Path of the Total Solar Eclipse of -0229 May 05

Fred Espenak

Introduction

The following table delineates the path of the Moon's umbral shadow during the Total Solar Eclipse of -0229 May 05 . 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 -0229 May 05
UT1 Northern Limit Southern Limit Central Line M:S Sun Sun Path Central
Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Ratio Alt. Azm. Width Duration
Limits27°56.0'N015°28.9'W27°25.8'N015°06.1'W27°40.9'N015°17.4'W 1.010 - 64 km 00m32.6s
06:2428°51.4'N012°25.4'W29°35.4'N008°17.1'W29°18.4'N010°04.5'W 1.012 76° 75 km 00m38.5s
06:2631°06.5'N006°33.7'W31°19.1'N004°09.6'W31°13.6'N005°19.8'W 1.013 10° 79° 86 km 00m44.6s
06:2832°36.0'N003°27.2'W32°40.5'N001°25.4'W32°38.7'N002°25.5'W 1.014 13° 81° 93 km 00m48.7s
06:3033°52.5'N001°07.5'W33°52.4'N000°43.6'E33°52.8'N000°11.5'W 1.015 15° 82° 98 km 00m52.0s
06:3235°02.0'N000°47.2'E34°58.7'N002°32.1'E35°00.6'N001°40.0'E 1.015 17° 84° 102 km 00m54.9s
06:3436°07.0'N002°25.9'E36°01.2'N004°06.8'E36°04.3'N003°16.6'E 1.016 19° 85° 105 km 00m57.5s
06:3637°08.8'N003°53.2'E37°00.9'N005°31.3'E37°05.1'N004°42.5'E 1.016 21° 87° 108 km 00m59.8s
06:3838°08.1'N005°12.0'E37°58.5'N006°48.2'E38°03.5'N006°00.3'E 1.017 22° 88° 111 km 01m01.9s
06:4039°05.6'N006°24.3'E38°54.4'N007°59.0'E39°00.2'N007°11.8'E 1.017 24° 90° 113 km 01m03.9s
06:4240°01.6'N007°31.1'E39°49.0'N009°04.8'E39°55.5'N008°18.1'E 1.018 25° 91° 114 km 01m05.8s
06:4440°56.4'N008°33.7'E40°42.4'N010°06.6'E40°49.6'N009°20.3'E 1.018 26° 93° 116 km 01m07.5s
06:4641°50.1'N009°32.6'E41°34.9'N011°05.0'E41°42.7'N010°19.0'E 1.018 27° 94° 117 km 01m09.1s
06:4842°43.0'N010°28.4'E42°26.6'N012°00.6'E42°35.0'N011°14.7'E 1.018 28° 96° 118 km 01m10.6s
06:5043°35.1'N011°21.7'E43°17.6'N012°53.7'E43°26.5'N012°07.9'E 1.019 29° 97° 119 km 01m12.0s
06:5244°26.6'N012°12.8'E44°08.1'N013°44.8'E44°17.5'N012°59.0'E 1.019 30° 98° 119 km 01m13.4s
06:5445°17.6'N013°02.1'E44°58.0'N014°34.2'E45°08.0'N013°48.3'E 1.019 31° 100° 120 km 01m14.6s
06:5646°08.1'N013°49.7'E45°47.6'N015°22.0'E45°58.0'N014°36.1'E 1.019 31° 102° 120 km 01m15.8s
06:5846°58.3'N014°36.1'E46°36.7'N016°08.6'E46°47.7'N015°22.5'E 1.020 32° 103° 121 km 01m16.9s
07:0047°48.1'N015°21.3'E47°25.6'N016°54.2'E47°37.0'N016°07.9'E 1.020 33° 105° 121 km 01m17.9s
07:0248°37.7'N016°05.6'E48°14.3'N017°38.9'E48°26.2'N016°52.5'E 1.020 33° 106° 121 km 01m18.9s
07:0449°27.1'N016°49.2'E49°02.7'N018°22.9'E49°15.1'N017°36.3'E 1.020 34° 108° 121 km 01m19.8s
07:0650°16.3'N017°32.2'E49°51.0'N019°06.4'E50°03.8'N018°19.5'E 1.020 34° 109° 121 km 01m20.6s
07:0851°05.4'N018°14.8'E50°39.1'N019°49.6'E50°52.4'N019°02.4'E 1.020 35° 111° 121 km 01m21.3s
07:1051°54.4'N018°57.1'E51°27.2'N020°32.5'E51°40.9'N019°45.0'E 1.020 35° 113° 121 km 01m22.0s
07:1252°43.3'N019°39.3'E52°15.2'N021°15.3'E52°29.4'N020°27.6'E 1.021 36° 114° 120 km 01m22.6s
07:1453°32.3'N020°21.5'E53°03.1'N021°58.2'E53°17.9'N021°10.2'E 1.021 36° 116° 120 km 01m23.2s
07:1654°21.2'N021°03.9'E53°51.1'N022°41.3'E54°06.3'N021°52.9'E 1.021 36° 118° 120 km 01m23.7s
07:1855°10.2'N021°46.6'E54°39.1'N023°24.8'E54°54.8'N022°36.0'E 1.021 36° 120° 120 km 01m24.2s
07:2055°59.2'N022°29.8'E55°27.2'N024°08.7'E55°43.3'N023°19.6'E 1.021 37° 121° 119 km 01m24.5s
07:2256°48.3'N023°13.6'E56°15.3'N024°53.3'E56°32.0'N024°03.8'E 1.021 37° 123° 119 km 01m24.8s
07:2457°37.6'N023°58.1'E57°03.6'N025°38.7'E57°20.7'N024°48.8'E 1.021 37° 125° 119 km 01m25.1s
07:2658°27.0'N024°43.6'E57°52.0'N026°25.0'E58°09.6'N025°34.7'E 1.021 37° 127° 118 km 01m25.3s
07:2859°16.6'N025°30.3'E58°40.5'N027°12.5'E58°58.7'N026°21.8'E 1.021 37° 129° 118 km 01m25.4s
07:3060°06.4'N026°18.2'E59°29.2'N028°01.3'E59°47.9'N027°10.2'E 1.021 37° 131° 117 km 01m25.5s
07:3260°56.4'N027°07.7'E60°18.2'N028°51.7'E60°37.4'N028°00.2'E 1.021 37° 133° 117 km 01m25.5s
07:3461°46.7'N027°59.1'E61°07.3'N029°43.9'E61°27.1'N028°52.0'E 1.021 37° 135° 116 km 01m25.5s
07:3662°37.2'N028°52.4'E61°56.7'N030°38.1'E62°17.1'N029°45.8'E 1.021 37° 137° 116 km 01m25.3s
07:3863°28.1'N029°48.2'E62°46.4'N031°34.7'E63°07.4'N030°42.0'E 1.021 36° 139° 115 km 01m25.2s
07:4064°19.3'N030°46.7'E63°36.4'N032°34.0'E63°57.9'N031°40.9'E 1.021 36° 141° 115 km 01m24.9s
07:4265°10.8'N031°48.3'E64°26.7'N033°36.3'E64°48.9'N032°42.9'E 1.021 36° 143° 114 km 01m24.6s
07:4466°02.7'N032°53.5'E65°17.3'N034°42.0'E65°40.1'N033°48.5'E 1.021 36° 145° 114 km 01m24.2s
07:4666°55.1'N034°02.8'E66°08.2'N035°51.8'E66°31.8'N034°58.1'E 1.021 35° 147° 113 km 01m23.8s
07:4867°47.8'N035°16.9'E66°59.6'N037°06.2'E67°23.8'N036°12.3'E 1.021 35° 150° 112 km 01m23.3s
07:5068°41.0'N036°36.5'E67°51.3'N038°25.8'E68°16.2'N037°32.0'E 1.021 34° 152° 112 km 01m22.7s
07:5269°34.6'N038°02.5'E68°43.3'N039°51.5'E69°09.0'N038°57.9'E 1.020 34° 155° 111 km 01m22.1s
07:5470°28.6'N039°36.0'E69°35.8'N041°24.2'E70°02.3'N040°31.2'E 1.020 34° 157° 110 km 01m21.4s
07:5671°23.1'N041°18.5'E70°28.6'N043°05.2'E70°55.9'N042°12.9'E 1.020 33° 160° 110 km 01m20.6s
07:5872°18.0'N043°11.4'E71°21.8'N044°55.9'E71°49.9'N044°04.8'E 1.020 32° 163° 109 km 01m19.7s
08:0073°13.3'N045°16.9'E72°15.2'N046°58.0'E72°44.3'N046°08.7'E 1.020 32° 166° 108 km 01m18.8s
08:0274°08.9'N047°37.7'E73°08.9'N049°13.8'E73°38.9'N048°26.9'E 1.020 31° 169° 107 km 01m17.7s
08:0475°04.6'N050°17.1'E74°02.7'N051°45.9'E74°33.7'N051°02.7'E 1.020 30° 173° 107 km 01m16.6s
08:0676°00.3'N053°19.3'E74°56.5'N054°37.9'E75°28.4'N053°59.7'E 1.019 29° 177° 106 km 01m15.4s
08:0876°55.7'N056°50.0'E75°49.9'N057°54.2'E76°22.8'N057°23.0'E 1.019 28° 181° 105 km 01m14.1s
08:1077°50.3'N060°56.6'E76°42.7'N061°40.4'E77°16.5'N061°19.0'E 1.019 28° 186° 104 km 01m12.8s
08:1278°43.5'N065°48.5'E77°34.3'N066°03.5'E78°08.8'N065°55.8'E 1.019 26° 191° 103 km 01m11.3s
08:1479°34.1'N071°37.9'E78°23.8'N071°12.7'E78°58.8'N071°23.9'E 1.018 25° 198° 102 km 01m09.7s
08:1680°20.5'N078°39.5'E79°10.0'N077°18.6'E79°45.2'N077°55.9'E 1.018 24° 205° 101 km 01m07.9s
08:1881°00.2'N087°09.2'E79°51.2'N084°33.6'E80°25.8'N085°45.7'E 1.018 23° 214° 99 km 01m06.1s
08:2081°29.9'N097°19.4'E80°24.8'N093°09.3'E80°57.6'N095°05.5'E 1.017 22° 224° 98 km 01m04.0s
08:2281°45.0'N109°10.4'E80°47.4'N103°12.5'E81°16.8'N105°59.9'E 1.017 20° 235° 96 km 01m01.8s
08:2481°39.9'N122°20.0'E80°54.6'N114°38.8'E81°18.4'N118°17.1'E 1.016 18° 248° 94 km 00m59.4s
08:2681°09.3'N136°03.3'E80°41.4'N127°07.3'E80°57.0'N131°25.3'E 1.016 16° 262° 92 km 00m56.7s
08:2880°07.4'N149°33.2'E80°02.0'N140°04.9'E80°06.9'N144°43.6'E 1.015 14° 276° 90 km 00m53.6s
08:3078°25.2'N162°31.5'E78°48.9'N153°04.4'E78°39.9'N157°46.4'E 1.014 11° 289° 86 km 00m49.8s
08:3275°31.1'N175°57.7'E76°45.3'N166°16.5'E76°13.8'N171°03.6'E 1.013 303° 81 km 00m44.9s
Limits70°46.7'N170°13.0'W70°24.9'N171°46.3'W70°35.9'N171°00.2'W 1.011 - 70 km 00m35.5s

ΔT = 13070.3 seconds

Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration
Event Time
TD
Time
UT1
Latitude Longitude Sun
Altitude
Sun
Azimuth
Path Width Central
Duration
Greatest Eclipse11:06:30.107:28:39.759°15.0'N027°58.9'W 36.9° 129.4° 117.5 km01m25.46s
Greatest Duration11:09:07.207:31:16.960°19.6'N027°42.0'E 36.9° 132.0° 116.9 km01m25.51s

Explanation of Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration

Links for the Total Solar Eclipse of -0229 May 05

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Eclipse Predictions

Predictions for the Total Solar Eclipse of -0229 May 05 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 13070.3 seconds for this eclipse. The uncertainty in ΔT is 335.7 seconds corresponding to a standard error in longitude of the eclipse path of ± 1.40°.

Acknowledgments

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

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