Path of the Total Solar Eclipse of -0940 Jan 08

Fred Espenak

Introduction

The following table delineates the path of the Moon's umbral shadow during the Total Solar Eclipse of -0940 Jan 08 . 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 -0940 Jan 08
UT1 Northern Limit Southern Limit Central Line M:S Sun Sun Path Central
Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Ratio Alt. Azm. Width Duration
Limits56°00.2'N115°40.7'E55°32.7'N115°06.7'E55°46.4'N115°23.5'E 1.010 - 61 km 00m39.6s
01:0854°28.4'N118°24.9'E51°22.1'N122°25.2'E52°40.6'N120°52.1'E 1.011 140° 70 km 00m47.0s
01:1050°55.6'N124°49.2'E49°03.9'N126°31.8'E49°58.1'N125°43.9'E 1.012 144° 78 km 00m54.5s
01:1249°07.9'N128°09.4'E47°31.7'N129°21.0'E48°19.0'N128°46.8'E 1.013 11° 147° 84 km 00m59.6s
01:1447°48.7'N130°40.9'E46°19.9'N131°36.6'E47°03.9'N131°09.8'E 1.014 13° 149° 89 km 01m03.7s
01:1646°45.1'N132°47.0'E45°20.7'N133°32.4'E46°02.6'N133°10.5'E 1.014 15° 151° 93 km 01m07.3s
01:1845°51.5'N134°36.9'E44°30.0'N135°15.0'E45°10.6'N134°56.5'E 1.015 17° 153° 97 km 01m10.4s
01:2045°05.4'N136°15.4'E43°45.9'N136°47.9'E44°25.5'N136°32.1'E 1.015 18° 155° 100 km 01m13.3s
01:2244°25.0'N137°45.5'E43°07.0'N138°13.5'E43°45.8'N137°59.9'E 1.016 19° 157° 103 km 01m15.9s
01:2443°49.2'N139°09.0'E42°32.3'N139°33.3'E43°10.6'N139°21.5'E 1.016 20° 158° 106 km 01m18.3s
01:2643°17.2'N140°27.2'E42°01.3'N140°48.4'E42°39.1'N140°38.1'E 1.016 21° 160° 109 km 01m20.4s
01:2842°48.6'N141°41.2'E41°33.3'N141°59.6'E42°10.8'N141°50.7'E 1.016 22° 162° 112 km 01m22.4s
01:3042°22.8'N142°51.7'E41°08.1'N143°07.7'E41°45.4'N142°59.9'E 1.017 23° 163° 115 km 01m24.3s
01:3241°59.7'N143°59.2'E40°45.4'N144°13.0'E41°22.4'N144°06.3'E 1.017 24° 165° 117 km 01m26.0s
01:3441°38.8'N145°04.3'E40°24.9'N145°16.1'E41°01.8'N145°10.4'E 1.017 24° 166° 120 km 01m27.5s
01:3641°20.2'N146°07.2'E40°06.5'N146°17.2'E40°43.2'N146°12.4'E 1.017 25° 168° 122 km 01m28.9s
01:3841°03.4'N147°08.4'E39°50.0'N147°16.7'E40°26.6'N147°12.7'E 1.017 25° 169° 124 km 01m30.1s
01:4040°48.5'N148°08.1'E39°35.3'N148°14.8'E40°11.8'N148°11.5'E 1.018 26° 171° 126 km 01m31.3s
01:4240°35.4'N149°06.5'E39°22.2'N149°11.7'E39°58.8'N149°09.2'E 1.018 26° 172° 128 km 01m32.3s
01:4440°23.9'N150°03.8'E39°10.8'N150°07.7'E39°47.3'N150°05.8'E 1.018 26° 173° 129 km 01m33.1s
01:4640°13.9'N151°00.3'E39°01.0'N151°02.8'E39°37.4'N151°01.6'E 1.018 27° 175° 131 km 01m33.9s
01:4840°05.5'N151°56.0'E38°52.6'N151°57.3'E39°29.0'N151°56.7'E 1.018 27° 176° 132 km 01m34.5s
01:5039°58.6'N152°51.3'E38°45.7'N152°51.3'E39°22.1'N152°51.3'E 1.018 27° 178° 133 km 01m34.9s
01:5239°53.1'N153°46.2'E38°40.2'N153°44.9'E39°16.6'N153°45.5'E 1.018 27° 179° 134 km 01m35.3s
01:5439°49.0'N154°40.8'E38°36.1'N154°38.3'E39°12.5'N154°39.5'E 1.018 27° 181° 134 km 01m35.5s
01:5639°46.3'N155°35.3'E38°33.4'N155°31.6'E39°09.8'N155°33.4'E 1.018 27° 182° 134 km 01m35.6s
01:5839°45.0'N156°29.8'E38°32.1'N156°25.0'E39°08.5'N156°27.4'E 1.018 27° 184° 134 km 01m35.6s
02:0039°45.2'N157°24.6'E38°32.2'N157°18.5'E39°08.6'N157°21.5'E 1.018 27° 185° 134 km 01m35.5s
02:0239°46.7'N158°19.6'E38°33.6'N158°12.3'E39°10.1'N158°15.9'E 1.018 27° 186° 134 km 01m35.2s
02:0439°49.7'N159°15.1'E38°36.5'N159°06.5'E39°13.0'N159°10.7'E 1.018 27° 188° 133 km 01m34.8s
02:0639°54.1'N160°11.2'E38°40.8'N160°01.3'E39°17.4'N160°06.2'E 1.018 27° 189° 132 km 01m34.3s
02:0840°00.0'N161°08.1'E38°46.7'N160°56.8'E39°23.3'N161°02.4'E 1.018 26° 191° 131 km 01m33.7s
02:1040°07.5'N162°06.0'E38°54.0'N161°53.2'E39°30.7'N161°59.5'E 1.018 26° 192° 130 km 01m32.9s
02:1240°16.7'N163°05.0'E39°02.9'N162°50.7'E39°39.7'N162°57.7'E 1.018 26° 194° 128 km 01m32.0s
02:1440°27.5'N164°05.3'E39°13.6'N163°49.5'E39°50.5'N163°57.2'E 1.018 25° 195° 127 km 01m31.0s
02:1640°40.2'N165°07.3'E39°26.0'N164°49.7'E40°03.0'N164°58.3'E 1.017 25° 197° 125 km 01m29.8s
02:1840°54.8'N166°11.2'E39°40.2'N165°51.7'E40°17.5'N166°01.2'E 1.017 24° 198° 123 km 01m28.5s
02:2041°11.5'N167°17.3'E39°56.6'N166°55.7'E40°34.0'N167°06.3'E 1.017 23° 200° 120 km 01m27.0s
02:2241°30.6'N168°26.0'E40°15.1'N168°02.2'E40°52.8'N168°13.9'E 1.017 23° 201° 118 km 01m25.4s
02:2441°52.2'N169°37.9'E40°36.1'N169°11.5'E41°14.1'N169°24.4'E 1.017 22° 203° 115 km 01m23.6s
02:2642°16.7'N170°53.5'E40°59.9'N170°24.2'E41°38.2'N170°38.6'E 1.016 21° 204° 113 km 01m21.7s
02:2842°44.5'N172°13.7'E41°26.7'N171°41.0'E42°05.5'N171°57.0'E 1.016 20° 206° 110 km 01m19.5s
02:3043°16.1'N173°39.5'E41°57.1'N173°02.8'E42°36.5'N173°20.7'E 1.016 19° 207° 107 km 01m17.2s
02:3243°52.5'N175°12.4'E42°31.8'N174°30.8'E43°11.9'N174°51.0'E 1.016 18° 209° 103 km 01m14.6s
02:3444°34.6'N176°54.5'E43°11.7'N176°06.6'E43°52.9'N176°29.9'E 1.015 16° 211° 100 km 01m11.8s
02:3645°24.4'N178°49.1'E43°58.2'N177°52.9'E44°41.0'N178°20.1'E 1.015 15° 213° 96 km 01m08.6s
02:3846°24.8'N178°58.1'W44°53.7'N179°53.9'E45°38.8'N179°33.4'W 1.014 13° 215° 91 km 01m04.9s
02:4047°42.3'N176°15.4'W46°02.3'N177°42.9'W46°51.4'N177°01.3'W 1.014 11° 217° 86 km 01m00.6s
02:4249°34.4'N172°30.1'W47°33.9'N174°39.9'W48°31.7'N173°40.2'W 1.013 220° 80 km 00m55.2s
02:44 - - 50°06.4'N169°47.6'W51°57.1'N167°06.8'W 1.011 226° 69 km 00m45.5s
Limits53°40.4'N164°37.8'W53°09.7'N164°07.5'W53°25.0'N164°22.4'W 1.010 - 65 km 00m41.8s

ΔT = 24223.1 seconds

Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration
Event Time
TD
Time
UT1
Latitude Longitude Sun
Altitude
Sun
Azimuth
Path Width Central
Duration
Greatest Eclipse08:39:26.001:55:42.939°10.1'N054°13.4'E 27.3° 181.9° 134.3 km01m35.64s
Greatest Duration08:40:30.501:56:47.339°09.2'N155°54.7'E 27.3° 182.7° 134.4 km01m35.66s

Explanation of Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration

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Eclipse Predictions

Predictions for the Total Solar Eclipse of -0940 Jan 08 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 24223.1 seconds for this eclipse. The uncertainty in ΔT is 599.2 seconds corresponding to a standard error in longitude of the eclipse path of ± 2.50°.

Acknowledgments

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

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