Path of the Annular Solar Eclipse of -0537 May 20

Fred Espenak

Introduction

The following table delineates the path of the Moon's antumbral shadow during the Annular Solar Eclipse of -0537 May 20 . 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 .

Annular Solar Eclipse of -0537 May 20
UT1 Northern Limit Southern Limit Central Line M:S Sun Sun Path Central
Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Ratio Alt. Azm. Width Duration
Limits30°31.2'S072°14.4'E32°01.4'S072°43.7'E31°16.2'S072°29.0'E 0.954 - 172 km 03m11.2s
01:5026°40.2'S082°42.5'E28°48.3'S081°22.1'E27°41.7'S082°08.0'E 0.957 63° 161 km 03m15.6s
01:5225°05.3'S086°30.8'E26°53.4'S085°57.6'E25°58.2'S086°16.2'E 0.958 14° 61° 156 km 03m17.9s
01:5423°51.2'S089°19.3'E25°30.2'S089°04.6'E24°39.9'S089°13.0'E 0.959 17° 60° 153 km 03m19.7s
01:5622°48.2'S091°36.6'E24°21.5'S091°32.1'E23°34.3'S091°35.1'E 0.960 20° 58° 150 km 03m21.3s
01:5821°52.5'S093°34.0'E23°21.6'S093°36.1'E22°36.6'S093°35.6'E 0.960 23° 57° 147 km 03m22.8s
02:0021°02.0'S095°17.4'E22°27.9'S095°24.1'E21°44.6'S095°21.2'E 0.961 25° 56° 145 km 03m24.1s
02:0220°15.6'S096°50.3'E21°38.8'S097°00.3'E20°56.9'S096°55.6'E 0.961 27° 55° 143 km 03m25.4s
02:0419°32.4'S098°14.8'E20°53.4'S098°27.4'E20°12.6'S098°21.4'E 0.962 29° 54° 141 km 03m26.7s
02:0618°51.9'S099°32.6'E20°11.0'S099°47.2'E19°31.2'S099°40.2'E 0.962 31° 53° 140 km 03m27.9s
02:0818°13.7'S100°44.9'E19°31.1'S101°01.1'E18°52.2'S100°53.2'E 0.963 32° 53° 138 km 03m29.0s
02:1017°37.4'S101°52.5'E18°53.4'S102°10.0'E18°15.2'S102°01.4'E 0.963 34° 52° 137 km 03m30.2s
02:1217°02.9'S102°56.1'E18°17.6'S103°14.7'E17°40.0'S103°05.5'E 0.963 35° 51° 136 km 03m31.2s
02:1416°29.9'S103°56.2'E17°43.4'S104°15.6'E17°06.4'S104°06.0'E 0.964 37° 50° 135 km 03m32.3s
02:1615°58.2'S104°53.3'E17°10.7'S105°13.4'E16°34.3'S105°03.4'E 0.964 38° 49° 133 km 03m33.4s
02:1815°27.9'S105°47.7'E16°39.3'S106°08.4'E16°03.4'S105°58.1'E 0.964 40° 49° 132 km 03m34.4s
02:2014°58.6'S106°39.7'E16°09.2'S107°00.9'E15°33.7'S106°50.3'E 0.965 41° 48° 131 km 03m35.4s
02:2214°30.4'S107°29.5'E15°40.2'S107°51.1'E15°05.1'S107°40.4'E 0.965 42° 47° 131 km 03m36.4s
02:2414°03.2'S108°17.5'E15°12.2'S108°39.4'E14°37.5'S108°28.5'E 0.965 43° 46° 130 km 03m37.3s
02:2613°36.8'S109°03.7'E14°45.2'S109°25.9'E14°10.9'S109°14.8'E 0.965 45° 45° 129 km 03m38.3s
02:2813°11.3'S109°48.3'E14°19.1'S110°10.7'E13°45.1'S109°59.6'E 0.966 46° 44° 128 km 03m39.2s
02:3012°46.6'S110°31.5'E13°53.8'S110°54.1'E13°20.1'S110°42.8'E 0.966 47° 44° 127 km 03m40.1s
02:3212°22.7'S111°13.4'E13°29.3'S111°36.1'E12°55.8'S111°24.8'E 0.966 48° 43° 127 km 03m41.0s
02:3411°59.4'S111°54.1'E13°05.6'S112°16.9'E12°32.3'S112°05.5'E 0.966 49° 42° 126 km 03m41.9s
02:3611°36.8'S112°33.7'E12°42.5'S112°56.6'E12°09.5'S112°45.2'E 0.966 50° 41° 126 km 03m42.8s
02:3811°14.9'S113°12.3'E12°20.2'S113°35.2'E11°47.4'S113°23.8'E 0.967 51° 40° 125 km 03m43.6s
02:4010°53.5'S113°50.0'E11°58.5'S114°12.9'E11°25.9'S114°01.5'E 0.967 52° 39° 125 km 03m44.4s
02:4210°32.8'S114°26.8'E11°37.4'S114°49.8'E11°04.9'S114°38.3'E 0.967 53° 38° 124 km 03m45.2s
02:4410°12.6'S115°02.9'E11°16.8'S115°25.8'E10°44.6'S115°14.3'E 0.967 54° 37° 124 km 03m46.0s
02:4609°52.9'S115°38.2'E10°56.9'S116°01.0'E10°24.8'S115°49.6'E 0.967 55° 35° 123 km 03m46.8s
02:4809°33.7'S116°12.8'E10°37.5'S116°35.6'E10°05.5'S116°24.2'E 0.967 56° 34° 123 km 03m47.6s
02:5009°15.1'S116°46.9'E10°18.6'S117°09.6'E09°46.7'S116°58.2'E 0.968 56° 33° 123 km 03m48.3s
02:5208°56.9'S117°20.3'E10°00.2'S117°43.0'E09°28.4'S117°31.7'E 0.968 57° 32° 122 km 03m49.0s
02:5408°39.3'S117°53.3'E09°42.3'S118°15.8'E09°10.7'S118°04.6'E 0.968 58° 30° 122 km 03m49.7s
02:5608°22.0'S118°25.7'E09°24.9'S118°48.2'E08°53.3'S118°37.0'E 0.968 59° 29° 122 km 03m50.4s
02:5808°05.2'S118°57.8'E09°08.0'S119°20.1'E08°36.5'S119°08.9'E 0.968 60° 28° 121 km 03m51.1s
03:0007°48.9'S119°29.4'E08°51.5'S119°51.6'E08°20.1'S119°40.5'E 0.968 60° 26° 121 km 03m51.7s
03:0207°33.0'S120°00.6'E08°35.5'S120°22.7'E08°04.1'S120°11.7'E 0.968 61° 25° 121 km 03m52.3s
03:0407°17.5'S120°31.5'E08°19.9'S120°53.5'E07°48.5'S120°42.5'E 0.968 62° 23° 121 km 03m52.9s
03:0607°02.4'S121°02.1'E08°04.7'S121°23.9'E07°33.4'S121°13.0'E 0.968 62° 21° 121 km 03m53.4s
03:0806°47.7'S121°32.5'E07°50.0'S121°54.1'E07°18.7'S121°43.3'E 0.968 63° 19° 121 km 03m54.0s
03:1006°33.4'S122°02.5'E07°35.6'S122°24.0'E07°04.3'S122°13.3'E 0.969 63° 18° 121 km 03m54.5s
03:1206°19.4'S122°32.4'E07°21.7'S122°53.7'E06°50.4'S122°43.0'E 0.969 64° 16° 121 km 03m55.0s
03:1406°05.9'S123°02.0'E07°08.1'S123°23.1'E06°36.9'S123°12.6'E 0.969 64° 14° 120 km 03m55.4s
03:1605°52.7'S123°31.5'E06°54.9'S123°52.4'E06°23.7'S123°42.0'E 0.969 65° 12° 120 km 03m55.9s
03:1805°39.9'S124°00.8'E06°42.2'S124°21.6'E06°10.9'S124°11.2'E 0.969 65° 10° 120 km 03m56.3s
03:2005°27.5'S124°30.0'E06°29.8'S124°50.6'E05°58.5'S124°40.3'E 0.969 65° 120 km 03m56.6s
03:2205°15.5'S124°59.1'E06°17.8'S125°19.5'E05°46.5'S125°09.3'E 0.969 66° 120 km 03m57.0s
03:2405°03.8'S125°28.1'E06°06.1'S125°48.3'E05°34.8'S125°38.2'E 0.969 66° 121 km 03m57.3s
03:2604°52.4'S125°57.1'E05°54.9'S126°17.1'E05°23.5'S126°07.1'E 0.969 66° 121 km 03m57.5s
03:2804°41.5'S126°26.0'E05°44.0'S126°45.8'E05°12.6'S126°35.9'E 0.969 66° 358° 121 km 03m57.8s
03:3004°30.9'S126°54.9'E05°33.4'S127°14.4'E05°02.0'S127°04.7'E 0.969 67° 356° 121 km 03m58.0s
03:3204°20.6'S127°23.8'E05°23.3'S127°43.1'E04°51.8'S127°33.5'E 0.969 67° 354° 121 km 03m58.1s
03:3404°10.7'S127°52.7'E05°13.5'S128°11.8'E04°41.9'S128°02.3'E 0.969 67° 351° 121 km 03m58.3s
03:3604°01.1'S128°21.7'E05°04.0'S128°40.6'E04°32.4'S128°31.1'E 0.969 67° 349° 121 km 03m58.4s
03:3803°51.9'S128°50.7'E04°54.9'S129°09.4'E04°23.3'S129°00.0'E 0.969 67° 347° 121 km 03m58.4s
03:4003°43.1'S129°19.8'E04°46.2'S129°38.2'E04°14.5'S129°29.0'E 0.969 67° 344° 121 km 03m58.5s
03:4203°34.6'S129°49.0'E04°37.9'S130°07.2'E04°06.1'S129°58.1'E 0.969 66° 342° 121 km 03m58.4s
03:4403°26.4'S130°18.3'E04°29.9'S130°36.3'E03°58.0'S130°27.3'E 0.969 66° 340° 122 km 03m58.4s
03:4603°18.6'S130°47.8'E04°22.3'S131°05.5'E03°50.3'S130°56.7'E 0.969 66° 337° 122 km 03m58.3s
03:4803°11.2'S131°17.4'E04°15.0'S131°34.9'E03°43.0'S131°26.2'E 0.969 66° 335° 122 km 03m58.2s
03:5003°04.1'S131°47.2'E04°08.2'S132°04.5'E03°36.0'S131°55.9'E 0.969 65° 333° 122 km 03m58.0s
03:5202°57.4'S132°17.2'E04°01.7'S132°34.3'E03°29.4'S132°25.8'E 0.969 65° 331° 122 km 03m57.8s
03:5402°51.1'S132°47.5'E03°55.5'S133°04.3'E03°23.2'S132°55.9'E 0.969 65° 329° 123 km 03m57.5s
03:5602°45.1'S133°18.0'E03°49.8'S133°34.5'E03°17.3'S133°26.2'E 0.969 64° 327° 123 km 03m57.3s
03:5802°39.5'S133°48.7'E03°44.4'S134°05.1'E03°11.8'S133°56.9'E 0.969 64° 325° 123 km 03m56.9s
04:0002°34.3'S134°19.8'E03°39.5'S134°35.9'E03°06.7'S134°27.8'E 0.969 63° 323° 123 km 03m56.6s
04:0202°29.5'S134°51.2'E03°34.9'S135°07.0'E03°02.0'S134°59.1'E 0.969 63° 322° 123 km 03m56.2s
04:0402°25.0'S135°22.9'E03°30.7'S135°38.5'E02°57.7'S135°30.7'E 0.969 62° 320° 124 km 03m55.7s
04:0602°21.0'S135°55.0'E03°26.9'S136°10.4'E02°53.8'S136°02.7'E 0.969 61° 318° 124 km 03m55.2s
04:0802°17.4'S136°27.5'E03°23.6'S136°42.7'E02°50.3'S136°35.1'E 0.968 61° 317° 124 km 03m54.7s
04:1002°14.1'S137°00.4'E03°20.6'S137°15.4'E02°47.2'S137°07.9'E 0.968 60° 316° 124 km 03m54.2s
04:1202°11.3'S137°33.8'E03°18.1'S137°48.6'E02°44.6'S137°41.2'E 0.968 59° 314° 125 km 03m53.6s
04:1402°08.9'S138°07.7'E03°16.0'S138°22.2'E02°42.3'S138°14.9'E 0.968 58° 313° 125 km 03m52.9s
04:1602°07.0'S138°42.1'E03°14.4'S138°56.4'E02°40.6'S138°49.3'E 0.968 58° 312° 125 km 03m52.3s
04:1802°05.5'S139°17.1'E03°13.3'S139°31.2'E02°39.2'S139°24.1'E 0.968 57° 310° 126 km 03m51.6s
04:2002°04.5'S139°52.7'E03°12.6'S140°06.6'E02°38.4'S139°59.6'E 0.968 56° 309° 126 km 03m50.8s
04:2202°03.9'S140°29.0'E03°12.4'S140°42.7'E02°38.0'S140°35.8'E 0.968 55° 308° 126 km 03m50.0s
04:2402°03.8'S141°05.9'E03°12.7'S141°19.4'E02°38.1'S141°12.6'E 0.968 54° 307° 127 km 03m49.2s
04:2602°04.3'S141°43.6'E03°13.6'S141°57.0'E02°38.8'S141°50.2'E 0.968 53° 306° 127 km 03m48.4s
04:2802°05.2'S142°22.1'E03°14.9'S142°35.3'E02°39.9'S142°28.6'E 0.967 53° 305° 127 km 03m47.5s
04:3002°06.7'S143°01.4'E03°16.9'S143°14.5'E02°41.6'S143°07.9'E 0.967 52° 304° 128 km 03m46.6s
04:3202°08.8'S143°41.7'E03°19.4'S143°54.6'E02°43.9'S143°48.1'E 0.967 51° 304° 128 km 03m45.6s
04:3402°11.5'S144°22.9'E03°22.5'S144°35.8'E02°46.8'S144°29.3'E 0.967 50° 303° 129 km 03m44.6s
04:3602°14.7'S145°05.3'E03°26.3'S145°18.0'E02°50.3'S145°11.6'E 0.967 49° 302° 129 km 03m43.6s
04:3802°18.6'S145°48.7'E03°30.7'S146°01.5'E02°54.5'S145°55.0'E 0.967 47° 301° 130 km 03m42.6s
04:4002°23.2'S146°33.5'E03°35.8'S146°46.2'E02°59.4'S146°39.7'E 0.966 46° 301° 130 km 03m41.5s
04:4202°28.5'S147°19.6'E03°41.7'S147°32.2'E03°05.0'S147°25.8'E 0.966 45° 300° 131 km 03m40.4s
04:4402°34.6'S148°07.1'E03°48.4'S148°19.9'E03°11.3'S148°13.4'E 0.966 44° 299° 131 km 03m39.2s
04:4602°41.5'S148°56.3'E03°55.9'S149°09.1'E03°18.5'S149°02.6'E 0.966 43° 299° 132 km 03m38.1s
04:4802°49.2'S149°47.3'E04°04.3'S150°00.2'E03°26.6'S149°53.7'E 0.965 42° 298° 133 km 03m36.9s
04:5002°57.8'S150°40.2'E04°13.7'S150°53.4'E03°35.6'S150°46.7'E 0.965 40° 298° 134 km 03m35.6s
04:5203°07.5'S151°35.3'E04°24.2'S151°48.7'E03°45.6'S151°41.9'E 0.965 39° 297° 134 km 03m34.4s
04:5403°18.2'S152°32.8'E04°35.8'S152°46.6'E03°56.8'S152°39.6'E 0.965 38° 297° 135 km 03m33.1s
04:5603°30.1'S153°33.0'E04°48.6'S153°47.3'E04°09.2'S153°40.0'E 0.964 36° 296° 136 km 03m31.8s
04:5803°43.4'S154°36.3'E05°02.8'S154°51.2'E04°22.9'S154°43.6'E 0.964 35° 296° 137 km 03m30.4s
05:0003°58.0'S155°43.1'E05°18.7'S155°58.8'E04°38.1'S155°50.7'E 0.964 33° 295° 138 km 03m29.0s
05:0204°14.4'S156°53.9'E05°36.2'S157°10.6'E04°55.1'S157°02.0'E 0.963 31° 295° 139 km 03m27.5s
05:0404°32.6'S158°09.5'E05°55.9'S158°27.5'E05°14.0'S158°18.2'E 0.963 30° 295° 141 km 03m26.1s
05:0604°53.1'S159°30.6'E06°17.9'S159°50.4'E05°35.2'S159°40.2'E 0.963 28° 294° 142 km 03m24.5s
05:0805°16.1'S160°58.6'E06°42.9'S161°20.6'E05°59.2'S161°09.2'E 0.962 26° 294° 143 km 03m22.9s
05:1005°42.3'S162°35.2'E07°11.4'S163°00.2'E06°26.5'S162°47.2'E 0.962 24° 293° 145 km 03m21.2s
05:1206°12.6'S164°22.7'E07°44.5'S164°52.1'E06°58.1'S164°36.8'E 0.961 21° 293° 147 km 03m19.5s
05:1406°48.3'S166°25.3'E08°24.0'S167°01.3'E07°35.6'S166°42.5'E 0.960 19° 292° 149 km 03m17.6s
05:1607°31.8'S168°50.1'E09°13.0'S169°37.0'E08°21.7'S169°12.2'E 0.960 16° 292° 152 km 03m15.5s
05:1808°28.2'S171°52.2'E10°19.4'S173°01.9'E09°22.6'S172°24.4'E 0.959 12° 291° 156 km 03m13.0s
05:2009°54.2'S176°21.9'E12°22.8'S179°11.6'E11°02.3'S177°30.1'E 0.957 290° 161 km 03m09.7s
Limits12°14.8'S176°28.1'W13°44.5'S176°47.5'W12°59.6'S176°37.9'W 0.955 - 168 km 03m06.5s

ΔT = 17653.3 seconds

Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration
Event Time
TD
Time
UT1
Latitude Longitude Sun
Altitude
Sun
Azimuth
Path Width Central
Duration
Greatest Eclipse08:28:41.603:34:28.304°39.7'S054°23.7'E 66.7° 350.8° 120.9 km03m58.30s
Greatest Duration08:34:28.103:40:14.804°13.4'S129°32.6'E 66.5° 344.0° 121.3 km03m58.45s

Explanation of Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration

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Eclipse Predictions

Predictions for the Annular Solar Eclipse of -0537 May 20 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 17653.3 seconds for this eclipse. The uncertainty in ΔT is 444.3 seconds corresponding to a standard error in longitude of the eclipse path of ± 1.86°.

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