Path of the Annular Solar Eclipse of 1991 Jan 15

Fred Espenak

Introduction

The following table delineates the path of the Moon's antumbral shadow during the Annular Solar Eclipse of 1991 Jan 15 . 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 1991 Jan 15
UT1 Northern Limit Southern Limit Central Line M:S Sun Sun Path Central
Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Ratio Alt. Azm. Width Duration
Limits28°29.6'S110°37.9'E31°14.0'S108°31.0'E29°51.6'S109°35.7'E 0.915 - 361 km 05m37.7s
22:0031°52.5'S119°19.2'E - - 30°43.5'S111°47.2'E 0.915 113° 358 km 05m41.0s
22:0233°38.9'S124°12.8'E33°47.8'S115°12.1'E34°01.6'S120°33.2'E 0.917 11° 108° 346 km 05m55.5s
22:0434°51.2'S127°45.3'E36°01.2'S121°23.0'E35°32.3'S124°54.1'E 0.918 15° 106° 340 km 06m03.5s
22:0635°47.4'S130°40.8'E37°21.9'S125°24.9'E36°38.0'S128°15.4'E 0.919 18° 103° 335 km 06m09.9s
22:0836°33.5'S133°13.9'E38°22.5'S128°39.0'E37°30.2'S131°05.8'E 0.920 21° 101° 330 km 06m15.7s
22:1037°12.6'S135°31.5'E39°11.4'S131°26.2'E38°13.5'S133°36.5'E 0.920 23° 99° 326 km 06m20.9s
22:1237°46.2'S137°37.7'E39°52.3'S133°55.6'E38°50.4'S135°53.2'E 0.921 26° 97° 323 km 06m25.7s
22:1438°15.5'S139°35.0'E40°27.3'S136°12.1'E39°22.2'S137°59.3'E 0.921 28° 95° 320 km 06m30.2s
22:1638°41.2'S141°25.2'E40°57.5'S138°18.8'E39°49.9'S139°57.0'E 0.922 30° 94° 317 km 06m34.6s
22:1839°03.8'S143°09.3'E41°23.8'S140°17.5'E40°14.2'S141°47.9'E 0.922 31° 92° 314 km 06m38.7s
22:2039°23.8'S144°48.3'E41°46.8'S142°09.7'E40°35.5'S143°33.2'E 0.923 33° 90° 312 km 06m42.6s
22:2239°41.4'S146°23.0'E42°06.9'S143°56.4'E40°54.3'S145°13.5'E 0.923 35° 89° 310 km 06m46.4s
22:2439°56.9'S147°53.9'E42°24.6'S145°38.4'E41°10.8'S146°49.6'E 0.923 36° 87° 307 km 06m50.1s
22:2640°10.5'S149°21.3'E42°40.0'S147°16.2'E41°25.2'S148°22.0'E 0.924 38° 85° 305 km 06m53.6s
22:2840°22.3'S150°45.7'E42°53.3'S148°50.4'E41°37.7'S149°51.0'E 0.924 39° 84° 303 km 06m57.0s
22:3040°32.6'S152°07.3'E43°04.9'S150°21.3'E41°48.6'S151°17.0'E 0.924 41° 82° 302 km 07m00.3s
22:3240°41.4'S153°26.3'E43°14.7'S151°49.2'E41°57.9'S152°40.3'E 0.924 42° 81° 300 km 07m03.4s
22:3440°48.8'S154°43.1'E43°23.0'S153°14.4'E42°05.7'S154°01.1'E 0.925 43° 79° 298 km 07m06.5s
22:3640°54.9'S155°57.7'E43°29.8'S154°37.1'E42°12.1'S155°19.6'E 0.925 45° 78° 297 km 07m09.5s
22:3840°59.8'S157°10.4'E43°35.3'S155°57.6'E42°17.3'S156°36.0'E 0.925 46° 76° 295 km 07m12.3s
22:4041°03.6'S158°21.2'E43°39.5'S157°15.8'E42°21.3'S157°50.4'E 0.925 47° 74° 294 km 07m15.1s
22:4241°06.4'S159°30.2'E43°42.5'S158°32.1'E42°24.1'S159°02.9'E 0.926 48° 73° 292 km 07m17.8s
22:4441°08.1'S160°37.6'E43°44.4'S159°46.5'E42°25.9'S160°13.6'E 0.926 50° 71° 291 km 07m20.4s
22:4641°08.8'S161°43.4'E43°45.2'S160°59.1'E42°26.6'S161°22.7'E 0.926 51° 70° 290 km 07m22.8s
22:4841°08.6'S162°47.8'E43°45.0'S162°10.0'E42°26.4'S162°30.2'E 0.926 52° 68° 289 km 07m25.2s
22:5041°07.5'S163°50.7'E43°43.8'S163°19.3'E42°25.3'S163°36.2'E 0.926 53° 66° 288 km 07m27.5s
22:5241°05.6'S164°52.4'E43°41.6'S164°27.1'E42°23.3'S164°40.8'E 0.927 54° 65° 287 km 07m29.7s
22:5441°02.9'S165°52.7'E43°38.6'S165°33.4'E42°20.4'S165°44.0'E 0.927 55° 63° 286 km 07m31.8s
22:5640°59.4'S166°51.8'E43°34.8'S166°38.3'E42°16.7'S166°45.9'E 0.927 56° 61° 285 km 07m33.8s
22:5840°55.2'S167°49.8'E43°30.1'S167°41.9'E42°12.2'S167°46.6'E 0.927 57° 59° 284 km 07m35.7s
23:0040°50.2'S168°46.6'E43°24.6'S168°44.1'E42°07.0'S168°46.0'E 0.927 58° 58° 283 km 07m37.5s
23:0240°44.6'S169°42.3'E43°18.4'S169°45.1'E42°01.1'S169°44.3'E 0.927 59° 56° 283 km 07m39.3s
23:0440°38.2'S170°37.0'E43°11.5'S170°44.9'E41°54.5'S170°41.5'E 0.927 60° 54° 282 km 07m40.9s
23:0640°31.2'S171°30.7'E43°03.8'S171°43.6'E41°47.2'S171°37.5'E 0.928 61° 52° 281 km 07m42.5s
23:0840°23.6'S172°23.4'E42°55.5'S172°41.1'E41°39.2'S172°32.6'E 0.928 62° 50° 281 km 07m43.9s
23:1040°15.4'S173°15.2'E42°46.6'S173°37.5'E41°30.6'S173°26.6'E 0.928 63° 48° 280 km 07m45.3s
23:1240°06.6'S174°06.0'E42°36.9'S174°32.9'E41°21.4'S174°19.7'E 0.928 64° 46° 279 km 07m46.5s
23:1439°57.2'S174°56.0'E42°26.7'S175°27.3'E41°11.6'S175°11.8'E 0.928 64° 44° 279 km 07m47.7s
23:1639°47.3'S175°45.2'E42°15.9'S176°20.7'E41°01.3'S176°03.0'E 0.928 65° 42° 279 km 07m48.8s
23:1839°36.8'S176°33.5'E42°04.5'S177°13.1'E40°50.3'S176°53.3'E 0.928 66° 39° 278 km 07m49.7s
23:2039°25.8'S177°21.0'E41°52.6'S178°04.6'E40°38.9'S177°42.7'E 0.928 67° 37° 278 km 07m50.6s
23:2239°14.3'S178°07.7'E41°40.1'S178°55.2'E40°26.9'S178°31.4'E 0.928 68° 34° 277 km 07m51.4s
23:2439°02.3'S178°53.7'E41°27.1'S179°45.0'E40°14.3'S179°19.2'E 0.928 68° 32° 277 km 07m52.1s
23:2638°49.7'S179°39.0'E41°13.6'S179°26.1'W40°01.3'S179°53.8'W 0.928 69° 29° 277 km 07m52.8s
23:2838°36.7'S179°36.4'W40°59.5'S178°38.0'W39°47.8'S179°07.5'W 0.929 70° 26° 277 km 07m53.3s
23:3038°23.3'S178°52.5'W40°45.0'S177°50.7'W39°33.8'S178°21.9'W 0.929 70° 23° 276 km 07m53.7s
23:3238°09.3'S178°09.2'W40°30.0'S177°04.2'W39°19.4'S177°37.1'W 0.929 71° 20° 276 km 07m54.1s
23:3437°55.0'S177°26.6'W40°14.5'S176°18.4'W39°04.4'S176°52.9'W 0.929 71° 17° 276 km 07m54.3s
23:3637°40.1'S176°44.6'W39°58.6'S175°33.3'W38°49.1'S176°09.3'W 0.929 72° 14° 276 km 07m54.5s
23:3837°24.9'S176°03.1'W39°42.2'S174°48.8'W38°33.3'S175°26.4'W 0.929 72° 10° 276 km 07m54.6s
23:4037°09.2'S175°22.3'W39°25.4'S174°05.1'W38°17.0'S174°44.2'W 0.929 73° 276 km 07m54.6s
23:4236°53.1'S174°41.9'W39°08.2'S173°22.0'W38°00.4'S174°02.5'W 0.929 73° 276 km 07m54.5s
23:4436°36.5'S174°02.1'W38°50.5'S172°39.5'W37°43.3'S173°21.3'W 0.929 73° 359° 276 km 07m54.4s
23:4636°19.6'S173°22.8'W38°32.5'S171°57.5'W37°25.8'S172°40.7'W 0.929 74° 355° 276 km 07m54.1s
23:4836°02.3'S172°44.0'W38°14.0'S171°16.2'W37°07.9'S172°00.7'W 0.929 74° 351° 276 km 07m53.8s
23:5035°44.5'S172°05.7'W37°55.1'S170°35.4'W36°49.6'S171°21.1'W 0.929 74° 347° 276 km 07m53.4s
23:5235°26.4'S171°27.7'W37°35.8'S169°55.1'W36°30.9'S170°42.0'W 0.929 74° 343° 277 km 07m52.9s
23:5435°07.9'S170°50.2'W37°16.2'S169°15.3'W36°11.8'S170°03.4'W 0.929 74° 339° 277 km 07m52.4s
23:5634°49.0'S170°13.1'W36°56.1'S168°35.9'W35°52.3'S169°25.2'W 0.929 74° 335° 277 km 07m51.8s
23:5834°29.7'S169°36.4'W36°35.7'S167°57.0'W35°32.5'S168°47.4'W 0.929 74° 331° 277 km 07m51.1s
00:0034°10.0'S169°00.0'W36°14.9'S167°18.5'W35°12.2'S168°10.0'W 0.929 74° 327° 278 km 07m50.3s
00:0233°49.9'S168°24.0'W35°53.7'S166°40.5'W34°51.6'S167°32.9'W 0.929 73° 323° 278 km 07m49.4s
00:0433°29.5'S167°48.3'W35°32.1'S166°02.8'W34°30.6'S166°56.3'W 0.929 73° 319° 278 km 07m48.5s
00:0633°08.7'S167°12.9'W35°10.2'S165°25.4'W34°09.3'S166°19.9'W 0.929 73° 316° 279 km 07m47.6s
00:0832°47.5'S166°37.7'W34°47.9'S164°48.4'W33°47.5'S165°43.8'W 0.929 72° 312° 279 km 07m46.5s
00:1032°26.0'S166°02.8'W34°25.3'S164°11.6'W33°25.4'S165°08.0'W 0.929 72° 309° 280 km 07m45.4s
00:1232°04.1'S165°28.2'W34°02.2'S163°35.2'W33°03.0'S164°32.4'W 0.929 71° 306° 280 km 07m44.3s
00:1431°41.8'S164°53.7'W33°38.9'S162°59.0'W32°40.1'S163°57.1'W 0.929 71° 303° 281 km 07m43.0s
00:1631°19.1'S164°19.5'W33°15.1'S162°23.0'W32°16.9'S163°22.0'W 0.929 70° 300° 282 km 07m41.7s
00:1830°56.0'S163°45.3'W32°51.0'S161°47.1'W31°53.3'S162°47.0'W 0.929 70° 297° 282 km 07m40.4s
00:2030°32.6'S163°11.4'W32°26.5'S161°11.5'W31°29.4'S162°12.2'W 0.929 69° 295° 283 km 07m39.0s
00:2230°08.8'S162°37.5'W32°01.6'S160°36.0'W31°05.0'S161°37.6'W 0.929 68° 292° 284 km 07m37.5s
00:2429°44.6'S162°03.7'W31°36.4'S160°00.6'W30°40.3'S161°03.0'W 0.929 68° 290° 284 km 07m36.0s
00:2629°20.0'S161°30.0'W31°10.7'S159°25.3'W30°15.2'S160°28.5'W 0.929 67° 288° 285 km 07m34.5s
00:2828°55.0'S160°56.3'W30°44.7'S158°50.0'W29°49.7'S159°54.0'W 0.928 66° 286° 286 km 07m32.9s
00:3028°29.6'S160°22.6'W30°18.3'S158°14.7'W29°23.8'S159°19.5'W 0.928 65° 284° 287 km 07m31.2s
00:3228°03.9'S159°48.9'W29°51.5'S157°39.4'W28°57.6'S158°45.0'W 0.928 64° 282° 288 km 07m29.5s
00:3427°37.7'S159°15.1'W29°24.3'S157°04.1'W28°30.9'S158°10.5'W 0.928 64° 280° 289 km 07m27.7s
00:3627°11.0'S158°41.2'W28°56.7'S156°28.7'W28°03.8'S157°35.8'W 0.928 63° 278° 290 km 07m25.9s
00:3826°44.0'S158°07.2'W28°28.7'S155°53.1'W27°36.2'S157°01.1'W 0.928 62° 277° 291 km 07m24.0s
00:4026°16.5'S157°33.1'W28°00.3'S155°17.4'W27°08.3'S156°26.2'W 0.928 61° 275° 292 km 07m22.1s
00:4225°48.6'S156°58.7'W27°31.4'S154°41.5'W26°39.9'S155°51.0'W 0.928 60° 274° 293 km 07m20.2s
00:4425°20.2'S156°24.1'W27°02.0'S154°05.3'W26°11.0'S155°15.7'W 0.928 59° 272° 295 km 07m18.2s
00:4624°51.4'S155°49.3'W26°32.2'S153°28.8'W25°41.7'S154°40.0'W 0.928 58° 271° 296 km 07m16.2s
00:4824°22.0'S155°14.1'W26°01.9'S152°51.9'W25°11.9'S154°04.0'W 0.927 57° 270° 297 km 07m14.1s
00:5023°52.2'S154°38.5'W25°31.1'S152°14.6'W24°41.5'S153°27.6'W 0.927 56° 269° 298 km 07m12.0s
00:5223°21.8'S154°02.5'W24°59.8'S151°36.9'W24°10.7'S152°50.7'W 0.927 55° 267° 300 km 07m09.8s
00:5422°50.9'S153°26.1'W24°28.0'S150°58.6'W23°39.3'S152°13.4'W 0.927 54° 266° 301 km 07m07.6s
00:5622°19.4'S152°49.0'W23°55.6'S150°19.8'W23°07.4'S151°35.5'W 0.927 53° 265° 303 km 07m05.4s
00:5821°47.4'S152°11.4'W23°22.6'S149°40.2'W22°34.9'S150°56.9'W 0.927 52° 264° 304 km 07m03.1s
01:0021°14.7'S151°33.1'W22°49.0'S148°59.9'W22°01.8'S150°17.7'W 0.927 51° 263° 306 km 07m00.8s
01:0220°41.4'S150°54.1'W22°14.7'S148°18.8'W21°28.0'S149°37.6'W 0.926 50° 262° 307 km 06m58.4s
01:0420°07.5'S150°14.2'W21°39.7'S147°36.7'W20°53.5'S148°56.6'W 0.926 48° 261° 309 km 06m56.0s
01:0619°32.8'S149°33.4'W21°04.0'S146°53.5'W20°18.4'S148°14.7'W 0.926 47° 261° 310 km 06m53.5s
01:0818°57.4'S148°51.5'W20°27.6'S146°09.1'W19°42.4'S147°31.6'W 0.926 46° 260° 312 km 06m51.0s
01:1018°21.1'S148°08.5'W19°50.3'S145°23.5'W19°05.7'S146°47.3'W 0.926 45° 259° 314 km 06m48.5s
01:1217°44.0'S147°24.1'W19°12.1'S144°36.3'W18°28.0'S146°01.6'W 0.925 43° 258° 316 km 06m45.9s
01:1417°06.0'S146°38.3'W18°32.9'S143°47.4'W17°49.5'S145°14.3'W 0.925 42° 257° 317 km 06m43.2s
01:1616°27.0'S145°50.9'W17°52.7'S142°56.6'W17°09.9'S144°25.3'W 0.925 41° 257° 319 km 06m40.5s
01:1815°46.9'S145°01.6'W17°11.3'S142°03.7'W16°29.2'S143°34.3'W 0.925 39° 256° 321 km 06m37.7s
01:2015°05.6'S144°10.2'W16°28.6'S141°08.3'W15°47.2'S142°41.0'W 0.924 38° 255° 323 km 06m34.9s
01:2214°23.1'S143°16.5'W15°44.5'S140°10.0'W15°03.9'S141°45.1'W 0.924 36° 255° 325 km 06m32.0s
01:2413°39.1'S142°20.0'W14°58.8'S139°08.5'W14°19.1'S140°46.3'W 0.924 35° 254° 327 km 06m29.0s
01:2612°53.4'S141°20.4'W14°11.3'S138°03.1'W13°32.6'S139°44.0'W 0.923 33° 253° 329 km 06m25.9s
01:2812°06.0'S140°17.1'W13°21.6'S136°53.2'W12°44.1'S138°37.6'W 0.923 31° 253° 331 km 06m22.7s
01:3011°16.4'S139°09.6'W12°29.5'S135°37.7'W11°53.4'S137°26.4'W 0.923 30° 252° 333 km 06m19.4s
01:3210°24.4'S137°56.8'W11°34.4'S134°15.4'W10°59.9'S136°09.3'W 0.922 28° 252° 335 km 06m16.0s
01:3409°29.5'S136°37.7'W10°35.5'S132°44.5'W10°03.2'S134°44.8'W 0.922 26° 251° 337 km 06m12.3s
01:3608°30.9'S135°10.6'W09°31.9'S131°02.3'W09°02.4'S133°11.0'W 0.921 23° 251° 339 km 06m08.5s
01:3807°27.8'S133°33.2'W08°21.7'S129°04.2'W07°56.3'S131°24.6'W 0.921 21° 250° 342 km 06m04.3s
01:4006°18.6'S131°41.7'W07°01.8'S126°42.0'W06°42.6'S129°20.4'W 0.920 18° 250° 344 km 05m59.8s
01:4205°00.6'S129°29.4'W05°24.7'S123°36.5'W05°17.3'S126°47.6'W 0.919 15° 250° 347 km 05m54.6s
01:4403°28.1'S126°42.2'W02°59.9'S118°27.9'W03°29.6'S123°19.1'W 0.918 10° 249° 350 km 05m48.1s
Limits01°50.9'N115°09.3'W00°56.2'S113°25.1'W00°27.7'N114°17.8'W 0.915 - 357 km 05m34.2s

ΔT = 57.6 seconds

Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration
Event Time
TD
Time
UT1
Latitude Longitude Sun
Altitude
Sun
Azimuth
Path Width Central
Duration
Greatest Eclipse23:53:51.323:52:53.836°22.4'S170°39.1'W 74.0° 341.3° 276.6 km07m52.69s
Greatest Duration23:40:06.023:39:08.438°24.1'S175°02.3'W 72.5° 8.2° 275.9 km07m54.61s

Explanation of Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration

Links for the Annular Solar Eclipse of 1991 Jan 15

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Eclipse Predictions

Predictions for the Annular Solar Eclipse of 1991 Jan 15 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 57.6 seconds for this eclipse.

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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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