Path of the Total Solar Eclipse of -0797 May 14

Fred Espenak

Introduction

The following table delineates the path of the Moon's umbral shadow during the Total Solar Eclipse of -0797 May 14 . 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 -0797 May 14
UT1 Northern Limit Southern Limit Central Line M:S Sun Sun Path Central
Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Ratio Alt. Azm. Width Duration
Limits46°59.8'S025°29.3'W49°08.5'S024°35.0'W48°03.8'S025°02.9'W 1.063 - 245 km 03m35.0s
08:5041°35.9'S010°23.9'W46°28.7'S016°29.1'W43°46.9'S012°39.6'W 1.066 10° 56° 253 km 04m03.9s
08:5240°01.2'S006°38.0'W44°02.5'S009°57.9'W41°55.8'S008°01.3'W 1.068 14° 52° 257 km 04m17.2s
08:5438°43.6'S003°42.1'W42°24.3'S005°56.9'W40°30.1'S004°39.8'W 1.069 17° 50° 260 km 04m27.9s
08:5637°36.2'S001°15.4'W41°05.0'S002°52.5'W39°17.6'S001°57.3'W 1.069 20° 47° 263 km 04m37.1s
08:5836°35.9'S000°51.7'E39°56.5'S000°20.0'W38°13.8'S000°20.9'E 1.070 22° 45° 265 km 04m45.4s
09:0035°40.9'S002°44.6'E38°55.6'S001°51.4'E37°16.1'S002°22.0'E 1.071 24° 43° 268 km 04m53.0s
09:0234°50.1'S004°26.7'E38°00.2'S003°47.8'E36°23.3'S004°10.5'E 1.071 26° 42° 270 km 05m00.2s
09:0434°02.7'S006°00.1'E37°09.1'S005°32.7'E35°34.2'S005°49.2'E 1.072 28° 40° 272 km 05m06.9s
09:0633°18.1'S007°26.5'E36°21.6'S007°08.5'E34°48.3'S007°19.9'E 1.072 29° 38° 274 km 05m13.2s
09:0832°36.0'S008°47.1'E35°37.0'S008°37.0'E34°05.0'S008°44.1'E 1.073 31° 37° 276 km 05m19.2s
09:1031°56.0'S010°02.8'E34°54.9'S009°59.4'E33°24.1'S010°02.9'E 1.073 32° 35° 278 km 05m24.9s
09:1231°17.9'S011°14.3'E34°15.0'S011°16.7'E32°45.2'S011°17.1'E 1.073 34° 34° 280 km 05m30.4s
09:1430°41.5'S012°22.1'E33°37.1'S012°29.6'E32°08.1'S012°27.3'E 1.074 35° 32° 281 km 05m35.6s
09:1630°06.7'S013°26.7'E33°00.9'S013°38.7'E31°32.6'S013°34.0'E 1.074 36° 31° 283 km 05m40.6s
09:1829°33.2'S014°28.5'E32°26.2'S014°44.6'E30°58.6'S014°37.7'E 1.074 37° 29° 285 km 05m45.4s
09:2029°01.0'S015°27.8'E31°53.0'S015°47.5'E30°25.9'S015°38.7'E 1.075 39° 28° 287 km 05m50.0s
09:2228°30.0'S016°25.0'E31°21.1'S016°47.9'E29°54.5'S016°37.4'E 1.075 40° 26° 288 km 05m54.5s
09:2428°00.1'S017°20.1'E30°50.4'S017°46.0'E29°24.3'S017°33.9'E 1.075 41° 25° 290 km 05m58.7s
09:2627°31.2'S018°13.5'E30°20.8'S018°42.0'E28°55.1'S018°28.6'E 1.076 42° 23° 292 km 06m02.7s
09:2827°03.3'S019°05.3'E29°52.3'S019°36.3'E28°26.9'S019°21.5'E 1.076 42° 22° 293 km 06m06.6s
09:3026°36.3'S019°55.7'E29°24.8'S020°28.9'E27°59.6'S020°12.9'E 1.076 43° 20° 295 km 06m10.2s
09:3226°10.1'S020°44.8'E28°58.1'S021°20.1'E27°33.3'S021°03.0'E 1.076 44° 19° 297 km 06m13.7s
09:3425°44.8'S021°32.7'E28°32.4'S022°09.9'E27°07.7'S021°51.8'E 1.076 45° 17° 298 km 06m17.0s
09:3625°20.2'S022°19.6'E28°07.5'S022°58.5'E26°43.0'S022°39.5'E 1.077 46° 16° 300 km 06m20.2s
09:3824°56.4'S023°05.5'E27°43.4'S023°46.1'E26°19.1'S023°26.2'E 1.077 46° 14° 301 km 06m23.2s
09:4024°33.4'S023°50.6'E27°20.0'S024°32.7'E25°55.9'S024°12.0'E 1.077 47° 13° 303 km 06m26.0s
09:4224°11.0'S024°34.8'E26°57.4'S025°18.4'E25°33.4'S024°57.0'E 1.077 48° 11° 304 km 06m28.6s
09:4423°49.2'S025°18.4'E26°35.5'S026°03.4'E25°11.6'S025°41.2'E 1.077 48° 306 km 06m31.1s
09:4623°28.1'S026°01.4'E26°14.2'S026°47.6'E24°50.4'S026°24.8'E 1.077 49° 307 km 06m33.4s
09:4823°07.7'S026°43.9'E25°53.6'S027°31.2'E24°29.9'S027°07.7'E 1.077 49° 309 km 06m35.5s
09:5022°47.8'S027°25.8'E25°33.7'S028°14.3'E24°10.0'S027°50.2'E 1.077 50° 310 km 06m37.4s
09:5222°28.6'S028°07.3'E25°14.3'S028°56.9'E23°50.8'S028°32.2'E 1.077 50° 311 km 06m39.2s
09:5422°09.9'S028°48.4'E24°55.6'S029°39.0'E23°32.1'S029°13.8'E 1.078 50° 312 km 06m40.7s
09:5621°51.8'S029°29.3'E24°37.4'S030°20.8'E23°14.0'S029°55.1'E 1.078 51° 359° 314 km 06m42.1s
09:5821°34.3'S030°09.8'E24°19.9'S031°02.3'E22°56.4'S030°36.1'E 1.078 51° 357° 315 km 06m43.4s
10:0021°17.3'S030°50.2'E24°02.9'S031°43.5'E22°39.5'S031°16.8'E 1.078 51° 355° 316 km 06m44.4s
10:0221°00.9'S031°30.3'E23°46.5'S032°24.5'E22°23.0'S031°57.4'E 1.078 51° 353° 317 km 06m45.3s
10:0420°45.0'S032°10.4'E23°30.6'S033°05.3'E22°07.1'S032°37.8'E 1.078 51° 351° 318 km 06m45.9s
10:0620°29.6'S032°50.4'E23°15.2'S033°46.1'E21°51.8'S033°18.1'E 1.078 51° 350° 319 km 06m46.4s
10:0820°14.7'S033°30.3'E23°00.4'S034°26.8'E21°37.0'S033°58.4'E 1.078 51° 348° 320 km 06m46.7s
10:1020°00.4'S034°10.3'E22°46.2'S035°07.5'E21°22.7'S034°38.7'E 1.078 51° 346° 321 km 06m46.9s
10:1219°46.6'S034°50.3'E22°32.4'S035°48.2'E21°08.9'S035°19.0'E 1.078 51° 344° 321 km 06m46.8s
10:1419°33.3'S035°30.4'E22°19.2'S036°29.0'E20°55.7'S035°59.5'E 1.078 51° 342° 322 km 06m46.5s
10:1619°20.6'S036°10.6'E22°06.5'S037°10.0'E20°43.0'S036°40.0'E 1.078 51° 341° 323 km 06m46.1s
10:1819°08.4'S036°51.1'E21°54.4'S037°51.1'E20°30.8'S037°20.8'E 1.078 51° 339° 323 km 06m45.4s
10:2018°56.7'S037°31.8'E21°42.8'S038°32.5'E20°19.2'S038°01.8'E 1.078 51° 337° 323 km 06m44.6s
10:2218°45.5'S038°12.7'E21°31.7'S039°14.2'E20°08.1'S038°43.1'E 1.078 50° 335° 324 km 06m43.6s
10:2418°34.9'S038°54.0'E21°21.2'S039°56.2'E19°57.5'S039°24.7'E 1.077 50° 334° 324 km 06m42.4s
10:2618°24.8'S039°35.7'E21°11.2'S040°38.6'E19°47.5'S040°06.7'E 1.077 50° 332° 324 km 06m41.0s
10:2818°15.2'S040°17.8'E21°01.7'S041°21.4'E19°38.0'S040°49.1'E 1.077 49° 330° 324 km 06m39.4s
10:3018°06.3'S041°00.4'E20°52.8'S042°04.7'E19°29.0'S041°32.0'E 1.077 49° 329° 323 km 06m37.6s
10:3217°57.8'S041°43.5'E20°44.5'S042°48.6'E19°20.7'S042°15.5'E 1.077 48° 327° 323 km 06m35.6s
10:3417°50.0'S042°27.3'E20°36.8'S043°33.2'E19°12.9'S042°59.6'E 1.077 48° 325° 323 km 06m33.4s
10:3617°42.7'S043°11.7'E20°29.6'S044°18.5'E19°05.7'S043°44.4'E 1.077 47° 324° 322 km 06m31.0s
10:3817°36.1'S043°56.8'E20°23.1'S045°04.5'E18°59.1'S044°29.9'E 1.077 46° 322° 321 km 06m28.5s
10:4017°30.1'S044°42.7'E20°17.2'S045°51.4'E18°53.1'S045°16.3'E 1.077 46° 321° 321 km 06m25.7s
10:4217°24.7'S045°29.5'E20°12.0'S046°39.2'E18°47.8'S046°03.6'E 1.076 45° 320° 320 km 06m22.7s
10:4417°20.0'S046°17.3'E20°07.4'S047°28.1'E18°43.2'S046°51.9'E 1.076 44° 318° 319 km 06m19.6s
10:4617°15.9'S047°06.2'E20°03.5'S048°18.2'E18°39.2'S047°41.2'E 1.076 44° 317° 317 km 06m16.2s
10:4817°12.6'S047°56.2'E20°00.4'S049°09.5'E18°36.0'S048°31.9'E 1.076 43° 315° 316 km 06m12.6s
10:5017°10.1'S048°47.5'E19°58.1'S050°02.3'E18°33.5'S049°23.8'E 1.076 42° 314° 315 km 06m08.8s
10:5217°08.3'S049°40.2'E19°56.5'S050°56.6'E18°31.9'S050°17.2'E 1.075 41° 313° 313 km 06m04.8s
10:5417°07.3'S050°34.5'E19°55.8'S051°52.6'E18°31.0'S051°12.3'E 1.075 40° 312° 311 km 06m00.6s
10:5617°07.3'S051°30.5'E19°56.0'S052°50.5'E18°31.1'S052°09.2'E 1.075 39° 310° 309 km 05m56.2s
10:5817°08.2'S052°28.4'E19°57.2'S053°50.6'E18°32.1'S053°08.1'E 1.075 38° 309° 307 km 05m51.6s
11:0017°10.1'S053°28.5'E19°59.5'S054°53.1'E18°34.2'S054°09.3'E 1.074 37° 308° 305 km 05m46.7s
11:0217°13.0'S054°30.9'E20°02.9'S055°58.4'E18°37.4'S055°13.0'E 1.074 35° 307° 303 km 05m41.6s
11:0417°17.2'S055°36.1'E20°07.6'S057°06.7'E18°41.8'S056°19.6'E 1.074 34° 306° 301 km 05m36.3s
11:0617°22.6'S056°44.3'E20°13.7'S058°18.6'E18°47.5'S057°29.5'E 1.073 33° 305° 298 km 05m30.7s
11:0817°29.5'S057°56.0'E20°21.4'S059°34.6'E18°54.8'S058°43.2'E 1.073 31° 304° 295 km 05m24.8s
11:1017°38.0'S059°11.7'E20°30.8'S060°55.5'E19°03.7'S060°01.2'E 1.072 30° 303° 293 km 05m18.6s
11:1217°48.3'S060°32.2'E20°42.4'S062°22.1'E19°14.5'S061°24.5'E 1.072 28° 302° 290 km 05m12.0s
11:1418°00.7'S061°58.3'E20°56.4'S063°55.7'E19°27.6'S062°54.0'E 1.071 27° 301° 286 km 05m05.1s
11:1618°15.6'S063°31.3'E21°13.4'S065°38.2'E19°43.4'S064°31.2'E 1.071 25° 299° 283 km 04m57.8s
11:1818°33.4'S065°12.7'E21°34.1'S067°32.0'E20°02.6'S066°18.1'E 1.070 23° 298° 279 km 04m49.9s
11:2018°55.1'S067°05.1'E21°59.8'S069°41.2'E20°25.9'S068°17.9'E 1.069 20° 297° 276 km 04m41.4s
11:2219°21.6'S069°12.2'E22°32.7'S072°13.1'E20°55.1'S070°35.5'E 1.069 18° 296° 271 km 04m32.0s
11:2419°55.1'S071°40.6'E23°17.2'S075°23.0'E21°33.0'S073°20.5'E 1.068 15° 295° 266 km 04m21.3s
11:2620°39.7'S074°43.8'E24°27.5'S079°58.8'E22°26.4'S076°55.7'E 1.066 11° 293° 260 km 04m08.3s
11:2821°47.2'S079°00.7'E - - 24°07.2'S083°07.6'E 1.064 290° 251 km 03m48.3s
Limits24°23.9'S088°03.8'E26°38.9'S087°49.3'E25°30.9'S087°56.5'E 1.063 - 244 km 03m34.8s

ΔT = 21769.7 seconds

Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration
Event Time
TD
Time
UT1
Latitude Longitude Sun
Altitude
Sun
Azimuth
Path Width Central
Duration
Greatest Eclipse16:10:58.910:08:09.321°35.9'S056°55.8'W 51.4° 347.6° 320.0 km06m46.75s
Greatest Duration16:13:06.410:10:16.721°20.8'S034°44.3'E 51.3° 345.7° 320.8 km06m46.85s

Explanation of Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration

Links for the Total Solar Eclipse of -0797 May 14

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Eclipse Predictions

Predictions for the Total Solar Eclipse of -0797 May 14 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 21769.7 seconds for this eclipse. The uncertainty in ΔT is 544.7 seconds corresponding to a standard error in longitude of the eclipse path of ± 2.28°.

Acknowledgments

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

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