Path of the Total Solar Eclipse of 2938 Aug 16

Fred Espenak

Introduction

The following table delineates the path of the Moon's umbral shadow during the Total Solar Eclipse of 2938 Aug 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 2938 Aug 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
Limits58°14.7'N123°36.7'E56°34.3'N125°36.4'E57°24.4'N124°38.0'E 1.051 - 220 km 02m35.2s
20:22 - - 60°07.6'N143°41.1'E60°05.7'N136°59.2'E 1.053 76° 225 km 02m49.9s
20:2461°54.3'N141°18.9'E61°06.0'N151°37.8'E61°38.1'N147°02.6'E 1.055 12° 85° 229 km 03m01.7s
20:2663°01.8'N149°52.5'E61°37.2'N157°54.3'E62°23.3'N154°14.4'E 1.056 16° 92° 231 km 03m10.2s
20:2863°38.1'N156°38.2'E61°53.5'N163°16.2'E62°48.0'N160°13.2'E 1.057 19° 98° 233 km 03m17.2s
20:3063°57.5'N162°26.2'E61°59.8'N168°01.4'E63°00.0'N165°26.9'E 1.058 21° 103° 234 km 03m23.4s
20:3264°05.7'N167°35.1'E61°58.9'N172°18.8'E63°03.0'N170°08.0'E 1.059 24° 108° 235 km 03m28.9s
20:3464°05.7'N172°14.3'E61°52.4'N176°13.8'E62°59.4'N174°23.5'E 1.059 26° 113° 236 km 03m34.0s
20:3663°59.5'N176°29.4'E61°41.4'N179°50.1'E62°50.5'N178°17.8'E 1.060 28° 117° 237 km 03m38.7s
20:3863°48.1'N179°36.0'W61°26.7'N176°49.7'W62°37.3'N178°06.0'W 1.060 29° 121° 238 km 03m43.2s
20:4063°32.8'N175°59.2'W61°09.1'N173°43.6'W62°20.6'N174°45.6'W 1.061 31° 125° 239 km 03m47.3s
20:4263°14.0'N172°38.1'W60°48.9'N170°50.0'W62°01.0'N171°39.2'W 1.061 33° 129° 239 km 03m51.2s
20:4462°52.4'N169°31.1'W60°26.5'N168°07.6'W61°39.0'N168°45.2'W 1.061 34° 132° 240 km 03m54.9s
20:4662°28.5'N166°36.6'W60°02.3'N165°35.4'W61°14.8'N166°02.6'W 1.062 35° 135° 241 km 03m58.4s
20:4862°02.5'N163°53.5'W59°36.6'N163°12.4'W60°49.0'N163°30.2'W 1.062 37° 139° 242 km 04m01.7s
20:5061°34.8'N161°20.8'W59°09.4'N160°57.7'W60°21.5'N161°07.1'W 1.062 38° 142° 242 km 04m04.9s
20:5261°05.7'N158°57.6'W58°41.1'N158°50.7'W59°52.8'N158°52.4'W 1.063 39° 145° 243 km 04m07.8s
20:5460°35.3'N156°42.9'W58°11.8'N156°50.6'W59°23.0'N156°45.4'W 1.063 40° 148° 243 km 04m10.7s
20:5660°03.9'N154°36.1'W57°41.6'N154°57.0'W58°52.2'N154°45.6'W 1.063 41° 151° 244 km 04m13.3s
20:5859°31.5'N152°36.5'W57°10.6'N153°09.4'W58°20.5'N152°52.3'W 1.064 42° 153° 245 km 04m15.9s
21:0058°58.4'N150°43.5'W56°38.9'N151°27.1'W57°48.1'N151°04.9'W 1.064 43° 156° 245 km 04m18.3s
21:0258°24.5'N148°56.6'W56°06.7'N149°49.9'W57°15.1'N149°23.1'W 1.064 44° 159° 246 km 04m20.5s
21:0457°50.1'N147°15.3'W55°33.9'N148°17.4'W56°41.5'N147°46.3'W 1.064 45° 161° 247 km 04m22.7s
21:0657°15.1'N145°39.1'W55°00.6'N146°49.1'W56°07.4'N146°14.3'W 1.064 46° 164° 247 km 04m24.7s
21:0856°39.7'N144°07.6'W54°27.0'N145°24.8'W55°32.9'N144°46.5'W 1.065 47° 167° 248 km 04m26.6s
21:1056°03.9'N142°40.5'W53°52.9'N144°04.2'W54°58.0'N143°22.8'W 1.065 48° 169° 248 km 04m28.3s
21:1255°27.8'N141°17.5'W53°18.6'N142°47.0'W54°22.8'N142°02.8'W 1.065 49° 172° 249 km 04m30.0s
21:1454°51.3'N139°58.1'W52°43.9'N141°33.0'W53°47.2'N140°46.2'W 1.065 49° 174° 250 km 04m31.5s
21:1654°14.6'N138°42.2'W52°09.0'N140°21.9'W53°11.4'N139°32.8'W 1.065 50° 177° 250 km 04m32.9s
21:1853°37.7'N137°29.5'W51°33.8'N139°13.6'W52°35.4'N138°22.3'W 1.065 51° 179° 251 km 04m34.3s
21:2053°00.5'N136°19.8'W50°58.5'N138°07.8'W51°59.2'N137°14.6'W 1.065 51° 182° 252 km 04m35.5s
21:2252°23.2'N135°12.7'W50°22.9'N137°04.4'W51°22.8'N136°09.4'W 1.066 52° 184° 252 km 04m36.5s
21:2451°45.7'N134°08.2'W49°47.2'N136°03.2'W50°46.2'N135°06.6'W 1.066 52° 187° 253 km 04m37.5s
21:2651°08.1'N133°06.1'W49°11.3'N135°04.0'W50°09.4'N134°06.0'W 1.066 53° 190° 254 km 04m38.4s
21:2850°30.4'N132°06.1'W48°35.2'N134°06.7'W49°32.6'N133°07.3'W 1.066 53° 192° 254 km 04m39.2s
21:3049°52.5'N131°08.1'W47°59.0'N133°11.2'W48°55.6'N132°10.6'W 1.066 54° 195° 255 km 04m39.8s
21:3249°14.5'N130°12.0'W47°22.7'N132°17.4'W48°18.4'N131°15.6'W 1.066 54° 197° 256 km 04m40.4s
21:3448°36.4'N129°17.6'W46°46.3'N131°25.0'W47°41.2'N130°22.3'W 1.066 54° 200° 256 km 04m40.9s
21:3647°58.2'N128°24.8'W46°09.7'N130°34.1'W47°03.8'N129°30.4'W 1.066 54° 202° 257 km 04m41.2s
21:3847°19.9'N127°33.4'W45°33.0'N129°44.5'W46°26.4'N128°39.9'W 1.066 55° 205° 258 km 04m41.5s
21:4046°41.6'N126°43.4'W44°56.2'N128°56.1'W45°48.8'N127°50.7'W 1.066 55° 207° 258 km 04m41.6s
21:4246°03.1'N125°54.6'W44°19.3'N128°08.8'W45°11.1'N127°02.7'W 1.066 55° 210° 259 km 04m41.7s
21:4445°24.6'N125°07.0'W43°42.3'N127°22.5'W44°33.4'N126°15.7'W 1.066 55° 212° 260 km 04m41.7s
21:4644°46.0'N124°20.4'W43°05.2'N126°37.1'W43°55.5'N125°29.7'W 1.066 55° 215° 261 km 04m41.5s
21:4844°07.3'N123°34.8'W42°27.9'N125°52.6'W43°17.6'N124°44.7'W 1.066 55° 217° 261 km 04m41.3s
21:5043°28.5'N122°50.0'W41°50.6'N125°08.9'W42°39.5'N124°00.4'W 1.066 55° 219° 262 km 04m41.0s
21:5242°49.6'N122°05.9'W41°13.1'N124°25.9'W42°01.3'N123°16.9'W 1.066 55° 222° 263 km 04m40.6s
21:5442°10.6'N121°22.6'W40°35.5'N123°43.4'W41°23.1'N122°34.0'W 1.066 55° 224° 263 km 04m40.0s
21:5641°31.5'N120°39.9'W39°57.8'N123°01.6'W40°44.7'N121°51.7'W 1.066 55° 227° 264 km 04m39.4s
21:5840°52.3'N119°57.6'W39°20.0'N122°20.2'W40°06.2'N121°09.8'W 1.066 54° 229° 265 km 04m38.7s
22:0040°13.0'N119°15.9'W38°42.0'N121°39.2'W39°27.6'N120°28.5'W 1.066 54° 231° 266 km 04m37.9s
22:0239°33.6'N118°34.4'W38°03.9'N120°58.6'W38°48.8'N119°47.4'W 1.066 54° 233° 266 km 04m37.1s
22:0438°54.0'N117°53.3'W37°25.7'N120°18.2'W38°09.9'N119°06.7'W 1.066 53° 235° 267 km 04m36.1s
22:0638°14.4'N117°12.4'W36°47.3'N119°38.0'W37°30.9'N118°26.1'W 1.066 53° 238° 268 km 04m35.0s
22:0837°34.5'N116°31.7'W36°08.7'N118°57.9'W36°51.7'N117°45.7'W 1.065 52° 240° 269 km 04m33.8s
22:1036°54.5'N115°51.0'W35°30.0'N118°17.9'W36°12.3'N117°05.4'W 1.065 52° 242° 269 km 04m32.6s
22:1236°14.4'N115°10.3'W34°51.0'N117°37.9'W35°32.8'N116°25.0'W 1.065 51° 244° 270 km 04m31.2s
22:1435°34.0'N114°29.5'W34°11.9'N116°57.8'W34°53.1'N115°44.6'W 1.065 51° 246° 271 km 04m29.8s
22:1634°53.5'N113°48.6'W33°32.6'N116°17.6'W34°13.2'N115°04.0'W 1.065 50° 247° 271 km 04m28.2s
22:1834°12.7'N113°07.4'W32°53.1'N115°37.1'W33°33.0'N114°23.1'W 1.065 49° 249° 272 km 04m26.6s
22:2033°31.7'N112°25.8'W32°13.3'N114°56.3'W32°52.7'N113°42.0'W 1.065 49° 251° 272 km 04m24.9s
22:2232°50.5'N111°43.8'W31°33.3'N114°15.1'W32°12.1'N113°00.4'W 1.064 48° 253° 273 km 04m23.0s
22:2432°09.0'N111°01.3'W30°53.0'N113°33.4'W31°31.2'N112°18.3'W 1.064 47° 254° 273 km 04m21.1s
22:2631°27.2'N110°18.1'W30°12.4'N112°51.2'W30°50.0'N111°35.6'W 1.064 46° 256° 274 km 04m19.1s
22:2830°45.1'N109°34.2'W29°31.5'N112°08.2'W30°08.5'N110°52.1'W 1.064 46° 258° 274 km 04m17.0s
22:3030°02.7'N108°49.4'W28°50.3'N111°24.4'W29°26.7'N110°07.8'W 1.064 45° 259° 274 km 04m14.7s
22:3229°19.8'N108°03.6'W28°08.7'N110°39.7'W28°44.5'N109°22.6'W 1.063 44° 261° 274 km 04m12.4s
22:3428°36.6'N107°16.6'W27°26.7'N109°54.0'W28°01.9'N108°36.3'W 1.063 43° 262° 275 km 04m09.9s
22:3627°52.9'N106°28.3'W26°44.3'N109°07.0'W27°18.8'N107°48.7'W 1.063 42° 263° 275 km 04m07.4s
22:3827°08.7'N105°38.5'W26°01.4'N108°18.7'W26°35.3'N106°59.6'W 1.063 41° 265° 274 km 04m04.7s
22:4026°23.9'N104°46.9'W25°18.0'N107°28.9'W25°51.3'N106°08.9'W 1.062 39° 266° 274 km 04m01.9s
22:4225°38.6'N103°53.3'W24°34.1'N106°37.2'W25°06.6'N105°16.4'W 1.062 38° 267° 274 km 03m59.0s
22:4424°52.5'N102°57.5'W23°49.5'N105°43.5'W24°21.3'N104°21.7'W 1.062 37° 268° 273 km 03m55.9s
22:4624°05.7'N101°59.1'W23°04.2'N104°47.5'W23°35.3'N103°24.5'W 1.061 36° 270° 273 km 03m52.7s
22:4823°18.0'N100°57.6'W22°18.1'N103°48.9'W22°48.4'N102°24.5'W 1.061 34° 271° 272 km 03m49.3s
22:5022°29.3'N099°52.6'W21°31.2'N102°47.2'W22°00.7'N101°21.2'W 1.061 33° 272° 271 km 03m45.8s
22:5221°39.4'N098°43.4'W20°43.2'N101°41.9'W21°11.8'N100°14.1'W 1.060 31° 273° 269 km 03m42.1s
22:5420°48.2'N097°29.2'W19°54.1'N100°32.4'W20°21.7'N099°02.4'W 1.060 30° 274° 268 km 03m38.1s
22:5619°55.3'N096°09.0'W19°03.7'N099°17.9'W19°30.1'N097°45.3'W 1.059 28° 275° 266 km 03m33.9s
22:5819°00.4'N094°41.3'W18°11.6'N097°57.4'W18°36.7'N096°21.4'W 1.059 26° 276° 263 km 03m29.5s
23:0018°03.0'N093°03.9'W17°17.6'N096°29.3'W17°41.1'N094°49.0'W 1.058 24° 277° 260 km 03m24.7s
23:0217°02.3'N091°13.7'W16°21.0'N094°51.6'W16°42.7'N093°05.7'W 1.057 22° 278° 257 km 03m19.5s
23:0415°57.0'N089°05.3'W15°21.3'N093°01.1'W15°40.4'N091°07.3'W 1.057 19° 279° 253 km 03m13.8s
23:0614°44.6'N086°28.4'W14°17.1'N090°52.6'W14°32.6'N088°46.7'W 1.056 16° 280° 248 km 03m07.2s
23:0813°18.6'N082°56.6'W13°05.9'N088°15.9'W13°15.6'N085°48.6'W 1.054 13° 281° 241 km 02m59.4s
23:1010°55.6'N075°29.0'W11°42.0'N084°46.1'W11°37.5'N081°23.3'W 1.053 282° 231 km 02m48.8s
Limits10°26.2'N073°33.5'W08°39.2'N074°30.9'W09°32.4'N074°02.6'W 1.050 - 216 km 02m33.3s

ΔT = 3780.4 seconds

Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration
Event Time
TD
Time
UT1
Latitude Longitude Sun
Altitude
Sun
Azimuth
Path Width Central
Duration
Greatest Eclipse22:48:57.821:45:57.443°56.3'N141°18.4'W 55.0° 214.5° 260.5 km04m41.53s
Greatest Duration22:45:16.921:42:16.545°05.9'N126°56.2'W 55.0° 210.0° 259.2 km04m41.70s

Explanation of Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration

Links for the Total Solar Eclipse of 2938 Aug 16

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Eclipse Predictions

Predictions for the Total Solar Eclipse of 2938 Aug 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 3780.4 seconds for this eclipse. The uncertainty in ΔT is 834.1 seconds corresponding to a standard error in longitude of the eclipse path of ± 3.48°.

Acknowledgments

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

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