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Eclipses During 1998

by Fred Espenak

To Be Published in Observer(s Handbook 1998, Royal Astronomical Society of Canada

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Table 1

Total Solar Eclipse of 1998 Feb 26
Path of the Umbral Shadow
Delta T = 63.4 s

Universal  Northern Limit      Southern Limit       Center Line     Sun Sun Path  Central
         ------------------  ------------------  ------------------ Alt Azm Width  Durat.
  Time   Latitude Longitude  Latitude Longitude  Latitude Longitude
          °    ´    °    ´    °    ´    °    ´    °    ´    °    ´    °   °   km
 Limits  01 57.1S 143 58.6W  02 45.6S 144 02.2W  02 21.4S 144 00.3W   0   -   89  01m27.3s

 15:50   03 20.0S 132 39.0W  04 20.3S 131 55.4W  03 50.2S 132 16.2W  12  98  103  01m50.6s
 15:55   03 52.1S 124 36.8W  04 54.7S 124 06.0W  04 23.4S 124 20.9W  22  98  113  02m10.4s

 16:00   03 57.4S 119 25.5W  05 02.2S 118 57.2W  04 29.8S 119 10.9W  28  97  120  02m25.2s
 16:05   03 51.2S 115 23.0W  04 57.8S 114 55.2W  04 24.5S 115 08.7W  33  97  125  02m37.9s
 16:10   03 38.0S 112 00.4W  04 46.1S 111 32.2W  04 12.0S 111 46.0W  38  98  129  02m49.2s
 16:15   03 19.9S 109 04.3W  04 29.3S 108 35.5W  03 54.6S 108 49.7W  42  98  133  02m59.5s
 16:20   02 58.1S 106 27.6W  04 08.4S 105 57.9W  03 33.2S 106 12.5W  46  99  137  03m08.9s
 16:25   02 33.2S 104 05.4W  03 44.4S 103 34.9W  03 08.7S 103 50.0W  49 100  139  03m17.6s
 16:30   02 05.7S 101 54.8W  03 17.5S 101 23.4W  02 41.6S 101 38.9W  52 101  142  03m25.5s
 16:35   01 36.0S 099 53.5W  02 48.4S 099 21.1W  02 12.2S 099 37.1W  55 102  144  03m32.8s
 16:40   01 04.4S 097 59.7W  02 17.1S 097 26.5W  01 40.7S 097 43.0W  58 104  146  03m39.4s
 16:45   00 31.0S 096 12.2W  01 44.0S 095 38.2W  01 07.5S 095 55.1W  61 106  147  03m45.3s
 16:50   00 04.0N 094 30.0W  01 09.1S 093 55.1W  00 32.5S 094 12.5W  64 109  149  03m50.5s
 16:55   00 40.6N 092 52.0W  00 32.7S 092 16.5W  00 04.0N 092 34.2W  66 112  150  03m55.1s

 17:00   01 18.7N 091 17.7W  00 05.3N 090 41.5W  00 42.0N 090 59.5W  69 116  151  03m59.0s
 17:05   01 58.1N 089 46.3W  00 44.8N 089 09.6W  01 21.4N 089 27.9W  71 122  151  04m02.2s
 17:10   02 38.8N 088 17.3W  01 25.6N 087 40.0W  02 02.2N 087 58.6W  73 128  151  04m04.8s
 17:15   03 20.8N 086 50.1W  02 07.7N 086 12.4W  02 44.3N 086 31.2W  74 136  152  04m06.7s
 17:20   04 04.1N 085 24.3W  02 51.2N 084 46.3W  03 27.7N 085 05.3W  75 146  152  04m07.9s
 17:25   04 48.7N 083 59.3W  03 36.0N 083 21.1W  04 12.4N 083 40.2W  76 156  152  04m08.5s
 17:30   05 34.6N 082 34.8W  04 22.1N 081 56.5W  04 58.3N 082 15.7W  76 168  151  04m08.5s
 17:35   06 21.8N 081 10.4W  05 09.5N 080 32.0W  05 45.6N 080 51.2W  76 179  151  04m07.7s
 17:40   07 10.2N 079 45.4W  05 58.2N 079 07.1W  06 34.2N 079 26.3W  75 189  150  04m06.4s
 17:45   08 00.0N 078 19.6W  06 48.3N 077 41.5W  07 24.1N 078 00.6W  73 197  150  04m04.4s
 17:50   08 51.2N 076 52.3W  07 39.8N 076 14.5W  08 15.4N 076 33.4W  71 205  149  04m01.8s
 17:55   09 43.9N 075 23.1W  08 32.7N 074 45.6W  09 08.2N 075 04.4W  69 211  148  03m58.6s

 18:00   10 38.0N 073 51.3W  09 27.2N 073 14.4W  10 02.5N 073 32.9W  67 216  147  03m54.8s
 18:05   11 33.8N 072 16.2W  10 23.3N 071 40.1W  10 58.4N 071 58.3W  65 220  145  03m50.3s
 18:10   12 31.3N 070 37.2W  11 21.1N 070 01.9W  11 56.1N 070 19.7W  62 223  144  03m45.3s
 18:15   13 30.7N 068 53.3W  12 20.8N 068 18.9W  12 55.7N 068 36.2W  59 226  143  03m39.7s
 18:20   14 32.1N 067 03.3W  13 22.6N 066 30.1W  13 57.2N 066 46.8W  56 229  141  03m33.5s
 18:25   15 35.8N 065 05.9W  14 26.7N 064 34.2W  15 01.1N 064 50.2W  53 232  139  03m26.7s
 18:30   16 42.1N 062 59.3W  15 33.4N 062 29.3W  16 07.6N 062 44.5W  50 234  137  03m19.3s
 18:35   17 51.3N 060 41.2W  16 43.0N 060 13.3W  17 17.0N 060 27.5W  47 236  135  03m11.3s
 18:40   19 04.0N 058 08.5W  17 56.3N 057 43.0W  18 30.0N 057 56.0W  43 238  132  03m02.5s
 18:45   20 20.9N 055 16.4W  19 13.8N 054 54.0W  19 47.3N 055 05.5W  39 240  129  02m53.0s
 18:50   21 43.3N 051 57.9W  20 36.9N 051 39.4W  21 10.0N 051 49.0W  35 242  125  02m42.6s
 18:55   23 13.2N 048 00.5W  22 07.5N 047 47.3W  22 40.2N 047 54.3W  30 245  121  02m30.9s

 19:00   24 54.4N 042 59.3W  23 49.6N 042 54.1W  24 21.9N 042 57.2W  24 248  116  02m17.5s
 19:05   26 57.9N 035 43.5W  25 53.9N 035 54.5W  26 25.7N 035 49.8W  16 252  108  02m00.6s

 Limits  30 15.9N 019 05.8W  29 26.2N 018 59.7W  29 51.0N 019 02.8W   0   -   92  01m30.1s


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Eclipses During 1998

by Fred Espenak

To Be Published in Observer(s Handbook 1998, Royal Astronomical Society of Canada

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Table 3

Annular Solar Eclipse of 1998 Aug 22
Path of the Antumbral Shadow
Delta T = 63.8 s

Universal  Northern Limit      Southern Limit       Center Line     Sun Sun Path  Central
         ------------------  ------------------  ------------------ Alt Azm Width  Durat.
  Time   Latitude Longitude  Latitude Longitude  Latitude Longitude
          °    ´    °    ´    °    ´    °    ´    °    ´    °    ´    °   °   km
 Limits  00 00.9S 089 28.1E  01 22.5S 087 05.0E  00 41.7S 086 59.8E   0   -  151  02m44.3s

 00:20   02 37.5N 101 33.9E  01 16.9N 100 55.1E  01 57.5N 101 15.2E  16  78  136  02m49.6s
 00:25   03 22.9N 107 31.0E  02 09.1N 107 04.3E  02 46.1N 107 17.9E  23  78  130  02m52.6s
 00:30   03 45.7N 111 48.4E  02 35.9N 111 25.6E  03 11.0N 111 37.2E  28  78  125  02m55.1s
 00:35   03 56.9N 115 16.1E  02 50.0N 114 55.0E  03 23.6N 115 05.7E  33  78  121  02m57.4s
 00:40   04 00.3N 118 12.8E  02 55.9N 117 52.5E  03 28.2N 118 02.7E  37  78  118  02m59.4s
 00:45   03 58.1N 120 47.9E  02 55.7N 120 28.0E  03 27.0N 120 38.0E  41  77  116  03m01.3s
 00:50   03 51.5N 123 06.9E  02 50.8N 122 47.0E  03 21.3N 122 57.0E  44  77  114  03m03.0s
 00:55   03 41.2N 125 13.4E  02 42.1N 124 53.4E  03 11.8N 125 03.4E  48  76  112  03m04.6s

 01:00   03 27.8N 127 09.9E  02 30.2N 126 49.7E  02 59.1N 126 59.8E  51  75  110  03m06.1s
 01:05   03 11.7N 128 58.2E  02 15.4N 128 37.8E  02 43.7N 128 48.0E  53  74  108  03m07.4s
 01:10   02 53.3N 130 39.6E  01 58.1N 130 19.0E  02 25.8N 130 29.3E  56  72  107  03m08.6s
 01:15   02 32.6N 132 15.4E  01 38.5N 131 54.5E  02 05.7N 132 05.0E  59  70  106  03m09.7s
 01:20   02 10.0N 133 46.3E  01 16.9N 133 25.1E  01 43.5N 133 35.7E  61  68  105  03m10.7s
 01:25   01 45.5N 135 13.1E  00 53.3N 134 51.6E  01 19.5N 135 02.4E  64  65  104  03m11.5s
 01:30   01 19.4N 136 36.4E  00 28.0N 136 14.5E  00 53.8N 136 25.5E  66  62  103  03m12.3s
 01:35   00 51.5N 137 56.8E  00 00.9N 137 34.5E  00 26.3N 137 45.7E  68  58  102  03m12.9s
 01:40   00 22.2N 139 14.6E  00 27.8S 138 52.0E  00 02.8S 139 03.3E  70  54  101  03m13.3s
 01:45   00 08.7S 140 30.3E  00 58.1S 140 07.5E  00 33.4S 140 18.9E  71  48  100  03m13.7s
 01:50   00 41.1S 141 44.4E  01 30.0S 141 21.2E  01 05.4S 141 32.8E  73  42  100  03m13.9s
 01:55   01 14.8S 142 57.0E  02 03.3S 142 33.6E  01 39.0S 142 45.3E  74  34   99  03m14.1s

 02:00   01 50.0S 144 08.7E  02 38.1S 143 44.9E  02 14.0S 143 56.8E  74  25   99  03m14.1s
 02:05   02 26.6S 145 19.7E  03 14.4S 144 55.6E  02 50.5S 145 07.7E  75  16   99  03m14.0s
 02:10   03 04.6S 146 30.4E  03 52.2S 146 06.0E  03 28.3S 146 18.2E  75   7   99  03m13.8s
 02:15   03 44.0S 147 41.0E  04 31.5S 147 16.3E  04 07.7S 147 28.7E  74 358   99  03m13.6s
 02:20   04 24.8S 148 51.9E  05 12.2S 148 27.0E  04 48.4S 148 39.4E  73 350   99  03m13.2s
 02:25   05 07.0S 150 03.4E  05 54.5S 149 38.2E  05 30.7S 149 50.8E  72 343   99  03m12.8s
 02:30   05 50.8S 151 15.9E  06 38.4S 150 50.5E  06 14.5S 151 03.2E  70 337   99  03m12.3s
 02:35   06 36.0S 152 29.8E  07 23.9S 152 04.2E  06 59.9S 152 17.0E  69 332  100  03m11.7s
 02:40   07 22.9S 153 45.6E  08 11.1S 153 19.8E  07 47.0S 153 32.7E  67 327  100  03m11.1s
 02:45   08 11.5S 155 03.6E  09 00.1S 154 37.6E  08 35.8S 154 50.6E  64 323  101  03m10.4s
 02:50   09 01.9S 156 24.4E  09 51.1S 155 58.3E  09 26.4S 156 11.4E  62 320  102  03m09.7s
 02:55   09 54.1S 157 48.7E  10 44.0S 157 22.5E  10 19.0S 157 35.6E  60 317  103  03m08.9s

 03:00   10 48.5S 159 17.2E  11 39.2S 158 51.0E  11 13.8S 159 04.1E  57 314  105  03m08.0s
 03:05   11 45.1S 160 50.8E  12 36.8S 160 24.6E  12 10.9S 160 37.7E  55 312  106  03m07.1s
 03:10   12 44.2S 162 30.6E  13 37.1S 162 04.4E  13 10.6S 162 17.5E  52 310  108  03m06.1s
 03:15   13 46.2S 164 17.9E  14 40.3S 163 52.0E  14 13.2S 164 05.0E  49 308  110  03m05.1s
 03:20   14 51.3S 166 14.6E  15 47.1S 165 49.1E  15 19.2S 166 01.8E  46 306  112  03m04.0s
 03:25   16 00.3S 168 23.1E  16 58.0S 167 58.2E  16 29.1S 168 10.6E  42 304  114  03m02.8s
 03:30   17 13.9S 170 46.8E  18 13.7S 170 23.0E  17 43.7S 170 34.8E  39 302  117  03m01.6s
 03:35   18 33.2S 173 30.8E  19 35.7S 173 08.7E  19 04.4S 173 19.7E  35 300  121  03m00.3s
 03:40   20 00.1S 176 43.5E  21 06.0S 176 24.2E  20 32.9S 176 33.7E  30 298  125  02m58.8s
 03:45   21 38.0S 179 19.8W  22 48.5S 179 34.1W  22 13.1S 179 27.1W  25 296  129  02m57.1s
 03:50   23 34.5S 174 04.0W  24 52.0S 174 07.2W  24 13.0S 174 06.1W  19 293  136  02m55.1s
 03:55   26 19.5S 165 09.5W  27 55.6S 164 21.1W  27 06.6S 164 48.2W   9 288  146  02m52.2s

 Limits  28 45.0S 155 03.3W  30 08.6S 155 19.4W  29 26.8S 155 11.4W   0   -  156  02m49.7s

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Last revised: 1997 Sep 2 - F. Espenak