Path of the Annular Solar Eclipse of 0174 Aug 15

Fred Espenak

Introduction

The following table delineates the path of the Moon's antumbral shadow during the Annular Solar Eclipse of 0174 Aug 15 . 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 0174 Aug 15
UT1 Northern Limit Southern Limit Central Line M:S Sun Sun Path Central
Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Ratio Alt. Azm. Width Duration
Limits55°34.0'S037°31.5'E65°35.5'S044°30.4'E59°36.7'S039°21.9'E 0.924 - 1033 km 06m06.1s
05:1452°10.1'S057°18.4'E - - 57°37.7'S047°25.8'E 0.926 52° 1063 km 06m17.6s
05:1652°08.5'S058°58.0'E - - 57°02.7'S050°59.2'E 0.926 49° 1086 km 06m22.9s
05:1852°09.9'S060°29.8'E - - 56°44.9'S053°37.8'E 0.926 46° 1106 km 06m26.8s
05:2052°13.8'S061°55.5'E - - 56°36.1'S055°49.5'E 0.927 44° 1122 km 06m29.9s
05:2252°19.9'S063°16.3'E - - 56°33.2'S057°44.6'E 0.927 10° 42° 1135 km 06m32.5s
05:2452°28.0'S064°33.2'E - - 56°34.8'S059°28.4'E 0.927 11° 39° 1145 km 06m34.6s
05:2652°37.8'S065°46.9'E - - 56°40.0'S061°03.8'E 0.927 12° 38° 1151 km 06m36.5s
05:2852°49.4'S066°57.8'E64°07.0'S050°05.4'E56°48.1'S062°32.9'E 0.927 12° 36° 1155 km 06m38.0s
05:3053°02.6'S068°06.6'E63°39.2'S053°39.6'E56°59.0'S063°57.1'E 0.928 13° 34° 1155 km 06m39.3s
05:3253°17.3'S069°13.6'E63°33.7'S056°11.7'E57°12.3'S065°17.4'E 0.928 13° 32° 1152 km 06m40.3s
05:3453°33.5'S070°19.2'E63°39.1'S058°17.3'E57°28.0'S066°34.6'E 0.928 13° 30° 1147 km 06m41.1s
05:3653°51.2'S071°23.6'E63°51.9'S060°07.1'E57°45.9'S067°49.4'E 0.928 14° 29° 1139 km 06m41.6s
05:3854°10.4'S072°27.2'E64°10.9'S061°46.3'E58°06.0'S069°02.3'E 0.928 14° 27° 1130 km 06m42.0s
05:4054°31.1'S073°30.1'E64°35.4'S063°17.6'E58°28.2'S070°13.8'E 0.928 14° 25° 1118 km 06m42.1s
05:4254°53.3'S074°32.8'E65°05.6'S064°42.8'E58°52.8'S071°24.3'E 0.928 14° 24° 1106 km 06m42.1s
05:4455°17.1'S075°35.3'E65°41.7'S066°02.9'E59°19.6'S072°34.2'E 0.928 14° 22° 1093 km 06m41.8s
05:4655°42.5'S076°38.0'E66°24.5'S067°18.1'E59°48.9'S073°43.9'E 0.928 14° 20° 1079 km 06m41.3s
05:4856°09.6'S077°41.2'E67°15.9'S068°28.2'E60°20.9'S074°53.8'E 0.928 13° 19° 1065 km 06m40.6s
05:5056°38.5'S078°45.0'E68°18.9'S069°31.1'E60°55.7'S076°04.3'E 0.928 13° 17° 1051 km 06m39.7s
05:5257°09.3'S079°49.8'E69°41.2'S070°20.4'E61°33.8'S077°15.8'E 0.927 13° 15° 1037 km 06m38.6s
05:5457°42.3'S080°55.9'E71°55.7'S070°18.5'E62°15.5'S078°28.9'E 0.927 12° 14° 1025 km 06m37.2s
05:5658°17.6'S082°03.7'E - - 63°01.6'S079°44.2'E 0.927 12° 12° 1013 km 06m35.6s
05:5858°55.4'S083°13.6'E - - 63°52.8'S081°02.4'E 0.927 11° 10° 1003 km 06m33.6s
06:0059°36.1'S084°26.2'E - - 64°50.5'S082°24.5'E 0.927 10° 995 km 06m31.4s
06:0260°20.1'S085°42.1'E - - 65°56.7'S083°52.2'E 0.927 988 km 06m28.7s
06:0461°07.9'S087°02.2'E - - 67°15.3'S085°27.6'E 0.926 986 km 06m25.4s
06:0662°00.4'S088°27.7'E - - 68°54.0'S087°15.3'E 0.926 988 km 06m21.3s
06:0862°58.7'S090°00.1'E - - 71°18.1'S089°26.6'E 0.925 359° 1001 km 06m15.4s
Limits74°17.0'S106°27.1'E73°55.2'S068°18.5'E75°11.9'S091°31.5'E 0.924 - 1044 km 06m06.3s

ΔT = 8832.3 seconds

Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration
Event Time
TD
Time
UT1
Latitude Longitude Sun
Altitude
Sun
Azimuth
Path Width Central
Duration
Greatest Eclipse08:08:03.905:40:51.658°38.5'S033°50.1'E 13.8° 24.6° 1113.2 km06m42.13s
Greatest Duration08:07:34.605:40:22.458°32.6'S070°27.0'E 13.8° 25.0° 1116.2 km06m42.14s

Explanation of Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration

Links for the Annular Solar Eclipse of 0174 Aug 15

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Eclipse Predictions

Predictions for the Annular Solar Eclipse of 0174 Aug 15 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 8832.3 seconds for this eclipse. The uncertainty in ΔT is 216.6 seconds corresponding to a standard error in longitude of the eclipse path of ± 0.90°.

Acknowledgments

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

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