Path of the Total Solar Eclipse of -0621 May 18

Fred Espenak

Introduction

The following table delineates the path of the Moon's umbral shadow during the Total Solar Eclipse of -0621 May 18 . 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 -0621 May 18
UT1 Northern Limit Southern Limit Central Line M:S Sun Sun Path Central
Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Ratio Alt. Azm. Width Duration
Limits35°18.5'S029°40.8'E36°34.6'S030°13.3'E35°56.5'S029°57.0'E 1.044 - 149 km 02m29.6s
04:4632°46.5'S036°36.2'E34°46.7'S035°22.9'E33°43.2'S036°09.4'E 1.046 64° 154 km 02m41.6s
04:4830°05.7'S042°45.5'E31°41.1'S042°52.4'E30°52.4'S042°51.1'E 1.048 12° 60° 161 km 02m56.9s
04:5028°15.3'S046°28.1'E29°45.6'S046°53.1'E28°59.8'S046°41.9'E 1.049 17° 58° 165 km 03m06.9s
04:5226°44.1'S049°17.1'E28°11.8'S049°51.5'E27°27.4'S049°35.3'E 1.050 20° 57° 168 km 03m15.2s
04:5425°23.9'S051°35.9'E26°50.0'S052°16.5'E26°06.4'S051°57.0'E 1.051 23° 55° 170 km 03m22.5s
04:5624°11.2'S053°34.9'E25°36.2'S054°19.9'E24°53.2'S053°58.1'E 1.052 25° 54° 172 km 03m29.1s
04:5823°04.0'S055°19.6'E24°28.2'S056°08.1'E23°45.7'S055°44.5'E 1.053 28° 53° 175 km 03m35.2s
05:0022°01.2'S056°53.5'E23°24.8'S057°44.7'E22°42.6'S057°19.7'E 1.053 30° 52° 176 km 03m40.9s
05:0221°01.9'S058°18.9'E22°25.0'S059°12.3'E21°43.1'S058°46.1'E 1.054 32° 51° 178 km 03m46.3s
05:0420°05.5'S059°37.3'E21°28.3'S060°32.6'E20°46.5'S060°05.4'E 1.054 34° 50° 180 km 03m51.5s
05:0619°11.6'S060°49.9'E20°34.1'S061°46.8'E19°52.5'S061°18.8'E 1.055 36° 49° 181 km 03m56.4s
05:0818°19.9'S061°57.6'E19°42.2'S062°56.0'E19°00.7'S062°27.2'E 1.055 37° 48° 183 km 04m01.1s
05:1017°30.1'S063°01.2'E18°52.2'S064°00.8'E18°10.8'S063°31.4'E 1.056 39° 47° 184 km 04m05.6s
05:1216°42.0'S064°01.2'E18°04.0'S065°01.9'E17°22.7'S064°31.9'E 1.056 41° 47° 185 km 04m10.0s
05:1415°55.4'S064°58.0'E17°17.4'S065°59.7'E16°36.1'S065°29.2'E 1.056 42° 46° 186 km 04m14.2s
05:1615°10.2'S065°52.1'E16°32.2'S066°54.6'E15°50.9'S066°23.6'E 1.057 44° 45° 187 km 04m18.2s
05:1814°26.3'S066°43.7'E15°48.3'S067°47.0'E15°07.0'S067°15.6'E 1.057 45° 44° 188 km 04m22.2s
05:2013°43.6'S067°33.1'E15°05.5'S068°37.1'E14°24.3'S068°05.4'E 1.057 46° 44° 189 km 04m26.0s
05:2213°01.9'S068°20.6'E14°23.9'S069°25.2'E13°42.6'S068°53.2'E 1.058 48° 43° 190 km 04m29.6s
05:2412°21.3'S069°06.3'E13°43.3'S070°11.4'E13°02.0'S069°39.1'E 1.058 49° 42° 191 km 04m33.2s
05:2611°41.5'S069°50.5'E13°03.7'S070°56.1'E12°22.4'S070°23.5'E 1.058 50° 41° 192 km 04m36.7s
05:2811°02.7'S070°33.2'E12°25.0'S071°39.2'E11°43.6'S071°06.5'E 1.058 52° 40° 193 km 04m40.0s
05:3010°24.6'S071°14.6'E11°47.1'S072°21.1'E11°05.6'S071°48.1'E 1.059 53° 39° 194 km 04m43.3s
05:3209°47.4'S071°54.9'E11°10.0'S073°01.7'E10°28.5'S072°28.5'E 1.059 54° 38° 195 km 04m46.4s
05:3409°10.9'S072°34.1'E10°33.7'S073°41.2'E09°52.1'S073°07.8'E 1.059 55° 38° 195 km 04m49.4s
05:3608°35.1'S073°12.3'E09°58.1'S074°19.7'E09°16.4'S073°46.2'E 1.059 56° 37° 196 km 04m52.4s
05:3807°59.9'S073°49.7'E09°23.2'S074°57.3'E08°41.3'S074°23.7'E 1.059 58° 36° 197 km 04m55.2s
05:4007°25.4'S074°26.3'E08°48.9'S075°34.0'E08°07.0'S075°00.3'E 1.060 59° 34° 197 km 04m58.0s
05:4206°51.6'S075°02.1'E08°15.3'S076°10.0'E07°33.2'S075°36.2'E 1.060 60° 33° 198 km 05m00.6s
05:4406°18.3'S075°37.3'E07°42.3'S076°45.4'E07°00.1'S076°11.5'E 1.060 61° 32° 199 km 05m03.2s
05:4605°45.5'S076°11.9'E07°09.9'S077°20.1'E06°27.5'S076°46.1'E 1.060 62° 31° 199 km 05m05.6s
05:4805°13.4'S076°45.9'E06°38.0'S077°54.2'E05°55.5'S077°20.2'E 1.060 63° 29° 200 km 05m08.0s
05:5004°41.7'S077°19.5'E06°06.6'S078°27.9'E05°24.0'S077°53.8'E 1.060 64° 28° 201 km 05m10.3s
05:5204°10.6'S077°52.7'E05°35.8'S079°01.0'E04°53.0'S078°27.0'E 1.060 65° 26° 201 km 05m12.4s
05:5403°39.9'S078°25.4'E05°05.5'S079°33.8'E04°22.5'S078°59.8'E 1.061 66° 25° 202 km 05m14.5s
05:5603°09.8'S078°57.9'E04°35.7'S080°06.2'E03°52.6'S079°32.2'E 1.061 67° 23° 202 km 05m16.5s
05:5802°40.1'S079°30.0'E04°06.4'S080°38.3'E03°23.1'S080°04.3'E 1.061 67° 21° 203 km 05m18.3s
06:0002°10.9'S080°01.9'E03°37.6'S081°10.1'E02°54.0'S080°36.1'E 1.061 68° 19° 203 km 05m20.1s
06:0201°42.1'S080°33.5'E03°09.2'S081°41.7'E02°25.5'S081°07.7'E 1.061 69° 17° 204 km 05m21.8s
06:0401°13.8'S081°05.0'E02°41.2'S082°13.0'E01°57.3'S081°39.2'E 1.061 70° 15° 204 km 05m23.4s
06:0600°45.9'S081°36.4'E02°13.8'S082°44.2'E01°29.6'S082°10.4'E 1.061 70° 12° 205 km 05m24.9s
06:0800°18.4'S082°07.6'E01°46.7'S083°15.3'E01°02.4'S082°41.6'E 1.061 71° 10° 205 km 05m26.2s
06:1000°08.7'N082°38.7'E01°20.1'S083°46.3'E00°35.5'S083°12.6'E 1.061 72° 206 km 05m27.5s
06:1200°35.3'N083°09.8'E00°53.9'S084°17.1'E00°09.1'S083°43.6'E 1.061 72° 206 km 05m28.7s
06:1401°01.5'N083°40.9'E00°28.1'S084°48.0'E00°16.9'N084°14.5'E 1.061 73° 207 km 05m29.7s
06:1601°27.4'N084°12.0'E00°02.7'S085°18.8'E00°42.5'N084°45.5'E 1.061 73° 357° 207 km 05m30.7s
06:1801°52.8'N084°43.1'E00°22.3'N085°49.7'E01°07.7'N085°16.5'E 1.061 73° 354° 207 km 05m31.5s
06:2002°17.8'N085°14.3'E00°46.8'N086°20.5'E01°32.5'N085°47.5'E 1.061 74° 350° 208 km 05m32.2s
06:2202°42.4'N085°45.6'E01°11.0'N086°51.5'E01°56.8'N086°18.7'E 1.061 74° 347° 208 km 05m32.9s
06:2403°06.7'N086°17.0'E01°34.8'N087°22.6'E02°20.8'N086°49.9'E 1.061 74° 343° 208 km 05m33.4s
06:2603°30.5'N086°48.6'E01°58.2'N087°53.8'E02°44.5'N087°21.3'E 1.061 74° 339° 209 km 05m33.8s
06:2803°54.0'N087°20.4'E02°21.1'N088°25.1'E03°07.7'N087°52.8'E 1.061 74° 335° 209 km 05m34.0s
06:3004°17.0'N087°52.3'E02°43.7'N088°56.7'E03°30.5'N088°24.6'E 1.061 74° 332° 209 km 05m34.2s
06:3204°39.7'N088°24.5'E03°05.9'N089°28.4'E03°52.9'N088°56.5'E 1.061 74° 328° 209 km 05m34.2s
06:3405°02.0'N088°57.0'E03°27.7'N090°00.4'E04°14.9'N089°28.7'E 1.061 73° 325° 210 km 05m34.1s
06:3605°23.8'N089°29.8'E03°49.1'N090°32.6'E04°36.6'N090°01.2'E 1.061 73° 321° 210 km 05m33.9s
06:3805°45.3'N090°02.8'E04°10.2'N091°05.2'E04°57.8'N090°34.0'E 1.061 73° 318° 210 km 05m33.6s
06:4006°06.4'N090°36.2'E04°30.8'N091°38.0'E05°18.7'N091°07.2'E 1.061 72° 315° 210 km 05m33.2s
06:4206°27.1'N091°10.0'E04°51.0'N092°11.2'E05°39.1'N091°40.7'E 1.061 72° 312° 210 km 05m32.6s
06:4406°47.3'N091°44.2'E05°10.8'N092°44.8'E05°59.1'N092°14.5'E 1.061 71° 309° 210 km 05m31.9s
06:4607°07.2'N092°18.9'E05°30.2'N093°18.8'E06°18.8'N092°48.9'E 1.061 70° 307° 210 km 05m31.1s
06:4807°26.6'N092°54.0'E05°49.2'N093°53.3'E06°38.0'N093°23.6'E 1.061 70° 305° 210 km 05m30.1s
06:5007°45.6'N093°29.6'E06°07.8'N094°28.2'E06°56.8'N093°58.9'E 1.061 69° 302° 210 km 05m29.0s
06:5208°04.2'N094°05.7'E06°25.9'N095°03.6'E07°15.1'N094°34.7'E 1.061 68° 300° 210 km 05m27.8s
06:5408°22.3'N094°42.4'E06°43.7'N095°39.6'E07°33.0'N095°11.0'E 1.060 67° 299° 210 km 05m26.5s
06:5608°40.0'N095°19.7'E07°00.9'N096°16.1'E07°50.5'N095°47.9'E 1.060 67° 297° 209 km 05m25.0s
06:5808°57.2'N095°57.7'E07°17.8'N096°53.3'E08°07.5'N096°25.4'E 1.060 66° 295° 209 km 05m23.4s
07:0009°14.0'N096°36.3'E07°34.2'N097°31.1'E08°24.1'N097°03.7'E 1.060 65° 294° 209 km 05m21.6s
07:0209°30.2'N097°15.7'E07°50.1'N098°09.7'E08°40.2'N097°42.6'E 1.060 64° 293° 208 km 05m19.7s
07:0409°46.0'N097°55.8'E08°05.5'N098°48.9'E08°55.8'N098°22.3'E 1.060 63° 292° 208 km 05m17.7s
07:0610°01.3'N098°36.8'E08°20.5'N099°29.0'E09°10.9'N099°02.8'E 1.060 62° 291° 207 km 05m15.5s
07:0810°16.0'N099°18.6'E08°34.9'N100°09.9'E09°25.5'N099°44.1'E 1.059 61° 290° 207 km 05m13.2s
07:1010°30.2'N100°01.3'E08°48.8'N100°51.7'E09°39.5'N100°26.3'E 1.059 60° 289° 206 km 05m10.8s
07:1210°43.8'N100°45.0'E09°02.2'N101°34.4'E09°53.1'N101°09.6'E 1.059 59° 288° 206 km 05m08.2s
07:1410°56.9'N101°29.8'E09°15.1'N102°18.2'E10°06.0'N101°53.8'E 1.059 58° 287° 205 km 05m05.5s
07:1611°09.4'N102°15.6'E09°27.3'N103°03.0'E10°18.4'N102°39.1'E 1.059 57° 287° 204 km 05m02.7s
07:1811°21.2'N103°02.6'E09°39.0'N103°49.0'E10°30.1'N103°25.6'E 1.058 55° 286° 203 km 04m59.7s
07:2011°32.4'N103°50.9'E09°50.0'N104°36.2'E10°41.2'N104°13.4'E 1.058 54° 285° 202 km 04m56.5s
07:2211°42.9'N104°40.6'E10°00.4'N105°24.8'E10°51.6'N105°02.5'E 1.058 53° 285° 201 km 04m53.2s
07:2411°52.6'N105°31.6'E10°10.0'N106°14.8'E11°01.3'N105°53.0'E 1.058 52° 285° 200 km 04m49.8s
07:2612°01.7'N106°24.3'E10°19.0'N107°06.4'E11°10.3'N106°45.0'E 1.057 51° 284° 199 km 04m46.2s
07:2812°09.9'N107°18.6'E10°27.2'N107°59.6'E11°18.5'N107°38.8'E 1.057 49° 284° 198 km 04m42.5s
07:3012°17.2'N108°14.7'E10°34.5'N108°54.5'E11°25.9'N108°34.3'E 1.057 48° 284° 197 km 04m38.6s
07:3212°23.7'N109°12.8'E10°41.0'N109°51.5'E11°32.4'N109°31.8'E 1.057 47° 284° 196 km 04m34.6s
07:3412°29.2'N110°13.0'E10°46.6'N110°50.6'E11°37.9'N110°31.4'E 1.056 45° 283° 194 km 04m30.4s
07:3612°33.6'N111°15.5'E10°51.2'N111°52.0'E11°42.4'N111°33.3'E 1.056 44° 283° 193 km 04m26.0s
07:3812°37.0'N112°20.6'E10°54.7'N112°56.0'E11°45.8'N112°37.9'E 1.056 42° 283° 191 km 04m21.5s
07:4012°39.1'N113°28.6'E10°57.0'N114°02.8'E11°48.1'N113°45.2'E 1.055 41° 283° 190 km 04m16.8s
07:4212°39.9'N114°39.7'E10°58.0'N115°12.9'E11°49.0'N114°55.8'E 1.055 39° 283° 188 km 04m11.9s
07:4412°39.2'N115°54.4'E10°57.6'N116°26.5'E11°48.4'N116°09.9'E 1.054 37° 283° 186 km 04m06.8s
07:4612°36.9'N117°13.1'E10°55.6'N117°44.3'E11°46.3'N117°28.1'E 1.054 36° 283° 184 km 04m01.5s
07:4812°32.7'N118°36.5'E10°51.8'N119°06.7'E11°42.3'N118°51.0'E 1.053 34° 284° 182 km 03m56.0s
07:5012°26.4'N120°05.3'E10°45.9'N120°34.7'E11°36.2'N120°19.3'E 1.053 32° 284° 180 km 03m50.2s
07:5212°17.6'N121°40.5'E10°37.6'N122°09.3'E11°27.7'N121°54.2'E 1.052 30° 284° 178 km 03m44.1s
07:5412°05.9'N123°23.4'E10°26.4'N123°51.8'E11°16.3'N123°36.8'E 1.052 28° 284° 176 km 03m37.7s
07:5611°50.6'N125°16.0'E10°11.7'N125°44.4'E11°01.3'N125°29.3'E 1.051 26° 284° 173 km 03m30.9s
07:5811°30.8'N127°21.2'E09°52.3'N127°50.0'E10°41.7'N127°34.6'E 1.050 23° 285° 170 km 03m23.6s
08:0011°04.9'N129°43.4'E09°26.7'N130°13.7'E10°16.0'N129°57.5'E 1.049 20° 285° 167 km 03m15.5s
08:0210°30.0'N132°31.2'E08°51.9'N133°04.9'E09°41.2'N132°46.7'E 1.048 17° 286° 163 km 03m06.5s
08:0409°40.0'N136°03.3'E08°00.6'N136°45.9'E08°50.7'N136°22.7'E 1.047 13° 286° 159 km 02m55.7s
08:0608°11.8'N141°29.6'E06°20.7'N142°57.4'E07°17.9'N142°07.5'E 1.045 287° 152 km 02m40.0s
Limits06°07.4'N148°13.0'E04°50.9'N147°53.5'E05°29.2'N148°03.1'E 1.043 - 145 km 02m25.9s

ΔT = 18936.1 seconds

Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration
Event Time
TD
Time
UT1
Latitude Longitude Sun
Altitude
Sun
Azimuth
Path Width Central
Duration
Greatest Eclipse11:41:36.206:26:00.002°44.5'N008°14.3'E 74.0° 339.2° 208.6 km05m33.75s
Greatest Duration11:47:15.606:31:39.503°49.1'N088°51.0'E 73.7° 328.8° 209.3 km05m34.23s

Explanation of Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration

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Eclipse Predictions

Predictions for the Total Solar Eclipse of -0621 May 18 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 18936.1 seconds for this eclipse. The uncertainty in ΔT is 476.5 seconds corresponding to a standard error in longitude of the eclipse path of ± 1.99°.

Acknowledgments

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

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