Path of the Total Solar Eclipse of 2258 Aug 29

Fred Espenak

Introduction

The following table delineates the path of the Moon's umbral shadow during the Total Solar Eclipse of 2258 Aug 29 . 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 2258 Aug 29
UT1 Northern Limit Southern Limit Central Line M:S Sun Sun Path Central
Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Ratio Alt. Azm. Width Duration
Limits14°02.0'S153°11.2'E15°55.0'S153°07.0'E14°58.2'S153°09.3'E 1.055 - 204 km 03m01.8s
20:0012°28.6'S164°16.5'E15°03.9'S159°04.5'E13°42.8'S162°05.3'E 1.058 78° 217 km 03m25.6s
20:0212°06.7'S168°02.9'E14°26.5'S164°40.6'E13°15.6'S166°29.5'E 1.059 14° 77° 224 km 03m39.4s
20:0411°54.2'S170°54.9'E14°09.3'S168°10.6'E13°01.3'S169°37.4'E 1.061 17° 76° 229 km 03m50.0s
20:0611°47.0'S173°17.7'E13°59.9'S170°54.3'E12°53.1'S172°09.3'E 1.061 20° 75° 233 km 03m59.1s
20:0811°43.1'S175°21.6'E13°54.9'S173°11.7'E12°48.7'S174°19.3'E 1.062 23° 74° 237 km 04m07.3s
20:1011°41.8'S177°12.0'E13°52.9'S175°11.6'E12°47.1'S176°14.0'E 1.063 25° 73° 240 km 04m14.8s
20:1211°42.5'S178°52.1'E13°53.1'S176°58.9'E12°47.6'S177°57.4'E 1.063 27° 73° 243 km 04m21.7s
20:1411°44.7'S179°35.8'W13°55.1'S178°36.6'E12°49.8'S179°32.0'E 1.064 29° 72° 246 km 04m28.3s
20:1611°48.3'S178°10.3'W13°58.6'S179°53.5'W12°53.3'S179°00.4'W 1.065 31° 71° 249 km 04m34.5s
20:1811°53.0'S176°50.4'W14°03.2'S178°29.8'W12°58.0'S177°38.7'W 1.065 32° 70° 251 km 04m40.4s
20:2011°58.7'S175°35.0'W14°08.9'S177°11.5'W13°03.7'S176°22.0'W 1.065 34° 69° 254 km 04m46.0s
20:2212°05.2'S174°23.7'W14°15.5'S175°57.5'W13°10.2'S175°09.5'W 1.066 36° 68° 256 km 04m51.3s
20:2412°12.6'S173°15.9'W14°22.9'S174°47.5'W13°17.6'S174°00.6'W 1.066 37° 67° 258 km 04m56.4s
20:2612°20.7'S172°11.1'W14°31.0'S173°40.8'W13°25.7'S172°54.9'W 1.067 38° 67° 260 km 05m01.3s
20:2812°29.4'S171°09.1'W14°39.8'S172°37.0'W13°34.5'S171°52.1'W 1.067 40° 66° 261 km 05m06.0s
20:3012°38.7'S170°09.4'W14°49.3'S171°35.9'W13°43.9'S170°51.8'W 1.067 41° 65° 263 km 05m10.5s
20:3212°48.6'S169°12.0'W14°59.2'S170°37.0'W13°53.8'S169°53.7'W 1.068 42° 64° 264 km 05m14.8s
20:3412°59.1'S168°16.4'W15°09.7'S169°40.3'W14°04.3'S168°57.6'W 1.068 43° 62° 266 km 05m18.9s
20:3613°10.0'S167°22.7'W15°20.7'S168°45.5'W14°15.2'S168°03.4'W 1.068 44° 61° 267 km 05m22.8s
20:3813°21.4'S166°30.5'W15°32.2'S167°52.4'W14°26.6'S167°10.8'W 1.068 46° 60° 268 km 05m26.6s
20:4013°33.2'S165°39.9'W15°44.1'S167°00.8'W14°38.5'S166°19.7'W 1.069 47° 59° 269 km 05m30.2s
20:4213°45.5'S164°50.5'W15°56.4'S166°10.6'W14°50.8'S165°29.9'W 1.069 48° 58° 270 km 05m33.6s
20:4413°58.1'S164°02.4'W16°09.1'S165°21.7'W15°03.5'S164°41.4'W 1.069 49° 56° 270 km 05m36.9s
20:4614°11.2'S163°15.4'W16°22.3'S164°34.0'W15°16.6'S163°54.1'W 1.069 49° 55° 271 km 05m40.0s
20:4814°24.6'S162°29.4'W16°35.7'S163°47.3'W15°30.0'S163°07.8'W 1.070 50° 54° 272 km 05m42.9s
20:5014°38.4'S161°44.3'W16°49.6'S163°01.6'W15°43.8'S162°22.4'W 1.070 51° 52° 272 km 05m45.7s
20:5214°52.6'S161°00.1'W17°03.8'S162°16.7'W15°58.0'S161°37.9'W 1.070 52° 51° 273 km 05m48.3s
20:5415°07.1'S160°16.7'W17°18.3'S161°32.7'W16°12.5'S160°54.2'W 1.070 53° 49° 273 km 05m50.7s
20:5615°21.9'S159°34.0'W17°33.2'S160°49.4'W16°27.3'S160°11.3'W 1.070 53° 48° 273 km 05m53.0s
20:5815°37.0'S158°51.9'W17°48.4'S160°06.8'W16°42.5'S159°29.0'W 1.070 54° 46° 273 km 05m55.2s
21:0015°52.5'S158°10.4'W18°03.9'S159°24.8'W16°58.0'S158°47.2'W 1.070 55° 44° 273 km 05m57.1s
21:0216°08.3'S157°29.5'W18°19.7'S158°43.4'W17°13.8'S158°06.1'W 1.071 55° 42° 274 km 05m59.0s
21:0416°24.4'S156°49.1'W18°35.8'S158°02.4'W17°29.9'S157°25.4'W 1.071 56° 41° 273 km 06m00.6s
21:0616°40.8'S156°09.1'W18°52.3'S157°21.9'W17°46.3'S156°45.1'W 1.071 56° 39° 273 km 06m02.1s
21:0816°57.5'S155°29.5'W19°09.0'S156°41.7'W18°03.1'S156°05.3'W 1.071 57° 37° 273 km 06m03.5s
21:1017°14.5'S154°50.2'W19°26.1'S156°01.9'W18°20.1'S155°25.8'W 1.071 57° 35° 273 km 06m04.7s
21:1217°31.9'S154°11.2'W19°43.4'S155°22.4'W18°37.4'S154°46.5'W 1.071 58° 33° 273 km 06m05.7s
21:1417°49.5'S153°32.5'W20°01.1'S154°43.1'W18°55.0'S154°07.5'W 1.071 58° 31° 272 km 06m06.6s
21:1618°07.4'S152°54.0'W20°19.0'S154°04.0'W19°12.9'S153°28.8'W 1.071 58° 28° 272 km 06m07.3s
21:1818°25.6'S152°15.6'W20°37.2'S153°25.1'W19°31.1'S152°50.2'W 1.071 58° 26° 271 km 06m07.9s
21:2018°44.0'S151°37.4'W20°55.8'S152°46.3'W19°49.6'S152°11.7'W 1.071 59° 24° 271 km 06m08.4s
21:2219°02.8'S150°59.3'W21°14.6'S152°07.6'W20°08.4'S151°33.3'W 1.071 59° 22° 270 km 06m08.6s
21:2419°21.9'S150°21.2'W21°33.7'S151°28.9'W20°27.5'S150°54.9'W 1.071 59° 20° 270 km 06m08.8s
21:2619°41.3'S149°43.2'W21°53.2'S150°50.2'W20°46.9'S150°16.5'W 1.071 59° 17° 269 km 06m08.7s
21:2820°00.9'S149°05.1'W22°12.9'S150°11.4'W21°06.6'S149°38.1'W 1.071 59° 15° 269 km 06m08.6s
21:3020°20.9'S148°26.9'W22°32.9'S149°32.6'W21°26.6'S148°59.7'W 1.071 59° 13° 268 km 06m08.3s
21:3220°41.2'S147°48.6'W22°53.3'S148°53.6'W21°46.9'S148°21.0'W 1.071 59° 11° 267 km 06m07.8s
21:3421°01.7'S147°10.2'W23°14.0'S148°14.4'W22°07.5'S147°42.3'W 1.071 58° 266 km 06m07.2s
21:3621°22.6'S146°31.6'W23°35.0'S147°35.0'W22°28.5'S147°03.3'W 1.071 58° 266 km 06m06.4s
21:3821°43.8'S145°52.8'W23°56.3'S146°55.4'W22°49.7'S146°24.1'W 1.071 58° 265 km 06m05.5s
21:4022°05.4'S145°13.7'W24°17.9'S146°15.4'W23°11.3'S145°44.5'W 1.071 58° 264 km 06m04.4s
21:4222°27.2'S144°34.2'W24°39.9'S145°35.0'W23°33.2'S145°04.7'W 1.071 57° 360° 263 km 06m03.2s
21:4422°49.4'S143°54.4'W25°02.2'S144°54.3'W23°55.4'S144°24.4'W 1.071 57° 358° 262 km 06m01.9s
21:4623°11.9'S143°14.2'W25°24.9'S144°13.1'W24°18.0'S143°43.7'W 1.071 56° 356° 261 km 06m00.4s
21:4823°34.8'S142°33.4'W25°48.0'S143°31.3'W24°41.0'S143°02.5'W 1.071 56° 354° 261 km 05m58.8s
21:5023°58.0'S141°52.2'W26°11.4'S142°49.0'W25°04.3'S142°20.7'W 1.071 55° 352° 260 km 05m57.0s
21:5224°21.6'S141°10.4'W26°35.2'S142°06.0'W25°28.0'S141°38.3'W 1.071 55° 350° 259 km 05m55.1s
21:5424°45.5'S140°27.9'W26°59.3'S141°22.3'W25°52.0'S140°55.2'W 1.070 54° 348° 258 km 05m53.0s
21:5625°09.9'S139°44.7'W27°23.9'S140°37.8'W26°16.5'S140°11.4'W 1.070 54° 346° 257 km 05m50.8s
21:5825°34.6'S139°00.8'W27°48.9'S139°52.4'W26°41.4'S139°26.8'W 1.070 53° 344° 256 km 05m48.5s
22:0025°59.8'S138°15.9'W28°14.4'S139°06.1'W27°06.6'S138°41.3'W 1.070 52° 342° 255 km 05m46.0s
22:0226°25.4'S137°30.2'W28°40.3'S138°18.8'W27°32.4'S137°54.8'W 1.070 51° 340° 254 km 05m43.4s
22:0426°51.4'S136°43.4'W29°06.6'S137°30.4'W27°58.6'S137°07.2'W 1.070 51° 339° 253 km 05m40.6s
22:0627°17.9'S135°55.5'W29°33.5'S136°40.7'W28°25.2'S136°18.4'W 1.070 50° 337° 252 km 05m37.7s
22:0827°44.9'S135°06.3'W30°00.8'S135°49.7'W28°52.4'S135°28.4'W 1.069 49° 335° 251 km 05m34.7s
22:1028°12.4'S134°15.9'W30°28.7'S134°57.2'W29°20.1'S134°37.0'W 1.069 48° 334° 250 km 05m31.5s
22:1228°40.5'S133°23.9'W30°57.2'S134°03.1'W29°48.3'S133°44.0'W 1.069 47° 332° 249 km 05m28.1s
22:1429°09.0'S132°30.4'W31°26.3'S133°07.2'W30°17.1'S132°49.3'W 1.069 46° 330° 247 km 05m24.6s
22:1629°38.2'S131°35.1'W31°55.9'S132°09.3'W30°46.5'S131°52.8'W 1.068 45° 329° 246 km 05m21.0s
22:1830°08.0'S130°37.8'W32°26.3'S131°09.3'W31°16.6'S130°54.2'W 1.068 44° 327° 245 km 05m17.2s
22:2030°38.5'S129°38.4'W32°57.4'S130°06.9'W31°47.4'S129°53.3'W 1.068 43° 326° 244 km 05m13.2s
22:2231°09.7'S128°36.6'W33°29.2'S129°01.8'W32°18.9'S128°50.0'W 1.068 42° 324° 243 km 05m09.1s
22:2431°41.7'S127°32.1'W34°01.9'S127°53.8'W32°51.2'S127°43.8'W 1.067 40° 323° 242 km 05m04.8s
22:2632°14.5'S126°24.7'W34°35.4'S126°42.4'W33°24.3'S126°34.5'W 1.067 39° 321° 240 km 05m00.4s
22:2832°48.2'S125°13.9'W35°10.0'S125°27.3'W33°58.4'S125°21.7'W 1.067 38° 320° 239 km 04m55.7s
22:3033°22.9'S123°59.5'W35°45.6'S124°07.9'W34°33.6'S124°04.9'W 1.066 36° 318° 238 km 04m50.9s
22:3233°58.7'S122°40.7'W36°22.4'S122°43.6'W35°09.8'S122°43.5'W 1.066 35° 316° 236 km 04m45.8s
22:3434°35.7'S121°17.0'W37°00.5'S121°13.6'W35°47.4'S121°16.8'W 1.065 33° 315° 235 km 04m40.5s
22:3635°14.1'S119°47.6'W37°40.2'S119°37.0'W36°26.3'S119°44.0'W 1.065 32° 313° 233 km 04m35.0s
22:3835°54.0'S118°11.5'W38°21.6'S117°52.4'W37°07.0'S118°03.9'W 1.065 30° 312° 232 km 04m29.2s
22:4036°35.8'S116°27.4'W39°05.0'S115°58.2'W37°49.5'S116°15.1'W 1.064 28° 310° 230 km 04m23.0s
22:4237°19.6'S114°33.5'W39°50.9'S113°52.1'W38°34.3'S114°15.5'W 1.063 26° 308° 228 km 04m16.5s
22:4438°06.1'S112°27.3'W40°39.9'S111°30.4'W39°21.9'S112°02.2'W 1.063 24° 306° 226 km 04m09.6s
22:4638°55.8'S110°05.3'W41°32.9'S108°48.1'W40°13.1'S109°30.9'W 1.062 21° 304° 224 km 04m02.0s
22:4839°49.7'S107°21.7'W42°31.3'S105°35.6'W41°09.1'S106°34.4'W 1.061 19° 301° 222 km 03m53.7s
22:5040°49.7'S104°06.2'W43°38.5'S101°34.4'W42°12.2'S102°59.3'W 1.060 16° 298° 219 km 03m44.2s
22:5241°59.5'S099°57.1'W45°03.0'S095°51.6'W43°27.8'S098°13.3'W 1.059 12° 295° 216 km 03m32.7s
22:5443°30.8'S093°45.8'W - - 45°20.7'S089°47.3'W 1.057 288° 210 km 03m14.8s
Limits45°38.1'S082°56.4'W47°29.7'S083°10.9'W46°33.6'S083°03.5'W 1.055 - 206 km 03m02.6s

ΔT = 391.0 seconds

Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration
Event Time
TD
Time
UT1
Latitude Longitude Sun
Altitude
Sun
Azimuth
Path Width Central
Duration
Greatest Eclipse21:33:04.421:26:33.420°52.4'S151°43.9'W 58.8° 16.9° 269.0 km06m08.71s
Greatest Duration21:31:14.521:24:43.520°34.5'S150°41.0'W 58.8° 18.9° 269.6 km06m08.77s

Explanation of Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration

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Eclipse Predictions

Predictions for the Total Solar Eclipse of 2258 Aug 29 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 391.0 seconds for this eclipse. The uncertainty in ΔT is 101.2 seconds corresponding to a standard error in longitude of the eclipse path of ± 0.42°.

Acknowledgments

All eclipse calculations are by Fred Espenak, and he assumes full responsibility for their accuracy.

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