Path of the Total Solar Eclipse of -0254 Sep 06

Fred Espenak

Introduction

The following table delineates the path of the Moon's umbral shadow during the Total Solar Eclipse of -0254 Sep 06 . 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 -0254 Sep 06
UT1 Northern Limit Southern Limit Central Line M:S Sun Sun Path Central
Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Ratio Alt. Azm. Width Duration
Limits80°34.8'N022°48.3'E79°07.9'N036°35.9'E79°53.7'N030°20.9'E 1.033 - 314 km 01m43.5s
00:14 - - 84°37.3'N089°52.6'E83°20.3'N047°49.3'E 1.035 51° 319 km 01m50.8s
00:1683°10.9'N031°55.7'E84°53.3'N118°03.8'E85°49.5'N080°27.4'E 1.036 84° 322 km 01m57.7s
00:1886°45.7'N061°00.5'E84°21.1'N139°51.5'E86°18.5'N118°03.3'E 1.037 10° 122° 324 km 02m02.3s
00:2087°48.7'N114°56.9'E83°26.9'N154°54.9'E85°38.5'N146°41.5'E 1.037 12° 152° 325 km 02m05.9s
00:2286°56.5'N158°26.4'E82°24.5'N165°21.6'E84°32.2'N163°44.3'E 1.038 14° 169° 327 km 02m09.0s
00:2485°32.8'N176°38.6'E81°19.7'N172°56.9'E83°19.6'N174°14.7'E 1.038 15° 180° 328 km 02m11.7s
00:2684°08.1'N174°06.4'W80°15.1'N178°44.4'E82°06.9'N178°37.8'W 1.038 16° 188° 329 km 02m14.0s
00:2882°47.1'N168°17.5'W79°11.4'N176°38.7'W80°56.0'N173°23.3'W 1.039 17° 194° 331 km 02m16.1s
00:3081°30.1'N164°07.1'W78°09.2'N172°50.1'W79°47.4'N169°17.3'W 1.039 18° 199° 332 km 02m17.9s
00:3280°16.7'N160°51.8'W77°08.5'N169°36.0'W78°41.1'N165°56.0'W 1.039 19° 203° 333 km 02m19.5s
00:3479°06.6'N158°10.6'W76°09.2'N166°47.4'W77°36.9'N163°05.3'W 1.040 20° 207° 335 km 02m21.0s
00:3677°59.1'N155°52.3'W75°11.4'N164°17.9'W76°34.7'N160°36.6'W 1.040 20° 210° 337 km 02m22.3s
00:3876°54.1'N153°50.0'W74°14.8'N162°03.4'W75°34.2'N158°24.3'W 1.040 21° 213° 338 km 02m23.4s
00:4075°51.1'N151°59.4'W73°19.5'N160°00.6'W74°35.2'N156°24.4'W 1.040 21° 216° 340 km 02m24.3s
00:4274°49.9'N150°17.7'W72°25.2'N158°07.2'W73°37.7'N154°34.2'W 1.040 21° 219° 342 km 02m25.1s
00:4473°50.4'N148°42.7'W71°31.9'N156°21.4'W72°41.4'N152°51.6'W 1.040 22° 221° 344 km 02m25.8s
00:4672°52.1'N147°12.9'W70°39.6'N154°41.7'W71°46.2'N151°15.1'W 1.040 22° 224° 346 km 02m26.4s
00:4871°55.1'N145°47.1'W69°48.0'N153°07.0'W70°52.1'N149°43.3'W 1.040 22° 226° 348 km 02m26.8s
00:5070°59.2'N144°24.5'W68°57.2'N151°36.4'W69°58.8'N148°15.4'W 1.040 22° 229° 350 km 02m27.0s
00:5270°04.2'N143°04.1'W68°07.0'N150°09.1'W69°06.3'N146°50.5'W 1.040 22° 231° 352 km 02m27.2s
00:5469°10.1'N141°45.5'W67°17.5'N148°44.4'W68°14.5'N145°28.0'W 1.040 22° 233° 354 km 02m27.2s
00:5668°16.6'N140°28.1'W66°28.4'N147°21.7'W67°23.3'N144°07.2'W 1.040 22° 235° 357 km 02m27.0s
00:5867°23.8'N139°11.2'W65°39.8'N146°00.6'W66°32.7'N142°47.5'W 1.040 22° 237° 359 km 02m26.8s
01:0066°31.4'N137°54.4'W64°51.6'N144°40.5'W65°42.5'N141°28.6'W 1.040 22° 239° 361 km 02m26.4s
01:0265°39.5'N136°37.3'W64°03.7'N143°21.0'W64°52.6'N140°09.9'W 1.040 22° 241° 363 km 02m25.9s
01:0464°47.8'N135°19.3'W63°16.0'N142°01.6'W64°03.0'N138°50.9'W 1.040 21° 244° 365 km 02m25.2s
01:0663°56.4'N134°00.0'W62°28.5'N140°41.9'W63°13.6'N137°31.2'W 1.040 21° 246° 367 km 02m24.4s
01:0863°05.0'N132°38.7'W61°41.2'N139°21.5'W62°24.4'N136°10.2'W 1.040 21° 248° 369 km 02m23.5s
01:1062°13.6'N131°14.9'W60°53.8'N137°59.8'W61°35.1'N134°47.5'W 1.040 20° 250° 370 km 02m22.4s
01:1261°22.0'N129°47.8'W60°06.4'N136°36.3'W60°45.7'N133°22.3'W 1.040 19° 252° 372 km 02m21.2s
01:1460°30.1'N128°16.4'W59°18.9'N135°10.4'W59°56.1'N131°54.0'W 1.039 19° 254° 373 km 02m19.7s
01:1659°37.6'N126°39.7'W58°31.1'N133°41.5'W59°06.2'N130°21.7'W 1.039 18° 256° 373 km 02m18.1s
01:1858°44.3'N124°55.9'W57°42.8'N132°08.6'W58°15.6'N128°44.2'W 1.039 17° 258° 373 km 02m16.3s
01:2057°49.9'N123°03.0'W56°54.0'N130°30.6'W57°24.3'N127°00.0'W 1.039 16° 260° 373 km 02m14.2s
01:2256°53.6'N120°57.4'W56°04.4'N128°46.0'W56°31.8'N125°07.0'W 1.038 15° 263° 371 km 02m11.9s
01:2455°54.8'N118°33.8'W55°13.7'N126°52.9'W55°37.6'N123°02.2'W 1.038 14° 265° 369 km 02m09.3s
01:2654°51.6'N115°41.1'W54°21.3'N124°48.2'W54°41.1'N120°40.2'W 1.037 12° 268° 365 km 02m06.2s
01:2853°39.7'N111°52.2'W53°26.7'N122°27.0'W53°40.6'N117°51.7'W 1.037 10° 270° 359 km 02m02.5s
01:3051°50.0'N103°59.5'W52°28.4'N119°40.4'W52°32.8'N114°13.9'W 1.036 274° 349 km 01m57.7s
01:32 - - 51°23.4'N116°07.7'W51°01.5'N108°00.9'W 1.035 279° 330 km 01m50.0s
Limits51°30.4'N102°04.4'W48°53.7'N104°10.0'W50°09.9'N103°09.9'W 1.034 - 315 km 01m44.5s

ΔT = 13382.2 seconds

Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration
Event Time
TD
Time
UT1
Latitude Longitude Sun
Altitude
Sun
Azimuth
Path Width Central
Duration
Greatest Eclipse04:35:42.400:52:40.168°48.9'N157°42.6'E 22.3° 231.5° 353.0 km02m27.18s
Greatest Duration04:36:09.900:53:07.768°37.0'N146°03.8'W 22.3° 232.0° 353.5 km02m27.18s

Explanation of Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration

Links for the Total Solar Eclipse of -0254 Sep 06

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Eclipse Predictions

Predictions for the Total Solar Eclipse of -0254 Sep 06 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 13382.2 seconds for this eclipse. The uncertainty in ΔT is 343.9 seconds corresponding to a standard error in longitude of the eclipse path of ± 1.44°.

Acknowledgments

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

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"Eclipse Predictions by Fred Espenak, EclipseWise.com"

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