Path of the Total Solar Eclipse of 0842 Oct 07

Fred Espenak

Introduction

The following table delineates the path of the Moon's umbral shadow during the Total Solar Eclipse of 0842 Oct 07 . 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 0842 Oct 07
UT1 Northern Limit Southern Limit Central Line M:S Sun Sun Path Central
Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Ratio Alt. Azm. Width Duration
Limits79°26.6'N076°08.6'W81°27.6'N089°45.5'W80°36.3'N082°38.7'W 1.020 - 335 km 01m10.2s
19:56 - - 74°40.0'N098°05.5'W78°04.9'N090°04.1'W 1.021 212° 339 km 01m15.0s
19:58 - - 72°50.4'N097°23.3'W75°16.5'N092°27.3'W 1.021 210° 346 km 01m19.6s
20:0076°08.2'N085°04.6'W71°20.1'N096°23.9'W73°23.0'N092°26.9'W 1.022 211° 352 km 01m22.4s
20:0274°04.2'N086°26.1'W70°02.0'N095°17.4'W71°51.3'N091°49.9'W 1.022 212° 359 km 01m24.4s
20:0472°28.9'N086°25.0'W68°52.4'N094°07.2'W70°32.6'N090°57.1'W 1.022 213° 366 km 01m26.0s
20:0671°08.7'N085°52.1'W67°49.4'N092°54.8'W69°23.0'N089°55.6'W 1.023 10° 215° 373 km 01m27.3s
20:0869°58.4'N085°02.4'W66°51.7'N091°40.6'W68°20.2'N088°48.5'W 1.023 10° 217° 380 km 01m28.2s
20:1068°55.5'N084°01.8'W65°58.3'N090°24.8'W67°22.8'N087°37.1'W 1.023 11° 218° 387 km 01m28.9s
20:1267°58.4'N082°53.1'W65°08.7'N089°07.2'W66°30.0'N086°22.0'W 1.023 11° 220° 394 km 01m29.3s
20:1467°06.1'N081°37.6'W64°22.4'N087°47.7'W65°41.1'N085°03.2'W 1.023 11° 222° 400 km 01m29.5s
20:1666°18.1'N080°15.4'W63°39.1'N086°25.7'W64°55.6'N083°40.6'W 1.023 11° 224° 406 km 01m29.5s
20:1865°33.9'N078°46.3'W62°58.5'N085°00.9'W64°13.3'N082°13.6'W 1.023 11° 226° 411 km 01m29.3s
20:2064°53.2'N077°09.3'W62°20.5'N083°32.4'W63°34.0'N080°41.5'W 1.023 11° 228° 415 km 01m28.8s
20:2264°15.9'N075°22.7'W61°45.0'N081°59.6'W62°57.6'N079°03.2'W 1.023 10° 230° 417 km 01m28.2s
20:2463°42.3'N073°23.8'W61°12.0'N080°21.2'W62°24.1'N077°17.1'W 1.023 10° 232° 417 km 01m27.2s
20:2663°12.8'N071°07.7'W60°41.6'N078°35.7'W61°53.6'N075°20.6'W 1.022 235° 415 km 01m26.0s
20:2862°48.3'N068°25.0'W60°13.9'N076°40.9'W61°26.6'N073°10.2'W 1.022 237° 410 km 01m24.5s
20:3062°31.8'N064°52.2'W59°49.2'N074°33.5'W61°03.7'N070°38.8'W 1.022 240° 400 km 01m22.5s
20:3262°40.8'N058°12.0'W59°28.4'N072°07.8'W60°46.9'N067°32.4'W 1.021 243° 386 km 01m19.8s
20:34 - - 59°12.8'N069°12.6'W60°42.0'N063°05.9'W 1.021 248° 363 km 01m15.9s
Limits62°55.3'N055°45.3'W59°52.3'N055°25.2'W61°17.4'N055°32.1'W 1.019 - 326 km 01m09.4s

ΔT = 2598.7 seconds

Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration
Event Time
TD
Time
UT1
Latitude Longitude Sun
Altitude
Sun
Azimuth
Path Width Central
Duration
Greatest Eclipse20:58:24.520:15:05.865°15.7'N095°09.9'W 10.9° 223.2° 403.7 km01m29.53s
Greatest Duration20:58:14.520:14:55.865°19.5'N084°25.3'W 10.9° 223.0° 403.3 km01m29.54s

Explanation of Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration

Links for the Total Solar Eclipse of 0842 Oct 07

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Eclipse Predictions

Predictions for the Total Solar Eclipse of 0842 Oct 07 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 2598.7 seconds for this eclipse. The uncertainty in ΔT is 76.4 seconds corresponding to a standard error in longitude of the eclipse path of ± 0.32°.

Acknowledgments

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

Permission is granted to reproduce eclipse data when accompanied by a link to this page and an acknowledgment:

"Eclipse Predictions by Fred Espenak, EclipseWise.com"

The use of diagrams and maps is permitted provided that they are unaltered (except for re-sizing) and the embedded credit line is not removed or covered.