Path of the Total Solar Eclipse of 0954 Apr 06

Fred Espenak

Introduction

The following table delineates the path of the Moon's umbral shadow during the Total Solar Eclipse of 0954 Apr 06 . 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 0954 Apr 06
UT1 Northern Limit Southern Limit Central Line M:S Sun Sun Path Central
Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Ratio Alt. Azm. Width Duration
Limits74°32.6'S111°55.2'E77°12.2'S118°31.4'E75°52.2'S114°46.6'E 1.052 - 346 km 02m57.0s
00:4267°16.6'S140°29.2'E - - 71°06.7'S135°10.3'E 1.055 34° 350 km 03m16.3s
00:4465°40.1'S144°49.0'E73°20.5'S135°11.9'E68°53.5'S141°56.8'E 1.056 11° 27° 353 km 03m25.1s
00:4664°17.2'S148°14.5'E70°44.3'S143°17.7'E67°10.5'S146°32.1'E 1.056 13° 23° 356 km 03m31.9s
00:4863°03.4'S151°06.5'E68°51.4'S148°17.7'E65°43.4'S150°05.6'E 1.057 15° 19° 358 km 03m37.5s
00:5061°56.3'S153°35.5'E67°18.1'S152°02.8'E64°26.6'S153°02.3'E 1.058 17° 15° 361 km 03m42.5s
00:5260°54.5'S155°47.6'E65°57.0'S155°05.8'E63°17.1'S155°34.3'E 1.058 18° 12° 364 km 03m46.9s
00:5459°56.8'S157°46.9'E64°44.4'S157°41.8'E62°13.3'S157°48.5'E 1.058 19° 367 km 03m50.9s
00:5659°02.5'S159°36.1'E63°38.0'S159°58.7'E61°14.1'S159°49.4'E 1.059 20° 369 km 03m54.5s
00:5858°11.3'S161°17.1'E62°36.7'S162°01.5'E60°18.6'S161°39.8'E 1.059 21° 372 km 03m57.8s
01:0057°22.7'S162°51.5'E61°39.5'S163°53.5'E59°26.2'S163°22.0'E 1.059 22° 375 km 04m00.8s
01:0256°36.3'S164°20.3'E60°45.8'S165°36.8'E58°36.6'S164°57.3'E 1.060 23° 360° 378 km 04m03.6s
01:0455°51.9'S165°44.5'E59°54.9'S167°13.3'E57°49.4'S166°27.0'E 1.060 24° 358° 381 km 04m06.1s
01:0655°09.3'S167°04.7'E59°06.7'S168°44.0'E57°04.3'S167°52.0'E 1.060 25° 355° 384 km 04m08.3s
01:0854°28.4'S168°21.5'E58°20.7'S170°10.0'E56°21.2'S169°13.1'E 1.060 25° 353° 387 km 04m10.4s
01:1053°49.0'S169°35.4'E57°36.8'S171°32.1'E55°39.7'S170°30.9'E 1.060 26° 351° 390 km 04m12.2s
01:1253°11.0'S170°46.8'E56°54.6'S172°50.9'E54°59.9'S171°45.8'E 1.061 26° 349° 393 km 04m13.9s
01:1452°34.3'S171°56.1'E56°14.2'S174°07.0'E54°21.5'S172°58.2'E 1.061 27° 347° 396 km 04m15.4s
01:1651°58.7'S173°03.6'E55°35.3'S175°20.7'E53°44.4'S174°08.7'E 1.061 27° 346° 399 km 04m16.6s
01:1851°24.3'S174°09.6'E54°57.8'S176°32.4'E53°08.6'S175°17.4'E 1.061 27° 344° 402 km 04m17.7s
01:2050°51.0'S175°14.3'E54°21.6'S177°42.5'E52°34.0'S176°24.6'E 1.061 28° 342° 405 km 04m18.6s
01:2250°18.7'S176°17.9'E53°46.7'S178°51.3'E52°00.4'S177°30.7'E 1.061 28° 340° 408 km 04m19.3s
01:2449°47.3'S177°20.7'E53°12.9'S179°59.0'E51°28.0'S178°35.8'E 1.061 28° 338° 411 km 04m19.9s
01:2649°16.9'S178°22.7'E52°40.3'S178°54.0'W50°56.5'S179°40.2'E 1.061 28° 336° 414 km 04m20.3s
01:2848°47.3'S179°24.3'E52°08.7'S177°47.6'W50°26.0'S179°15.9'W 1.061 28° 334° 417 km 04m20.5s
01:3048°18.6'S179°34.5'W51°38.1'S176°41.6'W49°56.5'S178°12.4'W 1.061 28° 333° 419 km 04m20.5s
01:3247°50.7'S178°33.4'W51°08.5'S175°35.7'W49°27.8'S177°09.1'W 1.061 28° 331° 422 km 04m20.3s
01:3447°23.7'S177°32.3'W50°39.9'S174°29.8'W49°00.0'S176°05.7'W 1.061 28° 329° 424 km 04m20.0s
01:3646°57.4'S176°31.0'W50°12.1'S173°23.6'W48°33.0'S175°02.1'W 1.061 28° 327° 426 km 04m19.4s
01:3846°31.9'S175°29.4'W49°45.3'S172°16.8'W48°06.9'S173°58.1'W 1.061 28° 326° 428 km 04m18.7s
01:4046°07.2'S174°27.3'W49°19.4'S171°09.4'W47°41.6'S172°53.5'W 1.061 27° 324° 430 km 04m17.9s
01:4245°43.3'S173°24.5'W48°54.4'S170°00.9'W47°17.2'S171°48.1'W 1.061 27° 322° 431 km 04m16.8s
01:4445°20.1'S172°20.8'W48°30.3'S168°51.3'W46°53.6'S170°41.6'W 1.061 27° 320° 432 km 04m15.5s
01:4644°57.7'S171°16.1'W48°07.0'S167°40.1'W46°30.8'S169°33.9'W 1.060 26° 319° 433 km 04m14.1s
01:4844°36.1'S170°10.0'W47°44.7'S166°27.1'W46°08.8'S168°24.7'W 1.060 26° 317° 433 km 04m12.4s
01:5044°15.2'S169°02.4'W47°23.3'S165°12.0'W45°47.7'S167°13.7'W 1.060 25° 315° 433 km 04m10.6s
01:5243°55.2'S167°52.9'W47°03.0'S163°54.1'W45°27.5'S166°00.4'W 1.060 25° 313° 432 km 04m08.5s
01:5443°36.1'S166°41.2'W46°43.6'S162°33.2'W45°08.3'S164°44.6'W 1.060 24° 312° 431 km 04m06.2s
01:5643°17.9'S165°27.0'W46°25.4'S161°08.4'W44°50.0'S163°25.8'W 1.060 23° 310° 430 km 04m03.6s
01:5843°00.6'S164°09.8'W46°08.3'S159°39.1'W44°32.7'S162°03.3'W 1.059 22° 308° 427 km 04m00.9s
02:0042°44.3'S162°49.0'W45°52.6'S158°04.3'W44°16.7'S160°36.4'W 1.059 21° 306° 425 km 03m57.8s
02:0242°29.1'S161°24.0'W45°38.4'S156°22.5'W44°01.9'S159°04.3'W 1.059 20° 305° 421 km 03m54.4s
02:0442°15.2'S159°53.9'W45°25.9'S154°31.8'W43°48.5'S157°25.6'W 1.058 19° 303° 417 km 03m50.7s
02:0642°02.7'S158°17.5'W45°15.7'S152°29.5'W43°36.8'S155°38.8'W 1.058 18° 301° 412 km 03m46.6s
02:0841°51.8'S156°33.4'W45°08.2'S150°11.0'W43°27.1'S153°41.2'W 1.057 16° 299° 406 km 03m42.1s
02:1041°42.9'S154°39.1'W45°04.7'S147°28.3'W43°20.1'S151°29.2'W 1.057 15° 297° 399 km 03m37.0s
02:1241°36.4'S152°31.3'W45°07.7'S144°03.2'W43°16.6'S148°56.0'W 1.056 13° 294° 391 km 03m31.1s
02:1441°33.4'S150°04.3'W45°26.2'S138°52.8'W43°18.7'S145°48.1'W 1.055 10° 292° 381 km 03m24.0s
02:1641°35.3'S147°06.6'W - - 43°32.0'S141°27.0'W 1.054 288° 367 km 03m14.5s
Limits42°58.7'S132°29.9'W46°11.6'S132°08.6'W44°32.6'S132°19.2'W 1.052 - 343 km 02m56.8s

ΔT = 1827.5 seconds

Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration
Event Time
TD
Time
UT1
Latitude Longitude Sun
Altitude
Sun
Azimuth
Path Width Central
Duration
Greatest Eclipse01:59:08.701:28:41.350°15.8'S173°27.8'E 28.2° 333.9° 417.5 km04m20.48s
Greatest Duration01:59:37.201:29:09.750°08.7'S178°39.0'W 28.2° 333.4° 418.2 km04m20.48s

Explanation of Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration

Links for the Total Solar Eclipse of 0954 Apr 06

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Eclipse Predictions

Predictions for the Total Solar Eclipse of 0954 Apr 06 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 1827.5 seconds for this eclipse. The uncertainty in ΔT is 60.0 seconds corresponding to a standard error in longitude of the eclipse path of ± 0.25°.

Acknowledgments

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

Permission is granted to reproduce eclipse data when accompanied by a link to this page and an acknowledgment:

"Eclipse Predictions by Fred Espenak, EclipseWise.com"

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