Path of the Total Solar Eclipse of -1981 Jun 23

Fred Espenak

Introduction

The following table delineates the path of the Moon's umbral shadow during the Total Solar Eclipse of -1981 Jun 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 .

Total Solar Eclipse of -1981 Jun 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
Limits29°44.1'S157°02.5'E31°10.2'S157°44.9'E30°27.1'S157°23.6'E 1.051 - 173 km 02m53.7s
20:1827°25.4'S162°03.4'E - - 28°53.5'S160°51.7'E 1.052 62° 176 km 03m01.6s
20:2024°10.4'S168°24.1'E26°12.6'S168°11.0'E25°09.8'S168°21.1'E 1.055 11° 58° 184 km 03m21.6s
20:2222°10.0'S171°58.9'E24°02.9'S172°10.7'E23°05.4'S172°06.8'E 1.056 16° 56° 188 km 03m33.4s
20:2420°34.3'S174°40.8'E22°23.2'S175°04.3'E21°27.8'S174°54.1'E 1.057 19° 55° 191 km 03m43.1s
20:2619°12.3'S176°54.0'E20°59.0'S177°24.6'E20°04.8'S177°10.5'E 1.058 22° 54° 194 km 03m51.5s
20:2817°59.3'S178°48.5'E19°44.8'S179°24.1'E18°51.3'S179°07.4'E 1.059 25° 53° 196 km 03m59.2s
20:3016°53.1'S179°30.2'W18°37.7'S178°50.9'W17°44.7'S179°09.6'W 1.060 27° 52° 199 km 04m06.4s
20:3215°52.0'S177°58.9'W17°36.1'S177°16.7'W16°43.5'S177°37.0'W 1.060 29° 51° 201 km 04m13.1s
20:3414°55.1'S176°35.5'W16°38.9'S175°51.0'W15°46.4'S176°12.5'W 1.061 31° 50° 202 km 04m19.4s
20:3614°01.6'S175°18.4'W15°45.3'S174°32.0'W14°52.9'S174°54.5'W 1.062 33° 49° 204 km 04m25.5s
20:3813°11.1'S174°06.6'W14°54.8'S173°18.6'W14°02.4'S173°41.9'W 1.062 35° 49° 206 km 04m31.3s
20:4012°23.1'S172°59.2'W14°06.9'S172°09.8'W13°14.5'S172°33.9'W 1.063 37° 48° 207 km 04m36.9s
20:4211°37.4'S171°55.5'W13°21.3'S171°05.0'W12°28.9'S171°29.7'W 1.063 38° 47° 209 km 04m42.3s
20:4410°53.6'S170°55.1'W12°37.7'S170°03.7'W11°45.2'S170°28.8'W 1.063 40° 46° 210 km 04m47.6s
20:4610°11.7'S169°57.6'W11°56.1'S169°05.3'W11°03.4'S169°30.9'W 1.064 41° 46° 211 km 04m52.6s
20:4809°31.4'S169°02.5'W11°16.0'S168°09.5'W10°23.3'S168°35.5'W 1.064 43° 45° 213 km 04m57.5s
20:5008°52.6'S168°09.6'W10°37.5'S167°16.0'W09°44.6'S167°42.3'W 1.064 44° 44° 214 km 05m02.3s
20:5208°15.1'S167°18.6'W10°00.4'S166°24.5'W09°07.4'S166°51.1'W 1.065 46° 44° 215 km 05m06.9s
20:5407°38.9'S166°29.5'W09°24.6'S165°34.9'W08°31.4'S166°01.7'W 1.065 47° 43° 216 km 05m11.4s
20:5607°03.9'S165°41.8'W08°50.0'S164°46.9'W07°56.6'S165°13.9'W 1.065 48° 42° 217 km 05m15.8s
20:5806°30.0'S164°55.6'W08°16.6'S164°00.4'W07°22.9'S164°27.6'W 1.066 50° 41° 219 km 05m20.0s
21:0005°57.1'S164°10.6'W07°44.2'S163°15.2'W06°50.3'S163°42.5'W 1.066 51° 40° 220 km 05m24.1s
21:0205°25.3'S163°26.8'W07°12.8'S162°31.2'W06°18.7'S162°58.6'W 1.066 52° 39° 221 km 05m28.1s
21:0404°54.3'S162°44.0'W06°42.3'S161°48.3'W05°48.0'S162°15.8'W 1.066 53° 38° 222 km 05m32.0s
21:0604°24.3'S162°02.1'W06°12.7'S161°06.4'W05°18.2'S161°33.9'W 1.067 54° 37° 223 km 05m35.8s
21:0803°55.1'S161°21.1'W05°44.0'S160°25.3'W04°49.2'S160°52.9'W 1.067 55° 36° 224 km 05m39.4s
21:1003°26.7'S160°40.8'W05°16.2'S159°45.1'W04°21.1'S160°12.6'W 1.067 56° 35° 225 km 05m43.0s
21:1202°59.1'S160°01.3'W04°49.1'S159°05.6'W03°53.8'S159°33.1'W 1.067 57° 34° 225 km 05m46.4s
21:1402°32.2'S159°22.3'W04°22.8'S158°26.8'W03°27.2'S158°54.2'W 1.067 58° 33° 226 km 05m49.6s
21:1602°06.1'S158°44.0'W03°57.2'S157°48.6'W03°01.3'S158°16.0'W 1.068 59° 32° 227 km 05m52.8s
21:1801°40.6'S158°06.1'W03°32.3'S157°10.9'W02°36.2'S157°38.2'W 1.068 60° 30° 228 km 05m55.9s
21:2001°15.9'S157°28.7'W03°08.1'S156°33.7'W02°11.7'S157°00.9'W 1.068 61° 29° 229 km 05m58.8s
21:2200°51.8'S156°51.7'W02°44.5'S155°57.0'W01°47.9'S156°24.1'W 1.068 62° 27° 230 km 06m01.6s
21:2400°28.3'S156°15.1'W02°21.6'S155°20.7'W01°24.7'S155°47.6'W 1.068 63° 26° 231 km 06m04.3s
21:2600°05.5'S155°38.8'W01°59.3'S154°44.7'W01°02.2'S155°11.5'W 1.068 64° 24° 231 km 06m06.8s
21:2800°16.7'N155°02.8'W01°37.7'S154°09.0'W00°40.2'S154°35.6'W 1.068 65° 22° 232 km 06m09.2s
21:3000°38.3'N154°27.0'W01°16.6'S153°33.6'W00°18.9'S154°00.1'W 1.069 65° 20° 233 km 06m11.5s
21:3200°59.4'N153°51.4'W00°56.2'S152°58.5'W00°01.8'N153°24.7'W 1.069 66° 18° 234 km 06m13.7s
21:3401°19.8'N153°16.0'W00°36.3'S152°23.5'W00°22.0'N152°49.5'W 1.069 67° 16° 234 km 06m15.7s
21:3601°39.7'N152°40.8'W00°17.0'S151°48.8'W00°41.5'N152°14.5'W 1.069 67° 14° 235 km 06m17.6s
21:3801°58.9'N152°05.6'W00°01.7'N151°14.1'W01°00.6'N151°39.7'W 1.069 68° 12° 236 km 06m19.4s
21:4002°17.7'N151°30.5'W00°19.9'N150°39.6'W01°19.0'N151°04.9'W 1.069 68° 236 km 06m21.0s
21:4202°35.9'N150°55.5'W00°37.6'N150°05.2'W01°36.9'N150°30.2'W 1.069 69° 237 km 06m22.4s
21:4402°53.5'N150°20.5'W00°54.7'N149°30.8'W01°54.3'N149°55.5'W 1.069 69° 237 km 06m23.8s
21:4603°10.6'N149°45.6'W01°11.3'N148°56.4'W02°11.1'N149°20.8'W 1.069 69° 238 km 06m24.9s
21:4803°27.2'N149°10.5'W01°27.3'N148°22.1'W02°27.4'N148°46.1'W 1.069 70° 358° 238 km 06m26.0s
21:5003°43.2'N148°35.5'W01°42.8'N147°47.7'W02°43.2'N148°11.4'W 1.069 70° 355° 239 km 06m26.8s
21:5203°58.6'N148°00.3'W01°57.8'N147°13.2'W02°58.4'N147°36.6'W 1.069 70° 352° 239 km 06m27.6s
21:5404°13.6'N147°25.1'W02°12.3'N146°38.7'W03°13.1'N147°01.8'W 1.069 70° 349° 239 km 06m28.1s
21:5604°28.0'N146°49.7'W02°26.2'N146°04.1'W03°27.2'N146°26.8'W 1.069 70° 346° 240 km 06m28.5s
21:5804°41.8'N146°14.1'W02°39.6'N145°29.3'W03°40.9'N145°51.6'W 1.069 70° 343° 240 km 06m28.8s
22:0004°55.2'N145°38.4'W02°52.5'N144°54.4'W03°54.0'N145°16.3'W 1.069 70° 340° 240 km 06m28.9s
22:0205°08.0'N145°02.5'W03°04.9'N144°19.3'W04°06.6'N144°40.8'W 1.069 70° 338° 241 km 06m28.8s
22:0405°20.2'N144°26.3'W03°16.7'N143°44.0'W04°18.6'N144°05.1'W 1.069 69° 335° 241 km 06m28.6s
22:0605°31.9'N143°49.9'W03°28.0'N143°08.5'W04°30.1'N143°29.2'W 1.069 69° 332° 241 km 06m28.2s
22:0805°43.0'N143°13.3'W03°38.8'N142°32.7'W04°41.0'N142°53.0'W 1.069 69° 329° 241 km 06m27.7s
22:1005°53.6'N142°36.3'W03°49.0'N141°56.6'W04°51.4'N142°16.5'W 1.069 68° 327° 241 km 06m26.9s
22:1206°03.6'N141°59.0'W03°58.7'N141°20.3'W05°01.3'N141°39.6'W 1.069 68° 324° 241 km 06m26.1s
22:1406°13.1'N141°21.3'W04°07.9'N140°43.5'W05°10.6'N141°02.5'W 1.069 67° 322° 241 km 06m25.0s
22:1606°22.0'N140°43.3'W04°16.5'N140°06.5'W05°19.3'N140°24.9'W 1.069 67° 320° 241 km 06m23.8s
22:1806°30.3'N140°04.8'W04°24.5'N139°29.0'W05°27.5'N139°47.0'W 1.069 66° 318° 240 km 06m22.4s
22:2006°38.0'N139°25.9'W04°32.0'N138°51.1'W05°35.1'N139°08.6'W 1.069 65° 316° 240 km 06m20.9s
22:2206°45.1'N138°46.5'W04°38.9'N138°12.7'W05°42.1'N138°29.7'W 1.069 65° 314° 240 km 06m19.1s
22:2406°51.6'N138°06.6'W04°45.2'N137°33.8'W05°48.5'N137°50.3'W 1.069 64° 313° 239 km 06m17.3s
22:2606°57.4'N137°26.2'W04°50.9'N136°54.4'W05°54.3'N137°10.5'W 1.068 63° 311° 239 km 06m15.2s
22:2807°02.6'N136°45.2'W04°56.0'N136°14.5'W05°59.4'N136°30.0'W 1.068 62° 309° 239 km 06m13.0s
22:3007°07.2'N136°03.5'W05°00.5'N135°33.9'W06°03.9'N135°48.9'W 1.068 61° 308° 238 km 06m10.6s
22:3207°11.1'N135°21.3'W05°04.3'N134°52.7'W06°07.8'N135°07.2'W 1.068 60° 307° 237 km 06m08.0s
22:3407°14.3'N134°38.3'W05°07.5'N134°10.7'W06°11.0'N134°24.7'W 1.068 60° 306° 237 km 06m05.3s
22:3607°16.8'N133°54.5'W05°09.9'N133°28.1'W06°13.5'N133°41.6'W 1.068 59° 305° 236 km 06m02.4s
22:3807°18.5'N133°10.0'W05°11.7'N132°44.6'W06°15.2'N132°57.6'W 1.068 58° 304° 235 km 05m59.4s
22:4007°19.5'N132°24.6'W05°12.8'N132°00.3'W06°16.3'N132°12.8'W 1.067 57° 303° 234 km 05m56.2s
22:4207°19.8'N131°38.3'W05°13.1'N131°15.0'W06°16.5'N131°27.0'W 1.067 55° 302° 233 km 05m52.8s
22:4407°19.2'N130°51.0'W05°12.6'N130°28.8'W06°16.0'N130°40.3'W 1.067 54° 301° 232 km 05m49.3s
22:4607°17.7'N130°02.7'W05°11.3'N129°41.5'W06°14.6'N129°52.5'W 1.067 53° 300° 231 km 05m45.6s
22:4807°15.4'N129°13.3'W05°09.2'N128°53.1'W06°12.4'N129°03.6'W 1.067 52° 300° 230 km 05m41.7s
22:5007°12.2'N128°22.6'W05°06.1'N128°03.4'W06°09.3'N128°13.4'W 1.066 51° 299° 229 km 05m37.7s
22:5207°08.0'N127°30.6'W05°02.2'N127°12.4'W06°05.2'N127°22.0'W 1.066 50° 298° 228 km 05m33.5s
22:5407°02.7'N126°37.2'W04°57.2'N126°20.0'W06°00.1'N126°29.1'W 1.066 48° 298° 227 km 05m29.1s
22:5606°56.4'N125°42.2'W04°51.2'N125°25.9'W05°54.0'N125°34.6'W 1.066 47° 297° 226 km 05m24.6s
22:5806°49.0'N124°45.6'W04°44.1'N124°30.2'W05°46.7'N124°38.4'W 1.065 46° 297° 224 km 05m19.9s
23:0006°40.3'N123°47.1'W04°35.8'N123°32.5'W05°38.2'N123°40.4'W 1.065 44° 297° 223 km 05m15.0s
23:0206°30.4'N122°46.5'W04°26.2'N122°32.8'W05°28.5'N122°40.3'W 1.065 43° 296° 221 km 05m10.0s
23:0406°19.0'N121°43.7'W04°15.3'N121°30.7'W05°17.3'N121°37.8'W 1.064 42° 296° 220 km 05m04.8s
23:0606°06.1'N120°38.4'W04°02.8'N120°26.0'W05°04.7'N120°32.9'W 1.064 40° 296° 218 km 04m59.3s
23:0805°51.6'N119°30.2'W03°48.7'N119°18.4'W04°50.4'N119°25.0'W 1.064 39° 295° 217 km 04m53.7s
23:1005°35.2'N118°18.9'W03°32.8'N118°07.5'W04°34.2'N118°13.9'W 1.063 37° 295° 215 km 04m47.9s
23:1205°16.7'N117°03.8'W03°14.9'N116°52.8'W04°16.0'N116°59.1'W 1.063 35° 295° 213 km 04m41.9s
23:1404°55.9'N115°44.6'W02°54.6'N115°33.7'W03°55.5'N115°40.0'W 1.062 33° 295° 211 km 04m35.6s
23:1604°32.5'N114°20.3'W02°31.6'N114°09.3'W03°32.3'N114°15.7'W 1.062 32° 295° 209 km 04m29.0s
23:1804°06.0'N112°50.1'W02°05.6'N112°38.8'W03°06.1'N112°45.4'W 1.061 30° 294° 207 km 04m22.1s
23:2003°35.8'N111°12.7'W01°35.8'N111°00.5'W02°36.1'N111°07.7'W 1.061 27° 294° 204 km 04m14.9s
23:2203°01.1'N109°26.2'W01°01.3'N109°12.5'W02°01.6'N109°20.5'W 1.060 25° 294° 202 km 04m07.1s
23:2402°20.7'N107°27.7'W00°20.9'N107°11.7'W01°21.2'N107°21.0'W 1.059 23° 294° 199 km 03m58.9s
23:2601°32.4'N105°12.7'W00°27.8'S104°52.6'W00°32.8'N105°04.3'W 1.058 20° 294° 196 km 03m49.8s
23:2800°32.7'N102°32.9'W01°29.1'S102°05.3'W00°27.5'S102°21.1'W 1.057 16° 294° 192 km 03m39.6s
23:3000°46.9'S099°08.8'W02°53.8'S098°24.3'W01°49.2'S098°49.6'W 1.056 12° 294° 188 km 03m27.3s
23:3202°59.7'S093°43.2'W05°48.1'S091°12.0'W04°16.0'S092°47.3'W 1.054 293° 180 km 03m08.5s
Limits05°27.7'S087°53.7'W06°57.8'S088°24.2'W06°12.6'S088°09.1'W 1.052 - 175 km 02m55.9s

ΔT = 45955.3 seconds

Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration
Event Time
TD
Time
UT1
Latitude Longitude Sun
Altitude
Sun
Azimuth
Path Width Central
Duration
Greatest Eclipse10:40:59.921:55:04.603°20.8'N021°16.8'E 70.1° 347.8° 239.7 km06m28.37s
Greatest Duration10:46:07.722:00:12.403°55.3'N145°12.7'W 69.9° 340.2° 240.4 km06m28.89s

Explanation of Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration

Links for the Total Solar Eclipse of -1981 Jun 23

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Eclipse Predictions

Predictions for the Total Solar Eclipse of -1981 Jun 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 45955.3 seconds for this eclipse. The uncertainty in ΔT is 3650.5 seconds corresponding to a standard error in longitude of the eclipse path of ± 15.25°.

Acknowledgments

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

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