'S | 042°42.1'W | 1.065 | 26° | 15° | 356 km | 04m25.9s |
| 14:00 | 52°09.2'S | 040°24.3'W | 55°45.9'S | 043°22.2'W | 53°54.0'S | 041°49.0'W | 1.064 | 25° | 13° | 354 km | 04m23.3s |
| 14:02 | 53°11.3'S | 039°29.5'W | 56°55.3'S | 042°25.7'W | 54°59.4'S | 040°53.2'W | 1.064 | 25° | 12° | 351 km | 04m20.5s |
| 14:04 | 54°16.3'S | 038°31.7'W | 58°08.8'S | 041°25.6'W | 56°08.2'S | 039°54.1'W | 1.064 | 24° | 10° | 349 km | 04m17.5s |
| 14:06 | 55°24.5'S | 037°30.2'W | 59°26.9'S | 040°21.2'W | 57°20.7'S | 038°51.0'W | 1.063 | 23° | 8° | 346 km | 04m14.2s |
| 14:08 | 56°36.3'S | 036°24.4'W | 60°50.7'S | 039°11.2'W | 58°37.7'S | 037°42.9'W | 1.063 | 21° | 6° | 344 km | 04m10.6s |
| 14:10 | 57°52.5'S | 035°13.1'W | 62°21.6'S | 037°54.1'W | 60°00.1'S | 036°28.7'W | 1.063 | 20° | 5° | 342 km | 04m06.7s |
| 14:12 | 59°13.8'S | 033°55.0'W | 64°01.6'S | 036°27.4'W | 61°29.2'S | 035°06.3'W | 1.062 | 19° | 3° | 340 km | 04m02.4s |
| 14:14 | 60°41.5'S | 032°28.0'W | 65°54.0'S | 034°47.1'W | 63°06.7'S | 033°33.2'W | 1.062 | 17° | 0° | 338 km | 03m57.7s |
| 14:16 | 62°17.2'S | 030°49.3'W | 68°04.6'S | 032°45.5'W | 64°55.5'S | 031°44.8'W | 1.061 | 15° | 358° | 336 km | 03m52.3s |
| 14:18 | 64°03.5'S | 028°53.9'W | 70°46.6'S | 030°05.5'W | 67°00.7'S | 029°32.9'W | 1.060 | 13° | 355° | 335 km | 03m46.1s |
| 14:20 | 66°04.9'S | 026°33.3'W | 74°45.8'S | 025°41.9'W | 69°32.7'S | 026°39.7'W | 1.060 | 11° | 352° | 334 km | 03m38.7s |
| 14:22 | 68°30.5'S | 023°29.2'W | - | - | 73°02.6'S | 022°06.9'W | 1.058 | 7° | 347° | 333 km | 03m28.6s |
| Limits | 78°33.8'S | 004°11.9'W | 79°50.9'S | 018°37.5'W | 79°17.3'S | 010°47.4'W | 1.056 | 0° | - | 333 km | 03m11.3s |
ΔT = 332.0 seconds
| Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration | ||||||||
| Event | Time TD |
Time UT1 |
Latitude | Longitude | Sun Altitude |
Sun Azimuth |
Path Width | Central Duration |
| Greatest Eclipse | 13:35:31.1 | 13:29:59.1 | 41°26.6'S | 054°21.5'W | 31.4° | 36.4° | 402.0 km | 04m43.28s |
| Greatest Duration | 13:34:10.5 | 13:28:38.5 | 40°59.9'S | 053°26.2'W | 31.4° | 37.4° | 404.3 km | 04m43.31s |
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Eclipse Predictions
Predictions for the Total Solar Eclipse of 2231 Aug 28 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 332.0 seconds for this eclipse. The uncertainty in ΔT is 84.4 seconds corresponding to a standard error in longitude of the eclipse path of ± 0.35°.
Acknowledgments
All eclipse calculations are by Fred Espenak, and he assumes full responsibility for their accuracy.
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"Eclipse Predictions by Fred Espenak, EclipseWise.com"
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