Path of the Annular Solar Eclipse of 2938 Feb 21

Fred Espenak

Introduction

The following table delineates the path of the Moon's antumbral shadow during the Annular Solar Eclipse of 2938 Feb 21 . 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 2938 Feb 21
UT1 Northern Limit Southern Limit Central Line M:S Sun Sun Path Central
Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Ratio Alt. Azm. Width Duration
Limits70°18.0'S077°35.1'W73°01.7'S085°08.8'W71°40.0'S081°04.4'W 0.933 - 402 km 04m12.7s
09:2074°27.8'S048°09.9'W - - 72°39.2'S076°21.8'W 0.934 121° 396 km 04m14.0s
09:2275°05.0'S036°11.7'W - - 75°47.4'S053°00.6'W 0.935 98° 372 km 04m20.1s
09:2475°12.8'S026°14.8'W76°54.8'S060°44.9'W76°35.8'S038°48.8'W 0.936 12° 84° 360 km 04m23.2s
09:2675°03.1'S017°44.5'W78°06.3'S043°10.6'W76°45.7'S027°12.5'W 0.937 15° 72° 352 km 04m25.6s
09:2874°41.9'S010°24.4'W78°22.2'S029°09.6'W76°34.3'S017°26.3'W 0.938 17° 61° 344 km 04m27.6s
09:3074°12.8'S004°03.0'W78°09.9'S017°34.2'W76°09.3'S009°09.8'W 0.938 19° 53° 338 km 04m29.4s
09:3273°38.2'S001°28.9'E77°41.0'S007°59.3'W75°35.5'S002°07.9'W 0.939 21° 45° 333 km 04m31.0s
09:3472°59.7'S006°19.3'E77°01.8'S000°03.7'W74°55.9'S003°52.3'E 0.939 23° 38° 329 km 04m32.5s
09:3672°18.5'S010°34.8'E76°16.5'S006°31.7'E74°12.5'S009°01.7'E 0.939 24° 33° 325 km 04m33.8s
09:3871°35.5'S014°20.8'E75°27.3'S012°03.3'E73°26.5'S013°29.5'E 0.940 25° 27° 321 km 04m35.0s
09:4070°51.2'S017°42.0'E74°35.9'S016°44.5'E72°38.9'S017°23.1'E 0.940 27° 23° 318 km 04m36.1s
09:4270°06.0'S020°42.0'E73°43.3'S020°45.4'E71°50.4'S020°48.5'E 0.940 28° 19° 315 km 04m37.1s
09:4469°20.3'S023°24.2'E72°50.2'S024°14.0'E71°01.3'S023°50.4'E 0.941 29° 15° 313 km 04m38.1s
09:4668°34.3'S025°50.9'E71°56.9'S027°16.6'E70°12.0'S026°32.8'E 0.941 30° 11° 310 km 04m39.0s
09:4867°48.2'S028°04.4'E71°03.7'S029°57.8'E69°22.7'S028°58.5'E 0.941 31° 308 km 04m39.8s
09:5067°02.1'S030°06.5'E70°10.9'S032°21.4'E68°33.5'S031°10.3'E 0.941 32° 306 km 04m40.6s
09:5266°16.0'S031°58.6'E69°18.5'S034°30.3'E67°44.5'S033°10.2'E 0.941 33° 305 km 04m41.3s
09:5465°30.1'S033°42.0'E68°26.5'S036°26.8'E66°55.8'S034°59.7'E 0.942 34° 359° 303 km 04m41.9s
09:5664°44.4'S035°17.7'E67°35.1'S038°12.8'E66°07.5'S036°40.4'E 0.942 34° 357° 302 km 04m42.5s
09:5863°58.9'S036°46.7'E66°44.3'S039°49.9'E65°19.5'S038°13.3'E 0.942 35° 354° 301 km 04m43.0s
10:0063°13.7'S038°09.8'E65°54.0'S041°19.2'E64°31.9'S039°39.4'E 0.942 36° 352° 300 km 04m43.5s
10:0262°28.7'S039°27.5'E65°04.3'S042°41.8'E63°44.7'S040°59.6'E 0.942 36° 350° 299 km 04m44.0s
10:0461°44.0'S040°40.5'E64°15.1'S043°58.6'E62°57.9'S042°14.6'E 0.942 37° 347° 299 km 04m44.4s
10:0660°59.6'S041°49.3'E63°26.4'S045°10.3'E62°11.4'S043°24.9'E 0.943 38° 345° 298 km 04m44.8s
10:0860°15.4'S042°54.2'E62°38.3'S046°17.5'E61°25.4'S044°31.1'E 0.943 38° 343° 298 km 04m45.1s
10:1059°31.5'S043°55.8'E61°50.6'S047°20.8'E60°39.7'S045°33.7'E 0.943 39° 341° 298 km 04m45.4s
10:1258°47.9'S044°54.3'E61°03.4'S048°20.5'E59°54.4'S046°32.9'E 0.943 39° 339° 297 km 04m45.6s
10:1458°04.6'S045°50.0'E60°16.7'S049°17.1'E59°09.4'S047°29.2'E 0.943 39° 337° 298 km 04m45.8s
10:1657°21.5'S046°43.2'E59°30.3'S050°10.9'E58°24.8'S048°22.8'E 0.943 40° 335° 298 km 04m46.0s
10:1856°38.7'S047°34.2'E58°44.4'S051°02.2'E57°40.5'S049°14.0'E 0.943 40° 333° 298 km 04m46.2s
10:2055°56.1'S048°23.1'E57°58.9'S051°51.3'E56°56.5'S050°03.1'E 0.943 41° 331° 298 km 04m46.3s
10:2255°13.7'S049°10.1'E57°13.8'S052°38.4'E56°12.8'S050°50.3'E 0.943 41° 329° 299 km 04m46.3s
10:2454°31.5'S049°55.4'E56°29.0'S053°23.8'E55°29.4'S051°35.8'E 0.943 41° 327° 299 km 04m46.4s
10:2653°49.6'S050°39.3'E55°44.5'S054°07.5'E54°46.2'S052°19.6'E 0.943 41° 325° 300 km 04m46.4s
10:2853°07.8'S051°21.7'E55°00.4'S054°49.9'E54°03.3'S053°02.1'E 0.944 41° 323° 301 km 04m46.3s
10:3052°26.2'S052°02.9'E54°16.5'S055°31.0'E53°20.6'S053°43.4'E 0.944 42° 322° 302 km 04m46.3s
10:3251°44.8'S052°43.0'E53°32.9'S056°11.0'E52°38.1'S054°23.5'E 0.944 42° 320° 303 km 04m46.2s
10:3451°03.6'S053°22.1'E52°49.6'S056°49.9'E51°55.9'S055°02.6'E 0.944 42° 318° 304 km 04m46.1s
10:3650°22.5'S054°00.3'E52°06.5'S057°28.1'E51°13.8'S055°40.8'E 0.944 42° 316° 305 km 04m45.9s
10:3849°41.5'S054°37.7'E51°23.7'S058°05.4'E50°31.9'S056°18.2'E 0.944 42° 314° 307 km 04m45.8s
10:4049°00.7'S055°14.4'E50°41.0'S058°42.2'E49°50.2'S056°55.0'E 0.944 42° 313° 308 km 04m45.6s
10:4248°20.0'S055°50.5'E49°58.5'S059°18.4'E49°08.7'S057°31.2'E 0.944 42° 311° 310 km 04m45.3s
10:4447°39.4'S056°26.1'E49°16.2'S059°54.1'E48°27.2'S058°06.9'E 0.944 42° 309° 311 km 04m45.1s
10:4646°58.9'S057°01.3'E48°34.1'S060°29.5'E47°45.9'S058°42.2'E 0.944 41° 308° 313 km 04m44.8s
10:4846°18.4'S057°36.1'E47°52.1'S061°04.7'E47°04.7'S059°17.2'E 0.944 41° 306° 315 km 04m44.5s
10:5045°38.1'S058°10.7'E47°10.2'S061°39.6'E46°23.6'S059°52.0'E 0.944 41° 304° 317 km 04m44.2s
10:5244°57.7'S058°45.0'E46°28.4'S062°14.5'E45°42.6'S060°26.6'E 0.944 41° 303° 319 km 04m43.8s
10:5444°17.4'S059°19.3'E45°46.8'S062°49.4'E45°01.6'S061°01.2'E 0.943 40° 301° 321 km 04m43.4s
10:5643°37.2'S059°53.4'E45°05.1'S063°24.3'E44°20.7'S061°35.7'E 0.943 40° 299° 324 km 04m43.0s
10:5842°56.9'S060°27.7'E44°23.6'S063°59.5'E43°39.8'S062°10.4'E 0.943 40° 298° 326 km 04m42.5s
11:0042°16.7'S061°02.0'E43°42.1'S064°34.9'E42°58.9'S062°45.3'E 0.943 39° 296° 329 km 04m42.1s
11:0241°36.4'S061°36.6'E43°00.5'S065°10.6'E42°18.0'S063°20.4'E 0.943 39° 295° 331 km 04m41.6s
11:0440°56.1'S062°11.4'E42°19.0'S065°46.8'E41°37.1'S063°55.9'E 0.943 39° 293° 334 km 04m41.1s
11:0640°15.7'S062°46.5'E41°37.5'S066°23.6'E40°56.2'S064°31.8'E 0.943 38° 292° 337 km 04m40.5s
11:0839°35.3'S063°22.2'E40°55.9'S067°01.0'E40°15.2'S065°08.2'E 0.943 37° 290° 339 km 04m39.9s
11:1038°54.8'S063°58.3'E40°14.2'S067°39.2'E39°34.1'S065°45.3'E 0.943 37° 289° 342 km 04m39.3s
11:1238°14.1'S064°35.1'E39°32.5'S068°18.3'E38°52.9'S066°23.2'E 0.943 36° 288° 345 km 04m38.7s
11:1437°33.4'S065°12.7'E38°50.6'S068°58.4'E38°11.6'S067°01.9'E 0.943 36° 286° 349 km 04m38.0s
11:1636°52.5'S065°51.1'E38°08.5'S069°39.7'E37°30.2'S067°41.7'E 0.942 35° 285° 352 km 04m37.4s
11:1836°11.4'S066°30.5'E37°26.3'S070°22.4'E36°48.5'S068°22.6'E 0.942 34° 284° 355 km 04m36.6s
11:2035°30.0'S067°11.0'E36°43.8'S071°06.6'E36°06.7'S069°04.8'E 0.942 33° 282° 358 km 04m35.9s
11:2234°48.5'S067°52.9'E36°01.1'S071°52.6'E35°24.5'S069°48.5'E 0.942 33° 281° 361 km 04m35.1s
11:2434°06.6'S068°36.1'E35°18.0'S072°40.6'E34°42.1'S070°33.9'E 0.942 32° 280° 365 km 04m34.3s
11:2633°24.5'S069°21.1'E34°34.6'S073°30.9'E33°59.4'S071°21.3'E 0.942 31° 278° 368 km 04m33.4s
11:2832°41.9'S070°07.9'E33°50.7'S074°23.9'E33°16.2'S072°10.9'E 0.941 30° 277° 371 km 04m32.5s
11:3031°59.0'S070°56.9'E33°06.2'S075°20.0'E32°32.5'S073°03.1'E 0.941 29° 276° 374 km 04m31.6s
11:3231°15.5'S071°48.4'E32°21.2'S076°19.7'E31°48.3'S073°58.2'E 0.941 28° 275° 377 km 04m30.6s
11:3430°31.5'S072°42.8'E31°35.3'S077°23.7'E31°03.5'S074°56.8'E 0.941 26° 274° 380 km 04m29.5s
11:3629°46.8'S073°40.5'E30°48.5'S078°33.0'E30°17.9'S075°59.5'E 0.940 25° 272° 383 km 04m28.4s
11:3829°01.3'S074°42.1'E30°00.6'S079°48.6'E29°31.3'S077°07.0'E 0.940 24° 271° 386 km 04m27.2s
11:4028°14.8'S075°48.4'E29°11.2'S081°12.4'E28°43.6'S078°20.6'E 0.940 22° 270° 388 km 04m26.0s
11:4227°27.2'S077°00.4'E28°19.8'S082°46.7'E27°54.5'S079°41.7'E 0.939 21° 269° 390 km 04m24.6s
11:4426°38.2'S078°19.4'E27°25.8'S084°35.6'E27°03.5'S081°12.4'E 0.939 19° 268° 392 km 04m23.1s
11:4625°47.4'S079°47.5'E26°27.7'S086°46.4'E26°10.0'S082°56.1'E 0.938 17° 266° 394 km 04m21.5s
11:4824°54.2'S081°27.5'E25°22.6'S089°35.6'E25°12.8'S084°58.8'E 0.938 14° 265° 395 km 04m19.6s
11:5023°57.6'S083°24.7'E23°59.4'S094°04.7'E24°09.8'S087°32.8'E 0.937 11° 264° 396 km 04m17.4s
11:5222°55.6'S085°48.7'E - - 22°54.1'S091°13.5'E 0.936 262° 396 km 04m14.5s
Limits19°28.1'S097°44.4'E22°44.0'S099°44.4'E21°04.5'S098°42.9'E 0.934 - 394 km 04m09.2s

ΔT = 3776.7 seconds

Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration
Event Time
TD
Time
UT1
Latitude Longitude Sun
Altitude
Sun
Azimuth
Path Width Central
Duration
Greatest Eclipse11:39:25.410:36:28.851°03.8'S040°03.1'E 41.8° 315.8° 305.6 km04m45.91s
Greatest Duration11:28:18.610:25:21.954°59.9'S052°05.9'E 41.2° 325.8° 299.8 km04m46.37s

Explanation of Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration

Links for the Annular Solar Eclipse of 2938 Feb 21

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Eclipse Predictions

Predictions for the Annular Solar Eclipse of 2938 Feb 21 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 3776.7 seconds for this eclipse. The uncertainty in ΔT is 833.4 seconds corresponding to a standard error in longitude of the eclipse path of ± 3.48°.

Acknowledgments

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

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