Path of the Annular Solar Eclipse of 0970 May 08

Fred Espenak

Introduction

The following table delineates the path of the Moon's antumbral shadow during the Annular Solar Eclipse of 0970 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 .

Annular Solar Eclipse of 0970 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
Limits32°54.7'N009°36.7'E32°00.8'N010°24.1'E32°27.7'N010°00.6'E 0.978 - 120 km 01m13.8s
04:26 - - 34°12.8'N016°19.6'E33°03.1'N011°42.7'E 0.979 69° 118 km 01m13.1s
04:2835°54.7'N017°48.0'E36°22.9'N021°32.0'E36°11.9'N019°50.7'E 0.981 74° 107 km 01m09.5s
04:3037°45.9'N022°14.9'E37°53.5'N024°52.9'E37°50.7'N023°37.9'E 0.982 13° 77° 102 km 01m07.6s
04:3239°09.7'N025°23.0'E39°08.9'N027°32.1'E39°09.8'N026°29.9'E 0.983 16° 79° 97 km 01m06.2s
04:3440°21.1'N027°56.0'E40°15.4'N029°47.9'E40°18.5'N028°53.5'E 0.983 18° 81° 94 km 01m04.9s
04:3641°24.8'N030°08.3'E41°16.0'N031°48.3'E41°20.6'N030°59.5'E 0.984 20° 83° 90 km 01m03.8s
04:3842°23.2'N032°06.6'E42°12.3'N033°37.7'E42°17.9'N032°53.1'E 0.984 22° 85° 87 km 01m02.8s
04:4043°17.7'N033°54.8'E43°05.1'N035°19.0'E43°11.4'N034°37.7'E 0.985 24° 87° 85 km 01m01.9s
04:4244°09.0'N035°35.3'E43°55.1'N036°54.0'E44°02.0'N036°15.4'E 0.985 26° 89° 82 km 01m01.1s
04:4444°57.7'N037°10.0'E44°42.8'N038°24.0'E44°50.2'N037°47.6'E 0.985 27° 90° 80 km 01m00.3s
04:4645°44.2'N038°39.8'E45°28.5'N039°49.9'E45°36.3'N039°15.4'E 0.986 28° 92° 78 km 00m59.6s
04:4846°28.9'N040°05.9'E46°12.5'N041°12.5'E46°20.7'N040°39.7'E 0.986 30° 94° 76 km 00m58.9s
04:5047°12.0'N041°28.8'E46°54.9'N042°32.4'E47°03.4'N042°01.1'E 0.986 31° 96° 74 km 00m58.2s
04:5247°53.6'N042°49.2'E47°36.0'N043°50.1'E47°44.8'N043°20.1'E 0.987 32° 98° 72 km 00m57.6s
04:5448°33.9'N044°07.5'E48°15.9'N045°05.9'E48°24.9'N044°37.1'E 0.987 33° 100° 71 km 00m57.0s
04:5649°13.1'N045°24.0'E48°54.7'N046°20.3'E49°03.8'N045°52.5'E 0.987 34° 102° 69 km 00m56.5s
04:5849°51.2'N046°39.2'E49°32.4'N047°33.5'E49°41.7'N047°06.7'E 0.987 35° 103° 68 km 00m56.0s
05:0050°28.3'N047°53.3'E50°09.1'N048°45.7'E50°18.7'N048°19.8'E 0.987 36° 105° 66 km 00m55.5s
05:0251°04.4'N049°06.5'E50°45.0'N049°57.2'E50°54.7'N049°32.2'E 0.988 37° 107° 65 km 00m55.1s
05:0451°39.7'N050°19.1'E51°19.9'N051°08.2'E51°29.8'N050°43.9'E 0.988 38° 109° 64 km 00m54.7s
05:0652°14.2'N051°31.2'E51°54.1'N052°18.8'E52°04.1'N051°55.3'E 0.988 38° 111° 63 km 00m54.3s
05:0852°47.9'N052°43.0'E52°27.5'N053°29.2'E52°37.6'N053°06.4'E 0.988 39° 113° 62 km 00m53.9s
05:1053°20.8'N053°54.7'E53°00.2'N054°39.6'E53°10.4'N054°17.4'E 0.988 40° 116° 61 km 00m53.5s
05:1253°53.0'N055°06.5'E53°32.1'N055°50.0'E53°42.5'N055°28.5'E 0.988 41° 118° 60 km 00m53.2s
05:1454°24.5'N056°18.4'E54°03.3'N057°00.7'E54°13.8'N056°39.8'E 0.988 41° 120° 59 km 00m52.9s
05:1654°55.3'N057°30.7'E54°33.9'N058°11.7'E54°44.5'N057°51.4'E 0.989 42° 122° 58 km 00m52.7s
05:1855°25.5'N058°43.4'E55°03.7'N059°23.2'E55°14.5'N059°03.5'E 0.989 42° 124° 57 km 00m52.4s
05:2055°54.9'N059°56.6'E55°32.9'N060°35.3'E55°43.9'N060°16.1'E 0.989 43° 127° 57 km 00m52.2s
05:2256°23.8'N061°10.4'E56°01.5'N061°48.0'E56°12.6'N061°29.4'E 0.989 43° 129° 56 km 00m52.0s
05:2456°52.0'N062°25.0'E56°29.4'N063°01.5'E56°40.6'N062°43.5'E 0.989 44° 131° 56 km 00m51.8s
05:2657°19.5'N063°40.5'E56°56.7'N064°15.8'E57°08.0'N063°58.4'E 0.989 44° 134° 55 km 00m51.7s
05:2857°46.4'N064°57.0'E57°23.3'N065°31.1'E57°34.8'N065°14.3'E 0.989 44° 136° 55 km 00m51.5s
05:3058°12.7'N066°14.5'E57°49.3'N066°47.5'E58°00.9'N066°31.2'E 0.989 45° 139° 54 km 00m51.4s
05:3258°38.3'N067°33.2'E58°14.6'N068°05.0'E58°26.4'N067°49.3'E 0.989 45° 141° 54 km 00m51.3s
05:3459°03.3'N068°53.1'E58°39.2'N069°23.7'E58°51.2'N069°08.6'E 0.989 45° 144° 53 km 00m51.3s
05:3659°27.6'N070°14.4'E59°03.2'N070°43.8'E59°15.3'N070°29.2'E 0.989 45° 146° 53 km 00m51.2s
05:3859°51.2'N071°37.1'E59°26.5'N072°05.2'E59°38.7'N071°51.3'E 0.989 46° 149° 53 km 00m51.2s
05:4060°14.1'N073°01.3'E59°49.0'N073°28.1'E60°01.5'N073°14.8'E 0.989 46° 152° 53 km 00m51.2s
05:4260°36.3'N074°27.1'E60°10.9'N074°52.5'E60°23.5'N074°39.9'E 0.989 46° 154° 53 km 00m51.2s
05:4460°57.8'N075°54.6'E60°32.0'N076°18.5'E60°44.8'N076°06.7'E 0.989 46° 157° 53 km 00m51.2s
05:4661°18.5'N077°23.8'E60°52.4'N077°46.3'E61°05.4'N077°35.2'E 0.989 46° 160° 52 km 00m51.3s
05:4861°38.5'N078°54.8'E61°12.0'N079°15.8'E61°25.2'N079°05.4'E 0.989 46° 163° 52 km 00m51.4s
05:5061°57.6'N080°27.8'E61°30.8'N080°47.0'E61°44.1'N080°37.5'E 0.989 46° 166° 53 km 00m51.5s
05:5262°16.0'N082°02.7'E61°48.8'N082°20.2'E62°02.3'N082°11.6'E 0.989 46° 168° 53 km 00m51.6s
05:5462°33.5'N083°39.6'E62°05.9'N083°55.3'E62°19.6'N083°47.5'E 0.989 46° 171° 53 km 00m51.7s
05:5662°50.1'N085°18.6'E62°22.1'N085°32.4'E62°36.0'N085°25.6'E 0.989 46° 174° 53 km 00m51.9s
05:5863°05.8'N086°59.8'E62°37.5'N087°11.4'E62°51.5'N087°05.7'E 0.989 45° 177° 53 km 00m52.1s
06:0063°20.5'N088°43.1'E62°51.9'N088°52.6'E63°06.1'N088°47.9'E 0.989 45° 180° 53 km 00m52.3s
06:0263°34.3'N090°28.6'E63°05.3'N090°35.8'E63°19.7'N090°32.3'E 0.989 45° 183° 54 km 00m52.5s
06:0463°47.1'N092°16.4'E63°17.6'N092°21.2'E63°32.3'N092°18.8'E 0.989 45° 186° 54 km 00m52.7s
06:0663°58.8'N094°06.5'E63°29.0'N094°08.7'E63°43.8'N094°07.6'E 0.989 44° 189° 54 km 00m53.0s
06:0864°09.3'N095°58.9'E63°39.2'N095°58.4'E63°54.2'N095°58.6'E 0.989 44° 192° 55 km 00m53.3s
06:1064°18.8'N097°53.6'E63°48.3'N097°50.2'E64°03.4'N097°51.9'E 0.989 44° 195° 55 km 00m53.6s
06:1264°27.0'N099°50.7'E63°56.2'N099°44.2'E64°11.5'N099°47.4'E 0.989 43° 199° 56 km 00m53.9s
06:1464°34.0'N101°50.0'E64°02.8'N101°40.4'E64°18.3'N101°45.1'E 0.988 43° 202° 57 km 00m54.3s
06:1664°39.6'N103°51.7'E64°08.2'N103°38.7'E64°23.8'N103°45.1'E 0.988 42° 205° 57 km 00m54.6s
06:1864°43.9'N105°55.7'E64°12.3'N105°39.2'E64°28.0'N105°47.3'E 0.988 42° 208° 58 km 00m55.0s
06:2064°46.9'N108°02.0'E64°14.9'N107°41.8'E64°30.8'N107°51.7'E 0.988 41° 211° 59 km 00m55.4s
06:2264°48.3'N110°10.6'E64°16.2'N109°46.5'E64°32.1'N109°58.3'E 0.988 40° 214° 59 km 00m55.9s
06:2464°48.2'N112°21.4'E64°15.9'N111°53.3'E64°31.9'N112°07.1'E 0.988 40° 217° 60 km 00m56.3s
06:2664°46.5'N114°34.5'E64°14.1'N114°02.1'E64°30.2'N114°18.0'E 0.988 39° 221° 61 km 00m56.8s
06:2864°43.1'N116°49.8'E64°10.7'N116°12.9'E64°26.8'N116°31.0'E 0.987 38° 224° 62 km 00m57.3s
06:3064°38.0'N119°07.4'E64°05.5'N118°25.8'E64°21.7'N118°46.2'E 0.987 38° 227° 63 km 00m57.8s
06:3264°31.1'N121°27.1'E63°58.7'N120°40.7'E64°14.8'N121°03.5'E 0.987 37° 230° 65 km 00m58.3s
06:3464°22.3'N123°49.1'E63°49.9'N122°57.7'E64°06.0'N123°22.9'E 0.987 36° 233° 66 km 00m58.9s
06:3664°11.4'N126°13.4'E63°39.3'N125°16.7'E63°55.2'N125°44.5'E 0.987 35° 236° 67 km 00m59.5s
06:3863°58.4'N128°40.1'E63°26.6'N127°37.8'E63°42.4'N128°08.3'E 0.986 34° 240° 69 km 01m00.1s
06:4063°43.2'N131°09.3'E63°11.7'N130°01.2'E63°27.4'N130°34.6'E 0.986 33° 243° 70 km 01m00.7s
06:4263°25.6'N133°41.1'E62°54.6'N132°27.0'E63°10.0'N133°03.3'E 0.986 32° 246° 72 km 01m01.4s
06:4463°05.4'N136°16.0'E62°35.1'N134°55.4'E62°50.2'N135°34.8'E 0.985 31° 249° 74 km 01m02.1s
06:4662°42.5'N138°54.1'E62°13.0'N137°26.6'E62°27.7'N138°09.4'E 0.985 29° 252° 76 km 01m02.8s
06:4862°16.5'N141°36.0'E61°48.1'N140°01.1'E62°02.3'N140°47.5'E 0.985 28° 256° 78 km 01m03.6s
06:5061°47.2'N144°22.4'E61°20.1'N142°39.5'E61°33.7'N143°29.7'E 0.984 27° 259° 80 km 01m04.4s
06:5261°14.2'N147°14.2'E60°48.7'N145°22.3'E61°01.5'N146°16.9'E 0.984 25° 262° 82 km 01m05.2s
06:5460°36.8'N150°12.8'E60°13.4'N148°10.8'E60°25.2'N149°10.3'E 0.984 24° 265° 85 km 01m06.1s
06:5659°54.4'N153°20.0'E59°33.6'N151°06.3'E59°44.2'N152°11.4'E 0.983 22° 269° 88 km 01m07.1s
06:5859°05.7'N156°39.0'E58°48.5'N154°10.9'E58°57.4'N155°22.8'E 0.983 20° 272° 91 km 01m08.1s
07:0058°08.9'N160°14.4'E57°56.7'N157°28.0'E58°03.3'N158°48.4'E 0.982 18° 276° 95 km 01m09.2s
07:0257°00.7'N164°15.1'E56°56.2'N161°02.8'E56°59.3'N162°35.1'E 0.981 16° 280° 99 km 01m10.4s
07:0455°34.1'N168°59.9'E55°43.1'N165°05.7'E55°40.3'N166°56.4'E 0.981 13° 284° 104 km 01m11.9s
07:0653°26.0'N175°32.5'E54°08.3'N170°00.1'E53°52.7'N172°28.7'E 0.980 289° 111 km 01m13.7s
Limits50°03.7'N174°46.6'W49°10.5'N175°55.1'W49°37.0'N175°21.2'W 0.977 - 126 km 01m17.6s

ΔT = 1729.9 seconds

Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration
Event Time
TD
Time
UT1
Latitude Longitude Sun
Altitude
Sun
Azimuth
Path Width Central
Duration
Greatest Eclipse06:15:48.905:46:59.061°15.2'N071°05.6'E 46.0° 161.3° 52.5 km00m51.32s
Greatest Duration04:54:46.504:25:56.532°27.7'N010°00.6'E 0.0° 68.1° 119.8 km01m13.80s

Explanation of Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration

Links for the Annular Solar Eclipse of 0970 May 08

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Eclipse Predictions

Predictions for the Annular Solar Eclipse of 0970 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 1729.9 seconds for this eclipse. The uncertainty in ΔT is 57.7 seconds corresponding to a standard error in longitude of the eclipse path of ± 0.24°.

Acknowledgments

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

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