Path of the Annular Solar Eclipse of -1987 May 01

Fred Espenak

Introduction

The following table delineates the path of the Moon's antumbral shadow during the Annular Solar Eclipse of -1987 May 01 . 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 -1987 May 01
UT1 Northern Limit Southern Limit Central Line M:S Sun Sun Path Central
Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Ratio Alt. Azm. Width Duration
Limits56°45.3'S050°07.4'W59°33.1'S049°28.8'W58°08.3'S049°49.8'W 0.936 - 309 km 04m41.9s
10:1453°29.4'S033°39.7'W - - 56°17.3'S039°47.1'W 0.937 65° 297 km 04m49.8s
10:1652°14.3'S028°53.2'W57°26.7'S038°27.3'W54°30.6'S032°11.1'W 0.938 11° 58° 287 km 04m57.0s
10:1851°11.0'S025°16.5'W55°36.2'S030°53.7'W53°13.5'S027°29.5'W 0.939 14° 54° 281 km 05m02.1s
10:2050°14.7'S022°19.0'W54°16.3'S026°12.4'W52°08.5'S023°55.2'W 0.940 17° 50° 277 km 05m06.4s
10:2249°23.2'S019°47.3'W53°09.0'S022°38.3'W51°10.7'S020°59.3'W 0.940 19° 47° 273 km 05m10.2s
10:2448°35.4'S017°34.3'W52°09.3'S019°42.8'W50°17.8'S018°28.9'W 0.941 21° 45° 270 km 05m13.6s
10:2647°50.3'S015°35.4'W51°14.9'S017°12.8'W49°28.7'S016°16.9'W 0.941 23° 42° 268 km 05m16.8s
10:2847°07.6'S013°47.7'W50°24.4'S015°01.2'W48°42.6'S014°18.9'W 0.942 24° 40° 265 km 05m19.7s
10:3046°26.9'S012°09.0'W49°37.0'S013°03.6'W47°58.9'S012°31.9'W 0.942 26° 38° 263 km 05m22.5s
10:3245°47.8'S010°38.0'W48°52.2'S011°17.1'W47°17.2'S010°54.0'W 0.942 27° 36° 262 km 05m25.2s
10:3445°10.2'S009°13.3'W48°09.6'S009°39.6'W46°37.4'S009°23.6'W 0.943 28° 34° 260 km 05m27.7s
10:3644°34.0'S007°54.1'W47°28.9'S008°09.6'W45°59.1'S007°59.5'W 0.943 30° 32° 259 km 05m30.2s
10:3843°58.9'S006°39.6'W46°49.8'S006°45.9'W45°22.1'S006°40.9'W 0.943 31° 31° 258 km 05m32.5s
10:4043°24.8'S005°29.3'W46°12.1'S005°27.6'W44°46.4'S005°26.9'W 0.943 32° 29° 256 km 05m34.7s
10:4242°51.8'S004°22.7'W45°35.8'S004°14.0'W44°11.8'S004°17.1'W 0.944 33° 27° 256 km 05m36.9s
10:4442°19.6'S003°19.3'W45°00.6'S003°04.5'W43°38.2'S003°10.8'W 0.944 34° 26° 255 km 05m39.0s
10:4641°48.2'S002°18.8'W44°26.4'S001°58.6'W43°05.6'S002°07.8'W 0.944 35° 24° 254 km 05m40.9s
10:4841°17.6'S001°20.9'W43°53.3'S000°55.9'W42°33.8'S001°07.7'W 0.944 36° 23° 253 km 05m42.9s
10:5040°47.7'S000°25.4'W43°21.1'S000°03.9'E42°02.8'S000°10.2'W 0.944 37° 21° 253 km 05m44.7s
10:5240°18.5'S000°27.9'E42°49.7'S001°01.2'E41°32.5'S000°45.1'E 0.945 38° 19° 253 km 05m46.5s
10:5439°49.9'S001°19.4'E42°19.0'S001°56.2'E41°03.0'S001°38.2'E 0.945 39° 18° 252 km 05m48.2s
10:5639°21.9'S002°09.1'E41°49.2'S002°49.1'E40°34.1'S002°29.4'E 0.945 39° 16° 252 km 05m49.8s
10:5838°54.4'S002°57.2'E41°20.0'S003°40.2'E40°05.8'S003°18.9'E 0.945 40° 15° 252 km 05m51.4s
11:0038°27.5'S003°43.8'E40°51.4'S004°29.5'E39°38.1'S004°06.8'E 0.945 41° 13° 252 km 05m52.9s
11:0238°01.1'S004°29.0'E40°23.5'S005°17.3'E39°11.0'S004°53.2'E 0.945 41° 12° 252 km 05m54.3s
11:0437°35.2'S005°13.1'E39°56.2'S006°03.6'E38°44.4'S005°38.4'E 0.945 42° 10° 252 km 05m55.7s
11:0637°09.7'S005°56.0'E39°29.4'S006°48.7'E38°18.3'S006°22.3'E 0.946 43° 252 km 05m57.0s
11:0836°44.7'S006°37.8'E39°03.1'S007°32.6'E37°52.7'S007°05.1'E 0.946 43° 252 km 05m58.3s
11:1036°20.1'S007°18.8'E38°37.4'S008°15.4'E37°27.5'S007°46.9'E 0.946 44° 253 km 05m59.5s
11:1235°55.9'S007°58.8'E38°12.2'S008°57.2'E37°02.8'S008°27.8'E 0.946 44° 253 km 06m00.6s
11:1435°32.1'S008°38.0'E37°47.4'S009°38.2'E36°38.6'S009°07.9'E 0.946 45° 254 km 06m01.7s
11:1635°08.7'S009°16.6'E37°23.1'S010°18.3'E36°14.7'S009°47.2'E 0.946 45° 254 km 06m02.7s
11:1834°45.6'S009°54.4'E36°59.2'S010°57.6'E35°51.3'S010°25.8'E 0.946 45° 359° 255 km 06m03.6s
11:2034°22.9'S010°31.7'E36°35.7'S011°36.3'E35°28.2'S011°03.7'E 0.946 46° 357° 255 km 06m04.5s
11:2234°00.6'S011°08.4'E36°12.7'S012°14.4'E35°05.5'S011°41.1'E 0.946 46° 356° 256 km 06m05.3s
11:2433°38.6'S011°44.6'E35°50.0'S012°51.9'E34°43.2'S012°17.9'E 0.946 46° 354° 256 km 06m06.1s
11:2633°16.9'S012°20.3'E35°27.7'S013°29.0'E34°21.3'S012°54.3'E 0.946 47° 352° 257 km 06m06.8s
11:2832°55.6'S012°55.7'E35°05.9'S014°05.6'E33°59.7'S013°30.2'E 0.946 47° 351° 258 km 06m07.4s
11:3032°34.6'S013°30.7'E34°44.3'S014°41.8'E33°38.4'S014°05.8'E 0.946 47° 349° 259 km 06m07.9s
11:3232°13.9'S014°05.3'E34°23.2'S015°17.6'E33°17.5'S014°41.0'E 0.946 47° 348° 260 km 06m08.4s
11:3431°53.5'S014°39.8'E34°02.4'S015°53.2'E32°56.9'S015°16.0'E 0.946 47° 346° 261 km 06m08.9s
11:3631°33.3'S015°14.0'E33°41.9'S016°28.5'E32°36.6'S015°50.8'E 0.946 47° 344° 262 km 06m09.2s
11:3831°13.5'S015°48.0'E33°21.8'S017°03.7'E32°16.6'S016°25.3'E 0.946 47° 343° 262 km 06m09.5s
11:4030°54.0'S016°21.9'E33°02.0'S017°38.6'E31°57.0'S016°59.7'E 0.946 47° 341° 264 km 06m09.7s
11:4230°34.8'S016°55.6'E32°42.5'S018°13.5'E31°37.7'S017°34.0'E 0.946 47° 339° 265 km 06m09.9s
11:4430°15.8'S017°29.3'E32°23.4'S018°48.3'E31°18.6'S018°08.2'E 0.946 47° 338° 266 km 06m10.0s
11:4629°57.1'S018°03.0'E32°04.6'S019°23.1'E30°59.9'S018°42.4'E 0.946 47° 336° 267 km 06m10.0s
11:4829°38.7'S018°36.7'E31°46.1'S019°57.9'E30°41.4'S019°16.7'E 0.946 47° 335° 268 km 06m09.9s
11:5029°20.6'S019°10.4'E31°27.9'S020°32.7'E30°23.3'S019°50.9'E 0.946 47° 333° 269 km 06m09.8s
11:5229°02.8'S019°44.2'E31°10.1'S021°07.6'E30°05.4'S020°25.3'E 0.946 47° 331° 270 km 06m09.6s
11:5428°45.2'S020°18.2'E30°52.5'S021°42.7'E29°47.9'S020°59.8'E 0.946 47° 330° 271 km 06m09.3s
11:5628°27.9'S020°52.3'E30°35.3'S022°18.0'E29°30.6'S021°34.4'E 0.946 47° 328° 272 km 06m08.9s
11:5828°10.9'S021°26.6'E30°18.4'S022°53.5'E29°13.7'S022°09.3'E 0.946 46° 327° 274 km 06m08.5s
12:0027°54.1'S022°01.1'E30°01.8'S023°29.2'E28°57.0'S022°44.4'E 0.946 46° 325° 275 km 06m08.0s
12:0227°37.7'S022°35.9'E29°45.5'S024°05.3'E28°40.6'S023°19.8'E 0.946 46° 324° 276 km 06m07.5s
12:0427°21.5'S023°11.1'E29°29.5'S024°41.8'E28°24.5'S023°55.6'E 0.946 45° 322° 277 km 06m06.8s
12:0627°05.6'S023°46.6'E29°13.9'S025°18.7'E28°08.7'S024°31.8'E 0.946 45° 321° 278 km 06m06.1s
12:0826°49.9'S024°22.6'E28°58.5'S025°56.0'E27°53.2'S025°08.4'E 0.946 44° 319° 279 km 06m05.3s
12:1026°34.6'S024°59.0'E28°43.5'S026°33.9'E27°38.1'S025°45.5'E 0.946 44° 318° 281 km 06m04.4s
12:1226°19.5'S025°36.0'E28°28.8'S027°12.4'E27°23.2'S026°23.2'E 0.946 43° 317° 282 km 06m03.4s
12:1426°04.8'S026°13.5'E28°14.5'S027°51.5'E27°08.6'S027°01.5'E 0.946 43° 315° 283 km 06m02.4s
12:1625°50.3'S026°51.7'E28°00.5'S028°31.4'E26°54.4'S027°40.5'E 0.945 42° 314° 284 km 06m01.3s
12:1825°36.1'S027°30.6'E27°46.9'S029°12.1'E26°40.5'S028°20.2'E 0.945 42° 313° 285 km 06m00.1s
12:2025°22.3'S028°10.2'E27°33.6'S029°53.6'E26°26.9'S029°00.7'E 0.945 41° 311° 286 km 05m58.8s
12:2225°08.8'S028°50.7'E27°20.7'S030°36.2'E26°13.7'S029°42.2'E 0.945 40° 310° 287 km 05m57.5s
12:2424°55.6'S029°32.2'E27°08.1'S031°19.8'E26°00.8'S030°24.6'E 0.945 40° 309° 288 km 05m56.0s
12:2624°42.8'S030°14.6'E26°56.0'S032°04.6'E25°48.3'S031°08.2'E 0.945 39° 308° 288 km 05m54.5s
12:2824°30.3'S030°58.2'E26°44.3'S032°50.6'E25°36.2'S031°52.9'E 0.945 38° 306° 289 km 05m52.9s
12:3024°18.1'S031°43.0'E26°33.0'S033°38.2'E25°24.5'S032°39.0'E 0.944 37° 305° 290 km 05m51.2s
12:3224°06.4'S032°29.1'E26°22.2'S034°27.3'E25°13.2'S033°26.5'E 0.944 37° 304° 291 km 05m49.4s
12:3423°55.1'S033°16.7'E26°11.9'S035°18.1'E25°02.4'S034°15.6'E 0.944 36° 303° 292 km 05m47.5s
12:3623°44.2'S034°06.0'E26°02.1'S036°11.0'E24°52.0'S035°06.5'E 0.944 35° 302° 292 km 05m45.5s
12:3823°33.8'S034°57.1'E25°52.9'S037°06.0'E24°42.1'S035°59.5'E 0.944 34° 301° 293 km 05m43.4s
12:4023°23.8'S035°50.2'E25°44.2'S038°03.5'E24°32.8'S036°54.6'E 0.943 33° 300° 293 km 05m41.3s
12:4223°14.4'S036°45.5'E25°36.2'S039°03.8'E24°24.0'S037°52.2'E 0.943 32° 298° 294 km 05m39.0s
12:4423°05.5'S037°43.4'E25°28.9'S040°07.4'E24°15.9'S038°52.7'E 0.943 30° 297° 294 km 05m36.6s
12:4622°57.3'S038°44.2'E25°22.4'S041°14.6'E24°08.5'S039°56.4'E 0.943 29° 296° 295 km 05m34.1s
12:4822°49.7'S039°48.3'E25°16.8'S042°26.2'E24°01.8'S041°03.9'E 0.942 28° 295° 295 km 05m31.4s
12:5022°42.9'S040°56.2'E25°12.3'S043°42.8'E23°56.0'S042°15.7'E 0.942 27° 294° 296 km 05m28.6s
12:5222°37.0'S042°08.5'E25°08.9'S045°05.7'E23°51.3'S043°32.6'E 0.942 25° 293° 296 km 05m25.7s
12:5422°32.0'S043°26.1'E25°07.0'S046°36.1'E23°47.6'S044°55.8'E 0.941 24° 292° 297 km 05m22.6s
12:5622°28.2'S044°50.0'E25°06.9'S048°16.3'E23°45.4'S046°26.7'E 0.941 22° 291° 297 km 05m19.3s
12:5822°25.7'S046°21.8'E25°09.1'S050°09.3'E23°45.0'S048°07.4'E 0.940 20° 290° 298 km 05m15.7s
13:0022°25.0'S048°03.5'E25°14.4'S052°20.6'E23°46.8'S050°01.0'E 0.940 18° 289° 299 km 05m11.8s
13:0222°26.5'S049°58.6'E25°24.7'S055°00.7'E23°51.7'S052°13.2'E 0.939 16° 287° 300 km 05m07.5s
13:0422°31.2'S052°12.8'E25°44.3'S058°36.5'E24°01.5'S054°54.5'E 0.939 13° 286° 301 km 05m02.5s
13:0622°40.6'S054°57.5'E26°50.9'S067°01.3'E24°20.4'S058°32.8'E 0.938 284° 303 km 04m56.3s
Limits24°07.3'S067°41.3'E27°01.1'S068°05.5'E25°33.2'S067°53.0'E 0.935 - 309 km 04m42.8s

ΔT = 46104.1 seconds

Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration
Event Time
TD
Time
UT1
Latitude Longitude Sun
Altitude
Sun
Azimuth
Path Width Central
Duration
Greatest Eclipse00:28:49.611:40:25.531°52.9'S175°30.6'W 47.5° 340.7° 263.7 km06m09.76s
Greatest Duration00:33:42.511:45:18.431°06.3'S018°30.6'E 47.4° 336.7° 266.3 km06m09.97s

Explanation of Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration

Links for the Annular Solar Eclipse of -1987 May 01

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Eclipse Predictions

Predictions for the Annular Solar Eclipse of -1987 May 01 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 46104.1 seconds for this eclipse. The uncertainty in ΔT is 3676.1 seconds corresponding to a standard error in longitude of the eclipse path of ± 15.36°.

Acknowledgments

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

Permission is granted to reproduce eclipse data when accompanied by a link to this page and an acknowledgment:

"Eclipse Predictions by Fred Espenak, EclipseWise.com"

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