Path of the Total Solar Eclipse of 2918 Apr 02

Fred Espenak

Introduction

The following table delineates the path of the Moon's umbral shadow during the Total Solar Eclipse of 2918 Apr 02 . 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 2918 Apr 02
UT1 Northern Limit Southern Limit Central Line M:S Sun Sun Path Central
Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Ratio Alt. Azm. Width Duration
Limits12°26.1'N099°33.2'W10°50.3'N098°55.9'W11°37.9'N099°14.3'W 1.041 - 182 km 02m08.0s
12:3813°17.1'N093°14.0'W12°39.2'N087°21.5'W13°00.5'N089°56.0'W 1.044 10° 87° 202 km 02m26.5s
12:4014°18.2'N088°29.0'W13°30.3'N084°12.1'W13°55.2'N086°13.1'W 1.045 14° 88° 211 km 02m35.0s
12:4215°10.1'N085°24.1'W14°17.7'N081°44.8'W14°44.5'N083°30.2'W 1.046 17° 89° 217 km 02m41.7s
12:4415°58.3'N082°59.8'W15°03.0'N079°41.8'W15°31.1'N081°17.8'W 1.047 20° 90° 222 km 02m47.3s
12:4616°44.3'N080°58.8'W15°46.9'N077°54.9'W16°16.0'N079°24.6'W 1.047 22° 91° 227 km 02m52.4s
12:4817°28.9'N079°13.7'W16°29.8'N076°19.9'W16°59.7'N077°44.9'W 1.048 24° 92° 231 km 02m56.9s
12:5018°12.4'N077°40.0'W17°12.0'N074°53.8'W17°42.5'N076°15.4'W 1.049 26° 93° 234 km 03m01.1s
12:5218°55.1'N076°15.2'W17°53.5'N073°35.0'W18°24.5'N074°53.7'W 1.049 27° 94° 236 km 03m05.0s
12:5419°37.2'N074°57.4'W18°34.5'N072°22.0'W19°06.1'N073°38.5'W 1.050 29° 95° 239 km 03m08.6s
12:5620°18.8'N073°45.3'W19°15.1'N071°13.9'W19°47.1'N072°28.5'W 1.050 31° 96° 241 km 03m12.0s
12:5820°59.9'N072°38.0'W19°55.4'N070°10.0'W20°27.9'N071°23.0'W 1.050 32° 97° 242 km 03m15.2s
13:0021°40.8'N071°34.8'W20°35.5'N069°09.6'W21°08.3'N070°21.3'W 1.051 33° 98° 244 km 03m18.2s
13:0222°21.3'N070°35.1'W21°15.3'N068°12.3'W21°48.4'N069°22.8'W 1.051 35° 99° 245 km 03m21.1s
13:0423°01.7'N069°38.4'W21°54.8'N067°17.7'W22°28.4'N068°27.2'W 1.051 36° 100° 246 km 03m23.8s
13:0623°41.8'N068°44.3'W22°34.3'N066°25.5'W23°08.2'N067°34.1'W 1.052 37° 102° 247 km 03m26.3s
13:0824°21.8'N067°52.5'W23°13.6'N065°35.4'W23°47.8'N066°43.2'W 1.052 38° 103° 247 km 03m28.8s
13:1025°01.7'N067°02.8'W23°52.8'N064°47.1'W24°27.3'N065°54.2'W 1.052 39° 104° 247 km 03m31.1s
13:1225°41.5'N066°14.8'W24°31.9'N064°00.5'W25°06.7'N065°06.9'W 1.052 40° 105° 247 km 03m33.2s
13:1426°21.2'N065°28.5'W25°10.9'N063°15.4'W25°46.1'N064°21.2'W 1.053 41° 107° 247 km 03m35.3s
13:1627°00.8'N064°43.6'W25°49.9'N062°31.5'W26°25.4'N063°36.9'W 1.053 42° 108° 247 km 03m37.2s
13:1827°40.4'N063°59.9'W26°28.9'N061°48.9'W27°04.7'N062°53.7'W 1.053 42° 110° 247 km 03m39.1s
13:2028°20.0'N063°17.4'W27°07.8'N061°07.2'W27°43.9'N062°11.7'W 1.053 43° 111° 247 km 03m40.8s
13:2228°59.6'N062°35.9'W27°46.8'N060°26.5'W28°23.2'N061°30.5'W 1.053 44° 113° 246 km 03m42.4s
13:2429°39.2'N061°55.2'W28°25.7'N059°46.6'W29°02.5'N060°50.3'W 1.054 45° 114° 246 km 03m44.0s
13:2630°18.9'N061°15.3'W29°04.7'N059°07.4'W29°41.8'N060°10.7'W 1.054 45° 116° 245 km 03m45.4s
13:2830°58.5'N060°36.0'W29°43.7'N058°28.8'W30°21.1'N059°31.8'W 1.054 46° 117° 245 km 03m46.7s
13:3031°38.3'N059°57.4'W30°22.7'N057°50.8'W31°00.5'N058°53.5'W 1.054 46° 119° 244 km 03m47.9s
13:3232°18.1'N059°19.2'W31°01.9'N057°13.2'W31°40.0'N058°15.6'W 1.054 47° 121° 243 km 03m49.1s
13:3432°58.0'N058°41.4'W31°41.0'N056°35.9'W32°19.5'N057°38.1'W 1.054 47° 122° 242 km 03m50.1s
13:3633°38.0'N058°03.9'W32°20.3'N055°59.0'W32°59.1'N057°00.9'W 1.054 48° 124° 242 km 03m51.0s
13:3834°18.1'N057°26.7'W32°59.6'N055°22.3'W33°38.8'N056°23.9'W 1.054 48° 126° 241 km 03m51.9s
13:4034°58.3'N056°49.6'W33°39.1'N054°45.7'W34°18.7'N055°47.0'W 1.054 49° 128° 240 km 03m52.7s
13:4235°38.7'N056°12.6'W34°18.7'N054°09.2'W34°58.6'N055°10.3'W 1.055 49° 130° 239 km 03m53.3s
13:4436°19.2'N055°35.6'W34°58.3'N053°32.7'W35°38.7'N054°33.6'W 1.055 49° 132° 238 km 03m53.9s
13:4636°59.8'N054°58.6'W35°38.2'N052°56.2'W36°18.9'N053°56.8'W 1.055 49° 134° 237 km 03m54.4s
13:4837°40.6'N054°21.4'W36°18.1'N052°19.5'W36°59.3'N053°19.8'W 1.055 50° 136° 236 km 03m54.8s
13:5038°21.6'N053°44.0'W36°58.2'N051°42.6'W37°39.8'N052°42.7'W 1.055 50° 138° 235 km 03m55.1s
13:5239°02.8'N053°06.3'W37°38.5'N051°05.5'W38°20.5'N052°05.3'W 1.055 50° 140° 234 km 03m55.3s
13:5439°44.2'N052°28.3'W38°18.9'N050°28.0'W39°01.4'N051°27.5'W 1.055 50° 142° 233 km 03m55.4s
13:5640°25.8'N051°49.8'W38°59.6'N049°50.1'W39°42.6'N050°49.3'W 1.055 50° 144° 232 km 03m55.4s
13:5841°07.6'N051°10.8'W39°40.4'N049°11.6'W40°23.9'N050°10.6'W 1.055 50° 146° 231 km 03m55.4s
14:0041°49.7'N050°31.2'W40°21.4'N048°32.7'W41°05.4'N049°31.3'W 1.055 50° 148° 230 km 03m55.2s
14:0242°32.0'N049°50.8'W41°02.7'N047°53.0'W41°47.2'N048°51.3'W 1.055 49° 150° 229 km 03m55.0s
14:0443°14.6'N049°09.7'W41°44.1'N047°12.6'W42°29.2'N048°10.5'W 1.055 49° 152° 228 km 03m54.6s
14:0643°57.4'N048°27.7'W42°25.9'N046°31.4'W43°11.5'N047°28.9'W 1.055 49° 154° 227 km 03m54.2s
14:0844°40.6'N047°44.7'W43°07.8'N045°49.2'W43°54.0'N046°46.3'W 1.055 49° 156° 226 km 03m53.7s
14:1045°24.1'N047°00.5'W43°50.1'N045°06.0'W44°36.9'N046°02.6'W 1.054 48° 158° 225 km 03m53.1s
14:1246°07.9'N046°15.1'W44°32.6'N044°21.7'W45°20.0'N045°17.7'W 1.054 48° 160° 224 km 03m52.4s
14:1446°52.0'N045°28.3'W45°15.4'N043°36.0'W46°03.5'N044°31.5'W 1.054 48° 162° 223 km 03m51.6s
14:1647°36.5'N044°40.0'W45°58.6'N042°49.0'W46°47.3'N043°43.8'W 1.054 47° 164° 222 km 03m50.6s
14:1848°21.4'N043°50.0'W46°42.0'N042°00.4'W47°31.4'N042°54.5'W 1.054 47° 167° 221 km 03m49.6s
14:2049°06.6'N042°58.1'W47°25.8'N041°10.0'W48°15.9'N042°03.4'W 1.054 46° 169° 220 km 03m48.5s
14:2249°52.3'N042°04.1'W48°09.9'N040°17.8'W49°00.8'N041°10.3'W 1.054 46° 171° 219 km 03m47.3s
14:2450°38.4'N041°07.8'W48°54.4'N039°23.5'W49°46.1'N040°15.1'W 1.054 45° 173° 218 km 03m46.0s
14:2651°24.9'N040°09.0'W49°39.3'N038°27.0'W50°31.8'N039°17.4'W 1.054 44° 175° 217 km 03m44.6s
14:2852°11.9'N039°07.4'W50°24.6'N037°27.8'W51°17.9'N038°17.1'W 1.053 44° 177° 217 km 03m43.1s
14:3052°59.4'N038°02.7'W51°10.3'N036°25.9'W52°04.5'N037°13.8'W 1.053 43° 179° 216 km 03m41.4s
14:3253°47.4'N036°54.5'W51°56.5'N035°21.0'W52°51.5'N036°07.2'W 1.053 42° 181° 215 km 03m39.7s
14:3454°36.0'N035°42.4'W52°43.1'N034°12.5'W53°39.1'N034°57.0'W 1.053 41° 184° 214 km 03m37.8s
14:3655°25.1'N034°25.9'W53°30.1'N033°00.3'W54°27.1'N033°42.7'W 1.053 40° 186° 213 km 03m35.9s
14:3856°14.7'N033°04.6'W54°17.7'N031°43.8'W55°15.7'N032°23.9'W 1.052 40° 188° 212 km 03m33.8s
14:4057°05.0'N031°37.8'W55°05.7'N030°22.6'W56°04.8'N031°00.0'W 1.052 39° 190° 211 km 03m31.5s
14:4257°55.8'N030°04.7'W55°54.3'N028°56.0'W56°54.5'N029°30.2'W 1.052 37° 193° 210 km 03m29.2s
14:4458°47.2'N028°24.5'W56°43.4'N027°23.3'W57°44.7'N027°54.0'W 1.051 36° 195° 209 km 03m26.7s
14:4659°39.3'N026°36.1'W57°33.0'N025°43.8'W58°35.5'N026°10.2'W 1.051 35° 198° 208 km 03m24.0s
14:4860°32.0'N024°38.2'W58°23.2'N023°56.4'W59°26.9'N024°17.8'W 1.051 34° 200° 207 km 03m21.3s
14:5061°25.3'N022°29.4'W59°13.9'N021°59.9'W60°18.8'N022°15.5'W 1.051 33° 203° 206 km 03m18.3s
14:5262°19.2'N020°07.6'W60°05.1'N019°53.0'W61°11.3'N020°01.6'W 1.050 31° 206° 205 km 03m15.2s
14:5463°13.6'N017°30.4'W60°56.7'N017°33.8'W62°04.3'N017°34.0'W 1.050 30° 209° 204 km 03m11.8s
14:5664°08.4'N014°34.7'W61°48.8'N015°00.2'W62°57.7'N014°50.1'W 1.049 28° 213° 203 km 03m08.3s
14:5865°03.4'N011°16.4'W62°41.2'N012°09.2'W63°51.3'N011°46.6'W 1.049 27° 216° 201 km 03m04.5s
15:0065°58.3'N007°30.0'W63°33.7'N008°57.1'W64°45.1'N008°18.8'W 1.048 25° 220° 200 km 03m00.4s
15:0266°52.8'N003°07.7'W64°26.1'N005°18.9'W65°38.5'N004°20.6'W 1.048 23° 225° 199 km 02m56.0s
15:0467°45.9'N002°01.8'E65°18.0'N001°07.6'W66°31.1'N000°16.9'E 1.047 21° 230° 197 km 02m51.2s
15:0668°36.2'N008°16.4'E66°08.5'N003°47.3'E67°21.8'N005°46.9'E 1.046 19° 235° 196 km 02m45.9s
15:0869°21.0'N016°07.7'E66°56.6'N009°42.2'E68°08.8'N012°32.1'E 1.045 16° 242° 194 km 02m39.8s
15:1069°53.3'N026°47.4'E67°39.6'N017°07.0'E68°48.1'N021°16.5'E 1.044 13° 251° 192 km 02m32.5s
15:1269°38.8'N046°06.9'E68°11.5'N027°11.3'E69°07.6'N034°09.2'E 1.043 264° 188 km 02m22.7s
Limits68°56.2'N055°57.0'E67°23.6'N054°27.8'E68°09.7'N055°11.0'E 1.040 - 182 km 02m07.6s

ΔT = 3625.6 seconds

Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration
Event Time
TD
Time
UT1
Latitude Longitude Sun
Altitude
Sun
Azimuth
Path Width Central
Duration
Greatest Eclipse14:55:17.013:54:51.439°19.0'N066°20.1'W 49.8° 142.4° 232.6 km03m55.44s
Greatest Duration14:56:05.513:55:39.939°35.6'N050°55.7'W 49.7° 143.3° 232.2 km03m55.45s

Explanation of Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration

Links for the Total Solar Eclipse of 2918 Apr 02

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Eclipse Predictions

Predictions for the Total Solar Eclipse of 2918 Apr 02 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 3625.6 seconds for this eclipse. The uncertainty in ΔT is 804.2 seconds corresponding to a standard error in longitude of the eclipse path of ± 3.36°.

Acknowledgments

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

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