Path of the Total Solar Eclipse of -0788 May 04

Fred Espenak

Introduction

The following table delineates the path of the Moon's umbral shadow during the Total Solar Eclipse of -0788 May 04 . 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 -0788 May 04
UT1 Northern Limit Southern Limit Central Line M:S Sun Sun Path Central
Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Ratio Alt. Azm. Width Duration
Limits63°20.3'S023°16.3'W65°22.3'S020°56.7'W64°21.1'S022°10.2'W 1.061 - 252 km 03m26.5s
09:2456°06.6'S003°42.9'W62°21.0'S011°27.4'W58°45.2'S006°11.4'W 1.064 10° 43° 257 km 03m52.0s
09:2653°58.4'S000°27.3'E58°45.6'S002°47.5'W56°11.3'S000°45.9'W 1.065 14° 38° 259 km 04m03.6s
09:2852°11.0'S003°36.5'E56°23.4'S001°56.1'E54°10.5'S002°58.5'E 1.066 17° 34° 262 km 04m12.7s
09:3050°36.3'S006°10.3'E54°27.8'S005°21.5'E52°27.1'S005°53.3'E 1.067 19° 31° 263 km 04m20.5s
09:3249°10.5'S008°20.7'E52°47.5'S008°04.8'E50°55.0'S008°17.7'E 1.068 21° 29° 265 km 04m27.5s
09:3447°51.4'S010°14.3'E51°17.5'S010°21.5'E49°31.1'S010°21.4'E 1.068 23° 26° 267 km 04m33.8s
09:3646°37.7'S011°55.3'E49°55.1'S012°19.4'E48°13.5'S012°09.9'E 1.069 25° 24° 269 km 04m39.6s
09:3845°28.3'S013°26.3'E48°38.7'S014°03.5'E47°00.9'S013°46.8'E 1.069 27° 22° 270 km 04m45.1s
09:4044°22.5'S014°49.3'E47°27.0'S015°37.0'E45°52.5'S015°14.6'E 1.070 28° 20° 272 km 04m50.2s
09:4243°19.9'S016°05.8'E46°19.4'S017°01.8'E44°47.6'S016°34.9'E 1.070 30° 19° 274 km 04m55.0s
09:4442°20.0'S017°16.7'E45°15.2'S018°19.8'E43°45.7'S017°49.1'E 1.070 31° 17° 275 km 04m59.6s
09:4641°22.5'S018°23.0'E44°13.9'S019°31.9'E42°46.4'S018°58.1'E 1.071 33° 15° 277 km 05m03.9s
09:4840°27.1'S019°25.3'E43°15.2'S020°39.2'E41°49.5'S020°02.8'E 1.071 34° 13° 278 km 05m08.0s
09:5039°33.7'S020°24.2'E42°18.9'S021°42.4'E40°54.7'S021°03.6'E 1.071 35° 12° 280 km 05m11.9s
09:5238°42.0'S021°20.0'E41°24.5'S022°42.0'E40°01.8'S022°01.3'E 1.072 36° 10° 282 km 05m15.6s
09:5437°51.9'S022°13.3'E40°32.1'S023°38.5'E39°10.6'S022°56.0'E 1.072 37° 283 km 05m19.1s
09:5637°03.2'S023°04.2'E39°41.3'S024°32.3'E38°20.9'S023°48.3'E 1.072 38° 285 km 05m22.4s
09:5836°16.0'S023°53.0'E38°52.1'S025°23.7'E37°32.8'S024°38.4'E 1.073 39° 287 km 05m25.6s
10:0035°29.9'S024°40.1'E38°04.4'S026°13.1'E36°45.9'S025°26.5'E 1.073 40° 288 km 05m28.7s
10:0234°45.0'S025°25.5'E37°18.0'S027°00.6'E36°00.3'S026°12.9'E 1.073 41° 290 km 05m31.5s
10:0434°01.3'S026°09.4'E36°32.8'S027°46.4'E35°15.9'S026°57.8'E 1.073 41° 292 km 05m34.2s
10:0633°18.5'S026°52.1'E35°48.8'S028°30.8'E34°32.6'S027°41.3'E 1.073 42° 359° 293 km 05m36.8s
10:0832°36.8'S027°33.7'E35°05.9'S029°14.0'E33°50.2'S028°23.6'E 1.074 43° 358° 295 km 05m39.2s
10:1031°55.9'S028°14.2'E34°24.0'S029°55.9'E33°08.9'S029°04.8'E 1.074 43° 356° 297 km 05m41.5s
10:1231°15.9'S028°53.8'E33°43.1'S030°36.9'E32°28.5'S029°45.1'E 1.074 44° 354° 299 km 05m43.6s
10:1430°36.8'S029°32.7'E33°03.1'S031°17.0'E31°49.0'S030°24.5'E 1.074 44° 353° 300 km 05m45.6s
10:1629°58.5'S030°10.8'E32°24.0'S031°56.2'E31°10.3'S031°03.2'E 1.074 45° 351° 302 km 05m47.5s
10:1829°20.9'S030°48.3'E31°45.7'S032°34.8'E30°32.4'S031°41.2'E 1.074 45° 349° 304 km 05m49.2s
10:2028°44.1'S031°25.2'E31°08.3'S033°12.8'E29°55.3'S032°18.6'E 1.074 46° 348° 306 km 05m50.8s
10:2228°07.9'S032°01.7'E30°31.6'S033°50.2'E29°18.9'S032°55.6'E 1.074 46° 346° 308 km 05m52.2s
10:2427°32.5'S032°37.8'E29°55.7'S034°27.2'E28°43.2'S033°32.1'E 1.074 47° 344° 309 km 05m53.5s
10:2626°57.7'S033°13.5'E29°20.5'S035°03.8'E28°08.3'S034°08.3'E 1.075 47° 343° 311 km 05m54.7s
10:2826°23.6'S033°49.0'E28°45.9'S035°40.1'E27°34.0'S034°44.2'E 1.075 47° 341° 313 km 05m55.7s
10:3025°50.0'S034°24.3'E28°12.1'S036°16.2'E27°00.3'S035°19.8'E 1.075 47° 339° 315 km 05m56.6s
10:3225°17.1'S034°59.5'E27°38.9'S036°52.1'E26°27.3'S035°55.3'E 1.075 47° 338° 316 km 05m57.4s
10:3424°44.8'S035°34.5'E27°06.4'S037°27.9'E25°54.9'S036°30.7'E 1.075 48° 336° 318 km 05m58.0s
10:3624°13.1'S036°09.5'E26°34.5'S038°03.6'E25°23.1'S037°06.1'E 1.075 48° 334° 320 km 05m58.4s
10:3823°41.9'S036°44.5'E26°03.2'S038°39.3'E24°51.8'S037°41.4'E 1.075 48° 333° 322 km 05m58.7s
10:4023°11.3'S037°19.6'E25°32.5'S039°15.1'E24°21.2'S038°16.8'E 1.075 48° 331° 323 km 05m58.9s
10:4222°41.2'S037°54.8'E25°02.4'S039°51.0'E23°51.1'S038°52.4'E 1.075 48° 329° 325 km 05m59.0s
10:4422°11.7'S038°30.2'E24°32.9'S040°27.0'E23°21.6'S039°28.1'E 1.075 47° 328° 327 km 05m58.8s
10:4621°42.8'S039°05.8'E24°04.0'S041°03.3'E22°52.7'S040°04.0'E 1.075 47° 326° 328 km 05m58.6s
10:4821°14.3'S039°41.7'E23°35.6'S041°39.9'E22°24.3'S040°40.2'E 1.075 47° 324° 330 km 05m58.2s
10:5020°46.4'S040°17.9'E23°07.8'S042°16.8'E21°56.5'S041°16.7'E 1.075 47° 323° 331 km 05m57.6s
10:5220°19.1'S040°54.5'E22°40.5'S042°54.1'E21°29.2'S041°53.7'E 1.075 47° 321° 332 km 05m56.9s
10:5419°52.3'S041°31.6'E22°13.9'S043°31.8'E21°02.5'S042°31.0'E 1.074 46° 320° 334 km 05m56.0s
10:5619°26.0'S042°09.1'E21°47.8'S044°10.1'E20°36.3'S043°08.9'E 1.074 46° 318° 335 km 05m55.0s
10:5819°00.2'S042°47.2'E21°22.2'S044°49.0'E20°10.6'S043°47.4'E 1.074 45° 317° 336 km 05m53.8s
11:0018°35.0'S043°26.0'E20°57.2'S045°28.5'E19°45.6'S044°26.5'E 1.074 45° 315° 336 km 05m52.4s
11:0218°10.4'S044°05.4'E20°32.9'S046°08.8'E19°21.1'S045°06.3'E 1.074 44° 314° 337 km 05m50.9s
11:0417°46.3'S044°45.6'E20°09.0'S046°49.8'E18°57.1'S045°46.9'E 1.074 44° 312° 338 km 05m49.2s
11:0617°22.8'S045°26.6'E19°45.8'S047°31.8'E18°33.8'S046°28.3'E 1.074 43° 311° 338 km 05m47.4s
11:0816°59.9'S046°08.5'E19°23.2'S048°14.7'E18°11.0'S047°10.7'E 1.074 43° 310° 338 km 05m45.4s
11:1016°37.5'S046°51.5'E19°01.2'S048°58.8'E17°48.8'S047°54.2'E 1.073 42° 308° 338 km 05m43.2s
11:1216°15.8'S047°35.6'E18°39.9'S049°44.0'E17°27.3'S048°38.8'E 1.073 41° 307° 338 km 05m40.8s
11:1415°54.7'S048°20.9'E18°19.2'S050°30.6'E17°06.4'S049°24.7'E 1.073 41° 306° 338 km 05m38.3s
11:1615°34.2'S049°07.5'E17°59.2'S051°18.6'E16°46.2'S050°11.9'E 1.073 40° 304° 337 km 05m35.5s
11:1815°14.5'S049°55.6'E17°39.9'S052°08.2'E16°26.7'S051°00.7'E 1.073 39° 303° 336 km 05m32.6s
11:2014°55.4'S050°45.3'E17°21.4'S052°59.6'E16°07.9'S051°51.2'E 1.072 38° 302° 335 km 05m29.5s
11:2214°37.1'S051°36.7'E17°03.7'S053°52.9'E15°49.9'S052°43.5'E 1.072 37° 301° 334 km 05m26.1s
11:2414°19.7'S052°30.2'E16°46.8'S054°48.5'E15°32.7'S053°37.9'E 1.072 36° 300° 332 km 05m22.6s
11:2614°03.0'S053°25.8'E16°30.8'S055°46.6'E15°16.4'S054°34.7'E 1.072 35° 299° 330 km 05m18.8s
11:2813°47.3'S054°23.9'E16°15.8'S056°47.4'E15°01.0'S055°34.0'E 1.071 34° 298° 328 km 05m14.8s
11:3013°32.5'S055°24.7'E16°01.9'S057°51.5'E14°46.7'S056°36.3'E 1.071 33° 297° 325 km 05m10.6s
11:3213°18.8'S056°28.7'E15°49.2'S058°59.2'E14°33.4'S057°42.0'E 1.071 31° 296° 323 km 05m06.1s
11:3413°06.3'S057°36.2'E15°37.8'S060°11.1'E14°21.5'S058°51.5'E 1.070 30° 295° 320 km 05m01.3s
11:3612°55.2'S058°47.8'E15°27.9'S061°28.0'E14°10.9'S060°05.4'E 1.070 28° 294° 316 km 04m56.2s
11:3812°45.5'S060°04.2'E15°19.7'S062°50.8'E14°01.9'S061°24.7'E 1.069 27° 293° 312 km 04m50.8s
11:4012°37.5'S061°26.3'E15°13.6'S064°20.9'E13°54.8'S062°50.4'E 1.069 25° 292° 308 km 04m45.0s
11:4212°31.6'S062°55.3'E15°10.0'S066°00.2'E13°49.9'S064°24.0'E 1.068 23° 292° 304 km 04m38.7s
11:4412°28.1'S064°32.9'E15°09.6'S067°51.5'E13°47.8'S066°07.5'E 1.068 21° 291° 299 km 04m31.9s
11:4612°27.7'S066°21.5'E15°13.5'S069°59.5'E13°49.2'S068°04.4'E 1.067 19° 290° 293 km 04m24.5s
11:4812°31.3'S068°25.2'E15°23.9'S072°32.7'E13°55.6'S070°20.1'E 1.066 17° 289° 287 km 04m16.1s
11:5012°40.7'S070°50.8'E15°45.5'S075°51.5'E14°09.7'S073°05.7'E 1.065 14° 288° 280 km 04m06.2s
11:5212°59.7'S073°53.4'E16°39.7'S081°24.5'E14°38.5'S076°50.4'E 1.064 287° 271 km 03m53.8s
Limits15°17.7'S085°59.2'E17°39.3'S086°02.1'E16°27.8'S086°00.4'E 1.061 - 252 km 03m27.2s

ΔT = 21620.4 seconds

Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration
Event Time
TD
Time
UT1
Latitude Longitude Sun
Altitude
Sun
Azimuth
Path Width Central
Duration
Greatest Eclipse16:38:08.410:37:48.024°54.9'S052°42.0'W 47.6° 332.7° 321.5 km05m58.72s
Greatest Duration16:41:45.410:41:25.023°59.9'S038°42.0'E 47.5° 329.7° 324.6 km05m58.96s

Explanation of Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration

Links for the Total Solar Eclipse of -0788 May 04

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Eclipse Predictions

Predictions for the Total Solar Eclipse of -0788 May 04 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 21620.4 seconds for this eclipse. The uncertainty in ΔT is 541.3 seconds corresponding to a standard error in longitude of the eclipse path of ± 2.26°.

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"

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