Path of the Annular Solar Eclipse of 0198 May 23

Fred Espenak

Introduction

The following table delineates the path of the Moon's antumbral shadow during the Annular Solar Eclipse of 0198 May 23 . 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 0198 May 23
UT1 Northern Limit Southern Limit Central Line M:S Sun Sun Path Central
Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Ratio Alt. Azm. Width Duration
Limits57°30.6'N176°13.6'E50°12.4'N169°54.7'W53°18.8'N175°14.8'W 0.940 - 1112 km 03m27.5s
15:34 - - 58°22.6'N158°57.2'W54°16.9'N173°13.3'W 0.941 56° 1123 km 03m28.2s
15:36 - - 59°40.2'N158°07.4'W57°02.1'N169°09.5'W 0.942 60° 1122 km 03m29.9s
15:38 - - 60°53.5'N157°30.3'W58°46.8'N167°29.0'W 0.942 62° 1102 km 03m30.7s
15:40 - - 62°03.7'N157°03.6'W60°15.5'N166°29.3'W 0.943 63° 1077 km 03m31.4s
15:42 - - 63°11.4'N156°46.0'W61°35.6'N165°53.4'W 0.943 64° 1052 km 03m31.9s
15:44 - - 64°17.2'N156°36.8'W62°50.2'N165°35.0'W 0.943 10° 65° 1027 km 03m32.3s
15:4660°10.8'N179°42.8'W65°21.3'N156°35.6'W64°00.8'N165°31.0'W 0.943 11° 66° 1004 km 03m32.7s
15:4861°56.3'N178°37.0'W66°24.2'N156°42.3'W65°08.3'N165°39.9'W 0.944 12° 66° 983 km 03m33.0s
15:5063°20.6'N178°25.4'W67°25.9'N156°57.1'W66°13.2'N166°01.1'W 0.944 12° 67° 964 km 03m33.3s
15:5264°34.4'N178°44.6'W68°26.6'N157°20.4'W67°15.9'N166°34.5'W 0.944 13° 67° 947 km 03m33.5s
15:5465°41.3'N179°27.6'W69°26.3'N157°52.9'W68°16.6'N167°20.6'W 0.944 13° 67° 932 km 03m33.6s
15:5666°42.7'N179°28.0'E70°25.2'N158°35.5'W69°15.4'N168°20.2'W 0.944 13° 66° 919 km 03m33.7s
15:5867°39.1'N178°03.0'E71°23.2'N159°29.3'W70°12.4'N169°34.4'W 0.944 13° 66° 908 km 03m33.8s
16:0068°30.7'N176°17.0'E72°20.3'N160°35.9'W71°07.3'N171°04.8'W 0.944 13° 65° 899 km 03m33.8s
16:0269°17.4'N174°09.1'E73°16.4'N161°57.3'W72°00.1'N172°53.3'W 0.944 13° 64° 892 km 03m33.8s
16:0469°58.5'N171°38.0'E74°11.4'N163°35.8'W72°50.3'N175°02.1'W 0.944 13° 63° 887 km 03m33.8s
16:0670°33.2'N168°42.1'E75°05.0'N165°34.5'W73°37.6'N177°33.9'W 0.944 13° 61° 884 km 03m33.7s
16:0871°00.1'N165°19.9'E75°56.9'N167°56.9'W74°21.4'N179°28.7'E 0.944 13° 59° 883 km 03m33.6s
16:1071°17.2'N161°29.8'E76°46.5'N170°47.5'W75°00.8'N176°02.5'E 0.944 13° 56° 884 km 03m33.4s
16:1271°21.1'N157°10.1'E77°33.3'N174°11.4'W75°34.8'N172°05.2'E 0.944 12° 53° 888 km 03m33.2s
16:1471°05.8'N152°18.0'E78°16.3'N178°14.1'W76°02.0'N167°34.8'E 0.944 12° 50° 894 km 03m32.9s
16:1670°15.2'N146°41.7'E78°54.4'N176°59.0'E76°20.6'N162°31.1'E 0.943 11° 45° 903 km 03m32.6s
16:18 - - 79°25.8'N171°23.5'E76°28.5'N156°56.6'E 0.943 10° 41° 915 km 03m32.2s
16:20 - - 79°48.6'N164°58.6'E76°23.0'N150°56.4'E 0.943 10° 35° 932 km 03m31.7s
16:22 - - 80°00.6'N157°48.9'E76°00.3'N144°39.2'E 0.943 30° 954 km 03m31.1s
16:24 - - 79°59.2'N150°07.0'E75°14.5'N138°15.3'E 0.942 24° 983 km 03m30.4s
16:26 - - 79°41.8'N142°12.4'E73°52.9'N131°53.1'E 0.942 19° 1024 km 03m29.5s
16:28 - - 79°05.9'N134°28.6'E70°47.8'N125°13.9'E 0.941 13° 1097 km 03m27.8s
Limits67°24.6'N140°04.5'E69°30.5'N111°16.9'E69°04.0'N123°42.3'E 0.941 - 1127 km 03m26.9s

ΔT = 8607.1 seconds

Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration
Event Time
TD
Time
UT1
Latitude Longitude Sun
Altitude
Sun
Azimuth
Path Width Central
Duration
Greatest Eclipse18:24:40.816:01:13.771°40.0'N151°53.2'E 13.3° 64.7° 894.2 km03m33.84s
Greatest Duration18:24:13.316:00:46.271°27.9'N171°44.3'W 13.3° 64.9° 895.8 km03m33.84s

Explanation of Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration

Links for the Annular Solar Eclipse of 0198 May 23

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Eclipse Predictions

Predictions for the Annular Solar Eclipse of 0198 May 23 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 8607.1 seconds for this eclipse. The uncertainty in ΔT is 210.4 seconds corresponding to a standard error in longitude of the eclipse path of ± 0.88°.

Acknowledgments

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

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