Path of the Annular Solar Eclipse of -1444 Aug 23

Fred Espenak

Introduction

The following table delineates the path of the Moon's antumbral shadow during the Annular Solar Eclipse of -1444 Aug 23 . 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 -1444 Aug 23
UT1 Northern Limit Southern Limit Central Line M:S Sun Sun Path Central
Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Ratio Alt. Azm. Width Duration
Limits73°33.2'N142°55.6'E71°15.2'N168°06.9'E72°35.3'N157°24.1'E 0.936 - 865 km 03m50.3s
15:00 - - 81°37.7'N174°17.5'W74°27.5'N159°35.1'E 0.936 23° 850 km 03m51.7s
15:02 - - 83°17.5'N170°32.8'W78°40.8'N163°01.2'E 0.937 27° 809 km 03m54.9s
15:04 - - 84°46.9'N166°09.5'W81°05.9'N163°36.0'E 0.938 28° 785 km 03m56.7s
15:06 - - 86°08.3'N160°13.0'W83°00.9'N162°40.5'E 0.938 10° 28° 766 km 03m58.1s
15:0877°06.2'N143°30.1'E87°21.8'N150°28.5'W84°39.0'N159°54.4'E 0.939 11° 26° 751 km 03m59.2s
15:1080°03.8'N140°13.1'E88°23.5'N129°45.7'W86°04.2'N154°02.4'E 0.939 13° 20° 739 km 04m00.2s
15:1281°54.5'N134°25.0'E88°51.3'N081°08.1'W87°15.6'N141°50.8'E 0.939 14° 729 km 04m01.1s
15:1483°13.2'N126°03.3'E88°20.6'N036°38.3'W88°03.9'N116°24.7'E 0.939 14° 344° 720 km 04m01.8s
15:1684°05.9'N115°02.1'E87°25.8'N018°26.4'W88°08.1'N078°47.0'E 0.940 15° 307° 714 km 04m02.5s
15:1884°33.5'N101°57.7'E86°26.4'N009°49.6'W87°30.2'N052°14.0'E 0.940 16° 282° 708 km 04m03.1s
15:2084°36.7'N088°25.6'E85°26.5'N004°43.6'W86°35.1'N039°12.4'E 0.940 16° 269° 704 km 04m03.6s
15:2284°19.4'N076°14.5'E84°27.0'N001°13.6'W85°35.1'N032°35.1'E 0.940 17° 264° 700 km 04m04.0s
15:2483°46.7'N066°23.1'E83°28.3'N001°24.9'E84°33.8'N028°56.4'E 0.940 17° 261° 698 km 04m04.4s
15:2683°04.0'N058°53.1'E82°30.4'N003°32.8'E83°32.5'N026°49.8'E 0.940 18° 259° 696 km 04m04.7s
15:2882°15.0'N053°19.4'E81°33.2'N005°21.0'E82°31.7'N025°35.8'E 0.940 18° 259° 696 km 04m05.0s
15:3081°22.2'N049°13.9'E80°36.7'N006°55.8'E81°31.5'N024°54.3'E 0.940 18° 259° 696 km 04m05.2s
15:3280°26.9'N046°13.7'E79°40.8'N008°21.1'E80°31.9'N024°34.3'E 0.940 18° 260° 697 km 04m05.4s
15:3479°30.0'N044°01.9'E78°45.4'N009°39.5'E79°32.9'N024°29.4'E 0.940 18° 260° 699 km 04m05.5s
15:3678°32.2'N042°26.6'E77°50.4'N010°52.8'E78°34.2'N024°35.5'E 0.940 18° 261° 702 km 04m05.6s
15:3877°33.6'N041°19.3'E76°55.7'N012°02.4'E77°36.0'N024°50.0'E 0.940 18° 262° 705 km 04m05.6s
15:4076°34.3'N040°34.2'E76°01.3'N013°09.2'E76°38.0'N025°11.3'E 0.940 18° 264° 709 km 04m05.5s
15:4275°34.5'N040°07.1'E75°07.1'N014°14.0'E75°40.2'N025°38.3'E 0.940 18° 265° 714 km 04m05.5s
15:4474°34.0'N039°54.9'E74°13.0'N015°17.5'E74°42.4'N026°10.1'E 0.940 18° 266° 720 km 04m05.3s
15:4673°32.8'N039°55.9'E73°18.8'N016°20.2'E73°44.5'N026°46.4'E 0.940 18° 267° 726 km 04m05.1s
15:4872°30.7'N040°08.5'E72°24.6'N017°22.5'E72°46.4'N027°27.0'E 0.940 17° 269° 733 km 04m04.9s
15:5071°27.3'N040°32.3'E71°30.2'N018°25.0'E71°47.9'N028°11.7'E 0.940 17° 270° 741 km 04m04.6s
15:5270°22.5'N041°07.0'E70°35.4'N019°28.1'E70°48.9'N029°00.7'E 0.940 17° 272° 750 km 04m04.2s
15:5469°15.7'N041°53.0'E69°40.3'N020°32.3'E69°49.1'N029°54.2'E 0.940 16° 274° 760 km 04m03.8s
15:5668°06.3'N042°51.8'E68°44.5'N021°37.9'E68°48.3'N030°52.8'E 0.939 15° 275° 770 km 04m03.3s
15:5866°53.2'N044°05.9'E67°48.1'N022°45.6'E67°46.3'N031°57.1'E 0.939 15° 277° 781 km 04m02.7s
16:0065°34.6'N045°40.2'E66°50.7'N023°56.0'E66°42.5'N033°08.0'E 0.939 14° 279° 792 km 04m02.1s
16:0264°06.9'N047°45.2'E65°52.2'N025°09.8'E65°36.5'N034°27.1'E 0.939 13° 281° 805 km 04m01.4s
16:0462°20.2'N050°50.8'E64°52.3'N026°27.8'E64°27.5'N035°56.6'E 0.939 12° 283° 817 km 04m00.5s
16:06 - - 63°50.5'N027°51.4'E63°14.2'N037°40.2'E 0.938 11° 285° 830 km 03m59.6s
16:08 - - 62°46.4'N029°21.8'E61°54.5'N039°44.3'E 0.938 287° 843 km 03m58.4s
16:10 - - 61°39.2'N031°01.9'E60°23.8'N042°22.9'E 0.937 290° 855 km 03m57.0s
16:12 - - 60°27.6'N032°54.9'E58°27.1'N046°21.8'E 0.937 294° 864 km 03m54.9s
Limits59°10.6'N058°35.3'E53°09.0'N048°49.2'E55°55.5'N052°59.8'E 0.935 - 863 km 03m51.7s

ΔT = 33875.3 seconds

Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration
Event Time
TD
Time
UT1
Latitude Longitude Sun
Altitude
Sun
Azimuth
Path Width Central
Duration
Greatest Eclipse01:00:54.915:36:19.578°24.7'N116°54.7'W 18.3° 261.5° 702.1 km04m05.58s
Greatest Duration01:02:01.215:37:25.977°52.5'N024°45.2'E 18.3° 262.1° 704.0 km04m05.59s

Explanation of Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration

Links for the Annular Solar Eclipse of -1444 Aug 23

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Eclipse Predictions

Predictions for the Annular Solar Eclipse of -1444 Aug 23 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 33875.3 seconds for this eclipse. The uncertainty in ΔT is 1726.8 seconds corresponding to a standard error in longitude of the eclipse path of ± 7.21°.

Acknowledgments

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

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