Path of the Total Solar Eclipse of 0449 May 08

Fred Espenak

Introduction

The following table delineates the path of the Moon's umbral shadow during the Total Solar Eclipse of 0449 May 08 . 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 0449 May 08
UT1 Northern Limit Southern Limit Central Line M:S Sun Sun Path Central
Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Ratio Alt. Azm. Width Duration
Limits35°43.4'N043°20.5'E34°37.4'N044°18.3'E35°10.3'N043°49.7'E 1.026 - 145 km 01m19.8s
02:08 - - 37°04.8'N051°27.6'E35°46.5'N045°40.0'E 1.026 70° 148 km 01m22.2s
02:1038°24.3'N050°46.6'E39°05.9'N056°34.6'E38°51.0'N053°56.5'E 1.029 75° 163 km 01m34.0s
02:1240°21.5'N055°28.7'E40°33.5'N059°58.5'E40°30.0'N057°50.1'E 1.030 13° 78° 170 km 01m40.1s
02:1441°49.3'N058°45.8'E41°47.5'N062°41.6'E41°50.0'N060°47.3'E 1.031 16° 81° 174 km 01m44.9s
02:1643°04.2'N061°24.6'E42°53.4'N065°01.5'E43°00.0'N063°15.6'E 1.031 18° 83° 178 km 01m49.0s
02:1844°11.3'N063°41.7'E43°53.9'N067°06.0'E44°03.6'N065°26.0'E 1.032 20° 85° 180 km 01m52.7s
02:2045°13.1'N065°44.4'E44°50.4'N068°59.7'E45°02.6'N067°23.8'E 1.032 22° 87° 183 km 01m56.0s
02:2246°10.9'N067°36.7'E45°43.7'N070°45.3'E45°58.1'N069°12.6'E 1.033 24° 89° 185 km 01m59.0s
02:2447°05.5'N069°21.3'E46°34.5'N072°24.6'E46°50.7'N070°54.4'E 1.033 25° 91° 186 km 02m01.9s
02:2647°57.6'N071°00.0'E47°23.2'N073°58.9'E47°41.0'N072°30.9'E 1.034 26° 93° 187 km 02m04.5s
02:2848°47.6'N072°34.0'E48°10.0'N075°29.3'E48°29.4'N074°03.0'E 1.034 28° 95° 188 km 02m07.0s
02:3049°35.8'N074°04.3'E48°55.2'N076°56.5'E49°16.0'N075°31.7'E 1.034 29° 97° 189 km 02m09.3s
02:3250°22.4'N075°31.7'E49°39.0'N078°21.2'E50°01.2'N076°57.7'E 1.035 30° 99° 190 km 02m11.5s
02:3451°07.6'N076°56.7'E50°21.6'N079°43.8'E50°45.1'N078°21.5'E 1.035 31° 101° 190 km 02m13.5s
02:3651°51.5'N078°19.8'E51°03.1'N081°04.7'E51°27.7'N079°43.6'E 1.035 32° 103° 191 km 02m15.5s
02:3852°34.3'N079°41.5'E51°43.5'N082°24.4'E52°09.3'N081°04.3'E 1.035 33° 105° 191 km 02m17.3s
02:4053°16.1'N081°02.2'E52°23.0'N083°43.1'E52°49.9'N082°24.0'E 1.036 34° 107° 191 km 02m19.0s
02:4253°56.9'N082°22.1'E53°01.5'N085°01.2'E53°29.6'N083°42.9'E 1.036 35° 109° 191 km 02m20.7s
02:4454°36.8'N083°41.5'E53°39.3'N086°18.8'E54°08.4'N085°01.4'E 1.036 36° 111° 192 km 02m22.2s
02:4655°15.9'N085°00.7'E54°16.2'N087°36.1'E54°46.4'N086°19.8'E 1.036 36° 114° 192 km 02m23.6s
02:4855°54.1'N086°19.9'E54°52.4'N088°53.5'E55°23.6'N087°38.1'E 1.036 37° 116° 191 km 02m25.0s
02:5056°31.7'N087°39.4'E55°27.9'N090°11.1'E56°00.1'N088°56.6'E 1.037 38° 118° 191 km 02m26.2s
02:5257°08.5'N088°59.3'E56°02.7'N091°29.0'E56°35.8'N090°15.5'E 1.037 38° 120° 191 km 02m27.4s
02:5457°44.5'N090°19.8'E56°36.8'N092°47.4'E57°10.9'N091°35.1'E 1.037 39° 123° 191 km 02m28.4s
02:5658°19.9'N091°41.2'E57°10.2'N094°06.6'E57°45.3'N092°55.3'E 1.037 39° 125° 191 km 02m29.4s
02:5858°54.6'N093°03.6'E57°43.0'N095°26.6'E58°19.1'N094°16.6'E 1.037 40° 128° 191 km 02m30.3s
03:0059°28.7'N094°27.2'E58°15.2'N096°47.6'E58°52.1'N095°38.9'E 1.037 40° 130° 190 km 02m31.2s
03:0260°02.1'N095°52.2'E58°46.7'N098°09.8'E59°24.6'N097°02.5'E 1.037 41° 132° 190 km 02m31.9s
03:0460°34.8'N097°18.7'E59°17.5'N099°33.3'E59°56.3'N098°27.5'E 1.037 41° 135° 190 km 02m32.5s
03:0661°06.8'N098°46.9'E59°47.8'N100°58.3'E60°27.4'N099°54.1'E 1.037 41° 138° 189 km 02m33.1s
03:0861°38.2'N100°17.1'E60°17.3'N102°24.9'E60°57.9'N101°22.5'E 1.037 41° 140° 189 km 02m33.6s
03:1062°08.8'N101°49.3'E60°46.2'N103°53.2'E61°27.6'N102°52.8'E 1.037 42° 143° 189 km 02m34.0s
03:1262°38.8'N103°23.8'E61°14.5'N105°23.5'E61°56.7'N104°25.1'E 1.037 42° 146° 188 km 02m34.3s
03:1463°08.0'N105°00.7'E61°42.0'N106°55.7'E62°25.0'N105°59.7'E 1.037 42° 149° 188 km 02m34.6s
03:1663°36.4'N106°40.2'E62°08.8'N108°30.2'E62°52.6'N107°36.6'E 1.037 42° 151° 188 km 02m34.7s
03:1864°04.1'N108°22.5'E62°34.9'N110°07.0'E63°19.5'N109°16.1'E 1.037 42° 154° 187 km 02m34.8s
03:2064°30.9'N110°07.7'E63°00.2'N111°46.3'E63°45.5'N110°58.4'E 1.037 42° 157° 187 km 02m34.8s
03:2264°56.9'N111°56.1'E63°24.7'N113°28.3'E64°10.7'N112°43.5'E 1.037 42° 160° 186 km 02m34.7s
03:2465°22.0'N113°47.8'E63°48.3'N115°13.0'E64°35.1'N114°31.6'E 1.037 42° 163° 186 km 02m34.6s
03:2665°46.1'N115°43.0'E64°11.1'N117°00.6'E64°58.5'N116°22.9'E 1.037 42° 166° 186 km 02m34.3s
03:2866°09.2'N117°41.9'E64°33.0'N118°51.2'E65°21.0'N118°17.5'E 1.037 42° 169° 185 km 02m34.0s
03:3066°31.3'N119°44.5'E64°53.9'N120°45.0'E65°42.4'N120°15.6'E 1.037 41° 173° 185 km 02m33.6s
03:3266°52.2'N121°51.1'E65°13.8'N122°42.1'E66°02.8'N122°17.3'E 1.037 41° 176° 184 km 02m33.1s
03:3467°11.9'N124°01.9'E65°32.6'N124°42.6'E66°22.1'N124°22.7'E 1.037 41° 179° 184 km 02m32.5s
03:3667°30.3'N126°16.8'E65°50.3'N126°46.6'E66°40.1'N126°32.0'E 1.037 41° 183° 183 km 02m31.8s
03:3867°47.4'N128°36.1'E66°06.8'N128°54.3'E66°56.9'N128°45.2'E 1.037 40° 186° 183 km 02m31.1s
03:4068°03.1'N130°59.8'E66°22.0'N131°05.6'E67°12.3'N131°02.4'E 1.037 40° 189° 182 km 02m30.2s
03:4268°17.2'N133°27.9'E66°35.9'N133°20.8'E67°26.3'N133°23.8'E 1.037 39° 193° 182 km 02m29.3s
03:4468°29.7'N136°00.6'E66°48.3'N135°39.7'E67°38.8'N135°49.4'E 1.036 39° 196° 181 km 02m28.3s
03:4668°40.4'N138°37.8'E66°59.3'N138°02.6'E67°49.7'N138°19.1'E 1.036 38° 200° 181 km 02m27.2s
03:4868°49.3'N141°19.5'E67°08.7'N140°29.4'E67°58.9'N140°53.0'E 1.036 38° 204° 180 km 02m26.0s
03:5068°56.3'N144°05.7'E67°16.4'N143°00.1'E68°06.2'N143°31.1'E 1.036 37° 207° 180 km 02m24.7s
03:5269°01.1'N146°56.2'E67°22.3'N145°34.8'E68°11.6'N146°13.4'E 1.036 37° 211° 179 km 02m23.3s
03:5469°03.8'N149°51.0'E67°26.3'N148°13.4'E68°15.0'N148°59.7'E 1.036 36° 215° 179 km 02m21.9s
03:5669°04.2'N152°49.9'E67°28.3'N150°55.8'E68°16.2'N151°50.1'E 1.035 35° 219° 178 km 02m20.3s
03:5869°02.0'N155°52.8'E67°28.2'N153°42.1'E68°15.2'N154°44.4'E 1.035 34° 222° 178 km 02m18.6s
04:0068°57.3'N158°59.6'E67°25.8'N156°32.2'E68°11.7'N157°42.5'E 1.035 33° 226° 177 km 02m16.9s
04:0268°49.7'N162°10.1'E67°21.1'N159°26.2'E68°05.6'N160°44.5'E 1.035 33° 230° 176 km 02m15.0s
04:0468°39.3'N165°24.2'E67°13.8'N162°23.9'E67°56.8'N163°50.1'E 1.034 32° 234° 175 km 02m13.0s
04:0668°25.6'N168°41.8'E67°03.8'N165°25.4'E67°45.1'N166°59.5'E 1.034 31° 238° 175 km 02m10.9s
04:0868°08.6'N172°03.0'E66°50.9'N168°30.9'E67°30.2'N170°12.7'E 1.034 29° 242° 174 km 02m08.7s
04:1067°48.0'N175°28.0'E66°34.8'N171°40.5'E67°12.0'N173°29.9'E 1.034 28° 246° 173 km 02m06.3s
04:1267°23.4'N178°56.9'E66°15.4'N174°54.4'E66°50.2'N176°51.2'E 1.033 27° 250° 172 km 02m03.8s
04:1466°54.6'N177°29.5'W65°52.3'N178°13.2'E66°24.3'N179°42.6'W 1.033 26° 254° 171 km 02m01.1s
04:1666°20.8'N173°50.4'W65°25.0'N178°22.4'W65°54.0'N176°10.9'W 1.032 24° 258° 169 km 01m58.3s
04:1865°41.5'N170°04.3'W64°53.1'N174°51.4'W65°18.5'N172°32.4'W 1.032 23° 262° 168 km 01m55.2s
04:2064°55.7'N166°08.9'W64°15.9'N171°12.0'W64°37.2'N168°45.1'W 1.031 21° 267° 166 km 01m51.9s
04:2264°01.8'N162°00.4'W63°32.2'N167°21.8'W63°48.7'N164°46.0'W 1.031 19° 271° 165 km 01m48.3s
04:2462°57.2'N157°32.8'W62°40.4'N163°16.5'W62°51.0'N160°29.9'W 1.030 17° 275° 162 km 01m44.3s
04:2661°36.9'N152°31.0'W61°37.9'N158°48.7'W61°40.5'N155°47.0'W 1.029 14° 280° 160 km 01m39.7s
04:2859°48.3'N146°22.9'W60°19.1'N153°43.3'W60°09.1'N150°15.5'W 1.028 11° 286° 156 km 01m34.2s
04:3056°05.1'N135°09.7'W58°29.3'N147°18.5'W57°49.0'N142°37.4'W 1.027 293° 149 km 01m26.4s
Limits55°06.9'N132°24.7'W54°08.4'N133°50.7'W54°37.6'N133°08.3'W 1.025 - 140 km 01m16.9s

ΔT = 6173.2 seconds

Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration
Event Time
TD
Time
UT1
Latitude Longitude Sun
Altitude
Sun
Azimuth
Path Width Central
Duration
Greatest Eclipse05:02:25.003:19:31.863°39.5'N084°46.6'E 42.0° 156.5° 186.9 km02m34.82s
Greatest Duration05:01:48.403:18:55.263°31.6'N110°02.8'E 42.0° 155.6° 187.0 km02m34.82s

Explanation of Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration

Links for the Total Solar Eclipse of 0449 May 08

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Eclipse Predictions

Predictions for the Total Solar Eclipse of 0449 May 08 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 6173.2 seconds for this eclipse. The uncertainty in ΔT is 150.3 seconds corresponding to a standard error in longitude of the eclipse path of ± 0.63°.

Acknowledgments

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

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