Path of the Total Solar Eclipse of 2629 Oct 08

Fred Espenak

Introduction

The following table delineates the path of the Moon's umbral shadow during the Total Solar Eclipse of 2629 Oct 08 . 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 2629 Oct 08
UT1 Northern Limit Southern Limit Central Line M:S Sun Sun Path Central
Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Ratio Alt. Azm. Width Duration
Limits83°35.0'N148°23.8'W82°36.1'N164°18.0'W83°09.2'N157°09.4'W 1.025 - 239 km 01m29.0s
20:30 - - 76°22.3'N143°33.8'W80°47.2'N148°59.3'W 1.026 162° 243 km 01m33.8s
20:3281°19.7'N142°40.1'W74°02.8'N138°23.0'W76°48.1'N139°14.9'W 1.027 172° 249 km 01m42.0s
20:3477°19.7'N134°42.8'W72°14.8'N134°45.4'W74°30.1'N134°39.2'W 1.028 177° 253 km 01m46.8s
20:3675°01.1'N130°42.0'W70°43.6'N131°52.8'W72°42.6'N131°20.9'W 1.029 11° 181° 257 km 01m50.5s
20:3873°13.3'N127°43.6'W69°23.5'N129°27.0'W71°11.8'N128°40.9'W 1.029 13° 184° 260 km 01m53.6s
20:4071°42.2'N125°16.9'W68°11.2'N127°19.2'W69°51.8'N126°24.1'W 1.029 14° 187° 263 km 01m56.2s
20:4270°22.1'N123°09.5'W67°05.1'N125°24.2'W68°39.8'N124°23.0'W 1.030 15° 189° 267 km 01m58.5s
20:4469°09.9'N121°15.5'W66°03.8'N123°38.9'W67°33.7'N122°33.1'W 1.030 16° 192° 270 km 02m00.5s
20:4668°03.8'N119°30.9'W65°06.5'N122°00.9'W66°32.6'N120°51.7'W 1.030 17° 194° 273 km 02m02.2s
20:4867°02.6'N117°53.6'W64°12.6'N120°28.8'W65°35.4'N119°16.7'W 1.030 17° 196° 276 km 02m03.7s
20:5066°05.5'N116°21.8'W63°21.7'N119°01.3'W64°41.6'N117°46.9'W 1.031 18° 199° 279 km 02m05.1s
20:5265°11.7'N114°54.3'W62°33.2'N117°37.6'W63°50.7'N116°21.1'W 1.031 18° 201° 283 km 02m06.2s
20:5464°20.9'N113°30.2'W61°47.1'N116°16.9'W63°02.4'N114°58.6'W 1.031 19° 203° 286 km 02m07.2s
20:5663°32.6'N112°08.6'W61°03.0'N114°58.6'W62°16.4'N113°38.6'W 1.031 19° 205° 289 km 02m07.9s
20:5862°46.7'N110°49.2'W60°20.7'N113°42.2'W61°32.4'N112°20.5'W 1.031 20° 207° 292 km 02m08.6s
21:0062°02.8'N109°31.2'W59°40.1'N112°27.3'W60°50.3'N111°04.0'W 1.031 20° 209° 295 km 02m09.1s
21:0261°20.8'N108°14.2'W59°01.1'N111°13.5'W60°09.9'N109°48.6'W 1.031 20° 211° 297 km 02m09.4s
21:0460°40.6'N106°57.8'W58°23.5'N110°00.4'W59°31.1'N108°33.8'W 1.031 20° 213° 300 km 02m09.6s
21:0660°01.9'N105°41.7'W57°47.3'N108°47.7'W58°53.7'N107°19.4'W 1.031 20° 214° 303 km 02m09.6s
21:0859°24.8'N104°25.4'W57°12.4'N107°35.0'W58°17.8'N106°04.9'W 1.031 20° 216° 305 km 02m09.4s
21:1058°49.1'N103°08.6'W56°38.7'N106°22.1'W57°43.1'N104°50.1'W 1.031 20° 218° 307 km 02m09.2s
21:1258°14.8'N101°50.8'W56°06.3'N105°08.7'W57°09.8'N103°34.5'W 1.031 20° 220° 309 km 02m08.7s
21:1457°41.7'N100°31.7'W55°34.9'N103°54.3'W56°37.6'N102°17.9'W 1.031 20° 222° 311 km 02m08.2s
21:1657°10.0'N099°10.8'W55°04.7'N102°38.7'W56°06.7'N100°59.8'W 1.031 19° 224° 312 km 02m07.4s
21:1856°39.5'N097°47.5'W54°35.6'N101°21.5'W55°36.9'N099°39.8'W 1.031 19° 226° 312 km 02m06.5s
21:2056°10.3'N096°21.4'W54°07.6'N100°02.2'W55°08.3'N098°17.3'W 1.031 18° 228° 313 km 02m05.5s
21:2255°42.4'N094°51.6'W53°40.8'N098°40.4'W54°40.9'N096°51.9'W 1.030 18° 230° 312 km 02m04.2s
21:2455°15.8'N093°17.3'W53°15.0'N097°15.4'W54°14.8'N095°22.6'W 1.030 17° 231° 311 km 02m02.8s
21:2654°50.7'N091°37.2'W52°50.5'N095°46.5'W53°49.9'N093°48.8'W 1.030 17° 233° 309 km 02m01.2s
21:2854°27.0'N089°49.8'W52°27.2'N094°12.9'W53°26.4'N092°09.1'W 1.030 16° 236° 307 km 01m59.3s
21:3054°05.2'N087°52.9'W52°05.3'N092°33.2'W53°04.4'N090°22.0'W 1.029 15° 238° 303 km 01m57.2s
21:3253°45.4'N085°43.1'W51°44.9'N090°45.9'W52°44.2'N088°25.2'W 1.029 14° 240° 299 km 01m54.8s
21:3453°28.2'N083°14.6'W51°26.3'N088°48.7'W52°26.1'N086°15.3'W 1.029 12° 242° 293 km 01m52.0s
21:3653°14.9'N080°16.4'W51°09.8'N086°37.9'W52°10.7'N083°46.5'W 1.028 11° 245° 285 km 01m48.8s
21:3853°08.3'N076°20.2'W50°56.2'N084°07.6'W51°59.2'N080°47.6'W 1.028 248° 276 km 01m44.8s
21:4053°30.9'N067°52.5'W50°46.8'N081°05.6'W51°54.9'N076°49.4'W 1.027 251° 263 km 01m39.7s
21:42 - - 50°45.3'N076°59.9'W52°26.4'N067°28.9'W 1.025 259° 235 km 01m28.5s
Limits53°38.7'N066°30.3'W51°28.1'N066°48.8'W52°31.6'N066°39.4'W 1.025 - 233 km 01m27.6s

ΔT = 1787.0 seconds

Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration
Event Time
TD
Time
UT1
Latitude Longitude Sun
Altitude
Sun
Azimuth
Path Width Central
Duration
Greatest Eclipse21:35:26.621:05:39.659°00.0'N114°59.9'W 20.1° 214.1° 302.3 km02m09.58s
Greatest Duration21:35:05.821:05:18.859°06.4'N107°44.9'W 20.0° 213.7° 301.9 km02m09.58s

Explanation of Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration

Links for the Total Solar Eclipse of 2629 Oct 08

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Eclipse Predictions

Predictions for the Total Solar Eclipse of 2629 Oct 08 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 1787.0 seconds for this eclipse. The uncertainty in ΔT is 432.0 seconds corresponding to a standard error in longitude of the eclipse path of ± 1.81°.

Acknowledgments

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

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"Eclipse Predictions by Fred Espenak, EclipseWise.com"

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