Path of the Annular Solar Eclipse of 0972 Oct 10

Fred Espenak

Introduction

The following table delineates the path of the Moon's antumbral shadow during the Annular Solar Eclipse of 0972 Oct 10 . 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 0972 Oct 10
UT1 Northern Limit Southern Limit Central Line M:S Sun Sun Path Central
Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Ratio Alt. Azm. Width Duration
Limits80°37.4'N117°30.2'E76°13.2'N091°32.4'E78°36.6'N100°49.5'E 0.916 - 742 km 06m24.0s
02:22 - - 67°05.0'N122°08.4'E74°23.5'N115°05.5'E 0.917 154° 707 km 06m36.6s
02:24 - - 65°51.5'N124°56.2'E71°52.3'N121°29.5'E 0.918 161° 690 km 06m44.5s
02:26 - - 64°45.5'N127°19.4'E70°03.8'N125°32.5'E 0.919 11° 165° 681 km 06m50.2s
02:28 - - 63°45.0'N129°25.0'E68°34.9'N128°37.1'E 0.919 12° 169° 675 km 06m55.0s
02:3074°46.5'N129°08.7'E62°49.0'N131°17.5'E67°17.9'N131°08.7'E 0.919 14° 172° 670 km 06m59.1s
02:3272°28.9'N133°02.4'E61°56.6'N132°59.8'E66°09.2'N133°18.7'E 0.920 15° 175° 668 km 07m02.7s
02:3470°45.3'N135°50.9'E61°07.3'N134°33.8'E65°06.8'N135°13.6'E 0.920 16° 177° 666 km 07m06.0s
02:3669°19.1'N138°07.5'E60°20.6'N136°01.2'E64°09.2'N136°57.0'E 0.920 17° 179° 666 km 07m09.0s
02:3868°04.1'N140°04.9'E59°36.2'N137°23.1'E63°15.6'N138°31.7'E 0.920 18° 182° 666 km 07m11.7s
02:4066°57.1'N141°49.1'E58°53.9'N138°40.3'E62°25.4'N139°59.5'E 0.920 19° 184° 667 km 07m14.2s
02:4265°56.0'N143°23.7'E58°13.3'N139°53.6'E61°38.0'N141°21.5'E 0.921 20° 186° 668 km 07m16.4s
02:4464°59.8'N144°51.1'E57°34.4'N141°03.5'E60°53.1'N142°39.0'E 0.921 20° 187° 671 km 07m18.5s
02:4664°07.6'N146°12.8'E56°57.0'N142°10.6'E60°10.4'N143°52.5'E 0.921 21° 189° 673 km 07m20.4s
02:4863°18.6'N147°30.1'E56°21.0'N143°15.1'E59°29.7'N145°02.8'E 0.921 21° 191° 676 km 07m22.1s
02:5062°32.6'N148°43.7'E55°46.2'N144°17.6'E58°50.7'N146°10.4'E 0.921 22° 193° 680 km 07m23.7s
02:5261°49.0'N149°54.3'E55°12.5'N145°18.2'E58°13.3'N147°15.7'E 0.921 22° 195° 683 km 07m25.0s
02:5461°07.7'N151°02.6'E54°40.0'N146°17.2'E57°37.4'N148°19.1'E 0.921 23° 196° 688 km 07m26.3s
02:5660°28.4'N152°09.0'E54°08.4'N147°14.8'E57°02.9'N149°20.8'E 0.921 23° 198° 692 km 07m27.4s
02:5859°50.9'N153°13.8'E53°37.9'N148°11.3'E56°29.6'N150°21.2'E 0.921 23° 200° 697 km 07m28.3s
03:0059°15.1'N154°17.3'E53°08.2'N149°06.8'E55°57.5'N151°20.5'E 0.921 23° 201° 702 km 07m29.1s
03:0258°40.9'N155°20.0'E52°39.5'N150°01.5'E55°26.5'N152°18.9'E 0.922 23° 203° 707 km 07m29.7s
03:0458°08.0'N156°22.0'E52°11.5'N150°55.6'E54°56.6'N153°16.6'E 0.922 24° 205° 712 km 07m30.2s
03:0657°36.6'N157°23.6'E51°44.4'N151°49.2'E54°27.7'N154°13.8'E 0.922 24° 206° 718 km 07m30.5s
03:0857°06.4'N158°25.1'E51°18.0'N152°42.4'E53°59.7'N155°10.7'E 0.922 24° 208° 724 km 07m30.7s
03:1056°37.4'N159°26.6'E50°52.4'N153°35.4'E53°32.7'N156°07.4'E 0.922 24° 209° 729 km 07m30.8s
03:1256°09.6'N160°28.4'E50°27.5'N154°28.4'E53°06.6'N157°04.2'E 0.922 24° 211° 735 km 07m30.7s
03:1455°43.0'N161°30.8'E50°03.3'N155°21.4'E52°41.3'N158°01.2'E 0.922 23° 213° 741 km 07m30.4s
03:1655°17.5'N162°33.9'E49°39.8'N156°14.6'E52°17.0'N158°58.6'E 0.921 23° 214° 746 km 07m30.0s
03:1854°53.0'N163°38.1'E49°17.0'N157°08.1'E51°53.4'N159°56.5'E 0.921 23° 216° 752 km 07m29.5s
03:2054°29.7'N164°43.7'E48°54.8'N158°02.1'E51°30.7'N160°55.2'E 0.921 23° 217° 757 km 07m28.8s
03:2254°07.5'N165°50.8'E48°33.4'N158°56.7'E51°08.8'N161°54.8'E 0.921 23° 219° 762 km 07m27.9s
03:2453°46.4'N167°00.0'E48°12.6'N159°52.1'E50°47.8'N162°55.6'E 0.921 22° 220° 766 km 07m26.9s
03:2653°26.4'N168°11.6'E47°52.5'N160°48.4'E50°27.6'N163°57.7'E 0.921 22° 222° 770 km 07m25.7s
03:2853°07.6'N169°26.1'E47°33.0'N161°45.8'E50°08.3'N165°01.6'E 0.921 21° 224° 774 km 07m24.4s
03:3052°50.1'N170°44.1'E47°14.3'N162°44.6'E49°49.8'N166°07.4'E 0.921 21° 225° 777 km 07m22.9s
03:3252°34.0'N172°06.4'E46°56.3'N163°44.9'E49°32.3'N167°15.6'E 0.921 20° 227° 780 km 07m21.2s
03:3452°19.4'N173°33.9'E46°39.0'N164°47.0'E49°15.7'N168°26.5'E 0.921 20° 228° 781 km 07m19.3s
03:3652°06.4'N175°08.1'E46°22.5'N165°51.2'E49°00.2'N169°40.7'E 0.920 19° 230° 782 km 07m17.1s
03:3851°55.4'N176°50.7'E46°06.8'N166°57.8'E48°45.8'N170°58.9'E 0.920 18° 232° 783 km 07m14.8s
03:4051°46.9'N178°44.5'E45°51.9'N168°07.3'E48°32.7'N172°21.8'E 0.920 17° 233° 782 km 07m12.2s
03:4251°41.5'N179°05.8'W45°38.0'N169°20.2'E48°20.9'N173°50.5'E 0.920 17° 235° 781 km 07m09.4s
03:4451°40.7'N176°31.9'W45°25.1'N170°37.0'E48°10.8'N175°26.5'E 0.920 15° 237° 779 km 07m06.2s
03:4651°47.6'N173°14.3'W45°13.3'N171°58.7'E48°02.6'N177°12.0'E 0.919 14° 239° 776 km 07m02.7s
03:4852°15.6'N167°51.3'W45°02.8'N173°26.2'E47°56.9'N179°10.1'E 0.919 13° 241° 771 km 06m58.7s
03:50 - - 44°53.8'N175°01.0'E47°54.5'N178°33.6'W 0.918 11° 243° 766 km 06m54.1s
03:52 - - 44°46.6'N176°45.2'E47°57.1'N175°48.4'W 0.918 246° 760 km 06m48.6s
03:54 - - 44°41.7'N178°41.8'E48°09.0'N172°06.5'W 0.917 249° 752 km 06m41.5s
Limits53°02.4'N162°20.0'W45°58.7'N163°05.9'W49°15.7'N162°40.7'W 0.916 - 739 km 06m25.3s

ΔT = 1715.5 seconds

Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration
Event Time
TD
Time
UT1
Latitude Longitude Sun
Altitude
Sun
Azimuth
Path Width Central
Duration
Greatest Eclipse03:36:44.203:08:08.653°57.8'N148°04.7'E 23.7° 207.9° 724.0 km07m30.72s
Greatest Duration03:38:17.203:09:41.653°36.8'N155°58.8'E 23.7° 209.1° 728.4 km07m30.77s

Explanation of Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration

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Eclipse Predictions

Predictions for the Annular Solar Eclipse of 0972 Oct 10 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 1715.5 seconds for this eclipse. The uncertainty in ΔT is 57.4 seconds corresponding to a standard error in longitude of the eclipse path of ± 0.24°.

Acknowledgments

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

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