Path of the Annular Solar Eclipse of 2970 Nov 20

Fred Espenak

Introduction

The following table delineates the path of the Moon's antumbral shadow during the Annular Solar Eclipse of 2970 Nov 20 . 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 2970 Nov 20
UT1 Northern Limit Southern Limit Central Line M:S Sun Sun Path Central
Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Ratio Alt. Azm. Width Duration
Limits69°02.9'N121°13.8'E67°40.3'N114°19.4'E68°23.5'N117°33.8'E 0.952 - 322 km 03m38.0s
02:12 - - 58°31.2'N126°02.5'E62°31.0'N124°27.0'E 0.954 162° 299 km 03m42.0s
02:1464°49.6'N125°27.5'E56°37.0'N128°14.5'E59°41.3'N127°34.5'E 0.955 10° 166° 291 km 03m44.2s
02:1661°11.0'N129°04.7'E55°01.3'N130°02.8'E57°38.0'N129°47.6'E 0.955 12° 168° 285 km 03m45.8s
02:1858°52.4'N131°21.8'E53°37.9'N131°36.0'E55°57.2'N131°35.1'E 0.956 14° 170° 282 km 03m47.2s
02:2057°03.6'N133°09.4'E52°23.2'N132°58.7'E54°30.4'N133°07.0'E 0.956 16° 172° 279 km 03m48.3s
02:2255°31.7'N134°40.5'E51°15.3'N134°13.6'E53°13.3'N134°28.3'E 0.957 17° 174° 277 km 03m49.4s
02:2454°11.3'N136°00.7'E50°12.8'N135°22.5'E52°03.7'N135°41.9'E 0.957 18° 176° 276 km 03m50.4s
02:2652°59.2'N137°13.1'E49°14.7'N136°26.5'E50°59.9'N136°49.6'E 0.957 19° 177° 275 km 03m51.3s
02:2851°53.6'N138°19.7'E48°20.5'N137°26.6'E50°00.9'N137°52.5'E 0.958 20° 179° 275 km 03m52.1s
02:3050°53.3'N139°21.7'E47°29.5'N138°23.5'E49°05.9'N138°51.7'E 0.958 21° 180° 275 km 03m52.9s
02:3249°57.3'N140°20.1'E46°41.4'N139°17.7'E48°14.4'N139°47.8'E 0.958 22° 182° 275 km 03m53.6s
02:3449°05.1'N141°15.5'E45°55.8'N140°09.6'E47°26.0'N140°41.4'E 0.958 23° 183° 276 km 03m54.3s
02:3648°16.1'N142°08.4'E45°12.5'N140°59.6'E46°40.2'N141°32.7'E 0.959 24° 185° 277 km 03m55.0s
02:3847°30.0'N142°59.3'E44°31.2'N141°47.9'E45°56.8'N142°22.3'E 0.959 24° 186° 278 km 03m55.5s
02:4046°46.4'N143°48.5'E43°51.9'N142°34.8'E45°15.5'N143°10.2'E 0.959 25° 187° 279 km 03m56.1s
02:4246°05.1'N144°36.3'E43°14.3'N143°20.5'E44°36.3'N143°56.9'E 0.959 25° 189° 281 km 03m56.6s
02:4445°25.9'N145°22.9'E42°38.4'N144°05.2'E43°58.9'N144°42.5'E 0.959 26° 190° 283 km 03m57.0s
02:4644°48.6'N146°08.5'E42°04.0'N144°49.0'E43°23.2'N145°27.2'E 0.959 26° 191° 284 km 03m57.5s
02:4844°13.1'N146°53.3'E41°31.0'N145°32.1'E42°49.1'N146°11.1'E 0.959 27° 193° 286 km 03m57.8s
02:5043°39.3'N147°37.4'E40°59.3'N146°14.6'E42°16.5'N146°54.4'E 0.959 27° 194° 289 km 03m58.2s
02:5243°07.1'N148°21.0'E40°29.0'N146°56.6'E41°45.3'N147°37.2'E 0.959 27° 195° 291 km 03m58.5s
02:5442°36.3'N149°04.3'E39°59.9'N147°38.3'E41°15.4'N148°19.6'E 0.960 27° 197° 293 km 03m58.7s
02:5642°07.0'N149°47.3'E39°32.0'N148°19.7'E40°46.9'N149°01.8'E 0.960 28° 198° 296 km 03m58.9s
02:5841°39.1'N150°30.2'E39°05.2'N149°01.0'E40°19.6'N149°43.8'E 0.960 28° 199° 298 km 03m59.1s
03:0041°12.4'N151°13.0'E38°39.5'N149°42.1'E39°53.4'N150°25.7'E 0.960 28° 201° 301 km 03m59.2s
03:0240°47.1'N151°55.9'E38°14.9'N150°23.3'E39°28.5'N151°07.7'E 0.960 28° 202° 303 km 03m59.3s
03:0440°22.9'N152°39.0'E37°51.4'N151°04.6'E39°04.7'N151°49.9'E 0.960 28° 203° 306 km 03m59.4s
03:0640°00.0'N153°22.3'E37°28.9'N151°46.1'E38°42.0'N152°32.2'E 0.960 28° 204° 308 km 03m59.4s
03:0839°38.4'N154°06.1'E37°07.4'N152°27.9'E38°20.5'N153°14.9'E 0.960 28° 206° 311 km 03m59.3s
03:1039°17.9'N154°50.4'E36°46.9'N153°10.1'E38°00.0'N153°58.1'E 0.960 28° 207° 313 km 03m59.2s
03:1238°58.5'N155°35.3'E36°27.5'N153°52.7'E37°40.6'N154°41.8'E 0.960 28° 208° 315 km 03m59.1s
03:1438°40.4'N156°20.9'E36°09.1'N154°35.9'E37°22.3'N155°26.1'E 0.960 27° 210° 318 km 03m58.9s
03:1638°23.5'N157°07.4'E35°51.7'N155°19.8'E37°05.1'N156°11.2'E 0.960 27° 211° 320 km 03m58.7s
03:1838°07.8'N157°55.0'E35°35.3'N156°04.5'E36°49.0'N156°57.1'E 0.960 27° 212° 321 km 03m58.4s
03:2037°53.3'N158°43.6'E35°20.0'N156°50.0'E36°34.1'N157°44.1'E 0.959 26° 213° 323 km 03m58.1s
03:2237°40.2'N159°33.7'E35°05.7'N157°36.6'E36°20.3'N158°32.2'E 0.959 26° 215° 324 km 03m57.7s
03:2437°28.3'N160°25.3'E34°52.5'N158°24.3'E36°07.8'N159°21.7'E 0.959 26° 216° 325 km 03m57.3s
03:2637°17.9'N161°18.6'E34°40.5'N159°13.4'E35°56.5'N160°12.7'E 0.959 25° 217° 326 km 03m56.8s
03:2837°09.0'N162°14.0'E34°29.7'N160°04.0'E35°46.5'N161°05.4'E 0.959 25° 218° 326 km 03m56.2s
03:3037°01.6'N163°11.7'E34°20.1'N160°56.3'E35°37.9'N162°00.1'E 0.959 24° 220° 326 km 03m55.6s
03:3236°55.9'N164°12.1'E34°11.9'N161°50.5'E35°30.7'N162°57.1'E 0.959 23° 221° 326 km 03m54.9s
03:3436°52.1'N165°15.7'E34°05.0'N162°47.0'E35°25.2'N163°56.6'E 0.959 22° 222° 326 km 03m54.2s
03:3636°50.4'N166°23.1'E33°59.7'N163°46.0'E35°21.4'N164°59.2'E 0.958 22° 224° 325 km 03m53.4s
03:3836°51.0'N167°34.9'E33°56.0'N164°48.0'E35°19.6'N166°05.4'E 0.958 21° 225° 324 km 03m52.5s
03:4036°54.3'N168°52.2'E33°54.1'N165°53.4'E35°19.9'N167°15.8'E 0.958 20° 226° 323 km 03m51.5s
03:4237°00.9'N170°16.4'E33°54.4'N167°02.9'E35°22.8'N168°31.4'E 0.958 19° 228° 322 km 03m50.5s
03:4437°11.5'N171°49.4'E33°56.9'N168°17.3'E35°28.6'N169°53.2'E 0.957 18° 229° 320 km 03m49.3s
03:4637°27.3'N173°34.2'E34°02.3'N169°37.7'E35°38.0'N171°23.1'E 0.957 16° 230° 318 km 03m48.0s
03:4837°50.4'N175°36.4'E34°10.9'N171°05.6'E35°52.0'N173°03.5'E 0.957 15° 232° 317 km 03m46.6s
03:5038°25.0'N178°06.7'E34°23.7'N172°43.3'E36°12.2'N174°58.8'E 0.956 13° 234° 315 km 03m45.0s
03:5239°23.2'N178°23.6'W34°42.1'N174°34.4'E36°41.5'N177°16.8'E 0.956 11° 235° 314 km 03m43.2s
03:54 - - 35°08.3'N176°45.3'E37°27.3'N179°43.3'W 0.955 238° 313 km 03m40.9s
03:56 - - 35°47.7'N179°30.2'E39°03.4'N174°31.7'W 0.954 241° 313 km 03m37.2s
Limits41°58.7'N170°55.2'W39°00.2'N170°22.2'W40°27.2'N170°37.5'W 0.953 - 315 km 03m34.8s

ΔT = 4032.2 seconds

Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration
Event Time
TD
Time
UT1
Latitude Longitude Sun
Altitude
Sun
Azimuth
Path Width Central
Duration
Greatest Eclipse04:10:25.903:03:13.739°13.7'N134°42.8'E 27.9° 202.7° 304.8 km03m59.36s
Greatest Duration04:12:18.003:05:05.838°52.1'N152°13.1'E 27.9° 203.9° 307.2 km03m59.38s

Explanation of Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration

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Eclipse Predictions

Predictions for the Annular Solar Eclipse of 2970 Nov 20 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 4032.2 seconds for this eclipse. The uncertainty in ΔT is 882.3 seconds corresponding to a standard error in longitude of the eclipse path of ± 3.69°.

Acknowledgments

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

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