Path of the Annular Solar Eclipse of 2985 Feb 10

Fred Espenak

Introduction

The following table delineates the path of the Moon's antumbral shadow during the Annular Solar Eclipse of 2985 Feb 10 . 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 2985 Feb 10
UT1 Northern Limit Southern Limit Central Line M:S Sun Sun Path Central
Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Ratio Alt. Azm. Width Duration
Limits51°58.3'N139°53.1'E47°26.4'N139°12.9'E49°36.6'N139°29.0'E 0.938 - 482 km 04m36.6s
22:04 - - 44°20.0'N154°50.7'E47°31.7'N148°29.7'E 0.940 119° 480 km 04m45.8s
22:06 - - 44°03.6'N157°09.9'E46°50.2'N152°21.3'E 0.941 122° 482 km 04m50.2s
22:0850°05.4'N147°37.5'E43°52.5'N159°10.1'E46°25.4'N155°10.9'E 0.941 12° 125° 485 km 04m53.7s
22:1049°15.3'N151°58.9'E43°45.3'N160°57.1'E46°09.3'N157°30.0'E 0.942 13° 127° 487 km 04m56.6s
22:1248°47.9'N154°59.3'E43°41.1'N162°34.3'E45°58.7'N159°30.1'E 0.942 15° 129° 490 km 04m59.1s
22:1448°30.6'N157°24.2'E43°39.4'N164°03.9'E45°52.2'N161°17.2'E 0.942 16° 131° 492 km 05m01.4s
22:1648°19.6'N159°28.3'E43°39.8'N165°27.4'E45°48.7'N162°54.5'E 0.943 17° 133° 494 km 05m03.4s
22:1848°13.1'N161°18.2'E43°41.9'N166°45.9'E45°47.8'N164°24.3'E 0.943 18° 135° 496 km 05m05.3s
22:2048°10.1'N162°57.9'E43°45.6'N168°00.3'E45°49.0'N165°48.1'E 0.943 19° 136° 497 km 05m07.0s
22:2248°09.7'N164°29.7'E43°50.7'N169°11.2'E45°52.1'N167°07.1'E 0.943 20° 138° 498 km 05m08.5s
22:2448°11.8'N165°55.3'E43°57.1'N170°19.2'E45°56.9'N168°22.0'E 0.943 21° 140° 499 km 05m10.0s
22:2648°15.8'N167°15.9'E44°04.7'N171°24.6'E46°03.1'N169°33.5'E 0.944 21° 141° 499 km 05m11.2s
22:2848°21.6'N168°32.4'E44°13.5'N172°27.9'E46°10.7'N170°42.2'E 0.944 22° 143° 499 km 05m12.4s
22:3048°29.1'N169°45.5'E44°23.3'N173°29.2'E46°19.6'N171°48.4'E 0.944 23° 144° 498 km 05m13.5s
22:3248°38.0'N170°55.8'E44°34.1'N174°29.0'E46°29.7'N172°52.6'E 0.944 23° 146° 498 km 05m14.4s
22:3448°48.4'N172°03.7'E44°45.8'N175°27.4'E46°40.9'N173°55.0'E 0.944 23° 147° 497 km 05m15.2s
22:3649°00.0'N173°09.5'E44°58.6'N176°24.6'E46°53.2'N174°55.9'E 0.944 24° 149° 495 km 05m16.0s
22:3849°13.0'N174°13.7'E45°12.2'N177°20.8'E47°06.6'N175°55.5'E 0.944 24° 150° 493 km 05m16.6s
22:4049°27.2'N175°16.4'E45°26.7'N178°16.1'E47°21.0'N176°54.1'E 0.944 24° 152° 491 km 05m17.2s
22:4249°42.6'N176°18.1'E45°42.2'N179°10.8'E47°36.5'N177°51.8'E 0.944 25° 153° 489 km 05m17.6s
22:4449°59.2'N177°18.8'E45°58.5'N179°55.0'W47°52.9'N178°48.9'E 0.944 25° 155° 487 km 05m18.0s
22:4650°16.9'N178°18.8'E46°15.7'N179°01.2'W48°10.4'N179°45.4'E 0.944 25° 157° 484 km 05m18.2s
22:4850°35.9'N179°18.2'E46°33.8'N178°07.7'W48°28.9'N179°18.4'W 0.944 25° 158° 481 km 05m18.4s
22:5050°56.0'N179°42.6'W46°52.8'N177°14.3'W48°48.4'N178°22.4'W 0.944 25° 160° 478 km 05m18.5s
22:5251°17.4'N178°43.5'W47°12.7'N176°20.9'W49°08.9'N177°26.5'W 0.944 25° 161° 475 km 05m18.5s
22:5451°40.0'N177°44.4'W47°33.5'N175°27.4'W49°30.5'N176°30.4'W 0.944 25° 163° 472 km 05m18.4s
22:5652°04.0'N176°45.0'W47°55.3'N174°33.6'W49°53.2'N175°34.1'W 0.944 25° 164° 469 km 05m18.2s
22:5852°29.2'N175°45.2'W48°18.0'N173°39.4'W50°17.1'N174°37.4'W 0.944 25° 166° 466 km 05m17.9s
23:0052°55.9'N174°44.7'W48°41.8'N172°44.7'W50°42.1'N173°40.1'W 0.944 25° 167° 463 km 05m17.6s
23:0253°24.0'N173°43.4'W49°06.6'N171°49.3'W51°08.3'N172°41.9'W 0.944 24° 169° 460 km 05m17.1s
23:0453°53.7'N172°40.9'W49°32.5'N170°53.0'W51°35.8'N171°42.9'W 0.944 24° 171° 457 km 05m16.6s
23:0654°25.2'N171°37.0'W49°59.6'N169°55.7'W52°04.7'N170°42.6'W 0.944 24° 172° 454 km 05m15.9s
23:0854°58.4'N170°31.4'W50°27.9'N168°57.2'W52°35.1'N169°40.9'W 0.944 23° 174° 451 km 05m15.2s
23:1055°33.6'N169°23.7'W50°57.5'N167°57.2'W53°07.1'N168°37.5'W 0.944 23° 176° 449 km 05m14.4s
23:1256°11.0'N168°13.6'W51°28.5'N166°55.6'W53°40.7'N167°32.1'W 0.944 22° 177° 447 km 05m13.5s
23:1456°50.9'N167°00.4'W52°00.9'N165°51.9'W54°16.2'N166°24.3'W 0.943 22° 179° 445 km 05m12.5s
23:1657°33.6'N165°43.6'W52°35.1'N164°46.0'W54°53.7'N165°13.6'W 0.943 21° 181° 443 km 05m11.3s
23:1858°19.4'N164°22.3'W53°10.9'N163°37.4'W55°33.6'N163°59.7'W 0.943 20° 183° 441 km 05m10.1s
23:2059°09.0'N162°55.4'W53°48.8'N162°25.6'W56°16.0'N162°41.7'W 0.943 20° 184° 440 km 05m08.8s
23:2260°03.1'N161°21.6'W54°28.9'N161°10.2'W57°01.4'N161°18.8'W 0.943 19° 186° 440 km 05m07.3s
23:2461°02.7'N159°38.8'W55°11.4'N159°50.3'W57°50.2'N159°50.0'W 0.942 18° 188° 439 km 05m05.7s
23:2662°09.5'N157°43.9'W55°56.8'N158°25.1'W58°43.2'N158°13.8'W 0.942 17° 190° 439 km 05m03.9s
23:2863°26.0'N155°31.6'W56°45.4'N156°53.5'W59°41.2'N156°28.1'W 0.942 16° 193° 440 km 05m02.0s
23:3064°57.1'N152°52.5'W57°38.1'N155°13.7'W60°45.6'N154°29.7'W 0.942 14° 195° 442 km 04m59.8s
23:3266°53.9'N149°23.8'W58°35.5'N153°23.8'W61°58.6'N152°13.7'W 0.941 13° 198° 444 km 04m57.4s
23:3470°02.4'N143°29.7'W59°39.1'N151°20.2'W63°24.0'N149°31.1'W 0.941 11° 201° 448 km 04m54.5s
23:36 - - 60°50.9'N148°57.7'W65°09.9'N146°02.3'W 0.940 204° 455 km 04m51.1s
23:38 - - 62°14.3'N146°06.7'W67°42.0'N140°43.7'W 0.939 210° 466 km 04m46.4s
Limits73°22.0'N136°37.8'W70°16.5'N126°28.2'W71°50.8'N130°49.5'W 0.938 - 489 km 04m39.2s

ΔT = 4145.8 seconds

Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration
Event Time
TD
Time
UT1
Latitude Longitude Sun
Altitude
Sun
Azimuth
Path Width Central
Duration
Greatest Eclipse23:59:57.422:50:51.648°57.1'N164°42.3'E 25.1° 160.3° 476.9 km05m18.50s
Greatest Duration23:59:55.422:50:49.648°56.7'N177°59.3'W 25.1° 160.3° 476.9 km05m18.50s

Explanation of Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration

Links for the Annular Solar Eclipse of 2985 Feb 10

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Eclipse Predictions

Predictions for the Annular Solar Eclipse of 2985 Feb 10 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 4145.8 seconds for this eclipse. The uncertainty in ΔT is 903.9 seconds corresponding to a standard error in longitude of the eclipse path of ± 3.78°.

Acknowledgments

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

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