Path of the Total Solar Eclipse of -0542 Feb 15

Fred Espenak

Introduction

The following table delineates the path of the Moon's umbral shadow during the Total Solar Eclipse of -0542 Feb 15 . 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 -0542 Feb 15
UT1 Northern Limit Southern Limit Central Line M:S Sun Sun Path Central
Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Ratio Alt. Azm. Width Duration
Limits61°43.6'S113°30.9'W63°07.9'S116°03.4'W62°25.7'S114°45.1'W 1.042 - 203 km 02m05.3s
11:5866°34.7'S092°25.1'W64°01.7'S113°05.0'W66°10.9'S100°04.5'W 1.044 110° 210 km 02m19.0s
12:0067°51.5'S083°21.2'W68°01.2'S096°05.4'W68°06.5'S089°08.6'W 1.046 12° 99° 213 km 02m28.5s
12:0268°36.0'S075°47.4'W69°31.3'S086°19.1'W69°09.1'S080°38.7'W 1.047 16° 90° 215 km 02m35.4s
12:0469°01.6'S069°05.8'W70°23.9'S078°06.1'W69°46.2'S073°15.2'W 1.048 18° 83° 217 km 02m41.1s
12:0669°14.0'S063°02.3'W70°54.8'S070°45.8'W70°06.6'S066°35.7'W 1.048 21° 76° 218 km 02m46.1s
12:0869°16.5'S057°29.8'W71°10.6'S064°04.3'W70°14.9'S060°30.9'W 1.049 23° 69° 220 km 02m50.7s
12:1069°11.3'S052°24.1'W71°14.9'S057°55.5'W70°13.8'S054°55.8'W 1.050 25° 63° 221 km 02m54.8s
12:1268°59.8'S047°42.4'W71°10.2'S052°16.1'W70°05.3'S049°47.3'W 1.050 26° 58° 222 km 02m58.7s
12:1468°43.2'S043°22.4'W70°58.4'S047°03.7'W69°50.8'S045°03.1'W 1.051 28° 52° 222 km 03m02.2s
12:1668°22.5'S039°22.2'W70°40.8'S042°16.3'W69°31.3'S040°41.2'W 1.051 29° 47° 223 km 03m05.6s
12:1867°58.3'S035°40.1'W70°18.4'S037°52.1'W69°07.9'S036°39.7'W 1.051 31° 42° 224 km 03m08.7s
12:2067°31.3'S032°14.5'W69°52.1'S033°49.2'W68°41.2'S032°56.9'W 1.052 32° 38° 225 km 03m11.7s
12:2267°01.9'S029°03.8'W69°22.7'S030°05.7'W68°11.7'S029°31.0'W 1.052 33° 34° 226 km 03m14.5s
12:2466°30.5'S026°06.8'W68°50.7'S026°40.0'W67°40.0'S026°20.7'W 1.052 35° 30° 226 km 03m17.1s
12:2665°57.5'S023°22.3'W68°16.6'S023°30.3'W67°06.4'S023°24.5'W 1.053 36° 26° 227 km 03m19.5s
12:2865°23.0'S020°49.0'W67°40.7'S020°35.1'W66°31.3'S020°40.9'W 1.053 37° 22° 228 km 03m21.9s
12:3064°47.5'S018°25.9'W67°03.4'S017°53.0'W65°54.8'S018°09.0'W 1.053 38° 19° 228 km 03m24.1s
12:3264°10.9'S016°12.2'W66°25.0'S015°22.8'W65°17.4'S015°47.4'W 1.054 39° 15° 229 km 03m26.1s
12:3463°33.6'S014°06.9'W65°45.6'S013°03.1'W64°39.0'S013°35.3'W 1.054 40° 12° 230 km 03m28.1s
12:3662°55.6'S012°09.3'W65°05.4'S010°53.0'W64°00.0'S011°31.8'W 1.054 40° 230 km 03m29.9s
12:3862°17.0'S010°18.6'W64°24.6'S008°51.6'W63°20.3'S009°36.0'W 1.054 41° 231 km 03m31.6s
12:4061°37.9'S008°34.4'W63°43.2'S006°57.9'W62°40.1'S007°47.2'W 1.054 42° 232 km 03m33.2s
12:4260°58.4'S006°55.9'W63°01.5'S005°11.3'W61°59.6'S006°04.8'W 1.055 43° 233 km 03m34.7s
12:4460°18.6'S005°22.7'W62°19.4'S003°31.0'W61°18.6'S004°28.2'W 1.055 43° 357° 233 km 03m36.1s
12:4659°38.5'S003°54.3'W61°37.0'S001°56.5'W60°37.4'S002°56.8'W 1.055 44° 355° 234 km 03m37.3s
12:4858°58.1'S002°30.4'W60°54.4'S000°27.1'W59°56.0'S001°30.2'W 1.055 45° 352° 235 km 03m38.5s
12:5058°17.6'S001°10.4'W60°11.7'S000°57.5'E59°14.4'S000°08.0'W 1.055 45° 349° 235 km 03m39.6s
12:5257°36.9'S000°05.8'E59°28.8'S002°17.8'E58°32.6'S001°10.3'E 1.055 46° 347° 236 km 03m40.5s
12:5456°56.0'S001°18.7'E58°45.7'S003°34.2'E57°50.7'S002°24.9'E 1.055 46° 344° 237 km 03m41.4s
12:5656°15.0'S002°28.5'E58°02.6'S004°47.0'E57°08.7'S003°36.2'E 1.055 46° 342° 238 km 03m42.2s
12:5855°33.9'S003°35.4'E57°19.4'S005°56.7'E56°26.5'S004°44.5'E 1.056 47° 339° 238 km 03m42.8s
13:0054°52.7'S004°39.8'E56°36.2'S007°03.4'E55°44.3'S005°50.1'E 1.056 47° 337° 239 km 03m43.4s
13:0254°11.4'S005°41.8'E55°52.9'S008°07.4'E55°02.1'S006°53.1'E 1.056 47° 334° 240 km 03m43.9s
13:0453°30.0'S006°41.6'E55°09.6'S009°09.0'E54°19.7'S007°53.8'E 1.056 48° 332° 241 km 03m44.3s
13:0652°48.6'S007°39.4'E54°26.2'S010°08.3'E53°37.4'S008°52.4'E 1.056 48° 329° 242 km 03m44.6s
13:0852°07.1'S008°35.4'E53°42.8'S011°05.7'E52°54.9'S009°49.1'E 1.056 48° 327° 242 km 03m44.8s
13:1051°25.5'S009°29.8'E52°59.4'S012°01.3'E52°12.4'S010°44.1'E 1.056 48° 325° 243 km 03m44.9s
13:1250°43.8'S010°22.6'E52°15.9'S012°55.1'E51°29.9'S011°37.5'E 1.056 48° 322° 244 km 03m44.9s
13:1450°02.1'S011°14.1'E51°32.4'S013°47.5'E50°47.3'S012°29.5'E 1.056 48° 320° 245 km 03m44.8s
13:1649°20.3'S012°04.4'E50°48.9'S014°38.6'E50°04.6'S013°20.2'E 1.056 48° 318° 246 km 03m44.7s
13:1848°38.4'S012°53.5'E50°05.3'S015°28.5'E49°21.9'S014°09.7'E 1.056 48° 315° 247 km 03m44.4s
13:2047°56.5'S013°41.7'E49°21.6'S016°17.3'E48°39.1'S014°58.2'E 1.056 48° 313° 247 km 03m44.1s
13:2247°14.4'S014°29.0'E48°37.9'S017°05.2'E47°56.3'S015°45.9'E 1.056 48° 311° 248 km 03m43.7s
13:2446°32.3'S015°15.6'E47°54.1'S017°52.3'E47°13.3'S016°32.7'E 1.056 48° 309° 249 km 03m43.1s
13:2645°50.0'S016°01.5'E47°10.3'S018°38.6'E46°30.3'S017°18.8'E 1.056 47° 307° 250 km 03m42.5s
13:2845°07.6'S016°46.8'E46°26.3'S019°24.4'E45°47.1'S018°04.4'E 1.056 47° 305° 251 km 03m41.8s
13:3044°25.1'S017°31.7'E45°42.3'S020°09.7'E45°03.8'S018°49.5'E 1.056 47° 303° 252 km 03m41.1s
13:3243°42.5'S018°16.2'E44°58.1'S020°54.7'E44°20.4'S019°34.3'E 1.055 46° 301° 253 km 03m40.2s
13:3442°59.7'S019°00.5'E44°13.8'S021°39.4'E43°36.9'S020°18.8'E 1.055 46° 299° 253 km 03m39.2s
13:3642°16.7'S019°44.6'E43°29.3'S022°24.0'E42°53.2'S021°03.2'E 1.055 45° 297° 254 km 03m38.2s
13:3841°33.5'S020°28.7'E42°44.6'S023°08.5'E42°09.3'S021°47.5'E 1.055 45° 295° 255 km 03m37.1s
13:4040°50.2'S021°12.8'E41°59.8'S023°53.1'E41°25.2'S022°31.9'E 1.055 44° 293° 256 km 03m35.8s
13:4240°06.6'S021°57.0'E41°14.7'S024°37.9'E40°40.9'S023°16.4'E 1.055 44° 291° 256 km 03m34.5s
13:4439°22.8'S022°41.5'E40°29.4'S025°23.0'E39°56.3'S024°01.2'E 1.055 43° 289° 257 km 03m33.1s
13:4638°38.7'S023°26.4'E39°43.8'S026°08.6'E39°11.5'S024°46.4'E 1.055 42° 288° 258 km 03m31.6s
13:4837°54.3'S024°11.8'E38°57.9'S026°54.7'E38°26.4'S025°32.2'E 1.054 42° 286° 258 km 03m30.0s
13:5037°09.6'S024°57.8'E38°11.7'S027°41.5'E37°41.0'S026°18.6'E 1.054 41° 284° 259 km 03m28.3s
13:5236°24.5'S025°44.5'E37°25.1'S028°29.2'E36°55.1'S027°05.8'E 1.054 40° 283° 259 km 03m26.5s
13:5435°39.1'S026°32.2'E36°38.1'S029°17.8'E36°08.9'S027°53.9'E 1.054 39° 281° 260 km 03m24.6s
13:5634°53.2'S027°20.9'E35°50.7'S030°07.7'E35°22.3'S028°43.2'E 1.054 38° 280° 260 km 03m22.6s
13:5834°06.9'S028°10.8'E35°02.7'S030°59.0'E34°35.1'S029°33.8'E 1.053 37° 278° 260 km 03m20.5s
14:0033°20.0'S029°02.2'E34°14.1'S031°52.0'E33°47.4'S030°25.9'E 1.053 36° 277° 260 km 03m18.3s
14:0232°32.5'S029°55.3'E33°24.9'S032°46.9'E32°59.1'S031°19.9'E 1.053 35° 275° 260 km 03m16.0s
14:0431°44.4'S030°50.3'E32°35.0'S033°44.0'E32°10.1'S032°15.9'E 1.052 34° 274° 260 km 03m13.5s
14:0630°55.5'S031°47.5'E31°44.2'S034°43.7'E31°20.3'S033°14.4'E 1.052 33° 272° 259 km 03m10.9s
14:0830°05.8'S032°47.4'E30°52.5'S035°46.5'E30°29.6'S034°15.6'E 1.052 32° 271° 259 km 03m08.1s
14:1029°15.1'S033°50.4'E29°59.6'S036°52.9'E29°37.9'S035°20.2'E 1.051 30° 270° 258 km 03m05.2s
14:1228°23.3'S034°57.0'E29°05.4'S038°03.7'E28°44.9'S036°28.8'E 1.051 29° 268° 257 km 03m02.1s
14:1427°30.2'S036°07.9'E28°09.6'S039°19.7'E27°50.6'S037°42.0'E 1.051 27° 267° 255 km 02m58.8s
14:1626°35.6'S037°24.0'E27°11.9'S040°42.1'E26°54.5'S039°01.1'E 1.050 26° 266° 253 km 02m55.3s
14:1825°39.1'S038°46.5'E26°11.9'S042°12.7'E25°56.3'S040°27.3'E 1.050 24° 265° 251 km 02m51.5s
14:2024°40.3'S040°17.0'E25°08.8'S043°53.9'E24°55.5'S042°02.7'E 1.049 22° 263° 248 km 02m47.4s
14:2223°38.5'S041°58.1'E24°01.5'S045°49.8'E23°51.2'S043°50.4'E 1.048 20° 262° 244 km 02m42.9s
14:2422°32.7'S043°53.4'E22°48.1'S048°07.6'E22°42.1'S045°55.4'E 1.047 17° 261° 240 km 02m37.8s
14:2621°21.2'S046°09.9'E21°24.4'S051°02.5'E21°25.5'S048°27.6'E 1.047 14° 260° 234 km 02m31.9s
14:2820°00.1'S049°01.6'E19°36.6'S055°25.6'E19°54.9'S051°51.1'E 1.045 10° 258° 226 km 02m24.4s
14:3018°17.9'S053°12.6'E - - 17°32.9'S058°27.2'E 1.043 256° 210 km 02m11.5s
Limits15°51.0'S061°03.1'E17°29.2'S062°04.2'E16°39.8'S061°33.3'E 1.042 - 203 km 02m06.1s

ΔT = 17732.2 seconds

Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration
Event Time
TD
Time
UT1
Latitude Longitude Sun
Altitude
Sun
Azimuth
Path Width Central
Duration
Greatest Eclipse18:08:53.413:13:21.251°01.1'S061°52.4'W 48.1° 320.7° 244.7 km03m44.86s
Greatest Duration18:06:58.713:11:26.551°41.8'S011°22.7'E 48.1° 322.9° 243.9 km03m44.90s

Explanation of Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration

Links for the Total Solar Eclipse of -0542 Feb 15

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Eclipse Predictions

Predictions for the Total Solar Eclipse of -0542 Feb 15 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 17732.2 seconds for this eclipse. The uncertainty in ΔT is 446.3 seconds corresponding to a standard error in longitude of the eclipse path of ± 1.86°.

Acknowledgments

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

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