Path of the Total Solar Eclipse of -0258 May 24

Fred Espenak

Introduction

The following table delineates the path of the Moon's umbral shadow during the Total Solar Eclipse of -0258 May 24 . 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 -0258 May 24
UT1 Northern Limit Southern Limit Central Line M:S Sun Sun Path Central
Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Ratio Alt. Azm. Width Duration
Limits44°12.6'S107°12.6'W45°50.2'S106°25.0'W45°01.2'S106°49.3'W 1.047 - 188 km 02m50.0s
14:2639°03.6'S095°08.8'W43°35.8'S100°50.5'W41°02.0'S097°14.9'W 1.050 54° 197 km 03m11.7s
14:2837°15.8'S091°19.0'W40°42.0'S094°10.2'W38°53.9'S092°32.6'W 1.051 13° 51° 201 km 03m24.6s
14:3035°52.1'S088°26.3'W38°57.0'S090°22.1'W37°21.6'S089°17.6'W 1.052 16° 48° 205 km 03m34.4s
14:3234°41.7'S086°04.4'W37°35.1'S087°29.7'W36°06.3'S086°42.6'W 1.053 19° 46° 208 km 03m42.9s
14:3433°40.1'S084°02.3'W36°26.1'S085°07.6'W35°01.4'S084°31.6'W 1.054 21° 44° 211 km 03m50.4s
14:3632°44.9'S082°14.2'W35°25.8'S083°05.3'W34°03.9'S082°37.1'W 1.054 23° 43° 213 km 03m57.3s
14:3831°54.7'S080°36.7'W34°31.7'S081°16.9'W33°12.0'S080°54.6'W 1.055 25° 41° 216 km 04m03.8s
14:4031°08.5'S079°07.5'W33°42.5'S079°39.1'W32°24.4'S079°21.4'W 1.055 27° 40° 218 km 04m09.8s
14:4230°25.7'S077°45.0'W32°57.3'S078°09.5'W31°40.5'S077°55.6'W 1.056 28° 38° 220 km 04m15.5s
14:4429°45.7'S076°28.0'W32°15.4'S076°46.6'W30°59.6'S076°35.9'W 1.056 30° 37° 222 km 04m20.9s
14:4629°08.1'S075°15.7'W31°36.3'S075°29.3'W30°21.3'S075°21.2'W 1.056 31° 35° 224 km 04m26.1s
14:4828°32.8'S074°07.3'W30°59.6'S074°16.6'W29°45.4'S074°10.8'W 1.057 32° 34° 226 km 04m31.0s
14:5027°59.3'S073°02.3'W30°25.1'S073°07.9'W29°11.4'S073°04.1'W 1.057 34° 33° 228 km 04m35.7s
14:5227°27.6'S072°00.2'W29°52.5'S072°02.6'W28°39.3'S072°00.5'W 1.057 35° 31° 230 km 04m40.2s
14:5426°57.5'S071°00.8'W29°21.6'S071°00.3'W28°08.8'S070°59.7'W 1.058 36° 30° 232 km 04m44.5s
14:5626°28.8'S070°03.7'W28°52.3'S070°00.6'W27°39.9'S070°01.4'W 1.058 37° 29° 234 km 04m48.6s
14:5826°01.5'S069°08.6'W28°24.4'S069°03.2'W27°12.3'S069°05.2'W 1.058 38° 27° 236 km 04m52.6s
15:0025°35.4'S068°15.4'W27°57.8'S068°07.8'W26°46.0'S068°10.9'W 1.058 39° 26° 237 km 04m56.3s
15:0225°10.5'S067°23.7'W27°32.5'S067°14.3'W26°20.9'S067°18.4'W 1.059 40° 25° 239 km 04m59.9s
15:0424°46.7'S066°33.5'W27°08.4'S066°22.4'W25°57.0'S066°27.4'W 1.059 41° 23° 241 km 05m03.3s
15:0624°23.9'S065°44.7'W26°45.3'S065°31.9'W25°34.0'S065°37.8'W 1.059 42° 22° 242 km 05m06.6s
15:0824°02.1'S064°57.0'W26°23.3'S064°42.8'W25°12.1'S064°49.4'W 1.059 42° 20° 244 km 05m09.7s
15:1023°41.2'S064°10.3'W26°02.2'S063°54.8'W24°51.2'S064°02.2'W 1.059 43° 19° 246 km 05m12.6s
15:1223°21.2'S063°24.7'W25°42.0'S063°07.9'W24°31.1'S063°15.9'W 1.060 44° 17° 247 km 05m15.4s
15:1423°02.1'S062°39.9'W25°22.8'S062°22.0'W24°11.9'S062°30.6'W 1.060 44° 16° 249 km 05m18.0s
15:1622°43.8'S061°55.8'W25°04.3'S061°36.9'W23°53.6'S061°46.1'W 1.060 45° 14° 250 km 05m20.5s
15:1822°26.2'S061°12.5'W24°46.7'S060°52.6'W23°36.0'S061°02.3'W 1.060 45° 13° 251 km 05m22.7s
15:2022°09.5'S060°29.8'W24°29.9'S060°09.0'W23°19.2'S060°19.1'W 1.060 46° 11° 253 km 05m24.9s
15:2221°53.5'S059°47.6'W24°13.9'S059°26.0'W23°03.2'S059°36.6'W 1.060 46° 10° 254 km 05m26.8s
15:2421°38.2'S059°06.0'W23°58.5'S058°43.5'W22°47.9'S058°54.5'W 1.060 47° 255 km 05m28.6s
15:2621°23.6'S058°24.7'W23°43.9'S058°01.5'W22°33.3'S058°12.9'W 1.060 47° 256 km 05m30.2s
15:2821°09.7'S057°43.8'W23°30.0'S057°20.0'W22°19.4'S057°31.8'W 1.060 48° 258 km 05m31.7s
15:3020°56.4'S057°03.3'W23°16.8'S056°38.8'W22°06.2'S056°50.9'W 1.060 48° 259 km 05m33.0s
15:3220°43.9'S056°23.0'W23°04.3'S055°57.9'W21°53.7'S056°10.4'W 1.060 48° 260 km 05m34.1s
15:3420°32.0'S055°43.0'W22°52.4'S055°17.2'W21°41.8'S055°30.0'W 1.060 48° 260 km 05m35.0s
15:3620°20.7'S055°03.1'W22°41.2'S054°36.8'W21°30.6'S054°49.9'W 1.061 49° 358° 261 km 05m35.8s
15:3820°10.1'S054°23.3'W22°30.6'S053°56.5'W21°20.0'S054°09.9'W 1.061 49° 357° 262 km 05m36.4s
15:4020°00.1'S053°43.7'W22°20.6'S053°16.3'W21°10.0'S053°30.0'W 1.061 49° 355° 263 km 05m36.8s
15:4219°50.7'S053°04.1'W22°11.3'S052°36.1'W21°00.7'S052°50.1'W 1.061 49° 353° 263 km 05m37.1s
15:4419°42.0'S052°24.4'W22°02.6'S051°56.0'W20°51.9'S052°10.3'W 1.061 49° 352° 264 km 05m37.2s
15:4619°33.9'S051°44.8'W21°54.6'S051°15.8'W20°43.9'S051°30.4'W 1.061 49° 350° 264 km 05m37.1s
15:4819°26.4'S051°05.0'W21°47.1'S050°35.6'W20°36.4'S050°50.4'W 1.060 49° 348° 264 km 05m36.8s
15:5019°19.5'S050°25.1'W21°40.3'S049°55.2'W20°29.6'S050°10.3'W 1.060 49° 347° 264 km 05m36.3s
15:5219°13.3'S049°45.0'W21°34.1'S049°14.7'W20°23.3'S049°30.0'W 1.060 48° 345° 264 km 05m35.7s
15:5419°07.7'S049°04.7'W21°28.5'S048°33.9'W20°17.8'S048°49.5'W 1.060 48° 343° 264 km 05m34.9s
15:5619°02.7'S048°24.2'W21°23.6'S047°52.9'W20°12.8'S048°08.7'W 1.060 48° 342° 264 km 05m33.9s
15:5818°58.4'S047°43.3'W21°19.3'S047°11.5'W20°08.5'S047°27.6'W 1.060 48° 340° 264 km 05m32.8s
16:0018°54.7'S047°02.1'W21°15.7'S046°29.7'W20°04.9'S046°46.2'W 1.060 47° 339° 263 km 05m31.4s
16:0218°51.7'S046°20.4'W21°12.7'S045°47.5'W20°01.9'S046°04.3'W 1.060 47° 337° 263 km 05m29.9s
16:0418°49.4'S045°38.3'W21°10.4'S045°04.9'W19°59.6'S045°21.9'W 1.060 46° 336° 262 km 05m28.2s
16:0618°47.7'S044°55.7'W21°08.8'S044°21.6'W19°57.9'S044°39.0'W 1.060 46° 334° 262 km 05m26.3s
16:0818°46.8'S044°12.5'W21°07.9'S043°37.8'W19°57.0'S043°55.5'W 1.060 46° 333° 261 km 05m24.3s
16:1018°46.6'S043°28.6'W21°07.7'S042°53.2'W19°56.8'S043°11.4'W 1.060 45° 331° 260 km 05m22.1s
16:1218°47.1'S042°44.1'W21°08.2'S042°07.9'W19°57.3'S042°26.5'W 1.059 44° 330° 259 km 05m19.7s
16:1418°48.3'S041°58.7'W21°09.5'S041°21.8'W19°58.6'S041°40.8'W 1.059 44° 328° 257 km 05m17.1s
16:1618°50.4'S041°12.5'W21°11.6'S040°34.7'W20°00.7'S040°54.2'W 1.059 43° 327° 256 km 05m14.3s
16:1818°53.3'S040°25.3'W21°14.6'S039°46.6'W20°03.6'S040°06.6'W 1.059 42° 326° 255 km 05m11.4s
16:2018°57.0'S039°37.1'W21°18.4'S038°57.4'W20°07.3'S039°17.9'W 1.059 42° 324° 253 km 05m08.3s
16:2219°01.6'S038°47.7'W21°23.1'S038°06.9'W20°11.9'S038°28.0'W 1.059 41° 323° 252 km 05m05.0s
16:2419°07.1'S037°57.0'W21°28.7'S037°15.0'W20°17.5'S037°36.8'W 1.058 40° 322° 250 km 05m01.5s
16:2619°13.6'S037°05.0'W21°35.4'S036°21.6'W20°24.1'S036°44.1'W 1.058 39° 320° 248 km 04m57.8s
16:2819°21.2'S036°11.4'W21°43.1'S035°26.5'W20°31.7'S035°49.7'W 1.058 38° 319° 246 km 04m54.0s
16:3019°29.8'S035°16.0'W21°52.0'S034°29.4'W20°40.5'S034°53.6'W 1.058 37° 318° 244 km 04m49.9s
16:3219°39.7'S034°18.7'W22°02.1'S033°30.2'W20°50.4'S033°55.4'W 1.057 36° 317° 242 km 04m45.7s
16:3419°50.8'S033°19.2'W22°13.5'S032°28.6'W21°01.7'S032°55.0'W 1.057 35° 316° 240 km 04m41.3s
16:3620°03.3'S032°17.4'W22°26.4'S031°24.3'W21°14.4'S031°51.9'W 1.057 34° 314° 238 km 04m36.6s
16:3820°17.2'S031°12.7'W22°40.9'S030°16.8'W21°28.6'S030°46.0'W 1.056 33° 313° 235 km 04m31.8s
16:4020°32.9'S030°04.9'W22°57.2'S029°05.7'W21°44.5'S029°36.6'W 1.056 31° 312° 233 km 04m26.7s
16:4220°50.4'S028°53.5'W23°15.6'S027°50.4'W22°02.4'S028°23.4'W 1.056 30° 311° 230 km 04m21.3s
16:4421°10.0'S027°37.8'W23°36.2'S026°30.2'W22°22.4'S027°05.7'W 1.055 28° 310° 227 km 04m15.7s
16:4621°32.0'S026°17.2'W23°59.5'S025°04.0'W22°45.0'S025°42.4'W 1.055 27° 309° 225 km 04m09.8s
16:4821°56.7'S024°50.5'W24°26.1'S023°30.5'W23°10.6'S024°12.6'W 1.054 25° 308° 222 km 04m03.6s
16:5022°24.9'S023°16.4'W24°56.6'S021°47.8'W23°39.8'S022°34.6'W 1.054 23° 306° 218 km 03m57.0s
16:5222°57.1'S021°33.0'W25°32.2'S019°53.0'W24°13.6'S020°46.0'W 1.053 21° 305° 215 km 03m49.8s
16:5423°34.6'S019°37.3'W26°14.6'S017°41.3'W24°53.2'S018°43.2'W 1.052 19° 304° 211 km 03m42.1s
16:5624°19.3'S017°24.4'W27°07.2'S015°04.2'W25°41.3'S016°19.9'W 1.051 16° 302° 207 km 03m33.5s
16:5825°14.7'S014°45.3'W28°17.4'S011°41.8'W26°42.6'S013°23.1'W 1.050 13° 301° 203 km 03m23.5s
17:0026°28.9'S011°18.8'W30°14.6'S006°15.0'W28°11.0'S009°16.9'W 1.049 298° 197 km 03m10.8s
Limits30°41.6'S000°04.4'W32°22.1'S000°28.0'W31°31.5'S000°16.1'W 1.046 - 185 km 02m47.2s

ΔT = 13437.3 seconds

Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration
Event Time
TD
Time
UT1
Latitude Longitude Sun
Altitude
Sun
Azimuth
Path Width Central
Duration
Greatest Eclipse19:27:00.015:43:02.620°56.0'S108°37.9'W 48.8° 352.5° 263.4 km05m37.15s
Greatest Duration19:27:50.815:43:53.520°52.4'S052°12.4'W 48.8° 351.8° 263.6 km05m37.17s

Explanation of Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration

Links for the Total Solar Eclipse of -0258 May 24

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Eclipse Predictions

Predictions for the Total Solar Eclipse of -0258 May 24 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 13437.3 seconds for this eclipse. The uncertainty in ΔT is 345.3 seconds corresponding to a standard error in longitude of the eclipse path of ± 1.44°.

Acknowledgments

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

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