Path of the Total Solar Eclipse of -0869 Apr 01

Fred Espenak

Introduction

The following table delineates the path of the Moon's umbral shadow during the Total Solar Eclipse of -0869 Apr 01 . 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 -0869 Apr 01
UT1 Northern Limit Southern Limit Central Line M:S Sun Sun Path Central
Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Ratio Alt. Azm. Width Duration
Limits80°25.5'S052°37.1'E84°04.2'S054°00.5'E82°11.4'S052°57.8'E 1.054 - 407 km 02m54.2s
02:5876°26.4'S102°28.8'E - - 80°53.4'S083°01.0'E 1.056 54° 408 km 03m05.0s
03:0074°52.7'S110°27.5'E - - 78°37.9'S102°45.3'E 1.057 34° 409 km 03m15.3s
03:0273°29.3'S116°13.2'E81°18.9'S101°05.0'E76°50.2'S112°27.1'E 1.058 11° 24° 410 km 03m22.2s
03:0472°13.2'S120°44.0'E79°06.0'S114°31.4'E75°17.1'S118°55.0'E 1.058 13° 17° 412 km 03m27.7s
03:0671°02.7'S124°27.0'E77°17.9'S122°06.5'E73°53.8'S123°46.1'E 1.059 15° 12° 413 km 03m32.4s
03:0869°56.7'S127°36.9'E75°44.1'S127°24.0'E72°37.5'S127°39.6'E 1.059 16° 415 km 03m36.5s
03:1068°54.4'S130°22.6'E74°20.1'S131°28.5'E71°26.8'S130°55.0'E 1.060 18° 417 km 03m40.1s
03:1267°55.1'S132°50.0'E73°03.2'S134°48.5'E70°20.5'S133°43.6'E 1.060 19° 360° 419 km 03m43.4s
03:1466°58.6'S135°03.1'E71°51.9'S137°38.4'E69°17.9'S136°12.4'E 1.061 20° 357° 421 km 03m46.3s
03:1666°04.3'S137°04.7'E70°45.1'S140°07.0'E68°18.4'S138°26.1'E 1.061 21° 354° 423 km 03m49.0s
03:1865°12.1'S138°57.1'E69°42.0'S142°19.6'E67°21.5'S140°27.8'E 1.061 22° 351° 425 km 03m51.4s
03:2064°21.7'S140°41.7'E68°42.0'S144°20.1'E66°27.0'S142°19.9'E 1.061 22° 348° 428 km 03m53.5s
03:2263°33.0'S142°20.0'E67°44.8'S146°10.8'E65°34.5'S144°04.3'E 1.061 23° 346° 430 km 03m55.5s
03:2462°45.7'S143°52.9'E66°49.8'S147°53.9'E64°43.9'S145°42.3'E 1.062 24° 344° 433 km 03m57.2s
03:2661°59.8'S145°21.2'E65°57.0'S149°30.7'E63°54.9'S147°14.9'E 1.062 24° 341° 435 km 03m58.7s
03:2861°15.1'S146°45.7'E65°06.0'S151°02.4'E63°07.4'S148°43.1'E 1.062 25° 339° 438 km 04m00.0s
03:3060°31.6'S148°06.8'E64°16.7'S152°29.8'E62°21.3'S150°07.5'E 1.062 25° 337° 441 km 04m01.2s
03:3259°49.1'S149°25.2'E63°28.9'S153°53.7'E61°36.4'S151°28.8'E 1.062 25° 335° 444 km 04m02.2s
03:3459°07.6'S150°41.2'E62°42.5'S155°14.7'E60°52.6'S152°47.5'E 1.062 25° 332° 447 km 04m03.0s
03:3658°27.0'S151°55.3'E61°57.3'S156°33.4'E60°09.9'S154°04.0'E 1.062 26° 330° 450 km 04m03.6s
03:3857°47.2'S153°07.6'E61°13.3'S157°50.2'E59°28.2'S155°18.7'E 1.062 26° 328° 453 km 04m04.0s
03:4057°08.3'S154°18.6'E60°30.3'S159°05.5'E58°47.4'S156°31.9'E 1.062 26° 326° 456 km 04m04.3s
03:4256°30.0'S155°28.5'E59°48.3'S160°19.7'E58°07.4'S157°44.0'E 1.062 26° 324° 459 km 04m04.4s
03:4455°52.5'S156°37.6'E59°07.3'S161°33.1'E57°28.3'S158°55.3'E 1.062 26° 322° 462 km 04m04.4s
03:4655°15.7'S157°46.2'E58°27.1'S162°46.0'E56°49.9'S160°06.0'E 1.062 26° 320° 465 km 04m04.1s
03:4854°39.5'S158°54.3'E57°47.7'S163°58.8'E56°12.2'S161°16.5'E 1.062 26° 319° 468 km 04m03.8s
03:5054°03.9'S160°02.4'E57°09.1'S165°11.6'E55°35.2'S162°26.9'E 1.062 26° 317° 470 km 04m03.2s
03:5253°28.9'S161°10.6'E56°31.2'S166°25.0'E54°58.9'S163°37.6'E 1.062 25° 315° 473 km 04m02.5s
03:5452°54.4'S162°19.2'E55°54.0'S167°39.1'E54°23.1'S164°48.8'E 1.062 25° 313° 475 km 04m01.6s
03:5652°20.5'S163°28.3'E55°17.5'S168°54.3'E53°48.0'S166°00.8'E 1.062 25° 311° 478 km 04m00.5s
03:5851°47.1'S164°38.4'E54°41.5'S170°11.1'E53°13.4'S167°13.9'E 1.062 24° 309° 480 km 03m59.2s
04:0051°14.2'S165°49.5'E54°06.2'S171°29.7'E52°39.3'S168°28.4'E 1.062 24° 307° 481 km 03m57.7s
04:0250°41.7'S167°02.1'E53°31.4'S172°50.7'E52°05.8'S169°44.8'E 1.061 23° 305° 483 km 03m56.1s
04:0450°09.7'S168°16.5'E52°57.1'S174°14.6'E51°32.7'S171°03.4'E 1.061 23° 303° 484 km 03m54.2s
04:0649°38.2'S169°33.1'E52°23.4'S175°42.2'E51°00.2'S172°24.8'E 1.061 22° 301° 484 km 03m52.2s
04:0849°07.1'S170°52.3'E51°50.2'S177°14.2'E50°28.1'S173°49.5'E 1.061 21° 300° 484 km 03m49.9s
04:1048°36.5'S172°14.7'E51°17.6'S178°51.8'E49°56.5'S175°18.3'E 1.061 20° 298° 483 km 03m47.3s
04:1248°06.2'S173°40.9'E50°45.4'S179°23.7'W49°25.3'S176°52.1'E 1.060 19° 296° 482 km 03m44.5s
04:1447°36.5'S175°11.8'E50°13.7'S177°30.1'W48°54.6'S178°32.2'E 1.060 18° 294° 479 km 03m41.4s
04:1647°07.1'S176°48.5'E49°42.5'S175°24.4'W48°24.4'S179°39.8'W 1.060 17° 292° 476 km 03m37.9s
04:1846°38.3'S178°32.4'E49°11.9'S173°01.7'W47°54.7'S177°41.4'W 1.059 16° 289° 471 km 03m34.0s
04:2046°09.9'S179°34.3'W48°41.9'S170°12.8'W47°25.6'S175°28.9'W 1.059 14° 287° 465 km 03m29.6s
04:2245°42.0'S177°28.7'W48°12.7'S166°36.7'W46°57.0'S172°55.8'W 1.058 12° 285° 458 km 03m24.5s
04:2445°14.8'S175°05.5'W47°45.3'S160°46.1'W46°29.3'S169°49.1'W 1.057 10° 282° 447 km 03m18.3s
04:2644°48.3'S172°15.4'W - - 46°02.8'S165°32.9'W 1.056 278° 433 km 03m10.2s
Limits43°59.2'S156°45.0'W47°39.1'S155°22.6'W45°45.5'S156°05.4'W 1.054 - 402 km 02m53.7s

ΔT = 22987.7 seconds

Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration
Event Time
TD
Time
UT1
Latitude Longitude Sun
Altitude
Sun
Azimuth
Path Width Central
Duration
Greatest Eclipse10:05:24.803:42:17.258°01.8'S061°51.6'E 26.0° 324.1° 459.3 km04m04.43s
Greatest Duration10:05:28.403:42:20.758°00.6'S157°56.4'E 26.0° 324.0° 459.4 km04m04.43s

Explanation of Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration

Links for the Total Solar Eclipse of -0869 Apr 01

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Eclipse Predictions

Predictions for the Total Solar Eclipse of -0869 Apr 01 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 22987.7 seconds for this eclipse. The uncertainty in ΔT is 572.1 seconds corresponding to a standard error in longitude of the eclipse path of ± 2.39°.

Acknowledgments

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

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