Path of the Hybrid Solar Eclipse of 0227 May 03

Fred Espenak

Introduction

The following table delineates the path of the Moon's umbral shadow during the Hybrid Solar Eclipse of 0227 May 03 . 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 .

Hybrid Solar Eclipse of 0227 May 03
UT1 Northern Limit Southern Limit Central Line M:S Sun Sun Path Central
Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Ratio Alt. Azm. Width Duration
Limits72°42.7'S133°50.8'E72°53.9'S134°53.6'E72°48.3'S134°21.9'E 0.995 - 40 km 00m18.8s
01:0667°04.2'S143°39.0'E67°47.3'S143°07.9'E67°24.3'S143°24.8'E 0.997 18° 24 km 00m12.1s
01:0864°58.4'S147°09.1'E65°21.1'S146°59.0'E65°09.3'S147°04.3'E 0.998 14° 17 km 00m09.1s
01:1063°23.1'S149°47.7'E63°37.1'S149°43.9'E63°29.9'S149°45.9'E 0.998 11° 11° 13 km 00m06.8s
01:1262°04.2'S151°59.6'E62°13.1'S151°58.3'E62°08.6'S151°59.0'E 0.999 12° 9 km 00m04.9s
01:1460°56.1'S153°54.6'E61°01.5'S153°54.4'E60°58.8'S153°54.5'E 0.999 14° 6 km 00m03.4s
01:1659°55.7'S155°38.0'E59°58.7'S155°38.1'E59°57.2'S155°38.0'E 1.000 15° 4 km 00m02.0s
01:1859°01.4'S157°12.7'E59°02.4'S157°12.8'E59°01.9'S157°12.7'E 1.000 16° 1 km 00m00.8s
01:2058°11.8'S158°40.8'E58°11.4'S158°40.8'E58°11.6'S158°40.8'E 1.000 17° 360° 1 km 00m00.3s
01:2257°26.3'S160°03.8'E57°24.7'S160°03.5'E57°25.5'S160°03.7'E 1.000 17° 358° 2 km 00m01.3s
01:2456°44.2'S161°22.7'E56°41.6'S161°22.0'E56°42.9'S161°22.4'E 1.000 18° 356° 4 km 00m02.1s
01:2656°05.0'S162°38.2'E56°01.8'S162°37.2'E56°03.4'S162°37.7'E 1.001 19° 354° 5 km 00m02.8s
01:2855°28.5'S163°51.1'E55°24.6'S163°49.7'E55°26.6'S163°50.4'E 1.001 19° 353° 6 km 00m03.4s
01:3054°54.4'S165°01.7'E54°50.0'S165°00.0'E54°52.2'S165°00.9'E 1.001 19° 351° 7 km 00m04.0s
01:3254°22.4'S166°10.6'E54°17.7'S166°08.6'E54°20.1'S166°09.6'E 1.001 20° 349° 8 km 00m04.4s
01:3453°52.4'S167°18.1'E53°47.4'S167°15.8'E53°49.9'S167°17.0'E 1.001 20° 348° 9 km 00m04.7s
01:3653°24.2'S168°24.5'E53°19.1'S168°21.9'E53°21.7'S168°23.3'E 1.001 20° 346° 9 km 00m05.0s
01:3852°57.8'S169°30.2'E52°52.5'S169°27.4'E52°55.2'S169°28.8'E 1.001 21° 344° 10 km 00m05.2s
01:4052°33.1'S170°35.4'E52°27.8'S170°32.3'E52°30.4'S170°33.9'E 1.001 21° 343° 10 km 00m05.3s
01:4252°09.9'S171°40.3'E52°04.6'S171°37.1'E52°07.3'S171°38.7'E 1.001 21° 341° 10 km 00m05.3s
01:4451°48.2'S172°45.1'E51°43.0'S172°41.8'E51°45.7'S172°43.5'E 1.001 21° 339° 10 km 00m05.3s
01:4651°28.1'S173°50.2'E51°23.0'S173°46.9'E51°25.6'S173°48.6'E 1.001 21° 338° 10 km 00m05.1s
01:4851°09.4'S174°55.8'E51°04.6'S174°52.5'E51°07.0'S174°54.2'E 1.001 21° 336° 10 km 00m04.9s
01:5050°52.1'S176°02.1'E50°47.6'S175°58.8'E50°49.9'S176°00.5'E 1.001 20° 334° 9 km 00m04.6s
01:5250°36.3'S177°09.4'E50°32.2'S177°06.2'E50°34.3'S177°07.8'E 1.001 20° 333° 8 km 00m04.2s
01:5450°22.0'S178°17.9'E50°18.3'S178°15.0'E50°20.2'S178°16.5'E 1.001 20° 331° 7 km 00m03.7s
01:5650°09.2'S179°28.1'E50°06.0'S179°25.4'E50°07.6'S179°26.7'E 1.001 20° 329° 6 km 00m03.2s
01:5849°57.9'S179°19.9'W49°55.4'S179°22.1'W49°56.7'S179°21.0'W 1.001 19° 328° 5 km 00m02.5s
02:0049°48.3'S178°05.4'W49°46.5'S178°07.1'W49°47.4'S178°06.3'W 1.000 19° 326° 4 km 00m01.8s
02:0249°40.5'S176°48.1'W49°39.5'S176°49.1'W49°40.0'S176°48.6'W 1.000 18° 324° 2 km 00m00.9s
02:0449°34.5'S175°27.3'W49°34.5'S175°27.3'W49°34.5'S175°27.3'W 1.000 17° 323° 0 km 00m00.0s
02:0649°30.6'S174°02.3'W49°31.7'S174°01.1'W49°31.1'S174°01.7'W 1.000 17° 321° 2 km 00m01.1s
02:0849°29.0'S172°32.1'W49°31.5'S172°29.2'W49°30.2'S172°30.7'W 1.000 16° 319° 5 km 00m02.2s
02:1049°30.1'S170°55.4'W49°34.2'S170°50.3'W49°32.1'S170°52.9'W 0.999 15° 317° 7 km 00m03.5s
02:1249°34.4'S169°10.3'W49°40.5'S169°02.2'W49°37.4'S169°06.4'W 0.999 14° 315° 10 km 00m05.0s
02:1449°42.7'S167°14.1'W49°51.4'S167°01.6'W49°47.0'S167°08.0'W 0.999 13° 313° 14 km 00m06.7s
02:1649°56.3'S165°02.4'W50°08.5'S164°43.0'W50°02.3'S164°53.0'W 0.998 11° 311° 18 km 00m08.6s
02:1850°17.6'S162°26.8'W50°35.2'S161°55.6'W50°26.1'S162°11.8'W 0.998 308° 22 km 00m10.8s
02:2050°52.0'S159°08.6'W51°20.2'S158°10.3'W51°05.3'S158°41.4'W 0.997 305° 28 km 00m13.7s
02:2252°01.3'S153°52.9'W - - 52°36.4'S152°18.6'W 0.996 299° 39 km 00m18.6s
Limits53°25.6'S148°35.6'W53°50.2'S148°44.0'W53°37.9'S148°39.7'W 0.995 - 45 km 00m21.1s

ΔT = 8332.6 seconds

Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration
Event Time
TD
Time
UT1
Latitude Longitude Sun
Altitude
Sun
Azimuth
Path Width Central
Duration
Greatest Eclipse04:01:56.701:43:04.151°55.5'S137°24.4'E 20.8° 340.0° 10.3 km00m05.29s
Greatest Duration03:23:00.301:04:07.772°48.3'S134°21.9'E 0.0° 27.2° 40.0 km00m18.80s

Explanation of Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration

Links for the Hybrid Solar Eclipse of 0227 May 03

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Eclipse Predictions

Predictions for the Hybrid Solar Eclipse of 0227 May 03 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 8332.6 seconds for this eclipse. The uncertainty in ΔT is 202.9 seconds corresponding to a standard error in longitude of the eclipse path of ± 0.85°.

Acknowledgments

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

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