Path of the Annular Solar Eclipse of 2981 Oct 19

Fred Espenak

Introduction

The following table delineates the path of the Moon's antumbral shadow during the Annular Solar Eclipse of 2981 Oct 19 . 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 2981 Oct 19
UT1 Northern Limit Southern Limit Central Line M:S Sun Sun Path Central
Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Ratio Alt. Azm. Width Duration
Limits54°05.4'S066°44.5'E61°50.0'S057°28.0'E57°28.7'S063°00.1'E 0.936 - 953 km 03m59.6s
00:2859°14.7'S083°10.4'E - - 57°41.7'S064°06.8'E 0.936 108° 955 km 04m00.0s
00:3060°12.7'S085°13.0'E - - 59°49.6'S072°09.1'E 0.938 101° 966 km 04m04.1s
00:3261°08.2'S087°01.0'E - - 61°06.2'S075°35.2'E 0.938 97° 961 km 04m06.0s
00:3462°01.9'S088°38.5'E - - 62°12.9'S078°06.8'E 0.938 94° 953 km 04m07.5s
00:3662°54.2'S090°08.3'E - - 63°14.6'S080°10.3'E 0.939 10° 92° 942 km 04m08.6s
00:3863°45.6'S091°31.9'E63°13.1'S063°25.2'E64°13.5'S081°55.9'E 0.939 11° 90° 930 km 04m09.6s
00:4064°36.4'S092°50.6'E64°44.7'S067°42.1'E65°10.4'S083°28.7'E 0.939 12° 88° 917 km 04m10.5s
00:4265°26.7'S094°05.5'E65°58.2'S070°15.7'E66°06.1'S084°51.8'E 0.939 13° 86° 905 km 04m11.2s
00:4466°16.7'S095°17.2'E67°05.0'S072°08.1'E67°00.9'S086°07.3'E 0.940 14° 84° 893 km 04m11.9s
00:4667°06.5'S096°26.4'E68°08.4'S073°35.3'E67°55.3'S087°16.3'E 0.940 14° 82° 881 km 04m12.5s
00:4867°56.4'S097°33.6'E69°09.6'S074°43.6'E68°49.3'S088°19.8'E 0.940 15° 81° 870 km 04m12.9s
00:5068°46.3'S098°39.2'E70°09.7'S075°38.0'E69°43.3'S089°18.4'E 0.940 15° 79° 859 km 04m13.3s
00:5269°36.3'S099°43.6'E71°08.9'S076°18.6'E70°37.3'S090°12.5'E 0.940 15° 77° 850 km 04m13.7s
00:5470°26.7'S100°47.2'E72°07.8'S076°46.2'E71°31.6'S091°02.3'E 0.940 15° 76° 841 km 04m13.9s
00:5671°17.4'S101°50.4'E73°06.4'S077°00.4'E72°26.3'S091°48.0'E 0.940 15° 74° 833 km 04m14.1s
00:5872°08.6'S102°53.4'E74°05.2'S077°00.1'E73°21.5'S092°29.3'E 0.940 16° 73° 826 km 04m14.3s
01:0073°00.4'S103°56.6'E75°04.1'S076°43.1'E74°17.4'S093°05.9'E 0.940 16° 72° 820 km 04m14.3s
01:0273°52.8'S105°00.4'E76°03.2'S076°06.1'E75°14.1'S093°37.3'E 0.940 16° 70° 815 km 04m14.3s
01:0474°46.0'S106°05.2'E77°02.6'S075°04.2'E76°11.9'S094°02.6'E 0.940 15° 69° 811 km 04m14.3s
01:0675°40.2'S107°11.4'E78°02.0'S073°30.1'E77°10.7'S094°20.3'E 0.940 15° 68° 808 km 04m14.1s
01:0876°35.3'S108°19.6'E79°01.2'S071°12.9'E78°10.9'S094°28.3'E 0.940 15° 67° 806 km 04m13.9s
01:1077°31.7'S109°30.5'E79°59.3'S067°55.9'E79°12.6'S094°23.2'E 0.940 15° 67° 805 km 04m13.7s
01:1278°29.5'S110°44.8'E80°54.9'S063°14.7'E80°16.0'S093°59.7'E 0.940 14° 66° 806 km 04m13.3s
01:1479°28.8'S112°03.7'E81°45.0'S056°33.0'E81°21.3'S093°08.8'E 0.939 14° 66° 808 km 04m12.9s
01:1680°30.0'S113°28.7'E82°23.7'S047°03.7'E82°28.7'S091°34.9'E 0.939 13° 67° 812 km 04m12.4s
01:1881°33.3'S115°02.4'E82°39.1'S034°04.8'E83°38.0'S088°48.2'E 0.939 12° 69° 817 km 04m11.7s
01:2082°39.1'S116°48.5'E82°04.6'S017°38.0'E84°48.5'S083°47.1'E 0.939 12° 73° 825 km 04m11.0s
01:2283°47.9'S118°53.8'E - - 85°57.3'S074°11.3'E 0.939 11° 82° 835 km 04m10.1s
01:2485°00.2'S121°32.3'E - - 86°53.6'S054°47.5'E 0.938 10° 101° 848 km 04m09.1s
01:2686°16.7'S125°18.9'E - - 87°06.1'S021°28.0'E 0.938 134° 865 km 04m07.8s
01:2887°38.2'S132°14.8'E - - 85°58.5'S008°55.3'W 0.938 163° 889 km 04m06.1s
01:3089°01.6'S157°05.8'E - - 83°09.5'S024°24.0'W 0.937 178° 929 km 04m03.5s
Limits79°11.7'S048°21.9'W78°53.6'S000°07.3'E79°50.8'S027°08.8'W 0.936 - 969 km 04m00.7s

ΔT = 4119.2 seconds

Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration
Event Time
TD
Time
UT1
Latitude Longitude Sun
Altitude
Sun
Azimuth
Path Width Central
Duration
Greatest Eclipse02:08:11.700:59:32.574°04.5'S075°45.3'E 15.6° 71.9° 820.9 km04m14.33s
Greatest Duration02:09:44.601:01:05.374°48.2'S093°23.7'E 15.6° 70.9° 816.8 km04m14.35s

Explanation of Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration

Links for the Annular Solar Eclipse of 2981 Oct 19

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Eclipse Predictions

Predictions for the Annular Solar Eclipse of 2981 Oct 19 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 4119.2 seconds for this eclipse. The uncertainty in ΔT is 898.9 seconds corresponding to a standard error in longitude of the eclipse path of ± 3.76°.

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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