Path of the Annular Solar Eclipse of 1976 Apr 29

Fred Espenak

Introduction

The following table delineates the path of the Moon's antumbral shadow during the Annular Solar Eclipse of 1976 Apr 29 . 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 1976 Apr 29
UT1 Northern Limit Southern Limit Central Line M:S Sun Sun Path Central
Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Ratio Alt. Azm. Width Duration
Limits07°59.5'N041°05.0'W05°29.8'N039°49.9'W06°44.3'N040°27.0'W 0.928 - 302 km 04m46.2s
08:3409°32.8'N035°27.8'W09°07.0'N028°14.3'W09°28.3'N031°14.1'W 0.931 10° 77° 294 km 04m58.5s
08:3611°12.6'N030°15.7'W10°15.0'N025°12.8'W10°46.2'N027°31.9'W 0.932 14° 78° 291 km 05m04.4s
08:3812°21.4'N027°02.6'W11°12.4'N022°49.5'W11°48.0'N024°49.0'W 0.932 18° 78° 288 km 05m09.1s
08:4013°18.7'N024°33.1'W12°03.4'N020°48.8'W12°41.7'N022°36.0'W 0.933 20° 79° 285 km 05m13.2s
08:4214°09.3'N022°28.0'W12°50.1'N019°03.1'W13°30.0'N020°41.8'W 0.934 23° 80° 283 km 05m17.0s
08:4414°55.5'N020°39.2'W13°33.4'N017°28.6'W14°14.6'N019°00.8'W 0.934 25° 80° 281 km 05m20.4s
08:4615°38.4'N019°02.0'W14°14.2'N016°02.5'W14°56.4'N017°29.7'W 0.935 27° 81° 279 km 05m23.7s
08:4816°18.7'N017°33.7'W14°52.8'N014°43.2'W15°35.8'N016°06.2'W 0.935 29° 82° 277 km 05m26.8s
08:5016°56.9'N016°12.5'W15°29.8'N013°29.4'W16°13.3'N014°49.0'W 0.936 31° 82° 275 km 05m29.7s
08:5217°33.4'N014°57.1'W16°05.2'N012°20.3'W16°49.2'N013°36.9'W 0.936 32° 83° 273 km 05m32.6s
08:5418°08.5'N013°46.4'W16°39.3'N011°15.1'W17°23.8'N012°29.2'W 0.936 34° 84° 271 km 05m35.3s
08:5618°42.2'N012°39.7'W17°12.3'N010°13.3'W17°57.1'N011°25.1'W 0.937 36° 85° 270 km 05m38.0s
08:5819°14.9'N011°36.6'W17°44.2'N009°14.5'W18°29.4'N010°24.1'W 0.937 37° 85° 268 km 05m40.5s
09:0019°46.5'N010°36.4'W18°15.2'N008°18.2'W19°00.7'N009°26.0'W 0.937 39° 86° 266 km 05m43.0s
09:0220°17.3'N009°38.8'W18°45.4'N007°24.2'W19°31.2'N008°30.3'W 0.937 40° 87° 265 km 05m45.5s
09:0420°47.2'N008°43.6'W19°14.8'N006°32.2'W20°00.8'N007°36.8'W 0.938 41° 88° 263 km 05m47.8s
09:0621°16.4'N007°50.4'W19°43.5'N005°42.0'W20°29.8'N006°45.1'W 0.938 43° 89° 261 km 05m50.1s
09:0821°44.9'N006°59.1'W20°11.5'N004°53.4'W20°58.0'N005°55.2'W 0.938 44° 90° 260 km 05m52.4s
09:1022°12.7'N006°09.4'W20°38.9'N004°06.2'W21°25.6'N005°06.8'W 0.938 45° 91° 259 km 05m54.6s
09:1222°40.0'N005°21.1'W21°05.8'N003°20.4'W21°52.7'N004°19.9'W 0.939 46° 92° 257 km 05m56.7s
09:1423°06.7'N004°34.2'W21°32.0'N002°35.8'W22°19.2'N003°34.1'W 0.939 47° 93° 256 km 05m58.8s
09:1623°32.9'N003°48.5'W21°57.8'N001°52.3'W22°45.2'N002°49.5'W 0.939 48° 94° 254 km 06m00.9s
09:1823°58.6'N003°03.8'W22°23.1'N001°09.7'W23°10.7'N002°05.9'W 0.939 50° 95° 253 km 06m02.9s
09:2024°23.9'N002°20.1'W22°47.9'N000°28.0'W23°35.7'N001°23.3'W 0.939 51° 96° 252 km 06m04.8s
09:2224°48.7'N001°37.3'W23°12.3'N000°12.9'E24°00.3'N000°41.5'W 0.940 52° 97° 250 km 06m06.8s
09:2425°13.1'N000°55.3'W23°36.3'N000°53.0'E24°24.5'N000°00.4'W 0.940 53° 98° 249 km 06m08.6s
09:2625°37.0'N000°14.1'W23°59.9'N001°32.5'E24°48.2'N000°39.9'E 0.940 54° 99° 248 km 06m10.4s
09:2826°00.6'N000°26.5'E24°23.0'N002°11.4'E25°11.6'N001°19.7'E 0.940 55° 101° 247 km 06m12.2s
09:3026°23.8'N001°06.6'E24°45.8'N002°49.8'E25°34.6'N001°58.8'E 0.940 56° 102° 246 km 06m13.9s
09:3226°46.7'N001°46.1'E25°08.2'N003°27.6'E25°57.2'N002°37.5'E 0.940 57° 103° 245 km 06m15.6s
09:3427°09.2'N002°25.1'E25°30.3'N004°05.0'E26°19.5'N003°15.7'E 0.941 57° 105° 243 km 06m17.2s
09:3627°31.4'N003°03.7'E25°52.1'N004°42.0'E26°41.5'N003°53.5'E 0.941 58° 106° 242 km 06m18.8s
09:3827°53.2'N003°41.9'E26°13.5'N005°18.7'E27°03.1'N004°30.9'E 0.941 59° 108° 241 km 06m20.3s
09:4028°14.7'N004°19.7'E26°34.5'N005°55.0'E27°24.4'N005°08.0'E 0.941 60° 109° 240 km 06m21.8s
09:4228°36.0'N004°57.3'E26°55.3'N006°31.1'E27°45.4'N005°44.8'E 0.941 61° 111° 240 km 06m23.3s
09:4428°56.9'N005°34.6'E27°15.7'N007°06.9'E28°06.0'N006°21.3'E 0.941 62° 113° 239 km 06m24.7s
09:4629°17.5'N006°11.7'E27°35.9'N007°42.5'E28°26.4'N006°57.6'E 0.941 62° 115° 238 km 06m26.0s
09:4829°37.8'N006°48.6'E27°55.7'N008°17.9'E28°46.5'N007°33.8'E 0.941 63° 117° 237 km 06m27.3s
09:5029°57.8'N007°25.4'E28°15.2'N008°53.2'E29°06.3'N008°09.8'E 0.941 64° 119° 236 km 06m28.5s
09:5230°17.6'N008°02.1'E28°34.5'N009°28.4'E29°25.8'N008°45.7'E 0.941 64° 121° 235 km 06m29.7s
09:5430°37.1'N008°38.6'E28°53.5'N010°03.5'E29°45.0'N009°21.5'E 0.942 65° 123° 235 km 06m30.9s
09:5630°56.3'N009°15.1'E29°12.1'N010°38.5'E30°03.9'N009°57.3'E 0.942 66° 125° 234 km 06m31.9s
09:5831°15.2'N009°51.6'E29°30.5'N011°13.5'E30°22.6'N010°33.0'E 0.942 66° 127° 233 km 06m33.0s
10:0031°33.8'N010°28.1'E29°48.7'N011°48.4'E30°41.0'N011°08.7'E 0.942 67° 130° 233 km 06m33.9s
10:0231°52.2'N011°04.6'E30°06.5'N012°23.4'E30°59.1'N011°44.4'E 0.942 67° 133° 232 km 06m34.9s
10:0432°10.4'N011°41.1'E30°24.1'N012°58.5'E31°17.0'N012°20.2'E 0.942 68° 135° 231 km 06m35.7s
10:0632°28.2'N012°17.8'E30°41.4'N013°33.5'E31°34.5'N012°56.1'E 0.942 68° 138° 231 km 06m36.5s
10:0832°45.8'N012°54.5'E30°58.4'N014°08.7'E31°51.8'N013°32.0'E 0.942 69° 141° 230 km 06m37.3s
10:1033°03.1'N013°31.4'E31°15.2'N014°44.0'E32°08.9'N014°08.1'E 0.942 69° 144° 230 km 06m37.9s
10:1233°20.2'N014°08.4'E31°31.7'N015°19.4'E32°25.7'N014°44.3'E 0.942 69° 147° 229 km 06m38.6s
10:1433°37.0'N014°45.6'E31°47.9'N015°55.0'E32°42.2'N015°20.6'E 0.942 70° 150° 229 km 06m39.1s
10:1633°53.5'N015°23.0'E32°03.8'N016°30.7'E32°58.4'N015°57.2'E 0.942 70° 153° 229 km 06m39.6s
10:1834°09.8'N016°00.6'E32°19.5'N017°06.6'E33°14.4'N016°33.9'E 0.942 70° 156° 228 km 06m40.1s
10:2034°25.8'N016°38.5'E32°34.9'N017°42.7'E33°30.1'N017°10.9'E 0.942 70° 159° 228 km 06m40.4s
10:2234°41.5'N017°16.6'E32°50.0'N018°19.1'E33°45.5'N017°48.1'E 0.942 70° 163° 228 km 06m40.7s
10:2434°57.0'N017°55.0'E33°04.9'N018°55.7'E34°00.7'N018°25.6'E 0.942 70° 166° 227 km 06m41.0s
10:2635°12.2'N018°33.7'E33°19.5'N019°32.6'E34°15.5'N019°03.4'E 0.942 70° 169° 227 km 06m41.1s
10:2835°27.1'N019°12.8'E33°33.8'N020°09.8'E34°30.2'N019°41.6'E 0.942 70° 173° 227 km 06m41.2s
10:3035°41.8'N019°52.2'E33°47.8'N020°47.3'E34°44.5'N020°20.0'E 0.942 70° 176° 227 km 06m41.3s
10:3235°56.1'N020°32.0'E34°01.5'N021°25.2'E34°58.5'N020°58.8'E 0.942 70° 179° 227 km 06m41.3s
10:3436°10.2'N021°12.2'E34°15.0'N022°03.4'E35°12.3'N021°38.0'E 0.942 69° 182° 227 km 06m41.2s
10:3636°24.0'N021°52.8'E34°28.1'N022°42.0'E35°25.7'N022°17.6'E 0.942 69° 185° 226 km 06m41.0s
10:3836°37.4'N022°33.9'E34°41.0'N023°21.0'E35°38.9'N022°57.6'E 0.942 69° 188° 226 km 06m40.7s
10:4036°50.6'N023°15.5'E34°53.5'N024°00.4'E35°51.8'N023°38.1'E 0.942 68° 191° 226 km 06m40.4s
10:4237°03.5'N023°57.5'E35°05.8'N024°40.3'E36°04.3'N024°19.0'E 0.942 68° 194° 226 km 06m40.1s
10:4437°16.1'N024°40.1'E35°17.7'N025°20.6'E36°16.6'N025°00.5'E 0.942 67° 197° 227 km 06m39.6s
10:4637°28.4'N025°23.3'E35°29.4'N026°01.4'E36°28.6'N025°42.4'E 0.942 67° 200° 227 km 06m39.1s
10:4837°40.3'N026°07.0'E35°40.7'N026°42.8'E36°40.2'N026°24.9'E 0.942 66° 203° 227 km 06m38.5s
10:5037°51.9'N026°51.3'E35°51.7'N027°24.6'E36°51.5'N027°08.0'E 0.942 66° 205° 227 km 06m37.8s
10:5238°03.2'N027°36.3'E36°02.3'N028°07.1'E37°02.4'N027°51.7'E 0.942 65° 208° 227 km 06m37.1s
10:5438°14.1'N028°21.9'E36°12.7'N028°50.2'E37°13.1'N028°36.0'E 0.942 65° 210° 227 km 06m36.3s
10:5638°24.7'N029°08.3'E36°22.7'N029°33.8'E37°23.3'N029°21.0'E 0.942 64° 212° 228 km 06m35.4s
10:5838°34.9'N029°55.3'E36°32.3'N030°18.2'E37°33.3'N030°06.6'E 0.941 63° 215° 228 km 06m34.4s
11:0038°44.7'N030°43.1'E36°41.5'N031°03.2'E37°42.8'N030°53.0'E 0.941 63° 217° 228 km 06m33.4s
11:0238°54.2'N031°31.7'E36°50.4'N031°48.9'E37°52.0'N031°40.2'E 0.941 62° 219° 229 km 06m32.3s
11:0439°03.3'N032°21.2'E36°58.9'N032°35.4'E38°00.8'N032°28.1'E 0.941 61° 221° 229 km 06m31.1s
11:0639°11.9'N033°11.5'E37°07.0'N033°22.6'E38°09.1'N033°16.8'E 0.941 60° 223° 229 km 06m29.9s
11:0839°20.2'N034°02.7'E37°14.8'N034°10.7'E38°17.1'N034°06.4'E 0.941 59° 225° 230 km 06m28.5s
11:1039°28.0'N034°54.9'E37°22.1'N034°59.6'E38°24.7'N034°56.9'E 0.941 59° 227° 230 km 06m27.1s
11:1239°35.4'N035°48.1'E37°28.9'N035°49.4'E38°31.8'N035°48.4'E 0.941 58° 229° 231 km 06m25.7s
11:1439°42.3'N036°42.4'E37°35.3'N036°40.2'E38°38.4'N036°40.9'E 0.941 57° 231° 232 km 06m24.1s
11:1639°48.7'N037°37.7'E37°41.3'N037°32.0'E38°44.6'N037°34.4'E 0.941 56° 232° 232 km 06m22.5s
11:1839°54.6'N038°34.2'E37°46.8'N038°24.8'E38°50.3'N038°29.0'E 0.940 55° 234° 233 km 06m20.8s
11:2040°00.0'N039°31.9'E37°51.8'N039°18.7'E38°55.6'N039°24.7'E 0.940 54° 236° 234 km 06m19.1s
11:2240°04.9'N040°30.9'E37°56.3'N040°13.7'E39°00.2'N040°21.7'E 0.940 53° 237° 234 km 06m17.3s
11:2440°09.2'N041°31.3'E38°00.2'N041°09.9'E39°04.4'N041°19.9'E 0.940 52° 239° 235 km 06m15.4s
11:2640°12.9'N042°33.1'E38°03.6'N042°07.5'E39°07.9'N042°19.5'E 0.940 51° 241° 236 km 06m13.4s
11:2840°16.0'N043°36.5'E38°06.4'N043°06.4'E39°10.9'N043°20.6'E 0.940 50° 242° 237 km 06m11.4s
11:3040°18.5'N044°41.4'E38°08.6'N044°06.7'E39°13.2'N044°23.1'E 0.939 49° 244° 238 km 06m09.3s
11:3240°20.2'N045°48.1'E38°10.2'N045°08.6'E39°14.9'N045°27.3'E 0.939 48° 245° 239 km 06m07.1s
11:3440°21.3'N046°56.7'E38°11.1'N046°12.1'E39°15.8'N046°33.3'E 0.939 47° 247° 240 km 06m04.8s
11:3640°21.6'N048°07.2'E38°11.3'N047°17.4'E39°16.1'N047°41.1'E 0.939 45° 248° 241 km 06m02.5s
11:3840°21.0'N049°19.9'E38°10.7'N048°24.6'E39°15.5'N048°50.9'E 0.939 44° 250° 243 km 06m00.1s
11:4040°19.7'N050°34.9'E38°09.3'N049°33.7'E39°14.2'N050°02.9'E 0.938 43° 251° 244 km 05m57.6s
11:4240°17.3'N051°52.3'E38°07.1'N050°45.1'E39°11.9'N051°17.2'E 0.938 42° 253° 245 km 05m55.1s
11:4440°14.0'N053°12.6'E38°03.9'N051°58.9'E39°08.7'N052°34.1'E 0.938 40° 254° 247 km 05m52.4s
11:4640°09.6'N054°35.9'E37°59.8'N053°15.3'E39°04.4'N053°53.7'E 0.938 39° 256° 248 km 05m49.7s
11:4840°04.0'N056°02.5'E37°54.6'N054°34.5'E38°59.0'N055°16.5'E 0.937 38° 258° 250 km 05m46.9s
11:5039°57.1'N057°32.9'E37°48.3'N055°57.0'E38°52.4'N056°42.7'E 0.937 36° 259° 252 km 05m44.0s
11:5239°48.8'N059°07.4'E37°40.6'N057°23.0'E38°44.5'N058°12.8'E 0.937 35° 261° 253 km 05m41.1s
11:5439°38.8'N060°46.8'E37°31.6'N058°53.0'E38°35.1'N059°47.2'E 0.936 33° 262° 255 km 05m38.0s
11:5639°27.0'N062°31.8'E37°21.0'N060°27.5'E38°23.9'N061°26.7'E 0.936 32° 264° 257 km 05m34.8s
11:5839°13.2'N064°23.3'E37°08.6'N062°07.3'E38°10.8'N063°12.0'E 0.936 30° 265° 260 km 05m31.4s
12:0038°56.8'N066°22.6'E36°54.1'N063°53.3'E37°55.5'N065°04.2'E 0.935 28° 267° 262 km 05m27.9s
12:0238°37.5'N068°31.6'E36°37.3'N065°46.6'E37°37.6'N067°04.7'E 0.935 26° 269° 265 km 05m24.3s
12:0438°14.5'N070°52.9'E36°17.6'N067°49.0'E37°16.4'N069°15.8'E 0.934 24° 271° 268 km 05m20.4s
12:0637°46.7'N073°30.6'E35°54.3'N070°02.8'E36°51.1'N071°40.3'E 0.934 21° 272° 271 km 05m16.3s
12:0837°12.1'N076°31.9'E35°26.4'N072°31.7'E36°20.3'N074°23.3'E 0.933 19° 275° 274 km 05m11.8s
12:1036°26.8'N080°11.2'E34°52.1'N075°22.0'E35°41.6'N077°34.0'E 0.933 16° 277° 279 km 05m06.8s
12:1235°20.0'N085°10.0'E34°08.1'N078°45.9'E34°49.3'N081°32.8'E 0.932 12° 279° 284 km 05m00.9s
12:14 - - 33°05.6'N083°15.1'E33°23.0'N087°36.2'E 0.930 283° 291 km 04m52.7s
Limits32°45.5'N095°33.8'E30°19.0'N094°05.1'E31°32.0'N094°48.6'E 0.929 - 300 km 04m44.1s

ΔT = 46.9 seconds

Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration
Event Time
TD
Time
UT1
Latitude Longitude Sun
Altitude
Sun
Azimuth
Path Width Central
Duration
Greatest Eclipse10:24:17.710:23:30.833°57.0'N018°04.8'E 70.1° 165.2° 227.4 km06m40.91s
Greatest Duration10:30:53.510:30:06.634°45.3'N020°22.1'E 69.8° 176.0° 226.7 km06m41.28s

Explanation of Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration

Links for the Annular Solar Eclipse of 1976 Apr 29

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Eclipse Predictions

Predictions for the Annular Solar Eclipse of 1976 Apr 29 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 46.9 seconds for this eclipse.

Acknowledgments

Some of the content on this website is based on the book Thousand Year Canon of Solar Eclipses 1501 to 2500. All eclipse calculations are by Fred Espenak, and he assumes full responsibility for their accuracy.

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