Table 4. Physical Elements of the Umbral Shadow,
TotalSolar Eclipse of 1998 February 26
Universal Center Line Diameter Eclipse Sun Sun Path Major Minor Umbra Central
Time Latitude Longitude Ratio Obscur. Alt Azm Width Axis Axis Veloc. Durat.
° ° km km km km/s
15:47.5 02°21.4´S 144°00.3´W 1.0259 1.0525 0.0 98.6 89.4 - 88.1 - 01m27.3s
15:50 03°50.2´S 132°16.2´W 1.0298 1.0606 12.4 98.0 103.0 469.1 100.9 4.155 01m50.6s
15:55 04°23.4´S 124°20.9´W 1.0326 1.0663 21.6 97.6 112.9 299.5 110.1 2.240 02m10.4s
16:00 04°29.8´S 119°10.9´W 1.0345 1.0702 27.9 97.4 119.6 248.1 116.1 1.659 02m25.2s
16:05 04°24.5´S 115°08.7´W 1.0360 1.0732 33.1 97.4 125.0 221.1 120.9 1.355 02m37.9s
16:10 04°12.0´S 111°46.0´W 1.0372 1.0757 37.7 97.7 129.4 204.1 124.8 1.163 02m49.2s
16:15 03°54.6´S 108°49.7´W 1.0382 1.0778 41.8 98.1 133.2 192.3 128.1 1.030 02m59.5s
16:20 03°33.2´S 106°12.5´W 1.0391 1.0797 45.6 98.7 136.5 183.5 131.0 0.932 03m08.9s
16:25 03°08.7´S 103°50.0´W 1.0399 1.0813 49.1 99.5 139.4 176.8 133.5 0.857 03m17.6s
16:30 02°41.6´S 101°38.9´W 1.0406 1.0828 52.4 100.6 141.9 171.4 135.8 0.798 03m25.5s
16:35 02°12.2´S 099°37.1´W 1.0412 1.0840 55.5 102.0 144.0 167.2 137.7 0.751 03m32.8s
16:40 01°40.7´S 097°43.0´W 1.0417 1.0852 58.4 103.8 145.9 163.7 139.5 0.713 03m39.4s
16:45 01°07.5´S 095°55.1´W 1.0422 1.0861 61.2 106.0 147.4 160.8 141.0 0.683 03m45.3s
16:50 00°32.5´S 094°12.5´W 1.0426 1.0870 63.9 108.7 148.7 158.5 142.3 0.658 03m50.5s
16:55 00°04.0´N 092°34.2´W 1.0430 1.0878 66.4 112.1 149.7 156.6 143.5 0.638 03m55.1s
17:00 00°42.0´N 090°59.5´W 1.0433 1.0884 68.7 116.3 150.5 155.0 144.4 0.622 03m59.0s
17:05 01°21.4´N 089°27.9´W 1.0435 1.0889 70.8 121.6 151.1 153.8 145.3 0.610 04m02.2s
17:10 02°02.2´N 087°58.6´W 1.0437 1.0894 72.7 128.1 151.4 152.8 145.9 0.602 04m04.8s
17:15 02°44.3´N 086°31.2´W 1.0439 1.0897 74.2 136.1 151.6 152.2 146.4 0.596 04m06.7s
17:20 03°27.7´N 085°05.3´W 1.0440 1.0900 75.4 145.6 151.7 151.7 146.8 0.592 04m07.9s
17:25 04°12.4´N 083°40.2´W 1.0441 1.0901 76.0 156.3 151.5 151.5 147.1 0.592 04m08.5s
17:30 04°58.3´N 082°15.7´W 1.0441 1.0902 76.1 167.6 151.2 151.6 147.1 0.594 04m08.5s
17:35 05°45.6´N 080°51.2´W 1.0441 1.0901 75.6 178.7 150.8 151.8 147.1 0.598 04m07.7s
17:40 06°34.2´N 079°26.3´W 1.0440 1.0900 74.7 188.8 150.2 152.3 146.9 0.605 04m06.4s
17:45 07°24.1´N 078°00.6´W 1.0439 1.0898 73.2 197.5 149.5 153.1 146.6 0.614 04m04.4s
17:50 08°15.4´N 076°33.4´W 1.0438 1.0895 71.5 204.7 148.7 154.0 146.1 0.626 04m01.8s
17:55 09°08.2´N 075°04.4´W 1.0436 1.0891 69.4 210.7 147.8 155.3 145.5 0.641 03m58.6s
18:00 10°02.5´N 073°32.9´W 1.0433 1.0886 67.2 215.7 146.7 156.9 144.7 0.659 03m54.8s
18:05 10°58.4´N 071°58.3´W 1.0430 1.0879 64.7 219.9 145.5 158.9 143.7 0.681 03m50.3s
18:10 11°56.1´N 070°19.7´W 1.0427 1.0872 62.1 223.4 144.1 161.2 142.6 0.708 03m45.3s
18:15 12°55.7´N 068°36.2´W 1.0423 1.0863 59.4 226.5 142.6 164.1 141.3 0.740 03m39.7s
18:20 13°57.2´N 066°46.8´W 1.0418 1.0853 56.5 229.2 140.9 167.6 139.8 0.778 03m33.5s
18:25 15°01.1´N 064°50.2´W 1.0413 1.0842 53.4 231.6 139.0 171.8 138.0 0.825 03m26.7s
18:30 16°07.6´N 062°44.5´W 1.0406 1.0829 50.2 233.9 136.9 177.0 136.0 0.882 03m19.3s
18:35 17°17.0´N 060°27.5´W 1.0399 1.0815 46.7 236.0 134.6 183.5 133.7 0.953 03m11.3s
18:40 18°30.0´N 057°56.0´W 1.0391 1.0798 43.1 238.1 131.9 191.8 131.1 1.045 03m02.5s
18:45 19°47.3´N 055°05.5´W 1.0382 1.0778 39.1 240.2 128.8 202.9 128.1 1.166 02m53.0s
18:50 21°10.0´N 051°49.0´W 1.0371 1.0755 34.7 242.4 125.3 218.4 124.5 1.336 02m42.6s
18:55 22°40.2´N 047°54.3´W 1.0358 1.0728 29.8 244.8 121.0 242.0 120.3 1.593 02m30.9s
19:00 24°21.9´N 042°57.2´W 1.0341 1.0694 23.9 247.7 115.7 283.4 114.9 2.046 02m17.5s
19:05 26°25.7´N 035°49.8´W 1.0318 1.0646 16.1 251.6 108.3 387.0 107.3 3.178 02m00.6s
19:09.2 29°51.0´N 019°02.8´W 1.0268 1.0543 0.0 260.1 92.3 - 90.8 - 01m30.1s
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