Path of the Total Solar Eclipse of 0538 Feb 15

Fred Espenak

Introduction

The following table delineates the path of the Moon's umbral shadow during the Total Solar Eclipse of 0538 Feb 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 .

Total Solar Eclipse of 0538 Feb 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
Limits27°29.1'N010°58.4'W25°59.4'N010°50.6'W26°43.8'N010°54.4'W 1.030 - 158 km 01m47.4s
07:2626°54.1'N007°55.8'W24°19.4'N000°42.9'W25°26.3'N003°27.6'W 1.032 107° 175 km 02m01.8s
07:2826°03.8'N001°43.7'W24°05.1'N002°33.5'E25°02.4'N000°36.1'E 1.034 11° 109° 185 km 02m10.7s
07:3025°50.6'N001°35.8'E24°01.4'N005°03.5'E24°55.0'N003°25.6'E 1.035 14° 111° 193 km 02m17.2s
07:3225°48.2'N004°06.9'E24°03.7'N007°08.2'E24°55.3'N005°41.5'E 1.035 16° 112° 200 km 02m22.7s
07:3425°51.7'N006°12.0'E24°10.1'N008°56.5'E25°00.4'N007°37.2'E 1.036 18° 113° 206 km 02m27.5s
07:3625°59.1'N008°00.3'E24°19.4'N010°32.9'E25°08.9'N009°18.9'E 1.036 20° 115° 211 km 02m31.8s
07:3826°09.5'N009°36.7'E24°31.1'N012°00.3'E25°20.1'N010°50.5'E 1.037 22° 116° 216 km 02m35.8s
07:4026°22.3'N011°04.0'E24°44.8'N013°20.7'E25°33.3'N012°14.0'E 1.037 23° 117° 220 km 02m39.4s
07:4226°36.9'N012°24.2'E25°00.1'N014°35.3'E25°48.3'N013°31.2'E 1.038 24° 118° 223 km 02m42.7s
07:4426°53.2'N013°38.6'E25°16.9'N015°45.0'E26°04.8'N014°43.1'E 1.038 26° 119° 226 km 02m45.7s
07:4627°10.8'N014°48.2'E25°35.0'N016°50.7'E26°22.7'N015°50.7'E 1.038 27° 121° 229 km 02m48.6s
07:4827°29.8'N015°53.7'E25°54.2'N017°52.9'E26°41.8'N016°54.4'E 1.039 28° 122° 231 km 02m51.2s
07:5027°49.9'N016°55.7'E26°14.6'N018°52.1'E27°02.0'N017°54.9'E 1.039 29° 123° 233 km 02m53.7s
07:5228°11.0'N017°54.8'E26°35.9'N019°48.6'E27°23.3'N018°52.7'E 1.039 30° 124° 235 km 02m56.0s
07:5428°33.2'N018°51.2'E26°58.1'N020°42.8'E27°45.4'N019°47.9'E 1.039 30° 126° 236 km 02m58.1s
07:5628°56.2'N019°45.3'E27°21.2'N021°34.9'E28°08.5'N020°41.0'E 1.040 31° 127° 237 km 03m00.1s
07:5829°20.2'N020°37.3'E27°45.1'N022°25.2'E28°32.5'N021°32.1'E 1.040 32° 128° 238 km 03m01.9s
08:0029°44.9'N021°27.6'E28°09.9'N023°13.9'E28°57.2'N022°21.5'E 1.040 33° 129° 238 km 03m03.6s
08:0230°10.5'N022°16.2'E28°35.4'N024°01.1'E29°22.8'N023°09.4'E 1.040 33° 131° 238 km 03m05.1s
08:0430°36.9'N023°03.4'E29°01.7'N024°47.0'E29°49.1'N023°55.9'E 1.040 34° 132° 238 km 03m06.5s
08:0631°04.1'N023°49.4'E29°28.8'N025°31.7'E30°16.2'N024°41.2'E 1.041 34° 133° 238 km 03m07.8s
08:0831°32.0'N024°34.2'E29°56.5'N026°15.4'E30°44.1'N025°25.5'E 1.041 35° 135° 237 km 03m08.9s
08:1032°00.7'N025°18.1'E30°25.0'N026°58.2'E31°12.6'N026°08.8'E 1.041 35° 136° 237 km 03m09.9s
08:1232°30.1'N026°01.0'E30°54.2'N027°40.1'E31°41.9'N026°51.2'E 1.041 35° 138° 236 km 03m10.8s
08:1433°00.3'N026°43.2'E31°24.2'N028°21.3'E32°12.0'N027°32.9'E 1.041 36° 139° 235 km 03m11.5s
08:1633°31.2'N027°24.7'E31°54.8'N029°01.9'E32°42.8'N028°13.9'E 1.041 36° 140° 234 km 03m12.2s
08:1834°02.8'N028°05.6'E32°26.2'N029°42.0'E33°14.3'N028°54.4'E 1.041 36° 142° 232 km 03m12.7s
08:2034°35.3'N028°46.0'E32°58.3'N030°21.6'E33°46.5'N029°34.4'E 1.041 36° 143° 231 km 03m13.1s
08:2235°08.5'N029°26.1'E33°31.1'N031°00.9'E34°19.5'N030°14.0'E 1.041 36° 145° 229 km 03m13.3s
08:2435°42.5'N030°05.8'E34°04.7'N031°39.8'E34°53.3'N030°53.4'E 1.041 36° 146° 228 km 03m13.5s
08:2636°17.2'N030°45.3'E34°39.0'N032°18.6'E35°27.8'N031°32.5'E 1.041 37° 148° 226 km 03m13.5s
08:2836°52.8'N031°24.7'E35°14.1'N032°57.2'E36°03.2'N032°11.5'E 1.041 36° 149° 225 km 03m13.5s
08:3037°29.3'N032°04.0'E35°50.0'N033°35.8'E36°39.3'N032°50.4'E 1.041 36° 151° 223 km 03m13.3s
08:3238°06.6'N032°43.4'E36°26.7'N034°14.4'E37°16.3'N033°29.4'E 1.041 36° 152° 221 km 03m13.0s
08:3438°44.8'N033°22.9'E37°04.3'N034°53.1'E37°54.2'N034°08.5'E 1.041 36° 154° 219 km 03m12.6s
08:3639°24.0'N034°02.5'E37°42.8'N035°32.0'E38°33.0'N034°47.8'E 1.041 36° 155° 218 km 03m12.0s
08:3840°04.2'N034°42.5'E38°22.2'N036°11.2'E39°12.8'N035°27.4'E 1.041 36° 157° 216 km 03m11.4s
08:4040°45.3'N035°22.9'E39°02.5'N036°50.8'E39°53.5'N036°07.4'E 1.041 35° 158° 214 km 03m10.6s
08:4241°27.6'N036°03.8'E39°43.9'N037°30.8'E40°35.3'N036°47.8'E 1.041 35° 160° 212 km 03m09.7s
08:4442°10.9'N036°45.4'E40°26.2'N038°11.5'E41°18.2'N037°28.9'E 1.041 35° 161° 211 km 03m08.7s
08:4642°55.5'N037°27.7'E41°09.7'N038°52.8'E42°02.2'N038°10.7'E 1.041 34° 163° 209 km 03m07.6s
08:4843°41.4'N038°10.9'E41°54.4'N039°35.0'E42°47.4'N038°53.4'E 1.041 34° 164° 207 km 03m06.4s
08:5044°28.6'N038°55.1'E42°40.3'N040°18.1'E43°33.9'N039°37.1'E 1.041 33° 166° 205 km 03m05.0s
08:5245°17.3'N039°40.6'E43°27.6'N041°02.4'E44°21.9'N040°22.0'E 1.040 33° 167° 203 km 03m03.6s
08:5446°07.5'N040°27.5'E44°16.2'N041°48.0'E45°11.3'N041°08.2'E 1.040 32° 169° 201 km 03m01.9s
08:5646°59.5'N041°16.1'E45°06.4'N042°35.0'E46°02.3'N041°56.0'E 1.040 31° 171° 200 km 03m00.2s
08:5847°53.3'N042°06.6'E45°58.3'N043°23.9'E46°55.1'N042°45.7'E 1.040 31° 172° 198 km 02m58.3s
09:0048°49.1'N042°59.3'E46°52.0'N044°14.7'E47°49.8'N043°37.4'E 1.040 30° 174° 196 km 02m56.3s
09:0249°47.2'N043°54.6'E47°47.7'N045°07.9'E48°46.7'N044°31.6'E 1.039 29° 175° 194 km 02m54.2s
09:0450°47.8'N044°53.0'E48°45.5'N046°03.7'E49°45.8'N045°28.7'E 1.039 28° 177° 193 km 02m51.9s
09:0651°51.3'N045°55.1'E49°45.9'N047°02.8'E50°47.6'N046°29.2'E 1.039 27° 179° 191 km 02m49.4s
09:0852°57.9'N047°01.5'E50°48.9'N048°05.6'E51°52.4'N047°33.8'E 1.039 26° 181° 189 km 02m46.7s
09:1054°08.3'N048°13.1'E51°55.1'N049°12.9'E53°00.6'N048°43.1'E 1.038 25° 182° 187 km 02m43.9s
09:1255°23.1'N049°31.2'E53°05.0'N050°25.5'E54°12.7'N049°58.4'E 1.038 24° 184° 185 km 02m40.8s
09:1456°43.1'N050°57.5'E54°19.0'N051°44.9'E55°29.6'N051°21.0'E 1.038 22° 186° 183 km 02m37.5s
09:1658°09.6'N052°34.3'E55°38.2'N053°12.5'E56°52.1'N052°52.9'E 1.037 21° 188° 181 km 02m33.9s
09:1859°44.3'N054°25.4'E57°03.6'N054°50.9'E58°21.7'N054°37.1'E 1.037 19° 190° 179 km 02m30.0s
09:2061°30.2'N056°36.8'E58°36.9'N056°43.8'E60°00.7'N056°38.2'E 1.036 17° 193° 177 km 02m25.6s
09:2263°32.2'N059°19.6'E60°20.8'N058°57.0'E61°52.5'N059°04.2'E 1.035 15° 196° 175 km 02m20.7s
09:2466°00.8'N062°58.8'E62°20.0'N061°41.4'E64°03.8'N062°10.9'E 1.035 13° 199° 172 km 02m15.0s
09:2669°29.9'N069°00.5'E64°43.9'N065°20.8'E66°50.9'N066°38.9'E 1.034 204° 169 km 02m07.8s
09:28 - - 68°01.4'N071°11.8'E71°39.2'N076°24.9'E 1.032 214° 164 km 01m55.6s
Limits74°41.3'N081°21.8'E73°41.1'N085°11.2'E74°11.6'N083°21.5'E 1.031 - 162 km 01m49.3s

ΔT = 5303.3 seconds

Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration
Event Time
TD
Time
UT1
Latitude Longitude Sun
Altitude
Sun
Azimuth
Path Width Central
Duration
Greatest Eclipse09:55:04.408:26:41.135°39.8'N009°36.4'E 36.5° 148.2° 225.7 km03m13.53s
Greatest Duration09:54:05.308:25:41.935°22.6'N031°26.6'E 36.5° 147.5° 226.5 km03m13.55s

Explanation of Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration

Links for the Total Solar Eclipse of 0538 Feb 15

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Eclipse Predictions

Predictions for the Total Solar Eclipse of 0538 Feb 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 5303.3 seconds for this eclipse. The uncertainty in ΔT is 131.4 seconds corresponding to a standard error in longitude of the eclipse path of ± 0.55°.

Acknowledgments

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

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