Path of the Total Solar Eclipse of 2044 Aug 23

Fred Espenak

Introduction

The following table delineates the path of the Moon's umbral shadow during the Total Solar Eclipse of 2044 Aug 23 . 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 2044 Aug 23
UT1 Northern Limit Southern Limit Central Line M:S Sun Sun Path Central
Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Ratio Alt. Azm. Width Duration
Limits73°04.9'N061°14.2'W75°34.7'N049°43.9'W74°27.4'N055°32.2'W 1.032 - 443 km 01m38.0s
00:48 - - 78°51.2'N083°49.0'W75°33.9'N060°25.7'W 1.032 312° 440 km 01m40.6s
00:50 - - 78°18.4'N094°54.4'W77°03.0'N078°13.7'W 1.034 295° 432 km 01m47.5s
00:5274°36.0'N070°41.7'W77°24.3'N102°52.9'W76°48.2'N089°11.6'W 1.034 285° 428 km 01m51.2s
00:5475°00.5'N082°56.2'W76°20.4'N108°38.5'W76°05.1'N097°07.8'W 1.035 10° 278° 426 km 01m53.8s
00:5674°33.3'N091°08.8'W75°12.2'N112°53.5'W75°09.1'N103°00.0'W 1.035 11° 273° 426 km 01m56.0s
00:5873°47.0'N097°12.6'W74°02.3'N116°04.0'W74°06.7'N107°25.2'W 1.035 12° 270° 426 km 01m57.7s
01:0072°51.5'N101°48.6'W72°52.0'N118°28.2'W73°01.1'N110°47.0'W 1.036 13° 267° 426 km 01m59.2s
01:0271°51.0'N105°21.7'W71°42.1'N120°18.3'W71°54.1'N113°22.2'W 1.036 13° 265° 428 km 02m00.4s
01:0470°47.8'N108°06.5'W70°32.8'N121°42.5'W70°46.7'N115°22.4'W 1.036 14° 264° 430 km 02m01.4s
01:0669°43.2'N110°15.7'W69°24.4'N122°46.8'W69°39.3'N116°55.6'W 1.036 14° 264° 433 km 02m02.2s
01:0868°37.9'N111°56.6'W68°16.8'N123°35.1'W68°32.3'N118°07.5'W 1.036 15° 263° 436 km 02m02.9s
01:1067°32.5'N113°15.1'W67°10.1'N124°10.5'W67°25.8'N119°02.4'W 1.036 15° 263° 440 km 02m03.3s
01:1266°27.0'N114°15.1'W66°04.3'N124°35.3'W66°19.8'N119°43.2'W 1.036 15° 263° 444 km 02m03.7s
01:1465°21.6'N114°59.9'W64°59.2'N124°51.0'W65°14.3'N120°12.2'W 1.036 15° 264° 449 km 02m03.8s
01:1664°16.3'N115°31.4'W63°54.8'N124°58.8'W64°09.3'N120°30.9'W 1.036 15° 264° 454 km 02m03.8s
01:1863°11.2'N115°51.5'W62°51.0'N124°59.7'W63°04.7'N120°40.7'W 1.036 15° 265° 459 km 02m03.7s
01:2062°06.2'N116°01.2'W61°47.7'N124°54.2'W62°00.5'N120°42.4'W 1.036 15° 265° 465 km 02m03.4s
01:2261°01.1'N116°01.2'W60°44.8'N124°42.7'W60°56.5'N120°36.5'W 1.036 15° 266° 470 km 02m03.0s
01:2459°55.9'N115°51.8'W59°42.1'N124°25.5'W59°52.6'N120°23.4'W 1.036 15° 267° 477 km 02m02.4s
01:2658°50.3'N115°33.2'W58°39.7'N124°02.6'W58°48.7'N120°03.1'W 1.036 14° 268° 483 km 02m01.7s
01:2857°44.1'N115°04.8'W57°37.2'N123°33.9'W57°44.7'N119°35.4'W 1.036 14° 269° 488 km 02m00.8s
01:3056°37.0'N114°25.6'W56°34.7'N122°59.2'W56°40.1'N118°59.9'W 1.036 13° 270° 494 km 01m59.6s
01:3255°28.5'N113°33.9'W55°31.7'N122°17.9'W55°34.9'N118°15.6'W 1.035 13° 272° 499 km 01m58.3s
01:3454°17.6'N112°25.9'W54°28.2'N121°29.2'W54°28.6'N117°21.2'W 1.035 12° 273° 502 km 01m56.8s
01:3653°03.1'N110°56.2'W53°23.8'N120°31.8'W53°20.6'N116°14.2'W 1.035 11° 274° 504 km 01m54.9s
01:3851°41.5'N108°48.3'W52°17.9'N119°23.7'W52°09.9'N114°50.3'W 1.034 276° 502 km 01m52.7s
01:4049°59.2'N104°57.6'W51°09.9'N118°01.5'W50°54.8'N113°01.0'W 1.034 278° 496 km 01m49.9s
01:42 - - 49°58.5'N116°19.2'W49°30.6'N110°24.0'W 1.033 281° 482 km 01m46.2s
01:44 - - 48°40.9'N114°03.4'W47°17.5'N103°45.6'W 1.032 286° 435 km 01m37.8s
Limits48°57.1'N101°17.0'W45°29.3'N104°25.8'W47°07.4'N102°58.5'W 1.032 - 430 km 01m37.1s

ΔT = 81.8 seconds

Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration
Event Time
TD
Time
UT1
Latitude Longitude Sun
Altitude
Sun
Azimuth
Path Width Central
Duration
Greatest Eclipse01:17:01.701:15:39.964°20.1'N120°48.9'W 15.4° 263.9° 452.7 km02m03.85s
Greatest Duration01:16:35.801:15:14.064°34.1'N120°24.9'W 15.4° 263.8° 451.6 km02m03.85s

Explanation of Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration

Links for the Total Solar Eclipse of 2044 Aug 23

Links to Additional Solar Eclipse Predictions

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Eclipse Predictions

Predictions for the Total Solar Eclipse of 2044 Aug 23 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 81.8 seconds for this eclipse.

Acknowledgments

Some of the content on this website is based on the book Thousand Year Canon of Solar Eclipses 1501 to 2500. 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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