Path of the Total Solar Eclipse of -0602 May 18

Fred Espenak

Introduction

The following table delineates the path of the Moon's umbral shadow during the Total Solar Eclipse of -0602 May 18 . 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 -0602 May 18
UT1 Northern Limit Southern Limit Central Line M:S Sun Sun Path Central
Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Ratio Alt. Azm. Width Duration
Limits02°30.4'N007°14.2'E00°36.6'N008°17.7'E01°33.3'N007°46.3'E 1.062 - 236 km 03m05.5s
05:2003°44.6'N010°46.4'E04°28.6'N018°30.8'E04°22.1'N015°24.2'E 1.065 73° 249 km 03m23.7s
05:2206°26.0'N017°16.2'E06°12.0'N022°10.0'E06°22.5'N019°52.6'E 1.067 14° 73° 258 km 03m36.1s
05:2408°07.6'N020°45.0'E07°36.5'N024°52.1'E07°54.0'N022°53.6'E 1.068 18° 74° 263 km 03m45.2s
05:2609°31.6'N023°22.0'E08°51.0'N027°04.7'E09°12.7'N025°16.8'E 1.069 21° 74° 268 km 03m52.9s
05:2810°45.9'N025°31.1'E09°58.9'N028°58.4'E10°23.5'N027°17.4'E 1.070 23° 75° 271 km 03m59.7s
05:3011°54.0'N027°22.4'E11°02.1'N030°38.9'E11°29.0'N029°02.8'E 1.070 26° 76° 274 km 04m05.9s
05:3212°57.5'N029°01.1'E12°01.8'N032°09.5'E12°30.4'N030°37.1'E 1.071 28° 76° 276 km 04m11.6s
05:3413°57.5'N030°30.2'E12°58.5'N033°32.4'E13°28.7'N032°02.9'E 1.072 30° 77° 279 km 04m17.0s
05:3614°54.7'N031°51.8'E13°52.9'N034°49.0'E14°24.5'N033°21.9'E 1.072 32° 78° 280 km 04m22.0s
05:3815°49.6'N033°07.5'E14°45.3'N036°00.5'E15°18.0'N034°35.3'E 1.073 34° 79° 282 km 04m26.8s
05:4016°42.5'N034°18.1'E15°36.0'N037°07.7'E16°09.8'N035°44.2'E 1.073 35° 79° 283 km 04m31.4s
05:4217°33.7'N035°24.7'E16°25.2'N038°11.3'E16°59.9'N036°49.2'E 1.074 37° 80° 284 km 04m35.8s
05:4418°23.4'N036°27.7'E17°13.0'N039°11.8'E17°48.7'N037°50.8'E 1.074 39° 81° 285 km 04m40.0s
05:4619°11.9'N037°27.7'E17°59.7'N040°09.5'E18°36.2'N038°49.6'E 1.074 40° 82° 286 km 04m44.0s
05:4819°59.1'N038°25.0'E18°45.2'N041°04.9'E19°22.6'N039°46.0'E 1.075 42° 83° 287 km 04m47.9s
05:5020°45.4'N039°20.2'E19°29.8'N041°58.2'E20°08.0'N040°40.2'E 1.075 43° 84° 287 km 04m51.6s
05:5221°30.6'N040°13.3'E20°13.5'N042°49.7'E20°52.5'N041°32.5'E 1.075 44° 85° 288 km 04m55.2s
05:5422°15.0'N041°04.7'E20°56.4'N043°39.7'E21°36.1'N042°23.1'E 1.076 46° 86° 288 km 04m58.6s
05:5622°58.6'N041°54.6'E21°38.6'N044°28.2'E22°18.9'N043°12.3'E 1.076 47° 87° 288 km 05m01.9s
05:5823°41.5'N042°43.1'E22°20.0'N045°15.5'E23°01.0'N044°00.2'E 1.076 48° 89° 288 km 05m05.1s
06:0024°23.6'N043°30.5'E23°00.7'N046°01.7'E23°42.5'N044°47.0'E 1.077 49° 90° 288 km 05m08.2s
06:0225°05.2'N044°16.8'E23°40.9'N046°46.9'E24°23.3'N045°32.8'E 1.077 50° 91° 288 km 05m11.2s
06:0425°46.1'N045°02.3'E24°20.4'N047°31.3'E25°03.5'N046°17.7'E 1.077 52° 93° 288 km 05m14.1s
06:0626°26.4'N045°47.0'E24°59.4'N048°14.9'E25°43.2'N047°01.8'E 1.077 53° 94° 288 km 05m16.8s
06:0827°06.2'N046°30.9'E25°37.9'N048°57.9'E26°22.3'N047°45.3'E 1.078 54° 96° 288 km 05m19.5s
06:1027°45.5'N047°14.4'E26°15.8'N049°40.4'E27°00.9'N048°28.2'E 1.078 55° 97° 288 km 05m22.1s
06:1228°24.4'N047°57.3'E26°53.3'N050°22.4'E27°39.1'N049°10.7'E 1.078 56° 99° 288 km 05m24.5s
06:1429°02.7'N048°39.9'E27°30.4'N051°04.0'E28°16.7'N049°52.8'E 1.078 57° 101° 287 km 05m26.9s
06:1629°40.6'N049°22.1'E28°06.9'N051°45.3'E28°54.0'N050°34.5'E 1.078 58° 103° 287 km 05m29.1s
06:1830°18.1'N050°04.1'E28°43.1'N052°26.3'E29°30.8'N051°16.0'E 1.078 58° 104° 287 km 05m31.3s
06:2030°55.2'N050°45.9'E29°18.9'N053°07.2'E30°07.2'N051°57.3'E 1.079 59° 106° 286 km 05m33.3s
06:2231°31.9'N051°27.6'E29°54.2'N053°47.9'E30°43.2'N052°38.6'E 1.079 60° 109° 286 km 05m35.2s
06:2432°08.2'N052°09.2'E30°29.2'N054°28.6'E31°18.8'N053°19.7'E 1.079 61° 111° 286 km 05m37.1s
06:2632°44.2'N052°50.9'E31°03.8'N055°09.2'E31°54.1'N054°00.9'E 1.079 61° 113° 285 km 05m38.8s
06:2833°19.7'N053°32.7'E31°38.0'N055°49.9'E32°29.0'N054°42.1'E 1.079 62° 115° 285 km 05m40.5s
06:3033°55.0'N054°14.6'E32°11.9'N056°30.8'E33°03.5'N055°23.5'E 1.079 63° 118° 284 km 05m42.0s
06:3234°29.8'N054°56.7'E32°45.4'N057°11.7'E33°37.7'N056°05.0'E 1.079 63° 121° 284 km 05m43.5s
06:3435°04.4'N055°39.0'E33°18.5'N057°52.9'E34°11.5'N056°46.8'E 1.079 64° 123° 284 km 05m44.8s
06:3635°38.6'N056°21.7'E33°51.3'N058°34.4'E34°45.0'N057°28.8'E 1.079 64° 126° 283 km 05m46.1s
06:3836°12.4'N057°04.7'E34°23.8'N059°16.1'E35°18.2'N058°11.2'E 1.079 65° 129° 283 km 05m47.2s
06:4036°46.0'N057°48.1'E34°56.0'N059°58.2'E35°51.0'N058°54.0'E 1.080 65° 132° 282 km 05m48.2s
06:4237°19.2'N058°32.1'E35°27.8'N060°40.7'E36°23.5'N059°37.2'E 1.080 66° 135° 282 km 05m49.2s
06:4437°52.0'N059°16.5'E35°59.2'N061°23.7'E36°55.7'N060°20.9'E 1.080 66° 138° 281 km 05m50.0s
06:4638°24.6'N060°01.5'E36°30.4'N062°07.1'E37°27.5'N061°05.1'E 1.080 66° 141° 281 km 05m50.7s
06:4838°56.8'N060°47.2'E37°01.2'N062°51.1'E37°59.0'N061°50.0'E 1.080 66° 145° 281 km 05m51.3s
06:5039°28.7'N061°33.6'E37°31.6'N063°35.8'E38°30.1'N062°35.4'E 1.080 66° 148° 280 km 05m51.8s
06:5240°00.2'N062°20.7'E38°01.7'N064°21.0'E39°00.9'N063°21.6'E 1.080 66° 151° 280 km 05m52.2s
06:5440°31.4'N063°08.6'E38°31.5'N065°07.0'E39°31.4'N064°08.5'E 1.080 66° 155° 279 km 05m52.5s
06:5641°02.3'N063°57.4'E39°00.9'N065°53.7'E40°01.5'N064°56.3'E 1.080 66° 158° 279 km 05m52.7s
06:5841°32.8'N064°47.1'E39°30.0'N066°41.2'E40°31.3'N065°44.9'E 1.080 66° 161° 278 km 05m52.8s
07:0042°02.9'N065°37.8'E39°58.7'N067°29.6'E41°00.7'N066°34.4'E 1.080 66° 165° 278 km 05m52.7s
07:0242°32.7'N066°29.5'E40°27.1'N068°18.8'E41°29.8'N067°24.9'E 1.080 66° 168° 277 km 05m52.5s
07:0443°02.1'N067°22.4'E40°55.1'N069°09.1'E41°58.4'N068°16.4'E 1.080 66° 171° 277 km 05m52.3s
07:0643°31.1'N068°16.5'E41°22.6'N070°00.4'E42°26.7'N069°09.1'E 1.080 65° 175° 276 km 05m51.9s
07:0843°59.7'N069°11.8'E41°49.8'N070°52.7'E42°54.6'N070°02.8'E 1.080 65° 178° 276 km 05m51.4s
07:1044°27.9'N070°08.4'E42°16.6'N071°46.2'E43°22.1'N070°57.9'E 1.079 64° 181° 276 km 05m50.7s
07:1244°55.6'N071°06.4'E42°43.0'N072°40.9'E43°49.1'N071°54.2'E 1.079 64° 184° 275 km 05m50.0s
07:1445°22.9'N072°05.9'E43°08.9'N073°36.9'E44°15.7'N072°51.9'E 1.079 63° 187° 275 km 05m49.1s
07:1645°49.7'N073°06.9'E43°34.4'N074°34.2'E44°41.8'N073°51.0'E 1.079 63° 190° 274 km 05m48.1s
07:1846°16.0'N074°09.6'E43°59.4'N075°33.0'E45°07.5'N074°51.7'E 1.079 62° 193° 274 km 05m47.0s
07:2046°41.8'N075°13.9'E44°24.0'N076°33.2'E45°32.6'N075°53.9'E 1.079 61° 196° 273 km 05m45.8s
07:2247°07.0'N076°20.1'E44°48.0'N077°34.9'E45°57.2'N076°57.8'E 1.079 61° 199° 273 km 05m44.4s
07:2447°31.7'N077°28.2'E45°11.5'N078°38.3'E46°21.3'N078°03.4'E 1.079 60° 201° 272 km 05m42.9s
07:2647°55.8'N078°38.2'E45°34.4'N079°43.4'E46°44.8'N079°10.9'E 1.079 59° 204° 272 km 05m41.3s
07:2848°19.2'N079°50.4'E45°56.7'N080°50.3'E47°07.7'N080°20.4'E 1.079 58° 207° 271 km 05m39.6s
07:3048°42.0'N081°04.7'E46°18.5'N081°59.1'E47°29.9'N081°31.8'E 1.078 58° 209° 271 km 05m37.7s
07:3249°04.1'N082°21.3'E46°39.6'N083°09.9'E47°51.5'N082°45.4'E 1.078 57° 212° 270 km 05m35.7s
07:3449°25.4'N083°40.4'E47°00.0'N084°22.7'E48°12.3'N084°01.3'E 1.078 56° 214° 270 km 05m33.6s
07:3649°45.9'N085°01.9'E47°19.7'N085°37.8'E48°32.4'N085°19.4'E 1.078 55° 217° 269 km 05m31.3s
07:3850°05.5'N086°26.2'E47°38.6'N086°55.1'E48°51.7'N086°40.1'E 1.078 54° 219° 269 km 05m28.9s
07:4050°24.3'N087°53.2'E47°56.8'N088°14.9'E49°10.2'N088°03.3'E 1.077 53° 222° 268 km 05m26.4s
07:4250°42.0'N089°23.1'E48°14.0'N089°37.2'E49°27.7'N089°29.3'E 1.077 52° 224° 268 km 05m23.7s
07:4450°58.8'N090°56.2'E48°30.4'N091°02.1'E49°44.2'N090°58.1'E 1.077 50° 227° 267 km 05m20.9s
07:4651°14.4'N092°32.5'E48°45.8'N092°29.9'E49°59.7'N092°30.0'E 1.077 49° 229° 267 km 05m17.9s
07:4851°28.8'N094°12.2'E49°00.1'N094°00.7'E50°14.1'N094°05.0'E 1.076 48° 231° 266 km 05m14.8s
07:5051°41.9'N095°55.5'E49°13.3'N095°34.6'E50°27.3'N095°43.4'E 1.076 47° 234° 266 km 05m11.5s
07:5251°53.6'N097°42.6'E49°25.3'N097°11.8'E50°39.2'N097°25.4'E 1.076 46° 236° 265 km 05m08.1s
07:5452°03.8'N099°33.8'E49°36.1'N098°52.6'E50°49.7'N099°11.1'E 1.076 44° 238° 265 km 05m04.5s
07:5652°12.4'N101°29.3'E49°45.4'N100°37.1'E50°58.6'N101°00.9'E 1.075 43° 241° 264 km 05m00.8s
07:5852°19.1'N103°29.4'E49°53.2'N102°25.7'E51°06.0'N102°55.0'E 1.075 42° 243° 263 km 04m56.9s
08:0052°23.9'N105°34.4'E49°59.3'N104°18.6'E51°11.5'N104°53.7'E 1.075 40° 246° 263 km 04m52.8s
08:0252°26.6'N107°44.8'E50°03.6'N106°16.2'E51°15.0'N106°57.4'E 1.074 39° 248° 262 km 04m48.5s
08:0452°26.8'N110°01.0'E50°05.9'N108°18.9'E51°16.4'N109°06.5'E 1.074 37° 251° 261 km 04m44.0s
08:0652°24.4'N112°23.5'E50°06.0'N110°27.2'E51°15.3'N111°21.6'E 1.073 36° 253° 260 km 04m39.3s
08:0852°19.0'N114°53.2'E50°03.6'N112°41.7'E51°11.5'N113°43.4'E 1.073 34° 256° 260 km 04m34.4s
08:1052°10.1'N117°31.0'E49°58.4'N115°03.2'E51°04.6'N116°12.6'E 1.072 32° 258° 259 km 04m29.2s
08:1251°57.3'N120°18.1'E49°50.0'N117°32.6'E50°54.2'N118°50.4'E 1.072 30° 261° 258 km 04m23.7s
08:1451°39.8'N123°16.1'E49°37.9'N120°11.2'E50°39.6'N121°38.3'E 1.071 28° 264° 257 km 04m17.9s
08:1651°16.6'N126°27.6'E49°21.3'N123°00.8'E50°20.0'N124°38.2'E 1.071 26° 267° 256 km 04m11.7s
08:1850°46.2'N129°56.4'E48°59.4'N126°04.0'E49°54.2'N127°53.4'E 1.070 23° 270° 254 km 04m05.0s
08:2050°06.3'N133°48.5'E48°30.6'N129°24.7'E49°20.4'N131°28.5'E 1.069 21° 273° 253 km 03m57.6s
08:2249°12.6'N138°16.0'E47°52.5'N133°09.4'E48°35.4'N135°32.4'E 1.068 18° 277° 251 km 03m49.3s
08:2447°54.6'N143°47.2'E47°00.8'N137°30.9'E47°32.9'N140°23.1'E 1.067 14° 281° 248 km 03m39.6s
08:2645°26.4'N152°33.8'E45°44.7'N143°00.1'E45°53.5'N146°55.8'E 1.065 286° 245 km 03m26.8s
Limits43°20.6'N158°59.8'E41°31.8'N157°25.5'E42°26.1'N158°11.8'E 1.062 - 237 km 03m06.0s

ΔT = 18642.0 seconds

Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration
Event Time
TD
Time
UT1
Latitude Longitude Sun
Altitude
Sun
Azimuth
Path Width Central
Duration
Greatest Eclipse12:03:52.706:53:10.639°18.9'N014°04.1'W 66.5° 153.3° 279.4 km05m52.41s
Greatest Duration12:08:49.306:58:07.340°33.1'N065°47.9'E 66.3° 161.6° 278.2 km05m52.75s

Explanation of Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration

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Eclipse Predictions

Predictions for the Total Solar Eclipse of -0602 May 18 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 18642.0 seconds for this eclipse. The uncertainty in ΔT is 469.1 seconds corresponding to a standard error in longitude of the eclipse path of ± 1.96°.

Acknowledgments

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

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"Eclipse Predictions by Fred Espenak, EclipseWise.com"

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