Path of the Total Solar Eclipse of 0779 Aug 16

Fred Espenak

Introduction

The following table delineates the path of the Moon's umbral shadow during the Total Solar Eclipse of 0779 Aug 16 . 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 0779 Aug 16
UT1 Northern Limit Southern Limit Central Line M:S Sun Sun Path Central
Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Ratio Alt. Azm. Width Duration
Limits36°55.6'N061°34.9'W35°50.0'N061°02.0'W36°22.8'N061°18.2'W 1.037 - 130 km 01m59.1s
09:3039°05.6'N051°03.9'W38°14.8'N048°21.5'W38°41.6'N049°36.7'W 1.040 10° 81° 140 km 02m18.2s
09:3240°03.1'N044°40.9'W38°57.1'N042°53.5'W39°30.7'N043°44.4'W 1.042 15° 85° 144 km 02m28.8s
09:3440°33.1'N040°09.0'W39°20.1'N038°46.3'W39°56.9'N039°25.7'W 1.043 19° 89° 147 km 02m37.0s
09:3640°50.4'N036°27.1'W39°33.1'N035°20.6'W40°11.9'N035°52.2'W 1.044 22° 91° 150 km 02m44.1s
09:3841°00.0'N033°15.7'W39°39.4'N032°21.5'W40°19.8'N032°47.2'W 1.044 24° 94° 152 km 02m50.4s
09:4041°04.1'N030°25.6'W39°41.1'N029°41.3'W40°22.7'N030°02.2'W 1.045 27° 96° 154 km 02m56.2s
09:4241°04.0'N027°51.4'W39°39.2'N027°15.8'W40°21.6'N027°32.5'W 1.046 29° 98° 156 km 03m01.6s
09:4441°00.6'N025°29.9'W39°34.3'N025°01.8'W40°17.5'N025°14.9'W 1.046 31° 100° 157 km 03m06.6s
09:4640°54.5'N023°18.8'W39°27.1'N022°57.5'W40°10.8'N023°07.3'W 1.047 33° 102° 159 km 03m11.4s
09:4840°46.2'N021°16.5'W39°17.8'N021°01.3'W40°02.0'N021°08.1'W 1.047 35° 104° 160 km 03m15.9s
09:5040°35.9'N019°21.6'W39°06.9'N019°12.2'W39°51.3'N019°16.2'W 1.048 37° 105° 162 km 03m20.3s
09:5240°23.9'N017°33.4'W38°54.4'N017°29.2'W39°39.1'N017°30.6'W 1.048 39° 107° 163 km 03m24.4s
09:5440°10.5'N015°50.9'W38°40.5'N015°51.7'W39°25.4'N015°50.7'W 1.049 40° 109° 164 km 03m28.3s
09:5639°55.7'N014°13.7'W38°25.5'N014°19.0'W39°10.5'N014°15.8'W 1.049 42° 110° 165 km 03m32.1s
09:5839°39.8'N012°41.1'W38°09.4'N012°50.7'W38°54.5'N012°45.4'W 1.049 43° 112° 166 km 03m35.7s
10:0039°22.8'N011°12.8'W37°52.4'N011°26.4'W38°37.5'N011°19.2'W 1.050 45° 113° 167 km 03m39.2s
10:0239°04.9'N009°48.4'W37°34.5'N010°05.8'W38°19.6'N009°56.7'W 1.050 46° 115° 168 km 03m42.5s
10:0438°46.1'N008°27.6'W37°15.8'N008°48.5'W38°00.8'N008°37.7'W 1.050 48° 116° 169 km 03m45.7s
10:0638°26.5'N007°10.0'W36°56.4'N007°34.4'W37°41.3'N007°21.9'W 1.051 49° 118° 170 km 03m48.7s
10:0838°06.2'N005°55.5'W36°36.3'N006°23.0'W37°21.1'N006°09.0'W 1.051 51° 119° 170 km 03m51.6s
10:1037°45.2'N004°43.8'W36°15.5'N005°14.4'W37°00.2'N004°58.8'W 1.051 52° 121° 171 km 03m54.4s
10:1237°23.5'N003°34.7'W35°54.3'N004°08.2'W36°38.8'N003°51.3'W 1.051 53° 122° 172 km 03m57.1s
10:1437°01.3'N002°28.2'W35°32.4'N003°04.3'W36°16.8'N002°46.1'W 1.052 54° 123° 173 km 03m59.7s
10:1636°38.6'N001°23.9'W35°10.1'N002°02.6'W35°54.2'N001°43.1'W 1.052 56° 125° 173 km 04m02.1s
10:1836°15.3'N000°21.8'W34°47.3'N001°02.9'W35°31.2'N000°42.2'W 1.052 57° 126° 174 km 04m04.5s
10:2035°51.6'N000°38.3'E34°24.1'N000°05.2'W35°07.8'N000°16.7'E 1.052 58° 128° 174 km 04m06.7s
10:2235°27.5'N001°36.5'E34°00.4'N000°50.8'E34°43.9'N001°13.7'E 1.052 59° 130° 175 km 04m08.8s
10:2435°02.9'N002°32.9'E33°36.4'N001°45.1'E34°19.6'N002°09.1'E 1.053 60° 131° 176 km 04m10.8s
10:2634°37.9'N003°27.5'E33°12.0'N002°37.9'E33°54.9'N003°02.7'E 1.053 62° 133° 176 km 04m12.7s
10:2834°12.6'N004°20.6'E32°47.2'N003°29.1'E33°29.8'N003°54.9'E 1.053 63° 134° 177 km 04m14.5s
10:3033°46.9'N005°12.2'E32°22.1'N004°18.9'E33°04.5'N004°45.5'E 1.053 64° 136° 177 km 04m16.2s
10:3233°20.9'N006°02.3'E31°56.7'N005°07.4'E32°38.8'N005°34.8'E 1.053 65° 138° 178 km 04m17.7s
10:3432°54.6'N006°51.1'E31°31.0'N005°54.6'E32°12.7'N006°22.8'E 1.053 66° 140° 178 km 04m19.2s
10:3632°28.0'N007°38.7'E31°05.0'N006°40.6'E31°46.4'N007°09.6'E 1.053 67° 142° 178 km 04m20.6s
10:3832°01.0'N008°25.0'E30°38.7'N007°25.5'E31°19.8'N007°55.2'E 1.054 68° 144° 179 km 04m21.9s
10:4031°33.8'N009°10.2'E30°12.2'N008°09.3'E30°53.0'N008°39.7'E 1.054 69° 146° 179 km 04m23.0s
10:4231°06.4'N009°54.3'E29°45.4'N008°52.2'E30°25.8'N009°23.2'E 1.054 70° 148° 180 km 04m24.1s
10:4430°38.7'N010°37.4'E29°18.3'N009°34.1'E29°58.4'N010°05.6'E 1.054 71° 151° 180 km 04m25.1s
10:4630°10.7'N011°19.5'E28°51.0'N010°15.1'E29°30.8'N010°47.2'E 1.054 72° 154° 180 km 04m26.0s
10:4829°42.5'N012°00.7'E28°23.4'N010°55.2'E29°02.9'N011°27.9'E 1.054 73° 156° 181 km 04m26.8s
10:5029°14.0'N012°41.1'E27°55.6'N011°34.6'E28°34.8'N012°07.7'E 1.054 73° 160° 181 km 04m27.4s
10:5228°45.4'N013°20.7'E27°27.6'N012°13.2'E28°06.5'N012°46.8'E 1.054 74° 163° 181 km 04m28.0s
10:5428°16.5'N013°59.5'E26°59.4'N012°51.1'E27°37.9'N013°25.2'E 1.054 75° 166° 181 km 04m28.5s
10:5627°47.4'N014°37.6'E26°30.9'N013°28.3'E27°09.1'N014°02.9'E 1.054 76° 170° 182 km 04m29.0s
10:5827°18.1'N015°15.1'E26°02.3'N014°05.0'E26°40.2'N014°39.9'E 1.054 76° 174° 182 km 04m29.3s
11:0026°48.5'N015°51.9'E25°33.4'N014°41.0'E26°11.0'N015°16.3'E 1.054 77° 179° 182 km 04m29.5s
11:0226°18.8'N016°28.1'E25°04.3'N015°16.5'E25°41.6'N015°52.2'E 1.054 77° 184° 182 km 04m29.7s
11:0425°48.9'N017°03.8'E24°35.0'N015°51.5'E25°11.9'N016°27.6'E 1.054 78° 189° 183 km 04m29.7s
11:0625°18.8'N017°39.0'E24°05.5'N016°26.1'E24°42.1'N017°02.4'E 1.054 78° 194° 183 km 04m29.7s
11:0824°48.4'N018°13.8'E23°35.8'N017°00.2'E24°12.1'N017°36.9'E 1.054 78° 200° 183 km 04m29.6s
11:1024°17.9'N018°48.1'E23°05.9'N017°34.0'E23°41.9'N018°10.9'E 1.054 78° 205° 183 km 04m29.3s
11:1223°47.2'N019°22.0'E22°35.8'N018°07.4'E23°11.5'N018°44.6'E 1.054 78° 211° 183 km 04m29.1s
11:1423°16.2'N019°55.6'E22°05.4'N018°40.4'E22°40.9'N019°17.9'E 1.054 78° 216° 183 km 04m28.7s
11:1622°45.1'N020°28.9'E21°34.9'N019°13.2'E22°10.0'N019°50.9'E 1.054 78° 222° 184 km 04m28.2s
11:1822°13.8'N021°01.9'E21°04.2'N019°45.8'E21°39.0'N020°23.7'E 1.054 77° 227° 184 km 04m27.7s
11:2021°42.3'N021°34.7'E20°33.2'N020°18.1'E21°07.8'N020°56.2'E 1.054 77° 232° 184 km 04m27.0s
11:2221°10.6'N022°07.2'E20°02.1'N020°50.2'E20°36.4'N021°28.6'E 1.054 77° 237° 184 km 04m26.3s
11:2420°38.6'N022°39.6'E19°30.7'N021°22.3'E20°04.7'N022°00.8'E 1.054 76° 241° 184 km 04m25.6s
11:2620°06.5'N023°11.8'E18°59.2'N021°54.1'E19°32.9'N022°32.8'E 1.054 75° 245° 184 km 04m24.7s
11:2819°34.2'N023°44.0'E18°27.4'N022°26.0'E19°00.8'N023°04.8'E 1.054 75° 249° 184 km 04m23.7s
11:3019°01.6'N024°16.1'E17°55.4'N022°57.8'E18°28.5'N023°36.8'E 1.054 74° 252° 184 km 04m22.7s
11:3218°28.8'N024°48.2'E17°23.1'N023°29.5'E17°56.0'N024°08.7'E 1.054 73° 255° 184 km 04m21.6s
11:3417°55.8'N025°20.3'E16°50.6'N024°01.3'E17°23.3'N024°40.6'E 1.054 72° 258° 184 km 04m20.4s
11:3617°22.6'N025°52.4'E16°17.9'N024°33.2'E16°50.3'N025°12.7'E 1.054 72° 260° 184 km 04m19.2s
11:3816°49.2'N026°24.7'E15°45.0'N025°05.2'E16°17.1'N025°44.8'E 1.054 71° 263° 184 km 04m17.8s
11:4016°15.5'N026°57.0'E15°11.8'N025°37.4'E15°43.7'N026°17.0'E 1.053 70° 265° 184 km 04m16.4s
11:4215°41.5'N027°29.6'E14°38.3'N026°09.7'E15°10.0'N026°49.5'E 1.053 69° 267° 184 km 04m14.9s
11:4415°07.3'N028°02.4'E14°04.6'N026°42.3'E14°36.0'N027°22.2'E 1.053 68° 268° 184 km 04m13.3s
11:4614°32.9'N028°35.4'E13°30.6'N027°15.1'E14°01.8'N027°55.1'E 1.053 67° 270° 184 km 04m11.7s
11:4813°58.1'N029°08.8'E12°56.4'N027°48.3'E13°27.3'N028°28.4'E 1.053 66° 272° 184 km 04m10.0s
11:5013°23.1'N029°42.5'E12°21.8'N028°21.8'E12°52.5'N029°02.0'E 1.053 65° 273° 184 km 04m08.2s
11:5212°47.8'N030°16.7'E11°46.9'N028°55.8'E12°17.5'N029°36.1'E 1.053 64° 274° 183 km 04m06.3s
11:5412°12.2'N030°51.3'E11°11.8'N029°30.3'E11°42.1'N030°10.6'E 1.052 62° 275° 183 km 04m04.3s
11:5611°36.2'N031°26.4'E10°36.3'N030°05.3'E11°06.4'N030°45.7'E 1.052 61° 277° 183 km 04m02.3s
11:5811°00.0'N032°02.2'E10°00.5'N030°40.9'E10°30.3'N031°21.4'E 1.052 60° 278° 183 km 04m00.2s
12:0010°23.3'N032°38.6'E09°24.3'N031°17.2'E09°53.9'N031°57.7'E 1.052 59° 279° 182 km 03m58.0s
12:0209°46.3'N033°15.8'E08°47.7'N031°54.2'E09°17.1'N032°34.8'E 1.052 58° 279° 182 km 03m55.7s
12:0409°09.0'N033°53.8'E08°10.8'N032°32.0'E08°40.0'N033°12.7'E 1.051 57° 280° 182 km 03m53.3s
12:0608°31.2'N034°32.7'E07°33.4'N033°10.8'E08°02.4'N033°51.5'E 1.051 55° 281° 181 km 03m50.9s
12:0807°53.0'N035°12.6'E06°55.6'N033°50.5'E07°24.4'N034°31.4'E 1.051 54° 282° 181 km 03m48.4s
12:1007°14.3'N035°53.6'E06°17.4'N034°31.4'E06°45.9'N035°12.3'E 1.051 53° 282° 180 km 03m45.7s
12:1206°35.1'N036°35.9'E05°38.6'N035°13.4'E06°07.0'N035°54.5'E 1.050 52° 283° 179 km 03m43.0s
12:1405°55.4'N037°19.5'E04°59.4'N035°56.9'E05°27.5'N036°38.0'E 1.050 50° 284° 179 km 03m40.2s
12:1605°15.2'N038°04.6'E04°19.5'N036°41.8'E04°47.5'N037°23.0'E 1.050 49° 284° 178 km 03m37.3s
12:1804°34.3'N038°51.4'E03°39.1'N037°28.3'E04°06.9'N038°09.7'E 1.050 47° 285° 177 km 03m34.3s
12:2003°52.8'N039°40.1'E02°58.1'N038°16.7'E03°25.6'N038°58.2'E 1.049 46° 285° 176 km 03m31.2s
12:2203°10.6'N040°30.8'E02°16.4'N039°07.2'E02°43.6'N039°48.8'E 1.049 45° 285° 175 km 03m28.0s
12:2402°27.6'N041°23.9'E01°33.9'N039°59.9'E02°00.9'N040°41.7'E 1.049 43° 286° 174 km 03m24.7s
12:2601°43.8'N042°19.6'E00°50.6'N040°55.3'E01°17.3'N041°37.2'E 1.048 41° 286° 173 km 03m21.2s
12:2800°59.0'N043°18.3'E00°06.3'N041°53.5'E00°32.8'N042°35.7'E 1.048 40° 286° 172 km 03m17.7s
12:3000°13.2'N044°20.5'E00°38.9'S042°55.1'E00°12.7'S043°37.5'E 1.047 38° 287° 170 km 03m13.9s
12:3200°33.8'S045°26.5'E01°25.3'S044°00.5'E00°59.4'S044°43.2'E 1.047 36° 287° 169 km 03m10.1s
12:3401°22.2'S046°37.2'E02°12.9'S045°10.3'E01°47.3'S045°53.4'E 1.046 35° 287° 167 km 03m06.0s
12:3602°12.0'S047°53.3'E03°02.0'S046°25.4'E02°36.8'S047°09.0'E 1.046 33° 287° 165 km 03m01.7s
12:3803°03.7'S049°15.9'E03°52.8'S047°46.7'E03°28.1'S048°30.9'E 1.045 31° 287° 163 km 02m57.2s
12:4003°57.6'S050°46.5'E04°45.7'S049°15.6'E04°21.4'S050°00.6'E 1.045 28° 287° 161 km 02m52.5s
12:4204°54.2'S052°27.2'E05°41.1'S050°54.0'E05°17.4'S051°40.1'E 1.044 26° 287° 158 km 02m47.4s
12:4405°54.3'S054°21.2'E06°39.6'S052°44.6'E06°16.7'S053°32.3'E 1.043 24° 287° 155 km 02m41.9s
12:4606°59.0'S056°33.5'E07°42.4'S054°52.1'E07°20.4'S055°42.1'E 1.042 21° 287° 152 km 02m35.9s
12:4808°10.7'S059°13.7'E08°51.2'S057°24.0'E08°30.5'S058°17.9'E 1.041 17° 286° 148 km 02m29.1s
12:5009°34.6'S062°43.7'E10°09.8'S060°37.2'E09°51.6'S061°38.7'E 1.040 13° 286° 143 km 02m20.9s
12:5211°32.0'S068°33.7'E11°50.6'S065°24.4'E11°39.3'S066°51.8'E 1.038 285° 136 km 02m09.4s
Limits13°03.9'S074°19.3'E14°08.6'S073°54.6'E13°36.3'S074°06.8'E 1.036 - 126 km 01m55.8s

ΔT = 3101.3 seconds

Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration
Event Time
TD
Time
UT1
Latitude Longitude Sun
Altitude
Sun
Azimuth
Path Width Central
Duration
Greatest Eclipse12:02:18.411:10:37.123°32.5'N005°23.9'E 78.1° 207.0° 183.2 km04m29.26s
Greatest Duration11:55:54.111:04:12.725°08.8'N016°31.3'E 77.6° 189.4° 182.7 km04m29.71s

Explanation of Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration

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Eclipse Predictions

Predictions for the Total Solar Eclipse of 0779 Aug 16 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 3101.3 seconds for this eclipse. The uncertainty in ΔT is 86.6 seconds corresponding to a standard error in longitude of the eclipse path of ± 0.36°.

Acknowledgments

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

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