Path of the Total Solar Eclipse of 2990 May 15

Fred Espenak

Introduction

The following table delineates the path of the Moon's umbral shadow during the Total Solar Eclipse of 2990 May 15 . 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 2990 May 15
UT1 Northern Limit Southern Limit Central Line M:S Sun Sun Path Central
Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Ratio Alt. Azm. Width Duration
Limits09°15.6'N135°34.6'E07°36.1'N136°37.1'E08°25.7'N136°06.1'E 1.052 - 211 km 02m35.1s
20:42 - - 10°51.3'N144°55.5'E10°15.9'N140°58.0'E 1.054 71° 220 km 02m45.2s
20:4412°36.3'N143°48.8'E12°50.9'N149°08.8'E12°48.8'N146°42.1'E 1.056 12° 73° 231 km 02m58.8s
20:4614°33.5'N147°48.9'E14°22.8'N152°04.6'E14°30.6'N150°02.6'E 1.057 16° 74° 237 km 03m07.6s
20:4816°05.2'N150°39.2'E15°42.0'N154°25.2'E15°55.2'N152°35.9'E 1.058 19° 75° 242 km 03m14.8s
20:5017°24.6'N152°56.5'E16°53.3'N156°24.7'E17°10.2'N154°43.3'E 1.059 22° 76° 245 km 03m21.1s
20:5218°36.4'N154°53.7'E17°59.0'N158°09.8'E18°18.7'N156°33.9'E 1.060 24° 77° 248 km 03m26.7s
20:5419°42.8'N156°37.0'E19°00.7'N159°44.3'E19°22.6'N158°12.5'E 1.061 27° 78° 251 km 03m32.0s
20:5620°45.1'N158°10.2'E19°59.1'N161°10.7'E20°22.9'N159°42.1'E 1.061 29° 79° 253 km 03m36.8s
20:5821°44.3'N159°35.5'E20°54.9'N162°30.7'E21°20.3'N161°04.6'E 1.062 30° 80° 255 km 03m41.4s
21:0022°40.8'N160°54.6'E21°48.5'N163°45.4'E22°15.3'N162°21.3'E 1.062 32° 81° 256 km 03m45.7s
21:0223°35.1'N162°08.6'E22°40.1'N164°55.7'E23°08.2'N163°33.4'E 1.063 34° 82° 258 km 03m49.8s
21:0424°27.6'N163°18.4'E23°30.1'N166°02.4'E23°59.4'N164°41.6'E 1.063 36° 83° 259 km 03m53.7s
21:0625°18.4'N164°24.7'E24°18.7'N167°06.0'E24°49.1'N165°46.5'E 1.064 37° 84° 260 km 03m57.4s
21:0826°07.8'N165°27.9'E25°05.9'N168°06.9'E25°37.3'N166°48.5'E 1.064 39° 85° 260 km 04m01.0s
21:1026°55.9'N166°28.6'E25°52.0'N169°05.5'E26°24.4'N167°48.1'E 1.064 40° 86° 261 km 04m04.5s
21:1227°42.9'N167°27.1'E26°37.1'N170°02.2'E27°10.4'N168°45.7'E 1.065 41° 88° 261 km 04m07.8s
21:1428°28.8'N168°23.7'E27°21.1'N170°57.1'E27°55.4'N169°41.4'E 1.065 43° 89° 262 km 04m10.9s
21:1629°13.8'N169°18.7'E28°04.3'N171°50.5'E28°39.4'N170°35.5'E 1.065 44° 90° 262 km 04m14.0s
21:1829°57.8'N170°12.2'E28°46.6'N172°42.6'E29°22.6'N171°28.3'E 1.066 45° 92° 262 km 04m16.9s
21:2030°41.1'N171°04.5'E29°28.2'N173°33.5'E30°05.0'N172°20.0'E 1.066 46° 93° 262 km 04m19.7s
21:2231°23.6'N171°55.7'E30°09.1'N174°23.5'E30°46.7'N173°10.6'E 1.066 47° 95° 262 km 04m22.4s
21:2432°05.5'N172°46.1'E30°49.3'N175°12.7'E31°27.7'N174°00.3'E 1.066 48° 96° 262 km 04m25.0s
21:2632°46.6'N173°35.7'E31°28.8'N176°01.1'E32°08.0'N174°49.3'E 1.067 49° 98° 262 km 04m27.5s
21:2833°27.2'N174°24.6'E32°07.8'N176°48.9'E32°47.8'N175°37.7'E 1.067 50° 100° 262 km 04m29.9s
21:3034°07.1'N175°13.0'E32°46.2'N177°36.3'E33°26.9'N176°25.6'E 1.067 51° 101° 262 km 04m32.2s
21:3234°46.5'N176°01.0'E33°24.0'N178°23.2'E34°05.5'N177°13.0'E 1.067 52° 103° 262 km 04m34.4s
21:3435°25.3'N176°48.7'E34°01.3'N179°09.8'E34°43.6'N178°00.2'E 1.067 53° 105° 261 km 04m36.6s
21:3636°03.7'N177°36.2'E34°38.1'N179°56.2'E35°21.1'N178°47.1'E 1.067 54° 107° 261 km 04m38.6s
21:3836°41.5'N178°23.5'E35°14.5'N179°17.6'W35°58.2'N179°33.9'E 1.068 55° 109° 261 km 04m40.5s
21:4037°18.9'N179°10.8'E35°50.3'N178°31.4'W36°34.8'N179°39.4'W 1.068 55° 111° 261 km 04m42.3s
21:4237°55.8'N179°58.1'E36°25.7'N177°45.3'W37°10.9'N178°52.7'W 1.068 56° 113° 260 km 04m44.0s
21:4438°32.3'N179°14.5'W37°00.7'N176°59.0'W37°46.6'N178°05.9'W 1.068 57° 115° 260 km 04m45.6s
21:4639°08.3'N178°27.0'W37°35.2'N176°12.7'W38°21.9'N177°18.9'W 1.068 57° 118° 259 km 04m47.2s
21:4839°43.9'N177°39.2'W38°09.3'N175°26.1'W38°56.7'N176°31.7'W 1.068 58° 120° 259 km 04m48.6s
21:5040°19.1'N176°51.0'W38°42.9'N174°39.3'W39°31.1'N175°44.3'W 1.068 59° 123° 259 km 04m50.0s
21:5240°53.8'N176°02.5'W39°16.2'N173°52.2'W40°05.1'N174°56.4'W 1.068 59° 125° 258 km 04m51.2s
21:5441°28.2'N175°13.6'W39°49.0'N173°04.7'W40°38.7'N174°08.2'W 1.069 60° 128° 258 km 04m52.3s
21:5642°02.1'N174°24.1'W40°21.5'N172°16.8'W41°11.9'N173°19.5'W 1.069 60° 130° 257 km 04m53.4s
21:5842°35.7'N173°34.0'W40°53.5'N171°28.3'W41°44.7'N172°30.3'W 1.069 60° 133° 257 km 04m54.4s
22:0043°08.8'N172°43.3'W41°25.1'N170°39.3'W42°17.0'N171°40.4'W 1.069 61° 136° 257 km 04m55.2s
22:0243°41.5'N171°51.9'W41°56.4'N169°49.7'W42°49.0'N170°49.9'W 1.069 61° 139° 256 km 04m56.0s
22:0444°13.9'N170°59.7'W42°27.2'N168°59.4'W43°20.5'N169°58.7'W 1.069 61° 142° 256 km 04m56.6s
22:0644°45.8'N170°06.7'W42°57.6'N168°08.4'W43°51.7'N169°06.6'W 1.069 61° 145° 255 km 04m57.2s
22:0845°17.3'N169°12.7'W43°27.6'N167°16.6'W44°22.4'N168°13.8'W 1.069 62° 148° 255 km 04m57.7s
22:1045°48.3'N168°17.7'W43°57.2'N166°24.0'W44°52.7'N167°20.0'W 1.069 62° 151° 254 km 04m58.0s
22:1246°19.0'N167°21.7'W44°26.4'N165°30.4'W45°22.6'N166°25.2'W 1.069 62° 154° 254 km 04m58.3s
22:1446°49.2'N166°24.6'W44°55.1'N164°35.9'W45°52.1'N165°29.4'W 1.069 62° 157° 254 km 04m58.4s
22:1647°18.9'N165°26.3'W45°23.4'N163°40.3'W46°21.1'N164°32.5'W 1.069 62° 160° 253 km 04m58.5s
22:1847°48.2'N164°26.7'W45°51.2'N162°43.6'W46°49.6'N163°34.3'W 1.069 61° 163° 253 km 04m58.4s
22:2048°17.0'N163°25.7'W46°18.6'N161°45.8'W47°17.7'N162°35.0'W 1.069 61° 166° 252 km 04m58.3s
22:2248°45.3'N162°23.3'W46°45.5'N160°46.7'W47°45.3'N161°34.3'W 1.069 61° 169° 252 km 04m58.0s
22:2449°13.2'N161°19.4'W47°11.9'N159°46.4'W48°12.4'N160°32.2'W 1.069 61° 172° 251 km 04m57.6s
22:2649°40.4'N160°14.0'W47°37.9'N158°44.7'W48°39.0'N159°28.7'W 1.069 60° 175° 251 km 04m57.1s
22:2850°07.2'N159°06.8'W48°03.3'N157°41.5'W49°05.0'N158°23.6'W 1.069 60° 178° 251 km 04m56.6s
22:3050°33.3'N157°57.9'W48°28.1'N156°36.9'W49°30.5'N157°16.8'W 1.069 60° 181° 250 km 04m55.9s
22:3250°58.9'N156°47.2'W48°52.4'N155°30.6'W49°55.4'N156°08.4'W 1.069 59° 184° 250 km 04m55.1s
22:3451°23.8'N155°34.6'W49°16.1'N154°22.7'W50°19.7'N154°58.2'W 1.068 59° 187° 249 km 04m54.1s
22:3651°48.1'N154°19.9'W49°39.2'N153°13.1'W50°43.4'N153°46.1'W 1.068 58° 190° 249 km 04m53.1s
22:3852°11.6'N153°03.1'W50°01.7'N152°01.7'W51°06.4'N152°32.1'W 1.068 57° 193° 248 km 04m52.0s
22:4052°34.5'N151°44.1'W50°23.5'N150°48.3'W51°28.7'N151°16.0'W 1.068 57° 196° 248 km 04m50.7s
22:4252°56.6'N150°22.8'W50°44.6'N149°33.0'W51°50.3'N149°57.8'W 1.068 56° 199° 248 km 04m49.4s
22:4453°17.8'N148°59.1'W51°04.9'N148°15.6'W52°11.1'N148°37.4'W 1.068 55° 202° 247 km 04m47.9s
22:4653°38.2'N147°32.8'W51°24.5'N146°56.1'W52°31.1'N147°14.6'W 1.068 55° 205° 247 km 04m46.3s
22:4853°57.7'N146°04.0'W51°43.3'N145°34.3'W52°50.2'N145°49.4'W 1.068 54° 208° 246 km 04m44.6s
22:5054°16.3'N144°32.4'W52°01.2'N144°10.2'W53°08.5'N144°21.7'W 1.067 53° 210° 246 km 04m42.7s
22:5254°33.8'N142°58.0'W52°18.3'N142°43.6'W53°25.7'N142°51.4'W 1.067 52° 213° 245 km 04m40.8s
22:5454°50.2'N141°20.7'W52°34.3'N141°14.4'W53°42.0'N141°18.3'W 1.067 51° 216° 245 km 04m38.7s
22:5655°05.5'N139°40.2'W52°49.4'N139°42.6'W53°57.2'N139°42.4'W 1.067 50° 218° 244 km 04m36.5s
22:5855°19.6'N137°56.6'W53°03.3'N138°08.1'W54°11.2'N138°03.4'W 1.067 49° 221° 244 km 04m34.2s
23:0055°32.3'N136°09.7'W53°16.2'N136°30.6'W54°24.0'N136°21.4'W 1.066 48° 224° 243 km 04m31.7s
23:0255°43.7'N134°19.3'W53°27.8'N134°50.1'W54°35.5'N134°36.2'W 1.066 47° 227° 243 km 04m29.1s
23:0455°53.5'N132°25.3'W53°38.1'N133°06.4'W54°45.6'N132°47.6'W 1.066 46° 229° 242 km 04m26.4s
23:0656°01.7'N130°27.6'W53°47.0'N131°19.5'W54°54.2'N130°55.5'W 1.066 45° 232° 242 km 04m23.6s
23:0856°08.2'N128°25.9'W53°54.4'N129°29.0'W55°01.2'N128°59.6'W 1.065 44° 235° 241 km 04m20.6s
23:1056°12.8'N126°20.1'W54°00.2'N127°34.9'W55°06.4'N127°00.0'W 1.065 43° 237° 241 km 04m17.5s
23:1256°15.4'N124°10.0'W54°04.4'N125°37.0'W55°09.8'N124°56.2'W 1.065 41° 240° 240 km 04m14.2s
23:1456°15.9'N121°55.4'W54°06.6'N123°35.0'W55°11.2'N122°48.1'W 1.064 40° 243° 240 km 04m10.7s
23:1656°13.9'N119°36.0'W54°06.8'N121°28.6'W55°10.4'N120°35.5'W 1.064 39° 246° 239 km 04m07.1s
23:1856°09.3'N117°11.3'W54°04.9'N119°17.6'W55°07.3'N118°17.9'W 1.064 37° 249° 238 km 04m03.4s
23:2056°01.9'N114°41.1'W54°00.5'N117°01.5'W55°01.5'N115°55.0'W 1.063 36° 251° 238 km 03m59.4s
23:2255°51.3'N112°04.8'W53°53.4'N114°39.9'W54°52.7'N113°26.4'W 1.063 34° 254° 237 km 03m55.3s
23:2455°37.1'N109°21.6'W53°43.4'N112°12.2'W54°40.8'N110°51.2'W 1.062 32° 257° 236 km 03m50.9s
23:2655°18.9'N106°30.7'W53°30.1'N109°37.7'W54°25.1'N108°08.9'W 1.062 31° 260° 235 km 03m46.3s
23:2854°56.0'N103°30.8'W53°12.9'N106°55.4'W54°05.3'N105°18.1'W 1.061 29° 263° 234 km 03m41.5s
23:3054°27.5'N100°20.2'W52°51.3'N104°03.9'W53°40.5'N102°17.4'W 1.061 27° 266° 233 km 03m36.3s
23:3253°52.3'N096°56.0'W52°24.5'N101°01.3'W53°09.8'N099°04.6'W 1.060 24° 270° 232 km 03m30.7s
23:3453°08.6'N093°14.1'W51°51.2'N097°44.8'W52°31.7'N095°36.1'W 1.059 22° 273° 230 km 03m24.7s
23:3652°13.1'N089°06.9'W51°09.6'N094°09.8'W51°43.9'N091°46.3'W 1.059 19° 277° 228 km 03m18.0s
23:3850°59.7'N084°19.0'W50°16.6'N090°08.5'W50°42.0'N087°24.4'W 1.058 16° 281° 226 km 03m10.4s
23:4049°11.6'N078°07.5'W49°05.8'N085°24.0'W49°16.3'N082°05.3'W 1.056 12° 285° 223 km 03m01.2s
23:42 - - 47°19.2'N079°08.9'W46°47.5'N074°05.0'W 1.054 292° 218 km 02m47.6s
Limits44°55.2'N065°44.8'W43°21.5'N067°19.4'W44°08.2'N066°32.9'W 1.052 - 212 km 02m35.3s

ΔT = 4188.2 seconds

Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration
Event Time
TD
Time
UT1
Latitude Longitude Sun
Altitude
Sun
Azimuth
Path Width Central
Duration
Greatest Eclipse23:21:58.322:12:10.045°25.1'N176°09.5'E 61.7° 154.0° 254.0 km04m58.28s
Greatest Duration23:25:47.022:15:58.846°20.8'N164°33.0'W 61.6° 159.9° 253.2 km04m58.47s

Explanation of Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration

Links for the Total Solar Eclipse of 2990 May 15

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Eclipse Predictions

Predictions for the Total Solar Eclipse of 2990 May 15 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 4188.2 seconds for this eclipse. The uncertainty in ΔT is 912.0 seconds corresponding to a standard error in longitude of the eclipse path of ± 3.81°.

Acknowledgments

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

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