Path of the Total Solar Eclipse of 0478 Apr 18

Fred Espenak

Introduction

The following table delineates the path of the Moon's umbral shadow during the Total Solar Eclipse of 0478 Apr 18 . 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 0478 Apr 18
UT1 Northern Limit Southern Limit Central Line M:S Sun Sun Path Central
Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Ratio Alt. Azm. Width Duration
Limits63°04.9'S158°39.6'W64°03.5'S157°52.2'W63°34.1'S158°16.4'W 1.028 - 115 km 01m39.1s
18:0857°27.9'S139°55.4'W60°06.4'S143°26.9'W58°43.0'S141°25.2'W 1.031 10° 48° 124 km 01m57.5s
18:1055°18.2'S134°49.2'W57°29.9'S136°30.9'W56°22.2'S135°34.3'W 1.032 14° 43° 127 km 02m05.9s
18:1253°31.3'S131°08.0'W55°30.8'S132°03.8'W54°29.8'S131°32.7'W 1.033 17° 39° 130 km 02m12.6s
18:1451°57.6'S128°12.4'W53°49.5'S128°41.7'W52°52.6'S128°25.0'W 1.034 19° 36° 133 km 02m18.3s
18:1650°32.8'S125°45.8'W52°19.3'S125°57.6'W51°25.3'S125°50.3'W 1.034 22° 33° 135 km 02m23.4s
18:1849°14.7'S123°39.7'W50°57.0'S123°38.9'W50°05.2'S123°38.2'W 1.035 24° 31° 137 km 02m28.1s
18:2048°01.7'S121°48.8'W49°40.7'S121°38.4'W48°50.6'S121°42.8'W 1.036 26° 29° 138 km 02m32.5s
18:2246°53.0'S120°09.6'W48°29.2'S119°51.7'W47°40.5'S120°00.0'W 1.036 27° 27° 140 km 02m36.5s
18:2445°47.7'S118°39.9'W47°21.7'S118°15.9'W46°34.2'S118°27.4'W 1.036 29° 25° 142 km 02m40.3s
18:2644°45.4'S117°17.8'W46°17.4'S116°48.8'W45°31.0'S117°02.9'W 1.037 30° 23° 143 km 02m43.9s
18:2843°45.8'S116°02.1'W45°16.0'S115°28.9'W44°30.5'S115°45.2'W 1.037 32° 21° 145 km 02m47.3s
18:3042°48.4'S114°51.9'W44°17.1'S114°15.0'W43°32.4'S114°33.2'W 1.038 33° 19° 146 km 02m50.6s
18:3241°53.1'S113°46.2'W43°20.4'S113°06.3'W42°36.4'S113°26.0'W 1.038 34° 18° 147 km 02m53.7s
18:3440°59.6'S112°44.6'W42°25.7'S112°02.0'W41°42.3'S112°23.1'W 1.038 36° 16° 149 km 02m56.6s
18:3640°07.7'S111°46.4'W41°32.8'S111°01.4'W40°49.9'S111°23.8'W 1.039 37° 15° 150 km 02m59.4s
18:3839°17.4'S110°51.3'W40°41.4'S110°04.2'W39°59.1'S110°27.6'W 1.039 38° 13° 151 km 03m02.1s
18:4038°28.4'S109°58.9'W39°51.6'S109°09.9'W39°09.7'S109°34.3'W 1.039 39° 11° 153 km 03m04.7s
18:4237°40.8'S109°08.9'W39°03.1'S108°18.2'W38°21.6'S108°43.5'W 1.039 40° 10° 154 km 03m07.1s
18:4436°54.3'S108°21.0'W38°15.8'S107°28.8'W37°34.7'S107°54.8'W 1.040 41° 155 km 03m09.5s
18:4636°08.8'S107°35.0'W37°29.7'S106°41.4'W36°49.0'S107°08.1'W 1.040 42° 156 km 03m11.7s
18:4835°24.5'S106°50.6'W36°44.7'S105°55.9'W36°04.3'S106°23.2'W 1.040 42° 157 km 03m13.8s
18:5034°41.1'S106°07.8'W36°00.8'S105°11.9'W35°20.6'S105°39.9'W 1.040 43° 159 km 03m15.9s
18:5233°58.6'S105°26.4'W35°17.7'S104°29.5'W34°37.9'S104°57.9'W 1.040 44° 160 km 03m17.8s
18:5433°16.9'S104°46.2'W34°35.6'S103°48.3'W33°56.0'S104°17.3'W 1.041 45° 161 km 03m19.6s
18:5632°36.1'S104°07.1'W33°54.4'S103°08.3'W33°15.0'S103°37.7'W 1.041 45° 359° 162 km 03m21.4s
18:5831°56.0'S103°29.0'W33°13.9'S102°29.4'W32°34.7'S102°59.2'W 1.041 46° 357° 163 km 03m23.0s
19:0031°16.7'S102°51.8'W32°34.2'S101°51.4'W31°55.2'S102°21.7'W 1.041 47° 355° 164 km 03m24.5s
19:0230°38.1'S102°15.4'W31°55.3'S101°14.3'W31°16.5'S101°44.9'W 1.041 47° 354° 165 km 03m26.0s
19:0430°00.1'S101°39.8'W31°17.0'S100°38.0'W30°38.4'S101°08.9'W 1.041 48° 352° 166 km 03m27.4s
19:0629°22.8'S101°04.7'W30°39.5'S100°02.3'W30°01.0'S100°33.5'W 1.041 48° 350° 167 km 03m28.6s
19:0828°46.2'S100°30.2'W30°02.6'S099°27.2'W29°24.2'S099°58.7'W 1.042 49° 349° 168 km 03m29.8s
19:1028°10.1'S099°56.2'W29°26.3'S098°52.7'W28°48.0'S099°24.5'W 1.042 49° 347° 170 km 03m30.9s
19:1227°34.6'S099°22.6'W28°50.6'S098°18.6'W28°12.4'S098°50.6'W 1.042 49° 345° 171 km 03m31.9s
19:1426°59.6'S098°49.4'W28°15.5'S097°44.9'W27°37.4'S098°17.2'W 1.042 50° 344° 172 km 03m32.8s
19:1626°25.2'S098°16.5'W27°40.9'S097°11.5'W27°02.9'S097°44.1'W 1.042 50° 342° 173 km 03m33.6s
19:1825°51.3'S097°43.9'W27°06.9'S096°38.4'W26°29.0'S097°11.2'W 1.042 50° 340° 174 km 03m34.3s
19:2025°18.0'S097°11.4'W26°33.4'S096°05.5'W25°55.5'S096°38.6'W 1.042 50° 338° 175 km 03m34.9s
19:2224°45.1'S096°39.1'W26°00.5'S095°32.9'W25°22.6'S096°06.1'W 1.042 50° 337° 176 km 03m35.4s
19:2424°12.7'S096°07.0'W25°28.0'S095°00.3'W24°50.2'S095°33.7'W 1.042 51° 335° 177 km 03m35.9s
19:2623°40.8'S095°34.8'W24°56.1'S094°27.8'W24°18.3'S095°01.4'W 1.042 51° 333° 178 km 03m36.2s
19:2823°09.4'S095°02.7'W24°24.6'S093°55.3'W23°46.8'S094°29.1'W 1.042 51° 331° 179 km 03m36.5s
19:3022°38.4'S094°30.5'W23°53.6'S093°22.8'W23°15.9'S093°56.8'W 1.042 51° 330° 179 km 03m36.6s
19:3222°07.9'S093°58.3'W23°23.1'S092°50.2'W22°45.3'S093°24.4'W 1.042 51° 328° 180 km 03m36.7s
19:3421°37.8'S093°25.9'W22°53.0'S092°17.5'W22°15.3'S092°51.8'W 1.042 50° 326° 181 km 03m36.6s
19:3621°08.2'S092°53.3'W22°23.4'S091°44.7'W21°45.6'S092°19.1'W 1.042 50° 324° 182 km 03m36.5s
19:3820°39.0'S092°20.6'W21°54.2'S091°11.6'W21°16.5'S091°46.2'W 1.042 50° 323° 183 km 03m36.2s
19:4020°10.2'S091°47.5'W21°25.5'S090°38.2'W20°47.7'S091°13.0'W 1.042 50° 321° 183 km 03m35.9s
19:4219°41.9'S091°14.2'W20°57.2'S090°04.6'W20°19.4'S090°39.5'W 1.042 50° 319° 184 km 03m35.5s
19:4419°14.0'S090°40.4'W20°29.3'S089°30.6'W19°51.5'S090°05.6'W 1.042 49° 318° 185 km 03m34.9s
19:4618°46.5'S090°06.3'W20°01.9'S088°56.1'W19°24.1'S089°31.4'W 1.042 49° 316° 185 km 03m34.3s
19:4818°19.5'S089°31.7'W19°34.9'S088°21.2'W18°57.1'S088°56.6'W 1.042 49° 315° 186 km 03m33.5s
19:5017°52.9'S088°56.6'W19°08.4'S087°45.8'W18°30.5'S088°21.4'W 1.042 48° 313° 186 km 03m32.7s
19:5217°26.7'S088°20.9'W18°42.3'S087°09.8'W18°04.4'S087°45.5'W 1.042 48° 312° 187 km 03m31.7s
19:5417°01.0'S087°44.5'W18°16.7'S086°33.2'W17°38.7'S087°09.0'W 1.042 47° 310° 187 km 03m30.7s
19:5616°35.7'S087°07.5'W17°51.5'S085°55.8'W17°13.5'S086°31.8'W 1.041 47° 309° 187 km 03m29.5s
19:5816°10.9'S086°29.7'W17°26.7'S085°17.7'W16°48.7'S085°53.9'W 1.041 46° 308° 187 km 03m28.2s
20:0015°46.5'S085°51.1'W17°02.4'S084°38.7'W16°24.4'S085°15.1'W 1.041 45° 306° 187 km 03m26.8s
20:0215°22.6'S085°11.5'W16°38.6'S083°58.8'W16°00.6'S084°35.4'W 1.041 45° 305° 187 km 03m25.3s
20:0414°59.2'S084°31.0'W16°15.3'S083°17.9'W15°37.2'S083°54.7'W 1.041 44° 304° 187 km 03m23.6s
20:0614°36.3'S083°49.4'W15°52.5'S082°35.9'W15°14.3'S083°12.8'W 1.041 43° 302° 186 km 03m21.9s
20:0814°13.9'S083°06.6'W15°30.2'S081°52.6'W14°52.0'S082°29.8'W 1.041 42° 301° 186 km 03m20.0s
20:1013°52.0'S082°22.5'W15°08.4'S081°08.0'W14°30.2'S081°45.5'W 1.040 42° 300° 185 km 03m18.0s
20:1213°30.7'S081°36.9'W14°47.2'S080°21.9'W14°08.9'S080°59.7'W 1.040 41° 299° 184 km 03m15.9s
20:1413°09.9'S080°49.8'W14°26.5'S079°34.2'W13°48.2'S080°12.3'W 1.040 40° 298° 184 km 03m13.7s
20:1612°49.8'S080°01.0'W14°06.5'S078°44.7'W13°28.1'S079°23.2'W 1.040 39° 297° 182 km 03m11.3s
20:1812°30.3'S079°10.4'W13°47.1'S077°53.3'W13°08.6'S078°32.1'W 1.040 38° 296° 181 km 03m08.7s
20:2012°11.4'S078°17.6'W13°28.4'S076°59.7'W12°49.9'S077°39.0'W 1.039 37° 295° 180 km 03m06.1s
20:2211°53.3'S077°22.5'W13°10.4'S076°03.6'W12°31.8'S076°43.4'W 1.039 35° 294° 178 km 03m03.3s
20:2411°36.0'S076°24.8'W12°53.2'S075°04.8'W12°14.6'S075°45.2'W 1.039 34° 293° 177 km 03m00.3s
20:2611°19.5'S075°24.2'W12°36.8'S074°02.8'W11°58.2'S074°43.9'W 1.038 33° 292° 175 km 02m57.1s
20:2811°04.0'S074°20.3'W12°21.5'S072°57.3'W11°42.7'S073°39.2'W 1.038 32° 291° 172 km 02m53.8s
20:3010°49.5'S073°12.5'W12°07.1'S071°47.7'W11°28.3'S072°30.6'W 1.038 30° 291° 170 km 02m50.3s
20:3210°36.2'S072°00.4'W11°54.0'S070°33.3'W11°15.1'S071°17.4'W 1.037 29° 290° 168 km 02m46.5s
20:3410°24.2'S070°43.1'W11°42.3'S069°13.2'W11°03.2'S069°58.8'W 1.037 27° 289° 165 km 02m42.6s
20:3610°13.7'S069°19.6'W11°32.2'S067°46.2'W10°52.9'S068°33.6'W 1.036 25° 288° 162 km 02m38.3s
20:3810°05.0'S067°48.5'W11°24.0'S066°10.6'W10°44.5'S067°00.4'W 1.036 24° 288° 158 km 02m33.8s
20:4009°58.7'S066°07.9'W11°18.4'S064°23.9'W10°38.5'S065°16.9'W 1.035 21° 287° 155 km 02m28.8s
20:4209°55.2'S064°14.7'W11°16.0'S062°22.2'W10°35.5'S063°19.8'W 1.035 19° 286° 151 km 02m23.4s
20:4409°55.6'S062°04.1'W11°18.3'S059°58.3'W10°36.8'S061°03.1'W 1.034 17° 285° 146 km 02m17.3s
20:4610°01.9'S059°26.7'W11°28.4'S056°57.3'W10°44.7'S058°15.3'W 1.033 13° 285° 140 km 02m10.1s
20:4810°18.8'S055°59.9'W11°56.1'S052°29.9'W11°05.9'S054°24.3'W 1.032 284° 133 km 02m01.0s
Limits11°58.2'S045°36.5'W13°04.9'S045°32.6'W12°31.4'S045°34.6'W 1.029 - 119 km 01m42.7s

ΔT = 5888.3 seconds

Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration
Event Time
TD
Time
UT1
Latitude Longitude Sun
Altitude
Sun
Azimuth
Path Width Central
Duration
Greatest Eclipse21:05:52.619:27:44.323°50.9'S119°09.4'W 50.7° 331.5° 178.4 km03m36.44s
Greatest Duration21:10:15.319:32:07.122°43.6'S093°22.4'W 50.6° 327.7° 180.3 km03m36.67s

Explanation of Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration

Links for the Total Solar Eclipse of 0478 Apr 18

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Eclipse Predictions

Predictions for the Total Solar Eclipse of 0478 Apr 18 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 5888.3 seconds for this eclipse. The uncertainty in ΔT is 144.0 seconds corresponding to a standard error in longitude of the eclipse path of ± 0.60°.

Acknowledgments

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

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