Path of the Total Solar Eclipse of -1988 Nov 04

Fred Espenak

Introduction

The following table delineates the path of the Moon's umbral shadow during the Total Solar Eclipse of -1988 Nov 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 .

Total Solar Eclipse of -1988 Nov 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
Limits26°14.0'N044°15.6'E25°27.3'N044°07.1'E25°50.6'N044°11.4'E 1.026 - 88 km 01m25.5s
03:16 - - 24°58.8'N046°31.4'E25°38.2'N045°17.0'E 1.026 102° 89 km 01m27.2s
03:1823°45.1'N055°41.3'E22°48.3'N055°44.9'E23°16.5'N055°44.1'E 1.029 11° 107° 99 km 01m45.6s
03:2022°32.1'N060°08.8'E21°35.1'N060°02.3'E22°03.4'N060°06.2'E 1.031 16° 109° 104 km 01m54.8s
03:2221°32.8'N063°24.4'E20°35.1'N063°12.7'E21°03.8'N063°19.1'E 1.032 19° 110° 107 km 02m02.2s
03:2420°40.6'N066°03.5'E19°42.3'N065°48.2'E20°11.3'N065°56.3'E 1.033 23° 111° 110 km 02m08.6s
03:2619°53.1'N068°19.4'E18°54.2'N068°01.4'E19°23.5'N068°10.8'E 1.033 25° 112° 113 km 02m14.4s
03:2819°08.9'N070°19.0'E18°09.4'N069°58.9'E18°39.0'N070°09.3'E 1.034 28° 113° 115 km 02m19.8s
03:3018°27.3'N072°06.4'E17°27.3'N071°44.4'E17°57.2'N071°55.7'E 1.035 30° 114° 117 km 02m24.9s
03:3217°47.8'N073°44.2'E16°47.3'N073°20.7'E17°17.4'N073°32.7'E 1.035 32° 115° 119 km 02m29.7s
03:3417°10.0'N075°14.2'E16°09.0'N074°49.4'E16°39.4'N075°02.1'E 1.036 34° 115° 121 km 02m34.2s
03:3616°33.6'N076°37.9'E15°32.2'N076°11.8'E16°02.8'N076°25.1'E 1.036 36° 116° 122 km 02m38.6s
03:3815°58.5'N077°56.1'E14°56.8'N077°28.9'E15°27.5'N077°42.7'E 1.037 38° 117° 124 km 02m42.8s
03:4015°24.6'N079°09.6'E14°22.4'N078°41.5'E14°53.4'N078°55.8'E 1.037 39° 117° 125 km 02m46.8s
03:4214°51.6'N080°19.1'E13°49.1'N079°50.1'E14°20.2'N080°04.8'E 1.038 41° 118° 127 km 02m50.7s
03:4414°19.5'N081°25.1'E13°16.7'N080°55.3'E13°48.0'N081°10.4'E 1.038 43° 119° 128 km 02m54.4s
03:4613°48.3'N082°28.0'E12°45.1'N081°57.4'E13°16.6'N082°12.9'E 1.038 44° 119° 129 km 02m58.0s
03:4813°17.8'N083°28.1'E12°14.3'N082°56.8'E12°45.9'N083°12.7'E 1.039 46° 120° 130 km 03m01.5s
03:5012°47.9'N084°25.7'E11°44.1'N083°53.8'E12°15.9'N084°10.0'E 1.039 47° 121° 131 km 03m04.9s
03:5212°18.8'N085°21.1'E11°14.7'N084°48.6'E11°46.6'N085°05.1'E 1.039 49° 121° 132 km 03m08.2s
03:5411°50.2'N086°14.5'E10°45.8'N085°41.4'E11°17.9'N085°58.2'E 1.040 50° 122° 133 km 03m11.4s
03:5611°22.1'N087°06.1'E10°17.5'N086°32.5'E10°49.7'N086°49.4'E 1.040 52° 122° 134 km 03m14.5s
03:5810°54.6'N087°56.0'E09°49.7'N087°21.9'E10°22.0'N087°39.1'E 1.040 53° 123° 135 km 03m17.5s
04:0010°27.6'N088°44.3'E09°22.4'N088°09.8'E09°54.9'N088°27.3'E 1.040 54° 124° 136 km 03m20.4s
04:0210°01.0'N089°31.3'E08°55.6'N088°56.4'E09°28.2'N089°14.0'E 1.041 55° 125° 136 km 03m23.1s
04:0409°34.9'N090°17.0'E08°29.2'N089°41.8'E09°02.0'N089°59.6'E 1.041 57° 125° 137 km 03m25.8s
04:0609°09.2'N091°01.6'E08°03.3'N090°26.0'E08°36.1'N090°43.9'E 1.041 58° 126° 138 km 03m28.5s
04:0808°43.9'N091°45.1'E07°37.7'N091°09.2'E08°10.7'N091°27.3'E 1.041 59° 127° 139 km 03m31.0s
04:1008°19.0'N092°27.6'E07°12.6'N091°51.4'E07°45.7'N092°09.6'E 1.042 60° 128° 139 km 03m33.4s
04:1207°54.5'N093°09.2'E06°47.8'N092°32.8'E07°21.1'N092°51.1'E 1.042 62° 129° 140 km 03m35.7s
04:1407°30.3'N093°50.0'E06°23.4'N093°13.3'E06°56.8'N093°31.7'E 1.042 63° 129° 140 km 03m38.0s
04:1607°06.5'N094°29.9'E05°59.4'N093°53.1'E06°32.9'N094°11.6'E 1.042 64° 130° 141 km 03m40.1s
04:1806°43.0'N095°09.3'E05°35.7'N094°32.2'E06°09.2'N094°50.8'E 1.042 65° 132° 142 km 03m42.2s
04:2006°19.8'N095°47.9'E05°12.3'N095°10.7'E05°46.0'N095°29.4'E 1.042 66° 133° 142 km 03m44.2s
04:2205°56.9'N096°26.0'E04°49.2'N095°48.6'E05°23.0'N096°07.4'E 1.042 67° 134° 143 km 03m46.0s
04:2405°34.4'N097°03.5'E04°26.5'N096°26.0'E05°00.4'N096°44.8'E 1.043 68° 135° 143 km 03m47.8s
04:2605°12.1'N097°40.5'E04°04.0'N097°02.9'E04°38.0'N097°21.8'E 1.043 69° 137° 143 km 03m49.5s
04:2804°50.2'N098°17.1'E03°41.8'N097°39.4'E04°15.9'N097°58.3'E 1.043 70° 138° 144 km 03m51.1s
04:3004°28.5'N098°53.2'E03°19.9'N098°15.5'E03°54.2'N098°34.5'E 1.043 71° 140° 144 km 03m52.6s
04:3204°07.1'N099°29.1'E02°58.3'N098°51.3'E03°32.6'N099°10.3'E 1.043 72° 142° 145 km 03m54.1s
04:3403°45.9'N100°04.5'E02°37.0'N099°26.8'E03°11.4'N099°45.7'E 1.043 73° 144° 145 km 03m55.4s
04:3603°25.1'N100°39.7'E02°15.9'N100°01.9'E02°50.5'N100°20.9'E 1.043 74° 147° 145 km 03m56.6s
04:3803°04.5'N101°14.6'E01°55.1'N100°36.9'E02°29.8'N100°55.8'E 1.043 75° 150° 146 km 03m57.8s
04:4002°44.1'N101°49.3'E01°34.6'N101°11.6'E02°09.3'N101°30.5'E 1.043 76° 153° 146 km 03m58.8s
04:4202°24.0'N102°23.8'E01°14.3'N101°46.2'E01°49.1'N102°05.0'E 1.043 77° 156° 146 km 03m59.7s
04:4402°04.2'N102°58.2'E00°54.3'N102°20.6'E01°29.2'N102°39.4'E 1.043 77° 160° 146 km 04m00.6s
04:4601°44.6'N103°32.4'E00°34.5'N102°54.9'E01°09.5'N103°13.7'E 1.043 78° 164° 147 km 04m01.3s
04:4801°25.2'N104°06.5'E00°15.0'N103°29.1'E00°50.1'N103°47.8'E 1.043 78° 169° 147 km 04m02.0s
04:5001°06.1'N104°40.5'E00°04.3'S104°03.2'E00°30.9'N104°21.9'E 1.044 79° 174° 147 km 04m02.5s
04:5200°47.3'N105°14.5'E00°23.3'S104°37.4'E00°11.9'N104°56.0'E 1.044 79° 179° 147 km 04m02.9s
04:5400°28.6'N105°48.5'E00°42.1'S105°11.5'E00°06.8'S105°30.1'E 1.044 80° 185° 147 km 04m03.3s
04:5600°10.2'N106°22.5'E01°00.7'S105°45.7'E00°25.2'S106°04.1'E 1.044 80° 191° 147 km 04m03.5s
04:5800°07.9'S106°56.6'E01°19.0'S106°19.9'E00°43.5'S106°38.3'E 1.044 80° 197° 148 km 04m03.7s
05:0000°25.8'S107°30.7'E01°37.0'S106°54.2'E01°01.4'S107°12.5'E 1.044 80° 203° 148 km 04m03.7s
05:0200°43.5'S108°04.9'E01°54.9'S107°28.7'E01°19.2'S107°46.8'E 1.044 80° 209° 148 km 04m03.6s
05:0401°00.9'S108°39.3'E02°12.4'S108°03.2'E01°36.7'S108°21.2'E 1.043 79° 215° 148 km 04m03.5s
05:0601°18.2'S109°13.7'E02°29.8'S108°38.0'E01°54.0'S108°55.9'E 1.043 79° 220° 148 km 04m03.2s
05:0801°35.1'S109°48.4'E02°46.9'S109°12.9'E02°11.0'S109°30.6'E 1.043 78° 225° 148 km 04m02.8s
05:1001°51.9'S110°23.3'E03°03.7'S109°48.1'E02°27.8'S110°05.7'E 1.043 78° 229° 148 km 04m02.3s
05:1202°08.4'S110°58.4'E03°20.3'S110°23.5'E02°44.3'S110°40.9'E 1.043 77° 233° 148 km 04m01.8s
05:1402°24.6'S111°33.8'E03°36.7'S110°59.2'E03°00.7'S111°16.5'E 1.043 76° 237° 148 km 04m01.1s
05:1602°40.6'S112°09.5'E03°52.8'S111°35.2'E03°16.7'S111°52.3'E 1.043 75° 240° 147 km 04m00.3s
05:1802°56.4'S112°45.5'E04°08.7'S112°11.5'E03°32.5'S112°28.5'E 1.043 75° 243° 147 km 03m59.4s
05:2003°11.9'S113°21.9'E04°24.3'S112°48.3'E03°48.1'S113°05.0'E 1.043 74° 245° 147 km 03m58.3s
05:2203°27.2'S113°58.6'E04°39.6'S113°25.4'E04°03.4'S113°42.0'E 1.043 73° 247° 147 km 03m57.2s
05:2403°42.2'S114°35.8'E04°54.7'S114°03.0'E04°18.4'S114°19.3'E 1.043 72° 249° 147 km 03m56.0s
05:2603°56.9'S115°13.5'E05°09.5'S114°41.0'E04°33.2'S114°57.2'E 1.043 71° 251° 146 km 03m54.7s
05:2804°11.4'S115°51.6'E05°24.0'S115°19.6'E04°47.7'S115°35.6'E 1.043 70° 253° 146 km 03m53.2s
05:3004°25.7'S116°30.3'E05°38.2'S115°58.7'E05°01.9'S116°14.5'E 1.043 69° 254° 146 km 03m51.7s
05:3204°39.6'S117°09.6'E05°52.2'S116°38.4'E05°15.9'S116°54.0'E 1.042 68° 255° 145 km 03m50.0s
05:3404°53.3'S117°49.5'E06°05.9'S117°18.8'E05°29.6'S117°34.1'E 1.042 67° 256° 145 km 03m48.3s
05:3605°06.7'S118°30.1'E06°19.2'S117°59.8'E05°42.9'S118°14.9'E 1.042 66° 257° 144 km 03m46.4s
05:3805°19.8'S119°11.4'E06°32.3'S118°41.6'E05°56.0'S118°56.4'E 1.042 64° 258° 144 km 03m44.5s
05:4005°32.6'S119°53.5'E06°45.0'S119°24.2'E06°08.8'S119°38.7'E 1.042 63° 259° 143 km 03m42.4s
05:4205°45.1'S120°36.4'E06°57.5'S120°07.6'E06°21.2'S120°21.8'E 1.042 62° 260° 143 km 03m40.2s
05:4405°57.2'S121°20.1'E07°09.5'S120°51.9'E06°33.4'S121°05.9'E 1.041 61° 260° 142 km 03m37.9s
05:4606°09.1'S122°04.9'E07°21.3'S121°37.1'E06°45.1'S121°50.9'E 1.041 60° 261° 142 km 03m35.5s
05:4806°20.6'S122°50.6'E07°32.6'S122°23.4'E06°56.6'S122°36.9'E 1.041 59° 261° 141 km 03m33.0s
05:5006°31.7'S123°37.4'E07°43.6'S123°10.8'E07°07.6'S123°24.0'E 1.041 57° 262° 140 km 03m30.4s
05:5206°42.5'S124°25.5'E07°54.2'S123°59.4'E07°18.3'S124°12.3'E 1.041 56° 262° 139 km 03m27.7s
05:5406°52.9'S125°14.8'E08°04.4'S124°49.3'E07°28.6'S125°01.9'E 1.040 55° 262° 139 km 03m24.9s
05:5607°02.8'S126°05.5'E08°14.1'S125°40.6'E07°38.5'S125°52.8'E 1.040 54° 263° 138 km 03m22.0s
05:5807°12.4'S126°57.6'E08°23.4'S126°33.3'E07°47.9'S126°45.3'E 1.040 52° 263° 137 km 03m18.9s
06:0007°21.5'S127°51.4'E08°32.3'S127°27.7'E07°56.8'S127°39.3'E 1.040 51° 263° 136 km 03m15.8s
06:0207°30.1'S128°46.9'E08°40.6'S128°23.8'E08°05.3'S128°35.2'E 1.039 49° 263° 135 km 03m12.5s
06:0407°38.2'S129°44.4'E08°48.3'S129°21.9'E08°13.2'S129°32.9'E 1.039 48° 263° 134 km 03m09.2s
06:0607°45.7'S130°43.9'E08°55.5'S130°22.0'E08°20.6'S130°32.7'E 1.039 47° 264° 132 km 03m05.7s
06:0807°52.7'S131°45.8'E09°02.1'S131°24.5'E08°27.4'S131°34.9'E 1.038 45° 264° 131 km 03m02.1s
06:1007°59.1'S132°50.2'E09°08.0'S132°29.5'E08°33.5'S132°39.6'E 1.038 44° 264° 130 km 02m58.3s
06:1208°04.7'S133°57.4'E09°13.2'S133°37.4'E08°38.9'S133°47.1'E 1.038 42° 264° 129 km 02m54.5s
06:1408°09.6'S135°07.8'E09°17.6'S134°48.4'E08°43.6'S134°57.8'E 1.037 40° 264° 127 km 02m50.5s
06:1608°13.7'S136°21.8'E09°21.1'S136°03.0'E08°47.3'S136°12.1'E 1.037 39° 264° 126 km 02m46.3s
06:1808°16.8'S137°39.9'E09°23.6'S137°21.7'E08°50.2'S137°30.5'E 1.036 37° 264° 124 km 02m42.0s
06:2008°18.9'S139°02.7'E09°25.0'S138°45.1'E08°51.9'S138°53.6'E 1.036 35° 263° 122 km 02m37.5s
06:2208°19.8'S140°31.1'E09°25.1'S140°13.9'E08°52.4'S140°22.1'E 1.035 33° 263° 120 km 02m32.8s
06:2408°19.3'S142°05.9'E09°23.8'S141°49.2'E08°51.5'S141°57.2'E 1.035 31° 263° 118 km 02m27.9s
06:2608°17.1'S143°48.7'E09°20.8'S143°32.4'E08°48.9'S143°40.1'E 1.034 29° 263° 116 km 02m22.8s
06:2808°12.9'S145°41.4'E09°15.6'S145°25.3'E08°44.2'S145°32.9'E 1.033 27° 263° 114 km 02m17.4s
06:3008°06.1'S147°46.8'E09°07.7'S147°30.8'E08°36.9'S147°38.4'E 1.033 24° 262° 111 km 02m11.5s
06:3207°55.8'S150°09.7'E08°56.3'S149°53.4'E08°26.1'S150°01.1'E 1.032 21° 262° 108 km 02m05.2s
06:3407°40.6'S152°58.5'E08°39.7'S152°41.2'E08°10.2'S152°49.3'E 1.031 18° 262° 105 km 01m58.1s
06:3607°17.0'S156°31.5'E08°14.6'S156°11.4'E07°45.8'S156°20.7'E 1.030 14° 261° 101 km 01m49.8s
06:3806°33.2'S161°52.7'E07°30.0'S161°21.4'E07°01.7'S161°35.7'E 1.028 260° 95 km 01m38.5s
Limits05°19.0'S169°18.7'E06°05.3'S169°25.3'E05°42.2'S169°21.9'E 1.025 - 86 km 01m24.1s

ΔT = 46115.9 seconds

Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration
Event Time
TD
Time
UT1
Latitude Longitude Sun
Altitude
Sun
Azimuth
Path Width Central
Duration
Greatest Eclipse17:46:04.704:57:28.800°38.7'S086°11.1'W 79.8° 195.7° 147.6 km04m03.65s
Greatest Duration17:48:19.504:59:43.600°59.0'S107°07.8'E 79.7° 202.6° 147.6 km04m03.71s

Explanation of Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration

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Eclipse Predictions

Predictions for the Total Solar Eclipse of -1988 Nov 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 46115.9 seconds for this eclipse. The uncertainty in ΔT is 3678.1 seconds corresponding to a standard error in longitude of the eclipse path of ± 15.37°.

Acknowledgments

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

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