Path of the Total Solar Eclipse of -0770 May 16

Fred Espenak

Introduction

The following table delineates the path of the Moon's umbral shadow during the Total Solar Eclipse of -0770 May 16 . 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 -0770 May 16
UT1 Northern Limit Southern Limit Central Line M:S Sun Sun Path Central
Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Ratio Alt. Azm. Width Duration
Limits64°08.9'S128°15.0'W66°05.9'S124°42.3'W65°07.6'S126°34.5'W 1.061 - 273 km 03m32.3s
17:0255°37.8'S111°00.8'W64°04.4'S120°01.2'W58°49.3'S113°20.4'W 1.063 35° 277 km 03m57.3s
17:0453°26.2'S107°35.3'W59°15.6'S110°49.6'W56°03.1'S108°43.3'W 1.065 13° 30° 280 km 04m08.9s
17:0651°36.7'S104°56.5'W56°36.1'S106°33.5'W53°55.9'S105°31.1'W 1.066 16° 27° 282 km 04m18.0s
17:0850°01.0'S102°45.4'W54°31.9'S103°31.3'W52°09.0'S103°00.1'W 1.066 18° 24° 284 km 04m25.7s
17:1048°35.0'S100°52.8'W52°46.6'S101°06.5'W50°35.0'S100°54.3'W 1.067 20° 22° 286 km 04m32.6s
17:1247°16.2'S099°13.6'W51°13.8'S099°05.0'W49°10.3'S099°05.6'W 1.068 22° 20° 288 km 04m38.9s
17:1446°03.3'S097°44.5'W49°50.0'S097°19.6'W47°52.6'S097°29.5'W 1.068 24° 18° 290 km 04m44.7s
17:1644°55.0'S096°23.5'W48°33.0'S095°45.9'W46°40.5'S096°02.8'W 1.069 25° 16° 292 km 04m50.0s
17:1843°50.8'S095°08.9'W47°21.6'S094°21.4'W45°33.0'S094°43.7'W 1.069 27° 14° 294 km 04m55.0s
17:2042°49.9'S093°59.6'W46°14.7'S093°04.0'W44°29.4'S093°30.8'W 1.069 28° 12° 296 km 04m59.7s
17:2241°51.9'S092°54.7'W45°11.6'S091°52.4'W43°29.2'S092°22.8'W 1.070 29° 11° 298 km 05m04.2s
17:2440°56.6'S091°53.6'W44°11.9'S090°45.6'W42°31.9'S091°19.1'W 1.070 30° 301 km 05m08.4s
17:2640°03.6'S090°55.8'W43°15.1'S089°42.9'W41°37.1'S090°19.0'W 1.070 31° 303 km 05m12.3s
17:2839°12.7'S090°00.7'W42°20.9'S088°43.6'W40°44.7'S089°21.9'W 1.071 32° 305 km 05m16.1s
17:3038°23.7'S089°08.0'W41°28.9'S087°47.2'W39°54.3'S088°27.5'W 1.071 33° 307 km 05m19.6s
17:3237°36.4'S088°17.3'W40°39.0'S086°53.4'W39°05.8'S087°35.4'W 1.071 34° 309 km 05m23.0s
17:3436°50.7'S087°28.6'W39°51.0'S086°01.8'W38°19.1'S086°45.3'W 1.071 35° 312 km 05m26.1s
17:3636°06.5'S086°41.4'W39°04.8'S085°12.0'W37°34.0'S085°56.9'W 1.072 36° 360° 314 km 05m29.1s
17:3835°23.7'S085°55.7'W38°20.1'S084°23.9'W36°50.3'S085°10.0'W 1.072 36° 358° 316 km 05m31.9s
17:4034°42.2'S085°11.2'W37°37.0'S083°37.3'W36°08.0'S084°24.5'W 1.072 37° 357° 318 km 05m34.6s
17:4234°01.8'S084°27.8'W36°55.2'S082°52.0'W35°27.0'S083°40.2'W 1.072 38° 355° 321 km 05m37.0s
17:4433°22.7'S083°45.3'W36°14.7'S082°07.8'W34°47.3'S082°56.9'W 1.072 38° 354° 323 km 05m39.3s
17:4632°44.6'S083°03.7'W35°35.5'S081°24.5'W34°08.7'S082°14.5'W 1.072 39° 352° 326 km 05m41.5s
17:4832°07.6'S082°22.9'W34°57.4'S080°42.1'W33°31.1'S081°32.9'W 1.073 39° 351° 328 km 05m43.4s
17:5031°31.5'S081°42.6'W34°20.4'S080°00.4'W32°54.7'S080°52.0'W 1.073 40° 349° 330 km 05m45.3s
17:5230°56.4'S081°02.9'W33°44.5'S079°19.3'W32°19.2'S080°11.7'W 1.073 40° 348° 333 km 05m46.9s
17:5430°22.2'S080°23.7'W33°09.6'S078°38.8'W31°44.7'S079°31.8'W 1.073 40° 346° 335 km 05m48.4s
17:5629°48.9'S079°44.8'W32°35.6'S077°58.7'W31°11.0'S078°52.3'W 1.073 41° 345° 338 km 05m49.7s
17:5829°16.4'S079°06.2'W32°02.6'S077°18.9'W30°38.3'S078°13.2'W 1.073 41° 343° 340 km 05m50.9s
18:0028°44.7'S078°27.9'W31°30.5'S076°39.4'W30°06.5'S077°34.3'W 1.073 41° 342° 342 km 05m51.9s
18:0228°13.9'S077°49.7'W30°59.2'S076°00.1'W29°35.4'S076°55.6'W 1.073 41° 340° 345 km 05m52.8s
18:0427°43.8'S077°11.6'W30°28.8'S075°20.9'W29°05.2'S076°17.0'W 1.073 41° 338° 347 km 05m53.5s
18:0627°14.5'S076°33.5'W29°59.3'S074°41.8'W28°35.8'S075°38.4'W 1.073 41° 337° 349 km 05m54.0s
18:0826°45.9'S075°55.4'W29°30.5'S074°02.6'W28°07.2'S074°59.8'W 1.073 42° 335° 351 km 05m54.4s
18:1026°18.1'S075°17.2'W29°02.5'S073°23.4'W27°39.3'S074°21.1'W 1.073 41° 334° 353 km 05m54.5s
18:1225°51.1'S074°38.8'W28°35.4'S072°44.0'W27°12.2'S073°42.2'W 1.073 41° 332° 355 km 05m54.6s
18:1425°24.7'S074°00.2'W28°09.0'S072°04.3'W26°45.8'S073°03.1'W 1.073 41° 331° 357 km 05m54.4s
18:1624°59.1'S073°21.4'W27°43.3'S071°24.4'W26°20.2'S072°23.8'W 1.073 41° 329° 359 km 05m54.1s
18:1824°34.1'S072°42.2'W27°18.4'S070°44.1'W25°55.3'S071°44.1'W 1.073 41° 328° 361 km 05m53.6s
18:2024°09.9'S072°02.5'W26°54.3'S070°03.4'W25°31.2'S071°03.9'W 1.073 41° 326° 362 km 05m52.9s
18:2223°46.4'S071°22.5'W26°30.9'S069°22.1'W25°07.8'S070°23.3'W 1.073 40° 325° 364 km 05m52.1s
18:2423°23.6'S070°41.8'W26°08.3'S068°40.3'W24°45.1'S069°42.1'W 1.073 40° 324° 365 km 05m51.1s
18:2623°01.6'S070°00.6'W25°46.5'S067°57.8'W24°23.2'S069°00.3'W 1.073 40° 322° 366 km 05m49.9s
18:2822°40.3'S069°18.7'W25°25.5'S067°14.6'W24°02.0'S068°17.8'W 1.073 39° 321° 367 km 05m48.5s
18:3022°19.7'S068°36.0'W25°05.2'S066°30.5'W23°41.6'S067°34.4'W 1.073 39° 319° 368 km 05m46.9s
18:3221°59.9'S067°52.4'W24°45.7'S065°45.4'W23°21.9'S066°50.2'W 1.072 38° 318° 368 km 05m45.1s
18:3421°40.8'S067°07.9'W24°27.1'S064°59.3'W23°03.1'S066°05.0'W 1.072 38° 317° 368 km 05m43.2s
18:3621°22.6'S066°22.3'W24°09.3'S064°12.0'W22°45.1'S065°18.6'W 1.072 37° 315° 368 km 05m41.0s
18:3821°05.2'S065°35.6'W23°52.4'S063°23.5'W22°27.9'S064°31.0'W 1.072 37° 314° 367 km 05m38.7s
18:4020°48.6'S064°47.6'W23°36.3'S062°33.4'W22°11.6'S063°42.1'W 1.072 36° 313° 367 km 05m36.1s
18:4220°32.9'S063°58.2'W23°21.3'S061°41.8'W21°56.2'S062°51.7'W 1.072 35° 312° 366 km 05m33.3s
18:4420°18.2'S063°07.2'W23°07.2'S060°48.3'W21°41.8'S061°59.5'W 1.071 34° 310° 364 km 05m30.3s
18:4620°04.4'S062°14.4'W22°54.2'S059°52.8'W21°28.4'S061°05.5'W 1.071 34° 309° 362 km 05m27.1s
18:4819°51.6'S061°19.7'W22°42.3'S058°55.0'W21°16.1'S060°09.4'W 1.071 33° 308° 360 km 05m23.7s
18:5019°40.0'S060°22.8'W22°31.7'S057°54.6'W21°04.9'S059°10.9'W 1.071 32° 307° 358 km 05m20.0s
18:5219°29.5'S059°23.5'W22°22.4'S056°51.2'W20°54.9'S058°09.8'W 1.070 31° 306° 355 km 05m16.0s
18:5419°20.3'S058°21.4'W22°14.5'S055°44.4'W20°46.4'S057°05.6'W 1.070 29° 305° 352 km 05m11.8s
18:5619°12.5'S057°16.1'W22°08.2'S054°33.7'W20°39.3'S055°57.9'W 1.070 28° 304° 349 km 05m07.3s
18:5819°06.3'S056°07.2'W22°03.8'S053°18.3'W20°33.9'S054°46.1'W 1.069 27° 302° 345 km 05m02.5s
19:0019°01.8'S054°54.0'W22°01.5'S051°57.4'W20°30.4'S053°29.5'W 1.069 26° 301° 341 km 04m57.4s
19:0218°59.2'S053°35.8'W22°01.7'S050°29.7'W20°29.0'S052°07.1'W 1.068 24° 300° 336 km 04m51.8s
19:0418°59.0'S052°11.5'W22°04.9'S048°53.3'W20°30.3'S050°37.6'W 1.068 22° 299° 331 km 04m45.9s
19:0619°01.6'S050°39.8'W22°12.0'S047°05.9'W20°34.8'S048°59.2'W 1.067 21° 298° 325 km 04m39.4s
19:0819°07.5'S048°58.7'W22°24.2'S045°03.1'W20°43.3'S047°09.1'W 1.067 19° 297° 319 km 04m32.2s
19:1019°17.8'S047°05.1'W22°43.9'S042°37.2'W20°57.4'S045°02.7'W 1.066 16° 296° 313 km 04m24.2s
19:1219°34.0'S044°53.8'W23°16.3'S039°30.9'W21°19.5'S042°31.4'W 1.065 14° 294° 305 km 04m15.0s
19:1419°59.4'S042°15.0'W24°21.5'S034°38.9'W21°56.1'S039°15.2'W 1.064 10° 293° 296 km 04m03.7s
19:1620°41.7'S038°43.6'W - - 23°14.8'S033°43.7'W 1.062 290° 282 km 03m46.3s
Limits23°19.2'S028°59.6'W25°53.1'S029°06.4'W24°35.2'S029°03.1'W 1.061 - 273 km 03m33.1s

ΔT = 21322.1 seconds

Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration
Event Time
TD
Time
UT1
Latitude Longitude Sun
Altitude
Sun
Azimuth
Path Width Central
Duration
Greatest Eclipse00:03:29.618:08:07.528°05.4'S164°02.5'W 41.5° 335.3° 351.4 km05m54.37s
Greatest Duration00:06:38.718:11:16.627°21.9'S073°56.3'W 41.5° 332.9° 354.7 km05m54.58s

Explanation of Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration

Links for the Total Solar Eclipse of -0770 May 16

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Eclipse Predictions

Predictions for the Total Solar Eclipse of -0770 May 16 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 21322.1 seconds for this eclipse. The uncertainty in ΔT is 534.4 seconds corresponding to a standard error in longitude of the eclipse path of ± 2.23°.

Acknowledgments

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

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