Path of the Annular Solar Eclipse of 2455 Aug 13

Fred Espenak

Introduction

The following table delineates the path of the Moon's antumbral shadow during the Annular Solar Eclipse of 2455 Aug 13 . 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 2455 Aug 13
UT1 Northern Limit Southern Limit Central Line M:S Sun Sun Path Central
Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Ratio Alt. Azm. Width Duration
Limits25°08.2'S147°53.3'W27°04.2'S147°59.8'W26°05.6'S147°56.5'W 0.961 - 202 km 02m46.2s
16:2823°00.2'S137°11.5'W26°13.4'S144°37.5'W24°18.5'S139°50.5'W 0.964 70° 197 km 02m48.2s
16:3022°40.8'S134°25.4'W25°02.1'S138°45.2'W23°46.2'S136°19.2'W 0.965 12° 68° 195 km 02m49.1s
16:3222°30.5'S132°13.3'W24°34.7'S135°35.7'W23°29.5'S133°46.0'W 0.965 14° 67° 194 km 02m49.8s
16:3422°25.8'S130°21.6'W24°20.0'S133°12.4'W23°20.7'S131°41.4'W 0.966 16° 66° 193 km 02m50.4s
16:3622°24.9'S128°43.6'W24°12.3'S131°13.9'W23°16.9'S129°54.7'W 0.966 18° 65° 192 km 02m50.9s
16:3822°27.0'S127°15.8'W24°09.3'S129°31.4'W23°16.7'S128°20.5'W 0.967 20° 64° 192 km 02m51.3s
16:4022°31.5'S125°55.9'W24°09.7'S128°00.4'W23°19.3'S126°55.6'W 0.967 22° 62° 191 km 02m51.7s
16:4222°37.9'S124°42.3'W24°12.7'S126°38.1'W23°24.2'S125°38.1'W 0.968 23° 61° 190 km 02m52.0s
16:4422°45.9'S123°33.9'W24°18.0'S125°22.6'W23°30.9'S124°26.4'W 0.968 24° 60° 190 km 02m52.2s
16:4622°55.3'S122°29.8'W24°25.0'S124°12.6'W23°39.2'S123°19.6'W 0.968 26° 59° 189 km 02m52.5s
16:4823°06.1'S121°29.5'W24°33.7'S123°07.3'W23°49.0'S122°17.0'W 0.969 27° 58° 189 km 02m52.7s
16:5023°18.0'S120°32.4'W24°43.7'S122°06.0'W24°00.0'S121°17.9'W 0.969 28° 57° 188 km 02m52.9s
16:5223°30.9'S119°38.1'W24°55.0'S121°08.0'W24°12.1'S120°21.9'W 0.969 29° 56° 187 km 02m53.0s
16:5423°44.7'S118°46.2'W25°07.4'S120°13.0'W24°25.3'S119°28.6'W 0.969 30° 55° 186 km 02m53.1s
16:5623°59.5'S117°56.6'W25°20.8'S119°20.5'W24°39.4'S118°37.6'W 0.969 31° 54° 185 km 02m53.2s
16:5824°15.1'S117°08.9'W25°35.2'S118°30.3'W24°54.5'S117°48.7'W 0.970 31° 53° 184 km 02m53.3s
17:0024°31.5'S116°23.0'W25°50.5'S117°42.1'W25°10.3'S117°01.8'W 0.970 32° 52° 183 km 02m53.4s
17:0224°48.6'S115°38.7'W26°06.6'S116°55.8'W25°27.0'S116°16.5'W 0.970 33° 51° 182 km 02m53.4s
17:0425°06.5'S114°55.8'W26°23.6'S116°11.0'W25°44.4'S115°32.7'W 0.970 33° 50° 181 km 02m53.4s
17:0625°25.0'S114°14.2'W26°41.3'S115°27.7'W26°02.5'S114°50.3'W 0.970 34° 48° 180 km 02m53.4s
17:0825°44.2'S113°33.7'W26°59.7'S114°45.8'W26°21.4'S114°09.1'W 0.970 35° 47° 179 km 02m53.4s
17:1026°04.1'S112°54.3'W27°18.9'S114°05.0'W26°40.9'S113°29.0'W 0.971 35° 46° 177 km 02m53.3s
17:1226°24.5'S112°15.9'W27°38.8'S113°25.3'W27°01.1'S112°50.0'W 0.971 36° 45° 176 km 02m53.3s
17:1426°45.6'S111°38.3'W27°59.3'S112°46.5'W27°21.9'S112°11.9'W 0.971 36° 44° 175 km 02m53.2s
17:1627°07.3'S111°01.6'W28°20.5'S112°08.7'W27°43.3'S111°34.6'W 0.971 37° 42° 173 km 02m53.1s
17:1827°29.6'S110°25.5'W28°42.3'S111°31.6'W28°05.4'S110°58.0'W 0.971 37° 41° 172 km 02m53.0s
17:2027°52.4'S109°50.1'W29°04.8'S110°55.2'W28°28.1'S110°22.1'W 0.971 37° 40° 170 km 02m52.9s
17:2228°15.9'S109°15.2'W29°27.9'S110°19.5'W28°51.3'S109°46.8'W 0.971 38° 39° 169 km 02m52.8s
17:2428°39.9'S108°40.8'W29°51.7'S109°44.3'W29°15.2'S109°12.1'W 0.971 38° 37° 167 km 02m52.7s
17:2629°04.5'S108°06.9'W30°16.1'S109°09.7'W29°39.7'S108°37.8'W 0.971 38° 36° 166 km 02m52.6s
17:2829°29.7'S107°33.4'W30°41.1'S108°35.5'W30°04.8'S108°04.0'W 0.971 38° 35° 165 km 02m52.4s
17:3029°55.4'S107°00.2'W31°06.7'S108°01.6'W30°30.5'S107°30.4'W 0.971 38° 33° 163 km 02m52.3s
17:3230°21.8'S106°27.3'W31°33.0'S107°28.1'W30°56.8'S106°57.2'W 0.971 39° 32° 162 km 02m52.1s
17:3430°48.7'S105°54.5'W31°59.9'S106°54.8'W31°23.8'S106°24.2'W 0.972 39° 31° 161 km 02m51.9s
17:3631°16.2'S105°22.0'W32°27.5'S106°21.7'W31°51.3'S105°51.4'W 0.972 39° 29° 159 km 02m51.7s
17:3831°44.4'S104°49.6'W32°55.7'S105°48.7'W32°19.5'S105°18.7'W 0.972 39° 28° 158 km 02m51.6s
17:4032°13.1'S104°17.2'W33°24.6'S105°15.9'W32°48.3'S104°46.1'W 0.972 39° 27° 157 km 02m51.4s
17:4232°42.5'S103°44.9'W33°54.2'S104°43.1'W33°17.8'S104°13.6'W 0.972 39° 25° 156 km 02m51.2s
17:4433°12.6'S103°12.5'W34°24.5'S104°10.2'W33°47.9'S103°40.9'W 0.972 39° 24° 155 km 02m51.0s
17:4633°43.2'S102°40.0'W34°55.5'S103°37.3'W34°18.8'S103°08.2'W 0.972 38° 23° 154 km 02m50.8s
17:4834°14.6'S102°07.3'W35°27.3'S103°04.2'W34°50.3'S102°35.4'W 0.972 38° 21° 153 km 02m50.6s
17:5034°46.7'S101°34.4'W35°59.8'S102°30.9'W35°22.6'S102°02.3'W 0.971 38° 20° 152 km 02m50.4s
17:5235°19.4'S101°01.3'W36°33.1'S101°57.4'W35°55.7'S101°28.9'W 0.971 38° 18° 151 km 02m50.1s
17:5435°53.0'S100°27.8'W37°07.2'S101°23.5'W36°29.5'S100°55.3'W 0.971 38° 17° 150 km 02m49.9s
17:5636°27.3'S099°53.9'W37°42.2'S100°49.2'W37°04.1'S100°21.1'W 0.971 37° 16° 150 km 02m49.7s
17:5837°02.4'S099°19.5'W38°18.1'S100°14.4'W37°39.6'S099°46.5'W 0.971 37° 14° 149 km 02m49.5s
18:0037°38.3'S098°44.5'W38°54.9'S099°39.0'W38°15.9'S099°11.4'W 0.971 36° 13° 149 km 02m49.3s
18:0238°15.2'S098°08.9'W39°32.7'S099°02.9'W38°53.2'S098°35.6'W 0.971 36° 11° 148 km 02m49.1s
18:0438°52.9'S097°32.6'W40°11.5'S098°26.1'W39°31.5'S097°59.0'W 0.971 36° 10° 148 km 02m48.8s
18:0639°31.6'S096°55.4'W40°51.4'S097°48.4'W40°10.8'S097°21.5'W 0.971 35° 148 km 02m48.6s
18:0840°11.4'S096°17.2'W41°32.5'S097°09.7'W40°51.2'S096°43.1'W 0.971 34° 148 km 02m48.4s
18:1040°52.2'S095°38.0'W42°14.8'S096°29.9'W41°32.7'S096°03.6'W 0.971 34° 147 km 02m48.2s
18:1241°34.2'S094°57.6'W42°58.4'S095°48.7'W42°15.5'S095°22.8'W 0.971 33° 147 km 02m47.9s
18:1442°17.5'S094°15.7'W43°43.5'S095°06.1'W42°59.6'S094°40.6'W 0.970 33° 148 km 02m47.7s
18:1643°02.1'S093°32.4'W44°30.1'S094°21.8'W43°45.2'S093°56.8'W 0.970 32° 148 km 02m47.5s
18:1843°48.1'S092°47.2'W45°18.3'S093°35.6'W44°32.3'S093°11.1'W 0.970 31° 148 km 02m47.3s
18:2044°35.7'S092°00.1'W46°08.5'S092°47.2'W45°21.0'S092°23.4'W 0.970 30° 359° 148 km 02m47.1s
18:2245°25.0'S091°10.6'W47°00.6'S091°56.3'W46°11.7'S091°33.2'W 0.970 29° 357° 149 km 02m46.8s
18:2446°16.1'S090°18.6'W47°54.9'S091°02.5'W47°04.4'S090°40.3'W 0.970 28° 356° 150 km 02m46.6s
18:2647°09.4'S089°23.5'W48°51.8'S090°05.2'W47°59.3'S089°44.2'W 0.969 27° 354° 151 km 02m46.4s
18:2848°04.9'S088°24.9'W49°51.6'S089°03.9'W48°56.8'S088°44.3'W 0.969 26° 353° 152 km 02m46.2s
18:3049°03.1'S087°22.2'W50°54.6'S087°57.8'W49°57.3'S087°40.0'W 0.969 25° 351° 153 km 02m45.9s
18:3250°04.3'S086°14.6'W52°01.5'S086°45.8'W51°01.1'S086°30.4'W 0.968 24° 349° 154 km 02m45.7s
18:3451°08.9'S085°01.1'W53°12.9'S085°26.5'W52°08.8'S085°14.2'W 0.968 23° 348° 156 km 02m45.5s
18:3652°17.6'S083°40.4'W54°29.9'S083°58.0'W53°21.3'S083°50.0'W 0.968 21° 346° 158 km 02m45.2s
18:3853°31.2'S082°10.7'W55°53.8'S082°17.5'W54°39.5'S082°15.4'W 0.967 20° 344° 160 km 02m45.0s
18:4054°50.9'S080°29.2'W57°27.0'S080°20.2'W56°05.1'S080°27.0'W 0.967 18° 342° 163 km 02m44.7s
18:4256°18.4'S078°31.9'W59°13.2'S077°58.2'W57°40.6'S078°19.3'W 0.966 16° 339° 166 km 02m44.4s
18:4457°56.5'S076°12.0'W61°19.7'S074°55.2'W59°30.2'S075°42.3'W 0.966 14° 336° 170 km 02m44.1s
18:4659°50.5'S073°16.8'W64°06.0'S070°26.0'W61°43.0'S072°14.3'W 0.965 11° 333° 175 km 02m43.7s
18:4862°11.7'S069°16.1'W - - 64°46.6'S066°45.8'W 0.964 327° 183 km 02m43.2s
Limits69°08.3'S053°26.3'W70°30.0'S056°48.8'W69°49.4'S055°02.7'W 0.962 - 199 km 02m42.5s

ΔT = 996.1 seconds

Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration
Event Time
TD
Time
UT1
Latitude Longitude Sun
Altitude
Sun
Azimuth
Path Width Central
Duration
Greatest Eclipse17:54:35.617:37:59.532°19.4'S109°28.6'W 38.7° 28.0° 158.2 km02m51.56s
Greatest Duration17:21:10.117:04:34.125°49.5'S115°20.5'W 33.6° 49.2° 180.8 km02m53.41s

Explanation of Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration

Links for the Annular Solar Eclipse of 2455 Aug 13

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Eclipse Predictions

Predictions for the Annular Solar Eclipse of 2455 Aug 13 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 996.1 seconds for this eclipse. The uncertainty in ΔT is 254.7 seconds corresponding to a standard error in longitude of the eclipse path of ± 1.06°.

Acknowledgments

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

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