Path of the Total Solar Eclipse of 2273 May 17

Fred Espenak

Introduction

The following table delineates the path of the Moon's umbral shadow during the Total Solar Eclipse of 2273 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 .

Total Solar Eclipse of 2273 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
Limits03°41.3'S093°15.0'W05°13.2'S092°33.7'W04°27.3'S092°54.2'W 1.055 - 185 km 02m52.4s
12:1601°00.1'S086°12.7'W01°46.3'S083°25.0'W01°20.8'S084°43.1'W 1.058 70° 195 km 03m13.3s
12:1801°06.2'N081°11.4'W00°01.5'N079°06.6'W00°35.0'N080°06.6'W 1.060 15° 70° 201 km 03m27.0s
12:2002°34.4'N077°53.2'W01°22.3'N076°02.8'W01°59.1'N076°56.3'W 1.061 18° 70° 205 km 03m37.5s
12:2203°46.6'N075°16.8'W02°29.9'N073°34.2'W03°08.9'N074°24.1'W 1.062 22° 70° 208 km 03m46.4s
12:2404°49.4'N073°04.7'W03°29.2'N071°27.2'W04°09.9'N072°14.8'W 1.063 25° 71° 211 km 03m54.5s
12:2605°45.8'N071°08.9'W04°22.8'N069°35.0'W05°04.8'N070°20.9'W 1.064 27° 71° 213 km 04m01.9s
12:2806°37.3'N069°24.9'W05°12.0'N067°53.8'W05°55.1'N068°38.4'W 1.064 29° 71° 215 km 04m08.8s
12:3007°25.0'N067°49.9'W05°57.6'N066°21.1'W06°41.8'N067°04.6'W 1.065 32° 71° 217 km 04m15.4s
12:3208°09.7'N066°22.1'W06°40.4'N064°55.2'W07°25.5'N065°37.8'W 1.065 34° 72° 219 km 04m21.6s
12:3408°51.7'N065°00.2'W07°20.8'N063°35.0'W08°06.6'N064°16.7'W 1.066 36° 72° 220 km 04m27.6s
12:3609°31.5'N063°43.1'W07°59.0'N062°19.4'W08°45.6'N063°00.4'W 1.066 38° 72° 222 km 04m33.4s
12:3810°09.4'N062°30.1'W08°35.4'N061°07.8'W09°22.8'N061°48.2'W 1.067 39° 73° 223 km 04m38.9s
12:4010°45.5'N061°20.7'W09°10.2'N059°59.6'W09°58.2'N060°39.5'W 1.067 41° 73° 224 km 04m44.3s
12:4211°20.2'N060°14.4'W09°43.5'N058°54.5'W10°32.1'N059°33.7'W 1.068 43° 73° 225 km 04m49.5s
12:4411°53.4'N059°10.7'W10°15.4'N057°51.9'W11°04.7'N058°30.6'W 1.068 44° 74° 226 km 04m54.5s
12:4612°25.3'N058°09.4'W10°46.2'N056°51.7'W11°36.1'N057°29.9'W 1.068 46° 74° 227 km 04m59.4s
12:4812°56.1'N057°10.2'W11°15.8'N055°53.5'W12°06.2'N056°31.2'W 1.069 47° 74° 228 km 05m04.1s
12:5013°25.8'N056°12.8'W11°44.4'N054°57.2'W12°35.4'N055°34.4'W 1.069 49° 75° 229 km 05m08.7s
12:5213°54.5'N055°17.1'W12°12.0'N054°02.5'W13°03.5'N054°39.2'W 1.069 50° 75° 230 km 05m13.2s
12:5414°22.3'N054°22.9'W12°38.7'N053°09.3'W13°30.7'N053°45.5'W 1.070 52° 76° 231 km 05m17.6s
12:5614°49.2'N053°30.0'W13°04.5'N052°17.5'W13°57.1'N052°53.2'W 1.070 53° 76° 231 km 05m21.8s
12:5815°15.2'N052°38.3'W13°29.5'N051°26.8'W14°22.6'N052°02.0'W 1.070 55° 77° 232 km 05m25.9s
13:0015°40.4'N051°47.8'W13°53.8'N050°37.3'W14°47.3'N051°12.0'W 1.071 56° 77° 233 km 05m29.9s
13:0216°04.9'N050°58.2'W14°17.3'N049°48.8'W15°11.3'N050°22.9'W 1.071 57° 78° 233 km 05m33.8s
13:0416°28.7'N050°09.5'W14°40.1'N049°01.1'W15°34.6'N049°34.8'W 1.071 59° 78° 234 km 05m37.5s
13:0616°51.7'N049°21.7'W15°02.2'N048°14.3'W15°57.1'N048°47.5'W 1.071 60° 79° 234 km 05m41.1s
13:0817°14.1'N048°34.5'W15°23.7'N047°28.3'W16°19.1'N048°00.9'W 1.071 61° 79° 235 km 05m44.7s
13:1017°35.8'N047°48.1'W15°44.6'N046°42.9'W16°40.3'N047°15.0'W 1.072 62° 80° 235 km 05m48.0s
13:1217°56.9'N047°02.2'W16°04.8'N045°58.2'W17°01.0'N046°29.7'W 1.072 64° 80° 236 km 05m51.3s
13:1418°17.4'N046°16.9'W16°24.5'N045°14.0'W17°21.1'N045°45.0'W 1.072 65° 81° 236 km 05m54.5s
13:1618°37.4'N045°32.1'W16°43.6'N044°30.3'W17°40.6'N045°00.7'W 1.072 66° 82° 236 km 05m57.5s
13:1818°56.7'N044°47.7'W17°02.1'N043°47.1'W17°59.5'N044°17.0'W 1.072 67° 83° 237 km 06m00.4s
13:2019°15.5'N044°03.7'W17°20.1'N043°04.4'W18°17.9'N043°33.6'W 1.072 68° 83° 237 km 06m03.2s
13:2219°33.7'N043°20.1'W17°37.6'N042°22.0'W18°35.8'N042°50.6'W 1.073 70° 84° 237 km 06m05.9s
13:2419°51.4'N042°36.8'W17°54.5'N041°39.9'W18°53.1'N042°07.9'W 1.073 71° 85° 238 km 06m08.4s
13:2620°08.6'N041°53.8'W18°10.9'N040°58.1'W19°09.9'N041°25.6'W 1.073 72° 86° 238 km 06m10.8s
13:2820°25.3'N041°11.0'W18°26.9'N040°16.6'W19°26.2'N040°43.4'W 1.073 73° 87° 238 km 06m13.1s
13:3020°41.4'N040°28.4'W18°42.3'N039°35.4'W19°41.9'N040°01.5'W 1.073 74° 88° 238 km 06m15.3s
13:3220°57.0'N039°46.0'W18°57.3'N038°54.3'W19°57.2'N039°19.8'W 1.073 75° 89° 239 km 06m17.3s
13:3421°12.2'N039°03.7'W19°11.8'N038°13.4'W20°12.1'N038°38.2'W 1.073 76° 91° 239 km 06m19.2s
13:3621°26.8'N038°21.5'W19°25.8'N037°32.7'W20°26.4'N037°56.8'W 1.073 78° 92° 239 km 06m21.0s
13:3821°41.0'N037°39.4'W19°39.4'N036°52.1'W20°40.2'N037°15.5'W 1.073 79° 94° 239 km 06m22.6s
13:4021°54.7'N036°57.4'W19°52.5'N036°11.5'W20°53.6'N036°34.2'W 1.074 80° 96° 239 km 06m24.1s
13:4222°07.9'N036°15.5'W20°05.1'N035°31.0'W21°06.5'N035°53.0'W 1.074 81° 99° 239 km 06m25.4s
13:4422°20.6'N035°33.5'W20°17.3'N034°50.6'W21°19.0'N035°11.8'W 1.074 82° 102° 239 km 06m26.6s
13:4622°32.8'N034°51.5'W20°29.0'N034°10.2'W21°30.9'N034°30.6'W 1.074 83° 106° 240 km 06m27.7s
13:4822°44.6'N034°09.5'W20°40.3'N033°29.7'W21°42.5'N033°49.4'W 1.074 84° 111° 240 km 06m28.6s
13:5022°55.9'N033°27.4'W20°51.1'N032°49.3'W21°53.5'N033°08.2'W 1.074 85° 118° 240 km 06m29.4s
13:5223°06.7'N032°45.3'W21°01.4'N032°08.7'W22°04.1'N032°26.8'W 1.074 86° 127° 240 km 06m30.1s
13:5423°17.1'N032°03.0'W21°11.4'N031°28.1'W22°14.2'N031°45.4'W 1.074 86° 140° 240 km 06m30.6s
13:5623°27.0'N031°20.6'W21°20.8'N030°47.5'W22°23.9'N031°03.9'W 1.074 87° 158° 240 km 06m30.9s
13:5823°36.4'N030°38.1'W21°29.9'N030°06.6'W22°33.1'N030°22.3'W 1.074 87° 179° 240 km 06m31.1s
14:0023°45.3'N029°55.4'W21°38.5'N029°25.7'W22°41.9'N029°40.5'W 1.074 87° 198° 240 km 06m31.1s
14:0223°53.7'N029°12.5'W21°46.6'N028°44.6'W22°50.1'N028°58.5'W 1.074 86° 213° 240 km 06m31.0s
14:0424°01.7'N028°29.4'W21°54.3'N028°03.3'W22°57.9'N028°16.3'W 1.074 85° 224° 239 km 06m30.8s
14:0624°09.1'N027°46.1'W22°01.5'N027°21.8'W23°05.3'N027°33.9'W 1.074 84° 231° 239 km 06m30.4s
14:0824°16.1'N027°02.5'W22°08.2'N026°40.0'W23°12.2'N026°51.3'W 1.074 83° 237° 239 km 06m29.9s
14:1024°22.6'N026°18.7'W22°14.5'N025°58.1'W23°18.5'N026°08.4'W 1.074 82° 241° 239 km 06m29.2s
14:1224°28.6'N025°34.5'W22°20.4'N025°15.8'W23°24.5'N025°25.2'W 1.074 81° 245° 239 km 06m28.3s
14:1424°34.1'N024°50.1'W22°25.7'N024°33.3'W23°29.9'N024°41.8'W 1.073 80° 247° 239 km 06m27.3s
14:1624°39.1'N024°05.3'W22°30.6'N023°50.4'W23°34.8'N023°58.0'W 1.073 79° 250° 239 km 06m26.2s
14:1824°43.5'N023°20.1'W22°35.0'N023°07.2'W23°39.2'N023°13.8'W 1.073 78° 252° 238 km 06m24.9s
14:2024°47.5'N022°34.6'W22°38.9'N022°23.6'W23°43.2'N022°29.3'W 1.073 77° 254° 238 km 06m23.4s
14:2224°50.9'N021°48.6'W22°42.3'N021°39.7'W23°46.6'N021°44.3'W 1.073 76° 255° 238 km 06m21.8s
14:2424°53.7'N021°02.2'W22°45.2'N020°55.3'W23°49.5'N020°59.0'W 1.073 75° 256° 238 km 06m20.1s
14:2624°56.0'N020°15.4'W22°47.7'N020°10.4'W23°51.8'N020°13.2'W 1.073 74° 258° 237 km 06m18.2s
14:2824°57.8'N019°28.0'W22°49.5'N019°25.1'W23°53.7'N019°26.8'W 1.073 72° 259° 237 km 06m16.1s
14:3024°59.0'N018°40.1'W22°50.9'N018°39.3'W23°54.9'N018°40.0'W 1.073 71° 260° 237 km 06m13.9s
14:3224°59.6'N017°51.7'W22°51.7'N017°53.0'W23°55.6'N017°52.7'W 1.073 70° 261° 236 km 06m11.6s
14:3424°59.6'N017°02.7'W22°52.0'N017°06.0'W23°55.8'N017°04.7'W 1.072 69° 262° 236 km 06m09.1s
14:3624°59.0'N016°13.0'W22°51.7'N016°18.5'W23°55.3'N016°16.1'W 1.072 68° 263° 235 km 06m06.5s
14:3824°57.8'N015°22.7'W22°50.8'N015°30.3'W23°54.3'N015°26.9'W 1.072 67° 264° 235 km 06m03.7s
14:4024°56.0'N014°31.7'W22°49.3'N014°41.4'W23°52.6'N014°37.0'W 1.072 65° 265° 234 km 06m00.8s
14:4224°53.5'N013°39.9'W22°47.2'N013°51.8'W23°50.3'N013°46.3'W 1.072 64° 266° 234 km 05m57.8s
14:4424°50.3'N012°47.3'W22°44.5'N013°01.4'W23°47.4'N012°54.8'W 1.072 63° 266° 233 km 05m54.6s
14:4624°46.4'N011°53.9'W22°41.1'N012°10.1'W23°43.8'N012°02.5'W 1.071 62° 267° 233 km 05m51.3s
14:4824°41.8'N010°59.5'W22°37.1'N011°17.9'W23°39.5'N011°09.3'W 1.071 60° 268° 232 km 05m47.8s
14:5024°36.4'N010°04.2'W22°32.3'N010°24.8'W23°34.4'N010°15.1'W 1.071 59° 269° 232 km 05m44.2s
14:5224°30.3'N009°07.8'W22°26.9'N009°30.7'W23°28.6'N009°19.9'W 1.071 58° 270° 231 km 05m40.4s
14:5424°23.4'N008°10.3'W22°20.6'N008°35.4'W23°22.1'N008°23.5'W 1.071 56° 270° 230 km 05m36.6s
14:5624°15.6'N007°11.6'W22°13.6'N007°39.0'W23°14.7'N007°26.0'W 1.070 55° 271° 230 km 05m32.5s
14:5824°07.0'N006°11.6'W22°05.8'N006°41.3'W23°06.5'N006°27.1'W 1.070 54° 272° 229 km 05m28.4s
15:0023°57.4'N005°10.2'W21°57.1'N005°42.2'W22°57.3'N005°26.9'W 1.070 52° 272° 228 km 05m24.1s
15:0223°46.9'N004°07.3'W21°47.5'N004°41.6'W22°47.3'N004°25.2'W 1.069 51° 273° 227 km 05m19.7s
15:0423°35.3'N003°02.7'W21°36.9'N003°39.3'W22°36.2'N003°21.8'W 1.069 49° 274° 226 km 05m15.1s
15:0623°22.6'N001°56.2'W21°25.3'N002°35.2'W22°24.1'N002°16.5'W 1.069 48° 275° 226 km 05m10.4s
15:0823°08.8'N000°47.8'W21°12.6'N001°29.2'W22°10.9'N001°09.3'W 1.068 46° 275° 225 km 05m05.5s
15:1022°53.7'N000°22.9'E20°58.8'N000°21.0'W21°56.4'N - 1.068 45° 276° 224 km 05m00.5s
15:1222°37.3'N001°36.0'E20°43.7'N000°49.6'E21°40.7'N001°11.9'E 1.068 43° 277° 223 km 04m55.3s
15:1422°19.4'N002°51.9'E20°27.2'N002°02.9'E21°23.5'N002°26.5'E 1.067 42° 277° 221 km 04m49.9s
15:1621°59.9'N004°11.0'E20°09.2'N003°19.3'E21°04.7'N003°44.1'E 1.067 40° 278° 220 km 04m44.4s
15:1821°38.6'N005°33.6'E19°49.5'N004°39.1'E20°44.3'N005°05.3'E 1.066 38° 279° 219 km 04m38.7s
15:2021°15.3'N007°00.2'E19°28.0'N006°02.8'E20°21.9'N006°30.4'E 1.066 36° 280° 218 km 04m32.7s
15:2220°49.8'N008°31.7'E19°04.4'N007°31.1'E19°57.4'N008°00.3'E 1.065 34° 280° 216 km 04m26.6s
15:2420°21.7'N010°08.8'E18°38.5'N009°04.8'E19°30.4'N009°35.6'E 1.065 32° 281° 215 km 04m20.2s
15:2619°50.5'N011°52.8'E18°09.7'N010°45.0'E19°00.5'N011°17.6'E 1.064 30° 282° 213 km 04m13.4s
15:2819°15.7'N013°45.2'E17°37.6'N012°33.2'E18°27.0'N013°07.8'E 1.064 28° 283° 211 km 04m06.4s
15:3018°36.3'N015°48.4'E17°01.3'N014°31.4'E17°49.3'N015°08.5'E 1.063 26° 284° 209 km 03m58.8s
15:3217°51.0'N018°06.2'E16°19.8'N016°42.9'E17°06.0'N017°22.9'E 1.062 23° 284° 207 km 03m50.8s
15:3416°57.4'N020°44.7'E15°31.1'N019°13.0'E16°14.9'N019°56.9'E 1.061 20° 285° 204 km 03m41.9s
15:3615°50.9'N023°56.5'E14°31.5'N022°11.6'E15°12.1'N023°01.7'E 1.060 16° 286° 201 km 03m31.8s
15:3814°19.0'N028°15.6'E13°12.5'N026°03.1'E13°47.4'N027°05.4'E 1.058 12° 287° 196 km 03m19.4s
15:40 - - 10°51.8'N032°46.8'E10°49.6'N035°25.9'E 1.056 289° 187 km 02m57.0s
Limits10°45.7'N038°06.1'E09°14.4'N037°24.1'E10°00.0'N037°44.8'E 1.055 - 184 km 02m51.6s

ΔT = 425.6 seconds

Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration
Event Time
TD
Time
UT1
Latitude Longitude Sun
Altitude
Sun
Azimuth
Path Width Central
Duration
Greatest Eclipse14:04:30.213:57:24.622°30.4'N032°21.2'W 86.9° 172.6° 239.7 km06m31.06s
Greatest Duration14:06:45.413:59:39.822°40.4'N029°47.5'W 86.7° 195.1° 239.6 km06m31.15s

Explanation of Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration

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Eclipse Predictions

Predictions for the Total Solar Eclipse of 2273 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 425.6 seconds for this eclipse. The uncertainty in ΔT is 110.8 seconds corresponding to a standard error in longitude of the eclipse path of ± 0.46°.

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

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