Path of the Total Solar Eclipse of -0388 May 22

Fred Espenak

Introduction

The following table delineates the path of the Moon's umbral shadow during the Total Solar Eclipse of -0388 May 22 . 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 -0388 May 22
UT1 Northern Limit Southern Limit Central Line M:S Sun Sun Path Central
Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Ratio Alt. Azm. Width Duration
Limits62°27.7'S108°34.4'E63°12.1'S109°50.6'E62°49.8'S109°11.6'E 1.017 - 104 km 01m06.4s
01:2856°54.8'S119°30.0'E61°02.0'S114°17.2'E58°38.8'S117°34.1'E 1.018 36° 113 km 01m17.5s
01:3054°51.7'S123°18.9'E57°38.5'S120°54.0'E56°10.8'S122°14.8'E 1.019 10° 32° 120 km 01m24.8s
01:3253°19.9'S126°07.6'E55°43.2'S124°31.9'E54°29.3'S125°23.8'E 1.020 12° 28° 125 km 01m30.2s
01:3452°04.5'S128°25.6'E54°15.5'S127°16.1'E53°08.6'S127°53.4'E 1.021 14° 26° 129 km 01m34.7s
01:3650°59.9'S130°24.4'E53°03.0'S129°31.9'E52°00.3'S129°59.9'E 1.021 16° 23° 132 km 01m38.6s
01:3850°02.8'S132°09.9'E52°00.5'S131°29.5'E51°00.8'S131°51.0'E 1.022 17° 21° 136 km 01m42.1s
01:4049°11.7'S133°45.5'E51°05.3'S133°14.4'E50°07.8'S133°30.9'E 1.022 19° 19° 139 km 01m45.3s
01:4248°25.3'S135°13.4'E50°15.8'S134°49.7'E49°19.9'S135°02.4'E 1.022 20° 17° 142 km 01m48.2s
01:4447°42.9'S136°35.3'E49°30.8'S136°17.7'E48°36.3'S136°27.1'E 1.023 21° 16° 145 km 01m50.8s
01:4647°03.7'S137°52.2'E48°49.6'S137°39.8'E47°56.2'S137°46.5'E 1.023 22° 14° 148 km 01m53.3s
01:4846°27.5'S139°05.1'E48°11.7'S138°57.1'E47°19.2'S139°01.5'E 1.023 23° 12° 151 km 01m55.6s
01:5045°53.8'S140°14.6'E47°36.6'S140°10.5'E46°44.8'S140°12.9'E 1.024 23° 11° 153 km 01m57.7s
01:5245°22.4'S141°21.2'E47°04.1'S141°20.5'E46°12.9'S141°21.1'E 1.024 24° 156 km 01m59.6s
01:5444°53.1'S142°25.3'E46°33.7'S142°27.8'E45°43.0'S142°26.8'E 1.024 25° 158 km 02m01.4s
01:5644°25.6'S143°27.4'E46°05.4'S143°32.7'E45°15.2'S143°30.2'E 1.024 25° 161 km 02m03.0s
01:5843°59.9'S144°27.6'E45°38.9'S144°35.6'E44°49.1'S144°31.7'E 1.024 26° 163 km 02m04.5s
02:0043°35.9'S145°26.4'E45°14.2'S145°36.7'E44°24.7'S145°31.6'E 1.024 26° 165 km 02m05.9s
02:0243°13.3'S146°23.8'E44°51.1'S146°36.5'E44°01.9'S146°30.2'E 1.025 27° 167 km 02m07.1s
02:0442°52.2'S147°20.2'E44°29.5'S147°35.0'E43°40.6'S147°27.6'E 1.025 27° 359° 169 km 02m08.2s
02:0642°32.4'S148°15.6'E44°09.3'S148°32.5'E43°20.6'S148°24.0'E 1.025 27° 358° 171 km 02m09.1s
02:0842°14.0'S149°10.3'E43°50.5'S149°29.1'E43°02.0'S149°19.7'E 1.025 28° 356° 173 km 02m09.9s
02:1041°56.8'S150°04.4'E43°33.0'S150°25.1'E42°44.7'S150°14.7'E 1.025 28° 355° 175 km 02m10.6s
02:1241°40.9'S150°58.1'E43°16.8'S151°20.6'E42°28.6'S151°09.2'E 1.025 28° 353° 176 km 02m11.1s
02:1441°26.1'S151°51.4'E43°01.8'S152°15.7'E42°13.7'S152°03.4'E 1.025 28° 352° 177 km 02m11.5s
02:1641°12.5'S152°44.5'E42°48.0'S153°10.6'E42°00.1'S152°57.4'E 1.025 28° 350° 178 km 02m11.8s
02:1841°00.1'S153°37.6'E42°35.4'S154°05.4'E41°47.5'S153°51.3'E 1.025 28° 349° 179 km 02m12.0s
02:2040°48.8'S154°30.7'E42°24.0'S155°00.3'E41°36.1'S154°45.3'E 1.025 28° 347° 180 km 02m12.0s
02:2240°38.6'S155°24.0'E42°13.7'S155°55.4'E41°25.9'S155°39.4'E 1.025 28° 346° 181 km 02m11.9s
02:2440°29.5'S156°17.6'E42°04.5'S156°50.8'E41°16.8'S156°33.9'E 1.025 28° 344° 181 km 02m11.6s
02:2640°21.6'S157°11.6'E41°56.6'S157°46.6'E41°08.9'S157°28.8'E 1.025 28° 343° 181 km 02m11.2s
02:2840°14.8'S158°06.1'E41°49.8'S158°43.0'E41°02.1'S158°24.3'E 1.025 28° 341° 181 km 02m10.7s
02:3040°09.1'S159°01.4'E41°44.2'S159°40.3'E40°56.5'S159°20.5'E 1.025 27° 340° 180 km 02m10.1s
02:3240°04.7'S159°57.5'E41°39.9'S160°38.4'E40°52.1'S160°17.6'E 1.025 27° 338° 180 km 02m09.3s
02:3440°01.5'S160°54.6'E41°36.8'S161°37.7'E40°48.9'S161°15.7'E 1.025 27° 337° 179 km 02m08.3s
02:3639°59.5'S161°52.9'E41°35.0'S162°38.3'E40°47.0'S162°15.1'E 1.025 26° 335° 177 km 02m07.3s
02:3839°58.9'S162°52.6'E41°34.6'S163°40.4'E40°46.5'S163°16.0'E 1.025 26° 334° 176 km 02m06.1s
02:4039°59.6'S163°53.9'E41°35.7'S164°44.3'E40°47.4'S164°18.6'E 1.024 25° 332° 174 km 02m04.7s
02:4240°01.9'S164°57.1'E41°38.3'S165°50.4'E40°49.8'S165°23.1'E 1.024 25° 331° 172 km 02m03.2s
02:4440°05.7'S166°02.5'E41°42.5'S166°58.8'E40°53.8'S166°30.0'E 1.024 24° 329° 170 km 02m01.5s
02:4640°11.2'S167°10.4'E41°48.6'S168°10.2'E40°59.6'S167°39.6'E 1.024 23° 328° 168 km 01m59.6s
02:4840°18.5'S168°21.2'E41°56.7'S169°25.0'E41°07.3'S168°52.3'E 1.024 22° 326° 165 km 01m57.6s
02:5040°27.9'S169°35.5'E42°07.0'S170°43.8'E41°17.2'S170°08.7'E 1.023 21° 325° 162 km 01m55.4s
02:5240°39.6'S170°54.0'E42°19.9'S172°07.5'E41°29.4'S171°29.7'E 1.023 20° 323° 159 km 01m53.0s
02:5440°53.9'S172°17.4'E42°35.8'S173°37.2'E41°44.5'S172°56.1'E 1.023 19° 322° 156 km 01m50.3s
02:5641°11.4'S173°47.0'E42°55.2'S175°14.3'E42°02.8'S174°29.2'E 1.023 18° 320° 152 km 01m47.4s
02:5841°32.5'S175°24.3'E43°19.0'S177°01.2'E42°25.2'S176°10.9'E 1.022 17° 318° 148 km 01m44.2s
03:0041°58.2'S177°11.5'E43°48.5'S179°01.2'E42°52.6'S178°04.0'E 1.022 15° 316° 144 km 01m40.7s
03:0242°30.0'S179°12.3'E44°26.0'S178°39.9'W43°26.9'S179°47.0'W 1.021 14° 314° 139 km 01m36.6s
03:0443°10.2'S178°27.1'W45°15.9'S175°50.4'W44°11.3'S177°14.0'W 1.021 11° 312° 133 km 01m31.9s
03:0644°03.9'S175°34.1'W46°30.4'S171°58.7'W45°13.2'S173°57.7'W 1.020 309° 127 km 01m26.2s
03:0845°25.6'S171°32.0'W - - 47°02.3'S168°41.8'W 1.019 305° 117 km 01m17.5s
Limits48°39.6'S162°50.9'W49°37.6'S163°16.2'W49°08.4'S163°03.2'W 1.017 - 108 km 01m09.3s

ΔT = 15253.4 seconds

Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration
Event Time
TD
Time
UT1
Latitude Longitude Sun
Altitude
Sun
Azimuth
Path Width Central
Duration
Greatest Eclipse06:31:51.702:17:38.441°49.7'S089°57.8'E 28.2° 349.1° 179.2 km02m11.94s
Greatest Duration06:33:29.302:19:15.941°40.2'S154°25.5'E 28.2° 347.9° 179.8 km02m11.99s

Explanation of Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration

Links for the Total Solar Eclipse of -0388 May 22

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Eclipse Predictions

Predictions for the Total Solar Eclipse of -0388 May 22 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 15253.4 seconds for this eclipse. The uncertainty in ΔT is 389.9 seconds corresponding to a standard error in longitude of the eclipse path of ± 1.63°.

Acknowledgments

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

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