Path of the Annular Solar Eclipse of 2455 Feb 16

Fred Espenak

Introduction

The following table delineates the path of the Moon's antumbral shadow during the Annular Solar Eclipse of 2455 Feb 16 . 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 Feb 16
UT1 Northern Limit Southern Limit Central Line M:S Sun Sun Path Central
Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Ratio Alt. Azm. Width Duration
Limits06°46.8'N127°56.6'E05°45.1'N127°57.0'E06°15.9'N127°56.8'E 0.972 - 111 km 01m47.6s
21:4805°38.0'N133°43.9'E04°15.3'N136°31.0'E04°54.1'N135°16.9'E 0.975 103° 103 km 01m45.4s
21:5004°52.1'N138°54.6'E03°47.9'N140°30.6'E04°19.2'N139°44.8'E 0.976 13° 103° 99 km 01m43.8s
21:5204°32.3'N142°09.3'E03°35.1'N143°22.9'E04°03.2'N142°47.2'E 0.977 16° 104° 96 km 01m42.7s
21:5404°22.4'N144°40.8'E03°29.6'N145°42.6'E03°55.6'N145°12.4'E 0.978 19° 104° 93 km 01m41.7s
21:5604°18.2'N146°47.8'E03°28.5'N147°42.1'E03°53.1'N147°15.4'E 0.978 21° 105° 91 km 01m40.8s
21:5804°18.0'N148°38.4'E03°30.8'N149°27.5'E03°54.1'N149°03.3'E 0.979 24° 105° 89 km 01m39.9s
22:0004°20.6'N150°17.1'E03°35.4'N151°02.3'E03°57.8'N150°40.0'E 0.979 26° 105° 87 km 01m39.2s
22:0204°25.5'N151°46.7'E03°42.1'N152°28.8'E04°03.6'N152°08.0'E 0.980 28° 106° 86 km 01m38.4s
22:0404°32.3'N153°09.0'E03°50.4'N153°48.6'E04°11.2'N153°29.0'E 0.980 29° 106° 85 km 01m37.7s
22:0604°40.6'N154°25.2'E04°00.1'N155°02.8'E04°20.2'N154°44.2'E 0.981 31° 107° 83 km 01m37.1s
22:0804°50.3'N155°36.4'E04°11.0'N156°12.2'E04°30.5'N155°54.4'E 0.981 32° 107° 82 km 01m36.4s
22:1005°01.2'N156°43.2'E04°23.0'N157°17.6'E04°41.9'N157°00.5'E 0.981 34° 108° 81 km 01m35.8s
22:1205°13.0'N157°46.3'E04°35.9'N158°19.5'E04°54.3'N158°03.0'E 0.982 35° 109° 80 km 01m35.2s
22:1405°25.9'N158°46.1'E04°49.6'N159°18.2'E05°07.6'N159°02.2'E 0.982 37° 109° 79 km 01m34.7s
22:1605°39.5'N159°43.0'E05°04.2'N160°14.1'E05°21.7'N159°58.6'E 0.982 38° 110° 78 km 01m34.1s
22:1805°54.0'N160°37.3'E05°19.4'N161°07.5'E05°36.6'N160°52.5'E 0.983 39° 111° 77 km 01m33.6s
22:2006°09.1'N161°29.3'E05°35.4'N161°58.7'E05°52.1'N161°44.1'E 0.983 40° 111° 76 km 01m33.1s
22:2206°25.0'N162°19.1'E05°51.9'N162°47.9'E06°08.3'N162°33.6'E 0.983 41° 112° 75 km 01m32.6s
22:2406°41.4'N163°07.1'E06°09.1'N163°35.2'E06°25.1'N163°21.2'E 0.983 43° 113° 74 km 01m32.1s
22:2606°58.5'N163°53.3'E06°26.7'N164°20.8'E06°42.5'N164°07.1'E 0.983 44° 114° 73 km 01m31.6s
22:2807°16.1'N164°37.9'E06°44.9'N165°04.9'E07°00.4'N164°51.5'E 0.984 45° 115° 72 km 01m31.1s
22:3007°34.2'N165°21.1'E07°03.6'N165°47.6'E07°18.8'N165°34.4'E 0.984 46° 116° 71 km 01m30.7s
22:3207°52.9'N166°02.9'E07°22.8'N166°29.0'E07°37.7'N166°16.0'E 0.984 46° 117° 71 km 01m30.3s
22:3408°12.0'N166°43.5'E07°42.4'N167°09.2'E07°57.1'N166°56.4'E 0.984 47° 118° 70 km 01m29.9s
22:3608°31.6'N167°22.9'E08°02.5'N167°48.2'E08°16.9'N167°35.7'E 0.984 48° 119° 69 km 01m29.5s
22:3808°51.6'N168°01.3'E08°22.9'N168°26.3'E08°37.2'N168°13.9'E 0.984 49° 120° 68 km 01m29.1s
22:4009°12.1'N168°38.7'E08°43.8'N169°03.4'E08°57.9'N168°51.1'E 0.985 50° 121° 68 km 01m28.8s
22:4209°33.0'N169°15.2'E09°05.1'N169°39.6'E09°18.9'N169°27.4'E 0.985 51° 122° 67 km 01m28.4s
22:4409°54.3'N169°50.9'E09°26.8'N170°15.0'E09°40.4'N170°03.0'E 0.985 51° 123° 66 km 01m28.1s
22:4610°16.0'N170°25.8'E09°48.8'N170°49.6'E10°02.3'N170°37.7'E 0.985 52° 125° 66 km 01m27.8s
22:4810°38.1'N170°59.9'E10°11.2'N171°23.5'E10°24.6'N171°11.8'E 0.985 53° 126° 65 km 01m27.5s
22:5011°00.6'N171°33.4'E10°34.0'N171°56.8'E10°47.2'N171°45.1'E 0.985 53° 128° 65 km 01m27.2s
22:5211°23.4'N172°06.3'E10°57.1'N172°29.5'E11°10.2'N172°17.9'E 0.985 54° 129° 64 km 01m27.0s
22:5411°46.7'N172°38.6'E11°20.6'N173°01.6'E11°33.6'N172°50.1'E 0.985 54° 131° 63 km 01m26.8s
22:5612°10.3'N173°10.4'E11°44.5'N173°33.2'E11°57.3'N173°21.8'E 0.985 55° 132° 63 km 01m26.5s
22:5812°34.2'N173°41.7'E12°08.6'N174°04.3'E12°21.4'N173°53.1'E 0.985 55° 134° 62 km 01m26.3s
23:0012°58.6'N174°12.6'E12°33.2'N174°35.1'E12°45.8'N174°23.9'E 0.985 56° 135° 62 km 01m26.2s
23:0213°23.3'N174°43.0'E12°58.0'N175°05.4'E13°10.6'N174°54.3'E 0.986 56° 137° 62 km 01m26.0s
23:0413°48.3'N175°13.2'E13°23.3'N175°35.4'E13°35.7'N175°24.3'E 0.986 56° 139° 61 km 01m25.8s
23:0614°13.7'N175°42.9'E13°48.8'N176°05.1'E14°01.2'N175°54.1'E 0.986 57° 141° 61 km 01m25.7s
23:0814°39.5'N176°12.5'E14°14.7'N176°34.5'E14°27.0'N176°23.5'E 0.986 57° 142° 60 km 01m25.6s
23:1015°05.6'N176°41.7'E14°40.9'N177°03.7'E14°53.2'N176°52.7'E 0.986 57° 144° 60 km 01m25.5s
23:1215°32.1'N177°10.7'E15°07.5'N177°32.6'E15°19.7'N177°21.7'E 0.986 57° 146° 60 km 01m25.4s
23:1415°59.0'N177°39.6'E15°34.4'N178°01.4'E15°46.6'N177°50.6'E 0.986 57° 148° 60 km 01m25.4s
23:1616°26.2'N178°08.3'E16°01.7'N178°30.1'E16°13.9'N178°19.2'E 0.986 58° 150° 59 km 01m25.4s
23:1816°53.8'N178°36.9'E16°29.3'N178°58.7'E16°41.5'N178°47.8'E 0.986 58° 152° 59 km 01m25.3s
23:2017°21.7'N179°05.4'E16°57.3'N179°27.1'E17°09.4'N179°16.3'E 0.986 58° 154° 59 km 01m25.4s
23:2217°50.0'N179°33.9'E17°25.6'N179°55.6'E17°37.8'N179°44.8'E 0.986 58° 156° 59 km 01m25.4s
23:2418°18.8'N179°57.6'W17°54.3'N179°36.0'W18°06.5'N179°46.8'W 0.986 58° 158° 59 km 01m25.4s
23:2618°47.9'N179°29.1'W18°23.4'N179°07.5'W18°35.5'N179°18.3'W 0.986 57° 160° 59 km 01m25.5s
23:2819°17.3'N179°00.6'W18°52.8'N178°38.9'W19°05.0'N178°49.7'W 0.986 57° 161° 59 km 01m25.6s
23:3019°47.2'N178°31.9'W19°22.6'N178°10.3'W19°34.9'N178°21.1'W 0.986 57° 163° 59 km 01m25.7s
23:3220°17.5'N178°03.1'W19°52.8'N177°41.5'W20°05.1'N177°52.3'W 0.985 57° 165° 59 km 01m25.8s
23:3420°48.3'N177°34.2'W20°23.4'N177°12.6'W20°35.8'N177°23.3'W 0.985 57° 167° 59 km 01m25.9s
23:3621°19.4'N177°05.0'W20°54.4'N176°43.4'W21°06.8'N176°54.2'W 0.985 56° 169° 59 km 01m26.1s
23:3821°51.0'N176°35.6'W21°25.8'N176°13.9'W21°38.3'N176°24.7'W 0.985 56° 171° 59 km 01m26.3s
23:4022°23.0'N176°05.9'W21°57.7'N175°44.2'W22°10.3'N175°55.0'W 0.985 56° 173° 59 km 01m26.5s
23:4222°55.5'N175°35.9'W22°29.9'N175°14.1'W22°42.6'N175°25.0'W 0.985 55° 174° 59 km 01m26.7s
23:4423°28.4'N175°05.4'W23°02.7'N174°43.6'W23°15.5'N174°54.5'W 0.985 55° 176° 59 km 01m27.0s
23:4624°01.9'N174°34.6'W23°35.9'N174°12.7'W23°48.8'N174°23.6'W 0.985 54° 178° 59 km 01m27.2s
23:4824°35.9'N174°03.2'W24°09.5'N173°41.3'W24°22.6'N173°52.2'W 0.985 54° 180° 60 km 01m27.5s
23:5025°10.3'N173°31.3'W24°43.7'N173°09.4'W24°57.0'N173°20.3'W 0.985 53° 181° 60 km 01m27.8s
23:5225°45.4'N172°58.8'W25°18.4'N172°36.8'W25°31.8'N172°47.8'W 0.985 52° 183° 60 km 01m28.1s
23:5426°21.0'N172°25.6'W25°53.6'N172°03.6'W26°07.2'N172°14.6'W 0.984 52° 185° 61 km 01m28.5s
23:5626°57.1'N171°51.7'W26°29.4'N171°29.7'W26°43.2'N171°40.6'W 0.984 51° 186° 61 km 01m28.9s
23:5827°33.9'N171°17.0'W27°05.7'N170°54.9'W27°19.8'N171°05.9'W 0.984 50° 188° 61 km 01m29.2s
00:0028°11.3'N170°41.3'W27°42.7'N170°19.3'W27°57.0'N170°30.3'W 0.984 50° 189° 62 km 01m29.6s
00:0228°49.4'N170°04.7'W28°20.3'N169°42.6'W28°34.8'N169°53.6'W 0.984 49° 191° 62 km 01m30.1s
00:0429°28.2'N169°27.0'W28°58.5'N169°04.9'W29°13.3'N169°15.9'W 0.984 48° 192° 63 km 01m30.5s
00:0630°07.8'N168°48.1'W29°37.5'N168°26.1'W29°52.6'N168°37.0'W 0.983 47° 194° 64 km 01m31.0s
00:0830°48.1'N168°07.9'W30°17.2'N167°45.9'W30°32.6'N167°56.9'W 0.983 46° 195° 64 km 01m31.5s
00:1031°29.3'N167°26.3'W30°57.6'N167°04.3'W31°13.4'N167°15.2'W 0.983 45° 197° 65 km 01m32.0s
00:1232°11.3'N166°43.0'W31°38.9'N166°21.1'W31°55.0'N166°32.0'W 0.983 44° 198° 66 km 01m32.5s
00:1432°54.3'N165°58.0'W32°21.1'N165°36.2'W32°37.6'N165°47.1'W 0.983 43° 200° 66 km 01m33.1s
00:1633°38.3'N165°11.0'W33°04.1'N164°49.4'W33°21.1'N165°00.2'W 0.982 42° 201° 67 km 01m33.7s
00:1834°23.3'N164°21.8'W33°48.2'N164°00.5'W34°05.7'N164°11.1'W 0.982 41° 202° 68 km 01m34.3s
00:2035°09.5'N163°30.2'W34°33.4'N163°09.2'W34°51.3'N163°19.6'W 0.982 40° 204° 69 km 01m34.9s
00:2235°57.0'N162°35.8'W35°19.7'N162°15.2'W35°38.2'N162°25.5'W 0.982 39° 205° 70 km 01m35.5s
00:2436°45.8'N161°38.4'W36°07.3'N161°18.3'W36°26.4'N161°28.3'W 0.981 38° 207° 71 km 01m36.2s
00:2637°36.2'N160°37.4'W36°56.3'N160°18.0'W37°16.1'N160°27.7'W 0.981 36° 208° 72 km 01m36.9s
00:2838°28.2'N159°32.4'W37°46.7'N159°13.8'W38°07.3'N159°23.1'W 0.981 35° 209° 74 km 01m37.6s
00:3039°22.0'N158°22.8'W38°38.9'N158°05.3'W39°00.3'N158°14.1'W 0.980 33° 211° 75 km 01m38.4s
00:3240°18.0'N157°07.8'W39°32.9'N156°51.7'W39°55.3'N156°59.8'W 0.980 32° 212° 77 km 01m39.1s
00:3441°16.3'N155°46.5'W40°29.1'N155°32.1'W40°52.5'N155°39.3'W 0.980 30° 214° 78 km 01m39.9s
00:3642°17.4'N154°17.5'W41°27.7'N154°05.4'W41°52.3'N154°11.6'W 0.979 29° 216° 80 km 01m40.8s
00:3843°21.6'N152°39.3'W42°29.1'N152°30.2'W42°55.1'N152°34.9'W 0.979 27° 217° 82 km 01m41.7s
00:4044°29.7'N150°49.5'W43°33.8'N150°44.6'W44°01.5'N150°47.2'W 0.978 25° 219° 84 km 01m42.6s
00:4245°42.6'N148°44.7'W44°42.7'N148°45.6'W45°12.3'N148°45.5'W 0.978 23° 221° 86 km 01m43.6s
00:4447°01.7'N146°19.9'W45°56.7'N146°29.1'W46°28.7'N146°25.0'W 0.977 21° 224° 89 km 01m44.7s
00:4648°29.2'N143°26.3'W47°17.4'N143°48.5'W47°52.6'N143°38.3'W 0.976 18° 226° 92 km 01m45.8s
00:4850°09.4'N139°47.0'W48°47.8'N140°31.8'W49°27.6'N140°11.2'W 0.975 15° 229° 96 km 01m47.1s
00:5052°12.9'N134°39.1'W50°34.1'N136°12.8'W51°21.6'N135°30.8'W 0.974 11° 234° 101 km 01m48.7s
00:5255°47.6'N123°17.1'W52°56.0'N129°24.7'W54°06.6'N127°19.5'W 0.973 241° 109 km 01m50.9s
Limits56°53.5'N118°49.9'W55°52.6'N118°19.6'W56°23.0'N118°34.5'W 0.971 - 117 km 01m52.7s

ΔT = 994.2 seconds

Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration
Event Time
TD
Time
UT1
Latitude Longitude Sun
Altitude
Sun
Azimuth
Path Width Central
Duration
Greatest Eclipse23:36:25.923:19:51.717°07.5'N175°05.1'E 57.7° 153.6° 59.0 km01m25.35s
Greatest Duration01:09:11.000:52:36.856°23.0'N118°34.5'W 0.0° 247.8° 116.5 km01m52.71s

Explanation of Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration

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Eclipse Predictions

Predictions for the Annular Solar Eclipse of 2455 Feb 16 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 994.2 seconds for this eclipse. The uncertainty in ΔT is 254.3 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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