Path of the Total Solar Eclipse of -0387 Oct 05

Fred Espenak

Introduction

The following table delineates the path of the Moon's umbral shadow during the Total Solar Eclipse of -0387 Oct 05 . 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 -0387 Oct 05
UT1 Northern Limit Southern Limit Central Line M:S Sun Sun Path Central
Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Ratio Alt. Azm. Width Duration
Limits54°36.8'S101°13.0'W58°37.8'S103°39.7'W56°29.6'S102°20.3'W 1.035 - 452 km 01m51.9s
12:2456°42.5'S086°05.1'W - - 57°14.7'S094°50.2'W 1.036 89° 486 km 01m59.8s
12:2657°29.1'S083°14.8'W - - 58°09.3'S090°02.1'W 1.037 84° 507 km 02m05.2s
12:2858°14.9'S080°52.1'W59°31.9'S096°02.4'W58°59.7'S086°47.6'W 1.038 81° 518 km 02m08.9s
12:3059°00.4'S078°47.0'W60°28.9'S091°41.4'W59°48.6'S084°12.4'W 1.038 10° 78° 525 km 02m11.7s
12:3259°45.9'S076°54.2'W61°22.2'S088°39.9'W60°37.0'S082°00.3'W 1.039 11° 76° 528 km 02m14.1s
12:3460°31.7'S075°10.6'W62°14.3'S086°14.6'W61°25.3'S080°03.5'W 1.039 12° 73° 529 km 02m16.0s
12:3661°17.9'S073°34.1'W63°06.0'S084°11.1'W62°13.9'S078°17.9'W 1.039 13° 71° 528 km 02m17.6s
12:3862°04.6'S072°03.1'W63°58.0'S082°22.8'W63°02.9'S076°40.9'W 1.039 14° 69° 526 km 02m19.0s
12:4062°51.9'S070°36.5'W64°50.3'S080°45.7'W63°52.5'S075°10.5'W 1.040 14° 67° 523 km 02m20.1s
12:4263°40.0'S069°13.5'W65°43.4'S079°17.6'W64°42.9'S073°45.6'W 1.040 15° 65° 519 km 02m21.0s
12:4464°28.8'S067°53.4'W66°37.4'S077°57.0'W65°34.1'S072°25.2'W 1.040 15° 63° 515 km 02m21.7s
12:4665°18.7'S066°35.5'W67°32.4'S076°42.8'W66°26.5'S071°08.5'W 1.040 15° 61° 510 km 02m22.1s
12:4866°09.6'S065°19.4'W68°28.8'S075°34.5'W67°20.0'S069°55.2'W 1.040 15° 59° 505 km 02m22.4s
12:5067°01.8'S064°04.6'W69°26.8'S074°31.9'W68°14.9'S068°44.7'W 1.040 15° 57° 500 km 02m22.5s
12:5267°55.3'S062°50.8'W70°26.5'S073°35.1'W69°11.3'S067°36.8'W 1.040 15° 55° 496 km 02m22.5s
12:5468°50.4'S061°37.5'W71°28.2'S072°44.3'W70°09.6'S066°31.5'W 1.040 15° 53° 491 km 02m22.2s
12:5669°47.2'S060°24.5'W72°32.4'S072°00.6'W71°09.9'S065°28.5'W 1.040 15° 52° 486 km 02m21.8s
12:5870°46.0'S059°11.4'W73°39.4'S071°25.6'W72°12.6'S064°28.3'W 1.040 15° 50° 482 km 02m21.1s
13:0071°47.1'S057°57.8'W74°49.7'S071°02.0'W73°18.0'S063°31.2'W 1.040 14° 48° 477 km 02m20.3s
13:0272°50.8'S056°43.6'W76°04.0'S070°54.4'W74°26.8'S062°38.0'W 1.040 14° 47° 473 km 02m19.2s
13:0473°57.7'S055°28.3'W77°23.3'S071°11.2'W75°39.4'S061°50.5'W 1.039 13° 45° 470 km 02m17.9s
13:0675°08.3'S054°11.7'W78°48.5'S072°08.3'W76°56.9'S061°11.7'W 1.039 13° 44° 466 km 02m16.4s
13:0876°23.3'S052°53.8'W80°21.5'S074°20.1'W78°20.5'S060°47.3'W 1.039 12° 43° 463 km 02m14.5s
13:1077°44.0'S051°34.7'W82°04.1'S079°14.0'W79°52.0'S060°49.7'W 1.038 11° 42° 461 km 02m12.3s
13:1279°12.1'S050°15.6'W83°55.5'S091°49.3'W81°34.4'S061°48.9'W 1.038 42° 459 km 02m09.5s
13:1480°50.1'S049°00.0'W - - 83°32.8'S065°18.6'W 1.038 45° 458 km 02m06.1s
13:1682°42.8'S048°00.7'W - - 85°54.7'S079°20.3'W 1.037 58° 457 km 02m01.3s
Limits86°55.7'S171°42.8'E84°22.9'S142°30.8'W86°01.7'S160°04.8'W 1.035 - 457 km 01m51.8s

ΔT = 15232.6 seconds

Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration
Event Time
TD
Time
UT1
Latitude Longitude Sun
Altitude
Sun
Azimuth
Path Width Central
Duration
Greatest Eclipse17:04:19.312:50:26.768°27.3'S132°08.0'W 15.4° 56.6° 499.3 km02m22.55s
Greatest Duration17:04:04.912:50:12.368°20.6'S068°37.7'W 15.4° 56.9° 499.9 km02m22.55s

Explanation of Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration

Links for the Total Solar Eclipse of -0387 Oct 05

Links to Additional Solar Eclipse Predictions

  • Home - home page of EclipseWise with predictions for both solar and lunar eclipses
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Eclipse Predictions

Predictions for the Total Solar Eclipse of -0387 Oct 05 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 15232.6 seconds for this eclipse. The uncertainty in ΔT is 389.4 seconds corresponding to a standard error in longitude of the eclipse path of ± 1.63°.

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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