Path of the Annular Solar Eclipse of -1977 Apr 11

Fred Espenak

Introduction

The following table delineates the path of the Moon's antumbral shadow during the Annular Solar Eclipse of -1977 Apr 11 . 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 -1977 Apr 11
UT1 Northern Limit Southern Limit Central Line M:S Sun Sun Path Central
Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Ratio Alt. Azm. Width Duration
Limits30°10.8'S053°03.3'W30°54.6'S053°02.4'W30°32.7'S053°02.9'W 0.977 - 81 km 01m25.6s
09:4030°04.7'S049°25.3'W30°46.4'S049°17.2'W30°25.5'S049°20.8'W 0.978 87° 78 km 01m24.2s
09:4229°22.5'S040°42.2'W29°58.6'S040°26.7'W29°40.6'S040°34.4'W 0.980 11° 82° 70 km 01m20.2s
09:4428°44.0'S036°15.6'W29°17.1'S035°58.8'W29°00.6'S036°07.2'W 0.982 16° 80° 65 km 01m17.8s
09:4628°06.5'S032°56.8'W28°37.4'S032°39.3'W28°22.0'S032°48.0'W 0.983 19° 78° 62 km 01m15.9s
09:4827°29.8'S030°14.1'W27°58.8'S029°56.4'W27°44.3'S030°05.3'W 0.983 22° 76° 60 km 01m14.2s
09:5026°53.5'S027°55.0'W27°21.0'S027°37.1'W27°07.3'S027°46.1'W 0.984 25° 75° 57 km 01m12.6s
09:5226°17.7'S025°52.7'W26°43.7'S025°34.8'W26°30.7'S025°43.8'W 0.985 27° 74° 55 km 01m11.2s
09:5425°42.2'S024°03.2'W26°06.9'S023°45.4'W25°54.6'S023°54.3'W 0.985 29° 73° 53 km 01m09.8s
09:5625°07.0'S022°23.9'W25°30.6'S022°06.2'W25°18.8'S022°15.1'W 0.986 31° 72° 52 km 01m08.6s
09:5824°32.1'S020°53.0'W24°54.7'S020°35.4'W24°43.4'S020°44.2'W 0.986 33° 71° 50 km 01m07.3s
10:0023°57.5'S019°29.0'W24°19.0'S019°11.6'W24°08.3'S019°20.3'W 0.986 35° 70° 49 km 01m06.2s
10:0223°23.1'S018°11.0'W23°43.7'S017°53.8'W23°33.4'S018°02.4'W 0.987 37° 70° 47 km 01m05.0s
10:0422°48.9'S016°58.1'W23°08.7'S016°41.1'W22°58.8'S016°49.6'W 0.987 38° 69° 46 km 01m04.0s
10:0622°14.9'S015°49.7'W22°34.0'S015°32.9'W22°24.4'S015°41.3'W 0.987 40° 68° 45 km 01m02.9s
10:0821°41.1'S014°45.2'W21°59.4'S014°28.7'W21°50.3'S014°37.0'W 0.988 41° 68° 44 km 01m01.9s
10:1021°07.5'S013°44.3'W21°25.1'S013°28.1'W21°16.3'S013°36.2'W 0.988 43° 67° 43 km 01m00.9s
10:1220°34.0'S012°46.6'W20°51.1'S012°30.5'W20°42.6'S012°38.6'W 0.988 44° 67° 42 km 01m00.0s
10:1420°00.7'S011°51.7'W20°17.2'S011°35.9'W20°09.0'S011°43.8'W 0.989 46° 66° 41 km 00m59.1s
10:1619°27.6'S010°59.4'W19°43.5'S010°43.9'W19°35.6'S010°51.6'W 0.989 47° 66° 40 km 00m58.2s
10:1818°54.6'S010°09.5'W19°10.0'S009°54.2'W19°02.3'S010°01.8'W 0.989 49° 65° 39 km 00m57.3s
10:2018°21.8'S009°21.7'W18°36.7'S009°06.6'W18°29.2'S009°14.2'W 0.989 50° 65° 38 km 00m56.5s
10:2217°49.1'S008°35.9'W18°03.5'S008°21.0'W17°56.3'S008°28.5'W 0.990 51° 64° 37 km 00m55.7s
10:2417°16.5'S007°51.9'W17°30.5'S007°37.3'W17°23.5'S007°44.6'W 0.990 53° 64° 36 km 00m54.9s
10:2616°44.1'S007°09.6'W16°57.6'S006°55.2'W16°50.9'S007°02.4'W 0.990 54° 63° 36 km 00m54.2s
10:2816°11.7'S006°28.8'W16°24.9'S006°14.6'W16°18.3'S006°21.7'W 0.990 55° 63° 35 km 00m53.5s
10:3015°39.5'S005°49.4'W15°52.3'S005°35.5'W15°45.9'S005°42.5'W 0.990 56° 63° 34 km 00m52.8s
10:3215°07.4'S005°11.4'W15°19.8'S004°57.7'W15°13.6'S005°04.6'W 0.991 58° 62° 34 km 00m52.1s
10:3414°35.4'S004°34.7'W14°47.5'S004°21.1'W14°41.5'S004°27.9'W 0.991 59° 62° 33 km 00m51.5s
10:3614°03.5'S003°59.0'W14°15.3'S003°45.7'W14°09.4'S003°52.4'W 0.991 60° 62° 32 km 00m50.8s
10:3813°31.7'S003°24.5'W13°43.2'S003°11.3'W13°37.4'S003°17.9'W 0.991 61° 61° 32 km 00m50.3s
10:4013°00.0'S002°50.9'W13°11.2'S002°37.9'W13°05.6'S002°44.4'W 0.991 62° 61° 31 km 00m49.7s
10:4212°28.3'S002°18.3'W12°39.3'S002°05.5'W12°33.8'S002°11.9'W 0.991 63° 61° 31 km 00m49.1s
10:4411°56.8'S001°46.5'W12°07.5'S001°33.9'W12°02.2'S001°40.2'W 0.991 65° 61° 30 km 00m48.6s
10:4611°25.3'S001°15.6'W11°35.8'S001°03.1'W11°30.6'S001°09.3'W 0.992 66° 60° 30 km 00m48.1s
10:4810°53.9'S000°45.4'W11°04.2'S000°33.0'W10°59.1'S000°39.2'W 0.992 67° 60° 29 km 00m47.7s
10:5010°22.6'S000°15.9'W10°32.7'S000°03.7'W10°27.7'S000°09.8'W 0.992 68° 60° 29 km 00m47.2s
10:5209°51.4'S000°12.9'E10°01.3'S000°25.0'E09°56.3'S000°19.0'E 0.992 69° 59° 29 km 00m46.8s
10:5409°20.2'S000°41.2'E09°29.9'S000°53.1'E09°25.1'S000°47.2'E 0.992 70° 59° 28 km 00m46.4s
10:5608°49.1'S001°08.9'E08°58.7'S001°20.7'E08°53.9'S001°14.8'E 0.992 71° 59° 28 km 00m46.0s
10:5808°18.0'S001°36.0'E08°27.5'S001°47.7'E08°22.7'S001°41.9'E 0.992 72° 59° 28 km 00m45.7s
11:0007°47.0'S002°02.7'E07°56.3'S002°14.3'E07°51.7'S002°08.5'E 0.992 73° 58° 27 km 00m45.4s
11:0207°16.1'S002°28.9'E07°25.3'S002°40.4'E07°20.7'S002°34.6'E 0.992 74° 58° 27 km 00m45.1s
11:0406°45.2'S002°54.7'E06°54.2'S003°06.1'E06°49.7'S003°00.4'E 0.992 75° 58° 27 km 00m44.8s
11:0606°14.3'S003°20.1'E06°23.3'S003°31.4'E06°18.8'S003°25.8'E 0.992 76° 57° 27 km 00m44.5s
11:0805°43.6'S003°45.2'E05°52.4'S003°56.4'E05°48.0'S003°50.8'E 0.992 78° 57° 26 km 00m44.3s
11:1005°12.8'S004°09.9'E05°21.6'S004°21.1'E05°17.2'S004°15.5'E 0.993 79° 57° 26 km 00m44.1s
11:1204°42.1'S004°34.4'E04°50.8'S004°45.5'E04°46.4'S004°40.0'E 0.993 80° 56° 26 km 00m43.9s
11:1404°11.4'S004°58.6'E04°20.1'S005°09.7'E04°15.7'S005°04.1'E 0.993 81° 56° 26 km 00m43.8s
11:1603°40.8'S005°22.6'E03°49.4'S005°33.6'E03°45.1'S005°28.1'E 0.993 82° 55° 26 km 00m43.7s
11:1803°10.2'S005°46.4'E03°18.7'S005°57.4'E03°14.5'S005°51.9'E 0.993 83° 54° 26 km 00m43.6s
11:2002°39.6'S006°10.0'E02°48.1'S006°20.9'E02°43.9'S006°15.5'E 0.993 84° 53° 26 km 00m43.5s
11:2202°09.1'S006°33.4'E02°17.5'S006°44.4'E02°13.3'S006°38.9'E 0.993 85° 52° 26 km 00m43.4s
11:2401°38.6'S006°56.8'E01°47.0'S007°07.7'E01°42.8'S007°02.2'E 0.993 86° 50° 26 km 00m43.4s
11:2601°08.1'S007°20.0'E01°16.5'S007°31.0'E01°12.3'S007°25.5'E 0.993 87° 46° 26 km 00m43.4s
11:2800°37.6'S007°43.2'E00°46.0'S007°54.1'E00°41.8'S007°48.7'E 0.993 88° 40° 26 km 00m43.4s
11:3000°07.2'S008°06.3'E00°15.6'S008°17.3'E00°11.4'S008°11.8'E 0.993 89° 26° 26 km 00m43.5s
11:3200°23.3'N008°29.5'E00°14.8'N008°40.4'E00°19.1'N008°34.9'E 0.993 89° 339° 26 km 00m43.5s
11:3400°53.7'N008°52.6'E00°45.2'N009°03.6'E00°49.5'N008°58.1'E 0.993 89° 281° 26 km 00m43.6s
11:3601°24.1'N009°15.7'E01°15.6'N009°26.7'E01°19.8'N009°21.2'E 0.993 88° 262° 26 km 00m43.8s
11:3801°54.5'N009°39.0'E01°46.0'N009°50.0'E01°50.2'N009°44.5'E 0.993 87° 255° 26 km 00m43.9s
11:4002°24.9'N010°02.2'E02°16.3'N010°13.3'E02°20.6'N010°07.8'E 0.993 86° 251° 26 km 00m44.1s
11:4202°55.3'N010°25.7'E02°46.6'N010°36.8'E02°50.9'N010°31.2'E 0.993 85° 249° 26 km 00m44.3s
11:4403°25.7'N010°49.2'E03°16.9'N011°00.4'E03°21.3'N010°54.8'E 0.993 84° 248° 26 km 00m44.5s
11:4603°56.0'N011°12.9'E03°47.2'N011°24.2'E03°51.6'N011°18.5'E 0.992 83° 247° 26 km 00m44.7s
11:4804°26.4'N011°36.8'E04°17.5'N011°48.1'E04°22.0'N011°42.5'E 0.992 82° 246° 27 km 00m45.0s
11:5004°56.8'N012°00.9'E04°47.8'N012°12.3'E04°52.3'N012°06.6'E 0.992 81° 246° 27 km 00m45.3s
11:5205°27.2'N012°25.2'E05°18.1'N012°36.7'E05°22.7'N012°31.0'E 0.992 80° 245° 27 km 00m45.6s
11:5405°57.6'N012°49.8'E05°48.4'N013°01.4'E05°53.0'N012°55.6'E 0.992 79° 245° 27 km 00m45.9s
11:5606°28.0'N013°14.7'E06°18.7'N013°26.4'E06°23.3'N013°20.6'E 0.992 78° 245° 28 km 00m46.3s
11:5806°58.4'N013°40.0'E06°48.9'N013°51.8'E06°53.7'N013°45.9'E 0.992 77° 244° 28 km 00m46.7s
12:0007°28.9'N014°05.6'E07°19.2'N014°17.5'E07°24.1'N014°11.5'E 0.992 76° 244° 28 km 00m47.1s
12:0207°59.3'N014°31.6'E07°49.5'N014°43.6'E07°54.4'N014°37.6'E 0.992 75° 244° 29 km 00m47.5s
12:0408°29.8'N014°58.0'E08°19.8'N015°10.2'E08°24.8'N015°04.1'E 0.992 74° 244° 29 km 00m48.0s
12:0609°00.3'N015°24.9'E08°50.1'N015°37.2'E08°55.2'N015°31.0'E 0.992 72° 244° 29 km 00m48.4s
12:0809°30.8'N015°52.3'E09°20.5'N016°04.7'E09°25.6'N015°58.5'E 0.992 71° 244° 30 km 00m48.9s
12:1010°01.4'N016°20.2'E09°50.8'N016°32.8'E09°56.1'N016°26.5'E 0.992 70° 244° 30 km 00m49.5s
12:1210°31.9'N016°48.7'E10°21.2'N017°01.4'E10°26.6'N016°55.0'E 0.991 69° 244° 31 km 00m50.0s
12:1411°02.5'N017°17.8'E10°51.5'N017°30.7'E10°57.0'N017°24.3'E 0.991 68° 244° 31 km 00m50.6s
12:1611°33.2'N017°47.6'E11°21.9'N018°00.7'E11°27.5'N017°54.1'E 0.991 67° 245° 32 km 00m51.2s
12:1812°03.8'N018°18.1'E11°52.3'N018°31.3'E11°58.1'N018°24.7'E 0.991 66° 245° 32 km 00m51.8s
12:2012°34.5'N018°49.3'E12°22.7'N019°02.8'E12°28.6'N018°56.0'E 0.991 65° 245° 33 km 00m52.4s
12:2213°05.3'N019°21.4'E12°53.2'N019°35.0'E12°59.2'N019°28.2'E 0.991 64° 245° 33 km 00m53.1s
12:2413°36.0'N019°54.3'E13°23.7'N020°08.2'E13°29.9'N020°01.3'E 0.991 63° 245° 34 km 00m53.8s
12:2614°06.9'N020°28.2'E13°54.2'N020°42.2'E14°00.5'N020°35.2'E 0.990 61° 245° 34 km 00m54.5s
12:2814°37.7'N021°03.1'E14°24.7'N021°17.3'E14°31.2'N021°10.2'E 0.990 60° 246° 35 km 00m55.2s
12:3015°08.7'N021°39.1'E14°55.2'N021°53.5'E15°02.0'N021°46.3'E 0.990 59° 246° 36 km 00m55.9s
12:3215°39.6'N022°16.2'E15°25.8'N022°30.8'E15°32.7'N022°23.5'E 0.990 58° 246° 36 km 00m56.7s
12:3416°10.6'N022°54.5'E15°56.4'N023°09.4'E16°03.5'N023°02.0'E 0.990 57° 246° 37 km 00m57.5s
12:3616°41.7'N023°34.2'E16°27.0'N023°49.3'E16°34.4'N023°41.8'E 0.989 55° 247° 38 km 00m58.3s
12:3817°12.8'N024°15.3'E16°57.7'N024°30.7'E17°05.3'N024°23.0'E 0.989 54° 247° 39 km 00m59.2s
12:4017°44.0'N024°58.0'E17°28.4'N025°13.6'E17°36.2'N025°05.8'E 0.989 53° 247° 40 km 01m00.0s
12:4218°15.2'N025°42.3'E17°59.1'N025°58.1'E18°07.2'N025°50.2'E 0.989 52° 248° 40 km 01m00.9s
12:4418°46.5'N026°28.4'E18°29.9'N026°44.5'E18°38.2'N026°36.5'E 0.988 50° 248° 41 km 01m01.8s
12:4619°17.8'N027°16.5'E19°00.7'N027°32.8'E19°09.3'N027°24.7'E 0.988 49° 248° 42 km 01m02.7s
12:4819°49.3'N028°06.8'E19°31.5'N028°23.3'E19°40.4'N028°15.0'E 0.988 48° 249° 43 km 01m03.7s
12:5020°20.7'N028°59.3'E20°02.3'N029°16.1'E20°11.6'N029°07.7'E 0.988 46° 249° 44 km 01m04.6s
12:5220°52.2'N029°54.4'E20°33.2'N030°11.4'E20°42.8'N030°02.9'E 0.987 45° 250° 45 km 01m05.6s
12:5421°23.8'N030°52.3'E21°04.1'N031°09.6'E21°14.0'N031°01.0'E 0.987 43° 250° 46 km 01m06.7s
12:5621°55.5'N031°53.4'E21°35.0'N032°10.8'E21°45.3'N032°02.1'E 0.987 42° 251° 48 km 01m07.7s
12:5822°27.2'N032°57.9'E22°05.9'N033°15.5'E22°16.6'N033°06.7'E 0.986 40° 251° 49 km 01m08.8s
13:0022°59.0'N034°06.2'E22°36.9'N034°24.1'E22°47.9'N034°15.2'E 0.986 39° 252° 50 km 01m09.9s
13:0223°30.8'N035°19.0'E23°07.8'N035°37.0'E23°19.3'N035°28.0'E 0.986 37° 253° 51 km 01m11.0s
13:0424°02.7'N036°36.7'E23°38.7'N036°54.9'E23°50.7'N036°45.8'E 0.985 35° 253° 53 km 01m12.2s
13:0624°34.6'N038°00.2'E24°09.6'N038°18.5'E24°22.1'N038°09.4'E 0.985 33° 254° 54 km 01m13.4s
13:0825°06.5'N039°30.3'E24°40.4'N039°48.8'E24°53.5'N039°39.6'E 0.984 32° 255° 56 km 01m14.7s
13:1025°38.5'N041°08.5'E25°11.1'N041°27.0'E25°24.8'N041°17.8'E 0.984 30° 256° 58 km 01m15.9s
13:1226°10.4'N042°56.3'E25°41.8'N043°14.8'E25°56.1'N043°05.6'E 0.983 27° 257° 60 km 01m17.3s
13:1426°42.3'N044°56.2'E26°12.3'N045°14.7'E26°27.3'N045°05.5'E 0.983 25° 258° 62 km 01m18.7s
13:1627°14.2'N047°11.8'E26°42.5'N047°30.1'E26°58.4'N047°20.9'E 0.982 23° 259° 64 km 01m20.2s
13:1827°45.9'N049°48.8'E27°12.3'N050°06.8'E27°29.1'N049°57.8'E 0.981 20° 261° 67 km 01m21.8s
13:2028°17.2'N052°58.0'E27°41.5'N053°15.5'E27°59.4'N053°06.7'E 0.980 17° 262° 70 km 01m23.6s
13:2228°47.9'N057°03.8'E28°09.4'N057°20.4'E28°28.7'N057°12.1'E 0.979 12° 264° 74 km 01m25.8s
13:2429°16.6'N063°45.5'E28°33.7'N064°00.4'E28°55.2'N063°52.8'E 0.978 268° 80 km 01m28.7s
Limits29°21.7'N070°43.8'E28°35.0'N070°42.7'E28°58.4'N070°43.2'E 0.976 - 86 km 01m31.3s

ΔT = 45863.4 seconds

Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration
Event Time
TD
Time
UT1
Latitude Longitude Sun
Altitude
Sun
Azimuth
Path Width Central
Duration
Greatest Eclipse00:16:36.711:32:13.300°22.4'N177°00.3'E 89.2° 330.3° 25.6 km00m43.55s
Greatest Duration02:09:02.013:24:38.628°58.4'N070°43.2'E 0.0° 271.2° 86.3 km01m31.32s

Explanation of Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration

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Eclipse Predictions

Predictions for the Annular Solar Eclipse of -1977 Apr 11 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 45863.4 seconds for this eclipse. The uncertainty in ΔT is 3634.7 seconds corresponding to a standard error in longitude of the eclipse path of ± 15.19°.

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