Path of the Total Solar Eclipse of 2285 Sep 29

Fred Espenak

Introduction

The following table delineates the path of the Moon's umbral shadow during the Total Solar Eclipse of 2285 Sep 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 .

Total Solar Eclipse of 2285 Sep 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
Limits13°31.8'S090°03.0'W15°31.9'S090°46.4'W14°31.4'S090°24.3'W 1.048 - 225 km 02m33.6s
11:5014°31.8'S080°18.8'W - - 15°00.9'S084°30.3'W 1.050 91° 238 km 02m45.8s
11:5215°16.1'S076°39.5'W16°20.9'S082°56.8'W15°49.9'S079°26.7'W 1.052 11° 90° 252 km 02m57.7s
11:5415°58.0'S073°58.2'W17°07.8'S078°54.9'W16°33.6'S076°16.8'W 1.053 15° 88° 260 km 03m05.7s
11:5616°38.6'S071°46.7'W17°51.2'S076°05.1'W17°15.4'S073°49.8'W 1.054 18° 87° 267 km 03m12.3s
11:5817°18.4'S069°54.0'W18°32.9'S073°49.2'W17°56.0'S071°47.2'W 1.055 20° 86° 272 km 03m18.0s
12:0017°57.7'S068°14.6'W19°13.6'S071°53.9'W18°36.0'S070°00.8'W 1.056 22° 85° 277 km 03m23.2s
12:0218°36.6'S066°45.3'W19°53.8'S070°12.8'W19°15.4'S068°26.1'W 1.056 24° 84° 281 km 03m27.8s
12:0419°15.2'S065°23.7'W20°33.4'S068°42.2'W19°54.5'S067°00.5'W 1.057 26° 83° 284 km 03m32.1s
12:0619°53.6'S064°08.6'W21°12.8'S067°19.8'W20°33.4'S065°42.0'W 1.057 27° 82° 287 km 03m36.1s
12:0820°31.9'S062°58.6'W21°51.9'S066°04.0'W21°12.0'S064°29.4'W 1.058 29° 81° 289 km 03m39.8s
12:1021°10.0'S061°53.2'W22°30.8'S064°53.7'W21°50.5'S063°21.6'W 1.058 30° 80° 291 km 03m43.3s
12:1221°48.1'S060°51.4'W23°09.6'S063°47.8'W22°28.9'S062°18.0'W 1.058 31° 79° 293 km 03m46.5s
12:1422°26.1'S059°53.0'W23°48.3'S062°45.8'W23°07.3'S061°17.9'W 1.059 33° 78° 294 km 03m49.6s
12:1623°04.1'S058°57.4'W24°27.0'S061°47.2'W23°45.6'S060°20.9'W 1.059 34° 76° 295 km 03m52.5s
12:1823°42.0'S058°04.3'W25°05.6'S060°51.4'W24°23.9'S059°26.5'W 1.059 35° 75° 295 km 03m55.2s
12:2024°20.0'S057°13.4'W25°44.3'S059°58.1'W25°02.2'S058°34.5'W 1.060 36° 74° 296 km 03m57.8s
12:2224°58.0'S056°24.4'W26°22.9'S059°07.1'W25°40.5'S057°44.5'W 1.060 37° 73° 296 km 04m00.3s
12:2425°36.1'S055°37.2'W27°01.6'S058°18.0'W26°18.8'S056°56.4'W 1.060 38° 71° 296 km 04m02.6s
12:2626°14.2'S054°51.5'W27°40.3'S057°30.7'W26°57.2'S056°10.0'W 1.060 39° 70° 296 km 04m04.7s
12:2826°52.3'S054°07.3'W28°19.1'S056°44.9'W27°35.7'S055°24.9'W 1.060 40° 69° 295 km 04m06.7s
12:3027°30.6'S053°24.2'W28°58.0'S056°00.4'W28°14.3'S054°41.2'W 1.061 40° 67° 295 km 04m08.7s
12:3228°08.9'S052°42.2'W29°37.0'S055°17.2'W28°52.9'S053°58.6'W 1.061 41° 66° 294 km 04m10.4s
12:3428°47.4'S052°01.2'W30°16.1'S054°35.0'W29°31.7'S053°17.1'W 1.061 42° 64° 293 km 04m12.1s
12:3629°25.9'S051°21.0'W30°55.4'S053°53.8'W30°10.6'S052°36.4'W 1.061 42° 63° 293 km 04m13.7s
12:3830°04.6'S050°41.6'W31°34.7'S053°13.5'W30°49.6'S051°56.5'W 1.061 43° 61° 292 km 04m15.1s
12:4030°43.4'S050°02.8'W32°14.3'S052°33.8'W31°28.7'S051°17.3'W 1.061 43° 60° 291 km 04m16.4s
12:4231°22.4'S049°24.7'W32°54.0'S051°54.8'W32°08.1'S050°38.7'W 1.062 44° 58° 289 km 04m17.6s
12:4432°01.5'S048°46.9'W33°33.8'S051°16.3'W32°47.5'S050°00.6'W 1.062 44° 56° 288 km 04m18.7s
12:4632°40.8'S048°09.6'W34°13.9'S050°38.3'W33°27.2'S049°23.0'W 1.062 45° 55° 287 km 04m19.7s
12:4833°20.2'S047°32.6'W34°54.2'S050°00.6'W34°07.0'S048°45.6'W 1.062 45° 53° 286 km 04m20.6s
12:5033°59.9'S046°55.9'W35°34.6'S049°23.2'W34°47.1'S048°08.5'W 1.062 45° 51° 285 km 04m21.4s
12:5234°39.7'S046°19.3'W36°15.3'S048°45.9'W35°27.4'S047°31.6'W 1.062 46° 50° 283 km 04m22.1s
12:5435°19.8'S045°42.8'W36°56.3'S048°08.8'W36°07.9'S046°54.8'W 1.062 46° 48° 282 km 04m22.7s
12:5636°00.1'S045°06.3'W37°37.5'S047°31.8'W36°48.6'S046°18.0'W 1.062 46° 46° 281 km 04m23.2s
12:5836°40.6'S044°29.7'W38°19.0'S046°54.6'W37°29.6'S045°41.2'W 1.062 46° 44° 279 km 04m23.6s
13:0037°21.3'S043°53.1'W39°00.7'S046°17.4'W38°10.8'S045°04.2'W 1.062 46° 42° 278 km 04m23.8s
13:0238°02.4'S043°16.2'W39°42.8'S045°39.9'W38°52.3'S044°27.1'W 1.062 46° 40° 277 km 04m24.0s
13:0438°43.7'S042°39.0'W40°25.2'S045°02.2'W39°34.2'S043°49.7'W 1.062 46° 38° 275 km 04m24.1s
13:0639°25.2'S042°01.5'W41°07.9'S044°24.1'W40°16.3'S043°11.8'W 1.062 46° 37° 274 km 04m24.1s
13:0840°07.1'S041°23.6'W41°50.9'S043°45.6'W40°58.8'S042°33.6'W 1.062 46° 35° 273 km 04m23.9s
13:1040°49.3'S040°45.2'W42°34.4'S043°06.5'W41°41.6'S041°54.8'W 1.062 46° 33° 271 km 04m23.7s
13:1241°31.9'S040°06.1'W43°18.2'S042°26.7'W42°24.7'S041°15.4'W 1.062 46° 31° 270 km 04m23.4s
13:1442°14.8'S039°26.3'W44°02.4'S041°46.3'W43°08.2'S040°35.3'W 1.062 46° 29° 269 km 04m22.9s
13:1642°58.0'S038°45.8'W44°47.0'S041°04.9'W43°52.2'S039°54.3'W 1.062 46° 27° 268 km 04m22.4s
13:1843°41.7'S038°04.3'W45°32.1'S040°22.6'W44°36.5'S039°12.4'W 1.062 45° 25° 266 km 04m21.7s
13:2044°25.7'S037°21.8'W46°17.7'S039°39.2'W45°21.3'S038°29.5'W 1.062 45° 23° 265 km 04m21.0s
13:2245°10.2'S036°38.2'W47°03.8'S038°54.6'W46°06.6'S037°45.3'W 1.062 45° 21° 264 km 04m20.1s
13:2445°55.2'S035°53.3'W47°50.4'S038°08.5'W46°52.3'S036°59.9'W 1.062 44° 19° 263 km 04m19.1s
13:2646°40.6'S035°07.0'W48°37.5'S037°20.9'W47°38.6'S036°12.9'W 1.062 44° 17° 261 km 04m18.0s
13:2847°26.5'S034°19.1'W49°25.2'S036°31.6'W48°25.4'S035°24.3'W 1.061 43° 15° 260 km 04m16.9s
13:3048°12.9'S033°29.5'W50°13.6'S035°40.4'W49°12.7'S034°33.9'W 1.061 43° 13° 259 km 04m15.5s
13:3248°59.9'S032°37.9'W51°02.6'S034°47.0'W50°00.7'S033°41.4'W 1.061 42° 11° 258 km 04m14.1s
13:3449°47.5'S031°44.2'W51°52.3'S033°51.2'W50°49.3'S032°46.6'W 1.061 41° 257 km 04m12.6s
13:3650°35.7'S030°48.0'W52°42.7'S032°52.6'W51°38.6'S031°49.3'W 1.061 41° 255 km 04m10.9s
13:3851°24.5'S029°49.2'W53°33.9'S031°51.0'W52°28.6'S030°49.1'W 1.061 40° 254 km 04m09.2s
13:4052°14.1'S028°47.3'W54°26.0'S030°46.0'W53°19.3'S029°45.7'W 1.060 39° 253 km 04m07.2s
13:4253°04.4'S027°42.1'W55°18.9'S029°37.1'W54°10.8'S028°38.6'W 1.060 38° 252 km 04m05.2s
13:4453°55.4'S026°33.0'W56°12.8'S028°23.8'W55°03.2'S027°27.5'W 1.060 38° 359° 251 km 04m03.0s
13:4654°47.3'S025°19.7'W57°07.6'S027°05.4'W55°56.6'S026°11.8'W 1.060 37° 357° 250 km 04m00.7s
13:4855°40.1'S024°01.6'W58°03.5'S025°41.3'W56°50.8'S024°50.8'W 1.059 36° 354° 249 km 03m58.3s
13:5056°33.8'S022°37.9'W59°00.6'S024°10.5'W57°46.1'S023°23.7'W 1.059 35° 352° 248 km 03m55.7s
13:5257°28.5'S021°07.9'W59°58.9'S022°31.9'W58°42.6'S021°49.6'W 1.059 34° 350° 247 km 03m52.9s
13:5458°24.2'S019°30.5'W60°58.6'S020°44.2'W59°40.2'S020°07.4'W 1.059 32° 347° 246 km 03m49.9s
13:5659°21.1'S017°44.6'W61°59.6'S018°45.7'W60°39.0'S018°15.6'W 1.058 31° 345° 245 km 03m46.8s
13:5860°19.2'S015°48.6'W63°02.2'S016°34.2'W61°39.2'S016°12.4'W 1.058 30° 342° 244 km 03m43.5s
14:0061°18.6'S013°40.7'W64°06.4'S014°06.8'W62°40.9'S013°55.6'W 1.057 28° 339° 243 km 03m39.9s
14:0262°19.4'S011°18.4'W65°12.3'S011°19.8'W63°44.1'S011°22.0'W 1.057 27° 336° 242 km 03m36.1s
14:0463°21.6'S008°38.6'W66°20.1'S008°07.8'W64°48.9'S008°27.7'W 1.057 25° 332° 241 km 03m32.1s
14:0664°25.4'S005°36.8'W67°29.8'S004°23.4'W65°55.5'S005°07.1'W 1.056 24° 328° 239 km 03m27.7s
14:0865°30.7'S002°06.9'W68°41.4'S000°04.6'E67°03.7'S001°12.0'W 1.055 22° 324° 238 km 03m22.9s
14:1066°37.5'S001°59.8'E69°54.6'S005°34.0'E68°13.5'S003°29.9'E 1.055 19° 319° 237 km 03m17.6s
14:1267°45.7'S006°57.2'E71°08.7'S012°36.2'E69°24.6'S009°18.5'E 1.054 17° 313° 236 km 03m11.7s
14:1468°54.7'S013°08.5'E72°21.4'S022°15.7'E70°36.0'S016°50.8'E 1.053 14° 305° 234 km 03m04.8s
14:1670°03.1'S021°19.0'E73°23.8'S037°46.7'E71°44.3'S027°30.2'E 1.052 10° 294° 232 km 02m56.3s
14:1871°06.3'S033°29.0'E - - 72°32.8'S047°22.2'E 1.050 275° 229 km 02m42.5s
Limits71°15.6'S060°36.2'E73°13.8'S062°14.0'E72°14.3'S061°22.9'E 1.049 - 226 km 02m33.6s

ΔT = 456.0 seconds

Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration
Event Time
TD
Time
UT1
Latitude Longitude Sun
Altitude
Sun
Azimuth
Path Width Central
Duration
Greatest Eclipse13:11:37.313:04:01.339°34.6'S045°43.5'W 46.5° 38.5° 275.4 km04m24.09s
Greatest Duration13:12:01.713:04:25.739°43.2'S043°41.6'W 46.5° 38.1° 275.1 km04m24.09s

Explanation of Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration

Links for the Total Solar Eclipse of 2285 Sep 29

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Eclipse Predictions

Predictions for the Total Solar Eclipse of 2285 Sep 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 456.0 seconds for this eclipse. The uncertainty in ΔT is 119.1 seconds corresponding to a standard error in longitude of the eclipse path of ± 0.50°.

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"

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