Path of the Total Solar Eclipse of 0858 May 16

Fred Espenak

Introduction

The following table delineates the path of the Moon's umbral shadow during the Total Solar Eclipse of 0858 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 0858 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
Limits23°15.3'N164°24.6'E21°21.4'N165°47.7'E22°18.1'N165°06.7'E 1.060 - 248 km 02m54.5s
18:20 - - 25°08.9'N175°22.7'E24°28.9'N170°42.0'E 1.061 70° 257 km 03m06.4s
18:2226°40.0'N172°48.2'E27°00.2'N179°37.0'E26°58.8'N176°33.7'E 1.063 12° 73° 266 km 03m20.6s
18:2428°40.3'N177°17.6'E28°25.5'N177°16.5'W28°37.1'N179°49.7'W 1.065 16° 75° 271 km 03m30.2s
18:2630°10.5'N179°29.9'W29°37.8'N174°42.7'W29°57.0'N177°00.0'W 1.066 19° 77° 275 km 03m38.0s
18:2831°26.5'N176°52.6'W30°42.0'N172°29.1'W31°06.4'N174°36.0'W 1.067 22° 79° 277 km 03m45.0s
18:3032°33.7'N174°36.3'W31°40.4'N170°29.3'W32°08.8'N172°28.8'W 1.067 24° 81° 280 km 03m51.2s
18:3233°34.7'N172°34.3'W32°34.3'N168°39.7'W33°06.0'N170°33.5'W 1.068 26° 82° 282 km 03m57.0s
18:3434°31.0'N170°42.7'W33°24.6'N166°57.9'W33°59.1'N168°47.2'W 1.069 28° 84° 283 km 04m02.4s
18:3635°23.7'N168°59.0'W34°12.1'N165°22.3'W34°49.0'N167°07.8'W 1.069 30° 85° 285 km 04m07.5s
18:3836°13.2'N167°21.6'W34°57.0'N163°51.6'W35°36.2'N165°33.9'W 1.070 32° 87° 286 km 04m12.3s
18:4037°00.2'N165°49.2'W35°39.8'N162°25.2'W36°20.9'N164°04.6'W 1.070 33° 89° 287 km 04m16.9s
18:4237°44.9'N164°20.9'W36°20.7'N161°02.1'W37°03.7'N162°39.1'W 1.070 35° 90° 288 km 04m21.3s
18:4438°27.7'N162°56.0'W37°00.0'N159°42.0'W37°44.6'N161°16.7'W 1.071 36° 92° 288 km 04m25.5s
18:4639°08.7'N161°34.0'W37°37.6'N158°24.4'W38°23.9'N159°56.9'W 1.071 38° 93° 289 km 04m29.5s
18:4839°48.1'N160°14.3'W38°13.9'N157°08.8'W39°01.7'N158°39.3'W 1.072 39° 95° 289 km 04m33.4s
18:5040°26.1'N158°56.7'W38°48.9'N155°55.1'W39°38.1'N157°23.7'W 1.072 41° 97° 289 km 04m37.1s
18:5241°02.8'N157°40.8'W39°22.7'N154°42.9'W40°13.3'N156°09.7'W 1.072 42° 99° 290 km 04m40.6s
18:5441°38.2'N156°26.3'W39°55.4'N153°32.0'W40°47.3'N154°57.1'W 1.073 43° 101° 290 km 04m44.0s
18:5642°12.4'N155°13.1'W40°27.0'N152°22.3'W41°20.2'N153°45.6'W 1.073 44° 102° 290 km 04m47.3s
18:5842°45.6'N154°00.8'W40°57.6'N151°13.5'W41°52.1'N152°35.1'W 1.073 45° 104° 290 km 04m50.4s
19:0043°17.7'N152°49.5'W41°27.3'N150°05.6'W42°22.9'N151°25.5'W 1.073 46° 106° 290 km 04m53.5s
19:0243°48.9'N151°38.7'W41°56.1'N148°58.3'W42°52.9'N150°16.5'W 1.074 47° 108° 290 km 04m56.4s
19:0444°19.1'N150°28.6'W42°24.0'N147°51.6'W43°21.9'N149°08.1'W 1.074 48° 110° 290 km 04m59.1s
19:0644°48.4'N149°18.9'W42°51.1'N146°45.3'W43°50.0'N148°00.1'W 1.074 49° 112° 290 km 05m01.8s
19:0845°16.8'N148°09.5'W43°17.3'N145°39.5'W44°17.3'N146°52.5'W 1.074 50° 115° 290 km 05m04.3s
19:1045°44.4'N147°00.3'W43°42.8'N144°33.9'W44°43.8'N145°45.1'W 1.074 51° 117° 290 km 05m06.7s
19:1246°11.2'N145°51.2'W44°07.5'N143°28.5'W45°09.5'N144°37.9'W 1.075 52° 119° 290 km 05m09.0s
19:1446°37.1'N144°42.2'W44°31.4'N142°23.2'W45°34.4'N143°30.8'W 1.075 52° 121° 290 km 05m11.2s
19:1647°02.2'N143°33.1'W44°54.6'N141°18.0'W45°58.5'N142°23.7'W 1.075 53° 124° 290 km 05m13.3s
19:1847°26.6'N142°23.9'W45°17.0'N140°12.7'W46°21.9'N141°16.5'W 1.075 54° 126° 290 km 05m15.2s
19:2047°50.2'N141°14.6'W45°38.8'N139°07.5'W46°44.6'N140°09.3'W 1.075 55° 129° 289 km 05m17.0s
19:2248°13.0'N140°05.0'W45°59.8'N138°02.1'W47°06.5'N139°01.8'W 1.075 55° 131° 289 km 05m18.7s
19:2448°35.0'N138°55.1'W46°20.2'N136°56.5'W47°27.6'N137°54.1'W 1.075 56° 134° 289 km 05m20.3s
19:2648°56.3'N137°44.9'W46°39.8'N135°50.7'W47°48.0'N136°46.2'W 1.076 56° 137° 289 km 05m21.8s
19:2849°16.9'N136°34.3'W46°58.7'N134°44.7'W48°07.8'N135°37.9'W 1.076 57° 140° 289 km 05m23.1s
19:3049°36.7'N135°23.2'W47°16.9'N133°38.3'W48°26.7'N134°29.3'W 1.076 57° 142° 289 km 05m24.4s
19:3249°55.7'N134°11.7'W47°34.5'N132°31.6'W48°45.0'N133°20.2'W 1.076 58° 145° 288 km 05m25.5s
19:3450°14.0'N132°59.6'W47°51.3'N131°24.6'W49°02.5'N132°10.7'W 1.076 58° 148° 288 km 05m26.5s
19:3650°31.5'N131°47.0'W48°07.5'N130°17.1'W49°19.3'N131°00.8'W 1.076 58° 151° 288 km 05m27.3s
19:3850°48.2'N130°33.8'W48°22.9'N129°09.2'W49°35.4'N129°50.3'W 1.076 58° 154° 288 km 05m28.1s
19:4051°04.2'N129°19.9'W48°37.7'N128°00.9'W49°50.8'N128°39.3'W 1.076 59° 157° 288 km 05m28.7s
19:4251°19.4'N128°05.4'W48°51.7'N126°52.0'W50°05.4'N127°27.7'W 1.076 59° 161° 287 km 05m29.2s
19:4451°33.8'N126°50.2'W49°05.1'N125°42.6'W50°19.2'N126°15.5'W 1.076 59° 164° 287 km 05m29.6s
19:4651°47.4'N125°34.3'W49°17.7'N124°32.7'W50°32.3'N125°02.7'W 1.076 59° 167° 287 km 05m29.9s
19:4852°00.2'N124°17.7'W49°29.6'N123°22.2'W50°44.6'N123°49.2'W 1.076 59° 170° 287 km 05m30.0s
19:5052°12.2'N123°00.3'W49°40.7'N122°11.1'W50°56.2'N122°35.1'W 1.076 59° 173° 287 km 05m30.0s
19:5252°23.3'N121°42.2'W49°51.1'N120°59.3'W51°06.9'N121°20.3'W 1.076 59° 176° 286 km 05m29.9s
19:5452°33.6'N120°23.2'W50°00.8'N119°47.0'W51°16.9'N120°04.8'W 1.076 59° 180° 286 km 05m29.7s
19:5652°43.1'N119°03.5'W50°09.7'N118°34.0'W51°26.1'N118°48.5'W 1.076 59° 183° 286 km 05m29.4s
19:5852°51.7'N117°42.9'W50°17.8'N117°20.3'W51°34.4'N117°31.5'W 1.076 58° 186° 286 km 05m28.9s
20:0052°59.4'N116°21.5'W50°25.1'N116°05.9'W51°41.9'N116°13.8'W 1.076 58° 189° 286 km 05m28.3s
20:0253°06.2'N114°59.3'W50°31.7'N114°50.8'W51°48.6'N114°55.2'W 1.076 58° 192° 285 km 05m27.6s
20:0453°12.0'N113°36.2'W50°37.4'N113°34.9'W51°54.4'N113°35.9'W 1.076 57° 196° 285 km 05m26.7s
20:0653°17.0'N112°12.2'W50°42.3'N112°18.4'W51°59.3'N112°15.8'W 1.076 57° 199° 285 km 05m25.7s
20:0853°20.9'N110°47.4'W50°46.3'N111°01.0'W52°03.3'N110°54.9'W 1.076 57° 202° 285 km 05m24.6s
20:1053°23.9'N109°21.7'W50°49.5'N109°42.9'W52°06.4'N109°33.1'W 1.076 56° 205° 285 km 05m23.4s
20:1253°25.9'N107°55.0'W50°51.8'N108°23.9'W52°08.6'N108°10.4'W 1.075 56° 208° 285 km 05m22.0s
20:1453°26.9'N106°27.5'W50°53.2'N107°04.1'W52°09.8'N106°46.9'W 1.075 55° 211° 284 km 05m20.6s
20:1653°26.9'N104°59.0'W50°53.7'N105°43.5'W52°10.0'N105°22.5'W 1.075 54° 214° 284 km 05m19.0s
20:1853°25.7'N103°29.6'W50°53.3'N104°22.0'W52°09.3'N103°57.2'W 1.075 54° 216° 284 km 05m17.2s
20:2053°23.5'N101°59.2'W50°51.9'N102°59.6'W52°07.5'N102°31.0'W 1.075 53° 219° 284 km 05m15.4s
20:2253°20.1'N100°27.8'W50°49.5'N101°36.3'W52°04.6'N101°03.8'W 1.075 52° 222° 284 km 05m13.4s
20:2453°15.6'N098°55.5'W50°46.1'N100°12.0'W52°00.7'N099°35.6'W 1.075 51° 225° 283 km 05m11.3s
20:2653°09.9'N097°22.1'W50°41.7'N098°46.7'W51°55.7'N098°06.4'W 1.074 51° 227° 283 km 05m09.0s
20:2853°03.0'N095°47.6'W50°36.2'N097°20.3'W51°49.5'N096°36.2'W 1.074 50° 230° 283 km 05m06.7s
20:3052°54.8'N094°12.0'W50°29.6'N095°52.9'W51°42.2'N095°04.8'W 1.074 49° 233° 283 km 05m04.2s
20:3252°45.4'N092°35.2'W50°21.8'N094°24.3'W51°33.6'N093°32.2'W 1.074 48° 235° 283 km 05m01.5s
20:3452°34.5'N090°57.2'W50°12.9'N092°54.5'W51°23.8'N091°58.5'W 1.074 47° 238° 282 km 04m58.8s
20:3652°22.3'N089°17.8'W50°02.7'N091°23.4'W51°12.6'N090°23.4'W 1.073 46° 240° 282 km 04m55.8s
20:3852°08.6'N087°37.1'W49°51.3'N089°50.9'W51°00.1'N088°46.9'W 1.073 45° 243° 282 km 04m52.8s
20:4051°53.4'N085°54.8'W49°38.5'N088°16.9'W50°46.1'N087°08.9'W 1.073 44° 245° 282 km 04m49.6s
20:4251°36.5'N084°10.9'W49°24.3'N086°41.3'W50°30.7'N085°29.2'W 1.073 43° 248° 281 km 04m46.3s
20:4451°18.0'N082°25.1'W49°08.7'N085°03.9'W50°13.7'N083°47.8'W 1.072 41° 250° 281 km 04m42.8s
20:4650°57.7'N080°37.3'W48°51.4'N083°24.6'W49°55.0'N082°04.4'W 1.072 40° 252° 281 km 04m39.2s
20:4850°35.5'N078°47.2'W48°32.6'N081°43.2'W49°34.5'N080°18.8'W 1.072 39° 255° 280 km 04m35.4s
20:5050°11.2'N076°54.6'W48°11.9'N079°59.3'W49°12.2'N078°30.6'W 1.071 38° 257° 280 km 04m31.5s
20:5249°44.7'N074°59.0'W47°49.4'N078°12.8'W48°47.8'N076°39.7'W 1.071 36° 259° 279 km 04m27.4s
20:5449°15.8'N073°00.0'W47°24.8'N076°23.2'W48°21.1'N074°45.6'W 1.071 35° 262° 279 km 04m23.0s
20:5648°44.1'N070°57.0'W46°57.9'N074°30.1'W47°52.0'N072°47.7'W 1.070 33° 264° 278 km 04m18.5s
20:5848°09.5'N068°49.2'W46°28.5'N072°32.9'W47°20.1'N070°45.4'W 1.070 31° 266° 277 km 04m13.8s
21:0047°31.4'N066°35.6'W45°56.3'N070°30.8'W46°45.1'N068°37.8'W 1.069 30° 268° 276 km 04m08.8s
21:0246°49.2'N064°14.9'W45°20.9'N068°22.8'W46°06.6'N066°23.7'W 1.069 28° 271° 275 km 04m03.5s
21:0446°02.2'N061°44.9'W44°41.7'N066°07.7'W45°23.7'N064°01.6'W 1.068 26° 273° 274 km 03m57.9s
21:0645°09.2'N059°02.8'W43°58.0'N063°43.5'W44°35.7'N061°29.1'W 1.067 23° 276° 273 km 03m51.8s
21:0844°08.0'N056°03.7'W43°08.6'N061°07.4'W43°41.0'N058°42.6'W 1.067 21° 278° 271 km 03m45.2s
21:1042°55.4'N052°39.0'W42°11.9'N058°14.9'W42°37.3'N055°36.0'W 1.066 18° 281° 269 km 03m37.9s
21:1241°23.5'N048°29.2'W41°04.6'N054°58.1'W41°19.8'N051°57.5'W 1.065 15° 284° 266 km 03m29.6s
21:1439°05.5'N042°26.2'W39°40.3'N050°59.9'W39°37.0'N047°17.0'W 1.063 11° 287° 262 km 03m19.1s
21:16 - - 37°38.3'N045°26.1'W36°09.4'N038°08.2'W 1.061 293° 252 km 03m00.1s
Limits36°04.8'N034°39.6'W34°13.1'N036°17.0'W35°08.7'N035°29.1'W 1.060 - 249 km 02m55.0s

ΔT = 2481.3 seconds

Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration
Event Time
TD
Time
UT1
Latitude Longitude Sun
Altitude
Sun
Azimuth
Path Width Central
Duration
Greatest Eclipse20:29:09.019:47:47.750°43.4'N134°18.8'W 59.1° 169.7° 286.8 km05m30.01s
Greatest Duration20:30:39.919:49:18.650°52.3'N123°00.8'W 59.1° 172.2° 286.6 km05m30.05s

Explanation of Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration

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Eclipse Predictions

Predictions for the Total Solar Eclipse of 0858 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 2481.3 seconds for this eclipse. The uncertainty in ΔT is 74.0 seconds corresponding to a standard error in longitude of the eclipse path of ± 0.31°.

Acknowledgments

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

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