Path of the Total Solar Eclipse of 2917 Apr 12

Fred Espenak

Introduction

The following table delineates the path of the Moon's umbral shadow during the Total Solar Eclipse of 2917 Apr 12 . 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 2917 Apr 12
UT1 Northern Limit Southern Limit Central Line M:S Sun Sun Path Central
Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Ratio Alt. Azm. Width Duration
Limits30°02.3'S144°10.1'E30°28.3'S144°15.7'E30°15.3'S144°12.9'E 1.014 - 49 km 00m48.9s
20:4628°19.1'S152°41.7'E28°46.2'S153°02.2'E28°32.5'S152°52.4'E 1.017 75° 57 km 01m00.3s
20:4826°44.8'S158°25.7'E27°14.0'S158°48.2'E26°59.3'S158°37.2'E 1.018 14° 72° 63 km 01m09.2s
20:5025°31.0'S162°09.0'E26°01.4'S162°33.4'E25°46.1'S162°21.4'E 1.020 18° 70° 67 km 01m15.6s
20:5224°26.0'S165°02.4'E24°57.2'S165°28.4'E24°41.5'S165°15.5'E 1.020 21° 69° 70 km 01m21.0s
20:5423°26.3'S167°26.4'E23°58.2'S167°53.8'E23°42.2'S167°40.3'E 1.021 24° 68° 73 km 01m25.8s
20:5622°30.3'S169°30.7'E23°02.7'S169°59.3'E22°46.5'S169°45.1'E 1.022 26° 67° 75 km 01m30.1s
20:5821°37.2'S171°20.5'E22°10.0'S171°50.2'E21°53.5'S171°35.5'E 1.023 29° 66° 78 km 01m34.1s
21:0020°46.2'S172°59.1'E21°19.4'S173°29.8'E21°02.7'S173°14.6'E 1.023 31° 65° 80 km 01m37.8s
21:0219°57.0'S174°28.8'E20°30.6'S175°00.4'E20°13.7'S174°44.7'E 1.024 33° 64° 81 km 01m41.4s
21:0419°09.4'S175°51.1'E19°43.3'S176°23.6'E19°26.3'S176°07.5'E 1.024 35° 63° 83 km 01m44.7s
21:0618°23.2'S177°07.4'E18°57.2'S177°40.6'E18°40.1'S177°24.1'E 1.025 37° 63° 85 km 01m47.9s
21:0817°38.1'S178°18.4'E18°12.4'S178°52.3'E17°55.1'S178°35.4'E 1.025 38° 62° 86 km 01m51.0s
21:1016°54.0'S179°24.9'E17°28.5'S179°59.5'E17°11.2'S179°42.3'E 1.025 40° 62° 87 km 01m53.9s
21:1216°10.8'S179°32.5'W16°45.5'S178°57.3'W16°28.1'S179°14.8'W 1.026 42° 61° 89 km 01m56.7s
21:1415°28.5'S178°33.4'W16°03.4'S177°57.6'W15°45.9'S178°15.4'W 1.026 43° 61° 90 km 01m59.4s
21:1614°47.0'S177°37.3'W15°22.0'S177°01.0'W15°04.4'S177°19.1'W 1.027 45° 60° 91 km 02m02.0s
21:1814°06.1'S176°44.0'W14°41.2'S176°07.2'W14°23.6'S176°25.6'W 1.027 46° 60° 92 km 02m04.5s
21:2013°25.9'S175°53.2'W14°01.2'S175°15.9'W13°43.5'S175°34.5'W 1.027 48° 59° 93 km 02m07.0s
21:2212°46.3'S175°04.5'W13°21.7'S174°26.8'W13°03.9'S174°45.6'W 1.027 49° 59° 94 km 02m09.3s
21:2412°07.3'S174°17.8'W12°42.7'S173°39.7'W12°24.9'S173°58.7'W 1.028 51° 59° 95 km 02m11.5s
21:2611°28.7'S173°33.0'W12°04.3'S172°54.5'W11°46.4'S173°13.7'W 1.028 52° 58° 95 km 02m13.7s
21:2810°50.7'S172°49.8'W11°26.3'S172°11.0'W11°08.4'S172°30.3'W 1.028 53° 58° 96 km 02m15.8s
21:3010°13.1'S172°08.1'W10°48.8'S171°28.9'W10°30.9'S171°48.5'W 1.028 55° 57° 97 km 02m17.8s
21:3209°35.9'S171°27.8'W10°11.8'S170°48.3'W09°53.8'S171°08.0'W 1.029 56° 57° 98 km 02m19.7s
21:3408°59.2'S170°48.8'W09°35.1'S170°09.0'W09°17.1'S170°28.8'W 1.029 57° 57° 98 km 02m21.6s
21:3608°22.8'S170°10.9'W08°58.8'S169°30.8'W08°40.8'S169°50.8'W 1.029 59° 56° 99 km 02m23.4s
21:3807°46.8'S169°34.1'W08°22.9'S168°53.8'W08°04.8'S169°13.9'W 1.029 60° 56° 99 km 02m25.2s
21:4007°11.2'S168°58.2'W07°47.4'S168°17.7'W07°29.2'S168°37.9'W 1.029 61° 56° 100 km 02m26.8s
21:4206°35.8'S168°23.3'W07°12.2'S167°42.6'W06°54.0'S168°02.9'W 1.030 62° 55° 100 km 02m28.4s
21:4406°00.8'S167°49.2'W06°37.3'S167°08.2'W06°19.0'S167°28.7'W 1.030 64° 55° 101 km 02m30.0s
21:4605°26.2'S167°15.8'W06°02.7'S166°34.7'W05°44.4'S166°55.2'W 1.030 65° 54° 101 km 02m31.5s
21:4804°51.8'S166°43.1'W05°28.4'S166°01.9'W05°10.0'S166°22.5'W 1.030 66° 54° 102 km 02m32.9s
21:5004°17.7'S166°11.1'W04°54.4'S165°29.7'W04°36.0'S165°50.4'W 1.030 67° 54° 102 km 02m34.2s
21:5203°43.8'S165°39.7'W04°20.6'S164°58.1'W04°02.2'S165°18.8'W 1.030 68° 53° 103 km 02m35.5s
21:5403°10.2'S165°08.7'W03°47.2'S164°27.1'W03°28.7'S164°47.9'W 1.030 69° 53° 103 km 02m36.7s
21:5602°36.9'S164°38.3'W03°13.9'S163°56.5'W02°55.4'S164°17.4'W 1.030 71° 52° 103 km 02m37.9s
21:5802°03.8'S164°08.3'W02°41.0'S163°26.4'W02°22.4'S163°47.3'W 1.031 72° 52° 103 km 02m39.0s
22:0001°31.0'S163°38.7'W02°08.2'S162°56.7'W01°49.6'S163°17.7'W 1.031 73° 51° 104 km 02m40.1s
22:0200°58.4'S163°09.4'W01°35.7'S162°27.4'W01°17.0'S162°48.4'W 1.031 74° 50° 104 km 02m41.0s
22:0400°26.0'S162°40.5'W01°03.4'S161°58.4'W00°44.7'S162°19.4'W 1.031 75° 49° 104 km 02m42.0s
22:0600°06.2'N162°11.8'W00°31.4'S161°29.7'W00°12.6'S161°50.7'W 1.031 76° 48° 104 km 02m42.8s
22:0800°38.2'N161°43.4'W00°00.5'N161°01.2'W00°19.3'N161°22.3'W 1.031 77° 47° 105 km 02m43.6s
22:1001°09.9'N161°15.1'W00°32.1'N160°32.9'W00°51.0'N160°54.0'W 1.031 78° 46° 105 km 02m44.3s
22:1201°41.5'N160°47.1'W01°03.5'N160°04.9'W01°22.6'N160°26.0'W 1.031 79° 45° 105 km 02m45.0s
22:1402°12.9'N160°19.2'W01°34.8'N159°37.0'W01°53.9'N159°58.0'W 1.031 80° 43° 105 km 02m45.6s
22:1602°44.1'N159°51.3'W02°05.8'N159°09.2'W02°25.0'N159°30.2'W 1.031 81° 40° 105 km 02m46.2s
22:1803°15.1'N159°23.6'W02°36.7'N158°41.4'W02°55.9'N159°02.5'W 1.031 82° 37° 105 km 02m46.7s
22:2003°45.9'N158°55.9'W03°07.4'N158°13.8'W03°26.6'N158°34.8'W 1.031 83° 34° 105 km 02m47.1s
22:2204°16.5'N158°28.2'W03°37.9'N157°46.1'W03°57.2'N158°07.1'W 1.031 84° 29° 106 km 02m47.5s
22:2404°47.0'N158°00.5'W04°08.2'N157°18.5'W04°27.6'N157°39.5'W 1.031 85° 22° 106 km 02m47.8s
22:2605°17.3'N157°32.7'W04°38.3'N156°50.8'W04°57.8'N157°11.8'W 1.031 86° 12° 106 km 02m48.0s
22:2805°47.4'N157°04.9'W05°08.3'N156°23.1'W05°27.8'N156°44.0'W 1.031 86° 358° 106 km 02m48.2s
22:3006°17.4'N156°37.0'W05°38.1'N155°55.3'W05°57.7'N156°16.1'W 1.031 87° 341° 106 km 02m48.3s
22:3206°47.1'N156°08.9'W06°07.7'N155°27.3'W06°27.4'N155°48.1'W 1.031 87° 322° 106 km 02m48.4s
22:3407°16.8'N155°40.6'W06°37.1'N154°59.2'W06°57.0'N155°19.9'W 1.031 86° 305° 106 km 02m48.4s
22:3607°46.2'N155°12.2'W07°06.4'N154°30.9'W07°26.3'N154°51.6'W 1.031 86° 292° 106 km 02m48.3s
22:3808°15.5'N154°43.6'W07°35.5'N154°02.5'W07°55.5'N154°23.0'W 1.031 85° 283° 106 km 02m48.1s
22:4008°44.6'N154°14.7'W08°04.5'N153°33.7'W08°24.6'N153°54.2'W 1.031 84° 276° 105 km 02m47.9s
22:4209°13.6'N153°45.5'W08°33.3'N153°04.8'W08°53.5'N153°25.1'W 1.031 83° 271° 105 km 02m47.7s
22:4409°42.4'N153°16.0'W09°01.9'N152°35.5'W09°22.2'N152°55.7'W 1.031 82° 268° 105 km 02m47.3s
22:4610°11.1'N152°46.2'W09°30.4'N152°05.9'W09°50.7'N152°26.0'W 1.031 81° 265° 105 km 02m46.9s
22:4810°39.6'N152°16.0'W09°58.7'N151°35.9'W10°19.1'N151°55.9'W 1.031 80° 263° 105 km 02m46.4s
22:5011°07.9'N151°45.4'W10°26.9'N151°05.5'W10°47.4'N151°25.5'W 1.031 79° 262° 105 km 02m45.9s
22:5211°36.0'N151°14.3'W10°54.9'N150°34.8'W11°15.4'N150°54.5'W 1.031 78° 260° 105 km 02m45.3s
22:5412°04.0'N150°42.8'W11°22.7'N150°03.5'W11°43.3'N150°23.1'W 1.031 77° 259° 104 km 02m44.6s
22:5612°31.9'N150°10.7'W11°50.3'N149°31.8'W12°11.1'N149°51.3'W 1.031 76° 258° 104 km 02m43.9s
22:5812°59.5'N149°38.1'W12°17.8'N148°59.5'W12°38.6'N149°18.8'W 1.030 75° 258° 104 km 02m43.1s
23:0013°27.0'N149°04.9'W12°45.1'N148°26.7'W13°06.0'N148°45.8'W 1.030 74° 257° 104 km 02m42.2s
23:0213°54.3'N148°31.1'W13°12.3'N147°53.2'W13°33.3'N148°12.2'W 1.030 73° 257° 103 km 02m41.2s
23:0414°21.4'N147°56.6'W13°39.2'N147°19.1'W14°00.3'N147°37.9'W 1.030 71° 256° 103 km 02m40.2s
23:0614°48.4'N147°21.4'W14°06.0'N146°44.3'W14°27.2'N147°02.9'W 1.030 70° 256° 103 km 02m39.1s
23:0815°15.1'N146°45.5'W14°32.6'N146°08.8'W14°53.9'N146°27.2'W 1.030 69° 256° 102 km 02m37.9s
23:1015°41.7'N146°08.7'W14°59.1'N145°32.5'W15°20.4'N145°50.6'W 1.030 68° 256° 102 km 02m36.7s
23:1216°08.1'N145°31.0'W15°25.3'N144°55.3'W15°46.6'N145°13.2'W 1.030 67° 256° 101 km 02m35.4s
23:1416°34.2'N144°52.5'W15°51.3'N144°17.3'W16°12.7'N144°34.9'W 1.029 66° 256° 101 km 02m34.0s
23:1617°00.2'N144°12.9'W16°17.2'N143°38.2'W16°38.6'N143°55.6'W 1.029 65° 256° 100 km 02m32.5s
23:1817°25.9'N143°32.4'W16°42.8'N142°58.2'W17°04.3'N143°15.3'W 1.029 63° 256° 100 km 02m31.0s
23:2017°51.4'N142°50.7'W17°08.2'N142°17.1'W17°29.7'N142°33.9'W 1.029 62° 256° 99 km 02m29.4s
23:2218°16.6'N142°07.8'W17°33.3'N141°34.8'W17°54.9'N141°51.4'W 1.029 61° 256° 99 km 02m27.7s
23:2418°41.6'N141°23.7'W17°58.3'N140°51.3'W18°19.9'N141°07.5'W 1.029 60° 256° 98 km 02m25.9s
23:2619°06.4'N140°38.2'W18°22.9'N140°06.5'W18°44.6'N140°22.4'W 1.028 58° 256° 97 km 02m24.0s
23:2819°30.8'N139°51.3'W18°47.4'N139°20.3'W19°09.1'N139°35.8'W 1.028 57° 257° 96 km 02m22.1s
23:3019°55.0'N139°02.8'W19°11.5'N138°32.6'W19°33.2'N138°47.8'W 1.028 56° 257° 96 km 02m20.1s
23:3220°18.9'N138°12.8'W19°35.4'N137°43.2'W19°57.1'N137°58.0'W 1.028 55° 257° 95 km 02m18.0s
23:3420°42.4'N137°20.9'W19°58.9'N136°52.1'W20°20.6'N137°06.6'W 1.027 53° 257° 94 km 02m15.8s
23:3621°05.6'N136°27.1'W20°22.1'N135°59.2'W20°43.8'N136°13.2'W 1.027 52° 258° 93 km 02m13.6s
23:3821°28.4'N135°31.3'W20°45.0'N135°04.2'W21°06.6'N135°17.9'W 1.027 51° 258° 92 km 02m11.2s
23:4021°50.7'N134°33.3'W21°07.5'N134°07.1'W21°29.1'N134°20.3'W 1.026 49° 259° 91 km 02m08.8s
23:4222°12.7'N133°32.9'W21°29.5'N133°07.6'W21°51.1'N133°20.3'W 1.026 48° 259° 90 km 02m06.2s
23:4422°34.2'N132°29.8'W21°51.2'N132°05.5'W22°12.6'N132°17.7'W 1.026 46° 260° 89 km 02m03.6s
23:4622°55.1'N131°23.9'W22°12.3'N131°00.6'W22°33.7'N131°12.3'W 1.026 45° 260° 88 km 02m00.9s
23:4823°15.5'N130°14.8'W22°32.9'N129°52.5'W22°54.2'N130°03.8'W 1.025 43° 261° 86 km 01m58.0s
23:5023°35.3'N129°02.2'W22°53.0'N128°41.0'W23°14.1'N128°51.7'W 1.025 42° 261° 85 km 01m55.1s
23:5223°54.4'N127°45.8'W23°12.4'N127°25.7'W23°33.3'N127°35.9'W 1.024 40° 262° 84 km 01m52.0s
23:5424°12.7'N126°25.0'W23°31.0'N126°06.1'W23°51.8'N126°15.6'W 1.024 38° 263° 82 km 01m48.8s
23:5624°30.1'N124°59.2'W23°48.9'N124°41.6'W24°09.5'N124°50.5'W 1.024 36° 263° 81 km 01m45.5s
23:5824°46.5'N123°27.8'W24°05.8'N123°11.5'W24°26.1'N123°19.8'W 1.023 35° 264° 79 km 01m42.1s
00:0025°01.8'N121°49.9'W24°21.7'N121°34.9'W24°41.7'N121°42.5'W 1.023 33° 265° 77 km 01m38.4s
00:0225°15.7'N120°04.2'W24°36.2'N119°50.6'W24°55.9'N119°57.6'W 1.022 31° 266° 75 km 01m34.6s
00:0425°27.9'N118°09.1'W24°49.2'N117°57.1'W25°08.5'N118°03.3'W 1.021 28° 267° 73 km 01m30.6s
00:0625°38.1'N116°02.5'W25°00.4'N115°52.1'W25°19.2'N115°57.5'W 1.021 26° 268° 71 km 01m26.3s
00:0825°45.7'N113°41.0'W25°09.0'N113°32.3'W25°27.4'N113°36.9'W 1.020 23° 269° 68 km 01m21.7s
00:1025°49.8'N110°59.3'W25°14.4'N110°52.4'W25°32.1'N110°56.1'W 1.019 21° 270° 66 km 01m16.6s
00:1225°48.7'N107°47.5'W25°14.9'N107°42.7'W25°31.8'N107°45.4'W 1.018 17° 272° 62 km 01m10.9s
00:1425°38.8'N103°43.8'W25°07.2'N103°41.6'W25°23.0'N103°43.0'W 1.017 13° 274° 58 km 01m04.1s
00:1625°06.3'N097°25.8'W24°38.4'N097°28.2'W24°52.4'N097°27.5'W 1.015 277° 52 km 00m54.5s
Limits24°04.3'N089°58.0'W23°40.6'N090°02.7'W23°52.4'N090°00.4'W 1.013 - 44 km 00m44.5s

ΔT = 3618.3 seconds

Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration
Event Time
TD
Time
UT1
Latitude Longitude Sun
Altitude
Sun
Azimuth
Path Width Central
Duration
Greatest Eclipse23:31:10.522:30:52.106°10.6'N171°11.0'W 86.8° 332.6° 105.7 km02m48.34s
Greatest Duration23:32:56.022:32:37.706°36.7'N155°39.3'W 86.7° 316.1° 105.7 km02m48.37s

Explanation of Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration

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Eclipse Predictions

Predictions for the Total Solar Eclipse of 2917 Apr 12 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 3618.3 seconds for this eclipse. The uncertainty in ΔT is 802.8 seconds corresponding to a standard error in longitude of the eclipse path of ± 3.35°.

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