Path of the Annular Solar Eclipse of 0961 May 17

Fred Espenak

Introduction

The following table delineates the path of the Moon's antumbral shadow during the Annular Solar Eclipse of 0961 May 17 . 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 0961 May 17
UT1 Northern Limit Southern Limit Central Line M:S Sun Sun Path Central
Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Ratio Alt. Azm. Width Duration
Limits27°40.4'N028°02.9'W26°09.4'N026°40.2'W26°54.6'N027°21.0'W 0.965 - 208 km 01m59.6s
07:0228°52.7'N025°00.1'W30°48.8'N016°39.7'W30°14.7'N019°43.9'W 0.967 71° 200 km 01m58.2s
07:0431°46.0'N018°48.4'W32°27.7'N013°47.8'W32°11.8'N016°03.4'W 0.968 12° 73° 195 km 01m57.5s
07:0633°30.9'N015°36.9'W33°51.5'N011°33.8'W33°43.5'N013°27.6'W 0.969 15° 75° 190 km 01m56.9s
07:0834°57.2'N013°13.0'W35°06.5'N009°41.1'W35°03.3'N011°21.9'W 0.970 17° 77° 187 km 01m56.5s
07:1036°13.7'N011°14.2'W36°15.6'N008°02.5'W36°15.6'N009°34.5'W 0.970 19° 78° 183 km 01m56.1s
07:1237°23.8'N009°31.3'W37°20.4'N006°34.1'W37°22.8'N007°59.6'W 0.971 21° 80° 180 km 01m55.8s
07:1438°29.3'N007°59.5'W38°21.9'N005°13.3'W38°26.1'N006°33.8'W 0.971 23° 81° 176 km 01m55.5s
07:1639°31.3'N006°36.0'W39°20.7'N003°58.4'W39°26.4'N005°15.0'W 0.971 24° 83° 173 km 01m55.2s
07:1840°30.5'N005°18.9'W40°17.2'N002°48.4'W40°24.2'N004°01.7'W 0.972 26° 84° 171 km 01m55.0s
07:2041°27.5'N004°06.9'W41°11.9'N001°42.1'W41°20.0'N002°52.8'W 0.972 27° 86° 168 km 01m54.8s
07:2242°22.5'N002°59.0'W42°05.0'N000°39.1'W42°14.0'N001°47.5'W 0.972 28° 87° 165 km 01m54.6s
07:2443°16.0'N001°54.5'W42°56.8'N000°21.3'E43°06.6'N000°45.2'W 0.973 29° 89° 163 km 01m54.4s
07:2644°08.1'N000°52.8'W43°47.3'N001°19.5'E43°57.8'N000°14.7'E 0.973 30° 90° 160 km 01m54.3s
07:2844°58.9'N000°06.6'E44°36.7'N002°15.8'E44°47.9'N001°12.5'E 0.973 31° 92° 158 km 01m54.2s
07:3045°48.7'N001°04.1'E45°25.1'N003°10.6'E45°37.0'N002°08.6'E 0.973 32° 93° 156 km 01m54.0s
07:3246°37.5'N002°00.0'E46°12.7'N004°04.2'E46°25.2'N003°03.3'E 0.973 33° 95° 153 km 01m53.9s
07:3447°25.5'N002°54.6'E46°59.5'N004°56.7'E47°12.5'N003°56.8'E 0.974 34° 97° 151 km 01m53.8s
07:3648°12.6'N003°48.2'E47°45.6'N005°48.5'E47°59.2'N004°49.4'E 0.974 35° 98° 149 km 01m53.8s
07:3848°59.1'N004°40.9'E48°31.0'N006°39.6'E48°45.1'N005°41.3'E 0.974 36° 100° 148 km 01m53.7s
07:4049°44.9'N005°33.0'E49°15.8'N007°30.3'E49°30.4'N006°32.7'E 0.974 37° 102° 146 km 01m53.6s
07:4250°30.2'N006°24.7'E50°00.0'N008°20.7'E50°15.1'N007°23.7'E 0.974 37° 103° 144 km 01m53.6s
07:4451°14.9'N007°16.1'E50°43.7'N009°11.0'E50°59.3'N008°14.5'E 0.974 38° 105° 143 km 01m53.5s
07:4651°59.1'N008°07.4'E51°26.9'N010°01.3'E51°43.0'N009°05.3'E 0.975 39° 107° 141 km 01m53.5s
07:4852°42.8'N008°58.7'E52°09.6'N010°51.7'E52°26.2'N009°56.2'E 0.975 39° 109° 140 km 01m53.5s
07:5053°26.0'N009°50.3'E52°51.9'N011°42.5'E53°08.9'N010°47.3'E 0.975 40° 110° 138 km 01m53.5s
07:5254°08.9'N010°42.1'E53°33.8'N012°33.6'E53°51.3'N011°38.9'E 0.975 40° 112° 137 km 01m53.5s
07:5454°51.4'N011°34.5'E54°15.2'N013°25.3'E54°33.3'N012°30.9'E 0.975 41° 114° 136 km 01m53.5s
07:5655°33.5'N012°27.5'E54°56.3'N014°17.7'E55°14.8'N013°23.6'E 0.975 41° 116° 135 km 01m53.5s
07:5856°15.2'N013°21.3'E55°37.0'N015°10.9'E55°56.1'N014°17.1'E 0.975 41° 118° 134 km 01m53.6s
08:0056°56.6'N014°16.0'E56°17.4'N016°05.1'E56°36.9'N015°11.5'E 0.975 42° 120° 133 km 01m53.6s
08:0257°37.7'N015°11.7'E56°57.4'N017°00.3'E57°17.5'N016°07.0'E 0.975 42° 122° 132 km 01m53.6s
08:0458°18.4'N016°08.7'E57°37.1'N017°56.8'E57°57.7'N017°03.8'E 0.975 42° 124° 131 km 01m53.7s
08:0658°58.8'N017°07.1'E58°16.4'N018°54.7'E58°37.5'N018°01.9'E 0.975 43° 127° 131 km 01m53.8s
08:0859°38.9'N018°07.0'E58°55.4'N019°54.1'E59°17.1'N019°01.6'E 0.975 43° 129° 130 km 01m53.8s
08:1060°18.7'N019°08.7'E59°34.0'N020°55.2'E59°56.3'N020°03.0'E 0.975 43° 131° 129 km 01m53.9s
08:1260°58.2'N020°12.3'E60°12.3'N021°58.2'E60°35.2'N021°06.3'E 0.975 43° 133° 129 km 01m54.0s
08:1461°37.4'N021°18.1'E60°50.3'N023°03.2'E61°13.7'N022°11.7'E 0.975 43° 136° 128 km 01m54.1s
08:1662°16.2'N022°26.1'E61°27.9'N024°10.4'E61°51.9'N023°19.4'E 0.975 43° 138° 128 km 01m54.2s
08:1862°54.7'N023°36.7'E62°05.1'N025°20.1'E62°29.8'N024°29.6'E 0.975 43° 140° 128 km 01m54.3s
08:2063°32.9'N024°50.2'E62°41.9'N026°32.5'E63°07.2'N025°42.5'E 0.975 43° 143° 127 km 01m54.4s
08:2264°10.6'N026°06.7'E63°18.3'N027°47.7'E63°44.3'N026°58.4'E 0.975 43° 145° 127 km 01m54.5s
08:2464°48.0'N027°26.5'E63°54.3'N029°06.1'E64°21.0'N028°17.5'E 0.975 43° 148° 127 km 01m54.6s
08:2665°25.0'N028°50.0'E64°29.8'N030°27.8'E64°57.2'N029°40.1'E 0.975 43° 151° 127 km 01m54.7s
08:2866°01.5'N030°17.5'E65°04.8'N031°53.2'E65°32.9'N031°06.6'E 0.975 43° 153° 127 km 01m54.9s
08:3066°37.5'N031°49.3'E65°39.3'N033°22.5'E66°08.1'N032°37.1'E 0.975 43° 156° 127 km 01m55.0s
08:3267°12.9'N033°25.8'E66°13.1'N034°56.1'E66°42.8'N034°12.2'E 0.975 43° 159° 127 km 01m55.1s
08:3467°47.8'N035°07.4'E66°46.4'N036°34.3'E67°16.8'N035°52.1'E 0.975 42° 162° 127 km 01m55.3s
08:3668°21.9'N036°54.6'E67°19.0'N038°17.4'E67°50.2'N037°37.2'E 0.975 42° 165° 128 km 01m55.4s
08:3868°55.4'N038°47.8'E67°50.7'N040°05.8'E68°22.7'N039°27.9'E 0.975 42° 168° 128 km 01m55.6s
08:4069°28.0'N040°47.4'E68°21.7'N042°00.0'E68°54.5'N041°24.8'E 0.975 41° 171° 128 km 01m55.7s
08:4269°59.6'N042°54.0'E68°51.7'N044°00.2'E69°25.3'N043°28.1'E 0.975 41° 174° 129 km 01m55.9s
08:4470°30.3'N045°08.2'E69°20.7'N046°06.8'E69°55.1'N045°38.4'E 0.975 40° 178° 129 km 01m56.1s
08:4670°59.7'N047°30.5'E69°48.5'N048°20.4'E70°23.7'N047°56.2'E 0.975 40° 181° 130 km 01m56.2s
08:4871°27.9'N050°01.3'E70°15.1'N050°41.3'E70°51.1'N050°21.9'E 0.974 40° 185° 131 km 01m56.4s
08:5071°54.5'N052°41.3'E70°40.2'N053°09.8'E71°16.9'N052°55.9'E 0.974 39° 188° 132 km 01m56.6s
08:5272°19.5'N055°31.0'E71°03.8'N055°46.4'E71°41.2'N055°38.7'E 0.974 38° 192° 132 km 01m56.7s
08:5472°42.6'N058°30.8'E71°25.7'N058°31.3'E72°03.7'N058°30.7'E 0.974 38° 196° 133 km 01m56.9s
08:5673°03.6'N061°41.0'E71°45.6'N061°24.9'E72°24.1'N061°32.2'E 0.974 37° 200° 134 km 01m57.1s
08:5873°22.2'N065°02.0'E72°03.4'N064°27.2'E72°42.3'N064°43.3'E 0.974 36° 204° 136 km 01m57.3s
09:0073°38.1'N068°33.7'E72°18.8'N067°38.4'E72°57.9'N068°04.2'E 0.973 36° 208° 137 km 01m57.5s
09:0273°51.1'N072°16.2'E72°31.6'N070°58.4'E73°10.9'N071°34.8'E 0.973 35° 213° 138 km 01m57.7s
09:0474°00.8'N076°09.0'E72°41.5'N074°27.0'E73°20.7'N075°14.8'E 0.973 34° 218° 140 km 01m57.9s
09:0674°06.9'N080°11.6'E72°48.3'N078°03.8'E73°27.3'N079°03.8'E 0.973 33° 222° 141 km 01m58.1s
09:0874°09.1'N084°23.3'E72°51.8'N081°48.3'E73°30.1'N083°01.1'E 0.973 32° 227° 143 km 01m58.3s
09:1074°06.9'N088°42.9'E72°51.5'N085°40.0'E73°29.0'N087°05.9'E 0.972 31° 232° 145 km 01m58.5s
09:1274°00.1'N093°09.3'E72°47.3'N089°37.9'E73°23.6'N091°17.3'E 0.972 30° 237° 147 km 01m58.7s
09:1473°48.3'N097°41.1'E72°38.7'N093°41.1'E73°13.6'N095°34.2'E 0.972 29° 242° 149 km 01m58.9s
09:1673°30.9'N102°17.0'E72°25.6'N097°48.9'E72°58.5'N099°55.4'E 0.972 28° 247° 151 km 01m59.1s
09:1873°07.8'N106°55.8'E72°07.5'N102°00.4'E72°38.1'N104°20.1'E 0.971 27° 252° 154 km 01m59.4s
09:2072°38.2'N111°36.8'E71°44.1'N106°14.7'E72°11.8'N108°47.3'E 0.971 25° 257° 157 km 01m59.6s
09:2272°01.7'N116°19.4'E71°14.9'N110°31.4'E71°39.3'N113°16.6'E 0.971 24° 263° 160 km 01m59.8s
09:2471°17.4'N121°04.0'E70°39.3'N114°50.5'E70°59.7'N117°48.0'E 0.970 22° 268° 163 km 02m00.1s
09:2670°24.1'N125°51.8'E69°56.6'N119°12.4'E70°12.2'N122°22.4'E 0.970 21° 273° 167 km 02m00.4s
09:2869°20.0'N130°46.1'E69°05.9'N123°38.2'E69°15.4'N127°01.5'E 0.969 19° 278° 171 km 02m00.6s
09:3068°01.9'N135°52.8'E68°05.4'N128°10.6'E68°07.2'N131°49.6'E 0.969 17° 283° 176 km 02m00.9s
09:3266°23.6'N141°24.6'E66°52.6'N132°54.5'E66°43.8'N136°53.8'E 0.968 14° 288° 182 km 02m01.3s
09:3464°08.6'N147°55.7'E65°22.7'N137°59.3'E64°56.8'N142°31.0'E 0.967 11° 294° 189 km 02m01.6s
09:36 - - 63°24.4'N143°48.0'E62°21.1'N149°33.7'E 0.966 301° 198 km 02m02.1s
Limits58°18.9'N161°48.0'E57°02.2'N159°03.9'E57°40.5'N160°24.2'E 0.964 - 214 km 02m02.9s

ΔT = 1783.9 seconds

Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration
Event Time
TD
Time
UT1
Latitude Longitude Sun
Altitude
Sun
Azimuth
Path Width Central
Duration
Greatest Eclipse08:48:46.608:19:02.762°49.4'N017°40.1'E 43.3° 141.7° 127.5 km01m54.33s
Greatest Duration07:30:12.307:00:28.426°54.6'N027°21.0'W 0.0° 67.0° 207.6 km01m59.63s

Explanation of Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration

Links for the Annular Solar Eclipse of 0961 May 17

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Eclipse Predictions

Predictions for the Annular Solar Eclipse of 0961 May 17 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 1783.9 seconds for this eclipse. The uncertainty in ΔT is 59.0 seconds corresponding to a standard error in longitude of the eclipse path of ± 0.25°.

Acknowledgments

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

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