Path of the Total Solar Eclipse of 2838 Jan 17

Fred Espenak

Introduction

The following table delineates the path of the Moon's umbral shadow during the Total Solar Eclipse of 2838 Jan 17 . 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 2838 Jan 17
UT1 Northern Limit Southern Limit Central Line M:S Sun Sun Path Central
Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Ratio Alt. Azm. Width Duration
Limits07°24.7'S027°40.5'W07°40.8'S027°48.3'W07°32.7'S027°44.4'W 1.009 - 33 km 00m31.2s
07:4808°56.4'S023°36.8'W08°53.7'S024°39.9'W08°55.9'S024°06.6'W 1.011 110° 37 km 00m36.2s
07:5011°32.8'S016°45.8'W11°47.2'S017°17.0'W11°40.1'S017°01.2'W 1.013 12° 109° 45 km 00m47.3s
07:5212°59.2'S012°58.1'W13°17.9'S013°25.4'W13°08.7'S013°11.6'W 1.014 16° 108° 50 km 00m54.0s
07:5414°04.8'S010°03.5'W14°26.4'S010°29.0'W14°15.7'S010°16.1'W 1.015 20° 107° 54 km 00m59.6s
07:5614°59.0'S007°37.3'W15°22.8'S008°01.7'W15°11.0'S007°49.3'W 1.016 23° 106° 57 km 01m04.5s
07:5815°45.6'S005°29.4'W16°11.2'S005°53.0'W15°58.5'S005°41.0'W 1.017 25° 106° 59 km 01m09.0s
08:0016°26.6'S003°34.6'W16°54.0'S003°57.5'W16°40.4'S003°45.9'W 1.018 28° 105° 61 km 01m13.2s
08:0217°03.4'S001°49.7'W17°32.2'S002°12.0'W17°17.9'S002°00.7'W 1.018 30° 104° 64 km 01m17.2s
08:0417°36.7'S000°12.5'W18°06.9'S000°34.3'W17°51.8'S000°23.3'W 1.019 32° 104° 65 km 01m20.9s
08:0618°07.0'S001°18.3'E18°38.5'S000°57.1'E18°22.9'S001°07.8'E 1.019 34° 103° 67 km 01m24.5s
08:0818°34.9'S002°43.8'E19°07.6'S002°23.2'E18°51.3'S002°33.7'E 1.020 36° 102° 69 km 01m28.0s
08:1019°00.7'S004°05.0'E19°34.4'S003°44.9'E19°17.6'S003°55.0'E 1.020 38° 102° 70 km 01m31.3s
08:1219°24.5'S005°22.2'E19°59.3'S005°02.7'E19°41.9'S005°12.6'E 1.021 40° 101° 72 km 01m34.5s
08:1419°46.5'S006°36.2'E20°22.4'S006°17.2'E20°04.5'S006°26.8'E 1.021 41° 100° 73 km 01m37.7s
08:1620°07.1'S007°47.3'E20°43.8'S007°28.8'E20°25.5'S007°38.2'E 1.022 43° 100° 74 km 01m40.7s
08:1820°26.2'S008°55.7'E21°03.8'S008°37.8'E20°45.1'S008°46.9'E 1.022 45° 99° 75 km 01m43.6s
08:2020°44.0'S010°01.8'E21°22.5'S009°44.5'E21°03.3'S009°53.3'E 1.022 46° 98° 77 km 01m46.5s
08:2221°00.6'S011°05.9'E21°39.9'S010°49.2'E21°20.3'S010°57.7'E 1.023 48° 98° 78 km 01m49.3s
08:2421°16.1'S012°08.1'E21°56.1'S011°52.0'E21°36.1'S012°00.2'E 1.023 49° 97° 79 km 01m52.0s
08:2621°30.5'S013°08.6'E22°11.3'S012°53.1'E21°50.9'S013°00.9'E 1.023 50° 96° 80 km 01m54.6s
08:2821°43.9'S014°07.5'E22°25.4'S013°52.6'E22°04.7'S014°00.2'E 1.024 52° 96° 80 km 01m57.2s
08:3021°56.4'S015°05.0'E22°38.6'S014°50.8'E22°17.5'S014°58.0'E 1.024 53° 95° 81 km 01m59.6s
08:3222°08.0'S016°01.2'E22°50.8'S015°47.6'E22°29.4'S015°54.5'E 1.024 55° 94° 82 km 02m02.0s
08:3422°18.7'S016°56.2'E23°02.1'S016°43.3'E22°40.4'S016°49.8'E 1.024 56° 94° 83 km 02m04.4s
08:3622°28.6'S017°50.0'E23°12.6'S017°37.8'E22°50.6'S017°44.0'E 1.025 57° 93° 84 km 02m06.6s
08:3822°37.8'S018°42.9'E23°22.3'S018°31.3'E23°00.0'S018°37.2'E 1.025 58° 92° 84 km 02m08.8s
08:4022°46.1'S019°34.8'E23°31.2'S019°23.9'E23°08.7'S019°29.4'E 1.025 60° 92° 85 km 02m11.0s
08:4222°53.8'S020°25.7'E23°39.4'S020°15.6'E23°16.6'S020°20.8'E 1.025 61° 91° 86 km 02m13.0s
08:4423°00.8'S021°15.9'E23°46.8'S021°06.5'E23°23.8'S021°11.3'E 1.025 62° 90° 86 km 02m15.0s
08:4623°07.1'S022°05.3'E23°53.5'S021°56.6'E23°30.3'S022°01.0'E 1.026 63° 89° 87 km 02m16.9s
08:4823°12.7'S022°53.9'E23°59.6'S022°46.0'E23°36.2'S022°50.0'E 1.026 65° 89° 88 km 02m18.7s
08:5023°17.7'S023°41.9'E24°05.0'S023°34.7'E23°41.4'S023°38.4'E 1.026 66° 88° 88 km 02m20.5s
08:5223°22.1'S024°29.2'E24°09.7'S024°22.8'E23°45.9'S024°26.1'E 1.026 67° 87° 89 km 02m22.2s
08:5423°25.9'S025°15.9'E24°13.9'S025°10.3'E23°49.9'S025°13.2'E 1.026 68° 86° 89 km 02m23.8s
08:5623°29.1'S026°02.1'E24°17.4'S025°57.2'E23°53.2'S025°59.7'E 1.026 69° 85° 90 km 02m25.3s
08:5823°31.7'S026°47.8'E24°20.3'S026°43.6'E23°56.0'S026°45.8'E 1.026 70° 84° 90 km 02m26.8s
09:0023°33.7'S027°32.9'E24°22.6'S027°29.5'E23°58.2'S027°31.3'E 1.027 72° 83° 90 km 02m28.2s
09:0223°35.2'S028°17.6'E24°24.3'S028°15.0'E23°59.8'S028°16.4'E 1.027 73° 82° 91 km 02m29.5s
09:0423°36.2'S029°01.9'E24°25.5'S029°00.1'E24°00.9'S029°01.0'E 1.027 74° 81° 91 km 02m30.7s
09:0623°36.6'S029°45.7'E24°26.2'S029°44.7'E24°01.4'S029°45.3'E 1.027 75° 80° 92 km 02m31.8s
09:0823°36.5'S030°29.2'E24°26.2'S030°28.9'E24°01.4'S030°29.1'E 1.027 76° 79° 92 km 02m32.9s
09:1023°35.9'S031°12.3'E24°25.8'S031°12.8'E24°00.8'S031°12.6'E 1.027 77° 77° 92 km 02m33.9s
09:1223°34.8'S031°55.1'E24°24.8'S031°56.4'E23°59.8'S031°55.8'E 1.027 78° 76° 92 km 02m34.8s
09:1423°33.1'S032°37.6'E24°23.3'S032°39.7'E23°58.2'S032°38.7'E 1.027 79° 74° 93 km 02m35.6s
09:1623°31.0'S033°19.8'E24°21.2'S033°22.6'E23°56.1'S033°21.2'E 1.027 80° 72° 93 km 02m36.3s
09:1823°28.4'S034°01.7'E24°18.7'S034°05.4'E23°53.5'S034°03.6'E 1.027 81° 69° 93 km 02m37.0s
09:2023°25.3'S034°43.4'E24°15.6'S034°47.8'E23°50.5'S034°45.6'E 1.027 83° 66° 93 km 02m37.6s
09:2223°21.7'S035°24.8'E24°12.1'S035°30.0'E23°46.9'S035°27.5'E 1.028 84° 62° 93 km 02m38.1s
09:2423°17.6'S036°06.1'E24°08.0'S036°12.0'E23°42.8'S036°09.1'E 1.028 85° 57° 94 km 02m38.5s
09:2623°13.1'S036°47.2'E24°03.5'S036°53.9'E23°38.3'S036°50.5'E 1.028 85° 50° 94 km 02m38.8s
09:2823°08.1'S037°28.1'E23°58.4'S037°35.5'E23°33.2'S037°31.8'E 1.028 86° 39° 94 km 02m39.0s
09:3023°02.6'S038°08.8'E23°52.9'S038°17.0'E23°27.7'S038°12.9'E 1.028 87° 24° 94 km 02m39.2s
09:3222°56.6'S038°49.4'E23°46.8'S038°58.4'E23°21.7'S038°53.9'E 1.028 87° 94 km 02m39.3s
09:3422°50.2'S039°30.0'E23°40.3'S039°39.6'E23°15.3'S039°34.8'E 1.028 87° 340° 94 km 02m39.3s
09:3622°43.3'S040°10.4'E23°33.3'S040°20.8'E23°08.3'S040°15.6'E 1.028 87° 321° 94 km 02m39.2s
09:3822°36.0'S040°50.7'E23°25.8'S041°01.8'E23°00.9'S040°56.3'E 1.028 86° 307° 94 km 02m39.0s
09:4022°28.2'S041°31.0'E23°17.9'S041°42.8'E22°53.0'S041°36.9'E 1.028 85° 297° 94 km 02m38.7s
09:4222°19.9'S042°11.3'E23°09.4'S042°23.8'E22°44.6'S042°17.5'E 1.028 84° 291° 94 km 02m38.4s
09:4422°11.1'S042°51.5'E23°00.5'S043°04.7'E22°35.8'S042°58.1'E 1.028 83° 286° 94 km 02m38.0s
09:4622°01.9'S043°31.8'E22°51.0'S043°45.6'E22°26.5'S043°38.7'E 1.028 82° 282° 94 km 02m37.5s
09:4821°52.2'S044°12.1'E22°41.1'S044°26.6'E22°16.7'S044°19.3'E 1.028 81° 279° 94 km 02m36.9s
09:5021°42.0'S044°52.4'E22°30.7'S045°07.5'E22°06.4'S044°59.9'E 1.028 80° 277° 94 km 02m36.2s
09:5221°31.4'S045°32.8'E22°19.8'S045°48.5'E21°55.6'S045°40.6'E 1.027 79° 275° 93 km 02m35.5s
09:5421°20.3'S046°13.3'E22°08.4'S046°29.7'E21°44.4'S046°21.4'E 1.027 78° 273° 93 km 02m34.7s
09:5621°08.7'S046°53.9'E21°56.5'S047°10.9'E21°32.6'S047°02.3'E 1.027 77° 272° 93 km 02m33.8s
09:5820°56.6'S047°34.7'E21°44.1'S047°52.2'E21°20.4'S047°43.4'E 1.027 76° 270° 93 km 02m32.8s
10:0020°44.0'S048°15.6'E21°31.2'S048°33.7'E21°07.6'S048°24.6'E 1.027 75° 269° 93 km 02m31.8s
10:0220°30.9'S048°56.7'E21°17.8'S049°15.3'E20°54.4'S049°05.9'E 1.027 74° 268° 92 km 02m30.7s
10:0420°17.3'S049°38.0'E21°03.8'S049°57.2'E20°40.6'S049°47.5'E 1.027 72° 267° 92 km 02m29.5s
10:0620°03.2'S050°19.6'E20°49.4'S050°39.3'E20°26.3'S050°29.3'E 1.027 71° 266° 92 km 02m28.2s
10:0819°48.6'S051°01.4'E20°34.3'S051°21.6'E20°11.5'S051°11.4'E 1.027 70° 265° 91 km 02m26.9s
10:1019°33.4'S051°43.6'E20°18.8'S052°04.3'E19°56.1'S051°53.8'E 1.027 69° 264° 91 km 02m25.4s
10:1219°17.7'S052°26.1'E20°02.7'S052°47.3'E19°40.2'S052°36.6'E 1.027 68° 263° 91 km 02m23.9s
10:1419°01.4'S053°09.0'E19°46.0'S053°30.6'E19°23.7'S053°19.7'E 1.026 67° 263° 90 km 02m22.4s
10:1618°44.6'S053°52.3'E19°28.7'S054°14.4'E19°06.7'S054°03.2'E 1.026 66° 262° 90 km 02m20.8s
10:1818°27.2'S054°36.0'E19°10.8'S054°58.6'E18°49.0'S054°47.2'E 1.026 64° 261° 89 km 02m19.1s
10:2018°09.2'S055°20.3'E18°52.3'S055°43.3'E18°30.8'S055°31.7'E 1.026 63° 261° 89 km 02m17.3s
10:2217°50.6'S056°05.2'E18°33.2'S056°28.5'E18°11.9'S056°16.8'E 1.026 62° 260° 89 km 02m15.5s
10:2417°31.4'S056°50.7'E18°13.4'S057°14.4'E17°52.4'S057°02.4'E 1.026 61° 260° 88 km 02m13.6s
10:2617°11.5'S057°36.8'E17°53.0'S058°00.9'E17°32.3'S057°48.8'E 1.025 59° 259° 87 km 02m11.6s
10:2816°50.9'S058°23.7'E17°31.9'S058°48.1'E17°11.4'S058°35.8'E 1.025 58° 258° 87 km 02m09.6s
10:3016°29.6'S059°11.4'E17°10.0'S059°36.2'E16°49.8'S059°23.7'E 1.025 57° 258° 86 km 02m07.4s
10:3216°07.6'S060°00.0'E16°47.4'S060°25.1'E16°27.5'S060°12.4'E 1.025 56° 257° 86 km 02m05.3s
10:3415°44.8'S060°49.6'E16°24.0'S061°14.9'E16°04.5'S061°02.2'E 1.025 54° 257° 85 km 02m03.0s
10:3615°21.2'S061°40.2'E15°59.8'S062°05.9'E15°40.6'S061°52.9'E 1.024 53° 256° 84 km 02m00.7s
10:3814°56.8'S062°32.0'E15°34.7'S062°57.9'E15°15.8'S062°44.9'E 1.024 51° 256° 83 km 01m58.3s
10:4014°31.4'S063°25.2'E15°08.7'S063°51.3'E14°50.1'S063°38.1'E 1.024 50° 255° 82 km 01m55.9s
10:4214°05.2'S064°19.7'E14°41.8'S064°46.1'E14°23.5'S064°32.8'E 1.024 49° 255° 82 km 01m53.4s
10:4413°37.9'S065°15.9'E14°13.8'S065°42.5'E13°55.9'S065°29.1'E 1.023 47° 255° 81 km 01m50.8s
10:4613°09.5'S066°13.9'E13°44.6'S066°40.7'E13°27.1'S066°27.2'E 1.023 46° 254° 80 km 01m48.1s
10:4812°40.0'S067°13.8'E13°14.3'S067°40.8'E12°57.2'S067°27.2'E 1.023 44° 254° 79 km 01m45.3s
10:5012°09.2'S068°16.0'E12°42.7'S068°43.2'E12°26.0'S068°29.5'E 1.022 43° 253° 77 km 01m42.5s
10:5211°37.0'S069°20.7'E12°09.7'S069°48.1'E11°53.4'S069°34.3'E 1.022 41° 253° 76 km 01m39.6s
10:5411°03.3'S070°28.4'E11°35.2'S070°55.8'E11°19.3'S070°42.0'E 1.022 39° 253° 75 km 01m36.5s
10:5610°27.9'S071°39.3'E10°58.8'S072°06.9'E10°43.5'S071°53.0'E 1.021 37° 252° 74 km 01m33.4s
10:5809°50.7'S072°54.0'E10°20.6'S073°21.8'E10°05.7'S073°07.8'E 1.021 36° 252° 72 km 01m30.1s
11:0009°11.2'S074°13.3'E09°40.1'S074°41.3'E09°25.8'S074°27.2'E 1.020 34° 251° 71 km 01m26.8s
11:0208°29.3'S075°38.0'E08°57.1'S076°06.1'E08°43.3'S075°51.9'E 1.020 32° 251° 69 km 01m23.2s
11:0407°44.4'S077°09.2'E08°11.0'S077°37.5'E07°57.8'S077°23.2'E 1.019 30° 251° 67 km 01m19.5s
11:0606°56.0'S078°48.5'E07°21.2'S079°17.1'E07°08.7'S079°02.6'E 1.019 27° 250° 65 km 01m15.6s
11:0806°03.1'S080°38.2'E06°26.7'S081°07.2'E06°15.0'S080°52.6'E 1.018 25° 250° 63 km 01m11.5s
11:1005°04.3'S082°42.0'E05°26.2'S083°11.5'E05°15.3'S082°56.7'E 1.017 22° 250° 60 km 01m06.9s
11:1203°57.3'S085°06.1'E04°17.1'S085°36.5'E04°07.3'S085°21.1'E 1.016 19° 250° 57 km 01m01.9s
11:1402°37.3'S088°02.6'E02°54.3'S088°35.0'E02°45.9'S088°18.6'E 1.015 15° 249° 53 km 00m56.2s
11:1600°51.6'S092°05.5'E01°03.7'S092°43.3'E00°57.8'S092°24.1'E 1.014 10° 249° 48 km 00m48.9s
Limits02°54.3'N101°32.0'E02°36.2'N101°40.6'E02°45.2'N101°36.2'E 1.010 - 37 km 00m34.9s

ΔT = 3048.3 seconds

Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration
Event Time
TD
Time
UT1
Latitude Longitude Sun
Altitude
Sun
Azimuth
Path Width Central
Duration
Greatest Eclipse10:23:32.009:32:43.723°19.4'S026°24.7'E 87.3° 354.7° 94.0 km02m39.27s
Greatest Duration10:23:37.109:32:48.823°19.2'S039°10.5'E 87.3° 353.7° 94.0 km02m39.27s

Explanation of Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration

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Eclipse Predictions

Predictions for the Total Solar Eclipse of 2838 Jan 17 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 3048.3 seconds for this eclipse. The uncertainty in ΔT is 691.2 seconds corresponding to a standard error in longitude of the eclipse path of ± 2.89°.

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