Path of the Annular Solar Eclipse of 2963 Oct 08

Fred Espenak

Introduction

The following table delineates the path of the Moon's antumbral shadow during the Annular Solar Eclipse of 2963 Oct 08 . 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 .

Annular Solar Eclipse of 2963 Oct 08
UT1 Northern Limit Southern Limit Central Line M:S Sun Sun Path Central
Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Ratio Alt. Azm. Width Duration
Limits46°18.6'S172°41.1'W51°27.5'S176°25.9'W48°45.2'S174°25.1'W 0.937 - 603 km 04m05.3s
16:5849°11.8'S157°55.2'W - - 49°24.3'S169°31.8'W 0.938 96° 606 km 04m08.2s
17:0049°57.3'S155°24.6'W - - 50°31.8'S163°42.4'W 0.939 91° 608 km 04m12.2s
17:0250°40.3'S153°16.1'W - - 51°23.8'S160°15.7'W 0.939 10° 87° 608 km 04m14.7s
17:0451°21.6'S151°22.4'W52°38.2'S168°17.4'W52°10.7'S157°35.8'W 0.940 12° 85° 605 km 04m16.7s
17:0652°01.9'S149°39.2'W53°36.4'S163°54.0'W52°54.9'S155°21.4'W 0.940 13° 82° 602 km 04m18.4s
17:0852°41.2'S148°04.1'W54°26.5'S160°50.9'W53°37.5'S153°23.5'W 0.941 15° 80° 599 km 04m19.9s
17:1053°20.0'S146°35.3'W55°13.1'S158°23.3'W54°18.9'S151°37.2'W 0.941 16° 78° 594 km 04m21.3s
17:1253°58.3'S145°11.4'W55°57.6'S156°16.8'W54°59.5'S149°59.5'W 0.941 17° 76° 590 km 04m22.5s
17:1454°36.2'S143°51.6'W56°40.9'S154°24.3'W55°39.5'S148°28.5'W 0.941 18° 74° 585 km 04m23.6s
17:1655°13.9'S142°35.0'W57°23.3'S152°42.1'W56°19.2'S147°02.8'W 0.942 19° 72° 580 km 04m24.6s
17:1855°51.3'S141°21.1'W58°05.2'S151°07.7'W56°58.5'S145°41.3'W 0.942 20° 70° 574 km 04m25.5s
17:2056°28.7'S140°09.4'W58°46.7'S149°39.2'W57°37.6'S144°23.3'W 0.942 20° 68° 569 km 04m26.3s
17:2257°05.9'S138°59.5'W59°28.0'S148°15.5'W58°16.7'S143°08.0'W 0.942 21° 67° 564 km 04m27.1s
17:2457°43.2'S137°51.0'W60°09.1'S146°55.6'W58°55.7'S141°54.9'W 0.942 21° 65° 559 km 04m27.8s
17:2658°20.4'S136°43.5'W60°50.3'S145°38.8'W59°34.7'S140°43.6'W 0.942 22° 63° 554 km 04m28.4s
17:2858°57.7'S135°36.8'W61°31.5'S144°24.5'W60°13.7'S139°33.6'W 0.942 22° 61° 549 km 04m29.0s
17:3059°35.1'S134°30.7'W62°12.8'S143°12.1'W60°52.9'S138°24.7'W 0.943 23° 59° 544 km 04m29.5s
17:3260°12.6'S133°24.7'W62°54.4'S142°01.1'W61°32.3'S137°16.4'W 0.943 23° 57° 539 km 04m29.9s
17:3460°50.3'S132°18.8'W63°36.2'S140°51.3'W62°11.8'S136°08.6'W 0.943 23° 56° 535 km 04m30.3s
17:3661°28.1'S131°12.7'W64°18.3'S139°42.2'W62°51.6'S135°00.8'W 0.943 23° 54° 530 km 04m30.6s
17:3862°06.2'S130°06.0'W65°00.8'S138°33.5'W63°31.7'S133°52.8'W 0.943 24° 52° 526 km 04m30.9s
17:4062°44.5'S128°58.7'W65°43.8'S137°24.9'W64°12.2'S132°44.4'W 0.943 24° 50° 523 km 04m31.2s
17:4263°23.0'S127°50.3'W66°27.2'S136°15.9'W64°52.9'S131°35.2'W 0.943 24° 48° 519 km 04m31.3s
17:4464°01.9'S126°40.7'W67°11.2'S135°06.4'W65°34.1'S130°24.9'W 0.943 24° 46° 516 km 04m31.4s
17:4664°41.1'S125°29.6'W67°55.8'S133°55.9'W66°15.8'S129°13.2'W 0.943 24° 44° 513 km 04m31.5s
17:4865°20.6'S124°16.6'W68°41.1'S132°44.0'W66°57.9'S127°59.7'W 0.943 24° 42° 510 km 04m31.5s
17:5066°00.5'S123°01.4'W69°27.2'S131°30.3'W67°40.6'S126°44.0'W 0.943 24° 40° 508 km 04m31.5s
17:5266°40.8'S121°43.7'W70°14.2'S130°14.3'W68°23.9'S125°25.8'W 0.943 24° 38° 506 km 04m31.4s
17:5467°21.6'S120°22.9'W71°02.0'S128°55.4'W69°07.8'S124°04.4'W 0.943 23° 36° 504 km 04m31.2s
17:5668°02.8'S118°58.7'W71°50.9'S127°33.1'W69°52.5'S122°39.2'W 0.943 23° 33° 503 km 04m31.0s
17:5868°44.6'S117°30.4'W72°41.0'S126°06.4'W70°37.9'S121°09.7'W 0.942 23° 31° 502 km 04m30.7s
18:0069°26.9'S115°57.4'W73°32.3'S124°34.5'W71°24.1'S119°34.9'W 0.942 23° 29° 501 km 04m30.4s
18:0270°09.8'S114°19.0'W74°25.1'S122°55.9'W72°11.2'S117°53.8'W 0.942 22° 26° 501 km 04m30.0s
18:0470°53.3'S112°34.1'W75°19.5'S121°09.1'W72°59.3'S116°05.2'W 0.942 22° 24° 501 km 04m29.6s
18:0671°37.4'S110°41.8'W76°15.7'S119°11.8'W73°48.5'S114°07.4'W 0.942 21° 21° 501 km 04m29.0s
18:0872°22.3'S108°40.6'W77°14.0'S117°01.0'W74°38.8'S111°58.4'W 0.942 21° 18° 502 km 04m28.4s
18:1073°07.8'S106°29.0'W78°14.6'S114°32.1'W75°30.4'S109°35.6'W 0.942 20° 15° 503 km 04m27.8s
18:1273°54.1'S104°04.7'W79°17.9'S111°38.5'W76°23.3'S106°55.3'W 0.942 20° 12° 505 km 04m27.0s
18:1474°41.0'S101°25.1'W80°24.3'S108°09.5'W77°17.7'S103°52.6'W 0.941 19° 508 km 04m26.2s
18:1675°28.7'S098°26.8'W81°34.2'S103°46.4'W78°13.5'S100°20.3'W 0.941 18° 511 km 04m25.3s
18:1876°17.0'S095°05.2'W82°48.0'S097°54.7'W79°10.7'S096°08.2'W 0.941 17° 359° 515 km 04m24.3s
18:2077°05.9'S091°14.2'W84°05.6'S089°20.3'W80°09.3'S091°00.4'W 0.941 16° 353° 520 km 04m23.1s
18:2277°54.9'S086°45.4'W85°24.4'S075°01.6'W81°08.5'S084°31.9'W 0.940 15° 346° 525 km 04m21.8s
18:2478°43.8'S081°27.2'W86°29.1'S046°59.7'W82°07.3'S076°01.1'W 0.940 13° 336° 532 km 04m20.4s
18:2679°31.6'S075°03.3'W86°12.1'S002°42.2'E83°02.2'S064°18.4'W 0.940 12° 324° 541 km 04m18.7s
18:2880°16.9'S067°10.0'W - - 83°45.5'S047°31.9'W 0.939 10° 307° 552 km 04m16.7s
18:3080°56.9'S057°14.3'W - - 83°57.6'S023°23.5'W 0.938 282° 567 km 04m14.2s
18:3281°26.4'S044°30.0'W - - 82°38.2'S010°52.4'E 0.937 248° 592 km 04m10.1s
Limits78°39.0'S020°12.6'E82°29.4'S045°03.3'E80°38.2'S029°43.3'E 0.937 - 612 km 04m07.0s

ΔT = 3975.9 seconds

Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration
Event Time
TD
Time
UT1
Latitude Longitude Sun
Altitude
Sun
Azimuth
Path Width Central
Duration
Greatest Eclipse18:51:28.017:45:12.165°59.1'S146°18.7'W 24.0° 44.8° 514.0 km04m31.50s
Greatest Duration18:53:39.317:47:23.466°45.0'S128°22.3'W 23.9° 42.6° 511.0 km04m31.53s

Explanation of Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration

Links for the Annular Solar Eclipse of 2963 Oct 08

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Eclipse Predictions

Predictions for the Annular Solar Eclipse of 2963 Oct 08 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 3975.9 seconds for this eclipse. The uncertainty in ΔT is 871.6 seconds corresponding to a standard error in longitude of the eclipse path of ± 3.64°.

Acknowledgments

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

Permission is granted to reproduce eclipse data when accompanied by a link to this page and an acknowledgment:

"Eclipse Predictions by Fred Espenak, EclipseWise.com"

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