Path of the Total Solar Eclipse of -0886 Feb 09

Fred Espenak

Introduction

The following table delineates the path of the Moon's umbral shadow during the Total Solar Eclipse of -0886 Feb 09 . 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 -0886 Feb 09
UT1 Northern Limit Southern Limit Central Line M:S Sun Sun Path Central
Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Ratio Alt. Azm. Width Duration
Limits58°10.6'N083°29.8'E57°15.0'N082°48.7'E57°42.4'N083°08.5'E 1.010 - 108 km 00m41.7s
02:46 - - 54°31.5'N091°06.4'E56°04.3'N087°59.6'E 1.011 128° 120 km 00m46.8s
02:4855°49.2'N091°04.5'E53°31.0'N095°03.2'E54°35.5'N093°17.8'E 1.013 133° 135 km 00m52.8s
02:5054°52.6'N095°00.8'E52°55.4'N097°55.1'E53°52.1'N096°34.2'E 1.013 136° 145 km 00m56.5s
02:5254°20.1'N097°53.2'E52°32.1'N100°16.7'E53°24.9'N099°08.8'E 1.014 10° 139° 153 km 00m59.5s
02:5453°59.3'N100°15.7'E52°16.6'N102°19.9'E53°07.1'N101°20.6'E 1.014 12° 141° 160 km 01m01.9s
02:5653°46.2'N102°20.0'E52°06.7'N104°10.7'E52°55.8'N103°17.6'E 1.014 13° 144° 166 km 01m03.9s
02:5853°38.7'N104°12.0'E52°01.4'N105°52.4'E52°49.5'N105°04.0'E 1.015 13° 146° 171 km 01m05.7s
03:0053°35.6'N105°55.1'E51°59.7'N107°27.2'E52°47.2'N106°42.7'E 1.015 14° 148° 175 km 01m07.2s
03:0253°36.1'N107°31.4'E52°01.2'N108°56.8'E52°48.2'N108°15.4'E 1.015 15° 149° 179 km 01m08.6s
03:0453°39.9'N109°02.5'E52°05.5'N110°22.1'E52°52.3'N109°43.5'E 1.015 15° 151° 182 km 01m09.7s
03:0653°46.5'N110°29.6'E52°12.4'N111°44.0'E52°59.1'N111°07.9'E 1.015 16° 153° 184 km 01m10.6s
03:0853°55.7'N111°53.4'E52°21.7'N113°03.3'E53°08.4'N112°29.3'E 1.016 16° 155° 185 km 01m11.4s
03:1054°07.5'N113°14.7'E52°33.4'N114°20.4'E53°20.1'N113°48.5'E 1.016 16° 157° 186 km 01m12.0s
03:1254°21.7'N114°34.1'E52°47.2'N115°36.0'E53°34.1'N115°05.9'E 1.016 17° 158° 186 km 01m12.4s
03:1454°38.2'N115°52.1'E53°03.2'N116°50.3'E53°50.4'N116°22.0'E 1.016 17° 160° 186 km 01m12.7s
03:1654°57.1'N117°09.2'E53°21.5'N118°03.9'E54°08.9'N117°37.3'E 1.016 17° 162° 185 km 01m12.9s
03:1855°18.4'N118°25.7'E53°41.9'N119°17.0'E54°29.8'N118°52.0'E 1.016 17° 164° 183 km 01m12.8s
03:2055°42.2'N119°42.1'E54°04.7'N120°30.1'E54°53.0'N120°06.7'E 1.016 17° 165° 181 km 01m12.7s
03:2256°08.6'N120°58.9'E54°29.8'N121°43.5'E55°18.8'N121°21.8'E 1.016 16° 167° 179 km 01m12.4s
03:2456°37.8'N122°16.4'E54°57.5'N122°57.5'E55°47.2'N122°37.5'E 1.016 16° 169° 176 km 01m11.9s
03:2657°10.0'N123°35.2'E55°27.9'N124°12.7'E56°18.4'N123°54.4'E 1.016 16° 171° 173 km 01m11.3s
03:2857°45.5'N124°55.9'E56°01.3'N125°29.5'E56°52.8'N125°13.1'E 1.015 15° 173° 170 km 01m10.5s
03:3058°24.9'N126°19.0'E56°38.0'N126°48.4'E57°30.7'N126°34.1'E 1.015 15° 174° 166 km 01m09.5s
03:3259°08.5'N127°45.5'E57°18.4'N128°10.1'E58°12.7'N127°58.1'E 1.015 14° 176° 162 km 01m08.3s
03:3459°57.4'N129°16.5'E58°03.2'N129°35.5'E58°59.4'N129°26.1'E 1.015 14° 178° 158 km 01m06.9s
03:3660°52.7'N130°53.4'E58°53.2'N131°05.7'E59°51.8'N130°59.5'E 1.015 13° 180° 154 km 01m05.3s
03:3861°56.3'N132°38.5'E59°49.6'N132°42.3'E60°51.5'N132°40.1'E 1.014 12° 182° 149 km 01m03.4s
03:4063°11.5'N134°35.7'E60°54.3'N134°27.7'E62°00.8'N134°30.9'E 1.014 10° 185° 144 km 01m01.1s
03:4264°44.8'N136°52.0'E62°10.6'N136°25.8'E63°24.3'N136°37.1'E 1.014 187° 139 km 00m58.4s
03:4466°53.2'N139°46.2'E63°45.0'N138°44.5'E65°11.9'N139°09.9'E 1.013 190° 132 km 00m54.9s
03:46 - - 65°54.4'N141°43.3'E67°59.0'N142°48.8'E 1.012 194° 123 km 00m49.7s
Limits71°49.8'N145°29.1'E71°28.2'N148°29.0'E71°39.3'N147°01.4'E 1.011 - 113 km 00m43.3s

ΔT = 23282.0 seconds

Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration
Event Time
TD
Time
UT1
Latitude Longitude Sun
Altitude
Sun
Azimuth
Path Width Central
Duration
Greatest Eclipse09:44:18.603:16:16.654°11.7'N020°31.1'E 16.8° 162.2° 184.7 km01m12.86s
Greatest Duration09:44:53.103:16:51.154°17.5'N118°09.1'E 16.8° 162.7° 184.3 km01m12.87s

Explanation of Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration

Links for the Total Solar Eclipse of -0886 Feb 09

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Eclipse Predictions

Predictions for the Total Solar Eclipse of -0886 Feb 09 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 23282.0 seconds for this eclipse. The uncertainty in ΔT is 578.6 seconds corresponding to a standard error in longitude of the eclipse path of ± 2.42°.

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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