Path of the Total Solar Eclipse of 2799 Aug 23

Fred Espenak

Introduction

The following table delineates the path of the Moon's umbral shadow during the Total Solar Eclipse of 2799 Aug 23 . 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 2799 Aug 23
UT1 Northern Limit Southern Limit Central Line M:S Sun Sun Path Central
Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Ratio Alt. Azm. Width Duration
Limits78°24.3'N142°10.3'W78°43.1'N130°24.6'W78°37.0'N136°07.5'W 1.016 - 262 km 00m51.5s
08:36 - - 84°51.6'N150°48.1'W81°50.6'N142°40.0'W 1.017 346° 270 km 00m56.0s
08:3881°01.9'N149°09.2'W85°49.4'N174°44.5'W84°01.4'N159°39.4'W 1.018 329° 275 km 01m00.0s
08:4082°56.0'N165°24.2'W85°41.4'N161°16.8'E84°40.4'N179°40.2'W 1.019 310° 277 km 01m02.5s
08:4283°24.2'N178°06.0'E84°55.0'N144°43.6'E84°27.0'N162°22.4'E 1.019 293° 279 km 01m04.5s
08:4483°08.9'N163°59.7'E83°52.5'N134°51.0'E83°44.0'N149°24.1'E 1.019 10° 281° 281 km 01m06.1s
08:4682°29.0'N153°26.1'E82°44.7'N129°00.6'E82°46.9'N140°50.7'E 1.020 11° 273° 283 km 01m07.4s
08:4881°36.2'N146°00.0'E81°35.8'N125°28.2'E81°43.7'N135°18.1'E 1.020 12° 268° 285 km 01m08.4s
08:5080°37.0'N140°51.8'E80°27.4'N123°17.9'E80°38.4'N131°40.6'E 1.020 12° 265° 287 km 01m09.3s
08:5279°34.7'N137°19.0'E79°20.1'N121°59.5'E79°32.5'N129°18.1'E 1.020 13° 263° 290 km 01m10.0s
08:5478°31.2'N134°53.3'E78°13.9'N121°15.6'E78°26.9'N127°46.2'E 1.020 13° 263° 292 km 01m10.6s
08:5677°27.2'N133°15.3'E77°08.9'N120°55.8'E77°21.9'N126°49.7'E 1.020 13° 263° 294 km 01m11.0s
08:5876°23.1'N132°12.1'E76°05.0'N120°53.8'E76°17.5'N126°19.0'E 1.020 13° 263° 297 km 01m11.2s
09:0075°19.2'N131°35.5'E75°01.9'N121°05.5'E75°13.8'N126°08.0'E 1.020 13° 263° 299 km 01m11.4s
09:0274°15.3'N131°20.0'E73°59.6'N121°28.2'E74°10.5'N126°12.7'E 1.020 13° 264° 302 km 01m11.3s
09:0473°11.5'N131°21.6'E72°57.9'N122°00.3'E73°07.7'N126°30.4'E 1.020 13° 265° 305 km 01m11.2s
09:0672°07.6'N131°38.3'E71°56.6'N122°40.6'E72°05.0'N126°59.4'E 1.020 13° 266° 307 km 01m10.9s
09:0871°03.4'N132°08.5'E70°55.4'N123°28.7'E71°02.3'N127°38.8'E 1.020 13° 268° 310 km 01m10.5s
09:1069°58.5'N132°51.8'E69°54.2'N124°24.4'E69°59.3'N128°28.3'E 1.020 12° 269° 312 km 01m09.9s
09:1268°52.6'N133°49.0'E68°52.7'N125°28.0'E68°55.8'N129°28.2'E 1.020 12° 271° 314 km 01m09.1s
09:1467°45.1'N135°00.6'E67°50.6'N126°40.3'E67°51.2'N130°39.3'E 1.020 11° 273° 315 km 01m08.1s
09:1666°35.0'N136°30.6'E66°47.5'N128°02.6'E66°45.1'N132°03.3'E 1.020 10° 275° 315 km 01m07.0s
09:1865°20.7'N138°25.3'E65°42.7'N129°37.2'E65°36.4'N133°44.7'E 1.019 277° 314 km 01m05.5s
09:2063°58.8'N140°59.7'E64°35.3'N131°28.2'E64°23.7'N135°49.2'E 1.019 279° 311 km 01m03.7s
09:2262°17.7'N145°06.1'E63°23.9'N133°41.8'E63°03.7'N138°31.9'E 1.018 282° 305 km 01m01.4s
09:24 - - 62°05.0'N136°34.5'E61°25.7'N142°42.4'E 1.018 286° 291 km 00m57.9s
Limits60°37.3'N150°58.1'E58°35.3'N148°16.4'E59°34.0'N149°32.5'E 1.017 - 265 km 00m52.7s

ΔT = 2789.9 seconds

Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration
Event Time
TD
Time
UT1
Latitude Longitude Sun
Altitude
Sun
Azimuth
Path Width Central
Duration
Greatest Eclipse09:46:28.608:59:58.775°14.5'N114°28.7'E 13.4° 263.3° 299.4 km01m11.36s
Greatest Duration09:47:18.209:00:48.374°48.3'N126°08.2'E 13.4° 263.6° 300.4 km01m11.37s

Explanation of Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration

Links for the Total Solar Eclipse of 2799 Aug 23

Links to Additional Solar Eclipse Predictions

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Eclipse Predictions

Predictions for the Total Solar Eclipse of 2799 Aug 23 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 2789.9 seconds for this eclipse. The uncertainty in ΔT is 639.7 seconds corresponding to a standard error in longitude of the eclipse path of ± 2.67°.

Acknowledgments

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

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