Path of the Total Solar Eclipse of 2479 Oct 15

Fred Espenak

Introduction

The following table delineates the path of the Moon's umbral shadow during the Total Solar Eclipse of 2479 Oct 15 . 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 2479 Oct 15
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°52.6'N139°28.1'W00°54.3'N139°45.5'W01°23.4'N139°36.8'W 1.031 - 111 km 01m41.4s
15:0600°23.0'N131°06.8'W00°09.5'S133°52.5'W00°05.4'N132°23.3'W 1.034 99° 120 km 01m55.2s
15:0800°42.9'S126°18.0'W01°27.3'S128°05.4'W01°05.5'S127°10.1'W 1.035 13° 99° 127 km 02m06.7s
15:1001°34.4'S123°01.3'W02°23.2'S124°32.6'W01°59.1'S123°46.0'W 1.037 17° 99° 132 km 02m15.0s
15:1202°19.6'S120°24.9'W03°11.1'S121°48.0'W02°45.6'S121°05.7'W 1.038 21° 98° 135 km 02m22.0s
15:1403°00.9'S118°12.5'W03°54.5'S119°30.7'W03°27.9'S118°51.0'W 1.038 23° 98° 138 km 02m28.2s
15:1603°39.5'S116°16.5'W04°34.7'S117°31.2'W04°07.3'S116°53.3'W 1.039 26° 98° 141 km 02m33.9s
15:1804°16.0'S114°32.5'W05°12.6'S115°44.8'W04°44.5'S115°08.2'W 1.040 28° 97° 144 km 02m39.2s
15:2004°51.0'S112°57.8'W05°48.8'S114°08.2'W05°20.0'S113°32.6'W 1.040 30° 97° 146 km 02m44.2s
15:2205°24.6'S111°30.6'W06°23.5'S112°39.5'W05°54.2'S112°04.6'W 1.041 32° 97° 148 km 02m48.9s
15:2405°57.1'S110°09.5'W06°57.0'S111°17.1'W06°27.2'S110°42.9'W 1.041 34° 96° 149 km 02m53.3s
15:2606°28.7'S108°53.5'W07°29.4'S110°00.1'W06°59.2'S109°26.5'W 1.042 36° 96° 151 km 02m57.6s
15:2806°59.5'S107°41.9'W08°01.0'S108°47.6'W07°30.4'S108°14.4'W 1.042 38° 95° 153 km 03m01.7s
15:3007°29.5'S106°34.0'W08°31.8'S107°39.0'W08°00.8'S107°06.2'W 1.043 40° 95° 154 km 03m05.7s
15:3207°58.9'S105°29.5'W09°01.9'S106°33.8'W08°30.6'S106°01.3'W 1.043 41° 94° 155 km 03m09.5s
15:3408°27.7'S104°27.8'W09°31.4'S105°31.5'W08°59.7'S104°59.4'W 1.043 43° 94° 156 km 03m13.1s
15:3608°56.0'S103°28.7'W10°00.3'S104°31.9'W09°28.3'S104°00.0'W 1.044 44° 93° 157 km 03m16.7s
15:3809°23.7'S102°31.8'W10°28.7'S103°34.5'W09°56.3'S103°02.9'W 1.044 46° 92° 158 km 03m20.1s
15:4009°51.1'S101°37.0'W10°56.6'S102°39.3'W10°23.9'S102°07.9'W 1.044 47° 92° 159 km 03m23.4s
15:4210°18.0'S100°44.0'W11°24.1'S101°45.9'W10°51.1'S101°14.7'W 1.045 48° 91° 160 km 03m26.6s
15:4410°44.5'S099°52.7'W11°51.1'S100°54.1'W11°17.9'S100°23.2'W 1.045 50° 90° 161 km 03m29.7s
15:4611°10.6'S099°02.9'W12°17.8'S100°03.9'W11°44.3'S099°33.1'W 1.045 51° 89° 162 km 03m32.7s
15:4811°36.4'S098°14.4'W12°44.1'S099°15.0'W12°10.4'S098°44.5'W 1.045 52° 89° 162 km 03m35.6s
15:5012°01.9'S097°27.2'W13°10.1'S098°27.4'W12°36.1'S097°57.1'W 1.046 54° 88° 163 km 03m38.3s
15:5212°27.0'S096°41.1'W13°35.7'S097°40.9'W13°01.5'S097°10.8'W 1.046 55° 87° 163 km 03m41.0s
15:5412°51.9'S095°56.0'W14°01.1'S096°55.5'W13°26.6'S096°25.5'W 1.046 56° 86° 164 km 03m43.6s
15:5613°16.5'S095°11.8'W14°26.1'S096°11.0'W13°51.4'S095°41.2'W 1.046 57° 85° 164 km 03m46.1s
15:5813°40.8'S094°28.5'W14°50.9'S095°27.3'W14°15.9'S094°57.7'W 1.046 58° 84° 165 km 03m48.5s
16:0014°04.9'S093°46.0'W15°15.4'S094°44.4'W14°40.2'S094°15.0'W 1.047 59° 82° 165 km 03m50.8s
16:0214°28.7'S093°04.1'W15°39.7'S094°02.2'W15°04.3'S093°33.0'W 1.047 61° 81° 165 km 03m53.0s
16:0414°52.3'S092°22.9'W16°03.7'S093°20.6'W15°28.0'S092°51.6'W 1.047 62° 80° 166 km 03m55.2s
16:0615°15.6'S091°42.3'W16°27.5'S092°39.6'W15°51.6'S092°10.8'W 1.047 63° 78° 166 km 03m57.2s
16:0815°38.8'S091°02.2'W16°51.0'S091°59.1'W16°14.9'S091°30.5'W 1.047 64° 77° 166 km 03m59.1s
16:1016°01.7'S090°22.6'W17°14.3'S091°19.1'W16°38.1'S090°50.7'W 1.047 65° 75° 166 km 04m01.0s
16:1216°24.4'S089°43.4'W17°37.4'S090°39.4'W17°01.0'S090°11.3'W 1.048 66° 73° 167 km 04m02.7s
16:1416°46.9'S089°04.6'W18°00.3'S090°00.2'W17°23.7'S089°32.2'W 1.048 67° 71° 167 km 04m04.4s
16:1617°09.2'S088°26.1'W18°23.0'S089°21.2'W17°46.2'S088°53.5'W 1.048 67° 69° 167 km 04m05.9s
16:1817°31.3'S087°47.9'W18°45.5'S088°42.6'W18°08.5'S088°15.1'W 1.048 68° 67° 167 km 04m07.4s
16:2017°53.3'S087°10.0'W19°07.9'S088°04.1'W18°30.6'S087°36.9'W 1.048 69° 65° 167 km 04m08.8s
16:2218°15.0'S086°32.2'W19°30.0'S087°25.9'W18°52.5'S086°58.9'W 1.048 70° 62° 167 km 04m10.1s
16:2418°36.5'S085°54.7'W19°51.9'S086°47.8'W19°14.2'S086°21.1'W 1.048 71° 60° 167 km 04m11.2s
16:2618°57.9'S085°17.2'W20°13.6'S086°09.8'W19°35.8'S085°43.4'W 1.048 71° 57° 167 km 04m12.3s
16:2819°19.1'S084°39.9'W20°35.2'S085°31.9'W19°57.2'S085°05.8'W 1.048 72° 54° 167 km 04m13.3s
16:3019°40.1'S084°02.6'W20°56.6'S084°54.1'W20°18.4'S084°28.3'W 1.048 73° 50° 167 km 04m14.2s
16:3220°01.0'S083°25.4'W21°17.8'S084°16.3'W20°39.4'S083°50.7'W 1.048 73° 47° 167 km 04m15.0s
16:3420°21.7'S082°48.2'W21°38.8'S083°38.5'W21°00.2'S083°13.2'W 1.048 74° 43° 167 km 04m15.7s
16:3620°42.2'S082°10.9'W21°59.7'S083°00.6'W21°20.9'S082°35.7'W 1.048 74° 39° 167 km 04m16.3s
16:3821°02.5'S081°33.6'W22°20.4'S082°22.6'W21°41.4'S081°58.0'W 1.048 75° 35° 167 km 04m16.8s
16:4021°22.7'S080°56.2'W22°40.9'S081°44.5'W22°01.8'S081°20.3'W 1.048 75° 31° 167 km 04m17.2s
16:4221°42.7'S080°18.7'W23°01.2'S081°06.3'W22°21.9'S080°42.5'W 1.048 75° 26° 166 km 04m17.5s
16:4422°02.5'S079°41.1'W23°21.4'S080°27.9'W22°41.9'S080°04.4'W 1.048 75° 22° 166 km 04m17.7s
16:4622°22.2'S079°03.2'W23°41.3'S079°49.3'W23°01.7'S079°26.2'W 1.048 75° 17° 166 km 04m17.8s
16:4822°41.7'S078°25.2'W24°01.2'S079°10.5'W23°21.4'S078°47.8'W 1.048 75° 13° 166 km 04m17.8s
16:5023°01.0'S077°46.9'W24°20.8'S078°31.4'W23°40.9'S078°09.1'W 1.048 75° 166 km 04m17.7s
16:5223°20.1'S077°08.3'W24°40.2'S077°52.0'W24°00.2'S077°30.1'W 1.048 75° 165 km 04m17.5s
16:5423°39.1'S076°29.4'W24°59.5'S077°12.2'W24°19.3'S076°50.8'W 1.048 74° 359° 165 km 04m17.2s
16:5623°57.9'S075°50.2'W25°18.6'S076°32.1'W24°38.2'S076°11.1'W 1.048 74° 355° 165 km 04m16.8s
16:5824°16.6'S075°10.6'W25°37.5'S075°51.6'W24°57.0'S075°31.1'W 1.048 74° 351° 165 km 04m16.3s
17:0024°35.0'S074°30.6'W25°56.3'S075°10.6'W25°15.6'S074°50.6'W 1.048 73° 347° 164 km 04m15.7s
17:0224°53.3'S073°50.2'W26°14.8'S074°29.2'W25°34.0'S074°09.7'W 1.048 73° 344° 164 km 04m15.0s
17:0425°11.4'S073°09.3'W26°33.2'S073°47.3'W25°52.2'S073°28.3'W 1.048 72° 340° 164 km 04m14.2s
17:0625°29.3'S072°27.9'W26°51.3'S073°04.8'W26°10.3'S072°46.4'W 1.048 71° 337° 163 km 04m13.3s
17:0825°47.1'S071°45.9'W27°09.3'S072°21.8'W26°28.1'S072°03.9'W 1.048 71° 334° 163 km 04m12.3s
17:1026°04.6'S071°03.4'W27°27.1'S071°38.1'W26°45.8'S071°20.8'W 1.048 70° 331° 163 km 04m11.1s
17:1226°21.9'S070°20.2'W27°44.6'S070°53.8'W27°03.2'S070°37.1'W 1.048 69° 328° 162 km 04m09.9s
17:1426°39.1'S069°36.4'W28°01.9'S070°08.7'W27°20.4'S069°52.7'W 1.048 68° 326° 162 km 04m08.6s
17:1626°56.0'S068°51.9'W28°19.0'S069°23.0'W27°37.5'S069°07.5'W 1.047 67° 323° 161 km 04m07.2s
17:1827°12.7'S068°06.6'W28°35.9'S068°36.4'W27°54.3'S068°21.6'W 1.047 66° 321° 161 km 04m05.6s
17:2027°29.2'S067°20.5'W28°52.6'S067°48.9'W28°10.8'S067°34.8'W 1.047 65° 319° 160 km 04m04.0s
17:2227°45.5'S066°33.6'W29°09.0'S067°00.6'W28°27.2'S066°47.2'W 1.047 64° 317° 160 km 04m02.2s
17:2428°01.6'S065°45.7'W29°25.2'S066°11.3'W28°43.3'S065°58.6'W 1.047 63° 315° 159 km 04m00.4s
17:2628°17.4'S064°56.9'W29°41.1'S065°21.0'W28°59.2'S065°09.1'W 1.047 62° 313° 159 km 03m58.4s
17:2828°33.0'S064°07.0'W29°56.7'S064°29.6'W29°14.7'S064°18.5'W 1.047 61° 311° 158 km 03m56.4s
17:3028°48.3'S063°16.1'W30°12.0'S063°37.1'W29°30.1'S063°26.8'W 1.046 60° 310° 158 km 03m54.2s
17:3229°03.3'S062°24.0'W30°27.1'S062°43.3'W29°45.1'S062°33.8'W 1.046 59° 308° 157 km 03m51.9s
17:3429°18.1'S061°30.6'W30°41.8'S061°48.2'W29°59.9'S061°39.6'W 1.046 58° 307° 156 km 03m49.6s
17:3629°32.5'S060°36.0'W30°56.3'S060°51.8'W30°14.3'S060°44.1'W 1.046 57° 305° 156 km 03m47.1s
17:3829°46.7'S059°39.9'W31°10.4'S059°53.9'W30°28.4'S059°47.1'W 1.046 56° 303° 155 km 03m44.5s
17:4030°00.5'S058°42.2'W31°24.1'S058°54.3'W30°42.2'S058°48.6'W 1.045 55° 302° 154 km 03m41.8s
17:4230°14.0'S057°43.0'W31°37.4'S057°53.1'W30°55.6'S057°48.4'W 1.045 53° 301° 154 km 03m39.0s
17:4430°27.1'S056°42.0'W31°50.4'S056°50.1'W31°08.7'S056°46.4'W 1.045 52° 299° 153 km 03m36.1s
17:4630°39.9'S055°39.2'W32°02.9'S055°45.1'W31°21.3'S055°42.5'W 1.045 51° 298° 152 km 03m33.1s
17:4830°52.2'S054°34.3'W32°15.0'S054°38.1'W31°33.6'S054°36.5'W 1.044 50° 296° 151 km 03m30.0s
17:5031°04.1'S053°27.3'W32°26.6'S053°28.7'W31°45.3'S053°28.4'W 1.044 48° 295° 150 km 03m26.7s
17:5231°15.5'S052°17.9'W32°37.7'S052°16.9'W31°56.6'S052°17.8'W 1.044 47° 294° 149 km 03m23.4s
17:5431°26.5'S051°05.9'W32°48.3'S051°02.3'W32°07.3'S051°04.5'W 1.043 45° 292° 148 km 03m19.9s
17:5631°36.9'S049°51.0'W32°58.2'S049°44.9'W32°17.5'S049°48.4'W 1.043 44° 291° 147 km 03m16.3s
17:5831°46.7'S048°33.1'W33°07.5'S048°24.1'W32°27.0'S048°29.1'W 1.043 43° 290° 146 km 03m12.6s
18:0031°55.8'S047°11.7'W33°16.0'S046°59.8'W32°35.9'S047°06.3'W 1.042 41° 288° 145 km 03m08.7s
18:0232°04.3'S045°46.5'W33°23.8'S045°31.5'W32°44.0'S045°39.5'W 1.042 39° 287° 144 km 03m04.7s
18:0432°11.9'S044°17.0'W33°30.6'S043°58.7'W32°51.3'S044°08.4'W 1.041 38° 286° 143 km 03m00.6s
18:0632°18.7'S042°42.6'W33°36.5'S042°20.7'W32°57.6'S042°32.3'W 1.041 36° 284° 141 km 02m56.3s
18:0832°24.4'S041°02.7'W33°41.3'S040°36.9'W33°02.9'S040°50.5'W 1.041 34° 283° 140 km 02m51.8s
18:1032°29.0'S039°16.2'W33°44.8'S038°46.3'W33°06.9'S039°02.0'W 1.040 32° 281° 138 km 02m47.1s
18:1232°32.3'S037°22.2'W33°46.7'S036°47.5'W33°09.5'S037°05.6'W 1.039 30° 280° 137 km 02m42.2s
18:1432°34.0'S035°18.9'W33°46.8'S034°38.9'W33°10.5'S034°59.7'W 1.039 28° 278° 135 km 02m37.0s
18:1632°33.7'S033°04.2'W33°44.7'S032°18.0'W33°09.3'S032°42.0'W 1.038 26° 276° 133 km 02m31.5s
18:1832°31.0'S030°34.8'W33°39.8'S029°41.2'W33°05.5'S030°09.1'W 1.037 23° 275° 130 km 02m25.5s
18:2032°24.9'S027°45.6'W33°30.9'S026°42.3'W32°58.1'S027°15.2'W 1.037 20° 273° 128 km 02m19.1s
18:2232°14.1'S024°27.4'W33°16.4'S023°10.3'W32°45.5'S023°50.4'W 1.036 17° 270° 125 km 02m11.8s
18:2431°55.5'S020°20.1'W32°51.7'S018°38.7'W32°24.1'S019°31.8'W 1.034 13° 268° 121 km 02m03.2s
18:2631°18.8'S014°17.4'W31°58.2'S011°12.2'W31°40.3'S012°54.4'W 1.032 264° 115 km 01m51.0s
Limits30°05.4'S005°11.4'W31°01.5'S004°51.4'W30°33.4'S005°01.5'W 1.030 - 108 km 01m38.3s

ΔT = 1091.5 seconds

Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration
Event Time
TD
Time
UT1
Latitude Longitude Sun
Altitude
Sun
Azimuth
Path Width Central
Duration
Greatest Eclipse17:04:10.116:45:58.623°01.5'S084°00.3'W 75.2° 17.1° 166.0 km04m17.84s
Greatest Duration17:05:15.916:47:04.423°12.3'S079°05.6'W 75.1° 14.6° 165.9 km04m17.85s

Explanation of Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration

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Eclipse Predictions

Predictions for the Total Solar Eclipse of 2479 Oct 15 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 1091.5 seconds for this eclipse. The uncertainty in ΔT is 277.1 seconds corresponding to a standard error in longitude of the eclipse path of ± 1.16°.

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

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