Path of the Annular Solar Eclipse of -1996 Apr 10

Fred Espenak

Introduction

The following table delineates the path of the Moon's antumbral shadow during the Annular Solar Eclipse of -1996 Apr 10 . 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 -1996 Apr 10
UT1 Northern Limit Southern Limit Central Line M:S Sun Sun Path Central
Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Ratio Alt. Azm. Width Duration
Limits74°35.6'S100°39.8'E77°40.1'S100°33.3'E76°06.6'S100°33.7'E 0.936 - 342 km 04m24.9s
23:4271°07.8'S138°15.6'E - - 74°13.6'S128°26.4'E 0.938 58° 320 km 04m32.1s
23:4469°36.3'S145°17.1'E75°48.9'S128°37.7'E72°18.2'S140°28.4'E 0.939 11° 46° 309 km 04m36.2s
23:4668°12.0'S150°27.4'E73°35.2'S142°33.3'E70°37.8'S147°47.4'E 0.940 14° 38° 301 km 04m39.3s
23:4866°53.2'S154°31.6'E71°43.7'S150°19.1'E69°06.8'S153°02.5'E 0.941 17° 33° 295 km 04m41.8s
23:5065°38.9'S157°51.9'E70°04.9'S155°41.6'E67°42.8'S157°06.6'E 0.941 19° 28° 290 km 04m44.0s
23:5264°28.2'S160°41.0'E68°34.9'S159°46.4'E66°24.1'S160°24.8'E 0.942 21° 25° 286 km 04m46.0s
23:5463°20.6'S163°06.8'E67°11.5'S163°02.5'E65°09.8'S163°10.9'E 0.942 22° 21° 283 km 04m47.8s
23:5662°15.8'S165°14.5'E65°53.3'S165°45.4'E63°59.2'S165°33.2'E 0.942 24° 18° 280 km 04m49.4s
23:5861°13.4'S167°07.8'E64°39.4'S168°04.1'E62°51.7'S167°37.4'E 0.943 25° 16° 277 km 04m51.0s
00:0060°13.1'S168°49.5'E63°29.1'S170°04.5'E61°47.0'S169°27.4'E 0.943 26° 13° 275 km 04m52.4s
00:0259°14.7'S170°21.6'E62°21.9'S171°50.8'E60°44.6'S171°05.8'E 0.943 28° 11° 273 km 04m53.7s
00:0458°18.0'S171°45.6'E61°17.4'S173°25.7'E59°44.4'S172°34.7'E 0.943 29° 271 km 04m55.0s
00:0657°22.8'S173°02.8'E60°15.3'S174°51.3'E58°46.1'S173°55.8'E 0.944 30° 269 km 04m56.1s
00:0856°29.1'S174°14.1'E59°15.3'S176°09.2'E57°49.5'S175°10.2'E 0.944 31° 268 km 04m57.2s
00:1055°36.7'S175°20.3'E58°17.2'S177°20.7'E56°54.4'S176°18.8'E 0.944 32° 267 km 04m58.3s
00:1254°45.4'S176°22.0'E57°20.8'S178°26.7'E56°00.8'S177°22.6'E 0.944 33° 266 km 04m59.3s
00:1453°55.3'S177°19.9'E56°25.9'S179°27.9'E55°08.4'S178°22.1'E 0.945 34° 359° 265 km 05m00.2s
00:1653°06.2'S178°14.3'E55°32.5'S179°34.9'W54°17.3'S179°17.9'E 0.945 35° 358° 264 km 05m01.1s
00:1852°18.0'S179°05.8'E54°40.3'S178°41.3'W53°27.3'S179°49.6'W 0.945 35° 356° 263 km 05m01.9s
00:2051°30.7'S179°54.4'E53°49.4'S177°50.8'W52°38.3'S179°00.0'W 0.945 36° 354° 263 km 05m02.7s
00:2250°44.3'S179°19.3'W52°59.5'S177°03.1'W51°50.2'S178°13.0'W 0.945 37° 352° 263 km 05m03.4s
00:2449°58.7'S178°35.2'W52°10.7'S176°17.8'W51°03.1'S177°28.3'W 0.945 37° 351° 262 km 05m04.1s
00:2649°13.8'S177°53.0'W51°22.9'S175°34.7'W50°16.8'S176°45.7'W 0.945 38° 349° 262 km 05m04.7s
00:2848°29.6'S177°12.7'W50°36.0'S174°53.5'W49°31.3'S176°04.9'W 0.946 39° 348° 262 km 05m05.4s
00:3047°46.0'S176°33.9'W49°49.9'S174°14.1'W48°46.5'S175°25.7'W 0.946 39° 346° 262 km 05m05.9s
00:3247°03.1'S175°56.5'W49°04.6'S173°36.2'W48°02.5'S174°48.1'W 0.946 40° 344° 263 km 05m06.5s
00:3446°20.7'S175°20.5'W48°20.1'S172°59.6'W47°19.1'S174°11.7'W 0.946 40° 343° 263 km 05m07.0s
00:3645°39.0'S174°45.6'W47°36.2'S172°24.3'W46°36.3'S173°36.6'W 0.946 41° 341° 263 km 05m07.4s
00:3844°57.7'S174°11.7'W46°53.0'S171°50.2'W45°54.1'S173°02.6'W 0.946 41° 340° 264 km 05m07.9s
00:4044°17.0'S173°38.9'W46°10.5'S171°17.0'W45°12.5'S172°29.6'W 0.946 41° 338° 265 km 05m08.3s
00:4243°36.7'S173°06.9'W45°28.6'S170°44.7'W44°31.5'S171°57.4'W 0.946 42° 337° 265 km 05m08.6s
00:4442°56.9'S172°35.7'W44°47.2'S170°13.2'W43°50.9'S171°26.0'W 0.946 42° 335° 266 km 05m09.0s
00:4642°17.6'S172°05.1'W44°06.4'S169°42.4'W43°10.9'S170°55.3'W 0.946 42° 333° 267 km 05m09.3s
00:4841°38.6'S171°35.2'W43°26.1'S169°12.2'W42°31.3'S170°25.3'W 0.946 43° 332° 268 km 05m09.5s
00:5041°00.1'S171°05.8'W42°46.3'S168°42.5'W41°52.1'S169°55.8'W 0.946 43° 330° 269 km 05m09.8s
00:5240°22.0'S170°37.0'W42°06.9'S168°13.3'W41°13.4'S169°26.7'W 0.946 43° 329° 270 km 05m10.0s
00:5439°44.2'S170°08.5'W41°28.1'S167°44.6'W40°35.1'S168°58.1'W 0.946 43° 327° 271 km 05m10.2s
00:5639°06.8'S169°40.4'W40°49.6'S167°16.1'W39°57.2'S168°29.8'W 0.946 43° 326° 273 km 05m10.3s
00:5838°29.7'S169°12.6'W40°11.6'S166°48.0'W39°19.7'S168°01.8'W 0.946 43° 324° 274 km 05m10.4s
01:0037°53.0'S168°45.1'W39°34.0'S166°20.0'W38°42.5'S167°34.1'W 0.946 43° 323° 276 km 05m10.5s
01:0237°16.6'S168°17.8'W38°56.8'S165°52.2'W38°05.7'S167°06.5'W 0.946 43° 321° 277 km 05m10.6s
01:0436°40.5'S167°50.6'W38°19.9'S165°24.6'W37°29.2'S166°39.1'W 0.946 43° 320° 279 km 05m10.6s
01:0636°04.6'S167°23.5'W37°43.4'S164°56.9'W36°53.0'S166°11.8'W 0.946 43° 318° 281 km 05m10.6s
01:0835°29.1'S166°56.4'W37°07.2'S164°29.3'W36°17.2'S165°44.4'W 0.946 43° 317° 282 km 05m10.6s
01:1034°53.8'S166°29.4'W36°31.4'S164°01.6'W35°41.7'S165°17.1'W 0.946 43° 315° 284 km 05m10.5s
01:1234°18.9'S166°02.3'W35°55.9'S163°33.8'W35°06.4'S164°49.7'W 0.946 43° 314° 286 km 05m10.4s
01:1433°44.1'S165°35.1'W35°20.7'S163°05.9'W34°31.5'S164°22.1'W 0.946 43° 312° 288 km 05m10.3s
01:1633°09.6'S165°07.8'W34°45.9'S162°37.7'W33°56.8'S163°54.4'W 0.946 43° 311° 291 km 05m10.2s
01:1832°35.4'S164°40.3'W34°11.3'S162°09.3'W33°22.4'S163°26.4'W 0.946 42° 309° 293 km 05m10.0s
01:2032°01.4'S164°12.5'W33°37.0'S161°40.6'W32°48.2'S162°58.2'W 0.946 42° 308° 295 km 05m09.8s
01:2231°27.6'S163°44.5'W33°02.9'S161°11.5'W32°14.3'S162°29.6'W 0.946 42° 307° 297 km 05m09.5s
01:2430°54.0'S163°16.1'W32°29.2'S160°41.9'W31°40.6'S162°00.7'W 0.946 42° 305° 300 km 05m09.2s
01:2630°20.6'S162°47.3'W31°55.7'S160°11.9'W31°07.2'S161°31.3'W 0.946 41° 304° 302 km 05m08.9s
01:2829°47.5'S162°18.0'W31°22.4'S159°41.3'W30°34.0'S161°01.4'W 0.946 41° 303° 305 km 05m08.5s
01:3029°14.5'S161°48.2'W30°49.4'S159°10.0'W30°01.0'S160°30.9'W 0.946 40° 301° 307 km 05m08.1s
01:3228°41.8'S161°17.9'W30°16.7'S158°38.1'W29°28.3'S159°59.8'W 0.946 40° 300° 310 km 05m07.7s
01:3428°09.2'S160°46.9'W29°44.2'S158°05.4'W28°55.7'S159°28.0'W 0.946 39° 299° 312 km 05m07.2s
01:3627°36.8'S160°15.2'W29°11.9'S157°31.8'W28°23.4'S158°55.4'W 0.945 39° 297° 315 km 05m06.7s
01:3827°04.6'S159°42.7'W28°39.8'S156°57.2'W27°51.3'S158°22.0'W 0.945 38° 296° 317 km 05m06.2s
01:4026°32.6'S159°09.3'W28°08.0'S156°21.6'W27°19.4'S157°47.6'W 0.945 37° 295° 320 km 05m05.6s
01:4226°00.8'S158°35.0'W27°36.4'S155°44.8'W26°47.6'S157°12.1'W 0.945 37° 294° 323 km 05m05.0s
01:4425°29.1'S157°59.6'W27°05.0'S155°06.7'W26°16.1'S156°35.4'W 0.945 36° 293° 325 km 05m04.3s
01:4624°57.6'S157°23.1'W26°33.8'S154°27.2'W25°44.7'S155°57.5'W 0.945 35° 292° 327 km 05m03.6s
01:4824°26.2'S156°45.2'W26°02.9'S153°46.1'W25°13.6'S155°18.1'W 0.945 35° 291° 330 km 05m02.8s
01:5023°55.0'S156°05.9'W25°32.2'S153°03.2'W24°42.6'S154°37.2'W 0.944 34° 289° 332 km 05m01.9s
01:5223°24.0'S155°25.0'W25°01.6'S152°18.3'W24°11.8'S153°54.5'W 0.944 33° 288° 334 km 05m01.1s
01:5422°53.1'S154°42.4'W24°31.3'S151°31.2'W23°41.2'S153°09.8'W 0.944 32° 287° 336 km 05m00.1s
01:5622°22.4'S153°57.8'W24°01.3'S150°41.6'W23°10.8'S152°22.9'W 0.944 31° 286° 338 km 04m59.1s
01:5821°51.8'S153°11.0'W23°31.4'S149°49.1'W22°40.5'S151°33.5'W 0.943 30° 285° 340 km 04m58.0s
02:0021°21.4'S152°21.8'W23°01.8'S148°53.3'W22°10.5'S150°41.3'W 0.943 29° 284° 342 km 04m56.9s
02:0220°51.2'S151°29.7'W22°32.4'S147°53.8'W21°40.7'S149°45.9'W 0.943 28° 283° 343 km 04m55.6s
02:0420°21.1'S150°34.4'W22°03.3'S146°49.7'W21°11.0'S148°46.7'W 0.943 26° 282° 344 km 04m54.3s
02:0619°51.1'S149°35.5'W21°34.5'S145°40.3'W20°41.6'S147°43.2'W 0.942 25° 282° 345 km 04m52.9s
02:0819°21.4'S148°32.2'W21°05.9'S144°24.5'W20°12.4'S146°34.5'W 0.942 24° 281° 346 km 04m51.4s
02:1018°51.8'S147°23.8'W20°37.7'S143°00.5'W19°43.4'S145°19.4'W 0.942 22° 280° 346 km 04m49.7s
02:1218°22.4'S146°09.1'W20°09.9'S141°25.9'W19°14.7'S143°56.5'W 0.941 20° 279° 347 km 04m47.9s
02:1417°53.2'S144°46.8'W19°42.6'S139°36.9'W18°46.3'S142°23.5'W 0.941 19° 278° 347 km 04m45.9s
02:1617°24.2'S143°14.7'W19°16.1'S137°26.5'W18°18.4'S140°36.9'W 0.940 17° 277° 346 km 04m43.6s
02:1816°55.5'S141°29.3'W18°50.5'S134°39.3'W17°50.9'S138°30.3'W 0.940 14° 276° 346 km 04m41.0s
02:2016°27.2'S139°24.8'W18°27.6'S130°20.7'W17°24.2'S135°50.5'W 0.939 11° 275° 345 km 04m37.9s
02:2215°59.4'S136°49.3'W - - 16°59.0'S131°56.9'W 0.938 273° 343 km 04m33.5s
Limits15°16.0'S125°26.1'W18°23.2'S124°21.1'W16°48.2'S124°54.4'W 0.936 - 342 km 04m26.5s

ΔT = 46323.8 seconds

Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration
Event Time
TD
Time
UT1
Latitude Longitude Sun
Altitude
Sun
Azimuth
Path Width Central
Duration
Greatest Eclipse13:53:44.901:01:41.038°11.5'S000°43.6'W 43.5° 321.3° 277.0 km05m10.59s
Greatest Duration13:57:01.401:04:57.537°11.8'S166°26.0'W 43.5° 318.8° 279.7 km05m10.63s

Explanation of Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration

Links for the Annular Solar Eclipse of -1996 Apr 10

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Eclipse Predictions

Predictions for the Annular Solar Eclipse of -1996 Apr 10 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 46323.8 seconds for this eclipse. The uncertainty in ΔT is 3713.9 seconds corresponding to a standard error in longitude of the eclipse path of ± 15.52°.

Acknowledgments

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

Permission is granted to reproduce eclipse data when accompanied by a link to this page and an acknowledgment:

"Eclipse Predictions by Fred Espenak, EclipseWise.com"

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