Path of the Total Solar Eclipse of 2449 May 22

Fred Espenak

Introduction

The following table delineates the path of the Moon's umbral shadow during the Total Solar Eclipse of 2449 May 22 . 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 2449 May 22
UT1 Northern Limit Southern Limit Central Line M:S Sun Sun Path Central
Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Ratio Alt. Azm. Width Duration
Limits69°07.9'S045°30.1'E67°47.3'S055°56.5'E68°39.1'S050°20.6'E 1.030 - 444 km 01m58.0s
09:4460°45.3'S046°24.9'E - - 65°22.5'S049°08.0'E 1.031 345° 446 km 02m05.4s
09:4659°15.6'S047°24.4'E - - 62°46.7'S049°32.7'E 1.031 344° 456 km 02m11.1s
09:4858°00.6'S048°24.3'E67°12.9'S055°27.0'E61°02.6'S050°20.1'E 1.032 343° 468 km 02m14.7s
09:5056°55.8'S049°24.3'E63°44.0'S054°27.7'E59°40.6'S051°13.9'E 1.032 342° 481 km 02m17.4s
09:5255°58.8'S050°24.2'E61°58.6'S054°58.4'E58°32.0'S052°10.8'E 1.032 340° 494 km 02m19.5s
09:5455°08.1'S051°24.4'E60°39.3'S055°45.2'E57°33.1'S053°09.7'E 1.032 10° 339° 509 km 02m21.1s
09:5654°22.6'S052°24.9'E59°34.9'S056°39.7'E56°41.5'S054°10.1'E 1.033 10° 337° 523 km 02m22.4s
09:5853°41.6'S053°26.0'E58°40.8'S057°39.4'E55°56.1'S055°12.1'E 1.033 11° 336° 537 km 02m23.3s
10:0053°04.8'S054°28.1'E57°54.8'S058°43.3'E55°16.1'S056°15.9'E 1.033 11° 334° 550 km 02m23.9s
10:0252°31.8'S055°31.4'E57°15.5'S059°51.2'E54°40.7'S057°21.6'E 1.033 11° 333° 562 km 02m24.2s
10:0452°02.3'S056°36.3'E56°42.4'S061°03.5'E54°09.8'S058°29.8'E 1.033 11° 331° 572 km 02m24.2s
10:0651°36.3'S057°43.1'E56°15.2'S062°20.9'E53°43.0'S059°40.8'E 1.033 11° 330° 579 km 02m23.9s
10:0851°13.6'S058°52.4'E55°53.7'S063°44.5'E53°20.5'S060°55.5'E 1.033 11° 328° 583 km 02m23.3s
10:1050°54.4'S060°04.7'E55°38.6'S065°16.1'E53°02.3'S062°14.5'E 1.033 10° 327° 584 km 02m22.3s
10:1250°38.9'S061°20.7'E55°30.9'S066°58.7'E52°48.8'S063°39.2'E 1.032 10° 325° 579 km 02m21.1s
10:1450°27.1'S062°41.5'E55°32.9'S068°58.0'E52°40.5'S065°11.3'E 1.032 323° 570 km 02m19.5s
10:1650°19.7'S064°08.3'E55°50.4'S071°27.1'E52°38.5'S066°53.6'E 1.032 321° 556 km 02m17.4s
10:1850°17.4'S065°43.1'E56°49.1'S075°23.0'E52°44.8'S068°50.8'E 1.032 319° 536 km 02m14.7s
10:2050°21.4'S067°28.9'E - - 53°03.7'S071°12.7'E 1.031 317° 511 km 02m11.2s
10:2250°34.0'S069°30.9'E - - 53°48.6'S074°29.6'E 1.030 313° 478 km 02m06.0s
Limits54°09.2'S081°22.1'E57°52.3'S078°08.3'E55°50.2'S080°03.1'E 1.029 - 435 km 01m57.0s

ΔT = 972.2 seconds

Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration
Event Time
TD
Time
UT1
Latitude Longitude Sun
Altitude
Sun
Azimuth
Path Width Central
Duration
Greatest Eclipse10:19:14.010:03:01.854°24.2'S053°52.6'E 11.0° 332.1° 567.2 km02m24.19s
Greatest Duration10:19:09.810:02:57.654°25.3'S057°54.0'E 11.0° 332.2° 566.9 km02m24.19s

Explanation of Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration

Links for the Total Solar Eclipse of 2449 May 22

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Eclipse Predictions

Predictions for the Total Solar Eclipse of 2449 May 22 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 972.2 seconds for this eclipse. The uncertainty in ΔT is 249.1 seconds corresponding to a standard error in longitude of the eclipse path of ± 1.04°.

Acknowledgments

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

Permission is granted to reproduce eclipse data when accompanied by a link to this page and an acknowledgment:

"Eclipse Predictions by Fred Espenak, EclipseWise.com"

The use of diagrams and maps is permitted provided that they are unaltered (except for re-sizing) and the embedded credit line is not removed or covered.