Path of the Annular Solar Eclipse of 0979 May 28

Fred Espenak

Introduction

The following table delineates the path of the Moon's antumbral shadow during the Annular Solar Eclipse of 0979 May 28 . 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 0979 May 28
UT1 Northern Limit Southern Limit Central Line M:S Sun Sun Path Central
Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Ratio Alt. Azm. Width Duration
Limits24°55.0'N127°22.3'W23°43.9'N126°18.0'W24°19.2'N126°49.8'W 0.969 - 164 km 01m45.3s
13:4227°09.6'N122°17.7'W28°27.6'N116°34.1'W27°59.8'N118°57.6'W 0.971 69° 155 km 01m43.0s
13:4429°46.1'N117°09.0'W30°15.4'N113°27.1'W30°03.5'N115°10.2'W 0.972 12° 71° 149 km 01m41.8s
13:4631°31.2'N114°02.5'W31°44.2'N111°02.2'W31°39.0'N112°28.1'W 0.973 16° 73° 145 km 01m41.0s
13:4832°58.3'N111°37.8'W33°02.2'N109°00.9'W33°01.0'N110°16.5'W 0.974 18° 75° 141 km 01m40.2s
13:5034°15.1'N109°36.3'W34°13.2'N107°14.8'W34°14.7'N108°23.5'W 0.974 20° 76° 138 km 01m39.6s
13:5235°25.1'N107°49.8'W35°19.0'N105°39.5'W35°22.4'N106°43.0'W 0.975 22° 78° 135 km 01m39.0s
13:5436°30.1'N106°14.0'W36°20.9'N104°12.2'W36°25.8'N105°11.7'W 0.975 24° 79° 132 km 01m38.5s
13:5637°31.3'N104°46.1'W37°19.6'N102°51.1'W37°25.6'N103°47.4'W 0.976 26° 81° 129 km 01m38.0s
13:5838°29.4'N103°24.4'W38°15.6'N101°35.0'W38°22.6'N102°28.7'W 0.976 27° 82° 127 km 01m37.6s
14:0039°24.9'N102°07.6'W39°09.4'N100°22.9'W39°17.3'N101°14.3'W 0.977 29° 84° 124 km 01m37.2s
14:0240°18.3'N100°54.8'W40°01.3'N099°14.1'W40°09.9'N100°03.6'W 0.977 30° 85° 122 km 01m36.8s
14:0441°09.8'N099°45.3'W40°51.5'N098°08.0'W41°00.7'N098°55.8'W 0.977 32° 87° 120 km 01m36.5s
14:0641°59.6'N098°38.4'W41°40.2'N097°04.2'W41°50.0'N097°50.6'W 0.977 33° 88° 118 km 01m36.2s
14:0842°48.1'N097°33.8'W42°27.6'N096°02.2'W42°37.9'N096°47.3'W 0.978 34° 90° 116 km 01m35.9s
14:1043°35.2'N096°31.0'W43°13.8'N095°01.8'W43°24.5'N095°45.8'W 0.978 35° 92° 114 km 01m35.6s
14:1244°21.1'N095°29.7'W43°58.8'N094°02.7'W44°10.0'N094°45.6'W 0.978 36° 93° 112 km 01m35.4s
14:1445°06.0'N094°29.7'W44°42.8'N093°04.7'W44°54.4'N093°46.6'W 0.978 37° 95° 111 km 01m35.1s
14:1645°49.9'N093°30.7'W45°25.9'N092°07.5'W45°37.9'N092°48.5'W 0.979 38° 96° 109 km 01m34.9s
14:1846°32.9'N092°32.6'W46°08.2'N091°10.9'W46°20.5'N091°51.2'W 0.979 39° 98° 108 km 01m34.7s
14:2047°15.0'N091°35.0'W46°49.6'N090°14.9'W47°02.3'N090°54.4'W 0.979 40° 100° 106 km 01m34.5s
14:2247°56.3'N090°37.8'W47°30.2'N089°19.2'W47°43.2'N089°58.0'W 0.979 41° 102° 105 km 01m34.4s
14:2448°36.9'N089°41.0'W48°10.1'N088°23.6'W48°23.5'N089°01.8'W 0.979 41° 104° 104 km 01m34.2s
14:2649°16.7'N088°44.3'W48°49.3'N087°28.2'W49°03.0'N088°05.7'W 0.979 42° 105° 102 km 01m34.1s
14:2849°55.9'N087°47.5'W49°27.8'N086°32.6'W49°41.8'N087°09.6'W 0.980 43° 107° 101 km 01m33.9s
14:3050°34.5'N086°50.7'W50°05.7'N085°36.9'W50°20.0'N086°13.3'W 0.980 44° 109° 100 km 01m33.8s
14:3251°12.4'N085°53.6'W50°42.9'N084°40.9'W50°57.6'N085°16.8'W 0.980 44° 111° 99 km 01m33.7s
14:3451°49.7'N084°56.2'W51°19.6'N083°44.6'W51°34.6'N084°19.9'W 0.980 45° 113° 98 km 01m33.7s
14:3652°26.4'N083°58.2'W51°55.7'N082°47.7'W52°11.0'N083°22.5'W 0.980 45° 115° 97 km 01m33.6s
14:3853°02.5'N082°59.7'W52°31.1'N081°50.2'W52°46.8'N082°24.5'W 0.980 46° 117° 96 km 01m33.5s
14:4053°38.1'N082°00.5'W53°06.1'N080°52.0'W53°22.0'N081°25.8'W 0.980 46° 120° 96 km 01m33.5s
14:4254°13.1'N081°00.5'W53°40.4'N079°53.0'W53°56.7'N080°26.3'W 0.980 47° 122° 95 km 01m33.4s
14:4454°47.5'N079°59.6'W54°14.2'N078°53.1'W54°30.8'N079°25.9'W 0.980 47° 124° 94 km 01m33.4s
14:4655°21.5'N078°57.7'W54°47.5'N077°52.2'W55°04.4'N078°24.5'W 0.980 48° 126° 94 km 01m33.4s
14:4855°54.8'N077°54.6'W55°20.2'N076°50.2'W55°37.4'N077°22.0'W 0.980 48° 129° 93 km 01m33.4s
14:5056°27.6'N076°50.3'W55°52.3'N075°47.1'W56°09.9'N076°18.3'W 0.980 48° 131° 93 km 01m33.4s
14:5256°59.9'N075°44.7'W56°23.9'N074°42.6'W56°41.8'N075°13.3'W 0.980 49° 133° 92 km 01m33.4s
14:5457°31.6'N074°37.7'W56°54.9'N073°36.8'W57°13.1'N074°06.8'W 0.981 49° 136° 92 km 01m33.5s
14:5658°02.7'N073°29.1'W57°25.3'N072°29.5'W57°43.9'N072°58.9'W 0.981 49° 138° 91 km 01m33.5s
14:5858°33.2'N072°18.9'W57°55.1'N071°20.6'W58°14.1'N071°49.3'W 0.981 49° 141° 91 km 01m33.6s
15:0059°03.2'N071°06.9'W58°24.3'N070°10.1'W58°43.7'N070°38.1'W 0.981 50° 144° 91 km 01m33.6s
15:0259°32.5'N069°53.1'W58°52.9'N068°57.7'W59°12.6'N069°25.0'W 0.981 50° 146° 90 km 01m33.7s
15:0460°01.2'N068°37.2'W59°20.9'N067°43.5'W59°40.9'N068°10.0'W 0.981 50° 149° 90 km 01m33.8s
15:0660°29.2'N067°19.3'W59°48.2'N066°27.4'W60°08.6'N066°52.9'W 0.981 50° 152° 90 km 01m33.9s
15:0860°56.6'N065°59.2'W60°14.8'N065°09.1'W60°35.6'N065°33.8'W 0.981 50° 154° 90 km 01m34.0s
15:1061°23.2'N064°36.7'W60°40.7'N063°48.7'W61°01.8'N064°12.3'W 0.981 50° 157° 90 km 01m34.1s
15:1261°49.2'N063°11.8'W61°05.8'N062°26.0'W61°27.4'N062°48.6'W 0.981 50° 160° 90 km 01m34.2s
15:1462°14.3'N061°44.4'W61°30.2'N061°01.0'W61°52.1'N061°22.4'W 0.981 50° 163° 90 km 01m34.4s
15:1662°38.7'N060°14.3'W61°53.8'N059°33.5'W62°16.1'N059°53.6'W 0.980 49° 166° 90 km 01m34.5s
15:1863°02.1'N058°41.5'W62°16.5'N058°03.5'W62°39.2'N058°22.2'W 0.980 49° 169° 90 km 01m34.6s
15:2063°24.8'N057°05.8'W62°38.4'N056°30.8'W63°01.4'N056°48.0'W 0.980 49° 172° 90 km 01m34.8s
15:2263°46.4'N055°27.2'W62°59.3'N054°55.4'W63°22.7'N055°11.1'W 0.980 49° 175° 91 km 01m35.0s
15:2464°07.1'N053°45.5'W63°19.3'N053°17.3'W63°43.0'N053°31.2'W 0.980 49° 178° 91 km 01m35.1s
15:2664°26.8'N052°00.7'W63°38.2'N051°36.3'W64°02.3'N051°48.3'W 0.980 48° 181° 91 km 01m35.3s
15:2864°45.3'N050°12.7'W63°56.1'N049°52.4'W64°20.5'N050°02.4'W 0.980 48° 184° 91 km 01m35.5s
15:3065°02.8'N048°21.5'W64°12.8'N048°05.5'W64°37.6'N048°13.4'W 0.980 47° 187° 92 km 01m35.7s
15:3265°19.0'N046°26.9'W64°28.4'N046°15.6'W64°53.5'N046°21.2'W 0.980 47° 191° 92 km 01m35.9s
15:3465°33.9'N044°29.0'W64°42.7'N044°22.7'W65°08.1'N044°25.8'W 0.980 47° 194° 93 km 01m36.1s
15:3665°47.4'N042°27.7'W64°55.7'N042°26.8'W65°21.4'N042°27.3'W 0.980 46° 197° 93 km 01m36.3s
15:3865°59.6'N040°23.0'W65°07.4'N040°27.8'W65°33.3'N040°25.5'W 0.980 46° 200° 94 km 01m36.6s
15:4066°10.2'N038°15.0'W65°17.6'N038°25.8'W65°43.7'N038°20.6'W 0.980 45° 203° 95 km 01m36.8s
15:4266°19.3'N036°03.7'W65°26.3'N036°20.9'W65°52.6'N036°12.6'W 0.979 44° 207° 95 km 01m37.0s
15:4466°26.6'N033°49.1'W65°33.4'N034°13.0'W65°59.8'N034°01.5'W 0.979 44° 210° 96 km 01m37.3s
15:4666°32.3'N031°31.4'W65°38.8'N032°02.3'W66°05.4'N031°47.3'W 0.979 43° 213° 97 km 01m37.5s
15:4866°36.1'N029°10.5'W65°42.5'N029°48.8'W66°09.1'N029°30.3'W 0.979 42° 217° 98 km 01m37.8s
15:5066°37.9'N026°46.8'W65°44.4'N027°32.6'W66°11.0'N027°10.4'W 0.979 42° 220° 99 km 01m38.1s
15:5266°37.8'N024°20.1'W65°44.4'N025°13.8'W66°10.9'N024°47.8'W 0.979 41° 224° 100 km 01m38.4s
15:5466°35.5'N021°50.8'W65°42.4'N022°52.6'W66°08.8'N022°22.7'W 0.978 40° 227° 101 km 01m38.6s
15:5666°31.0'N019°18.9'W65°38.3'N020°29.1'W66°04.5'N019°55.1'W 0.978 39° 230° 102 km 01m38.9s
15:5866°24.1'N016°44.6'W65°32.0'N018°03.4'W65°57.9'N017°25.2'W 0.978 38° 234° 104 km 01m39.2s
16:0066°14.8'N014°08.1'W65°23.4'N015°35.5'W65°49.0'N014°53.1'W 0.978 37° 237° 105 km 01m39.6s
16:0266°03.0'N011°29.4'W65°12.5'N013°05.7'W65°37.6'N012°19.0'W 0.978 36° 241° 107 km 01m39.9s
16:0465°48.4'N008°48.6'W64°59.0'N010°34.0'W65°23.6'N009°42.9'W 0.977 35° 244° 108 km 01m40.2s
16:0665°31.0'N006°05.8'W64°42.9'N008°00.4'W65°06.9'N007°04.8'W 0.977 34° 247° 110 km 01m40.5s
16:0865°10.6'N003°21.1'W64°24.1'N005°25.0'W64°47.3'N004°24.9'W 0.977 33° 251° 112 km 01m40.9s
16:1064°47.0'N000°34.2'W64°02.3'N002°47.7'W64°24.7'N001°42.9'W 0.976 32° 254° 114 km 01m41.3s
16:1264°19.9'N002°14.9'E63°37.3'N000°08.3'W63°58.7'N001°01.2'E 0.976 31° 258° 116 km 01m41.6s
16:1463°49.1'N005°06.6'E63°09.0'N002°33.3'E63°29.2'N003°47.7'E 0.976 29° 261° 118 km 01m42.0s
16:1663°14.2'N008°01.3'E62°37.1'N005°17.4'E62°55.9'N006°37.0'E 0.975 28° 264° 120 km 01m42.4s
16:1862°34.8'N010°59.9'E62°01.1'N008°04.7'E62°18.3'N009°29.7'E 0.975 26° 268° 123 km 01m42.8s
16:2061°50.2'N014°03.3'E61°20.7'N010°55.9'E61°35.9'N012°26.7'E 0.975 25° 271° 126 km 01m43.3s
16:2260°59.5'N017°13.3'E60°35.2'N013°52.0'E60°47.9'N015°29.5'E 0.974 23° 275° 129 km 01m43.8s
16:2460°01.6'N020°32.3'E59°43.6'N016°54.8'E59°53.4'N018°39.9'E 0.974 21° 278° 132 km 01m44.3s
16:2658°54.2'N024°04.6'E58°44.8'N020°06.8'E58°50.7'N022°01.3'E 0.973 19° 282° 136 km 01m44.8s
16:2857°33.9'N027°57.3'E57°36.6'N023°32.0'E57°37.1'N025°38.8'E 0.973 17° 285° 141 km 01m45.4s
16:3055°53.3'N032°26.0'E56°15.5'N027°17.7'E56°07.7'N029°43.0'E 0.972 14° 289° 146 km 01m46.1s
16:3253°30.4'N038°17.7'E54°34.0'N031°39.4'E54°10.5'N034°38.7'E 0.971 10° 294° 153 km 01m46.9s
16:34 - - 52°09.8'N037°23.5'E50°48.9'N042°26.0'E 0.969 301° 163 km 01m48.2s
Limits48°56.5'N048°35.8'E47°50.2'N046°56.7'E48°23.2'N047°45.6'E 0.968 - 171 km 01m49.0s

ΔT = 1676.6 seconds

Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration
Event Time
TD
Time
UT1
Latitude Longitude Sun
Altitude
Sun
Azimuth
Path Width Central
Duration
Greatest Eclipse15:35:28.315:07:31.660°29.3'N072°53.0'W 49.8° 153.8° 90.0 km01m33.96s
Greatest Duration17:02:21.516:34:24.948°23.2'N047°45.6'E 0.0° 304.8° 170.6 km01m49.05s

Explanation of Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration

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Eclipse Predictions

Predictions for the Annular Solar Eclipse of 0979 May 28 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 1676.6 seconds for this eclipse. The uncertainty in ΔT is 56.5 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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