Path of the Annular Solar Eclipse of -0979 Feb 16

Fred Espenak

Introduction

The following table delineates the path of the Moon's antumbral shadow during the Annular Solar Eclipse of -0979 Feb 16 . 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 .

Annular Solar Eclipse of -0979 Feb 16
UT1 Northern Limit Southern Limit Central Line M:S Sun Sun Path Central
Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Ratio Alt. Azm. Width Duration
Limits03°11.4'N012°53.6'E01°05.6'N012°26.9'E02°08.4'N012°40.5'E 0.937 - 237 km 04m23.4s
05:3201°18.3'N019°43.2'E01°09.9'S021°00.9'E00°02.3'N020°27.7'E 0.939 106° 228 km 04m33.6s
05:3400°03.5'N024°30.4'E02°11.3'S025°11.4'E01°04.8'S024°53.1'E 0.940 13° 106° 223 km 04m40.6s
05:3600°43.2'S027°40.4'E02°52.6'S028°10.2'E01°48.4'S027°56.8'E 0.941 17° 106° 220 km 04m46.0s
05:3801°18.0'S030°10.6'E03°24.0'S030°34.9'E02°21.5'S030°23.9'E 0.942 20° 106° 217 km 04m50.7s
05:4001°45.9'S032°17.6'E03°49.4'S032°38.8'E02°48.0'S032°29.1'E 0.943 23° 106° 215 km 04m55.0s
05:4202°08.9'S034°09.0'E04°10.5'S034°28.3'E03°10.0'S034°19.4'E 0.943 25° 106° 213 km 04m59.0s
05:4402°28.3'S035°48.8'E04°28.2'S036°07.0'E03°28.6'S035°58.6'E 0.944 27° 106° 211 km 05m02.7s
05:4602°44.9'S037°19.7'E04°43.4'S037°37.3'E03°44.5'S037°29.1'E 0.944 29° 106° 210 km 05m06.3s
05:4802°59.2'S038°43.6'E04°56.5'S039°00.8'E03°58.1'S038°52.7'E 0.945 31° 106° 209 km 05m09.7s
05:5003°11.6'S040°01.6'E05°07.7'S040°18.7'E04°09.9'S040°10.6'E 0.945 33° 106° 207 km 05m13.0s
05:5203°22.3'S041°14.7'E05°17.3'S041°31.9'E04°20.1'S041°23.7'E 0.945 34° 106° 206 km 05m16.2s
05:5403°31.5'S042°23.6'E05°25.6'S042°40.9'E04°28.8'S042°32.6'E 0.946 36° 106° 205 km 05m19.3s
05:5603°39.4'S043°28.8'E05°32.6'S043°46.4'E04°36.3'S043°38.0'E 0.946 38° 106° 204 km 05m22.3s
05:5803°46.2'S044°30.9'E05°38.6'S044°48.8'E04°42.6'S044°40.1'E 0.946 39° 106° 203 km 05m25.2s
06:0003°52.0'S045°30.1'E05°43.6'S045°48.3'E04°48.0'S045°39.5'E 0.947 41° 106° 202 km 05m28.1s
06:0203°56.8'S046°26.7'E05°47.6'S046°45.4'E04°52.4'S046°36.3'E 0.947 42° 106° 201 km 05m30.8s
06:0404°00.7'S047°21.1'E05°50.8'S047°40.3'E04°56.0'S047°30.9'E 0.947 43° 107° 200 km 05m33.5s
06:0604°03.8'S048°13.4'E05°53.2'S048°33.1'E04°58.7'S048°23.5'E 0.947 45° 107° 200 km 05m36.1s
06:0804°06.2'S049°03.9'E05°54.9'S049°24.1'E05°00.8'S049°14.2'E 0.948 46° 107° 199 km 05m38.7s
06:1004°07.9'S049°52.7'E05°56.0'S050°13.4'E05°02.1'S050°03.2'E 0.948 47° 107° 198 km 05m41.2s
06:1204°08.9'S050°39.8'E05°56.3'S051°01.1'E05°02.8'S050°50.6'E 0.948 49° 108° 198 km 05m43.6s
06:1404°09.3'S051°25.6'E05°56.1'S051°47.4'E05°02.9'S051°36.6'E 0.948 50° 108° 197 km 05m45.9s
06:1604°09.1'S052°10.0'E05°55.3'S052°32.4'E05°02.4'S052°21.3'E 0.948 51° 108° 197 km 05m48.2s
06:1804°08.3'S052°53.1'E05°54.0'S053°16.1'E05°01.4'S053°04.8'E 0.949 52° 109° 196 km 05m50.4s
06:2004°07.0'S053°35.2'E05°52.2'S053°58.7'E04°59.8'S053°47.1'E 0.949 53° 109° 196 km 05m52.5s
06:2204°05.2'S054°16.1'E05°49.8'S054°40.2'E04°57.7'S054°28.3'E 0.949 54° 110° 195 km 05m54.6s
06:2404°02.9'S054°56.1'E05°47.0'S055°20.8'E04°55.2'S055°08.5'E 0.949 55° 110° 195 km 05m56.6s
06:2604°00.2'S055°35.1'E05°43.7'S056°00.4'E04°52.1'S055°47.9'E 0.949 56° 111° 194 km 05m58.5s
06:2803°57.0'S056°13.3'E05°40.0'S056°39.1'E04°48.7'S056°26.3'E 0.949 57° 111° 194 km 06m00.3s
06:3003°53.3'S056°50.6'E05°35.9'S057°17.1'E04°44.8'S057°03.9'E 0.949 58° 112° 193 km 06m02.1s
06:3203°49.3'S057°27.2'E05°31.4'S057°54.3'E04°40.5'S057°40.8'E 0.950 59° 113° 193 km 06m03.8s
06:3403°44.8'S058°03.1'E05°26.4'S058°30.7'E04°35.8'S058°17.0'E 0.950 60° 114° 192 km 06m05.5s
06:3603°39.9'S058°38.3'E05°21.1'S059°06.5'E04°30.7'S058°52.5'E 0.950 61° 114° 192 km 06m07.0s
06:3803°34.7'S059°12.9'E05°15.4'S059°41.6'E04°25.2'S059°27.3'E 0.950 62° 115° 192 km 06m08.5s
06:4003°29.1'S059°46.9'E05°09.3'S060°16.2'E04°19.4'S060°01.6'E 0.950 63° 116° 191 km 06m09.9s
06:4203°23.1'S060°20.3'E05°02.9'S060°50.2'E04°13.2'S060°35.3'E 0.950 64° 117° 191 km 06m11.2s
06:4403°16.8'S060°53.2'E04°56.1'S061°23.6'E04°06.7'S061°08.5'E 0.950 65° 119° 191 km 06m12.5s
06:4603°10.1'S061°25.7'E04°49.0'S061°56.6'E03°59.8'S061°41.2'E 0.950 66° 120° 190 km 06m13.7s
06:4803°03.1'S061°57.6'E04°41.6'S062°29.1'E03°52.5'S062°13.4'E 0.950 67° 121° 190 km 06m14.8s
06:5002°55.7'S062°29.1'E04°33.8'S063°01.2'E03°45.0'S062°45.2'E 0.950 68° 123° 190 km 06m15.8s
06:5202°48.1'S063°00.3'E04°25.8'S063°32.8'E03°37.1'S063°16.6'E 0.950 68° 124° 189 km 06m16.7s
06:5402°40.1'S063°31.0'E04°17.4'S064°04.1'E03°28.9'S063°47.6'E 0.951 69° 126° 189 km 06m17.6s
06:5602°31.8'S064°01.4'E04°08.6'S064°35.0'E03°20.4'S064°18.2'E 0.951 70° 128° 189 km 06m18.4s
06:5802°23.1'S064°31.5'E03°59.6'S065°05.6'E03°11.6'S064°48.5'E 0.951 70° 130° 188 km 06m19.1s
07:0002°14.2'S065°01.2'E03°50.3'S065°35.8'E03°02.4'S065°18.5'E 0.951 71° 132° 188 km 06m19.7s
07:0202°04.9'S065°30.7'E03°40.7'S066°05.8'E02°53.0'S065°48.2'E 0.951 72° 134° 188 km 06m20.3s
07:0401°55.4'S065°59.9'E03°30.8'S066°35.4'E02°43.3'S066°17.7'E 0.951 72° 137° 188 km 06m20.7s
07:0601°45.5'S066°28.8'E03°20.6'S067°04.9'E02°33.3'S066°46.9'E 0.951 73° 139° 187 km 06m21.1s
07:0801°35.4'S066°57.6'E03°10.1'S067°34.1'E02°23.0'S067°15.8'E 0.951 73° 142° 187 km 06m21.4s
07:1001°25.0'S067°26.1'E02°59.4'S068°03.1'E02°12.4'S067°44.6'E 0.951 74° 145° 187 km 06m21.7s
07:1201°14.2'S067°54.5'E02°48.3'S068°31.9'E02°01.5'S068°13.2'E 0.951 74° 148° 187 km 06m21.9s
07:1401°03.2'S068°22.7'E02°37.0'S069°00.5'E01°50.3'S068°41.6'E 0.951 75° 152° 187 km 06m22.0s
07:1600°51.9'S068°50.7'E02°25.4'S069°29.0'E01°38.8'S069°09.9'E 0.951 75° 155° 186 km 06m22.0s
07:1800°40.3'S069°18.6'E02°13.5'S069°57.4'E01°27.1'S069°38.0'E 0.951 75° 159° 186 km 06m21.9s
07:2000°28.4'S069°46.5'E02°01.3'S070°25.6'E01°15.1'S070°06.0'E 0.951 75° 162° 186 km 06m21.8s
07:2200°16.3'S070°14.2'E01°48.9'S070°53.8'E01°02.7'S070°34.0'E 0.951 75° 166° 186 km 06m21.6s
07:2400°03.8'S070°41.9'E01°36.2'S071°21.8'E00°50.2'S071°01.8'E 0.951 75° 170° 186 km 06m21.3s
07:2600°09.0'N071°09.5'E01°23.2'S071°49.8'E00°37.3'S071°29.6'E 0.951 75° 173° 186 km 06m21.0s
07:2800°22.0'N071°37.0'E01°09.9'S072°17.8'E00°24.1'S071°57.4'E 0.951 75° 177° 185 km 06m20.6s
07:3000°35.3'N072°04.6'E00°56.3'S072°45.8'E00°10.7'S072°25.2'E 0.951 75° 181° 185 km 06m20.1s
07:3200°48.9'N072°32.2'E00°42.5'S073°13.7'E00°03.0'N072°52.9'E 0.951 74° 184° 185 km 06m19.6s
07:3401°02.9'N072°59.8'E00°28.4'S073°41.7'E00°17.0'N073°20.7'E 0.951 74° 187° 185 km 06m19.0s
07:3601°17.1'N073°27.4'E00°14.0'S074°09.7'E00°31.3'N073°48.5'E 0.951 74° 191° 185 km 06m18.3s
07:3801°31.6'N073°55.1'E00°00.6'N074°37.7'E00°45.9'N074°16.4'E 0.951 73° 194° 185 km 06m17.6s
07:4001°46.4'N074°22.9'E00°15.6'N075°05.8'E01°00.8'N074°44.3'E 0.951 73° 196° 185 km 06m16.8s
07:4202°01.5'N074°50.8'E00°30.8'N075°34.1'E01°16.0'N075°12.4'E 0.951 72° 199° 185 km 06m15.9s
07:4402°16.9'N075°18.8'E00°46.3'N076°02.4'E01°31.4'N075°40.6'E 0.951 72° 202° 185 km 06m15.0s
07:4602°32.6'N075°47.0'E01°02.2'N076°30.9'E01°47.2'N076°08.9'E 0.951 71° 204° 185 km 06m14.0s
07:4802°48.6'N076°15.3'E01°18.3'N076°59.5'E02°03.3'N076°37.4'E 0.950 70° 206° 185 km 06m13.0s
07:5003°05.0'N076°43.8'E01°34.7'N077°28.3'E02°19.7'N077°06.0'E 0.950 70° 208° 185 km 06m11.9s
07:5203°21.6'N077°12.6'E01°51.4'N077°57.3'E02°36.4'N077°34.9'E 0.950 69° 210° 185 km 06m10.8s
07:5403°38.6'N077°41.6'E02°08.4'N078°26.6'E02°53.4'N078°04.0'E 0.950 68° 212° 186 km 06m09.6s
07:5603°55.9'N078°10.8'E02°25.8'N078°56.1'E03°10.7'N078°33.4'E 0.950 68° 214° 186 km 06m08.4s
07:5804°13.6'N078°40.3'E02°43.4'N079°25.9'E03°28.4'N079°03.1'E 0.950 67° 216° 186 km 06m07.1s
08:0004°31.6'N079°10.2'E03°01.4'N079°56.1'E03°46.4'N079°33.1'E 0.950 66° 217° 186 km 06m05.7s
08:0204°50.0'N079°40.5'E03°19.7'N080°26.6'E04°04.7'N080°03.4'E 0.950 65° 218° 186 km 06m04.3s
08:0405°08.7'N080°11.1'E03°38.4'N080°57.4'E04°23.4'N080°34.2'E 0.950 64° 220° 187 km 06m02.9s
08:0605°27.8'N080°42.1'E03°57.4'N081°28.7'E04°42.4'N081°05.3'E 0.950 63° 221° 187 km 06m01.4s
08:0805°47.3'N081°13.6'E04°16.7'N082°00.4'E05°01.8'N081°36.9'E 0.949 62° 222° 187 km 05m59.9s
08:1006°07.1'N081°45.6'E04°36.5'N082°32.6'E05°21.6'N082°09.0'E 0.949 61° 223° 188 km 05m58.4s
08:1206°27.4'N082°18.1'E04°56.6'N083°05.3'E05°41.8'N082°41.7'E 0.949 60° 224° 188 km 05m56.7s
08:1406°48.1'N082°51.3'E05°17.1'N083°38.6'E06°02.4'N083°14.8'E 0.949 59° 225° 189 km 05m55.1s
08:1607°09.2'N083°25.0'E05°38.0'N084°12.5'E06°23.4'N083°48.7'E 0.949 58° 226° 189 km 05m53.4s
08:1807°30.7'N083°59.4'E05°59.3'N084°47.1'E06°44.8'N084°23.2'E 0.949 57° 227° 189 km 05m51.7s
08:2007°52.7'N084°34.6'E06°21.0'N085°22.3'E07°06.7'N084°58.4'E 0.949 56° 228° 190 km 05m49.9s
08:2208°15.2'N085°10.6'E06°43.2'N085°58.4'E07°29.0'N085°34.4'E 0.948 55° 229° 191 km 05m48.1s
08:2408°38.2'N085°47.4'E07°05.8'N086°35.3'E07°51.9'N086°11.3'E 0.948 54° 229° 191 km 05m46.2s
08:2609°01.7'N086°25.1'E07°29.0'N087°13.2'E08°15.2'N086°49.1'E 0.948 53° 230° 192 km 05m44.3s
08:2809°25.8'N087°03.9'E07°52.6'N087°52.0'E08°39.0'N087°27.8'E 0.948 52° 231° 192 km 05m42.4s
08:3009°50.4'N087°43.8'E08°16.8'N088°31.9'E09°03.4'N088°07.7'E 0.948 51° 232° 193 km 05m40.4s
08:3210°15.6'N088°24.9'E08°41.5'N089°12.9'E09°28.4'N088°48.8'E 0.948 50° 232° 194 km 05m38.4s
08:3410°41.5'N089°07.2'E09°06.9'N089°55.3'E09°54.0'N089°31.1'E 0.947 48° 233° 195 km 05m36.3s
08:3611°08.0'N089°51.0'E09°32.8'N090°39.0'E10°20.2'N090°14.9'E 0.947 47° 234° 195 km 05m34.2s
08:3811°35.2'N090°36.4'E09°59.5'N091°24.3'E10°47.2'N091°00.2'E 0.947 46° 234° 196 km 05m32.1s
08:4012°03.3'N091°23.5'E10°26.8'N092°11.2'E11°14.8'N091°47.2'E 0.947 45° 235° 197 km 05m29.9s
08:4212°32.1'N092°12.5'E10°54.9'N093°00.0'E11°43.3'N092°36.1'E 0.946 43° 235° 198 km 05m27.7s
08:4413°01.8'N093°03.6'E11°23.8'N093°50.9'E12°12.6'N093°27.1'E 0.946 42° 236° 199 km 05m25.4s
08:4613°32.5'N093°57.1'E11°53.6'N094°44.0'E12°42.9'N094°20.3'E 0.946 41° 237° 200 km 05m23.1s
08:4814°04.2'N094°53.2'E12°24.4'N095°39.7'E13°14.1'N095°16.2'E 0.945 39° 237° 202 km 05m20.7s
08:5014°37.1'N095°52.3'E12°56.3'N096°38.2'E13°46.5'N096°15.0'E 0.945 38° 238° 203 km 05m18.3s
08:5215°11.3'N096°54.7'E13°29.3'N097°40.0'E14°20.1'N097°17.1'E 0.945 36° 238° 204 km 05m15.7s
08:5415°46.9'N098°01.0'E14°03.7'N098°45.5'E14°55.0'N098°23.0'E 0.944 34° 239° 205 km 05m13.2s
08:5616°24.1'N099°11.9'E14°39.5'N099°55.3'E15°31.5'N099°33.2'E 0.944 33° 240° 207 km 05m10.5s
08:5817°03.3'N100°28.0'E15°17.0'N101°10.2'E16°09.8'N100°48.7'E 0.944 31° 240° 209 km 05m07.8s
09:0017°44.5'N101°50.5'E15°56.6'N102°31.1'E16°50.2'N102°10.3'E 0.943 29° 241° 210 km 05m04.9s
09:0218°28.5'N103°20.7'E16°38.4'N103°59.2'E17°33.1'N103°39.4'E 0.943 27° 242° 212 km 05m01.9s
09:0419°15.6'N105°00.7'E17°23.2'N105°36.5'E18°18.9'N105°17.9'E 0.942 25° 242° 214 km 04m58.8s
09:0620°06.8'N106°53.3'E18°11.5'N107°25.4'E19°08.7'N107°08.5'E 0.942 23° 243° 217 km 04m55.4s
09:0821°03.5'N109°03.4'E19°04.7'N109°30.0'E20°03.5'N109°15.7'E 0.941 20° 244° 219 km 04m51.8s
09:1022°08.2'N111°39.5'E20°04.5'N111°57.6'E21°05.6'N111°47.1'E 0.940 17° 245° 222 km 04m47.8s
09:1223°26.5'N115°00.7'E21°15.3'N115°02.6'E22°19.8'N114°59.3'E 0.939 13° 247° 226 km 04m43.1s
09:1425°18.0'N120°14.7'E22°48.8'N119°28.1'E24°00.9'N119°44.7'E 0.938 249° 232 km 04m36.9s
Limits27°37.2'N127°44.7'E25°30.5'N128°20.1'E26°33.7'N128°02.4'E 0.936 - 241 km 04m27.9s

ΔT = 24911.4 seconds

Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration
Event Time
TD
Time
UT1
Latitude Longitude Sun
Altitude
Sun
Azimuth
Path Width Central
Duration
Greatest Eclipse14:18:11.807:23:00.400°56.4'S033°16.9'W 75.2° 167.8° 185.7 km06m21.47s
Greatest Duration14:10:42.007:15:30.601°41.7'S069°02.9'E 74.7° 154.2° 186.4 km06m21.98s

Explanation of Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration

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Eclipse Predictions

Predictions for the Annular Solar Eclipse of -0979 Feb 16 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 24911.4 seconds for this eclipse. The uncertainty in ΔT is 614.0 seconds corresponding to a standard error in longitude of the eclipse path of ± 2.57°.

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