Path of the Annular Solar Eclipse of -1991 Jan 17

Fred Espenak

Introduction

The following table delineates the path of the Moon's antumbral shadow during the Annular Solar Eclipse of -1991 Jan 17 . 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 -1991 Jan 17
UT1 Northern Limit Southern Limit Central Line M:S Sun Sun Path Central
Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Ratio Alt. Azm. Width Duration
Limits09°41.3'N144°33.7'E07°55.5'N143°55.8'E08°48.2'N144°14.8'E 0.945 - 206 km 03m50.6s
20:5209°32.7'N144°53.0'E05°42.1'N149°05.5'E07°09.4'N148°01.0'E 0.946 114° 202 km 03m53.9s
20:5405°38.4'N153°44.4'E03°27.2'N154°22.2'E04°31.4'N154°05.9'E 0.948 11° 115° 195 km 04m00.1s
20:5604°06.7'N157°17.1'E02°06.7'N157°35.8'E03°05.9'N157°27.8'E 0.949 15° 115° 191 km 04m04.0s
20:5803°00.0'N159°55.4'E01°05.6'N160°06.1'E02°02.2'N160°01.6'E 0.950 19° 116° 188 km 04m07.4s
21:0002°06.4'N162°05.7'E00°15.7'N162°12.2'E01°10.5'N162°09.6'E 0.950 21° 116° 185 km 04m10.3s
21:0201°21.2'N163°58.4'E00°26.7'S164°02.3'E00°26.8'N164°00.9'E 0.951 24° 116° 183 km 04m13.1s
21:0400°42.2'N165°38.5'E01°03.6'S165°40.9'E00°11.1'S165°40.2'E 0.952 26° 116° 181 km 04m15.6s
21:0600°07.9'N167°09.3'E01°36.2'S167°10.7'E00°44.5'S167°10.4'E 0.952 28° 116° 179 km 04m18.1s
21:0800°22.6'S168°32.7'E02°05.3'S168°33.6'E01°14.3'S168°33.5'E 0.952 30° 116° 178 km 04m20.4s
21:1000°50.1'S169°50.1'E02°31.4'S169°50.8'E01°41.0'S169°50.8'E 0.953 32° 117° 177 km 04m22.7s
21:1201°14.8'S171°02.6'E02°55.1'S171°03.2'E02°05.2'S171°03.2'E 0.953 33° 117° 175 km 04m24.8s
21:1401°37.3'S172°10.8'E03°16.5'S172°11.5'E02°27.2'S172°11.4'E 0.954 35° 117° 174 km 04m26.9s
21:1601°57.7'S173°15.5'E03°36.1'S173°16.4'E02°47.1'S173°16.1'E 0.954 37° 117° 173 km 04m28.9s
21:1802°16.4'S174°16.9'E03°53.9'S174°18.2'E03°05.4'S174°17.7'E 0.954 38° 118° 172 km 04m30.9s
21:2002°33.4'S175°15.6'E04°10.1'S175°17.3'E03°22.0'S175°16.6'E 0.955 39° 118° 171 km 04m32.8s
21:2202°48.9'S176°11.9'E04°24.9'S176°13.9'E03°37.1'S176°13.1'E 0.955 41° 118° 170 km 04m34.7s
21:2403°03.1'S177°05.9'E04°38.4'S177°08.5'E03°51.0'S177°07.4'E 0.955 42° 118° 169 km 04m36.5s
21:2603°16.1'S177°58.0'E04°50.7'S178°01.1'E04°03.6'S177°59.7'E 0.956 44° 119° 169 km 04m38.2s
21:2803°27.8'S178°48.3'E05°01.9'S178°51.9'E04°15.1'S178°50.2'E 0.956 45° 119° 168 km 04m39.9s
21:3003°38.5'S179°37.0'E05°12.0'S179°41.1'E04°25.5'S179°39.2'E 0.956 46° 120° 167 km 04m41.6s
21:3203°48.2'S179°35.9'W05°21.2'S179°31.1'W04°34.9'S179°33.4'W 0.956 47° 120° 167 km 04m43.2s
21:3403°56.9'S178°50.1'W05°29.4'S178°44.7'W04°43.4'S178°47.3'W 0.956 48° 120° 166 km 04m44.7s
21:3604°04.8'S178°05.6'W05°36.7'S177°59.5'W04°50.9'S178°02.5'W 0.957 49° 121° 165 km 04m46.2s
21:3804°11.7'S177°22.2'W05°43.2'S177°15.5'W04°57.6'S177°18.8'W 0.957 51° 122° 165 km 04m47.6s
21:4004°17.9'S176°39.9'W05°48.8'S176°32.5'W05°03.5'S176°36.2'W 0.957 52° 122° 164 km 04m49.0s
21:4204°23.2'S175°58.6'W05°53.7'S175°50.6'W05°08.7'S175°54.5'W 0.957 53° 123° 164 km 04m50.3s
21:4404°27.9'S175°18.2'W05°57.9'S175°09.5'W05°13.1'S175°13.8'W 0.957 54° 123° 164 km 04m51.6s
21:4604°31.8'S174°38.7'W06°01.4'S174°29.4'W05°16.8'S174°34.0'W 0.958 55° 124° 163 km 04m52.8s
21:4804°35.0'S174°00.0'W06°04.1'S173°50.0'W05°19.7'S173°55.0'W 0.958 56° 125° 163 km 04m54.0s
21:5004°37.5'S173°22.1'W06°06.3'S173°11.4'W05°22.1'S173°16.7'W 0.958 57° 126° 162 km 04m55.1s
21:5204°39.4'S172°44.8'W06°07.7'S172°33.5'W05°23.8'S172°39.1'W 0.958 58° 127° 162 km 04m56.2s
21:5404°40.7'S172°08.3'W06°08.6'S171°56.2'W05°24.8'S172°02.2'W 0.958 58° 128° 162 km 04m57.1s
21:5604°41.3'S171°32.3'W06°08.9'S171°19.6'W05°25.3'S171°26.0'W 0.958 59° 129° 161 km 04m58.1s
21:5804°41.4'S170°57.0'W06°08.5'S170°43.6'W05°25.2'S170°50.3'W 0.959 60° 130° 161 km 04m58.9s
22:0004°40.9'S170°22.2'W06°07.6'S170°08.1'W05°24.5'S170°15.1'W 0.959 61° 131° 161 km 04m59.7s
22:0204°39.8'S169°47.9'W06°06.2'S169°33.1'W05°23.2'S169°40.5'W 0.959 62° 132° 160 km 05m00.5s
22:0404°38.2'S169°14.0'W06°04.2'S168°58.6'W05°21.4'S169°06.3'W 0.959 63° 133° 160 km 05m01.2s
22:0604°36.1'S168°40.7'W06°01.7'S168°24.6'W05°19.1'S168°32.6'W 0.959 63° 135° 160 km 05m01.8s
22:0804°33.4'S168°07.7'W05°58.6'S167°51.0'W05°16.2'S167°59.4'W 0.959 64° 136° 159 km 05m02.3s
22:1004°30.2'S167°35.2'W05°55.0'S167°17.8'W05°12.8'S167°26.5'W 0.959 65° 138° 159 km 05m02.8s
22:1204°26.5'S167°03.0'W05°51.0'S166°45.0'W05°08.9'S166°54.0'W 0.959 65° 139° 159 km 05m03.3s
22:1404°22.3'S166°31.2'W05°46.4'S166°12.5'W05°04.5'S166°21.9'W 0.959 66° 141° 158 km 05m03.6s
22:1604°17.6'S165°59.7'W05°41.3'S165°40.3'W04°59.7'S165°50.1'W 0.959 66° 143° 158 km 05m03.9s
22:1804°12.4'S165°28.5'W05°35.8'S165°08.5'W04°54.3'S165°18.5'W 0.959 67° 145° 158 km 05m04.2s
22:2004°06.8'S164°57.6'W05°29.8'S164°37.0'W04°48.5'S164°47.3'W 0.960 67° 147° 157 km 05m04.3s
22:2204°00.6'S164°27.0'W05°23.3'S164°05.7'W04°42.2'S164°16.4'W 0.960 68° 149° 157 km 05m04.4s
22:2403°54.0'S163°56.5'W05°16.3'S163°34.7'W04°35.4'S163°45.6'W 0.960 68° 151° 157 km 05m04.5s
22:2603°46.9'S163°26.4'W05°08.9'S163°03.9'W04°28.1'S163°15.2'W 0.960 69° 154° 157 km 05m04.5s
22:2803°39.4'S162°56.4'W05°01.0'S162°33.3'W04°20.4'S162°44.9'W 0.960 69° 156° 156 km 05m04.4s
22:3003°31.4'S162°26.6'W04°52.7'S162°02.9'W04°12.2'S162°14.8'W 0.960 69° 159° 156 km 05m04.3s
22:3203°22.9'S161°56.9'W04°43.9'S161°32.7'W04°03.6'S161°44.8'W 0.960 69° 161° 156 km 05m04.1s
22:3403°14.0'S161°27.4'W04°34.7'S161°02.6'W03°54.6'S161°15.1'W 0.960 70° 164° 156 km 05m03.8s
22:3603°04.7'S160°58.1'W04°25.0'S160°32.7'W03°45.0'S160°45.4'W 0.960 70° 166° 155 km 05m03.5s
22:3802°54.8'S160°28.8'W04°14.9'S160°02.9'W03°35.0'S160°15.9'W 0.960 70° 169° 155 km 05m03.2s
22:4002°44.6'S159°59.7'W04°04.3'S159°33.2'W03°24.6'S159°46.5'W 0.960 70° 172° 155 km 05m02.7s
22:4202°33.8'S159°30.6'W03°53.3'S159°03.5'W03°13.7'S159°17.1'W 0.960 70° 174° 155 km 05m02.3s
22:4402°22.7'S159°01.5'W03°41.8'S158°34.0'W03°02.4'S158°47.8'W 0.960 70° 177° 154 km 05m01.7s
22:4602°11.0'S158°32.5'W03°29.9'S158°04.4'W02°50.6'S158°18.5'W 0.960 69° 180° 154 km 05m01.1s
22:4801°58.9'S158°03.6'W03°17.5'S157°34.9'W02°38.4'S157°49.3'W 0.960 69° 182° 154 km 05m00.5s
22:5001°46.4'S157°34.6'W03°04.7'S157°05.4'W02°25.7'S157°20.1'W 0.960 69° 185° 154 km 04m59.8s
22:5201°33.4'S157°05.6'W02°51.4'S156°35.9'W02°12.6'S156°50.8'W 0.960 69° 187° 154 km 04m59.1s
22:5401°19.9'S156°36.6'W02°37.7'S156°06.4'W01°59.0'S156°21.5'W 0.960 68° 189° 154 km 04m58.3s
22:5601°05.9'S156°07.5'W02°23.5'S155°36.8'W01°44.9'S155°52.2'W 0.960 68° 192° 153 km 04m57.5s
22:5800°51.5'S155°38.3'W02°08.9'S155°07.2'W01°30.4'S155°22.8'W 0.960 67° 194° 153 km 04m56.6s
23:0000°36.6'S155°09.0'W01°53.7'S154°37.4'W01°15.4'S154°53.3'W 0.960 67° 196° 153 km 04m55.7s
23:0200°21.2'S154°39.6'W01°38.1'S154°07.6'W00°59.9'S154°23.7'W 0.960 66° 198° 153 km 04m54.8s
23:0400°05.3'S154°10.1'W01°22.1'S153°37.6'W00°43.9'S153°53.9'W 0.960 66° 200° 153 km 04m53.8s
23:0600°11.0'N153°40.4'W01°05.5'S153°07.4'W00°27.4'S153°24.0'W 0.960 65° 202° 153 km 04m52.8s
23:0800°27.9'N153°10.5'W00°48.5'S152°37.1'W00°10.5'S152°53.8'W 0.959 65° 203° 153 km 04m51.7s
23:1000°45.3'N152°40.3'W00°31.0'S152°06.6'W00°07.0'N152°23.5'W 0.959 64° 205° 153 km 04m50.7s
23:1201°03.2'N152°10.0'W00°12.9'S151°35.8'W00°25.0'N151°52.9'W 0.959 63° 207° 153 km 04m49.5s
23:1401°21.7'N151°39.3'W00°05.6'N151°04.7'W00°43.5'N151°22.1'W 0.959 62° 208° 153 km 04m48.4s
23:1601°40.7'N151°08.4'W00°24.7'N150°33.4'W01°02.5'N150°50.9'W 0.959 62° 210° 153 km 04m47.2s
23:1802°00.2'N150°37.1'W00°44.4'N150°01.7'W01°22.1'N150°19.5'W 0.959 61° 211° 153 km 04m46.0s
23:2002°20.3'N150°05.4'W01°04.6'N149°29.7'W01°42.3'N149°47.6'W 0.959 60° 212° 153 km 04m44.8s
23:2202°41.1'N149°33.4'W01°25.3'N148°57.2'W02°03.0'N149°15.4'W 0.959 59° 213° 154 km 04m43.5s
23:2403°02.4'N149°00.9'W01°46.6'N148°24.3'W02°24.3'N148°42.7'W 0.959 58° 215° 154 km 04m42.2s
23:2603°24.3'N148°27.9'W02°08.6'N147°51.0'W02°46.3'N148°09.5'W 0.959 57° 216° 154 km 04m40.9s
23:2803°46.9'N147°54.3'W02°31.1'N147°17.1'W03°08.8'N147°35.8'W 0.959 56° 217° 154 km 04m39.6s
23:3004°10.2'N147°20.2'W02°54.3'N146°42.7'W03°32.1'N147°01.5'W 0.958 55° 218° 155 km 04m38.2s
23:3204°34.1'N146°45.5'W03°18.2'N146°07.6'W03°56.0'N146°26.6'W 0.958 54° 219° 155 km 04m36.8s
23:3404°58.8'N146°10.0'W03°42.7'N145°31.8'W04°20.6'N145°51.0'W 0.958 53° 219° 155 km 04m35.4s
23:3605°24.2'N145°33.8'W04°08.0'N144°55.3'W04°45.9'N145°14.6'W 0.958 52° 220° 156 km 04m34.0s
23:3805°50.4'N144°56.8'W04°34.0'N144°18.0'W05°12.0'N144°37.5'W 0.958 51° 221° 156 km 04m32.6s
23:4006°17.4'N144°18.8'W05°00.8'N143°39.8'W05°38.9'N143°59.4'W 0.958 50° 222° 157 km 04m31.2s
23:4206°45.2'N143°39.9'W05°28.5'N143°00.6'W06°06.7'N143°20.3'W 0.957 49° 223° 157 km 04m29.7s
23:4407°14.0'N142°59.9'W05°57.0'N142°20.4'W06°35.3'N142°40.2'W 0.957 48° 223° 158 km 04m28.2s
23:4607°43.8'N142°18.7'W06°26.4'N141°39.0'W07°04.9'N141°58.9'W 0.957 47° 224° 158 km 04m26.7s
23:4808°14.5'N141°36.1'W06°56.8'N140°56.2'W07°35.4'N141°16.3'W 0.957 46° 225° 159 km 04m25.2s
23:5008°46.4'N140°52.2'W07°28.2'N140°12.1'W08°07.1'N140°32.3'W 0.957 44° 225° 160 km 04m23.7s
23:5209°19.4'N140°06.6'W08°00.7'N139°26.4'W08°39.8'N139°46.6'W 0.956 43° 226° 161 km 04m22.1s
23:5409°53.7'N139°19.2'W08°34.4'N138°39.0'W09°13.8'N138°59.2'W 0.956 42° 227° 162 km 04m20.5s
23:5610°29.3'N138°29.9'W09°09.5'N137°49.6'W09°49.2'N138°09.9'W 0.956 41° 227° 162 km 04m18.9s
23:5811°06.4'N137°38.2'W09°45.9'N136°58.0'W10°25.9'N137°18.3'W 0.956 39° 228° 163 km 04m17.3s
00:0011°45.2'N136°44.1'W10°23.8'N136°03.9'W11°04.3'N136°24.2'W 0.955 38° 229° 164 km 04m15.7s
00:0212°25.7'N135°47.0'W11°03.5'N135°07.1'W11°44.4'N135°27.3'W 0.955 36° 229° 166 km 04m14.0s
00:0413°08.3'N134°46.7'W11°45.1'N134°07.0'W12°26.4'N134°27.0'W 0.955 35° 230° 167 km 04m12.4s
00:0613°53.2'N133°42.4'W12°28.7'N133°03.2'W13°10.7'N133°23.1'W 0.954 33° 230° 168 km 04m10.6s
00:0814°40.7'N132°33.6'W13°14.9'N131°55.0'W13°57.4'N132°14.6'W 0.954 31° 231° 170 km 04m08.9s
00:1015°31.2'N131°19.4'W14°03.8'N130°41.7'W14°47.1'N131°00.9'W 0.953 29° 232° 171 km 04m07.1s
00:1216°25.3'N129°58.6'W14°56.1'N129°22.1'W15°40.3'N129°40.7'W 0.953 27° 232° 173 km 04m05.2s
00:1417°23.9'N128°29.5'W15°52.4'N127°54.7'W16°37.7'N128°12.5'W 0.953 25° 233° 175 km 04m03.3s
00:1618°28.0'N126°49.7'W16°53.8'N126°17.3'W17°40.4'N126°34.0'W 0.952 23° 234° 177 km 04m01.3s
00:1819°39.6'N124°55.3'W18°01.7'N124°26.7'W18°50.0'N124°41.7'W 0.951 21° 235° 179 km 03m59.1s
00:2021°01.7'N122°39.8'W19°18.7'N122°17.2'W20°09.4'N122°29.5'W 0.951 18° 236° 182 km 03m56.8s
00:2222°40.8'N119°49.3'W20°49.8'N119°38.0'W21°44.2'N119°45.1'W 0.950 14° 237° 186 km 03m54.2s
00:2424°55.7'N115°43.2'W22°47.3'N116°01.2'W23°49.3'N115°55.8'W 0.949 10° 239° 190 km 03m51.0s
Limits29°11.2'N107°02.4'W27°30.9'N106°13.7'W28°21.0'N106°38.0'W 0.946 - 201 km 03m44.8s

ΔT = 46208.0 seconds

Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration
Event Time
TD
Time
UT1
Latitude Longitude Sun
Altitude
Sun
Azimuth
Path Width Central
Duration
Greatest Eclipse11:28:55.122:38:47.103°31.0'S006°52.0'E 69.8° 170.1° 155.0 km05m02.99s
Greatest Duration11:14:44.122:24:36.104°33.2'S163°36.5'W 68.5° 152.1° 156.9 km05m04.50s

Explanation of Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration

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Eclipse Predictions

Predictions for the Annular Solar Eclipse of -1991 Jan 17 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 46208.0 seconds for this eclipse. The uncertainty in ΔT is 3693.9 seconds corresponding to a standard error in longitude of the eclipse path of ± 15.43°.

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