Path of the Total Solar Eclipse of 0254 May 04

Fred Espenak

Introduction

The following table delineates the path of the Moon's umbral shadow during the Total Solar Eclipse of 0254 May 04 . 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 0254 May 04
UT1 Northern Limit Southern Limit Central Line M:S Sun Sun Path Central
Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Ratio Alt. Azm. Width Duration
Limits51°24.2'S017°14.7'E51°53.4'S017°31.2'E51°38.8'S017°22.9'E 1.015 - 57 km 00m56.0s
06:1046°45.1'S029°57.9'E47°56.3'S028°48.1'E47°20.0'S029°25.5'E 1.018 55° 66 km 01m10.6s
06:1244°28.9'S034°52.8'E45°30.0'S034°21.5'E44°59.2'S034°38.2'E 1.019 14° 50° 71 km 01m18.5s
06:1442°42.5'S038°18.9'E43°39.7'S038°03.7'E43°10.9'S038°11.9'E 1.020 17° 47° 74 km 01m24.5s
06:1641°11.3'S041°01.4'E42°06.4'S040°55.8'E41°38.7'S040°59.0'E 1.021 20° 45° 76 km 01m29.7s
06:1839°49.9'S043°17.0'E40°43.6'S043°18.0'E40°16.6'S043°17.9'E 1.022 22° 43° 79 km 01m34.4s
06:2038°35.5'S045°14.1'E39°28.1'S045°20.0'E39°01.7'S045°17.3'E 1.022 25° 41° 81 km 01m38.6s
06:2237°26.4'S046°57.4'E38°18.3'S047°07.3'E37°52.3'S047°02.6'E 1.023 27° 39° 82 km 01m42.5s
06:2436°21.7'S048°30.2'E37°13.0'S048°43.2'E36°47.2'S048°36.9'E 1.023 28° 38° 84 km 01m46.2s
06:2635°20.5'S049°54.5'E36°11.3'S050°10.2'E35°45.8'S050°02.5'E 1.024 30° 36° 86 km 01m49.7s
06:2834°22.3'S051°11.9'E35°12.8'S051°29.8'E34°47.4'S051°21.0'E 1.024 32° 35° 87 km 01m53.0s
06:3033°26.7'S052°23.5'E34°16.8'S052°43.4'E33°51.7'S052°33.6'E 1.025 33° 33° 89 km 01m56.1s
06:3232°33.4'S053°30.2'E33°23.2'S053°51.8'E32°58.2'S053°41.2'E 1.025 35° 32° 90 km 01m59.1s
06:3431°42.0'S054°32.8'E32°31.6'S054°55.8'E32°06.7'S054°44.4'E 1.025 36° 31° 91 km 02m02.0s
06:3630°52.5'S055°31.6'E31°41.9'S055°56.0'E31°17.1'S055°43.9'E 1.026 38° 29° 92 km 02m04.8s
06:3830°04.6'S056°27.3'E30°53.8'S056°52.9'E30°29.1'S056°40.2'E 1.026 39° 28° 93 km 02m07.4s
06:4029°18.1'S057°20.2'E30°07.2'S057°46.9'E29°42.5'S057°33.6'E 1.026 40° 27° 94 km 02m10.0s
06:4228°33.0'S058°10.6'E29°21.9'S058°38.2'E28°57.4'S058°24.5'E 1.026 41° 26° 95 km 02m12.4s
06:4427°49.1'S058°58.8'E28°38.0'S059°27.3'E28°13.4'S059°13.1'E 1.027 43° 24° 96 km 02m14.8s
06:4627°06.4'S059°45.0'E27°55.2'S060°14.3'E27°30.7'S059°59.8'E 1.027 44° 23° 97 km 02m17.0s
06:4826°24.7'S060°29.4'E27°13.5'S060°59.5'E26°49.0'S060°44.6'E 1.027 45° 22° 98 km 02m19.2s
06:5025°44.1'S061°12.3'E26°32.8'S061°43.1'E26°08.3'S061°27.7'E 1.027 46° 20° 99 km 02m21.3s
06:5225°04.4'S061°53.7'E25°53.0'S062°25.1'E25°28.6'S062°09.5'E 1.027 47° 19° 100 km 02m23.3s
06:5424°25.6'S062°33.8'E25°14.2'S063°05.8'E24°49.8'S062°49.8'E 1.028 48° 18° 101 km 02m25.2s
06:5623°47.6'S063°12.7'E24°36.2'S063°45.2'E24°11.8'S063°29.0'E 1.028 49° 16° 102 km 02m27.1s
06:5823°10.4'S063°50.5'E23°59.0'S064°23.5'E23°34.6'S064°07.1'E 1.028 49° 15° 102 km 02m28.8s
07:0022°34.0'S064°27.4'E23°22.6'S065°00.9'E22°58.2'S064°44.2'E 1.028 50° 13° 103 km 02m30.5s
07:0221°58.2'S065°03.4'E22°46.9'S065°37.3'E22°22.5'S065°20.4'E 1.028 51° 12° 104 km 02m32.1s
07:0421°23.2'S065°38.6'E22°11.9'S066°12.9'E21°47.5'S065°55.8'E 1.028 52° 10° 105 km 02m33.7s
07:0620°48.9'S066°13.1'E21°37.6'S066°47.7'E21°13.2'S066°30.4'E 1.029 53° 105 km 02m35.2s
07:0820°15.1'S066°46.9'E21°03.9'S067°21.8'E20°39.5'S067°04.4'E 1.029 53° 106 km 02m36.5s
07:1019°42.0'S067°20.1'E20°30.9'S067°55.4'E20°06.4'S067°37.8'E 1.029 54° 107 km 02m37.9s
07:1219°09.5'S067°52.8'E19°58.4'S068°28.4'E19°33.9'S068°10.6'E 1.029 55° 107 km 02m39.1s
07:1418°37.5'S068°25.0'E19°26.5'S069°00.8'E19°01.9'S068°43.0'E 1.029 55° 108 km 02m40.3s
07:1618°06.1'S068°56.8'E18°55.2'S069°32.9'E18°30.6'S069°14.9'E 1.029 56° 109 km 02m41.4s
07:1817°35.2'S069°28.3'E18°24.4'S070°04.5'E17°59.7'S069°46.4'E 1.029 56° 359° 109 km 02m42.4s
07:2017°04.9'S069°59.4'E17°54.1'S070°35.8'E17°29.4'S070°17.6'E 1.029 57° 357° 110 km 02m43.3s
07:2216°35.0'S070°30.2'E17°24.3'S071°06.8'E16°59.6'S070°48.6'E 1.029 57° 355° 110 km 02m44.2s
07:2416°05.7'S071°00.8'E16°55.1'S071°37.6'E16°30.3'S071°19.2'E 1.029 58° 353° 111 km 02m45.0s
07:2615°36.8'S071°31.2'E16°26.3'S072°08.1'E16°01.5'S071°49.7'E 1.029 58° 351° 111 km 02m45.7s
07:2815°08.4'S072°01.5'E15°58.0'S072°38.5'E15°33.2'S072°20.0'E 1.029 58° 350° 112 km 02m46.4s
07:3014°40.5'S072°31.6'E15°30.2'S073°08.7'E15°05.3'S072°50.2'E 1.029 58° 348° 112 km 02m46.9s
07:3214°13.0'S073°01.6'E15°02.8'S073°38.8'E14°37.9'S073°20.2'E 1.029 59° 346° 113 km 02m47.4s
07:3413°46.0'S073°31.6'E14°35.9'S074°08.9'E14°10.9'S073°50.2'E 1.029 59° 344° 113 km 02m47.8s
07:3613°19.4'S074°01.5'E14°09.4'S074°38.9'E13°44.4'S074°20.2'E 1.029 59° 342° 114 km 02m48.1s
07:3812°53.2'S074°31.5'E13°43.4'S075°08.9'E13°18.3'S074°50.2'E 1.029 59° 340° 114 km 02m48.4s
07:4012°27.5'S075°01.5'E13°17.8'S075°39.0'E12°52.7'S075°20.3'E 1.029 59° 338° 114 km 02m48.5s
07:4212°02.3'S075°31.6'E12°52.7'S076°09.1'E12°27.4'S075°50.4'E 1.029 59° 336° 115 km 02m48.6s
07:4411°37.4'S076°01.9'E12°27.9'S076°39.3'E12°02.7'S076°20.6'E 1.029 59° 334° 115 km 02m48.6s
07:4611°13.0'S076°32.2'E12°03.6'S077°09.7'E11°38.3'S076°51.0'E 1.029 59° 332° 115 km 02m48.5s
07:4810°49.0'S077°02.8'E11°39.7'S077°40.2'E11°14.3'S077°21.5'E 1.029 59° 330° 116 km 02m48.4s
07:5010°25.4'S077°33.6'E11°16.3'S078°10.9'E10°50.8'S077°52.2'E 1.029 59° 328° 116 km 02m48.1s
07:5210°02.2'S078°04.6'E10°53.2'S078°41.9'E10°27.7'S078°23.2'E 1.029 58° 326° 116 km 02m47.8s
07:5409°39.5'S078°35.9'E10°30.6'S079°13.1'E10°05.0'S078°54.5'E 1.029 58° 324° 116 km 02m47.4s
07:5609°17.2'S079°07.4'E10°08.4'S079°44.6'E09°42.8'S079°26.0'E 1.029 58° 322° 116 km 02m46.9s
07:5808°55.3'S079°39.4'E09°46.6'S080°16.5'E09°20.9'S079°57.9'E 1.029 57° 320° 116 km 02m46.3s
08:0008°33.9'S080°11.7'E09°25.2'S080°48.8'E08°59.5'S080°30.2'E 1.029 57° 319° 116 km 02m45.6s
08:0208°12.8'S080°44.5'E09°04.3'S081°21.4'E08°38.5'S081°02.9'E 1.029 57° 317° 116 km 02m44.8s
08:0407°52.2'S081°17.7'E08°43.7'S081°54.5'E08°18.0'S081°36.1'E 1.029 56° 315° 116 km 02m44.0s
08:0607°32.1'S081°51.4'E08°23.7'S082°28.1'E07°57.9'S082°09.7'E 1.029 56° 314° 116 km 02m43.0s
08:0807°12.4'S082°25.6'E08°04.0'S083°02.2'E07°38.2'S082°43.9'E 1.029 55° 312° 116 km 02m42.0s
08:1006°53.2'S083°00.5'E07°44.8'S083°36.9'E07°19.0'S083°18.6'E 1.028 55° 311° 116 km 02m40.9s
08:1206°34.4'S083°35.9'E07°26.1'S084°12.2'E07°00.3'S083°54.0'E 1.028 54° 309° 115 km 02m39.7s
08:1406°16.1'S084°12.1'E07°07.8'S084°48.2'E06°42.0'S084°30.1'E 1.028 53° 308° 115 km 02m38.3s
08:1605°58.3'S084°48.9'E06°50.0'S085°24.9'E06°24.2'S085°06.9'E 1.028 53° 307° 115 km 02m36.9s
08:1805°41.0'S085°26.6'E06°32.7'S086°02.4'E06°06.9'S085°44.4'E 1.028 52° 305° 114 km 02m35.4s
08:2005°24.2'S086°05.1'E06°15.9'S086°40.7'E05°50.1'S086°22.8'E 1.028 51° 304° 113 km 02m33.9s
08:2205°07.9'S086°44.5'E05°59.6'S087°19.9'E05°33.8'S087°02.2'E 1.028 50° 303° 113 km 02m32.2s
08:2404°52.2'S087°24.9'E05°43.9'S088°00.2'E05°18.0'S087°42.5'E 1.027 49° 302° 112 km 02m30.4s
08:2604°37.0'S088°06.3'E05°28.6'S088°41.4'E05°02.8'S088°23.8'E 1.027 48° 301° 111 km 02m28.5s
08:2804°22.4'S088°48.9'E05°14.0'S089°23.8'E04°48.2'S089°06.3'E 1.027 48° 300° 111 km 02m26.5s
08:3004°08.4'S089°32.7'E04°59.9'S090°07.4'E04°34.2'S089°50.0'E 1.027 47° 299° 110 km 02m24.5s
08:3203°55.1'S090°17.8'E04°46.5'S090°52.4'E04°20.8'S090°35.0'E 1.027 46° 298° 109 km 02m22.3s
08:3403°42.4'S091°04.3'E04°33.7'S091°38.8'E04°08.1'S091°21.5'E 1.026 45° 297° 108 km 02m20.0s
08:3603°30.5'S091°52.5'E04°21.6'S092°26.8'E03°56.1'S092°09.5'E 1.026 44° 296° 106 km 02m17.6s
08:3803°19.3'S092°42.3'E04°10.3'S093°16.4'E03°44.8'S092°59.3'E 1.026 42° 295° 105 km 02m15.1s
08:4003°08.9'S093°34.0'E03°59.7'S094°08.0'E03°34.3'S093°50.9'E 1.025 41° 295° 104 km 02m12.5s
08:4202°59.3'S094°27.7'E03°49.9'S095°01.6'E03°24.7'S094°44.6'E 1.025 40° 294° 102 km 02m09.8s
08:4402°50.7'S095°23.7'E03°41.1'S095°57.6'E03°15.9'S095°40.5'E 1.025 39° 293° 101 km 02m07.0s
08:4602°43.0'S096°22.2'E03°33.1'S096°56.0'E03°08.1'S096°39.0'E 1.025 37° 293° 99 km 02m04.1s
08:4802°36.4'S097°23.4'E03°26.3'S097°57.4'E03°01.4'S097°40.3'E 1.024 36° 292° 98 km 02m01.0s
08:5002°31.0'S098°27.9'E03°20.6'S099°01.9'E02°55.9'S098°44.7'E 1.024 35° 292° 96 km 01m57.8s
08:5202°26.9'S099°35.9'E03°16.2'S100°10.1'E02°51.6'S099°52.8'E 1.023 33° 291° 94 km 01m54.5s
08:5402°24.3'S100°48.0'E03°13.2'S101°22.5'E02°48.8'S101°05.1'E 1.023 32° 290° 92 km 01m51.0s
08:5602°23.4'S102°05.0'E03°11.9'S102°39.8'E02°47.7'S102°22.2'E 1.023 30° 290° 90 km 01m47.3s
08:5802°24.4'S103°27.5'E03°12.6'S104°02.9'E02°48.5'S103°45.0'E 1.022 28° 290° 87 km 01m43.5s
09:0002°27.7'S104°56.9'E03°15.5'S105°33.1'E02°51.6'S105°14.8'E 1.022 26° 289° 85 km 01m39.4s
09:0202°33.7'S106°34.7'E03°21.2'S107°12.1'E02°57.5'S106°53.1'E 1.021 24° 289° 82 km 01m35.1s
09:0402°43.3'S108°23.2'E03°30.4'S109°02.4'E03°06.8'S108°42.6'E 1.020 22° 288° 79 km 01m30.4s
09:0602°57.4'S110°26.2'E03°44.2'S111°08.1'E03°20.8'S110°46.9'E 1.020 19° 288° 76 km 01m25.3s
09:0803°18.0'S112°50.2'E04°04.9'S113°36.6'E03°41.4'S113°13.0'E 1.019 17° 288° 72 km 01m19.7s
09:1003°49.0'S115°48.4'E04°36.8'S116°43.4'E04°12.9'S116°15.3'E 1.018 13° 287° 68 km 01m13.0s
09:1204°41.9'S120°00.4'E05°35.0'S121°21.8'E05°08.1'S120°39.3'E 1.016 287° 62 km 01m04.3s
Limits06°51.8'S128°17.2'E07°20.4'S128°14.7'E07°06.1'S128°15.9'E 1.014 - 52 km 00m51.2s

ΔT = 8075.6 seconds

Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration
Event Time
TD
Time
UT1
Latitude Longitude Sun
Altitude
Sun
Azimuth
Path Width Central
Duration
Greatest Eclipse09:55:17.607:40:41.912°43.8'S041°46.3'E 59.1° 336.9° 114.5 km02m48.58s
Greatest Duration09:57:38.707:43:03.112°14.3'S076°06.3'E 59.1° 334.6° 114.9 km02m48.64s

Explanation of Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration

Links for the Total Solar Eclipse of 0254 May 04

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Eclipse Predictions

Predictions for the Total Solar Eclipse of 0254 May 04 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 8075.6 seconds for this eclipse. The uncertainty in ΔT is 196.1 seconds corresponding to a standard error in longitude of the eclipse path of ± 0.82°.

Acknowledgments

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

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