Path of the Total Solar Eclipse of 0156 Feb 09

Fred Espenak

Introduction

The following table delineates the path of the Moon's umbral shadow during the Total Solar Eclipse of 0156 Feb 09 . 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 0156 Feb 09
UT1 Northern Limit Southern Limit Central Line M:S Sun Sun Path Central
Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Ratio Alt. Azm. Width Duration
Limits38°57.2'N144°05.6'E37°25.6'N143°56.9'E38°11.0'N144°01.1'E 1.033 - 164 km 01m57.7s
21:32 - - 34°45.8'N153°59.9'E36°24.8'N150°38.7'E 1.034 114° 174 km 02m10.2s
21:3436°38.2'N153°12.1'E33°52.6'N157°55.9'E35°11.1'N155°51.0'E 1.036 10° 117° 184 km 02m21.4s
21:3635°45.1'N157°17.9'E33°17.8'N160°50.3'E34°29.4'N159°12.3'E 1.037 14° 120° 190 km 02m29.2s
21:3835°11.2'N160°16.7'E32°52.5'N163°13.6'E34°00.6'N161°50.4'E 1.038 16° 122° 196 km 02m35.7s
21:4034°47.0'N162°42.7'E32°33.3'N165°17.3'E33°39.2'N164°03.9'E 1.038 18° 123° 201 km 02m41.4s
21:4234°28.9'N164°48.5'E32°18.6'N167°07.4'E33°23.1'N166°01.0'E 1.039 20° 125° 205 km 02m46.4s
21:4434°15.3'N166°40.1'E32°07.4'N168°47.3'E33°10.7'N167°46.2'E 1.039 22° 127° 209 km 02m51.1s
21:4634°05.1'N168°21.2'E31°58.9'N170°19.2'E33°01.5'N169°22.3'E 1.040 23° 128° 213 km 02m55.3s
21:4833°57.7'N169°54.2'E31°52.7'N171°44.6'E32°54.7'N170°51.3'E 1.040 24° 130° 216 km 02m59.3s
21:5033°52.5'N171°20.7'E31°48.5'N173°04.9'E32°50.1'N172°14.4'E 1.040 26° 131° 219 km 03m03.0s
21:5233°49.3'N172°41.8'E31°46.0'N174°20.6'E32°47.3'N173°32.7'E 1.041 27° 133° 222 km 03m06.4s
21:5433°47.8'N173°58.4'E31°45.1'N175°32.7'E32°46.1'N174°46.9'E 1.041 28° 134° 225 km 03m09.6s
21:5633°47.8'N175°11.3'E31°45.6'N176°41.4'E32°46.4'N175°57.6'E 1.041 29° 136° 227 km 03m12.6s
21:5833°49.2'N176°20.9'E31°47.4'N177°47.4'E32°48.0'N177°05.3'E 1.042 30° 137° 230 km 03m15.4s
22:0033°51.9'N177°27.6'E31°50.3'N178°50.9'E32°50.8'N178°10.3'E 1.042 31° 138° 232 km 03m18.0s
22:0233°55.7'N178°31.9'E31°54.4'N179°52.3'E32°54.7'N179°13.1'E 1.042 32° 140° 233 km 03m20.5s
22:0434°00.6'N179°34.1'E31°59.4'N179°08.3'W32°59.7'N179°46.2'W 1.042 32° 141° 235 km 03m22.7s
22:0634°06.5'N179°25.6'W32°05.4'N178°10.5'W33°05.6'N178°47.2'W 1.042 33° 143° 236 km 03m24.8s
22:0834°13.4'N178°27.0'W32°12.4'N177°14.2'W33°12.6'N177°49.8'W 1.043 34° 144° 237 km 03m26.8s
22:1034°21.1'N177°29.9'W32°20.2'N176°19.2'W33°20.4'N176°53.8'W 1.043 34° 146° 238 km 03m28.5s
22:1234°29.8'N176°34.0'W32°28.9'N175°25.3'W33°29.0'N175°59.0'W 1.043 35° 147° 239 km 03m30.1s
22:1434°39.3'N175°39.3'W32°38.4'N174°32.5'W33°38.5'N175°05.2'W 1.043 35° 149° 240 km 03m31.6s
22:1634°49.6'N174°45.5'W32°48.7'N173°40.6'W33°48.8'N174°12.5'W 1.043 36° 150° 240 km 03m32.9s
22:1835°00.8'N173°52.6'W32°59.7'N172°49.5'W33°59.9'N173°20.5'W 1.043 36° 152° 240 km 03m34.0s
22:2035°12.7'N173°00.4'W33°11.5'N171°59.1'W34°11.8'N172°29.2'W 1.043 36° 153° 241 km 03m35.0s
22:2235°25.3'N172°08.9'W33°24.1'N171°09.2'W34°24.4'N171°38.6'W 1.043 37° 155° 240 km 03m35.9s
22:2435°38.8'N171°17.9'W33°37.4'N170°19.8'W34°37.8'N170°48.4'W 1.043 37° 157° 240 km 03m36.6s
22:2635°53.0'N170°27.3'W33°51.5'N169°30.8'W34°51.9'N169°58.6'W 1.043 37° 158° 240 km 03m37.2s
22:2836°07.9'N169°37.0'W34°06.3'N168°42.1'W35°06.7'N169°09.2'W 1.043 37° 160° 239 km 03m37.6s
22:3036°23.6'N168°47.0'W34°21.8'N167°53.7'W35°22.3'N168°20.0'W 1.043 37° 161° 239 km 03m37.8s
22:3236°40.0'N167°57.1'W34°38.0'N167°05.4'W35°38.7'N167°30.9'W 1.044 37° 163° 238 km 03m38.0s
22:3436°57.2'N167°07.2'W34°55.0'N166°17.1'W35°55.7'N166°41.9'W 1.044 37° 165° 237 km 03m37.9s
22:3637°15.2'N166°17.3'W35°12.7'N165°28.8'W36°13.6'N165°52.8'W 1.043 37° 166° 236 km 03m37.8s
22:3837°34.0'N165°27.3'W35°31.1'N164°40.4'W36°32.1'N165°03.6'W 1.043 37° 168° 235 km 03m37.5s
22:4037°53.5'N164°37.1'W35°50.4'N163°51.8'W36°51.5'N164°14.2'W 1.043 37° 170° 233 km 03m37.0s
22:4238°13.8'N163°46.5'W36°10.4'N163°03.0'W37°11.7'N163°24.6'W 1.043 37° 171° 232 km 03m36.4s
22:4438°35.0'N162°55.5'W36°31.1'N162°13.7'W37°32.6'N162°34.5'W 1.043 37° 173° 231 km 03m35.7s
22:4638°57.0'N162°04.0'W36°52.8'N161°24.1'W37°54.4'N161°43.9'W 1.043 37° 174° 229 km 03m34.9s
22:4839°19.9'N161°11.9'W37°15.2'N160°33.8'W38°17.1'N160°52.8'W 1.043 36° 176° 227 km 03m33.8s
22:5039°43.7'N160°19.0'W37°38.5'N159°42.9'W38°40.6'N160°00.9'W 1.043 36° 178° 226 km 03m32.7s
22:5240°08.4'N159°25.3'W38°02.7'N158°51.2'W39°05.1'N159°08.3'W 1.043 36° 179° 224 km 03m31.4s
22:5440°34.1'N158°30.5'W38°27.8'N157°58.7'W39°30.5'N158°14.6'W 1.043 35° 181° 222 km 03m30.0s
22:5641°00.9'N157°34.6'W38°54.0'N157°05.1'W39°56.9'N157°19.9'W 1.043 35° 183° 221 km 03m28.4s
22:5841°28.7'N156°37.3'W39°21.1'N156°10.3'W40°24.4'N156°24.0'W 1.043 34° 184° 219 km 03m26.7s
23:0041°57.7'N155°38.6'W39°49.3'N155°14.2'W40°52.9'N155°26.6'W 1.042 34° 186° 217 km 03m24.8s
23:0242°28.0'N154°38.1'W40°18.7'N154°16.6'W41°22.7'N154°27.6'W 1.042 33° 188° 215 km 03m22.8s
23:0442°59.5'N153°35.7'W40°49.2'N153°17.3'W41°53.7'N153°26.8'W 1.042 32° 189° 213 km 03m20.6s
23:0643°32.5'N152°31.0'W41°21.1'N152°16.1'W42°26.1'N152°23.9'W 1.042 32° 191° 211 km 03m18.3s
23:0844°07.0'N151°23.8'W41°54.4'N151°12.6'W43°00.0'N151°18.7'W 1.042 31° 193° 209 km 03m15.8s
23:1044°43.2'N150°13.6'W42°29.2'N150°06.6'W43°35.4'N150°10.7'W 1.041 30° 194° 207 km 03m13.2s
23:1245°21.2'N149°00.1'W43°05.6'N148°57.7'W44°12.6'N148°59.6'W 1.041 29° 196° 205 km 03m10.4s
23:1446°01.3'N147°42.6'W43°43.9'N147°45.4'W44°51.7'N147°44.8'W 1.041 28° 198° 202 km 03m07.4s
23:1646°43.6'N146°20.4'W44°24.2'N146°29.3'W45°33.0'N146°25.9'W 1.041 27° 200° 200 km 03m04.2s
23:1847°28.6'N144°52.8'W45°06.7'N145°08.7'W46°16.7'N145°01.9'W 1.040 26° 202° 198 km 03m00.8s
23:2048°16.7'N143°18.6'W45°51.9'N143°42.6'W47°03.2'N143°32.1'W 1.040 25° 204° 196 km 02m57.2s
23:2249°08.3'N141°36.2'W46°40.1'N142°10.2'W47°53.0'N141°55.0'W 1.039 23° 205° 193 km 02m53.3s
23:2450°04.2'N139°43.7'W47°31.7'N140°29.8'W48°46.6'N140°09.0'W 1.039 22° 208° 191 km 02m49.1s
23:2651°05.6'N137°38.0'W48°27.6'N138°39.5'W49°45.0'N138°11.7'W 1.038 20° 210° 188 km 02m44.6s
23:2852°13.9'N135°14.4'W49°28.8'N136°36.6'W50°49.4'N135°59.5'W 1.038 18° 212° 185 km 02m39.7s
23:3053°32.0'N132°25.0'W50°36.9'N134°16.4'W52°01.9'N133°26.6'W 1.037 16° 215° 182 km 02m34.3s
23:3255°05.1'N128°54.3'W51°54.4'N131°31.7'W53°25.9'N130°22.5'W 1.037 14° 218° 179 km 02m28.1s
23:3457°06.6'N124°01.6'W53°26.3'N128°08.0'W55°09.3'N126°24.6'W 1.036 11° 222° 175 km 02m20.7s
23:3661°22.8'N112°12.0'W55°24.8'N123°28.9'W57°36.6'N120°17.7'W 1.034 227° 170 km 02m10.6s
Limits61°57.0'N110°24.7'W60°36.9'N109°07.8'W61°16.7'N109°44.8'W 1.032 - 162 km 01m56.3s

ΔT = 9007.7 seconds

Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration
Event Time
TD
Time
UT1
Latitude Longitude Sun
Altitude
Sun
Azimuth
Path Width Central
Duration
Greatest Eclipse01:04:22.822:34:15.135°57.9'N155°46.2'E 37.4° 164.8° 236.6 km03m37.93s
Greatest Duration01:02:52.022:32:44.335°44.9'N167°12.8'W 37.4° 163.6° 237.4 km03m37.97s

Explanation of Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration

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Eclipse Predictions

Predictions for the Total Solar Eclipse of 0156 Feb 09 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 9007.7 seconds for this eclipse. The uncertainty in ΔT is 221.5 seconds corresponding to a standard error in longitude of the eclipse path of ± 0.93°.

Acknowledgments

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

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