Path of the Total Solar Eclipse of -0551 Feb 24

Fred Espenak

Introduction

The following table delineates the path of the Moon's umbral shadow during the Total Solar Eclipse of -0551 Feb 24 . 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 -0551 Feb 24
UT1 Northern Limit Southern Limit Central Line M:S Sun Sun Path Central
Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Ratio Alt. Azm. Width Duration
Limits53°50.5'S103°17.3'W55°31.5'S104°56.3'W54°40.7'S104°05.6'W 1.045 - 212 km 02m17.5s
12:0857°14.8'S083°38.2'W57°17.2'S096°18.2'W57°31.3'S088°51.1'W 1.048 97° 222 km 02m35.9s
12:1057°58.7'S077°31.8'W58°57.7'S086°15.9'W58°33.4'S081°29.3'W 1.050 13° 90° 226 km 02m45.3s
12:1258°27.3'S072°31.4'W59°49.7'S079°40.3'W59°11.4'S075°49.8'W 1.051 17° 85° 229 km 02m52.5s
12:1458°46.6'S068°09.9'W60°23.4'S074°18.2'W59°36.9'S071°01.5'W 1.051 19° 80° 231 km 02m58.7s
12:1658°59.3'S064°15.0'W60°46.4'S069°37.8'W59°54.2'S066°46.0'W 1.052 21° 76° 232 km 03m04.3s
12:1859°07.1'S060°40.1'W61°02.0'S065°25.8'W60°05.4'S062°53.9'W 1.053 23° 72° 234 km 03m09.3s
12:2059°10.9'S057°21.1'W61°11.9'S061°35.0'W60°12.0'S059°20.1'W 1.053 25° 68° 235 km 03m13.9s
12:2259°11.4'S054°15.2'W61°17.3'S058°01.0'W60°14.7'S056°01.0'W 1.054 27° 64° 236 km 03m18.3s
12:2459°09.2'S051°20.5'W61°19.0'S054°40.8'W60°14.3'S052°54.3'W 1.054 29° 60° 237 km 03m22.3s
12:2659°04.6'S048°35.4'W61°17.6'S051°32.6'W60°11.1'S049°58.3'W 1.055 30° 57° 238 km 03m26.1s
12:2858°58.0'S045°58.8'W61°13.4'S048°34.7'W60°05.6'S047°11.7'W 1.055 32° 54° 239 km 03m29.7s
12:3058°49.5'S043°29.9'W61°07.0'S045°46.0'W59°58.0'S044°33.5'W 1.055 33° 50° 240 km 03m33.1s
12:3258°39.4'S041°07.9'W60°58.4'S043°05.6'W59°48.6'S042°02.8'W 1.056 34° 47° 241 km 03m36.3s
12:3458°27.8'S038°52.2'W60°48.0'S040°32.7'W59°37.6'S039°39.0'W 1.056 35° 44° 242 km 03m39.4s
12:3658°14.9'S036°42.3'W60°36.0'S038°06.7'W59°25.1'S037°21.5'W 1.056 36° 41° 242 km 03m42.3s
12:3858°00.9'S034°37.6'W60°22.6'S035°47.1'W59°11.3'S035°09.7'W 1.057 37° 38° 243 km 03m45.0s
12:4057°45.7'S032°37.9'W60°07.8'S033°33.3'W58°56.3'S033°03.4'W 1.057 38° 35° 244 km 03m47.6s
12:4257°29.6'S030°42.8'W59°51.8'S031°25.0'W58°40.2'S031°02.0'W 1.057 39° 32° 244 km 03m50.0s
12:4457°12.6'S028°51.9'W59°34.7'S029°21.7'W58°23.2'S029°05.2'W 1.057 40° 29° 245 km 03m52.4s
12:4656°54.8'S027°05.0'W59°16.6'S027°23.2'W58°05.2'S027°12.8'W 1.058 41° 26° 246 km 03m54.5s
12:4856°36.2'S025°21.8'W58°57.6'S025°29.1'W57°46.4'S025°24.5'W 1.058 42° 24° 246 km 03m56.6s
12:5056°16.9'S023°42.1'W58°37.8'S023°39.2'W57°26.8'S023°39.9'W 1.058 43° 21° 247 km 03m58.5s
12:5255°56.9'S022°05.7'W58°17.2'S021°53.2'W57°06.6'S021°58.9'W 1.058 43° 18° 248 km 04m00.3s
12:5455°36.3'S020°32.3'W57°55.8'S020°10.8'W56°45.6'S020°21.2'W 1.058 44° 15° 248 km 04m02.0s
12:5655°15.2'S019°01.8'W57°33.9'S018°31.9'W56°24.1'S018°46.7'W 1.058 45° 13° 249 km 04m03.6s
12:5854°53.6'S017°34.0'W57°11.3'S016°56.1'W56°02.0'S017°15.1'W 1.059 45° 10° 250 km 04m05.0s
13:0054°31.4'S016°08.7'W56°48.2'S015°23.4'W55°39.4'S015°46.2'W 1.059 46° 250 km 04m06.3s
13:0254°08.8'S014°45.8'W56°24.5'S013°53.5'W55°16.2'S014°20.0'W 1.059 46° 251 km 04m07.5s
13:0453°45.8'S013°25.2'W56°00.3'S012°26.3'W54°52.7'S012°56.1'W 1.059 47° 251 km 04m08.6s
13:0653°22.3'S012°06.6'W55°35.7'S011°01.5'W54°28.6'S011°34.6'W 1.059 47° 359° 252 km 04m09.6s
13:0852°58.4'S010°50.0'W55°10.7'S009°39.1'W54°04.2'S010°15.2'W 1.059 47° 356° 253 km 04m10.4s
13:1052°34.2'S009°35.3'W54°45.2'S008°18.9'W53°39.4'S008°57.9'W 1.059 48° 354° 253 km 04m11.2s
13:1252°09.6'S008°22.3'W54°19.3'S007°00.8'W53°14.2'S007°42.4'W 1.059 48° 351° 254 km 04m11.8s
13:1451°44.7'S007°10.9'W53°53.1'S005°44.6'W52°48.6'S006°28.6'W 1.059 48° 349° 255 km 04m12.4s
13:1651°19.5'S006°01.0'W53°26.6'S004°30.1'W52°22.7'S005°16.5'W 1.059 49° 346° 255 km 04m12.8s
13:1850°53.9'S004°52.6'W52°59.6'S003°17.3'W51°56.5'S004°06.0'W 1.059 49° 343° 256 km 04m13.1s
13:2050°28.1'S003°45.4'W52°32.4'S002°06.1'W51°30.0'S002°56.8'W 1.059 49° 341° 256 km 04m13.3s
13:2250°01.9'S002°39.5'W52°04.9'S000°56.3'W51°03.2'S001°49.0'W 1.059 49° 338° 257 km 04m13.3s
13:2449°35.5'S001°34.6'W51°37.0'S000°12.2'E50°36.1'S000°42.4'W 1.059 49° 336° 258 km 04m13.3s
13:2649°08.7'S000°30.8'W51°08.9'S001°19.5'E50°08.7'S000°23.1'E 1.059 49° 333° 258 km 04m13.2s
13:2848°41.7'S000°32.0'E50°40.5'S002°25.6'E49°41.0'S001°27.6'E 1.059 49° 331° 259 km 04m12.9s
13:3048°14.5'S001°34.0'E50°11.8'S003°30.7'E49°13.0'S002°31.1'E 1.059 49° 328° 259 km 04m12.6s
13:3247°46.9'S002°35.2'E49°42.8'S004°34.9'E48°44.8'S003°33.8'E 1.059 48° 326° 260 km 04m12.1s
13:3447°19.1'S003°35.8'E49°13.6'S005°38.3'E48°16.3'S004°35.8'E 1.059 48° 324° 260 km 04m11.5s
13:3646°51.1'S004°35.7'E48°44.0'S006°41.0'E47°47.5'S005°37.0'E 1.059 48° 321° 261 km 04m10.9s
13:3846°22.7'S005°35.1'E48°14.2'S007°43.1'E47°18.5'S006°37.8'E 1.059 48° 319° 262 km 04m10.1s
13:4045°54.1'S006°34.1'E47°44.2'S008°44.6'E46°49.1'S007°38.0'E 1.059 47° 317° 262 km 04m09.2s
13:4245°25.3'S007°32.8'E47°13.8'S009°45.7'E46°19.5'S008°37.9'E 1.059 47° 314° 263 km 04m08.2s
13:4444°56.1'S008°31.2'E46°43.1'S010°46.4'E45°49.7'S009°37.4'E 1.059 47° 312° 263 km 04m07.1s
13:4644°26.7'S009°29.4'E46°12.2'S011°46.9'E45°19.5'S010°36.7'E 1.059 46° 310° 264 km 04m05.9s
13:4843°57.0'S010°27.5'E45°41.0'S012°47.3'E44°49.0'S011°36.0'E 1.059 46° 308° 264 km 04m04.5s
13:5043°26.9'S011°25.6'E45°09.4'S013°47.7'E44°18.3'S012°35.2'E 1.058 45° 306° 264 km 04m03.1s
13:5242°56.6'S012°23.8'E44°37.5'S014°48.1'E43°47.2'S013°34.5'E 1.058 45° 304° 265 km 04m01.5s
13:5442°26.0'S013°22.2'E44°05.3'S015°48.7'E43°15.8'S014°34.0'E 1.058 44° 302° 265 km 03m59.9s
13:5641°55.0'S014°21.0'E43°32.8'S016°49.7'E42°44.1'S015°33.8'E 1.058 43° 300° 265 km 03m58.1s
13:5841°23.7'S015°20.1'E42°59.9'S017°51.0'E42°12.0'S016°34.1'E 1.058 43° 298° 265 km 03m56.2s
14:0040°52.0'S016°19.8'E42°26.6'S018°53.0'E41°39.5'S017°34.9'E 1.058 42° 296° 266 km 03m54.2s
14:0240°19.9'S017°20.2'E41°52.8'S019°55.7'E41°06.6'S018°36.4'E 1.057 41° 294° 266 km 03m52.1s
14:0439°47.5'S018°21.4'E41°18.7'S020°59.3'E40°33.3'S019°38.8'E 1.057 40° 292° 266 km 03m49.9s
14:0639°14.6'S019°23.5'E40°44.0'S022°03.9'E39°59.6'S020°42.2'E 1.057 39° 290° 266 km 03m47.5s
14:0838°41.2'S020°26.9'E40°08.9'S023°09.9'E39°25.3'S021°46.8'E 1.057 38° 289° 265 km 03m45.1s
14:1038°07.3'S021°31.5'E39°33.2'S024°17.4'E38°50.6'S022°52.8'E 1.056 37° 287° 265 km 03m42.4s
14:1237°32.9'S022°37.8'E38°56.8'S025°26.6'E38°15.2'S024°00.5'E 1.056 36° 285° 265 km 03m39.7s
14:1436°57.9'S023°45.8'E38°19.8'S026°37.9'E37°39.2'S025°10.1'E 1.056 35° 283° 264 km 03m36.8s
14:1636°22.2'S024°56.0'E37°42.1'S027°51.7'E37°02.6'S026°22.0'E 1.056 34° 282° 264 km 03m33.8s
14:1835°45.8'S026°08.7'E37°03.5'S029°08.3'E36°25.1'S027°36.6'E 1.055 33° 280° 263 km 03m30.6s
14:2035°08.6'S027°24.3'E36°24.0'S030°28.4'E35°46.8'S028°54.3'E 1.055 31° 279° 262 km 03m27.2s
14:2234°30.5'S028°43.3'E35°43.3'S031°52.5'E35°07.5'S030°15.7'E 1.054 30° 277° 260 km 03m23.6s
14:2433°51.3'S030°06.3'E35°01.4'S033°21.5'E34°27.0'S031°41.6'E 1.054 28° 275° 259 km 03m19.9s
14:2633°10.9'S031°34.2'E34°18.0'S034°56.5'E33°45.2'S033°12.8'E 1.054 27° 274° 257 km 03m15.9s
14:2832°29.1'S033°08.0'E33°32.8'S036°39.0'E33°01.7'S034°50.7'E 1.053 25° 272° 255 km 03m11.6s
14:3031°45.6'S034°49.2'E32°45.2'S038°31.2'E32°16.3'S036°36.9'E 1.052 23° 271° 252 km 03m07.0s
14:3230°59.8'S036°39.8'E31°54.7'S040°36.2'E31°28.4'S038°34.0'E 1.052 21° 269° 250 km 03m02.0s
14:3430°11.3'S038°42.8'E31°00.0'S042°59.6'E30°37.1'S040°46.0'E 1.051 19° 267° 246 km 02m56.6s
14:3629°18.9'S041°03.5'E29°58.8'S045°51.6'E29°40.9'S043°19.9'E 1.050 16° 266° 241 km 02m50.4s
14:3828°20.8'S043°51.0'E28°45.9'S049°37.8'E28°36.8'S046°30.3'E 1.049 13° 264° 236 km 02m43.0s
14:4027°12.3'S047°27.7'E26°50.7'S056°41.1'E27°15.7'S051°01.0'E 1.048 261° 227 km 02m33.3s
Limits24°20.2'S059°00.3'E26°05.4'S060°00.7'E25°12.5'S059°30.1'E 1.045 - 211 km 02m17.2s

ΔT = 17867.5 seconds

Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration
Event Time
TD
Time
UT1
Latitude Longitude Sun
Altitude
Sun
Azimuth
Path Width Central
Duration
Greatest Eclipse18:21:30.013:23:42.550°40.0'S075°31.1'W 48.9° 336.2° 257.5 km04m13.32s
Greatest Duration18:20:16.613:22:29.250°56.6'S001°32.7'W 48.8° 337.7° 257.1 km04m13.34s

Explanation of Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration

Links for the Total Solar Eclipse of -0551 Feb 24

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Eclipse Predictions

Predictions for the Total Solar Eclipse of -0551 Feb 24 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 17867.5 seconds for this eclipse. The uncertainty in ΔT is 449.7 seconds corresponding to a standard error in longitude of the eclipse path of ± 1.88°.

Acknowledgments

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

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