Path of the Annular Solar Eclipse of 2878 May 23

Fred Espenak

Introduction

The following table delineates the path of the Moon's antumbral shadow during the Annular Solar Eclipse of 2878 May 23 . 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 2878 May 23
UT1 Northern Limit Southern Limit Central Line M:S Sun Sun Path Central
Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Ratio Alt. Azm. Width Duration
Limits25°03.7'N040°24.3'W23°15.8'N038°50.1'W24°09.3'N039°36.6'W 0.956 - 245 km 02m33.2s
07:58 - - 26°58.8'N030°34.0'W25°44.3'N035°45.6'W 0.957 69° 242 km 02m33.3s
08:0027°34.7'N034°23.6'W28°51.3'N027°05.2'W28°26.2'N030°07.1'W 0.959 10° 72° 236 km 02m33.5s
08:0229°49.2'N029°51.9'W30°20.9'N024°32.8'W30°09.7'N026°58.2'W 0.960 14° 74° 231 km 02m33.7s
08:0431°26.0'N026°57.3'W31°39.0'N022°28.5'W31°35.0'N024°34.6'W 0.960 16° 75° 227 km 02m33.8s
08:0632°47.9'N024°40.5'W32°49.9'N020°41.5'W32°50.5'N022°35.2'W 0.961 19° 77° 224 km 02m33.9s
08:0834°01.1'N022°45.2'W33°55.5'N019°06.6'W33°59.5'N020°51.4'W 0.962 21° 78° 220 km 02m33.9s
08:1035°08.5'N021°04.2'W34°57.3'N017°40.4'W35°03.7'N019°18.7'W 0.962 23° 80° 217 km 02m34.0s
08:1236°11.5'N019°33.3'W35°56.0'N016°21.1'W36°04.4'N017°54.1'W 0.962 24° 81° 214 km 02m34.1s
08:1437°11.2'N018°10.1'W36°52.1'N015°07.2'W37°02.2'N016°36.0'W 0.963 26° 83° 210 km 02m34.2s
08:1638°08.2'N016°53.0'W37°46.2'N013°57.7'W37°57.6'N015°23.0'W 0.963 27° 84° 207 km 02m34.2s
08:1839°03.0'N015°40.6'W38°38.4'N012°51.7'W38°51.0'N014°14.0'W 0.964 29° 86° 205 km 02m34.3s
08:2039°55.9'N014°32.2'W39°29.1'N011°48.8'W39°42.7'N013°08.5'W 0.964 30° 87° 202 km 02m34.4s
08:2240°47.2'N013°27.0'W40°18.3'N010°48.3'W40°33.0'N012°05.8'W 0.964 31° 88° 199 km 02m34.5s
08:2441°37.0'N012°24.5'W41°06.4'N009°49.9'W41°21.9'N011°05.5'W 0.964 32° 90° 197 km 02m34.5s
08:2642°25.6'N011°24.3'W41°53.4'N008°53.3'W42°09.6'N010°07.2'W 0.965 33° 91° 194 km 02m34.6s
08:2843°13.2'N010°25.9'W42°39.3'N007°58.1'W42°56.3'N009°10.5'W 0.965 34° 93° 192 km 02m34.7s
08:3043°59.7'N009°29.1'W43°24.4'N007°04.2'W43°42.1'N008°15.2'W 0.965 35° 95° 189 km 02m34.7s
08:3244°45.3'N008°33.7'W44°08.6'N006°11.3'W44°27.0'N007°21.0'W 0.965 36° 96° 187 km 02m34.8s
08:3445°30.0'N007°39.2'W44°52.1'N005°19.2'W45°11.1'N006°27.8'W 0.966 37° 98° 185 km 02m34.9s
08:3646°14.1'N006°45.6'W45°34.8'N004°27.7'W45°54.5'N005°35.3'W 0.966 38° 99° 183 km 02m34.9s
08:3846°57.4'N005°52.7'W46°16.9'N003°36.8'W46°37.2'N004°43.5'W 0.966 39° 101° 181 km 02m35.0s
08:4047°40.0'N005°00.3'W46°58.4'N002°46.2'W47°19.2'N003°52.0'W 0.966 40° 103° 179 km 02m35.1s
08:4248°22.1'N004°08.3'W47°39.3'N001°55.8'W48°00.7'N003°00.8'W 0.966 40° 105° 177 km 02m35.1s
08:4449°03.6'N003°16.4'W48°19.7'N001°05.5'W48°41.6'N002°09.7'W 0.966 41° 106° 175 km 02m35.2s
08:4649°44.5'N002°24.7'W48°59.5'N000°15.2'W49°22.0'N001°18.7'W 0.967 42° 108° 174 km 02m35.3s
08:4850°25.0'N001°32.8'W49°38.8'N000°35.3'E50°01.8'N000°27.5'W 0.967 42° 110° 172 km 02m35.3s
08:5051°04.9'N000°40.8'W50°17.6'N001°26.0'E50°41.2'N000°23.8'E 0.967 43° 112° 171 km 02m35.4s
08:5251°44.4'N000°11.5'E50°56.0'N002°17.1'E51°20.1'N001°15.5'E 0.967 43° 114° 169 km 02m35.5s
08:5452°23.4'N001°04.3'E51°33.9'N003°08.7'E51°58.6'N002°07.7'E 0.967 44° 116° 168 km 02m35.5s
08:5653°02.0'N001°57.6'E52°11.4'N004°00.8'E52°36.6'N003°00.4'E 0.967 44° 118° 167 km 02m35.6s
08:5853°40.2'N002°51.6'E52°48.4'N004°53.6'E53°14.2'N003°53.8'E 0.967 45° 120° 165 km 02m35.6s
09:0054°18.0'N003°46.3'E53°25.0'N005°47.1'E53°51.4'N004°47.9'E 0.967 45° 122° 164 km 02m35.7s
09:0254°55.3'N004°42.0'E54°01.3'N006°41.6'E54°28.2'N005°43.0'E 0.967 46° 124° 163 km 02m35.7s
09:0455°32.3'N005°38.6'E54°37.1'N007°37.0'E55°04.6'N006°39.0'E 0.968 46° 126° 162 km 02m35.8s
09:0656°08.9'N006°36.4'E55°12.4'N008°33.5'E55°40.5'N007°36.1'E 0.968 46° 128° 161 km 02m35.8s
09:0856°45.1'N007°35.4'E55°47.4'N009°31.2'E56°16.1'N008°34.5'E 0.968 46° 131° 160 km 02m35.9s
09:1057°20.9'N008°35.8'E56°22.0'N010°30.3'E56°51.3'N009°34.2'E 0.968 47° 133° 160 km 02m35.9s
09:1257°56.2'N009°37.7'E56°56.1'N011°30.7'E57°26.0'N010°35.4'E 0.968 47° 135° 159 km 02m35.9s
09:1458°31.2'N010°41.2'E57°29.9'N012°32.7'E58°00.4'N011°38.2'E 0.968 47° 138° 158 km 02m36.0s
09:1659°05.8'N011°46.6'E58°03.2'N013°36.4'E58°34.3'N012°42.7'E 0.968 47° 140° 158 km 02m36.0s
09:1859°39.9'N012°53.8'E58°36.0'N014°41.8'E59°07.8'N013°49.1'E 0.968 47° 142° 157 km 02m36.0s
09:2060°13.6'N014°03.2'E59°08.4'N015°49.2'E59°40.8'N014°57.4'E 0.968 47° 145° 157 km 02m36.0s
09:2260°46.9'N015°14.8'E59°40.3'N016°58.6'E60°13.4'N016°07.9'E 0.968 47° 148° 156 km 02m36.1s
09:2461°19.7'N016°28.7'E60°11.7'N018°10.2'E60°45.4'N017°20.7'E 0.968 47° 150° 156 km 02m36.1s
09:2661°51.9'N017°45.3'E60°42.6'N019°24.2'E61°17.0'N018°36.0'E 0.968 47° 153° 155 km 02m36.1s
09:2862°23.7'N019°04.6'E61°12.9'N020°40.6'E61°48.0'N019°53.8'E 0.968 47° 155° 155 km 02m36.1s
09:3062°54.9'N020°26.9'E61°42.7'N021°59.7'E62°18.5'N021°14.4'E 0.968 47° 158° 155 km 02m36.1s
09:3263°25.5'N021°52.3'E62°11.9'N023°21.5'E62°48.4'N022°38.0'E 0.968 47° 161° 155 km 02m36.1s
09:3463°55.4'N023°21.0'E62°40.4'N024°46.3'E63°17.6'N024°04.8'E 0.968 47° 164° 155 km 02m36.1s
09:3664°24.7'N024°53.2'E63°08.2'N026°14.2'E63°46.1'N025°34.8'E 0.968 46° 166° 155 km 02m36.0s
09:3864°53.3'N026°29.3'E63°35.4'N027°45.4'E64°14.0'N027°08.4'E 0.968 46° 169° 155 km 02m36.0s
09:4065°21.1'N028°09.3'E64°01.7'N029°20.1'E64°41.0'N028°45.6'E 0.968 46° 172° 155 km 02m36.0s
09:4265°48.1'N029°53.4'E64°27.3'N030°58.4'E65°07.3'N030°26.8'E 0.968 46° 175° 155 km 02m35.9s
09:4466°14.2'N031°42.0'E64°51.9'N032°40.5'E65°32.6'N032°12.0'E 0.968 45° 178° 155 km 02m35.9s
09:4666°39.2'N033°35.3'E65°15.7'N034°26.5'E65°57.0'N034°01.6'E 0.968 45° 181° 156 km 02m35.8s
09:4867°03.3'N035°33.4'E65°38.4'N036°16.7'E66°20.4'N035°55.6'E 0.968 44° 184° 156 km 02m35.8s
09:5067°26.2'N037°36.5'E66°00.0'N038°11.2'E66°42.6'N037°54.2'E 0.967 44° 188° 157 km 02m35.7s
09:5267°47.8'N039°45.0'E66°20.4'N040°10.1'E67°03.6'N039°57.7'E 0.967 43° 191° 157 km 02m35.7s
09:5468°08.1'N041°58.8'E66°39.6'N042°13.6'E67°23.4'N042°06.1'E 0.967 43° 194° 158 km 02m35.6s
09:5668°27.0'N044°18.3'E66°57.5'N044°21.7'E67°41.7'N044°19.7'E 0.967 42° 198° 158 km 02m35.5s
09:5868°44.2'N046°43.5'E67°13.9'N046°34.7'E67°58.5'N046°38.5'E 0.967 42° 201° 159 km 02m35.4s
10:0068°59.8'N049°14.6'E67°28.7'N048°52.4'E68°13.7'N049°02.6'E 0.967 41° 204° 160 km 02m35.3s
10:0269°13.4'N051°51.6'E67°41.8'N051°15.1'E68°27.1'N051°32.0'E 0.967 40° 208° 161 km 02m35.2s
10:0469°25.1'N054°34.4'E67°53.2'N053°42.7'E68°38.6'N054°06.9'E 0.967 40° 212° 162 km 02m35.1s
10:0669°34.6'N057°23.1'E68°02.6'N056°15.3'E68°48.1'N056°47.0'E 0.967 39° 215° 163 km 02m35.0s
10:0869°41.8'N060°17.6'E68°10.0'N058°52.6'E68°55.4'N059°32.5'E 0.966 38° 219° 164 km 02m34.8s
10:1069°46.4'N063°17.7'E68°15.1'N061°34.7'E69°00.3'N062°23.1'E 0.966 37° 223° 166 km 02m34.7s
10:1269°48.4'N066°23.2'E68°17.9'N064°21.4'E69°02.7'N065°18.7'E 0.966 36° 227° 167 km 02m34.5s
10:1469°47.4'N069°33.8'E68°18.2'N067°12.6'E69°02.5'N068°19.1'E 0.966 35° 230° 168 km 02m34.4s
10:1669°43.4'N072°49.3'E68°15.8'N070°08.1'E68°59.3'N071°24.1'E 0.966 34° 234° 170 km 02m34.2s
10:1869°36.0'N076°09.4'E68°10.5'N073°07.8'E68°53.0'N074°33.5'E 0.965 33° 238° 172 km 02m34.0s
10:2069°25.0'N079°33.7'E68°02.1'N076°11.3'E68°43.5'N077°46.9'E 0.965 32° 242° 174 km 02m33.9s
10:2269°10.2'N083°02.1'E67°50.5'N079°18.6'E68°30.4'N081°04.2'E 0.965 31° 246° 176 km 02m33.7s
10:2468°51.2'N086°34.2'E67°35.3'N082°29.5'E68°13.5'N084°25.2'E 0.965 30° 250° 178 km 02m33.5s
10:2668°27.7'N090°10.1'E67°16.3'N085°43.9'E67°52.4'N087°49.9'E 0.964 29° 254° 181 km 02m33.2s
10:2867°59.3'N093°49.9'E66°53.3'N089°02.0'E67°26.9'N091°18.4'E 0.964 27° 258° 183 km 02m33.0s
10:3067°25.5'N097°34.1'E66°25.8'N092°23.9'E66°56.5'N094°51.0'E 0.964 26° 263° 186 km 02m32.8s
10:3266°45.5'N101°23.6'E65°53.3'N095°50.1'E66°20.6'N098°28.2'E 0.963 24° 267° 189 km 02m32.5s
10:3465°58.2'N105°19.9'E65°15.2'N099°21.4'E65°38.4'N102°11.3'E 0.963 22° 271° 193 km 02m32.3s
10:3665°02.3'N109°25.9'E64°30.7'N102°59.2'E64°48.8'N106°02.1'E 0.962 21° 275° 197 km 02m32.0s
10:3863°55.3'N113°46.2'E63°38.5'N106°45.7'E63°50.1'N110°05.3'E 0.962 18° 279° 201 km 02m31.7s
10:4062°32.7'N118°30.3'E62°36.6'N110°44.6'E62°39.4'N114°22.3'E 0.961 16° 284° 206 km 02m31.3s
10:4260°44.5'N123°59.9'E61°21.9'N115°02.8'E61°11.5'N119°08.6'E 0.961 13° 289° 212 km 02m31.0s
10:4457°53.4'N131°37.6'E59°47.4'N119°54.4'E59°13.2'N124°51.3'E 0.960 10° 294° 220 km 02m30.5s
10:46 - - 57°35.0'N125°59.2'E55°33.8'N134°07.2'E 0.958 303° 233 km 02m29.8s
Limits54°19.0'N140°07.7'E52°47.4'N137°29.9'E53°33.1'N138°47.1'E 0.957 - 240 km 02m29.5s

ΔT = 3332.3 seconds

Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration
Event Time
TD
Time
UT1
Latitude Longitude Sun
Altitude
Sun
Azimuth
Path Width Central
Duration
Greatest Eclipse10:17:37.409:22:05.160°14.7'N002°15.6'E 47.3° 147.6° 156.1 km02m36.06s
Greatest Duration10:23:20.809:27:48.461°45.1'N019°46.2'E 47.1° 155.1° 155.2 km02m36.08s

Explanation of Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration

Links for the Annular Solar Eclipse of 2878 May 23

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Eclipse Predictions

Predictions for the Annular Solar Eclipse of 2878 May 23 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 3332.3 seconds for this eclipse. The uncertainty in ΔT is 747.2 seconds corresponding to a standard error in longitude of the eclipse path of ± 3.12°.

Acknowledgments

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

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