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Total Solar Eclipse of 1998 February 26

Table 4 - Physical Ephemeris of the Umbral Shadow

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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


Table adapted from NASA RP 1383 "Total Solar Eclipse of 1998 February 26".

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