Path of the Annular Solar Eclipse of -1988 May 11

Fred Espenak

Introduction

The following table delineates the path of the Moon's antumbral shadow during the Annular Solar Eclipse of -1988 May 11 . 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 .

Annular Solar Eclipse of -1988 May 11
UT1 Northern Limit Southern Limit Central Line M:S Sun Sun Path Central
Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Ratio Alt. Azm. Width Duration
Limits08°05.6'S040°54.5'W09°43.3'S040°21.5'W08°54.5'S040°37.9'W 0.950 - 189 km 03m19.3s
08:4407°09.9'S036°57.2'W07°51.7'S033°07.3'W07°27.8'S034°46.6'W 0.951 76° 183 km 03m22.4s
08:4605°22.2'S030°25.1'W06°23.3'S028°17.5'W05°52.5'S029°19.0'W 0.953 12° 76° 178 km 03m25.7s
08:4804°14.6'S026°51.9'W05°18.6'S025°07.5'W04°46.5'S025°58.5'W 0.954 16° 75° 174 km 03m28.0s
08:5003°19.0'S024°11.3'W04°23.8'S022°38.7'W03°51.4'S023°24.2'W 0.955 19° 75° 171 km 03m29.9s
08:5202°30.1'S021°59.1'W03°34.9'S020°33.9'W03°02.6'S021°15.9'W 0.955 22° 75° 169 km 03m31.6s
08:5401°45.5'S020°05.2'W02°50.2'S018°45.3'W02°17.9'S019°24.8'W 0.956 25° 75° 166 km 03m33.2s
08:5601°04.1'S018°24.5'W02°08.4'S017°08.5'W01°36.3'S017°46.1'W 0.956 27° 75° 164 km 03m34.6s
08:5800°25.1'S016°53.6'W01°29.1'S015°40.9'W00°57.2'S016°16.9'W 0.957 29° 75° 163 km 03m36.0s
09:0000°11.9'N015°30.6'W00°51.7'S014°20.5'W00°20.0'S014°55.3'W 0.957 31° 75° 161 km 03m37.3s
09:0200°47.2'N014°14.0'W00°16.0'S013°06.1'W00°15.6'N013°39.8'W 0.958 33° 75° 159 km 03m38.5s
09:0401°21.2'N013°02.6'W00°18.4'N011°56.8'W00°49.7'N012°29.5'W 0.958 35° 75° 158 km 03m39.7s
09:0601°53.9'N011°55.8'W00°51.6'N010°51.6'W01°22.7'N011°23.5'W 0.959 36° 75° 156 km 03m40.8s
09:0802°25.6'N010°52.8'W01°23.6'N009°50.1'W01°54.5'N010°21.3'W 0.959 38° 75° 155 km 03m42.0s
09:1002°56.4'N009°53.1'W01°54.8'N008°51.9'W02°25.5'N009°22.3'W 0.959 39° 76° 153 km 03m43.0s
09:1203°26.3'N008°56.4'W02°25.0'N007°56.4'W02°55.6'N008°26.3'W 0.960 41° 76° 152 km 03m44.1s
09:1403°55.4'N008°02.3'W02°54.5'N007°03.5'W03°24.9'N007°32.7'W 0.960 42° 76° 151 km 03m45.1s
09:1604°23.8'N007°10.5'W03°23.3'N006°12.7'W03°53.5'N006°41.5'W 0.960 44° 76° 150 km 03m46.1s
09:1804°51.6'N006°20.8'W03°51.4'N005°24.0'W04°21.4'N005°52.3'W 0.961 45° 76° 149 km 03m47.1s
09:2005°18.8'N005°32.9'W04°18.8'N004°37.1'W04°48.8'N005°04.9'W 0.961 47° 77° 147 km 03m48.1s
09:2205°45.5'N004°46.8'W04°45.8'N003°51.8'W05°15.5'N004°19.2'W 0.961 48° 77° 146 km 03m49.0s
09:2406°11.6'N004°02.1'W05°12.1'N003°08.0'W05°41.8'N003°34.9'W 0.961 49° 77° 145 km 03m49.9s
09:2606°37.2'N003°18.9'W05°38.0'N002°25.5'W06°07.5'N002°52.1'W 0.961 50° 78° 144 km 03m50.8s
09:2807°02.4'N002°36.9'W06°03.4'N001°44.3'W06°32.8'N002°10.5'W 0.962 52° 78° 143 km 03m51.7s
09:3007°27.2'N001°56.1'W06°28.4'N001°04.2'W06°57.7'N001°30.1'W 0.962 53° 78° 142 km 03m52.6s
09:3207°51.5'N001°16.4'W06°52.9'N000°25.1'W07°22.1'N000°50.7'W 0.962 54° 79° 142 km 03m53.4s
09:3408°15.5'N000°37.6'W07°17.0'N000°13.0'E07°46.2'N000°12.2'W 0.962 55° 79° 141 km 03m54.2s
09:3608°39.0'N000°00.2'E07°40.8'N000°50.2'E08°09.8'N000°25.3'E 0.962 57° 79° 140 km 03m55.0s
09:3809°02.3'N000°37.3'E08°04.1'N001°26.6'E08°33.1'N001°02.0'E 0.963 58° 80° 139 km 03m55.8s
09:4009°25.2'N001°13.5'E08°27.2'N002°02.3'E08°56.1'N001°38.0'E 0.963 59° 80° 138 km 03m56.6s
09:4209°47.7'N001°49.1'E08°49.8'N002°37.3'E09°18.7'N002°13.3'E 0.963 60° 81° 137 km 03m57.3s
09:4410°10.0'N002°24.0'E09°12.2'N003°11.6'E09°41.0'N002°47.9'E 0.963 61° 81° 137 km 03m58.1s
09:4610°31.9'N002°58.4'E09°34.2'N003°45.4'E10°03.0'N003°22.0'E 0.963 62° 82° 136 km 03m58.8s
09:4810°53.5'N003°32.1'E09°55.9'N004°18.6'E10°24.7'N003°55.5'E 0.963 63° 83° 135 km 03m59.5s
09:5011°14.9'N004°05.4'E10°17.3'N004°51.4'E10°46.0'N004°28.5'E 0.964 64° 83° 135 km 04m00.2s
09:5211°36.0'N004°38.2'E10°38.4'N005°23.7'E11°07.2'N005°01.0'E 0.964 65° 84° 134 km 04m00.9s
09:5411°56.8'N005°10.6'E10°59.3'N005°55.6'E11°28.0'N005°33.2'E 0.964 66° 85° 133 km 04m01.5s
09:5612°17.3'N005°42.6'E11°19.9'N006°27.1'E11°48.5'N006°04.9'E 0.964 67° 85° 133 km 04m02.2s
09:5812°37.6'N006°14.3'E11°40.1'N006°58.3'E12°08.8'N006°36.3'E 0.964 68° 86° 132 km 04m02.8s
10:0012°57.7'N006°45.7'E12°00.2'N007°29.1'E12°28.9'N007°07.4'E 0.964 69° 87° 132 km 04m03.4s
10:0213°17.5'N007°16.7'E12°20.0'N007°59.7'E12°48.7'N007°38.2'E 0.964 70° 88° 131 km 04m04.0s
10:0413°37.0'N007°47.5'E12°39.5'N008°30.0'E13°08.2'N008°08.8'E 0.964 71° 89° 131 km 04m04.5s
10:0613°56.4'N008°18.1'E12°58.8'N009°00.1'E13°27.5'N008°39.1'E 0.964 72° 91° 130 km 04m05.1s
10:0814°15.5'N008°48.5'E13°17.8'N009°30.0'E13°46.6'N009°09.3'E 0.965 73° 92° 130 km 04m05.6s
10:1014°34.3'N009°18.7'E13°36.6'N009°59.7'E14°05.4'N009°39.2'E 0.965 74° 93° 130 km 04m06.1s
10:1214°53.0'N009°48.7'E13°55.1'N010°29.3'E14°24.0'N010°09.0'E 0.965 75° 95° 129 km 04m06.5s
10:1415°11.4'N010°18.6'E14°13.4'N010°58.8'E14°42.4'N010°38.7'E 0.965 76° 97° 129 km 04m07.0s
10:1615°29.6'N010°48.4'E14°31.5'N011°28.1'E15°00.5'N011°08.3'E 0.965 77° 99° 128 km 04m07.4s
10:1815°47.6'N011°18.2'E14°49.4'N011°57.4'E15°18.4'N011°37.8'E 0.965 78° 101° 128 km 04m07.9s
10:2016°05.3'N011°47.9'E15°07.0'N012°26.6'E15°36.1'N012°07.3'E 0.965 79° 104° 128 km 04m08.2s
10:2216°22.9'N012°17.5'E15°24.4'N012°55.7'E15°53.6'N012°36.7'E 0.965 80° 107° 128 km 04m08.6s
10:2416°40.2'N012°47.1'E15°41.6'N013°24.9'E16°10.9'N013°06.1'E 0.965 81° 111° 127 km 04m09.0s
10:2616°57.4'N013°16.8'E15°58.6'N013°54.0'E16°27.9'N013°35.4'E 0.965 81° 115° 127 km 04m09.3s
10:2817°14.3'N013°46.4'E16°15.3'N014°23.2'E16°44.8'N014°04.9'E 0.965 82° 120° 127 km 04m09.6s
10:3017°31.0'N014°16.1'E16°31.8'N014°52.4'E17°01.4'N014°34.3'E 0.965 83° 126° 127 km 04m09.8s
10:3217°47.5'N014°45.9'E16°48.1'N015°21.7'E17°17.8'N015°03.8'E 0.965 83° 132° 127 km 04m10.1s
10:3418°03.8'N015°15.8'E17°04.2'N015°51.1'E17°34.0'N015°33.4'E 0.965 84° 140° 126 km 04m10.3s
10:3618°19.9'N015°45.7'E17°20.1'N016°20.5'E17°50.0'N016°03.2'E 0.965 84° 149° 126 km 04m10.5s
10:3818°35.8'N016°15.8'E17°35.7'N016°50.1'E18°05.7'N016°33.0'E 0.965 84° 159° 126 km 04m10.7s
10:4018°51.4'N016°46.0'E17°51.2'N017°19.8'E18°21.3'N017°02.9'E 0.965 84° 169° 126 km 04m10.8s
10:4219°06.9'N017°16.4'E18°06.4'N017°49.6'E18°36.6'N017°33.1'E 0.965 84° 179° 126 km 04m10.9s
10:4419°22.2'N017°47.0'E18°21.4'N018°19.7'E18°51.7'N018°03.4'E 0.965 84° 188° 126 km 04m11.0s
10:4619°37.2'N018°17.8'E18°36.1'N018°49.9'E19°06.6'N018°33.9'E 0.965 83° 196° 126 km 04m11.0s
10:4819°52.0'N018°48.7'E18°50.7'N019°20.3'E19°21.3'N019°04.6'E 0.965 83° 203° 126 km 04m11.1s
10:5020°06.6'N019°20.0'E19°05.0'N019°51.0'E19°35.8'N019°35.5'E 0.965 82° 209° 126 km 04m11.0s
10:5220°21.0'N019°51.5'E19°19.1'N020°21.9'E19°50.0'N020°06.7'E 0.965 81° 214° 126 km 04m11.0s
10:5420°35.2'N020°23.2'E19°32.9'N020°53.0'E20°04.1'N020°38.2'E 0.965 81° 219° 126 km 04m10.9s
10:5620°49.2'N020°55.3'E19°46.6'N021°24.5'E20°17.8'N021°09.9'E 0.965 80° 222° 126 km 04m10.8s
10:5821°02.9'N021°27.7'E20°00.0'N021°56.3'E20°31.4'N021°42.0'E 0.965 79° 226° 126 km 04m10.7s
11:0021°16.4'N022°00.4'E20°13.2'N022°28.4'E20°44.8'N022°14.4'E 0.965 78° 228° 126 km 04m10.5s
11:0221°29.7'N022°33.5'E20°26.1'N023°00.8'E20°57.9'N022°47.2'E 0.965 77° 231° 127 km 04m10.3s
11:0421°42.7'N023°07.0'E20°38.8'N023°33.6'E21°10.7'N023°20.3'E 0.965 76° 233° 127 km 04m10.1s
11:0621°55.5'N023°40.9'E20°51.2'N024°06.8'E21°23.3'N023°53.9'E 0.965 75° 235° 127 km 04m09.8s
11:0822°08.1'N024°15.2'E21°03.4'N024°40.5'E21°35.7'N024°27.9'E 0.965 74° 237° 127 km 04m09.5s
11:1022°20.4'N024°50.0'E21°15.3'N025°14.5'E21°47.8'N025°02.3'E 0.965 74° 239° 127 km 04m09.2s
11:1222°32.5'N025°25.3'E21°27.0'N025°49.1'E21°59.7'N025°37.2'E 0.965 73° 240° 128 km 04m08.8s
11:1422°44.3'N026°01.1'E21°38.4'N026°24.1'E22°11.3'N026°12.6'E 0.965 72° 242° 128 km 04m08.4s
11:1622°55.8'N026°37.4'E21°49.6'N026°59.7'E22°22.7'N026°48.5'E 0.965 71° 243° 128 km 04m08.0s
11:1823°07.1'N027°14.3'E22°00.5'N027°35.8'E22°33.8'N027°25.0'E 0.965 70° 244° 128 km 04m07.5s
11:2023°18.1'N027°51.8'E22°11.0'N028°12.4'E22°44.5'N028°02.1'E 0.964 69° 245° 129 km 04m07.0s
11:2223°28.8'N028°29.9'E22°21.3'N028°49.7'E22°55.1'N028°39.8'E 0.964 68° 246° 129 km 04m06.5s
11:2423°39.3'N029°08.7'E22°31.4'N029°27.6'E23°05.3'N029°18.2'E 0.964 67° 247° 129 km 04m05.9s
11:2623°49.4'N029°48.2'E22°41.1'N030°06.2'E23°15.2'N029°57.2'E 0.964 66° 248° 130 km 04m05.3s
11:2823°59.2'N030°28.5'E22°50.5'N030°45.6'E23°24.8'N030°37.0'E 0.964 64° 249° 130 km 04m04.7s
11:3024°08.8'N031°09.5'E22°59.5'N031°25.6'E23°34.1'N031°17.6'E 0.964 63° 250° 131 km 04m04.0s
11:3224°17.9'N031°51.4'E23°08.3'N032°06.5'E23°43.1'N031°58.9'E 0.964 62° 251° 131 km 04m03.3s
11:3424°26.8'N032°34.1'E23°16.7'N032°48.2'E23°51.7'N032°41.1'E 0.964 61° 252° 132 km 04m02.6s
11:3624°35.3'N033°17.8'E23°24.7'N033°30.8'E24°00.0'N033°24.2'E 0.964 60° 253° 132 km 04m01.8s
11:3824°43.5'N034°02.4'E23°32.4'N034°14.3'E24°07.9'N034°08.3'E 0.963 59° 254° 133 km 04m01.0s
11:4024°51.2'N034°48.0'E23°39.7'N034°58.8'E24°15.4'N034°53.4'E 0.963 58° 255° 133 km 04m00.1s
11:4224°58.6'N035°34.8'E23°46.6'N035°44.4'E24°22.6'N035°39.5'E 0.963 57° 255° 134 km 03m59.2s
11:4425°05.6'N036°22.7'E23°53.1'N036°31.0'E24°29.3'N036°26.8'E 0.963 56° 256° 135 km 03m58.3s
11:4625°12.1'N037°11.9'E23°59.1'N037°18.9'E24°35.6'N037°15.3'E 0.963 54° 257° 135 km 03m57.4s
11:4825°18.2'N038°02.4'E24°04.7'N038°08.0'E24°41.4'N038°05.1'E 0.963 53° 258° 136 km 03m56.4s
11:5025°23.9'N038°54.3'E24°09.9'N038°58.5'E24°46.8'N038°56.3'E 0.962 52° 259° 137 km 03m55.4s
11:5225°29.0'N039°47.7'E24°14.5'N039°50.5'E24°51.7'N039°49.0'E 0.962 51° 259° 137 km 03m54.3s
11:5425°33.6'N040°42.7'E24°18.6'N040°44.0'E24°56.1'N040°43.2'E 0.962 49° 260° 138 km 03m53.3s
11:5625°37.7'N041°39.5'E24°22.1'N041°39.1'E24°59.9'N041°39.2'E 0.962 48° 261° 139 km 03m52.1s
11:5825°41.1'N042°38.1'E24°25.1'N042°36.1'E25°03.1'N042°37.0'E 0.962 47° 262° 140 km 03m51.0s
12:0025°44.0'N043°38.8'E24°27.4'N043°35.0'E25°05.6'N043°36.8'E 0.961 45° 263° 141 km 03m49.8s
12:0225°46.1'N044°41.8'E24°29.1'N044°36.1'E25°07.5'N044°38.8'E 0.961 44° 263° 142 km 03m48.6s
12:0425°47.5'N045°47.2'E24°30.0'N045°39.4'E25°08.7'N045°43.1'E 0.961 43° 264° 143 km 03m47.3s
12:0625°48.2'N046°55.3'E24°30.1'N046°45.4'E25°09.1'N046°50.1'E 0.960 41° 265° 144 km 03m46.0s
12:0825°48.0'N048°06.3'E24°29.4'N047°54.1'E25°08.6'N048°00.0'E 0.960 40° 266° 145 km 03m44.7s
12:1025°46.8'N049°20.7'E24°27.7'N049°06.0'E25°07.2'N049°13.1'E 0.960 38° 267° 147 km 03m43.3s
12:1225°44.6'N050°38.8'E24°25.1'N050°21.5'E25°04.8'N050°29.9'E 0.960 37° 267° 148 km 03m41.9s
12:1425°41.2'N052°01.2'E24°21.2'N051°40.9'E25°01.2'N051°50.8'E 0.959 35° 268° 149 km 03m40.4s
12:1625°36.5'N053°28.5'E24°16.1'N053°04.9'E24°56.3'N053°16.3'E 0.959 33° 269° 151 km 03m38.9s
12:1825°30.3'N055°01.5'E24°09.5'N054°34.3'E24°49.9'N054°47.4'E 0.958 31° 270° 153 km 03m37.3s
12:2025°22.4'N056°41.2'E24°01.2'N056°09.8'E24°41.7'N056°25.0'E 0.958 29° 271° 154 km 03m35.7s
12:2225°12.3'N058°29.1'E23°50.8'N057°53.0'E24°31.5'N058°10.5'E 0.957 27° 272° 156 km 03m34.0s
12:2424°59.7'N060°27.3'E23°38.0'N059°45.4'E24°18.8'N060°05.7'E 0.957 25° 273° 159 km 03m32.2s
12:2624°43.7'N062°38.8'E23°22.1'N061°49.7'E24°02.9'N062°13.4'E 0.956 23° 274° 161 km 03m30.2s
12:2824°23.4'N065°08.5'E23°02.1'N064°10.1'E23°42.8'N064°38.2'E 0.956 20° 275° 164 km 03m28.2s
12:3023°56.5'N068°05.5'E22°36.4'N066°53.6'E23°16.5'N067°28.1'E 0.955 17° 277° 167 km 03m25.9s
12:3223°18.5'N071°50.5'E22°01.4'N070°14.9'E22°40.2'N071°00.3'E 0.954 13° 278° 171 km 03m23.2s
12:3422°11.3'N077°43.7'E21°06.7'N074°58.2'E21°40.5'N076°12.4'E 0.953 281° 177 km 03m19.7s
Limits20°46.3'N084°23.2'E19°11.0'N083°48.4'E19°58.6'N084°05.6'E 0.951 - 185 km 03m15.1s

ΔT = 46127.6 seconds

Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration
Event Time
TD
Time
UT1
Latitude Longitude Sun
Altitude
Sun
Azimuth
Path Width Central
Duration
Greatest Eclipse23:28:01.510:39:13.918°15.3'N175°52.1'W 84.2° 165.2° 126.1 km04m10.75s
Greatest Duration23:37:08.010:48:20.319°23.8'N019°09.8'E 82.7° 204.1° 126.0 km04m11.05s

Explanation of Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration

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Eclipse Predictions

Predictions for the Annular Solar Eclipse of -1988 May 11 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 46127.6 seconds for this eclipse. The uncertainty in ΔT is 3680.1 seconds corresponding to a standard error in longitude of the eclipse path of ± 15.38°.

Acknowledgments

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

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