Path of the Total Solar Eclipse of 0016 Feb 26

Fred Espenak

Introduction

The following table delineates the path of the Moon's umbral shadow during the Total Solar Eclipse of 0016 Feb 26 . 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 0016 Feb 26
UT1 Northern Limit Southern Limit Central Line M:S Sun Sun Path Central
Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Ratio Alt. Azm. Width Duration
Limits24°32.1'S175°25.5'W25°41.0'S175°40.9'W25°06.6'S175°33.0'W 1.039 - 130 km 02m06.2s
17:4025°00.6'S172°20.9'W26°02.0'S173°34.8'W25°33.1'S172°47.3'W 1.039 99° 132 km 02m11.1s
17:4226°00.3'S163°17.4'W27°16.7'S163°24.8'W26°38.6'S163°19.5'W 1.042 12° 95° 142 km 02m29.9s
17:4426°14.9'S158°41.9'W27°34.3'S158°39.9'W26°54.7'S158°39.7'W 1.044 16° 93° 146 km 02m40.3s
17:4626°18.2'S155°13.4'W27°39.4'S155°05.2'W26°58.8'S155°08.3'W 1.045 20° 91° 150 km 02m48.7s
17:4826°15.3'S152°20.5'W27°37.8'S152°07.5'W26°56.5'S152°13.2'W 1.046 23° 89° 153 km 02m56.0s
17:5026°08.3'S149°50.7'W27°31.8'S149°33.6'W26°50.0'S149°41.4'W 1.047 26° 88° 156 km 03m02.6s
17:5225°58.5'S147°37.6'W27°22.7'S147°16.7'W26°40.5'S147°26.5'W 1.047 28° 87° 158 km 03m08.6s
17:5425°46.4'S145°37.1'W27°11.2'S145°12.9'W26°28.7'S145°24.4'W 1.048 30° 86° 160 km 03m14.3s
17:5625°32.6'S143°46.7'W26°57.7'S143°19.5'W26°15.1'S143°32.6'W 1.049 32° 85° 162 km 03m19.6s
17:5825°17.2'S142°04.7'W26°42.7'S141°34.7'W25°59.9'S141°49.2'W 1.049 34° 84° 164 km 03m24.7s
18:0025°00.7'S140°29.7'W26°26.3'S139°57.1'W25°43.4'S140°12.9'W 1.050 36° 83° 166 km 03m29.4s
18:0224°43.0'S139°00.7'W26°08.8'S138°25.6'W25°25.8'S138°42.8'W 1.050 38° 82° 168 km 03m34.0s
18:0424°24.5'S137°36.9'W25°50.2'S136°59.5'W25°07.2'S137°17.9'W 1.051 40° 81° 169 km 03m38.4s
18:0624°05.1'S136°17.8'W25°30.8'S135°38.2'W24°47.8'S135°57.6'W 1.051 42° 80° 171 km 03m42.5s
18:0823°44.9'S135°02.7'W25°10.6'S134°21.0'W24°27.7'S134°41.5'W 1.051 43° 80° 172 km 03m46.5s
18:1023°24.2'S133°51.3'W24°49.7'S133°07.6'W24°06.9'S133°29.2'W 1.052 45° 79° 173 km 03m50.4s
18:1223°02.8'S132°43.1'W24°28.2'S131°57.7'W23°45.4'S132°20.1'W 1.052 46° 78° 174 km 03m54.1s
18:1422°40.9'S131°38.0'W24°06.1'S130°50.8'W23°23.4'S131°14.2'W 1.053 48° 78° 176 km 03m57.6s
18:1622°18.5'S130°35.6'W23°43.4'S129°46.7'W23°00.9'S130°11.0'W 1.053 49° 77° 177 km 04m01.0s
18:1821°55.7'S129°35.7'W23°20.3'S128°45.3'W22°37.9'S129°10.3'W 1.053 51° 77° 178 km 04m04.3s
18:2021°32.4'S128°38.1'W22°56.7'S127°46.2'W22°14.5'S128°12.0'W 1.053 52° 76° 179 km 04m07.4s
18:2221°08.7'S127°42.7'W22°32.7'S126°49.3'W21°50.6'S127°15.8'W 1.054 54° 76° 180 km 04m10.4s
18:2420°44.7'S126°49.2'W22°08.4'S125°54.5'W21°26.4'S126°21.7'W 1.054 55° 75° 180 km 04m13.3s
18:2620°20.3'S125°57.6'W21°43.6'S125°01.5'W21°01.9'S125°29.4'W 1.054 56° 75° 181 km 04m16.0s
18:2819°55.6'S125°07.6'W21°18.5'S124°10.3'W20°37.0'S124°38.8'W 1.055 58° 75° 182 km 04m18.6s
18:3019°30.6'S124°19.2'W20°53.1'S123°20.8'W20°11.8'S123°49.9'W 1.055 59° 74° 183 km 04m21.1s
18:3219°05.3'S123°32.3'W20°27.4'S122°32.8'W19°46.3'S123°02.4'W 1.055 60° 74° 183 km 04m23.5s
18:3418°39.7'S122°46.8'W20°01.4'S121°46.2'W19°20.5'S122°16.4'W 1.055 61° 74° 184 km 04m25.8s
18:3618°13.9'S122°02.6'W19°35.2'S121°01.0'W18°54.5'S121°31.7'W 1.055 63° 74° 185 km 04m28.0s
18:3817°47.8'S121°19.5'W19°08.6'S120°17.0'W18°28.2'S120°48.2'W 1.056 64° 73° 185 km 04m30.1s
18:4017°21.5'S120°37.7'W18°41.9'S119°34.2'W18°01.6'S120°05.9'W 1.056 65° 73° 186 km 04m32.0s
18:4216°54.9'S119°56.9'W18°14.9'S118°52.5'W17°34.8'S119°24.7'W 1.056 66° 73° 186 km 04m33.8s
18:4416°28.1'S119°17.0'W17°47.6'S118°11.9'W17°07.8'S118°44.4'W 1.056 68° 73° 187 km 04m35.6s
18:4616°01.1'S118°38.2'W17°20.2'S117°32.2'W16°40.6'S118°05.2'W 1.056 69° 73° 187 km 04m37.2s
18:4815°33.9'S118°00.2'W16°52.5'S116°53.5'W16°13.1'S117°26.8'W 1.056 70° 73° 187 km 04m38.7s
18:5015°06.4'S117°23.0'W16°24.6'S116°15.6'W15°45.5'S116°49.3'W 1.056 71° 73° 188 km 04m40.2s
18:5214°38.8'S116°46.6'W15°56.5'S115°38.6'W15°17.6'S116°12.6'W 1.057 72° 73° 188 km 04m41.5s
18:5414°11.0'S116°10.9'W15°28.2'S115°02.3'W14°49.6'S115°36.6'W 1.057 73° 73° 188 km 04m42.7s
18:5613°43.0'S115°35.9'W14°59.8'S114°26.7'W14°21.4'S115°01.3'W 1.057 75° 73° 189 km 04m43.8s
18:5813°14.8'S115°01.5'W14°31.1'S113°51.8'W13°52.9'S114°26.7'W 1.057 76° 74° 189 km 04m44.9s
19:0012°46.4'S114°27.7'W14°02.3'S113°17.5'W13°24.3'S113°52.6'W 1.057 77° 74° 189 km 04m45.8s
19:0212°17.8'S113°54.5'W13°33.3'S112°43.8'W12°55.5'S113°19.2'W 1.057 78° 75° 189 km 04m46.6s
19:0411°49.0'S113°21.8'W13°04.1'S112°10.6'W12°26.5'S112°46.2'W 1.057 79° 75° 189 km 04m47.4s
19:0611°20.1'S112°49.6'W12°34.7'S111°37.9'W11°57.4'S112°13.8'W 1.057 80° 76° 189 km 04m48.0s
19:0810°50.9'S112°17.8'W12°05.2'S111°05.7'W11°28.1'S111°41.8'W 1.057 81° 78° 190 km 04m48.5s
19:1010°21.6'S111°46.4'W11°35.4'S110°33.9'W10°58.5'S111°10.2'W 1.057 82° 80° 190 km 04m49.0s
19:1209°52.1'S111°15.3'W11°05.6'S110°02.5'W10°28.9'S110°39.0'W 1.057 83° 82° 190 km 04m49.4s
19:1409°22.5'S110°44.6'W10°35.5'S109°31.5'W09°59.0'S110°08.1'W 1.057 84° 85° 190 km 04m49.6s
19:1608°52.6'S110°14.2'W10°05.3'S109°00.8'W09°29.0'S109°37.5'W 1.058 86° 91° 190 km 04m49.8s
19:1808°22.6'S109°44.1'W09°34.9'S108°30.3'W08°58.7'S109°07.3'W 1.058 86° 99° 190 km 04m49.9s
19:2007°52.4'S109°14.2'W09°04.3'S108°00.2'W08°28.4'S108°37.2'W 1.058 87° 112° 190 km 04m49.9s
19:2207°22.0'S108°44.5'W08°33.5'S107°30.2'W07°57.8'S108°07.4'W 1.058 88° 135° 190 km 04m49.8s
19:2406°51.4'S108°15.0'W08°02.6'S107°00.5'W07°27.0'S107°37.8'W 1.058 88° 165° 190 km 04m49.6s
19:2606°20.6'S107°45.6'W07°31.5'S106°30.9'W06°56.1'S107°08.3'W 1.058 87° 189° 190 km 04m49.4s
19:2805°49.7'S107°16.4'W07°00.2'S106°01.4'W06°25.0'S106°39.0'W 1.058 87° 204° 190 km 04m49.0s
19:3005°18.5'S106°47.2'W06°28.8'S105°32.1'W05°53.7'S106°09.7'W 1.058 86° 213° 190 km 04m48.6s
19:3204°47.2'S106°18.0'W05°57.1'S105°02.8'W05°22.2'S105°40.5'W 1.058 85° 219° 190 km 04m48.1s
19:3404°15.6'S105°48.9'W05°25.3'S104°33.5'W04°50.5'S105°11.3'W 1.058 84° 223° 190 km 04m47.5s
19:3603°43.9'S105°19.8'W04°53.3'S104°04.3'W04°18.7'S104°42.1'W 1.058 83° 225° 189 km 04m46.8s
19:3803°12.0'S104°50.6'W04°21.1'S103°35.0'W03°46.6'S104°12.9'W 1.057 81° 227° 189 km 04m46.0s
19:4002°39.8'S104°21.3'W03°48.7'S103°05.6'W03°14.3'S103°43.6'W 1.057 80° 229° 189 km 04m45.2s
19:4202°07.4'S103°52.0'W03°16.1'S102°36.2'W02°41.8'S103°14.1'W 1.057 79° 230° 189 km 04m44.3s
19:4401°34.9'S103°22.4'W02°43.3'S102°06.6'W02°09.1'S102°44.6'W 1.057 78° 231° 189 km 04m43.2s
19:4601°02.1'S102°52.7'W02°10.3'S101°36.8'W01°36.2'S102°14.9'W 1.057 77° 232° 189 km 04m42.1s
19:4800°29.0'S102°22.8'W01°37.0'S101°06.9'W01°03.1'S101°44.9'W 1.057 76° 233° 188 km 04m41.0s
19:5000°04.2'N101°52.6'W01°03.6'S100°36.7'W00°29.7'S101°14.7'W 1.057 75° 233° 188 km 04m39.7s
19:5200°37.8'N101°22.1'W00°29.9'S100°06.2'W00°03.9'N100°44.2'W 1.057 74° 234° 188 km 04m38.4s
19:5401°11.5'N100°51.3'W00°04.1'N099°35.4'W00°37.7'N100°13.4'W 1.057 72° 234° 188 km 04m36.9s
19:5601°45.5'N100°20.0'W00°38.2'N099°04.2'W01°11.8'N099°42.2'W 1.057 71° 235° 187 km 04m35.4s
19:5802°19.8'N099°48.4'W01°12.6'N098°32.6'W01°46.1'N099°10.6'W 1.057 70° 235° 187 km 04m33.8s
20:0002°54.4'N099°16.3'W01°47.3'N098°00.5'W02°20.8'N098°38.5'W 1.056 69° 235° 187 km 04m32.1s
20:0203°29.2'N098°43.6'W02°22.3'N097°28.0'W02°55.6'N098°05.9'W 1.056 68° 236° 187 km 04m30.4s
20:0404°04.3'N098°10.4'W02°57.5'N096°54.9'W03°30.8'N097°32.7'W 1.056 67° 236° 186 km 04m28.5s
20:0604°39.8'N097°36.5'W03°33.0'N096°21.1'W04°06.3'N096°58.9'W 1.056 65° 236° 186 km 04m26.6s
20:0805°15.5'N097°01.9'W04°08.9'N095°46.7'W04°42.1'N096°24.4'W 1.056 64° 237° 185 km 04m24.6s
20:1005°51.6'N096°26.6'W04°45.0'N095°11.5'W05°18.2'N095°49.1'W 1.056 63° 237° 185 km 04m22.5s
20:1206°28.0'N095°50.4'W05°21.5'N094°35.5'W05°54.7'N095°13.1'W 1.056 62° 237° 184 km 04m20.3s
20:1407°04.8'N095°13.3'W05°58.4'N093°58.6'W06°31.5'N094°36.1'W 1.055 60° 237° 184 km 04m18.0s
20:1607°42.0'N094°35.2'W06°35.6'N093°20.7'W07°08.6'N093°58.1'W 1.055 59° 238° 183 km 04m15.7s
20:1808°19.5'N093°56.1'W07°13.1'N092°41.8'W07°46.2'N093°19.0'W 1.055 58° 238° 183 km 04m13.2s
20:2008°57.5'N093°15.7'W07°51.1'N092°01.7'W08°24.2'N092°38.8'W 1.055 57° 238° 182 km 04m10.6s
20:2209°35.9'N092°34.0'W08°29.6'N091°20.3'W09°02.6'N091°57.3'W 1.054 55° 239° 182 km 04m08.0s
20:2410°14.8'N091°51.0'W09°08.4'N090°37.5'W09°41.5'N091°14.4'W 1.054 54° 239° 181 km 04m05.3s
20:2610°54.2'N091°06.3'W09°47.8'N089°53.2'W10°20.8'N090°29.9'W 1.054 52° 239° 180 km 04m02.4s
20:2811°34.1'N090°20.0'W10°27.7'N089°07.2'W11°00.7'N089°43.8'W 1.054 51° 240° 179 km 03m59.5s
20:3012°14.5'N089°31.8'W11°08.1'N088°19.4'W11°41.1'N088°55.8'W 1.053 50° 240° 178 km 03m56.4s
20:3212°55.5'N088°41.5'W11°49.1'N087°29.5'W12°22.2'N088°05.7'W 1.053 48° 240° 178 km 03m53.2s
20:3413°37.2'N087°48.9'W12°30.7'N086°37.4'W13°03.8'N087°13.4'W 1.053 47° 241° 177 km 03m49.9s
20:3614°19.6'N086°53.8'W13°13.1'N085°42.8'W13°46.2'N086°18.5'W 1.052 45° 241° 175 km 03m46.5s
20:3815°02.7'N085°55.8'W13°56.1'N084°45.3'W14°29.3'N085°20.8'W 1.052 43° 241° 174 km 03m43.0s
20:4015°46.7'N084°54.6'W14°40.0'N083°44.7'W15°13.2'N084°19.9'W 1.052 42° 242° 173 km 03m39.3s
20:4216°31.5'N083°49.7'W15°24.8'N082°40.5'W15°58.0'N083°15.3'W 1.051 40° 242° 172 km 03m35.4s
20:4417°17.3'N082°40.8'W16°10.6'N081°32.2'W16°43.8'N082°06.7'W 1.051 38° 243° 170 km 03m31.4s
20:4618°04.3'N081°27.0'W16°57.5'N080°19.2'W17°30.7'N080°53.4'W 1.050 37° 243° 169 km 03m27.2s
20:4818°52.5'N080°07.8'W17°45.6'N079°00.7'W18°18.9'N079°34.5'W 1.050 35° 244° 167 km 03m22.9s
20:5019°42.1'N078°41.9'W18°35.3'N077°35.7'W19°08.5'N078°09.1'W 1.049 33° 245° 166 km 03m18.2s
20:5220°33.5'N077°08.2'W19°26.6'N076°02.9'W19°59.8'N076°35.9'W 1.049 31° 245° 164 km 03m13.4s
20:5421°26.8'N075°24.8'W20°20.0'N074°20.6'W20°53.1'N074°53.1'W 1.048 28° 246° 161 km 03m08.2s
20:5622°22.6'N073°29.2'W21°15.8'N072°26.1'W21°49.0'N072°58.1'W 1.047 26° 247° 159 km 03m02.6s
20:5823°21.6'N071°17.6'W22°14.9'N070°15.6'W22°48.0'N070°47.1'W 1.047 23° 248° 156 km 02m56.5s
21:0024°24.8'N068°43.4'W23°18.3'N067°42.7'W23°51.2'N068°13.7'W 1.046 20° 249° 153 km 02m49.8s
21:0225°34.3'N065°34.8'W24°28.3'N064°35.2'W25°00.9'N065°05.8'W 1.045 17° 251° 150 km 02m42.1s
21:0426°54.9'N061°23.1'W25°49.9'N060°23.8'W26°22.0'N060°54.6'W 1.043 12° 253° 145 km 02m32.6s
21:0628°50.2'N053°48.7'W27°49.6'N052°35.4'W28°19.1'N053°15.5'W 1.041 257° 137 km 02m17.4s
Limits29°54.0'N048°11.0'W28°44.1'N047°54.4'W29°19.0'N048°02.7'W 1.039 - 132 km 02m08.4s

ΔT = 10361.0 seconds

Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration
Event Time
TD
Time
UT1
Latitude Longitude Sun
Altitude
Sun
Azimuth
Path Width Central
Duration
Greatest Eclipse22:15:49.319:23:08.307°40.3'S151°07.9'W 87.9° 152.0° 189.8 km04m49.73s
Greatest Duration22:11:45.119:19:04.108°42.5'S108°51.2'W 86.9° 105.2° 189.8 km04m49.92s

Explanation of Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration

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Eclipse Predictions

Predictions for the Total Solar Eclipse of 0016 Feb 26 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 10361.0 seconds for this eclipse. The uncertainty in ΔT is 260.3 seconds corresponding to a standard error in longitude of the eclipse path of ± 1.09°.

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