Path of the Annular Solar Eclipse of 2976 Feb 21

Fred Espenak

Introduction

The following table delineates the path of the Moon's antumbral shadow during the Annular Solar Eclipse of 2976 Feb 21 . 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 2976 Feb 21
UT1 Northern Limit Southern Limit Central Line M:S Sun Sun Path Central
Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Ratio Alt. Azm. Width Duration
Limits11°21.6'N071°18.2'E08°19.2'N071°32.4'E09°49.5'N071°25.8'E 0.927 - 325 km 05m18.3s
01:34 - - 07°02.2'N080°21.2'E09°17.1'N074°27.9'E 0.927 101° 323 km 05m23.1s
01:3610°33.4'N075°51.3'E06°44.6'N084°01.9'E08°25.6'N080°56.2'E 0.929 10° 103° 321 km 05m34.5s
01:3809°52.2'N081°14.3'E06°38.2'N086°42.9'E08°09.9'N084°18.5'E 0.930 14° 103° 320 km 05m41.2s
01:4009°37.5'N084°24.6'E06°37.7'N088°53.9'E08°04.2'N086°50.6'E 0.931 17° 104° 320 km 05m46.6s
01:4209°31.9'N086°50.4'E06°40.9'N090°46.1'E08°03.8'N088°56.1'E 0.932 19° 104° 320 km 05m51.2s
01:4409°31.5'N088°51.6'E06°46.8'N092°25.0'E08°06.9'N090°44.2'E 0.932 21° 105° 320 km 05m55.4s
01:4609°34.4'N090°36.6'E06°54.7'N093°54.0'E08°12.6'N092°20.0'E 0.932 23° 105° 320 km 05m59.2s
01:4809°40.0'N092°09.9'E07°04.3'N095°15.2'E08°20.4'N093°46.4'E 0.933 25° 106° 320 km 06m02.8s
01:5009°47.4'N093°34.2'E07°15.2'N096°29.9'E08°29.7'N095°05.3'E 0.933 27° 107° 320 km 06m06.1s
01:5209°56.5'N094°51.4'E07°27.3'N097°39.4'E08°40.4'N096°18.2'E 0.934 28° 107° 320 km 06m09.1s
01:5410°07.0'N096°02.8'E07°40.4'N098°44.4'E08°52.3'N097°26.1'E 0.934 30° 108° 320 km 06m12.0s
01:5610°18.6'N097°09.3'E07°54.4'N099°45.5'E09°05.2'N098°29.6'E 0.934 31° 109° 320 km 06m14.8s
01:5810°31.2'N098°11.6'E08°09.3'N100°43.2'E09°18.9'N099°29.4'E 0.935 33° 109° 320 km 06m17.4s
02:0010°44.8'N099°10.3'E08°24.8'N101°37.9'E09°33.5'N100°25.9'E 0.935 34° 110° 320 km 06m19.8s
02:0210°59.1'N100°05.8'E08°41.0'N102°29.9'E09°48.8'N101°19.5'E 0.935 35° 111° 319 km 06m22.1s
02:0411°14.2'N100°58.5'E08°57.8'N103°19.6'E10°04.8'N102°10.6'E 0.935 36° 111° 319 km 06m24.3s
02:0611°29.9'N101°48.8'E09°15.2'N104°07.2'E10°21.4'N102°59.4'E 0.936 37° 112° 318 km 06m26.4s
02:0811°46.3'N102°36.9'E09°33.1'N104°52.8'E10°38.6'N103°46.2'E 0.936 38° 113° 318 km 06m28.4s
02:1012°03.3'N103°22.9'E09°51.5'N105°36.7'E10°56.3'N104°31.1'E 0.936 39° 114° 317 km 06m30.3s
02:1212°20.8'N104°07.1'E10°10.4'N106°19.0'E11°14.5'N105°14.2'E 0.936 40° 115° 316 km 06m32.0s
02:1412°38.9'N104°49.7'E10°29.7'N106°59.8'E11°33.2'N105°55.9'E 0.936 41° 116° 316 km 06m33.7s
02:1612°57.4'N105°30.8'E10°49.5'N107°39.2'E11°52.4'N106°36.1'E 0.936 42° 117° 315 km 06m35.2s
02:1813°16.4'N106°10.5'E11°09.6'N108°17.4'E12°12.0'N107°15.0'E 0.937 43° 118° 314 km 06m36.7s
02:2013°35.9'N106°48.9'E11°30.2'N108°54.5'E12°32.0'N107°52.7'E 0.937 44° 119° 313 km 06m38.1s
02:2213°55.8'N107°26.1'E11°51.1'N109°30.5'E12°52.4'N108°29.2'E 0.937 45° 120° 311 km 06m39.4s
02:2414°16.1'N108°02.3'E12°12.4'N110°05.5'E13°13.2'N109°04.8'E 0.937 45° 121° 310 km 06m40.6s
02:2614°36.8'N108°37.5'E12°34.0'N110°39.7'E13°34.4'N109°39.4'E 0.937 46° 122° 309 km 06m41.7s
02:2814°57.9'N109°11.8'E12°56.0'N111°13.0'E13°56.0'N110°13.2'E 0.937 47° 123° 308 km 06m42.8s
02:3015°19.4'N109°45.2'E13°18.4'N111°45.5'E14°17.9'N110°46.1'E 0.937 47° 124° 306 km 06m43.7s
02:3215°41.3'N110°17.9'E13°41.0'N112°17.3'E14°40.2'N111°18.3'E 0.937 48° 125° 305 km 06m44.6s
02:3416°03.5'N110°49.8'E14°04.0'N112°48.4'E15°02.8'N111°49.9'E 0.938 49° 127° 303 km 06m45.4s
02:3616°26.1'N111°21.1'E14°27.4'N113°18.9'E15°25.7'N112°20.7'E 0.938 49° 128° 302 km 06m46.2s
02:3816°49.1'N111°51.8'E14°51.0'N113°48.9'E15°49.1'N112°51.0'E 0.938 50° 129° 300 km 06m46.8s
02:4017°12.4'N112°21.9'E15°14.9'N114°18.3'E16°12.7'N113°20.8'E 0.938 50° 131° 299 km 06m47.4s
02:4217°36.1'N112°51.5'E15°39.2'N114°47.2'E16°36.6'N113°50.0'E 0.938 51° 132° 297 km 06m48.0s
02:4418°00.1'N113°20.6'E16°03.7'N115°15.8'E17°00.9'N114°18.8'E 0.938 51° 133° 296 km 06m48.4s
02:4618°24.5'N113°49.3'E16°28.6'N115°43.9'E17°25.6'N114°47.2'E 0.938 51° 135° 294 km 06m48.8s
02:4818°49.2'N114°17.6'E16°53.7'N116°11.6'E17°50.5'N115°15.2'E 0.938 52° 136° 293 km 06m49.1s
02:5019°14.3'N114°45.5'E17°19.2'N116°39.0'E18°15.8'N115°42.9'E 0.938 52° 138° 291 km 06m49.4s
02:5219°39.7'N115°13.2'E17°45.0'N117°06.2'E18°41.4'N116°10.3'E 0.938 52° 139° 290 km 06m49.6s
02:5420°05.4'N115°40.5'E18°11.1'N117°33.1'E19°07.3'N116°37.4'E 0.938 53° 141° 288 km 06m49.8s
02:5620°31.5'N116°07.6'E18°37.4'N117°59.7'E19°33.5'N117°04.2'E 0.938 53° 143° 287 km 06m49.8s
02:5820°58.0'N116°34.5'E19°04.1'N118°26.2'E20°00.1'N117°30.9'E 0.938 53° 144° 285 km 06m49.9s
03:0021°24.8'N117°01.3'E19°31.1'N118°52.5'E20°27.0'N117°57.4'E 0.938 53° 146° 284 km 06m49.8s
03:0221°51.9'N117°27.9'E19°58.4'N119°18.7'E20°54.2'N118°23.8'E 0.938 53° 148° 283 km 06m49.7s
03:0422°19.5'N117°54.3'E20°26.1'N119°44.8'E21°21.8'N118°50.1'E 0.938 53° 149° 281 km 06m49.6s
03:0622°47.3'N118°20.8'E20°54.0'N120°10.8'E21°49.7'N119°16.3'E 0.938 53° 151° 280 km 06m49.4s
03:0823°15.6'N118°47.1'E21°22.3'N120°36.8'E22°18.0'N119°42.5'E 0.938 53° 153° 279 km 06m49.2s
03:1023°44.2'N119°13.5'E21°50.9'N121°02.8'E22°46.6'N120°08.7'E 0.938 53° 154° 278 km 06m48.9s
03:1224°13.2'N119°39.9'E22°19.8'N121°28.9'E23°15.5'N120°34.9'E 0.938 53° 156° 277 km 06m48.5s
03:1424°42.7'N120°06.4'E22°49.1'N121°55.0'E23°44.9'N121°01.2'E 0.938 53° 158° 275 km 06m48.1s
03:1625°12.5'N120°33.0'E23°18.7'N122°21.2'E24°14.6'N121°27.6'E 0.938 53° 159° 274 km 06m47.6s
03:1825°42.7'N120°59.7'E23°48.6'N122°47.6'E24°44.7'N121°54.1'E 0.938 53° 161° 273 km 06m47.1s
03:2026°13.3'N121°26.5'E24°19.0'N123°14.1'E25°15.1'N122°20.8'E 0.938 53° 163° 272 km 06m46.6s
03:2226°44.4'N121°53.6'E24°49.7'N123°40.8'E25°46.0'N122°47.7'E 0.938 52° 164° 272 km 06m46.0s
03:2427°15.8'N122°21.0'E25°20.7'N124°07.8'E26°17.3'N123°14.9'E 0.938 52° 166° 271 km 06m45.4s
03:2627°47.8'N122°48.7'E25°52.2'N124°35.1'E26°49.0'N123°42.3'E 0.938 52° 168° 270 km 06m44.7s
03:2828°20.2'N123°16.6'E26°24.1'N125°02.7'E27°21.1'N124°10.1'E 0.938 51° 169° 269 km 06m43.9s
03:3028°53.1'N123°45.0'E26°56.3'N125°30.7'E27°53.7'N124°38.3'E 0.938 51° 171° 269 km 06m43.2s
03:3229°26.5'N124°13.9'E27°29.0'N125°59.0'E28°26.7'N125°06.9'E 0.938 51° 172° 268 km 06m42.3s
03:3430°00.4'N124°43.2'E28°02.2'N126°27.9'E29°00.2'N125°36.0'E 0.938 50° 174° 268 km 06m41.5s
03:3630°34.8'N125°13.0'E28°35.7'N126°57.3'E29°34.2'N126°05.6'E 0.937 50° 176° 267 km 06m40.6s
03:3831°09.7'N125°43.5'E29°09.8'N127°27.2'E30°08.7'N126°35.8'E 0.937 49° 177° 267 km 06m39.6s
03:4031°45.3'N126°14.6'E29°44.3'N127°57.8'E30°43.7'N127°06.6'E 0.937 49° 179° 266 km 06m38.6s
03:4232°21.4'N126°46.5'E30°19.4'N128°29.1'E31°19.3'N127°38.2'E 0.937 48° 180° 266 km 06m37.5s
03:4432°58.2'N127°19.2'E30°55.0'N129°01.1'E31°55.4'N128°10.5'E 0.937 47° 182° 266 km 06m36.4s
03:4633°35.6'N127°52.8'E31°31.1'N129°34.0'E32°32.2'N128°43.7'E 0.937 47° 183° 266 km 06m35.3s
03:4834°13.7'N128°27.4'E32°07.8'N130°07.8'E33°09.6'N129°17.9'E 0.937 46° 185° 266 km 06m34.1s
03:5034°52.5'N129°03.0'E32°45.1'N130°42.6'E33°47.6'N129°53.1'E 0.937 45° 186° 266 km 06m32.9s
03:5235°32.1'N129°39.9'E33°23.0'N131°18.4'E34°26.3'N130°29.5'E 0.936 45° 188° 266 km 06m31.6s
03:5436°12.5'N130°18.1'E34°01.6'N131°55.5'E35°05.7'N131°07.1'E 0.936 44° 189° 266 km 06m30.2s
03:5636°53.7'N130°57.7'E34°40.9'N132°33.9'E35°46.0'N131°46.1'E 0.936 43° 190° 266 km 06m28.8s
03:5837°35.8'N131°39.0'E35°20.9'N133°13.8'E36°27.0'N132°26.6'E 0.936 42° 192° 267 km 06m27.4s
04:0038°18.9'N132°22.0'E36°01.8'N133°55.2'E37°08.9'N133°08.8'E 0.936 41° 193° 267 km 06m25.9s
04:0239°03.0'N133°07.0'E36°43.4'N134°38.4'E37°51.7'N133°52.8'E 0.936 40° 195° 268 km 06m24.3s
04:0439°48.2'N133°54.2'E37°26.0'N135°23.5'E38°35.5'N134°38.9'E 0.935 39° 196° 268 km 06m22.7s
04:0640°34.6'N134°43.8'E38°09.5'N136°10.8'E39°20.4'N135°27.3'E 0.935 38° 198° 269 km 06m21.0s
04:0841°22.3'N135°36.3'E38°54.0'N137°00.4'E40°06.4'N136°18.3'E 0.935 37° 199° 270 km 06m19.3s
04:1042°11.4'N136°31.8'E39°39.6'N137°52.8'E40°53.7'N137°12.1'E 0.935 36° 200° 271 km 06m17.4s
04:1243°02.0'N137°30.9'E40°26.5'N138°48.1'E41°42.3'N138°09.2'E 0.934 35° 202° 272 km 06m15.5s
04:1443°54.3'N138°34.1'E41°14.6'N139°46.8'E42°32.4'N139°09.9'E 0.934 34° 203° 273 km 06m13.6s
04:1644°48.6'N139°42.0'E42°04.2'N140°49.4'E43°24.1'N140°14.9'E 0.934 33° 205° 274 km 06m11.5s
04:1845°44.9'N140°55.3'E42°55.4'N141°56.3'E44°17.7'N141°24.8'E 0.934 31° 207° 276 km 06m09.3s
04:2046°43.7'N142°15.1'E43°48.3'N143°08.3'E45°13.3'N142°40.4'E 0.933 30° 208° 277 km 06m07.1s
04:2247°45.3'N143°42.7'E44°43.2'N144°26.3'E46°11.3'N144°02.7'E 0.933 28° 210° 279 km 06m04.7s
04:2448°50.1'N145°19.7'E45°40.4'N145°51.3'E47°12.0'N145°33.0'E 0.933 27° 212° 281 km 06m02.1s
04:2649°58.9'N147°08.6'E46°40.3'N147°24.7'E48°15.8'N147°13.2'E 0.932 25° 214° 283 km 05m59.5s
04:2851°12.5'N149°12.7'E47°43.2'N149°08.4'E49°23.4'N149°05.7'E 0.932 23° 216° 286 km 05m56.6s
04:3052°32.2'N151°37.4'E48°49.8'N151°05.0'E50°35.8'N151°14.2'E 0.931 21° 218° 289 km 05m53.5s
04:3254°00.3'N154°31.3'E50°01.0'N153°18.5'E51°54.1'N153°44.2'E 0.931 19° 221° 293 km 05m50.0s
04:3455°40.8'N158°11.3'E51°18.2'N155°54.9'E53°20.7'N156°45.1'E 0.930 17° 224° 297 km 05m46.2s
04:3657°43.1'N163°18.2'E52°43.6'N159°04.5'E54°59.6'N160°35.4'E 0.929 14° 227° 302 km 05m41.7s
04:3860°51.9'N173°13.9'E54°21.6'N163°08.4'E57°01.0'N166°01.7'E 0.928 10° 232° 310 km 05m36.1s
04:40 - - 56°23.9'N169°03.8'E60°29.1'N178°14.2'E 0.926 243° 325 km 05m25.7s
Limits62°53.8'N178°12.5'W60°01.3'N176°31.0'W61°27.0'N177°18.3'W 0.926 - 330 km 05m22.5s

ΔT = 4074.0 seconds

Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration
Event Time
TD
Time
UT1
Latitude Longitude Sun
Altitude
Sun
Azimuth
Path Width Central
Duration
Greatest Eclipse04:15:02.003:07:08.022°05.7'N102°29.9'E 53.4° 151.8° 279.4 km06m49.27s
Greatest Duration04:05:45.402:57:51.419°58.2'N117°29.0'E 53.0° 144.1° 285.5 km06m49.86s

Explanation of Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration

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Eclipse Predictions

Predictions for the Annular Solar Eclipse of 2976 Feb 21 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 4074.0 seconds for this eclipse. The uncertainty in ΔT is 890.3 seconds corresponding to a standard error in longitude of the eclipse path of ± 3.72°.

Acknowledgments

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

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