Path of the Total Solar Eclipse of 0487 May 09

Fred Espenak

Introduction

The following table delineates the path of the Moon's umbral shadow during the Total Solar Eclipse of 0487 May 09 . 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 0487 May 09
UT1 Northern Limit Southern Limit Central Line M:S Sun Sun Path Central
Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Ratio Alt. Azm. Width Duration
Limits45°56.7'S079°24.1'E47°22.2'S080°01.5'E46°39.2'S079°42.4'E 1.041 - 163 km 02m27.8s
01:5442°15.2'S089°23.2'E - - 44°14.6'S086°28.7'E 1.043 59° 169 km 02m40.6s
01:5640°08.7'S094°27.5'E43°13.9'S091°20.8'E41°36.7'S093°07.4'E 1.045 11° 54° 174 km 02m55.5s
01:5838°36.9'S097°54.9'E41°19.3'S095°58.1'E39°55.7'S097°02.8'E 1.046 15° 51° 178 km 03m05.6s
02:0037°21.2'S100°38.7'E39°52.7'S099°16.2'E38°35.3'S100°01.5'E 1.047 18° 49° 181 km 03m14.1s
02:0236°15.5'S102°56.4'E38°40.3'S101°55.3'E37°26.6'S102°28.8'E 1.048 20° 47° 184 km 03m21.5s
02:0435°16.8'S104°56.3'E37°36.9'S104°10.3'E36°25.8'S104°35.6'E 1.048 23° 45° 187 km 03m28.2s
02:0634°23.3'S106°43.3'E36°40.1'S106°08.5'E35°30.8'S106°27.8'E 1.049 25° 43° 189 km 03m34.5s
02:0833°34.0'S108°20.3'E35°48.2'S107°54.3'E34°40.3'S108°08.9'E 1.049 26° 41° 191 km 03m40.3s
02:1032°48.1'S109°49.3'E35°00.3'S109°30.4'E33°53.4'S109°41.2'E 1.050 28° 40° 193 km 03m45.9s
02:1232°05.0'S111°11.8'E34°15.6'S110°58.9'E33°09.6'S111°06.5'E 1.050 30° 38° 195 km 03m51.1s
02:1431°24.5'S112°28.8'E33°33.7'S112°21.0'E32°28.4'S112°26.0'E 1.051 31° 37° 197 km 03m56.1s
02:1630°46.1'S113°41.3'E32°54.2'S113°37.8'E31°49.5'S113°40.5'E 1.051 32° 35° 199 km 04m00.9s
02:1830°09.6'S114°49.8'E32°16.8'S114°50.1'E31°12.6'S114°50.8'E 1.052 34° 34° 201 km 04m05.5s
02:2029°34.8'S115°54.9'E31°41.3'S115°58.6'E30°37.4'S115°57.5'E 1.052 35° 33° 202 km 04m09.9s
02:2229°01.5'S116°57.1'E31°07.4'S117°03.6'E30°03.9'S117°01.1'E 1.052 36° 31° 204 km 04m14.1s
02:2428°29.7'S117°56.6'E30°35.0'S118°05.8'E29°31.8'S118°01.8'E 1.052 37° 30° 206 km 04m18.1s
02:2627°59.1'S118°53.7'E30°04.0'S119°05.3'E29°01.1'S119°00.1'E 1.053 38° 28° 207 km 04m22.0s
02:2827°29.8'S119°48.8'E29°34.3'S120°02.5'E28°31.5'S119°56.2'E 1.053 39° 27° 209 km 04m25.7s
02:3027°01.6'S120°42.0'E29°05.7'S120°57.7'E28°03.2'S120°50.4'E 1.053 40° 26° 210 km 04m29.3s
02:3226°34.4'S121°33.6'E28°38.3'S121°51.1'E27°35.9'S121°42.8'E 1.054 41° 24° 212 km 04m32.7s
02:3426°08.2'S122°23.6'E28°11.8'S122°42.8'E27°09.6'S122°33.6'E 1.054 42° 23° 213 km 04m36.0s
02:3625°42.9'S123°12.3'E27°46.4'S123°33.0'E26°44.2'S123°23.1'E 1.054 43° 21° 215 km 04m39.1s
02:3825°18.5'S123°59.8'E27°21.8'S124°21.9'E26°19.8'S124°11.2'E 1.054 44° 20° 216 km 04m42.1s
02:4024°55.0'S124°46.2'E26°58.2'S125°09.5'E25°56.1'S124°58.2'E 1.054 45° 18° 218 km 04m45.0s
02:4224°32.2'S125°31.6'E26°35.3'S125°56.1'E25°33.4'S125°44.2'E 1.054 45° 17° 219 km 04m47.7s
02:4424°10.2'S126°16.1'E26°13.2'S126°41.7'E25°11.3'S126°29.2'E 1.055 46° 15° 221 km 04m50.2s
02:4623°48.9'S126°59.8'E25°51.9'S127°26.4'E24°50.1'S127°13.4'E 1.055 47° 14° 222 km 04m52.7s
02:4823°28.4'S127°42.7'E25°31.4'S128°10.4'E24°29.5'S127°56.8'E 1.055 47° 12° 223 km 04m54.9s
02:5023°08.5'S128°25.0'E25°11.5'S128°53.6'E24°09.6'S128°39.5'E 1.055 48° 10° 224 km 04m57.1s
02:5222°49.3'S129°06.7'E24°52.3'S129°36.1'E23°50.4'S129°21.6'E 1.055 48° 226 km 04m59.1s
02:5422°30.7'S129°47.9'E24°33.7'S130°18.1'E23°31.9'S130°03.1'E 1.055 49° 227 km 05m00.9s
02:5622°12.7'S130°28.6'E24°15.8'S130°59.5'E23°13.9'S130°44.2'E 1.055 49° 228 km 05m02.6s
02:5821°55.4'S131°08.9'E23°58.5'S131°40.6'E22°56.6'S131°24.8'E 1.055 49° 229 km 05m04.2s
03:0021°38.7'S131°48.8'E23°41.9'S132°21.2'E22°39.9'S132°05.1'E 1.056 50° 230 km 05m05.6s
03:0221°22.5'S132°28.5'E23°25.8'S133°01.5'E22°23.8'S132°45.0'E 1.056 50° 231 km 05m06.8s
03:0421°06.9'S133°07.8'E23°10.3'S133°41.4'E22°08.3'S133°24.7'E 1.056 50° 359° 232 km 05m07.9s
03:0620°51.9'S133°47.0'E22°55.3'S134°21.2'E21°53.3'S134°04.2'E 1.056 51° 357° 233 km 05m08.9s
03:0820°37.5'S134°26.0'E22°41.0'S135°00.8'E21°38.9'S134°43.4'E 1.056 51° 355° 234 km 05m09.7s
03:1020°23.6'S135°04.9'E22°27.2'S135°40.2'E21°25.1'S135°22.6'E 1.056 51° 353° 235 km 05m10.3s
03:1220°10.3'S135°43.8'E22°13.9'S136°19.5'E21°11.8'S136°01.6'E 1.056 51° 352° 235 km 05m10.8s
03:1419°57.5'S136°22.5'E22°01.2'S136°58.8'E20°59.1'S136°40.6'E 1.056 51° 350° 236 km 05m11.2s
03:1619°45.2'S137°01.3'E21°49.0'S137°38.1'E20°46.8'S137°19.7'E 1.056 51° 348° 237 km 05m11.3s
03:1819°33.5'S137°40.2'E21°37.4'S138°17.4'E20°35.2'S137°58.7'E 1.056 51° 346° 237 km 05m11.4s
03:2019°22.3'S138°19.1'E21°26.3'S138°56.8'E20°24.1'S138°37.9'E 1.056 51° 345° 238 km 05m11.2s
03:2219°11.7'S138°58.2'E21°15.7'S139°36.3'E20°13.5'S139°17.1'E 1.056 51° 343° 238 km 05m10.9s
03:2419°01.6'S139°37.4'E21°05.7'S140°16.0'E20°03.4'S139°56.6'E 1.056 50° 341° 238 km 05m10.5s
03:2618°52.0'S140°16.9'E20°56.3'S140°55.9'E19°53.9'S140°36.2'E 1.056 50° 339° 238 km 05m09.9s
03:2818°43.0'S140°56.6'E20°47.3'S141°36.0'E19°44.9'S141°16.2'E 1.056 50° 338° 239 km 05m09.1s
03:3018°34.6'S141°36.7'E20°38.9'S142°16.5'E19°36.5'S141°56.4'E 1.056 50° 336° 239 km 05m08.2s
03:3218°26.7'S142°17.0'E20°31.1'S142°57.4'E19°28.7'S142°37.0'E 1.056 49° 334° 239 km 05m07.1s
03:3418°19.4'S142°57.8'E20°23.9'S143°38.6'E19°21.4'S143°18.0'E 1.056 49° 333° 238 km 05m05.8s
03:3618°12.6'S143°39.0'E20°17.2'S144°20.3'E19°14.7'S143°59.4'E 1.055 49° 331° 238 km 05m04.4s
03:3818°06.5'S144°20.8'E20°11.1'S145°02.6'E19°08.5'S144°41.4'E 1.055 48° 330° 238 km 05m02.9s
03:4018°00.9'S145°03.1'E20°05.5'S145°45.4'E19°03.0'S145°23.9'E 1.055 48° 328° 237 km 05m01.1s
03:4217°55.9'S145°46.0'E20°00.6'S146°28.9'E18°58.1'S146°07.1'E 1.055 47° 327° 237 km 04m59.2s
03:4417°51.6'S146°29.6'E19°56.3'S147°13.0'E18°53.7'S146°51.0'E 1.055 46° 325° 236 km 04m57.1s
03:4617°47.9'S147°13.9'E19°52.7'S147°58.0'E18°50.1'S147°35.6'E 1.055 46° 324° 235 km 04m54.9s
03:4817°44.9'S147°59.1'E19°49.7'S148°43.9'E18°47.1'S148°21.1'E 1.055 45° 322° 234 km 04m52.5s
03:5017°42.5'S148°45.2'E19°47.4'S149°30.6'E18°44.7'S149°07.5'E 1.055 44° 321° 233 km 04m50.0s
03:5217°40.9'S149°32.3'E19°45.8'S150°18.5'E18°43.1'S149°54.9'E 1.054 44° 320° 232 km 04m47.3s
03:5417°40.0'S150°20.4'E19°44.9'S151°07.5'E18°42.2'S150°43.5'E 1.054 43° 318° 231 km 04m44.4s
03:5617°39.8'S151°09.8'E19°44.9'S151°57.8'E18°42.1'S151°33.2'E 1.054 42° 317° 230 km 04m41.3s
03:5817°40.5'S152°00.4'E19°45.6'S152°49.4'E18°42.8'S152°24.4'E 1.054 41° 316° 228 km 04m38.1s
04:0017°42.0'S152°52.5'E19°47.2'S153°42.7'E18°44.4'S153°17.0'E 1.054 40° 315° 227 km 04m34.7s
04:0217°44.5'S153°46.2'E19°49.7'S154°37.6'E18°46.8'S154°11.3'E 1.053 39° 313° 225 km 04m31.1s
04:0417°47.8'S154°41.7'E19°53.2'S155°34.5'E18°50.3'S155°07.4'E 1.053 38° 312° 224 km 04m27.4s
04:0617°52.2'S155°39.1'E19°57.7'S156°33.5'E18°54.7'S156°05.5'E 1.053 37° 311° 222 km 04m23.4s
04:0817°57.7'S156°38.7'E20°03.4'S157°34.9'E19°00.3'S157°06.0'E 1.053 36° 310° 220 km 04m19.3s
04:1018°04.4'S157°40.8'E20°10.3'S158°39.0'E19°07.1'S158°09.0'E 1.052 35° 309° 218 km 04m15.0s
04:1218°12.4'S158°45.7'E20°18.6'S159°46.1'E19°15.2'S159°15.0'E 1.052 33° 308° 216 km 04m10.5s
04:1418°21.8'S159°53.7'E20°28.4'S160°56.9'E19°24.8'S160°24.2'E 1.052 32° 307° 214 km 04m05.8s
04:1618°32.8'S161°05.4'E20°39.8'S162°11.7'E19°36.0'S161°37.4'E 1.051 31° 306° 211 km 04m00.8s
04:1818°45.6'S162°21.3'E20°53.2'S163°31.3'E19°49.1'S162°55.0'E 1.051 29° 305° 209 km 03m55.6s
04:2019°00.5'S163°42.1'E21°08.9'S164°56.7'E20°04.3'S164°18.0'E 1.050 28° 304° 206 km 03m50.1s
04:2219°17.7'S165°09.0'E21°27.1'S166°29.1'E20°22.0'S165°47.4'E 1.050 26° 302° 203 km 03m44.3s
04:2419°37.8'S166°43.1'E21°48.7'S168°10.2'E20°42.7'S167°24.8'E 1.049 24° 301° 200 km 03m38.1s
04:2620°01.3'S168°26.4'E22°14.3'S170°02.7'E21°07.2'S169°12.3'E 1.049 22° 300° 197 km 03m31.5s
04:2820°29.3'S170°21.8'E22°45.3'S172°10.8'E21°36.6'S171°13.4'E 1.048 20° 299° 194 km 03m24.3s
04:3021°03.3'S172°33.7'E23°24.2'S174°41.6'E22°12.7'S173°33.7'E 1.047 17° 298° 190 km 03m16.3s
04:3221°46.0'S175°10.6'E24°16.0'S177°50.9'E22°59.2'S176°24.4'E 1.046 14° 296° 185 km 03m07.2s
04:3422°43.9'S178°31.3'E25°36.8'S177°30.7'W24°05.6'S179°45.6'W 1.045 10° 294° 180 km 02m55.8s
Limits26°25.1'S169°44.6'W27°56.8'S169°57.8'W27°10.7'S169°51.2'W 1.042 - 167 km 02m30.9s

ΔT = 5799.7 seconds

Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration
Event Time
TD
Time
UT1
Latitude Longitude Sun
Altitude
Sun
Azimuth
Path Width Central
Duration
Greatest Eclipse04:51:17.303:14:37.620°55.2'S112°39.0'E 50.9° 349.3° 236.3 km05m11.23s
Greatest Duration04:53:59.903:17:20.320°39.0'S137°45.8'E 50.9° 346.9° 237.0 km05m11.38s

Explanation of Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration

Links for the Total Solar Eclipse of 0487 May 09

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Eclipse Predictions

Predictions for the Total Solar Eclipse of 0487 May 09 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 5799.7 seconds for this eclipse. The uncertainty in ΔT is 142.1 seconds corresponding to a standard error in longitude of the eclipse path of ± 0.59°.

Acknowledgments

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

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