Path of the Total Solar Eclipse of -0538 May 31

Fred Espenak

Introduction

The following table delineates the path of the Moon's umbral shadow during the Total Solar Eclipse of -0538 May 31 . 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 -0538 May 31
UT1 Northern Limit Southern Limit Central Line M:S Sun Sun Path Central
Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Ratio Alt. Azm. Width Duration
Limits16°04.7'N166°44.8'E15°54.6'N166°51.7'E15°59.7'N166°48.2'E 1.005 - 22 km 00m17.7s
18:2017°54.1'N171°15.4'E18°09.2'N172°31.8'E18°02.3'N171°54.7'E 1.007 70° 28 km 00m23.7s
18:2220°32.5'N177°17.1'E20°33.0'N178°06.2'E20°32.9'N177°41.8'E 1.009 12° 72° 36 km 00m31.6s
18:2422°11.1'N179°11.7'W22°07.0'N178°27.7'W22°09.2'N178°49.6'W 1.010 16° 74° 41 km 00m36.9s
18:2623°30.0'N176°28.6'W23°23.0'N175°46.7'W23°26.6'N176°07.6'W 1.011 19° 75° 45 km 00m41.2s
18:2824°38.0'N174°11.6'W24°28.8'N173°30.9'W24°33.5'N173°51.2'W 1.012 22° 76° 48 km 00m45.1s
18:3025°38.8'N172°11.4'W25°27.7'N171°31.5'W25°33.3'N171°51.4'W 1.012 24° 78° 50 km 00m48.6s
18:3226°34.2'N170°23.2'W26°21.4'N169°43.8'W26°27.9'N170°03.4'W 1.013 26° 79° 53 km 00m51.8s
18:3427°25.5'N168°44.0'W27°11.2'N168°04.9'W27°18.5'N168°24.4'W 1.014 28° 80° 55 km 00m54.9s
18:3628°13.4'N167°11.8'W27°57.8'N166°33.0'W28°05.7'N166°52.4'W 1.014 30° 81° 57 km 00m57.8s
18:3828°58.6'N165°45.3'W28°41.7'N165°06.8'W28°50.2'N165°26.0'W 1.015 32° 82° 58 km 01m00.5s
18:4029°41.3'N164°23.5'W29°23.3'N163°45.1'W29°32.4'N164°04.2'W 1.015 34° 84° 60 km 01m03.2s
18:4230°22.0'N163°05.5'W30°02.9'N162°27.4'W30°12.5'N162°46.4'W 1.015 35° 85° 62 km 01m05.7s
18:4431°00.9'N161°50.8'W30°40.7'N161°12.9'W30°50.9'N161°31.8'W 1.016 37° 86° 63 km 01m08.1s
18:4631°38.1'N160°39.0'W31°16.9'N160°01.2'W31°27.6'N160°20.0'W 1.016 38° 87° 64 km 01m10.5s
18:4832°13.9'N159°29.5'W31°51.6'N158°52.0'W32°02.8'N159°10.7'W 1.016 40° 89° 65 km 01m12.8s
18:5032°48.2'N158°22.1'W32°25.1'N157°44.9'W32°36.7'N158°03.4'W 1.017 41° 90° 67 km 01m15.0s
18:5233°21.4'N157°16.6'W32°57.3'N156°39.6'W33°09.4'N156°58.0'W 1.017 43° 91° 68 km 01m17.1s
18:5433°53.4'N156°12.7'W33°28.4'N155°35.9'W33°41.0'N155°54.2'W 1.017 44° 93° 69 km 01m19.2s
18:5634°24.3'N155°10.2'W33°58.5'N154°33.6'W34°11.4'N154°51.8'W 1.018 45° 94° 69 km 01m21.2s
18:5834°54.2'N154°08.8'W34°27.5'N153°32.6'W34°40.9'N153°50.7'W 1.018 46° 96° 70 km 01m23.1s
19:0035°23.1'N153°08.6'W34°55.6'N152°32.8'W35°09.4'N152°50.6'W 1.018 48° 97° 71 km 01m25.0s
19:0235°51.1'N152°09.3'W35°22.9'N151°33.8'W35°37.1'N151°51.5'W 1.018 49° 99° 72 km 01m26.9s
19:0436°18.3'N151°10.9'W35°49.3'N150°35.8'W36°03.8'N150°53.2'W 1.019 50° 100° 73 km 01m28.6s
19:0636°44.6'N150°13.2'W36°14.9'N149°38.4'W36°29.8'N149°55.7'W 1.019 51° 102° 73 km 01m30.3s
19:0837°10.1'N149°16.1'W36°39.7'N148°41.8'W36°55.0'N148°58.8'W 1.019 52° 104° 74 km 01m32.0s
19:1037°34.9'N148°19.5'W37°03.7'N147°45.7'W37°19.4'N148°02.5'W 1.019 53° 106° 74 km 01m33.6s
19:1237°58.9'N147°23.5'W37°27.0'N146°50.2'W37°43.0'N147°06.7'W 1.019 54° 107° 75 km 01m35.1s
19:1438°22.2'N146°27.8'W37°49.7'N145°55.0'W38°06.0'N146°11.3'W 1.020 55° 109° 76 km 01m36.6s
19:1638°44.8'N145°32.5'W38°11.6'N145°00.3'W38°28.3'N145°16.3'W 1.020 56° 111° 76 km 01m38.0s
19:1839°06.7'N144°37.5'W38°32.9'N144°05.8'W38°49.9'N144°21.5'W 1.020 57° 113° 76 km 01m39.4s
19:2039°28.0'N143°42.7'W38°53.5'N143°11.6'W39°10.8'N143°27.0'W 1.020 57° 115° 77 km 01m40.7s
19:2239°48.6'N142°48.0'W39°13.5'N142°17.7'W39°31.1'N142°32.7'W 1.020 58° 117° 77 km 01m42.0s
19:2440°08.5'N141°53.5'W39°32.9'N141°23.9'W39°50.7'N141°38.6'W 1.020 59° 120° 78 km 01m43.2s
19:2640°27.8'N140°59.1'W39°51.6'N140°30.2'W40°09.7'N140°44.6'W 1.021 60° 122° 78 km 01m44.4s
19:2840°46.5'N140°04.8'W40°09.7'N139°36.6'W40°28.2'N139°50.6'W 1.021 61° 124° 78 km 01m45.4s
19:3041°04.6'N139°10.5'W40°27.3'N138°43.0'W40°45.9'N138°56.7'W 1.021 61° 127° 79 km 01m46.5s
19:3241°22.0'N138°16.1'W40°44.2'N137°49.5'W41°03.1'N138°02.7'W 1.021 62° 129° 79 km 01m47.5s
19:3441°38.8'N137°21.7'W41°00.6'N136°56.0'W41°19.7'N137°08.8'W 1.021 63° 132° 79 km 01m48.4s
19:3641°55.1'N136°27.2'W41°16.3'N136°02.4'W41°35.7'N136°14.7'W 1.021 63° 135° 79 km 01m49.3s
19:3842°10.7'N135°32.7'W41°31.5'N135°08.7'W41°51.2'N135°20.6'W 1.021 64° 137° 80 km 01m50.1s
19:4042°25.8'N134°37.9'W41°46.1'N134°15.0'W42°06.0'N134°26.4'W 1.021 64° 140° 80 km 01m50.8s
19:4242°40.2'N133°43.1'W42°00.2'N133°21.1'W42°20.2'N133°32.0'W 1.021 65° 143° 80 km 01m51.5s
19:4442°54.1'N132°48.0'W42°13.6'N132°27.0'W42°33.9'N132°37.5'W 1.021 65° 146° 80 km 01m52.1s
19:4643°07.3'N131°52.7'W42°26.5'N131°32.8'W42°46.9'N131°42.7'W 1.021 65° 149° 80 km 01m52.7s
19:4843°20.0'N130°57.3'W42°38.8'N130°38.4'W42°59.4'N130°47.8'W 1.022 66° 153° 80 km 01m53.2s
19:5043°32.1'N130°01.5'W42°50.5'N129°43.8'W43°11.3'N129°52.6'W 1.022 66° 156° 81 km 01m53.6s
19:5243°43.5'N129°05.6'W43°01.7'N128°49.0'W43°22.6'N128°57.2'W 1.022 66° 159° 81 km 01m54.0s
19:5443°54.4'N128°09.3'W43°12.3'N127°53.9'W43°33.4'N128°01.5'W 1.022 66° 162° 81 km 01m54.3s
19:5644°04.6'N127°12.7'W43°22.3'N126°58.5'W43°43.5'N127°05.6'W 1.022 67° 166° 81 km 01m54.6s
19:5844°14.3'N126°15.8'W43°31.7'N126°02.8'W43°53.0'N126°09.3'W 1.022 67° 169° 81 km 01m54.8s
20:0044°23.3'N125°18.6'W43°40.6'N125°06.9'W44°02.0'N125°12.7'W 1.022 67° 173° 81 km 01m54.9s
20:0244°31.8'N124°21.1'W43°48.8'N124°10.6'W44°10.3'N124°15.8'W 1.022 67° 176° 81 km 01m55.0s
20:0444°39.6'N123°23.2'W43°56.5'N123°14.0'W44°18.0'N123°18.6'W 1.022 66° 179° 81 km 01m55.0s
20:0644°46.7'N122°24.9'W44°03.5'N122°17.0'W44°25.1'N122°20.9'W 1.022 66° 183° 81 km 01m54.9s
20:0844°53.3'N121°26.2'W44°09.9'N121°19.7'W44°31.6'N121°23.0'W 1.022 66° 186° 81 km 01m54.8s
20:1044°59.2'N120°27.1'W44°15.8'N120°22.0'W44°37.5'N120°24.6'W 1.022 66° 190° 81 km 01m54.6s
20:1245°04.5'N119°27.7'W44°21.0'N119°23.9'W44°42.7'N119°25.8'W 1.022 66° 193° 81 km 01m54.4s
20:1445°09.1'N118°27.8'W44°25.6'N118°25.4'W44°47.3'N118°26.6'W 1.022 65° 196° 80 km 01m54.1s
20:1645°13.0'N117°27.4'W44°29.6'N117°26.4'W44°51.3'N117°26.9'W 1.022 65° 199° 80 km 01m53.7s
20:1845°16.3'N116°26.6'W44°32.9'N116°27.1'W44°54.6'N116°26.9'W 1.022 64° 202° 80 km 01m53.3s
20:2045°18.9'N115°25.3'W44°35.6'N115°27.2'W44°57.2'N115°26.3'W 1.022 64° 206° 80 km 01m52.8s
20:2245°20.8'N114°23.6'W44°37.6'N114°26.9'W44°59.2'N114°25.3'W 1.022 63° 208° 80 km 01m52.2s
20:2445°22.0'N113°21.3'W44°38.9'N113°26.1'W45°00.5'N113°23.8'W 1.021 63° 211° 80 km 01m51.6s
20:2645°22.5'N112°18.6'W44°39.6'N112°24.8'W45°01.1'N112°21.7'W 1.021 62° 214° 79 km 01m50.9s
20:2845°22.3'N111°15.3'W44°39.6'N111°23.0'W45°01.0'N111°19.2'W 1.021 62° 217° 79 km 01m50.1s
20:3045°21.3'N110°11.5'W44°38.9'N110°20.6'W45°00.1'N110°16.1'W 1.021 61° 220° 79 km 01m49.3s
20:3245°19.6'N109°07.0'W44°37.4'N109°17.6'W44°58.5'N109°12.4'W 1.021 60° 222° 79 km 01m48.4s
20:3445°17.2'N108°02.0'W44°35.2'N108°14.1'W44°56.2'N108°08.1'W 1.021 60° 225° 78 km 01m47.5s
20:3645°13.9'N106°56.4'W44°32.3'N107°09.9'W44°53.2'N107°03.3'W 1.021 59° 227° 78 km 01m46.5s
20:3845°09.9'N105°50.2'W44°28.7'N106°05.1'W44°49.3'N105°57.7'W 1.021 58° 230° 78 km 01m45.4s
20:4045°05.0'N104°43.3'W44°24.2'N104°59.6'W44°44.7'N104°51.5'W 1.021 57° 232° 77 km 01m44.3s
20:4244°59.4'N103°35.6'W44°19.0'N103°53.4'W44°39.2'N103°44.6'W 1.021 56° 234° 77 km 01m43.1s
20:4444°52.8'N102°27.3'W44°12.9'N102°46.4'W44°32.9'N102°37.0'W 1.020 55° 237° 77 km 01m41.8s
20:4644°45.4'N101°18.2'W44°06.0'N101°38.7'W44°25.7'N101°28.5'W 1.020 54° 239° 76 km 01m40.5s
20:4844°37.1'N100°08.2'W43°58.2'N100°30.1'W44°17.7'N100°19.3'W 1.020 54° 241° 76 km 01m39.1s
20:5044°27.8'N098°57.4'W43°49.6'N099°20.7'W44°08.7'N099°09.2'W 1.020 53° 243° 75 km 01m37.7s
20:5244°17.6'N097°45.7'W43°40.0'N098°10.2'W43°58.8'N097°58.1'W 1.020 52° 245° 75 km 01m36.2s
20:5444°06.4'N096°33.0'W43°29.4'N096°58.8'W43°48.0'N096°46.0'W 1.020 50° 247° 74 km 01m34.6s
20:5643°54.2'N095°19.2'W43°17.9'N095°46.3'W43°36.1'N095°32.9'W 1.019 49° 249° 74 km 01m33.0s
20:5843°40.9'N094°04.3'W43°05.3'N094°32.7'W43°23.2'N094°18.6'W 1.019 48° 251° 73 km 01m31.3s
21:0043°26.4'N092°48.2'W42°51.7'N093°17.8'W43°09.1'N093°03.1'W 1.019 47° 253° 72 km 01m29.5s
21:0243°10.8'N091°30.7'W42°36.9'N092°01.5'W42°53.9'N091°46.2'W 1.019 46° 255° 72 km 01m27.7s
21:0442°54.0'N090°11.7'W42°21.0'N090°43.7'W42°37.6'N090°27.9'W 1.019 45° 257° 71 km 01m25.8s
21:0642°35.9'N088°51.2'W42°03.8'N089°24.3'W42°19.9'N089°07.9'W 1.018 43° 258° 70 km 01m23.8s
21:0842°16.4'N087°28.9'W41°45.3'N088°03.1'W42°00.9'N087°46.1'W 1.018 42° 260° 69 km 01m21.8s
21:1041°55.4'N086°04.6'W41°25.3'N086°39.8'W41°40.4'N086°22.3'W 1.018 41° 262° 68 km 01m19.7s
21:1241°32.9'N084°38.0'W41°03.9'N085°14.4'W41°18.5'N084°56.3'W 1.017 39° 264° 67 km 01m17.5s
21:1441°08.6'N083°09.0'W40°40.8'N083°46.4'W40°54.8'N083°27.8'W 1.017 38° 265° 66 km 01m15.2s
21:1640°42.6'N081°37.2'W40°15.9'N082°15.6'W40°29.3'N081°56.5'W 1.017 37° 267° 65 km 01m12.9s
21:1840°14.4'N080°02.1'W39°49.1'N080°41.5'W40°01.8'N080°21.9'W 1.016 35° 269° 64 km 01m10.4s
21:2039°44.1'N078°23.2'W39°20.1'N079°03.6'W39°32.2'N078°43.5'W 1.016 33° 270° 63 km 01m07.8s
21:2239°11.1'N076°39.8'W38°48.6'N077°21.3'W39°00.0'N077°00.7'W 1.016 32° 272° 61 km 01m05.2s
21:2438°35.3'N074°51.1'W38°14.4'N075°33.7'W38°25.0'N075°12.5'W 1.015 30° 274° 60 km 01m02.4s
21:2637°56.1'N072°56.0'W37°36.9'N073°39.7'W37°46.6'N073°18.0'W 1.015 28° 276° 58 km 00m59.4s
21:2837°12.8'N070°52.8'W36°55.5'N071°37.7'W37°04.3'N071°15.4'W 1.014 26° 277° 56 km 00m56.3s
21:3036°24.4'N068°39.1'W36°09.3'N069°25.5'W36°17.0'N069°02.4'W 1.013 23° 279° 54 km 00m52.9s
21:3235°29.5'N066°11.4'W35°17.0'N066°59.7'W35°23.4'N066°35.6'W 1.013 21° 281° 51 km 00m49.3s
21:3434°25.5'N063°23.3'W34°16.1'N064°14.2'W34°21.0'N063°48.9'W 1.012 18° 283° 48 km 00m45.2s
21:3633°07.4'N060°02.4'W33°02.2'N060°57.8'W33°05.0'N060°30.3'W 1.011 15° 285° 45 km 00m40.6s
21:3831°21.5'N055°34.9'W31°23.7'N056°40.8'W31°22.9'N056°08.2'W 1.010 10° 288° 40 km 00m34.8s
Limits27°24.7'N045°40.7'W27°12.2'N045°50.3'W27°18.5'N045°45.5'W 1.007 - 28 km 00m22.5s

ΔT = 17667.8 seconds

Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration
Event Time
TD
Time
UT1
Latitude Longitude Sun
Altitude
Sun
Azimuth
Path Width Central
Duration
Greatest Eclipse00:54:11.319:59:43.444°00.8'N160°50.4'E 66.6° 172.2° 80.8 km01m54.90s
Greatest Duration00:57:42.120:03:14.344°15.1'N123°40.4'W 66.5° 178.2° 80.8 km01m55.00s

Explanation of Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration

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Eclipse Predictions

Predictions for the Total Solar Eclipse of -0538 May 31 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 17667.8 seconds for this eclipse. The uncertainty in ΔT is 444.6 seconds corresponding to a standard error in longitude of the eclipse path of ± 1.86°.

Acknowledgments

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

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