Path of the Annular Solar Eclipse of 0979 Nov 22

Fred Espenak

Introduction

The following table delineates the path of the Moon's antumbral shadow during the Annular Solar Eclipse of 0979 Nov 22 . 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 0979 Nov 22
UT1 Northern Limit Southern Limit Central Line M:S Sun Sun Path Central
Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Ratio Alt. Azm. Width Duration
Limits48°35.3'S107°58.5'W51°32.8'S112°49.0'W50°00.7'S110°14.1'W 0.964 - 462 km 01m54.3s
11:2054°05.4'S098°54.7'W - - 51°28.4'S107°14.1'W 0.965 122° 461 km 01m53.8s
11:2255°48.8'S096°57.5'W - - 54°23.4'S102°38.5'W 0.966 118° 449 km 01m52.8s
11:2457°20.1'S095°28.9'W54°05.3'S107°55.1'W56°18.1'S100°20.7'W 0.967 115° 438 km 01m52.3s
11:2658°44.0'S094°18.1'W56°30.3'S104°34.1'W57°55.1'S098°44.5'W 0.967 11° 114° 427 km 01m51.9s
11:2860°03.0'S093°20.3'W58°18.0'S102°40.1'W59°22.5'S097°31.8'W 0.968 12° 112° 416 km 01m51.5s
11:3061°18.3'S092°32.5'W59°51.3'S101°21.2'W60°44.0'S096°35.0'W 0.968 13° 110° 406 km 01m51.2s
11:3262°30.9'S091°53.2'W61°16.4'S100°23.8'W62°01.1'S095°50.4'W 0.968 14° 109° 397 km 01m50.9s
11:3463°41.3'S091°21.1'W62°36.1'S099°42.1'W63°15.1'S095°15.9'W 0.969 15° 108° 388 km 01m50.7s
11:3664°50.0'S090°55.7'W63°51.9'S099°13.0'W64°26.6'S094°50.3'W 0.969 16° 107° 380 km 01m50.4s
11:3865°57.3'S090°36.6'W65°04.7'S098°54.9'W65°36.2'S094°32.8'W 0.969 16° 106° 373 km 01m50.3s
11:4067°03.4'S090°23.6'W66°15.2'S098°47.1'W66°44.2'S094°23.2'W 0.969 17° 105° 366 km 01m50.1s
11:4268°08.6'S090°16.8'W67°23.8'S098°49.2'W67°50.9'S094°21.4'W 0.969 17° 104° 360 km 01m49.9s
11:4469°13.0'S090°16.6'W68°30.8'S099°01.3'W68°56.5'S094°27.7'W 0.970 18° 103° 355 km 01m49.8s
11:4670°16.8'S090°23.2'W69°36.4'S099°24.1'W70°01.1'S094°42.6'W 0.970 18° 103° 350 km 01m49.7s
11:4871°20.1'S090°37.5'W70°40.7'S099°58.3'W71°04.9'S095°07.0'W 0.970 18° 102° 346 km 01m49.6s
11:5072°22.8'S091°00.2'W71°43.9'S100°45.3'W72°07.9'S095°41.9'W 0.970 19° 102° 342 km 01m49.5s
11:5273°25.2'S091°32.8'W72°45.9'S101°46.7'W73°10.2'S096°29.0'W 0.970 19° 102° 339 km 01m49.4s
11:5474°27.1'S092°17.0'W73°46.6'S103°04.8'W74°11.8'S097°30.2'W 0.970 19° 102° 337 km 01m49.4s
11:5675°28.6'S093°14.8'W74°46.0'S104°42.5'W75°12.5'S098°48.3'W 0.970 19° 103° 335 km 01m49.3s
11:5876°29.7'S094°29.5'W75°43.7'S106°43.4'W76°12.3'S100°26.6'W 0.970 19° 103° 333 km 01m49.3s
12:0077°30.1'S096°05.2'W76°39.5'S109°12.2'W77°10.9'S102°29.8'W 0.970 19° 104° 333 km 01m49.3s
12:0278°29.7'S098°07.2'W77°32.6'S112°14.4'W78°07.8'S105°03.8'W 0.970 18° 106° 332 km 01m49.3s
12:0479°28.2'S100°43.1'W78°22.4'S115°56.9'W79°02.6'S108°16.2'W 0.970 18° 108° 333 km 01m49.3s
12:0680°24.8'S104°03.0'W79°07.7'S120°26.8'W79°54.4'S112°16.4'W 0.970 18° 112° 333 km 01m49.3s
12:0881°18.8'S108°20.4'W79°47.0'S125°51.0'W80°41.9'S117°15.5'W 0.970 18° 116° 335 km 01m49.4s
12:1082°08.8'S113°52.7'W80°18.2'S132°14.3'W81°23.3'S123°25.2'W 0.970 17° 121° 337 km 01m49.4s
12:1282°52.5'S120°59.7'W80°39.0'S139°35.3'W81°56.3'S130°53.9'W 0.969 17° 128° 340 km 01m49.5s
12:1483°27.0'S129°57.9'W80°46.5'S147°43.2'W82°17.7'S139°40.6'W 0.969 16° 135° 343 km 01m49.6s
12:1683°48.2'S140°47.0'W80°38.2'S156°16.2'W82°24.5'S149°27.3'W 0.969 15° 144° 348 km 01m49.8s
12:1883°52.1'S152°52.3'W80°11.6'S164°44.5'W82°13.7'S159°36.3'W 0.969 14° 154° 353 km 01m49.9s
12:2083°35.8'S165°03.5'W79°24.6'S172°38.7'W81°43.6'S169°20.5'W 0.969 13° 163° 360 km 01m50.1s
12:2282°58.6'S176°05.7'W78°14.4'S179°37.1'W80°53.5'S178°00.6'W 0.968 12° 170° 368 km 01m50.3s
12:2482°01.7'S174°45.1'E76°34.8'S174°32.1'E79°42.6'S174°44.1'E 0.968 11° 177° 378 km 01m50.5s
12:2680°46.2'S167°36.4'E74°05.5'S169°55.5'E78°08.6'S168°57.6'E 0.968 182° 390 km 01m50.8s
12:2879°11.5'S162°15.7'E - - 76°03.3'S164°36.7'E 0.967 185° 407 km 01m51.2s
12:3077°13.4'S158°27.5'E - - 72°54.0'S161°45.4'E 0.966 188° 431 km 01m51.8s
Limits68°12.9'S156°26.4'E68°39.3'S167°38.2'E68°29.6'S161°43.7'E 0.965 - 461 km 01m52.7s

ΔT = 1673.8 seconds

Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration
Event Time
TD
Time
UT1
Latitude Longitude Sun
Altitude
Sun
Azimuth
Path Width Central
Duration
Greatest Eclipse12:23:24.711:55:30.974°57.9'S105°27.2'W 18.8° 102.4° 335.3 km01m49.33s
Greatest Duration11:47:35.211:19:41.450°00.7'S110°14.1'W 0.0° 124.4° 462.4 km01m54.32s

Explanation of Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration

Links for the Annular Solar Eclipse of 0979 Nov 22

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Eclipse Predictions

Predictions for the Annular Solar Eclipse of 0979 Nov 22 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 1673.8 seconds for this eclipse. The uncertainty in ΔT is 56.5 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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