Path of the Total Solar Eclipse of 2956 Aug 27

Fred Espenak

Introduction

The following table delineates the path of the Moon's umbral shadow during the Total Solar Eclipse of 2956 Aug 27 . 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 2956 Aug 27
UT1 Northern Limit Southern Limit Central Line M:S Sun Sun Path Central
Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Ratio Alt. Azm. Width Duration
Limits66°01.2'N009°04.1'E64°11.8'N011°33.0'E65°06.3'N010°21.2'E 1.051 - 233 km 02m37.7s
03:5867°46.0'N020°16.2'E67°11.7'N039°39.1'E67°50.4'N032°03.7'E 1.054 87° 239 km 02m57.0s
04:0069°11.4'N035°59.8'E67°22.2'N048°27.0'E68°22.8'N043°03.9'E 1.056 13° 98° 241 km 03m06.8s
04:0269°31.6'N046°12.7'E67°14.9'N055°32.9'E68°25.7'N051°26.4'E 1.057 17° 106° 243 km 03m14.3s
04:0469°28.3'N054°20.7'E66°57.2'N061°33.5'E68°13.6'N058°21.9'E 1.057 19° 114° 244 km 03m20.7s
04:0669°11.7'N061°10.4'E66°32.5'N066°46.2'E67°52.1'N064°17.2'E 1.058 22° 120° 245 km 03m26.3s
04:0868°46.6'N067°03.0'E66°03.0'N071°21.7'E67°24.3'N069°26.9'E 1.059 24° 125° 246 km 03m31.4s
04:1068°15.7'N072°11.0'E65°30.0'N075°26.9'E66°52.0'N074°00.2'E 1.059 26° 130° 247 km 03m36.1s
04:1267°40.6'N076°42.8'E64°54.4'N079°07.1'E66°16.5'N078°03.5'E 1.060 27° 135° 248 km 03m40.5s
04:1467°02.5'N080°44.7'E64°16.9'N082°26.0'E65°38.7'N081°41.9'E 1.060 29° 139° 249 km 03m44.5s
04:1666°22.2'N084°21.5'E63°38.0'N085°26.9'E64°59.0'N084°59.1'E 1.061 30° 143° 249 km 03m48.3s
04:1865°40.4'N087°37.0'E62°57.9'N088°12.1'E64°18.1'N087°58.2'E 1.061 32° 147° 250 km 03m51.9s
04:2064°57.5'N090°34.3'E62°17.1'N090°43.8'E63°36.2'N090°41.6'E 1.061 33° 150° 251 km 03m55.2s
04:2264°13.7'N093°15.9'E61°35.7'N093°03.7'E62°53.7'N093°11.5'E 1.062 34° 153° 252 km 03m58.4s
04:2463°29.3'N095°43.8'E60°53.8'N095°13.1'E62°10.6'N095°29.6'E 1.062 36° 156° 252 km 04m01.4s
04:2662°44.6'N097°59.9'E60°11.7'N097°13.3'E61°27.2'N097°37.2'E 1.062 37° 159° 253 km 04m04.2s
04:2861°59.6'N100°05.5'E59°29.3'N099°05.3'E60°43.6'N099°35.6'E 1.063 38° 162° 254 km 04m06.9s
04:3061°14.5'N102°02.0'E58°46.8'N100°50.0'E59°59.9'N101°25.9'E 1.063 39° 165° 255 km 04m09.4s
04:3260°29.3'N103°50.4'E58°04.3'N102°28.2'E59°16.1'N103°08.9'E 1.063 40° 168° 255 km 04m11.7s
04:3459°44.2'N105°31.6'E57°21.7'N104°00.6'E58°32.2'N104°45.5'E 1.063 41° 170° 256 km 04m14.0s
04:3658°59.1'N107°06.3'E56°39.2'N105°27.6'E57°48.5'N106°16.2'E 1.064 42° 173° 257 km 04m16.1s
04:3858°14.1'N108°35.3'E55°56.7'N106°49.9'E57°04.8'N107°41.7'E 1.064 42° 175° 258 km 04m18.0s
04:4057°29.3'N109°59.1'E55°14.3'N108°07.9'E56°21.2'N109°02.5'E 1.064 43° 178° 258 km 04m19.9s
04:4256°44.5'N111°18.3'E54°31.9'N109°21.9'E55°37.7'N110°19.1'E 1.064 44° 180° 259 km 04m21.6s
04:4456°00.0'N112°33.3'E53°49.7'N110°32.4'E54°54.3'N111°31.8'E 1.064 45° 182° 260 km 04m23.2s
04:4655°15.6'N113°44.6'E53°07.6'N111°39.7'E54°11.1'N112°41.0'E 1.064 45° 185° 261 km 04m24.6s
04:4854°31.4'N114°52.4'E52°25.6'N112°44.0'E53°28.1'N113°47.0'E 1.065 46° 187° 262 km 04m26.0s
04:5053°47.4'N115°57.1'E51°43.7'N113°45.6'E52°45.1'N114°50.1'E 1.065 46° 189° 263 km 04m27.3s
04:5253°03.6'N116°58.9'E51°01.9'N114°44.7'E52°02.4'N115°50.6'E 1.065 47° 192° 263 km 04m28.4s
04:5452°19.9'N117°58.3'E50°20.3'N115°41.6'E51°19.8'N116°48.7'E 1.065 48° 194° 264 km 04m29.4s
04:5651°36.5'N118°55.3'E49°38.8'N116°36.4'E50°37.3'N117°44.6'E 1.065 48° 196° 265 km 04m30.3s
04:5850°53.2'N119°50.1'E48°57.4'N117°29.4'E49°55.0'N118°38.5'E 1.065 48° 199° 266 km 04m31.2s
05:0050°10.1'N120°43.1'E48°16.1'N118°20.6'E49°12.8'N119°30.6'E 1.065 49° 201° 267 km 04m31.9s
05:0249°27.1'N121°34.2'E47°35.0'N119°10.2'E48°30.8'N120°21.0'E 1.065 49° 203° 268 km 04m32.5s
05:0448°44.3'N122°23.8'E46°53.9'N119°58.4'E47°48.9'N121°09.9'E 1.065 49° 205° 269 km 04m33.0s
05:0648°01.7'N123°12.0'E46°13.0'N120°45.3'E47°07.1'N121°57.4'E 1.065 50° 208° 270 km 04m33.4s
05:0847°19.2'N123°58.8'E45°32.1'N121°31.0'E46°25.5'N122°43.7'E 1.065 50° 210° 271 km 04m33.7s
05:1046°36.8'N124°44.4'E44°51.4'N122°15.6'E45°43.9'N123°28.8'E 1.065 50° 212° 272 km 04m33.9s
05:1245°54.6'N125°29.0'E44°10.7'N122°59.3'E45°02.5'N124°13.0'E 1.065 50° 214° 273 km 04m33.9s
05:1445°12.5'N126°12.6'E43°30.1'N123°42.0'E44°21.2'N124°56.2'E 1.065 50° 216° 274 km 04m33.9s
05:1644°30.5'N126°55.4'E42°49.6'N124°24.0'E43°39.9'N125°38.5'E 1.065 50° 219° 275 km 04m33.8s
05:1843°48.6'N127°37.4'E42°09.1'N125°05.3'E42°58.8'N126°20.2'E 1.065 50° 221° 276 km 04m33.6s
05:2043°06.7'N128°18.8'E41°28.7'N125°46.0'E42°17.7'N127°01.3'E 1.065 50° 223° 277 km 04m33.4s
05:2242°25.0'N128°59.6'E40°48.4'N126°26.1'E41°36.6'N127°41.8'E 1.065 50° 225° 278 km 04m33.0s
05:2441°43.3'N129°40.0'E40°08.1'N127°05.8'E40°55.6'N128°21.8'E 1.065 50° 227° 279 km 04m32.5s
05:2641°01.7'N130°19.9'E39°27.8'N127°45.2'E40°14.7'N129°01.5'E 1.065 50° 229° 280 km 04m31.9s
05:2840°20.2'N130°59.6'E38°47.5'N128°24.2'E39°33.8'N129°40.8'E 1.065 49° 231° 281 km 04m31.2s
05:3039°38.6'N131°39.0'E38°07.2'N129°03.1'E38°52.9'N130°20.0'E 1.065 49° 233° 282 km 04m30.4s
05:3238°57.1'N132°18.4'E37°27.0'N129°41.8'E38°12.1'N130°59.0'E 1.065 49° 235° 283 km 04m29.5s
05:3438°15.6'N132°57.6'E36°46.7'N130°20.4'E37°31.2'N131°37.9'E 1.065 48° 237° 284 km 04m28.6s
05:3637°34.2'N133°36.9'E36°06.4'N130°59.1'E36°50.3'N132°16.9'E 1.065 48° 239° 285 km 04m27.5s
05:3836°52.6'N134°16.3'E35°26.0'N131°37.8'E36°09.4'N132°56.0'E 1.065 47° 241° 286 km 04m26.3s
05:4036°11.1'N134°55.9'E34°45.7'N132°16.8'E35°28.4'N133°35.2'E 1.065 47° 242° 287 km 04m25.1s
05:4235°29.5'N135°35.7'E34°05.2'N132°55.9'E34°47.4'N134°14.8'E 1.064 46° 244° 287 km 04m23.7s
05:4434°47.9'N136°16.0'E33°24.7'N133°35.4'E34°06.4'N134°54.6'E 1.064 46° 246° 288 km 04m22.2s
05:4634°06.1'N136°56.7'E32°44.1'N134°15.3'E33°25.2'N135°34.9'E 1.064 45° 248° 289 km 04m20.7s
05:4833°24.3'N137°38.0'E32°03.4'N134°55.8'E32°43.9'N136°15.8'E 1.064 45° 249° 290 km 04m19.0s
05:5032°42.4'N138°20.0'E31°22.5'N135°36.8'E32°02.6'N136°57.3'E 1.064 44° 251° 291 km 04m17.2s
05:5232°00.3'N139°02.8'E30°41.5'N136°18.6'E31°21.0'N137°39.5'E 1.064 43° 252° 291 km 04m15.3s
05:5431°18.0'N139°46.5'E30°00.4'N137°01.1'E30°39.4'N138°22.7'E 1.063 42° 254° 292 km 04m13.4s
05:5630°35.6'N140°31.2'E29°19.1'N137°44.7'E29°57.5'N139°06.8'E 1.063 41° 255° 292 km 04m11.3s
05:5829°52.9'N141°17.2'E28°37.5'N138°29.3'E29°15.4'N139°52.0'E 1.063 41° 257° 293 km 04m09.0s
06:0029°10.0'N142°04.5'E27°55.7'N139°15.1'E28°33.1'N140°38.6'E 1.063 40° 258° 293 km 04m06.7s
06:0228°26.9'N142°53.5'E27°13.7'N140°02.3'E27°50.5'N141°26.6'E 1.062 39° 260° 293 km 04m04.2s
06:0427°43.3'N143°44.2'E26°31.4'N140°51.1'E27°07.6'N142°16.4'E 1.062 38° 261° 293 km 04m01.7s
06:0626°59.4'N144°36.9'E25°48.7'N141°41.7'E26°24.3'N143°08.0'E 1.062 36° 262° 293 km 03m58.9s
06:0826°15.1'N145°32.0'E25°05.7'N142°34.4'E25°40.7'N144°01.8'E 1.062 35° 263° 292 km 03m56.1s
06:1025°30.3'N146°29.8'E24°22.2'N143°29.3'E24°56.5'N144°58.1'E 1.061 34° 265° 292 km 03m53.1s
06:1224°44.9'N147°30.7'E23°38.2'N144°26.9'E24°11.9'N145°57.3'E 1.061 33° 266° 291 km 03m49.9s
06:1423°58.9'N148°35.2'E22°53.7'N145°27.6'E23°26.6'N146°59.7'E 1.060 31° 267° 290 km 03m46.5s
06:1623°12.0'N149°44.0'E22°08.5'N146°31.9'E22°40.6'N148°06.1'E 1.060 30° 268° 288 km 03m43.0s
06:1822°24.3'N150°57.8'E21°22.5'N147°40.3'E21°53.8'N149°17.1'E 1.060 28° 269° 286 km 03m39.2s
06:2021°35.4'N152°17.9'E20°35.6'N148°53.7'E21°06.0'N150°33.5'E 1.059 27° 270° 284 km 03m35.2s
06:2220°45.1'N153°45.6'E19°47.7'N150°13.2'E20°17.0'N151°56.7'E 1.059 25° 271° 281 km 03m30.9s
06:2419°53.0'N155°23.1'E18°58.4'N151°40.0'E19°26.4'N153°28.4'E 1.058 23° 272° 278 km 03m26.3s
06:2618°58.5'N157°13.8'E18°07.5'N153°16.2'E18°33.9'N155°11.1'E 1.057 21° 273° 274 km 03m21.3s
06:2818°00.7'N159°23.2'E17°14.3'N155°05.0'E17°38.7'N157°08.7'E 1.057 19° 274° 270 km 03m15.6s
06:3016°57.6'N162°02.3'E16°18.1'N157°11.1'E16°39.6'N159°28.6'E 1.056 16° 275° 264 km 03m09.3s
06:3215°44.3'N165°39.8'E15°17.2'N159°44.3'E15°33.9'N162°25.8'E 1.055 12° 277° 257 km 03m01.6s
06:34 - - 14°07.9'N163°07.2'E14°13.4'N166°49.8'E 1.053 278° 246 km 02m51.1s
Limits13°37.2'N174°35.1'E11°40.5'N173°38.2'E12°38.4'N174°06.2'E 1.051 - 229 km 02m35.8s

ΔT = 3920.1 seconds

Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration
Event Time
TD
Time
UT1
Latitude Longitude Sun
Altitude
Sun
Azimuth
Path Width Central
Duration
Greatest Eclipse06:20:52.105:15:32.043°49.5'N109°06.0'E 50.1° 218.0° 274.4 km04m33.88s
Greatest Duration06:18:17.205:12:57.144°42.8'N124°33.6'E 50.0° 215.2° 273.1 km04m33.96s

Explanation of Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration

Links for the Total Solar Eclipse of 2956 Aug 27

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Eclipse Predictions

Predictions for the Total Solar Eclipse of 2956 Aug 27 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 3920.1 seconds for this eclipse. The uncertainty in ΔT is 860.9 seconds corresponding to a standard error in longitude of the eclipse path of ± 3.60°.

Acknowledgments

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

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