Path of the Total Solar Eclipse of 2851 Oct 16

Fred Espenak

Introduction

The following table delineates the path of the Moon's umbral shadow during the Total Solar Eclipse of 2851 Oct 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 .

Total Solar Eclipse of 2851 Oct 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
Limits25°39.8'S095°08.9'E27°21.9'S094°15.6'E26°30.5'S094°42.7'E 1.042 - 200 km 02m10.0s
23:1027°37.2'S105°20.5'E - - 27°42.5'S101°15.6'E 1.044 97° 212 km 02m21.8s
23:1228°38.8'S109°22.9'E29°10.8'S103°18.5'E28°58.2'S106°38.5'E 1.046 11° 94° 223 km 02m32.8s
23:1429°30.5'S112°22.3'E30°16.8'S107°32.0'E29°55.4'S110°05.6'E 1.047 15° 92° 229 km 02m40.5s
23:1630°17.1'S114°49.9'E31°11.2'S110°35.9'E30°45.4'S112°48.4'E 1.048 18° 90° 234 km 02m46.7s
23:1831°00.5'S116°57.7'E32°00.0'S113°06.2'E31°31.2'S115°06.1'E 1.048 20° 88° 238 km 02m52.2s
23:2031°41.5'S118°51.6'E32°45.2'S115°15.9'E32°14.1'S117°07.1'E 1.049 22° 87° 241 km 02m57.2s
23:2232°20.9'S120°35.3'E33°28.0'S117°11.3'E32°55.1'S118°56.1'E 1.049 24° 85° 244 km 03m01.7s
23:2432°58.9'S122°10.9'E34°08.9'S118°56.2'E33°34.4'S120°36.0'E 1.050 26° 83° 247 km 03m05.9s
23:2633°35.7'S123°40.2'E34°48.3'S120°32.9'E34°12.5'S122°08.8'E 1.050 27° 82° 249 km 03m09.8s
23:2834°11.6'S125°04.2'E35°26.5'S122°03.2'E34°49.5'S123°35.7'E 1.051 29° 80° 250 km 03m13.5s
23:3034°46.7'S126°23.8'E36°03.7'S123°28.2'E35°25.6'S124°57.9'E 1.051 30° 79° 252 km 03m17.0s
23:3235°21.1'S127°39.8'E36°40.1'S124°48.9'E36°01.0'S126°16.1'E 1.052 32° 77° 253 km 03m20.3s
23:3435°54.9'S128°52.7'E37°15.8'S126°05.8'E36°35.7'S127°31.0'E 1.052 33° 76° 254 km 03m23.4s
23:3636°28.2'S130°02.9'E37°50.8'S127°19.7'E37°09.8'S128°43.0'E 1.052 34° 74° 255 km 03m26.3s
23:3837°00.9'S131°10.9'E38°25.3'S128°31.0'E37°43.4'S129°52.5'E 1.053 35° 72° 255 km 03m29.1s
23:4037°33.3'S132°16.8'E38°59.2'S129°40.0'E38°16.5'S130°59.9'E 1.053 36° 71° 256 km 03m31.8s
23:4238°05.3'S133°21.0'E39°32.8'S130°47.0'E38°49.2'S132°05.5'E 1.053 37° 69° 256 km 03m34.3s
23:4438°36.9'S134°23.8'E40°05.9'S131°52.4'E39°21.6'S133°09.5'E 1.053 38° 67° 256 km 03m36.6s
23:4639°08.1'S135°25.3'E40°38.6'S132°56.4'E39°53.6'S134°12.2'E 1.053 39° 65° 257 km 03m38.9s
23:4839°39.1'S136°25.6'E41°11.1'S133°59.2'E40°25.2'S135°13.8'E 1.054 40° 64° 257 km 03m41.0s
23:5040°09.8'S137°25.1'E41°43.2'S135°00.9'E40°56.6'S136°14.4'E 1.054 40° 62° 257 km 03m43.0s
23:5240°40.2'S138°23.8'E42°15.0'S136°01.8'E41°27.7'S137°14.1'E 1.054 41° 60° 256 km 03m44.9s
23:5441°10.4'S139°21.8'E42°46.5'S137°02.0'E41°58.6'S138°13.2'E 1.054 42° 58° 256 km 03m46.6s
23:5641°40.4'S140°19.3'E43°17.9'S138°01.6'E42°29.2'S139°11.7'E 1.054 43° 56° 256 km 03m48.3s
23:5842°10.1'S141°16.4'E43°49.0'S139°00.8'E42°59.6'S140°09.9'E 1.054 43° 54° 256 km 03m49.8s
00:0042°39.7'S142°13.2'E44°19.8'S139°59.7'E43°29.8'S141°07.7'E 1.055 44° 52° 255 km 03m51.3s
00:0243°09.0'S143°09.8'E44°50.5'S140°58.4'E43°59.8'S142°05.4'E 1.055 44° 50° 255 km 03m52.6s
00:0443°38.2'S144°06.3'E45°21.0'S141°57.1'E44°29.6'S143°02.9'E 1.055 45° 48° 254 km 03m53.8s
00:0644°07.2'S145°02.8'E45°51.3'S142°55.7'E44°59.2'S144°00.5'E 1.055 45° 46° 254 km 03m54.9s
00:0844°36.0'S145°59.4'E46°21.4'S143°54.5'E45°28.7'S144°58.2'E 1.055 45° 44° 253 km 03m55.9s
00:1045°04.6'S146°56.2'E46°51.3'S144°53.5'E45°57.9'S145°56.0'E 1.055 46° 42° 253 km 03m56.7s
00:1245°33.1'S147°53.2'E47°21.1'S145°52.9'E46°27.1'S146°54.2'E 1.055 46° 40° 252 km 03m57.5s
00:1446°01.5'S148°50.6'E47°50.7'S146°52.7'E46°56.0'S147°52.8'E 1.055 46° 37° 251 km 03m58.2s
00:1646°29.7'S149°48.5'E48°20.2'S147°53.0'E47°24.8'S148°51.9'E 1.055 47° 35° 251 km 03m58.7s
00:1846°57.7'S150°46.8'E48°49.5'S148°53.9'E47°53.5'S149°51.5'E 1.055 47° 33° 250 km 03m59.2s
00:2047°25.6'S151°45.8'E49°18.7'S149°55.6'E48°22.0'S150°51.8'E 1.055 47° 31° 250 km 03m59.5s
00:2247°53.4'S152°45.5'E49°47.7'S150°58.0'E48°50.4'S151°52.8'E 1.055 47° 28° 249 km 03m59.8s
00:2448°20.9'S153°46.0'E50°16.6'S152°01.4'E49°18.6'S152°54.7'E 1.055 47° 26° 248 km 03m59.9s
00:2648°48.4'S154°47.3'E50°45.3'S153°05.8'E49°46.6'S153°57.6'E 1.055 47° 24° 247 km 03m59.9s
00:2849°15.7'S155°49.6'E51°13.8'S154°11.4'E50°14.5'S155°01.5'E 1.055 47° 21° 247 km 03m59.8s
00:3049°42.8'S156°53.0'E51°42.2'S155°18.2'E50°42.3'S156°06.5'E 1.055 47° 19° 246 km 03m59.6s
00:3250°09.8'S157°57.6'E52°10.4'S156°26.4'E51°09.9'S157°12.9'E 1.055 47° 16° 245 km 03m59.3s
00:3450°36.6'S159°03.4'E52°38.5'S157°36.0'E51°37.3'S158°20.6'E 1.055 47° 14° 245 km 03m58.9s
00:3651°03.2'S160°10.7'E53°06.4'S158°47.3'E52°04.5'S159°29.8'E 1.055 46° 11° 244 km 03m58.4s
00:3851°29.7'S161°19.4'E53°34.0'S160°00.3'E52°31.6'S160°40.6'E 1.055 46° 243 km 03m57.7s
00:4051°56.0'S162°29.8'E54°01.5'S161°15.2'E52°58.4'S161°53.1'E 1.055 46° 242 km 03m57.0s
00:4252°22.0'S163°41.9'E54°28.8'S162°32.2'E53°25.1'S163°07.6'E 1.055 45° 242 km 03m56.1s
00:4452°47.9'S164°55.9'E54°55.8'S163°51.3'E53°51.5'S164°24.1'E 1.055 45° 241 km 03m55.1s
00:4653°13.5'S166°11.9'E55°22.6'S165°12.9'E54°17.7'S165°42.7'E 1.055 45° 359° 240 km 03m54.0s
00:4853°38.9'S167°30.0'E55°49.1'S166°37.0'E54°43.6'S167°03.8'E 1.055 44° 356° 239 km 03m52.8s
00:5054°04.1'S168°50.6'E56°15.3'S168°03.8'E55°09.3'S168°27.3'E 1.054 44° 354° 239 km 03m51.5s
00:5254°28.9'S170°13.6'E56°41.2'S169°33.6'E55°34.6'S169°53.6'E 1.054 43° 351° 238 km 03m50.1s
00:5454°53.5'S171°39.4'E57°06.8'S171°06.6'E55°59.7'S171°22.9'E 1.054 42° 349° 237 km 03m48.6s
00:5655°17.7'S173°08.1'E57°31.9'S172°43.1'E56°24.4'S172°55.3'E 1.054 42° 346° 236 km 03m46.9s
00:5855°41.6'S174°39.9'E57°56.7'S174°23.3'E56°48.7'S174°31.1'E 1.054 41° 343° 236 km 03m45.1s
01:0056°05.1'S176°15.1'E58°21.0'S176°07.5'E57°12.5'S176°10.6'E 1.054 40° 341° 235 km 03m43.2s
01:0256°28.1'S177°53.9'E58°44.7'S177°56.0'E57°35.9'S177°54.0'E 1.053 40° 338° 234 km 03m41.1s
01:0456°50.7'S179°36.7'E59°07.9'S179°49.2'E57°58.8'S179°41.8'E 1.053 39° 335° 233 km 03m39.0s
01:0657°12.7'S178°36.2'W59°30.4'S178°12.4'W58°21.1'S178°25.8'W 1.053 38° 333° 232 km 03m36.7s
01:0857°34.1'S176°44.5'W59°52.2'S176°08.5'W58°42.7'S176°28.3'W 1.053 37° 330° 232 km 03m34.2s
01:1057°54.9'S174°47.8'W60°13.2'S173°58.6'W59°03.6'S174°25.3'W 1.052 36° 327° 231 km 03m31.7s
01:1258°15.0'S172°45.6'W60°33.3'S171°42.0'W59°23.7'S172°16.3'W 1.052 35° 324° 230 km 03m29.0s
01:1458°34.2'S170°37.3'W60°52.3'S169°18.1'W59°42.8'S170°00.7'W 1.052 34° 321° 229 km 03m26.1s
01:1658°52.5'S168°22.4'W61°10.1'S166°46.2'W60°00.9'S167°37.8'W 1.052 33° 318° 228 km 03m23.0s
01:1859°09.7'S166°00.2'W61°26.5'S164°05.4'W60°17.8'S165°06.8'W 1.051 31° 315° 227 km 03m19.8s
01:2059°25.7'S163°29.7'W61°41.4'S161°14.5'W60°33.3'S162°26.8'W 1.051 30° 311° 226 km 03m16.5s
01:2259°40.3'S160°50.1'W61°54.3'S158°12.3'W60°47.1'S159°36.5'W 1.050 29° 308° 225 km 03m12.9s
01:2459°53.3'S158°00.0'W62°05.1'S154°57.0'W60°59.1'S156°34.7'W 1.050 27° 304° 224 km 03m09.0s
01:2660°04.3'S154°57.9'W62°13.2'S151°26.6'W61°08.8'S153°19.4'W 1.049 26° 301° 222 km 03m05.0s
01:2860°13.0'S151°41.8'W62°18.1'S147°38.0'W61°15.8'S149°48.2'W 1.049 24° 297° 221 km 03m00.6s
01:3060°18.9'S148°08.7'W62°18.8'S143°27.0'W61°19.5'S145°57.6'W 1.048 22° 293° 220 km 02m55.9s
01:3260°21.2'S144°14.6'W62°14.2'S138°47.0'W61°18.7'S141°42.6'W 1.048 20° 288° 218 km 02m50.8s
01:3460°18.9'S139°53.4'W62°02.1'S133°26.4'W61°12.2'S136°54.8'W 1.047 17° 283° 216 km 02m45.1s
01:3660°10.0'S134°54.4'W61°38.2'S127°01.5'W60°57.1'S131°19.1'W 1.046 14° 278° 213 km 02m38.5s
01:3859°51.0'S128°56.1'W60°49.9'S118°21.5'W60°27.2'S124°19.7'W 1.045 11° 271° 210 km 02m30.4s
01:4059°11.9'S120°58.2'W - - 59°16.8'S113°21.6'W 1.043 261° 204 km 02m18.2s
Limits57°08.5'S104°56.1'W58°46.2'S103°27.0'W57°57.1'S104°12.6'W 1.041 - 199 km 02m08.6s

ΔT = 3143.6 seconds

Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration
Event Time
TD
Time
UT1
Latitude Longitude Sun
Altitude
Sun
Azimuth
Path Width Central
Duration
Greatest Eclipse01:17:22.900:24:59.349°32.5'S140°17.6'E 47.0° 24.7° 247.8 km03m59.90s
Greatest Duration01:17:43.200:25:19.649°37.2'S153°36.3'E 47.0° 24.3° 247.7 km03m59.90s

Explanation of Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration

Links for the Total Solar Eclipse of 2851 Oct 16

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Eclipse Predictions

Predictions for the Total Solar Eclipse of 2851 Oct 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 3143.6 seconds for this eclipse. The uncertainty in ΔT is 710.1 seconds corresponding to a standard error in longitude of the eclipse path of ± 2.97°.

Acknowledgments

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

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