Path of the Annular Solar Eclipse of 0896 May 16

Fred Espenak

Introduction

The following table delineates the path of the Moon's antumbral shadow during the Annular Solar Eclipse of 0896 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 .

Annular Solar Eclipse of 0896 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
Limits61°50.7'S035°42.9'W63°32.0'S032°36.1'W62°41.1'S034°15.0'W 0.966 - 243 km 02m36.8s
11:1456°02.7'S024°31.9'W - - 59°31.9'S028°21.8'W 0.967 36° 232 km 02m37.7s
11:1654°22.5'S021°24.2'W60°47.5'S027°44.8'W56°47.5'S023°22.1'W 0.968 31° 224 km 02m38.5s
11:1853°04.3'S018°57.7'W57°41.3'S022°19.6'W55°04.6'S020°15.6'W 0.969 11° 28° 219 km 02m39.0s
11:2051°59.1'S016°54.6'W55°53.5'S019°10.9'W53°45.2'S017°50.7'W 0.969 13° 25° 216 km 02m39.4s
11:2251°02.7'S015°07.0'W54°31.7'S016°46.1'W52°39.3'S015°49.1'W 0.970 14° 23° 214 km 02m39.8s
11:2450°12.9'S013°30.4'W53°24.4'S014°45.1'W51°42.5'S014°02.7'W 0.970 16° 21° 213 km 02m40.2s
11:2649°28.2'S012°02.1'W52°26.8'S012°59.4'W50°52.5'S012°27.2'W 0.970 17° 19° 212 km 02m40.5s
11:2848°47.6'S010°40.4'W51°36.3'S011°24.5'W50°07.7'S010°59.9'W 0.971 18° 17° 212 km 02m40.8s
11:3048°10.6'S009°23.9'W50°51.2'S009°57.7'W49°27.2'S009°38.9'W 0.971 19° 16° 212 km 02m41.0s
11:3247°36.6'S008°11.8'W50°10.6'S008°37.3'W48°50.3'S008°23.1'W 0.971 20° 14° 212 km 02m41.2s
11:3447°05.2'S007°03.3'W49°33.7'S007°21.8'W48°16.5'S007°11.4'W 0.971 21° 12° 212 km 02m41.4s
11:3646°36.1'S005°57.8'W49°00.0'S006°10.4'W47°45.3'S006°03.2'W 0.971 21° 11° 212 km 02m41.6s
11:3846°09.1'S004°54.8'W48°29.1'S005°02.4'W47°16.6'S004°58.0'W 0.972 22° 213 km 02m41.8s
11:4045°44.1'S003°54.0'W48°00.7'S003°57.2'W46°50.0'S003°55.2'W 0.972 23° 213 km 02m42.0s
11:4245°20.8'S002°55.1'W47°34.5'S002°54.3'W46°25.4'S002°54.4'W 0.972 23° 214 km 02m42.1s
11:4444°59.1'S001°57.8'W47°10.3'S001°53.5'W46°02.6'S001°55.4'W 0.972 24° 215 km 02m42.2s
11:4644°39.0'S001°01.8'W46°47.9'S000°54.3'W45°41.4'S000°58.0'W 0.972 24° 216 km 02m42.3s
11:4844°20.3'S000°07.0'W46°27.4'S000°03.5'E45°21.9'S000°01.8'W 0.972 24° 217 km 02m42.4s
11:5044°02.9'S000°46.9'E46°08.4'S001°00.1'E45°03.8'S000°53.4'E 0.972 25° 218 km 02m42.5s
11:5243°46.9'S001°39.9'E45°51.0'S001°55.8'E44°47.1'S001°47.7'E 0.973 25° 359° 219 km 02m42.5s
11:5443°32.1'S002°32.3'E45°35.1'S002°50.7'E44°31.8'S002°41.3'E 0.973 25° 357° 220 km 02m42.6s
11:5643°18.6'S003°24.2'E45°20.6'S003°45.1'E44°17.8'S003°34.3'E 0.973 25° 356° 221 km 02m42.6s
11:5843°06.2'S004°15.7'E45°07.4'S004°38.9'E44°05.1'S004°26.9'E 0.973 26° 354° 222 km 02m42.6s
12:0042°54.9'S005°07.0'E44°55.6'S005°32.5'E43°53.6'S005°19.3'E 0.973 26° 353° 223 km 02m42.6s
12:0242°44.8'S005°58.2'E44°45.1'S006°26.0'E43°43.3'S006°11.6'E 0.973 26° 352° 224 km 02m42.6s
12:0442°35.8'S006°49.3'E44°35.9'S007°19.5'E43°34.2'S007°03.8'E 0.973 26° 350° 224 km 02m42.5s
12:0642°28.0'S007°40.6'E44°27.9'S008°13.2'E43°26.3'S007°56.2'E 0.973 26° 349° 225 km 02m42.4s
12:0842°21.2'S008°32.1'E44°21.3'S009°07.1'E43°19.6'S008°48.9'E 0.973 25° 347° 225 km 02m42.3s
12:1042°15.6'S009°24.0'E44°15.9'S010°01.5'E43°14.0'S009°41.9'E 0.973 25° 346° 226 km 02m42.2s
12:1242°11.0'S010°16.3'E44°11.8'S010°56.5'E43°09.7'S010°35.5'E 0.973 25° 344° 226 km 02m42.1s
12:1442°07.7'S011°09.3'E44°09.1'S011°52.3'E43°06.6'S011°29.8'E 0.973 25° 343° 226 km 02m42.0s
12:1642°05.5'S012°03.0'E44°07.7'S012°49.0'E43°04.8'S012°24.9'E 0.973 25° 342° 226 km 02m41.8s
12:1842°04.5'S012°57.6'E44°07.7'S013°46.9'E43°04.3'S013°21.0'E 0.972 24° 340° 226 km 02m41.6s
12:2042°04.7'S013°53.4'E44°09.2'S014°46.1'E43°05.1'S014°18.4'E 0.972 24° 339° 226 km 02m41.4s
12:2242°06.3'S014°50.4'E44°12.3'S015°46.9'E43°07.3'S015°17.2'E 0.972 23° 337° 226 km 02m41.2s
12:2442°09.2'S015°48.9'E44°17.0'S016°49.7'E43°11.0'S016°17.6'E 0.972 23° 336° 226 km 02m41.0s
12:2642°13.5'S016°49.1'E44°23.5'S017°54.6'E43°16.4'S017°20.0'E 0.972 22° 334° 225 km 02m40.7s
12:2842°19.4'S017°51.3'E44°31.9'S019°02.2'E43°23.4'S018°24.7'E 0.972 22° 333° 225 km 02m40.5s
12:3042°27.0'S018°55.9'E44°42.4'S020°12.9'E43°32.3'S019°32.0'E 0.972 21° 331° 224 km 02m40.2s
12:3242°36.4'S020°03.2'E44°55.3'S021°27.4'E43°43.2'S020°42.5'E 0.972 20° 330° 224 km 02m39.9s
12:3442°47.7'S021°13.7'E45°10.9'S022°46.3'E43°56.5'S021°56.7'E 0.971 20° 328° 223 km 02m39.5s
12:3643°01.4'S022°27.9'E45°29.7'S024°10.8'E44°12.3'S023°15.5'E 0.971 19° 327° 223 km 02m39.2s
12:3843°17.5'S023°46.8'E45°52.2'S025°42.2'E44°31.2'S024°39.7'E 0.971 18° 325° 223 km 02m38.8s
12:4043°36.7'S025°11.3'E46°19.4'S027°22.6'E44°53.7'S026°10.9'E 0.971 16° 323° 222 km 02m38.4s
12:4243°59.4'S026°42.7'E46°52.6'S029°15.1'E45°20.7'S027°51.0'E 0.970 15° 322° 222 km 02m37.9s
12:4444°26.4'S028°23.0'E47°34.2'S031°25.2'E45°53.5'S029°43.0'E 0.970 14° 320° 223 km 02m37.4s
12:4644°59.1'S030°15.4'E48°29.0'S034°03.7'E46°34.3'S031°52.1'E 0.969 12° 318° 223 km 02m36.9s
12:4845°39.6'S032°24.8'E49°49.7'S037°39.6'E47°27.3'S034°28.4'E 0.969 10° 315° 225 km 02m36.3s
12:5046°31.8'S035°01.0'E - - 48°43.6'S037°57.5'E 0.968 312° 227 km 02m35.5s
12:5247°46.2'S038°28.9'E - - 51°54.1'S045°55.2'E 0.966 305° 237 km 02m34.2s
Limits51°21.6'S047°39.4'E53°26.3'S046°23.9'E52°22.8'S047°03.9'E 0.966 - 238 km 02m34.0s

ΔT = 2207.8 seconds

Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration
Event Time
TD
Time
UT1
Latitude Longitude Sun
Altitude
Sun
Azimuth
Path Width Central
Duration
Greatest Eclipse12:39:22.112:02:34.343°40.6'S002°46.9'W 25.6° 351.2° 223.8 km02m42.54s
Greatest Duration12:33:59.311:57:11.644°10.1'S004°05.7'E 25.5° 355.0° 221.5 km02m42.60s

Explanation of Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration

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Eclipse Predictions

Predictions for the Annular Solar Eclipse of 0896 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 2207.8 seconds for this eclipse. The uncertainty in ΔT is 68.2 seconds corresponding to a standard error in longitude of the eclipse path of ± 0.29°.

Acknowledgments

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

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