Path of the Total Solar Eclipse of -1515 May 31

Fred Espenak

Introduction

The following table delineates the path of the Moon's umbral shadow during the Total Solar Eclipse of -1515 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 -1515 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
Limits63°18.1'S050°28.5'E63°53.7'S051°39.6'E63°35.9'S051°03.5'E 1.018 - 88 km 01m10.9s
05:2658°01.4'S059°55.5'E62°44.7'S053°54.8'E59°49.2'S058°02.2'E 1.020 36° 94 km 01m19.9s
05:2854°55.8'S064°38.0'E57°25.6'S062°59.2'E56°07.2'S063°54.6'E 1.021 10° 30° 99 km 01m29.4s
05:3052°43.8'S067°42.8'E54°48.5'S066°51.0'E53°44.5'S067°19.5'E 1.022 13° 27° 103 km 01m35.8s
05:3250°56.1'S070°05.7'E52°48.3'S069°36.8'E51°51.2'S069°52.7'E 1.023 16° 24° 106 km 01m41.0s
05:3449°23.2'S072°04.1'E51°07.5'S071°49.2'E50°14.6'S071°57.7'E 1.023 18° 22° 108 km 01m45.6s
05:3648°00.4'S073°46.3'E49°39.3'S073°41.0'E48°49.2'S073°44.4'E 1.024 20° 20° 111 km 01m49.6s
05:3846°45.3'S075°16.7'E48°20.2'S075°18.6'E47°32.2'S075°18.2'E 1.024 21° 18° 113 km 01m53.3s
05:4045°36.1'S076°38.3'E47°07.9'S076°45.7'E46°21.5'S076°42.4'E 1.025 23° 16° 115 km 01m56.8s
05:4244°31.9'S077°52.8'E46°01.1'S078°04.7'E45°16.1'S077°59.1'E 1.025 24° 14° 117 km 02m00.0s
05:4443°31.7'S079°01.8'E44°58.8'S079°17.3'E44°14.9'S079°09.8'E 1.025 25° 13° 119 km 02m02.9s
05:4642°35.0'S080°06.2'E44°00.4'S080°24.7'E43°17.4'S080°15.6'E 1.026 27° 11° 120 km 02m05.7s
05:4841°41.3'S081°06.6'E43°05.3'S081°27.8'E42°23.0'S081°17.4'E 1.026 28° 10° 122 km 02m08.4s
05:5040°50.3'S082°03.8'E42°13.0'S082°27.3'E41°31.4'S082°15.7'E 1.026 29° 124 km 02m10.8s
05:5240°01.7'S082°58.2'E41°23.3'S083°23.6'E40°42.2'S083°11.1'E 1.026 30° 125 km 02m13.2s
05:5439°15.2'S083°50.2'E40°35.9'S084°17.4'E39°55.3'S084°03.9'E 1.027 31° 127 km 02m15.4s
05:5638°30.6'S084°40.1'E39°50.6'S085°08.9'E39°10.4'S084°54.6'E 1.027 31° 129 km 02m17.4s
05:5837°47.9'S085°28.2'E39°07.1'S085°58.3'E38°27.3'S085°43.3'E 1.027 32° 130 km 02m19.4s
06:0037°06.8'S086°14.7'E38°25.4'S086°46.1'E37°45.9'S086°30.4'E 1.027 33° 132 km 02m21.2s
06:0236°27.2'S086°59.8'E37°45.2'S087°32.4'E37°06.0'S087°16.1'E 1.027 34° 360° 133 km 02m22.9s
06:0435°49.0'S087°43.6'E37°06.6'S088°17.3'E36°27.6'S088°00.5'E 1.028 34° 358° 135 km 02m24.5s
06:0635°12.2'S088°26.4'E36°29.3'S089°01.1'E35°50.6'S088°43.8'E 1.028 35° 357° 136 km 02m26.0s
06:0834°36.6'S089°08.3'E35°53.3'S089°43.9'E35°14.8'S089°26.1'E 1.028 35° 355° 138 km 02m27.3s
06:1034°02.2'S089°49.4'E35°18.6'S090°25.8'E34°40.3'S090°07.5'E 1.028 36° 354° 139 km 02m28.6s
06:1233°29.0'S090°29.7'E34°45.0'S091°06.9'E34°06.9'S090°48.3'E 1.028 36° 353° 140 km 02m29.8s
06:1432°56.8'S091°09.5'E34°12.6'S091°47.4'E33°34.6'S091°28.4'E 1.028 37° 351° 142 km 02m30.8s
06:1632°25.7'S091°48.7'E33°41.2'S092°27.3'E33°03.3'S092°08.0'E 1.028 37° 350° 143 km 02m31.7s
06:1831°55.5'S092°27.5'E33°10.8'S093°06.8'E32°33.1'S092°47.1'E 1.028 37° 348° 144 km 02m32.6s
06:2031°26.3'S093°06.0'E32°41.4'S093°45.9'E32°03.8'S093°25.9'E 1.028 38° 347° 146 km 02m33.3s
06:2230°58.1'S093°44.2'E32°13.0'S094°24.6'E31°35.4'S094°04.3'E 1.028 38° 345° 147 km 02m33.9s
06:2430°30.7'S094°22.1'E31°45.5'S095°03.2'E31°08.0'S094°42.6'E 1.028 38° 344° 148 km 02m34.4s
06:2630°04.2'S095°00.0'E31°18.9'S095°41.6'E30°41.5'S095°20.7'E 1.028 38° 343° 149 km 02m34.9s
06:2829°38.6'S095°37.7'E30°53.1'S096°19.9'E30°15.8'S095°58.7'E 1.028 38° 341° 150 km 02m35.2s
06:3029°13.9'S096°15.5'E30°28.3'S096°58.1'E29°51.0'S096°36.7'E 1.028 38° 340° 151 km 02m35.3s
06:3228°49.9'S096°53.3'E30°04.2'S097°36.4'E29°27.0'S097°14.8'E 1.028 38° 338° 152 km 02m35.4s
06:3428°26.8'S097°31.3'E29°41.0'S098°14.9'E29°03.8'S097°53.0'E 1.028 38° 337° 153 km 02m35.4s
06:3628°04.5'S098°09.4'E29°18.6'S098°53.4'E28°41.5'S098°31.3'E 1.028 38° 336° 154 km 02m35.3s
06:3827°42.9'S098°47.7'E28°57.0'S099°32.3'E28°19.9'S099°09.9'E 1.028 38° 334° 154 km 02m35.0s
06:4027°22.2'S099°26.4'E28°36.2'S100°11.4'E27°59.2'S099°48.7'E 1.028 38° 333° 155 km 02m34.7s
06:4227°02.3'S100°05.4'E28°16.2'S100°50.9'E27°39.2'S100°28.0'E 1.028 38° 332° 155 km 02m34.2s
06:4426°43.2'S100°44.8'E27°57.1'S101°30.8'E27°20.1'S101°07.6'E 1.028 38° 330° 156 km 02m33.6s
06:4626°24.9'S101°24.7'E27°38.7'S102°11.2'E27°01.7'S101°47.8'E 1.028 37° 329° 156 km 02m32.9s
06:4826°07.3'S102°05.2'E27°21.1'S102°52.2'E26°44.2'S102°28.5'E 1.028 37° 328° 156 km 02m32.1s
06:5025°50.7'S102°46.4'E27°04.4'S103°33.8'E26°27.5'S103°09.9'E 1.028 37° 326° 156 km 02m31.2s
06:5225°34.8'S103°28.2'E26°48.5'S104°16.2'E26°11.6'S103°52.1'E 1.028 36° 325° 156 km 02m30.1s
06:5425°19.8'S104°10.9'E26°33.5'S104°59.5'E25°56.6'S104°35.0'E 1.028 36° 324° 155 km 02m29.0s
06:5625°05.7'S104°54.5'E26°19.3'S105°43.6'E25°42.5'S105°18.9'E 1.027 35° 322° 155 km 02m27.7s
06:5824°52.4'S105°39.0'E26°06.1'S106°28.8'E25°29.2'S106°03.7'E 1.027 35° 321° 154 km 02m26.3s
07:0024°40.1'S106°24.7'E25°53.7'S107°15.2'E25°16.9'S106°49.7'E 1.027 34° 320° 153 km 02m24.7s
07:0224°28.8'S107°11.6'E25°42.4'S108°02.8'E25°05.5'S107°37.0'E 1.027 34° 319° 152 km 02m23.1s
07:0424°18.4'S107°59.9'E25°32.0'S108°51.9'E24°55.2'S108°25.7'E 1.027 33° 317° 151 km 02m21.3s
07:0624°09.1'S108°49.7'E25°22.7'S109°42.6'E24°45.9'S109°15.9'E 1.027 32° 316° 150 km 02m19.4s
07:0824°00.9'S109°41.2'E25°14.5'S110°35.1'E24°37.7'S110°07.9'E 1.026 31° 315° 148 km 02m17.3s
07:1023°53.9'S110°34.7'E25°07.5'S111°29.6'E24°30.7'S111°01.8'E 1.026 31° 314° 146 km 02m15.1s
07:1223°48.1'S111°30.2'E25°01.8'S112°26.4'E24°25.0'S111°58.0'E 1.026 30° 313° 144 km 02m12.8s
07:1423°43.7'S112°28.2'E24°57.5'S113°25.7'E24°20.6'S112°56.6'E 1.026 29° 312° 142 km 02m10.3s
07:1623°40.8'S113°28.9'E24°54.7'S114°28.0'E24°17.7'S113°58.1'E 1.025 28° 310° 140 km 02m07.7s
07:1823°39.5'S114°32.8'E24°53.6'S115°33.8'E24°16.5'S115°02.9'E 1.025 27° 309° 137 km 02m04.9s
07:2023°40.0'S115°40.3'E24°54.3'S116°43.5'E24°17.1'S116°11.5'E 1.025 26° 308° 134 km 02m01.9s
07:2223°42.5'S116°52.2'E24°57.2'S117°57.9'E24°19.8'S117°24.5'E 1.024 24° 307° 131 km 01m58.7s
07:2423°47.4'S118°09.1'E25°02.6'S119°18.1'E24°24.9'S118°43.0'E 1.024 23° 306° 128 km 01m55.2s
07:2623°55.0'S119°32.3'E25°11.0'S120°45.2'E24°32.9'S120°08.1'E 1.023 21° 305° 125 km 01m51.6s
07:2824°06.0'S121°03.2'E25°23.1'S122°21.2'E24°44.4'S121°41.4'E 1.023 20° 304° 121 km 01m47.6s
07:3024°21.2'S122°44.1'E25°39.8'S124°09.1'E25°00.3'S123°25.6'E 1.022 18° 302° 117 km 01m43.3s
07:3224°41.8'S124°38.6'E26°03.0'S126°13.5'E25°22.1'S125°24.7'E 1.022 16° 301° 112 km 01m38.5s
07:3425°10.3'S126°52.9'E26°36.1'S128°44.0'E25°52.7'S127°46.4'E 1.021 13° 300° 107 km 01m33.0s
07:3625°51.5'S129°40.2'E27°27.3'S132°03.5'E26°38.2'S130°47.7'E 1.020 10° 298° 101 km 01m26.4s
07:3827°00.4'S133°41.4'E29°27.4'S138°34.3'E28°02.7'S135°34.9'E 1.019 295° 92 km 01m16.8s
Limits29°31.5'S141°07.1'E30°18.3'S141°01.8'E29°54.7'S141°04.5'E 1.017 - 83 km 01m07.1s

ΔT = 35371.5 seconds

Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration
Event Time
TD
Time
UT1
Latitude Longitude Sun
Altitude
Sun
Azimuth
Path Width Central
Duration
Greatest Eclipse16:21:23.606:31:52.129°28.5'S050°34.8'W 38.3° 338.5° 152.0 km02m35.43s
Greatest Duration16:22:03.506:32:32.029°20.7'S097°24.9'E 38.3° 338.0° 152.3 km02m35.43s

Explanation of Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration

Links for the Total Solar Eclipse of -1515 May 31

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Eclipse Predictions

Predictions for the Total Solar Eclipse of -1515 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 35371.5 seconds for this eclipse. The uncertainty in ΔT is 1945.9 seconds corresponding to a standard error in longitude of the eclipse path of ± 8.13°.

Acknowledgments

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

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