Path of the Annular Solar Eclipse of -1985 Sep 04

Fred Espenak

Introduction

The following table delineates the path of the Moon's antumbral shadow during the Annular Solar Eclipse of -1985 Sep 04 . 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 -1985 Sep 04
UT1 Northern Limit Southern Limit Central Line M:S Sun Sun Path Central
Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Ratio Alt. Azm. Width Duration
Limits20°30.7'S170°16.1'E23°59.8'S170°19.6'E22°14.1'S170°18.2'E 0.916 - 374 km 06m25.9s
19:0618°10.8'S179°26.7'W - - 20°57.3'S175°35.5'E 0.917 73° 369 km 06m38.8s
19:0817°31.8'S176°06.9'W22°39.8'S175°43.1'E19°47.1'S179°06.5'W 0.918 11° 71° 365 km 06m53.9s
19:1017°04.8'S173°34.2'W21°28.9'S179°02.9'W19°08.7'S175°53.2'W 0.919 14° 69° 363 km 07m04.3s
19:1216°44.4'S171°27.2'W20°49.9'S175°51.2'W18°41.8'S173°24.0'W 0.920 17° 68° 362 km 07m13.0s
19:1416°28.5'S169°37.1'W20°22.5'S173°23.2'W18°21.4'S171°19.4'W 0.920 19° 67° 361 km 07m20.7s
19:1616°15.9'S167°59.1'W20°01.8'S171°19.6'W18°05.4'S169°31.2'W 0.921 22° 66° 360 km 07m27.8s
19:1816°05.8'S166°30.3'W19°45.5'S169°32.2'W17°52.7'S167°54.7'W 0.921 23° 65° 360 km 07m34.4s
19:2015°57.8'S165°08.8'W19°32.5'S167°56.5'W17°42.6'S166°27.2'W 0.922 25° 65° 359 km 07m40.6s
19:2215°51.6'S163°53.3'W19°22.1'S166°29.7'W17°34.5'S165°06.8'W 0.922 27° 64° 359 km 07m46.5s
19:2415°46.7'S162°42.8'W19°13.8'S165°09.9'W17°28.1'S163°52.3'W 0.922 28° 63° 359 km 07m52.1s
19:2615°43.2'S161°36.5'W19°07.3'S163°56.0'W17°23.2'S162°42.7'W 0.923 30° 62° 359 km 07m57.4s
19:2815°40.9'S160°33.9'W19°02.2'S162°46.9'W17°19.6'S161°37.2'W 0.923 31° 61° 359 km 08m02.6s
19:3015°39.5'S159°34.4'W18°58.5'S161°41.9'W17°17.1'S160°35.3'W 0.923 33° 60° 359 km 08m07.5s
19:3215°39.0'S158°37.7'W18°55.9'S160°40.5'W17°15.7'S159°36.5'W 0.924 34° 59° 358 km 08m12.3s
19:3415°39.4'S157°43.5'W18°54.3'S159°42.2'W17°15.2'S158°40.5'W 0.924 35° 58° 358 km 08m16.8s
19:3615°40.6'S156°51.6'W18°53.7'S158°46.5'W17°15.5'S157°46.9'W 0.924 36° 57° 358 km 08m21.2s
19:3815°42.5'S156°01.6'W18°54.0'S157°53.3'W17°16.6'S156°55.5'W 0.924 37° 57° 358 km 08m25.4s
19:4015°45.0'S155°13.5'W18°55.0'S157°02.3'W17°18.5'S156°06.0'W 0.924 38° 56° 358 km 08m29.5s
19:4215°48.2'S154°26.9'W18°56.8'S156°13.2'W17°21.0'S155°18.3'W 0.925 39° 55° 358 km 08m33.4s
19:4415°52.0'S153°41.9'W18°59.2'S155°25.8'W17°24.1'S154°32.3'W 0.925 40° 54° 358 km 08m37.1s
19:4615°56.3'S152°58.2'W19°02.3'S154°40.1'W17°27.8'S153°47.6'W 0.925 41° 53° 358 km 08m40.7s
19:4816°01.2'S152°15.8'W19°06.0'S153°55.7'W17°32.1'S153°04.4'W 0.925 42° 52° 358 km 08m44.2s
19:5016°06.5'S151°34.6'W19°10.3'S153°12.7'W17°37.0'S152°22.3'W 0.925 43° 50° 357 km 08m47.4s
19:5216°12.4'S150°54.3'W19°15.1'S152°30.9'W17°42.3'S151°41.4'W 0.926 44° 49° 357 km 08m50.6s
19:5416°18.7'S150°15.1'W19°20.4'S151°50.2'W17°48.1'S151°01.5'W 0.926 44° 48° 357 km 08m53.6s
19:5616°25.4'S149°36.8'W19°26.2'S151°10.6'W17°54.4'S150°22.6'W 0.926 45° 47° 357 km 08m56.4s
19:5816°32.6'S148°59.3'W19°32.5'S150°31.8'W18°01.2'S149°44.5'W 0.926 46° 46° 356 km 08m59.1s
20:0016°40.2'S148°22.5'W19°39.3'S149°53.9'W18°08.4'S149°07.2'W 0.926 46° 45° 356 km 09m01.6s
20:0216°48.2'S147°46.5'W19°46.5'S149°16.8'W18°16.0'S148°30.7'W 0.926 47° 43° 355 km 09m04.0s
20:0416°56.6'S147°11.1'W19°54.2'S148°40.4'W18°24.0'S147°54.9'W 0.926 48° 42° 355 km 09m06.3s
20:0617°05.4'S146°36.4'W20°02.2'S148°04.7'W18°32.5'S147°19.7'W 0.926 48° 41° 354 km 09m08.4s
20:0817°14.5'S146°02.2'W20°10.7'S147°29.6'W18°41.3'S146°45.1'W 0.926 49° 40° 353 km 09m10.3s
20:1017°24.1'S145°28.5'W20°19.6'S146°55.1'W18°50.5'S146°11.0'W 0.927 49° 38° 353 km 09m12.2s
20:1217°34.0'S144°55.3'W20°28.9'S146°21.1'W19°00.1'S145°37.5'W 0.927 50° 37° 352 km 09m13.8s
20:1417°44.2'S144°22.5'W20°38.5'S145°47.5'W19°10.0'S145°04.3'W 0.927 50° 35° 351 km 09m15.3s
20:1617°54.8'S143°50.1'W20°48.6'S145°14.4'W19°20.3'S144°31.6'W 0.927 51° 34° 350 km 09m16.7s
20:1818°05.7'S143°18.1'W20°59.0'S144°41.7'W19°31.0'S143°59.3'W 0.927 51° 32° 350 km 09m17.9s
20:2018°17.0'S142°46.4'W21°09.7'S144°09.3'W19°42.0'S143°27.3'W 0.927 51° 31° 349 km 09m19.0s
20:2218°28.6'S142°14.9'W21°20.9'S143°37.2'W19°53.4'S142°55.6'W 0.927 52° 29° 348 km 09m19.9s
20:2418°40.5'S141°43.8'W21°32.4'S143°05.4'W20°05.1'S142°24.1'W 0.927 52° 28° 347 km 09m20.7s
20:2618°52.7'S141°12.9'W21°44.3'S142°33.9'W20°17.2'S141°52.9'W 0.927 52° 26° 346 km 09m21.4s
20:2819°05.3'S140°42.2'W21°56.5'S142°02.6'W20°29.6'S141°21.9'W 0.927 53° 25° 345 km 09m21.9s
20:3019°18.2'S140°11.6'W22°09.1'S141°31.4'W20°42.3'S140°51.1'W 0.927 53° 23° 344 km 09m22.2s
20:3219°31.5'S139°41.2'W22°22.0'S141°00.4'W20°55.4'S140°20.4'W 0.927 53° 22° 343 km 09m22.4s
20:3419°45.0'S139°10.9'W22°35.3'S140°29.5'W21°08.8'S139°49.9'W 0.927 53° 20° 342 km 09m22.5s
20:3619°58.9'S138°40.7'W22°49.0'S139°58.7'W21°22.6'S139°19.4'W 0.927 53° 18° 341 km 09m22.5s
20:3820°13.1'S138°10.6'W23°03.0'S139°28.0'W21°36.7'S138°49.0'W 0.927 53° 17° 340 km 09m22.3s
20:4020°27.6'S137°40.5'W23°17.4'S138°57.2'W21°51.2'S138°18.6'W 0.927 53° 15° 339 km 09m22.0s
20:4220°42.5'S137°10.4'W23°32.1'S138°26.5'W22°05.9'S137°48.2'W 0.927 53° 13° 338 km 09m21.5s
20:4420°57.6'S136°40.2'W23°47.2'S137°55.8'W22°21.1'S137°17.8'W 0.927 53° 12° 336 km 09m20.9s
20:4621°13.1'S136°10.0'W24°02.7'S137°24.9'W22°36.5'S136°47.3'W 0.927 53° 10° 335 km 09m20.2s
20:4821°29.0'S135°39.8'W24°18.5'S136°54.0'W22°52.4'S136°16.7'W 0.927 53° 334 km 09m19.3s
20:5021°45.1'S135°09.4'W24°34.7'S136°22.9'W23°08.5'S135°46.0'W 0.927 53° 333 km 09m18.4s
20:5222°01.6'S134°38.9'W24°51.3'S135°51.7'W23°25.1'S135°15.2'W 0.927 53° 332 km 09m17.3s
20:5422°18.5'S134°08.2'W25°08.3'S135°20.3'W23°42.0'S134°44.1'W 0.927 52° 332 km 09m16.1s
20:5622°35.7'S133°37.3'W25°25.6'S134°48.6'W23°59.2'S134°12.9'W 0.927 52° 331 km 09m14.7s
20:5822°53.2'S133°06.1'W25°43.4'S134°16.7'W24°16.9'S133°41.4'W 0.927 52° 330 km 09m13.3s
21:0023°11.1'S132°34.7'W26°01.5'S133°44.5'W24°34.9'S133°09.6'W 0.927 52° 358° 329 km 09m11.7s
21:0223°29.4'S132°03.0'W26°20.1'S133°11.9'W24°53.3'S132°37.5'W 0.927 51° 357° 328 km 09m10.0s
21:0423°48.0'S131°31.0'W26°39.1'S132°39.0'W25°12.1'S132°05.0'W 0.927 51° 355° 327 km 09m08.2s
21:0624°07.1'S130°58.5'W26°58.6'S132°05.6'W25°31.4'S131°32.1'W 0.927 50° 354° 327 km 09m06.2s
21:0824°26.5'S130°25.7'W27°18.5'S131°31.7'W25°51.0'S130°58.8'W 0.927 50° 352° 326 km 09m04.2s
21:1024°46.3'S129°52.4'W27°38.8'S130°57.3'W26°11.1'S130°25.0'W 0.927 49° 351° 325 km 09m02.1s
21:1225°06.5'S129°18.6'W27°59.7'S130°22.4'W26°31.6'S129°50.6'W 0.927 49° 349° 325 km 08m59.8s
21:1425°27.1'S128°44.2'W28°21.0'S129°46.8'W26°52.5'S129°15.7'W 0.927 48° 348° 324 km 08m57.5s
21:1625°48.2'S128°09.2'W28°42.8'S129°10.6'W27°14.0'S128°40.1'W 0.926 48° 346° 324 km 08m55.0s
21:1826°09.8'S127°33.6'W29°05.1'S128°33.5'W27°35.9'S128°03.9'W 0.926 47° 345° 323 km 08m52.4s
21:2026°31.7'S126°57.3'W29°28.0'S127°55.7'W27°58.3'S127°26.8'W 0.926 47° 343° 323 km 08m49.7s
21:2226°54.2'S126°20.1'W29°51.5'S127°17.0'W28°21.2'S126°48.9'W 0.926 46° 342° 322 km 08m47.0s
21:2427°17.2'S125°42.1'W30°15.5'S126°37.3'W28°44.7'S126°10.2'W 0.926 45° 341° 322 km 08m44.1s
21:2627°40.7'S125°03.2'W30°40.2'S125°56.5'W29°08.7'S125°30.4'W 0.926 45° 339° 322 km 08m41.1s
21:2828°04.7'S124°23.3'W31°05.5'S125°14.6'W29°33.4'S124°49.5'W 0.926 44° 338° 322 km 08m38.0s
21:3028°29.3'S123°42.3'W31°31.5'S124°31.4'W29°58.6'S124°07.5'W 0.926 43° 336° 322 km 08m34.9s
21:3228°54.6'S123°00.1'W31°58.2'S123°46.9'W30°24.6'S123°24.2'W 0.925 42° 335° 322 km 08m31.6s
21:3429°20.4'S122°16.6'W32°25.7'S123°00.7'W30°51.2'S122°39.5'W 0.925 41° 334° 322 km 08m28.2s
21:3629°46.9'S121°31.7'W32°54.0'S122°12.9'W31°18.5'S121°53.2'W 0.925 40° 332° 322 km 08m24.7s
21:3830°14.1'S120°45.1'W33°23.2'S121°23.3'W31°46.6'S121°05.2'W 0.925 39° 331° 322 km 08m21.1s
21:4030°42.1'S119°56.9'W33°53.3'S120°31.6'W32°15.6'S120°15.4'W 0.925 39° 330° 323 km 08m17.4s
21:4231°10.8'S119°06.8'W34°24.4'S119°37.6'W32°45.4'S119°23.5'W 0.925 37° 329° 323 km 08m13.6s
21:4431°40.5'S118°14.6'W34°56.6'S118°41.0'W33°16.2'S118°29.3'W 0.924 36° 327° 323 km 08m09.7s
21:4632°11.0'S117°20.0'W35°29.9'S117°41.6'W33°48.1'S117°32.5'W 0.924 35° 326° 324 km 08m05.7s
21:4832°42.6'S116°22.8'W36°04.6'S116°38.9'W34°21.1'S116°32.8'W 0.924 34° 325° 325 km 08m01.5s
21:5033°15.3'S115°22.8'W36°40.7'S115°32.5'W34°55.3'S115°29.9'W 0.924 33° 323° 326 km 07m57.2s
21:5233°49.1'S114°19.4'W37°18.4'S114°21.9'W35°31.0'S114°23.2'W 0.923 32° 322° 327 km 07m52.8s
21:5434°24.3'S113°12.2'W37°58.0'S113°06.3'W36°08.1'S113°12.3'W 0.923 30° 320° 328 km 07m48.2s
21:5635°01.0'S112°00.7'W38°39.6'S111°44.8'W36°47.1'S111°56.4'W 0.923 29° 319° 329 km 07m43.4s
21:5835°39.5'S110°44.2'W39°23.6'S110°16.4'W37°28.0'S110°34.7'W 0.922 27° 318° 331 km 07m38.4s
22:0036°19.8'S109°21.8'W40°10.6'S108°39.5'W38°11.2'S109°05.9'W 0.922 26° 316° 332 km 07m33.3s
22:0237°02.4'S107°52.3'W41°01.0'S106°51.9'W38°57.2'S107°28.7'W 0.922 24° 314° 334 km 07m27.8s
22:0437°47.7'S106°14.2'W41°55.8'S104°50.5'W39°46.6'S105°40.8'W 0.921 22° 313° 337 km 07m22.1s
22:0638°36.3'S104°25.2'W42°56.5'S102°30.2'W40°40.3'S103°39.0'W 0.921 20° 311° 339 km 07m15.9s
22:0839°29.0'S102°22.1'W44°05.6'S099°42.1'W41°39.5'S101°18.4'W 0.920 18° 309° 342 km 07m09.3s
22:1040°27.3'S099°59.7'W45°28.1'S096°07.8'W42°46.8'S098°30.1'W 0.920 15° 306° 346 km 07m01.9s
22:1241°33.5'S097°08.8'W47°19.6'S090°50.8'W44°07.1'S094°55.6'W 0.919 12° 303° 351 km 06m53.3s
22:1442°52.8'S093°29.7'W - - 45°55.3'S089°38.1'W 0.918 299° 359 km 06m42.0s
Limits47°13.3'S078°56.1'W50°33.5'S079°58.1'W48°52.5'S079°25.5'W 0.916 - 373 km 06m24.3s

ΔT = 46047.3 seconds

Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration
Event Time
TD
Time
UT1
Latitude Longitude Sun
Altitude
Sun
Azimuth
Path Width Central
Duration
Greatest Eclipse09:27:55.720:40:28.421°54.6'S029°25.3'E 53.2° 14.5° 338.3 km09m21.87s
Greatest Duration09:21:40.320:34:13.021°10.3'S139°46.6'W 53.0° 19.7° 341.6 km09m22.53s

Explanation of Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration

Links for the Annular Solar Eclipse of -1985 Sep 04

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Eclipse Predictions

Predictions for the Annular Solar Eclipse of -1985 Sep 04 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 46047.3 seconds for this eclipse. The uncertainty in ΔT is 3666.3 seconds corresponding to a standard error in longitude of the eclipse path of ± 15.32°.

Acknowledgments

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

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