Path of the Total Solar Eclipse of 0626 May 01

Fred Espenak

Introduction

The following table delineates the path of the Moon's umbral shadow during the Total Solar Eclipse of 0626 May 01 . 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 0626 May 01
UT1 Northern Limit Southern Limit Central Line M:S Sun Sun Path Central
Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Ratio Alt. Azm. Width Duration
Limits73°50.8'S058°11.8'W74°08.4'S051°10.4'W74°01.6'S054°47.2'W 1.031 - 219 km 01m58.9s
15:0266°38.6'S052°44.9'W - - 71°52.3'S053°36.4'W 1.032 220 km 02m03.5s
15:0463°42.1'S050°23.8'W71°22.1'S050°06.6'W66°35.7'S050°07.0'W 1.034 225 km 02m15.4s
15:0661°29.3'S048°36.6'W66°41.7'S047°30.6'W63°48.2'S048°04.9'W 1.035 10° 228 km 02m22.0s
15:0859°38.9'S047°06.7'W64°00.2'S045°44.9'W61°39.9'S046°28.1'W 1.035 12° 358° 231 km 02m27.1s
15:1058°02.8'S045°47.8'W61°55.0'S044°17.6'W59°52.3'S045°05.2'W 1.036 14° 356° 234 km 02m31.4s
15:1256°36.9'S044°36.6'W60°09.6'S043°01.2'W58°18.3'S043°51.4'W 1.036 16° 355° 237 km 02m35.2s
15:1455°18.6'S043°31.2'W58°37.2'S041°52.1'W56°54.0'S042°44.0'W 1.037 17° 353° 240 km 02m38.5s
15:1654°06.5'S042°30.1'W57°14.3'S040°48.3'W55°37.2'S041°41.5'W 1.037 18° 351° 243 km 02m41.5s
15:1852°59.4'S041°32.6'W55°58.6'S039°48.6'W54°26.3'S040°42.7'W 1.037 19° 350° 246 km 02m44.2s
15:2051°56.6'S040°37.8'W54°48.8'S038°52.1'W53°20.3'S039°47.0'W 1.037 20° 348° 249 km 02m46.6s
15:2250°57.4'S039°45.4'W53°43.7'S037°58.1'W52°18.4'S038°53.7'W 1.038 21° 347° 252 km 02m48.8s
15:2450°01.3'S038°54.8'W52°42.8'S037°06.1'W51°20.2'S038°02.4'W 1.038 22° 345° 256 km 02m50.8s
15:2649°08.1'S038°05.7'W51°45.4'S036°15.8'W50°25.1'S037°12.6'W 1.038 22° 344° 259 km 02m52.6s
15:2848°17.5'S037°17.9'W50°51.1'S035°26.9'W49°32.7'S036°24.2'W 1.038 23° 342° 262 km 02m54.3s
15:3047°29.1'S036°31.1'W49°59.6'S034°38.9'W48°42.9'S035°36.8'W 1.038 23° 341° 265 km 02m55.7s
15:3246°42.8'S035°45.2'W49°10.5'S033°51.9'W47°55.3'S034°50.3'W 1.038 24° 340° 269 km 02m57.0s
15:3445°58.5'S034°59.9'W48°23.8'S033°05.4'W47°09.9'S034°04.4'W 1.039 24° 338° 272 km 02m58.1s
15:3645°15.9'S034°15.1'W47°39.1'S032°19.4'W46°26.3'S033°19.0'W 1.039 25° 337° 275 km 02m59.0s
15:3844°35.1'S033°30.6'W46°56.3'S031°33.8'W45°44.6'S032°33.9'W 1.039 25° 335° 279 km 02m59.8s
15:4043°55.8'S032°46.3'W46°15.4'S030°48.2'W45°04.5'S031°49.0'W 1.039 25° 334° 282 km 03m00.5s
15:4243°18.0'S032°02.0'W45°36.1'S030°02.7'W44°26.1'S031°04.1'W 1.039 25° 333° 286 km 03m01.0s
15:4442°41.7'S031°17.7'W44°58.5'S029°17.0'W43°49.1'S030°19.1'W 1.039 25° 331° 289 km 03m01.3s
15:4642°06.7'S030°33.2'W44°22.4'S028°31.1'W43°13.6'S029°33.9'W 1.039 26° 330° 292 km 03m01.5s
15:4841°33.1'S029°48.4'W43°47.8'S027°44.8'W42°39.5'S028°48.4'W 1.039 26° 328° 295 km 03m01.6s
15:5041°00.8'S029°03.2'W43°14.6'S026°57.9'W42°06.8'S028°02.3'W 1.039 26° 327° 298 km 03m01.4s
15:5240°29.7'S028°17.4'W42°42.8'S026°10.3'W41°35.4'S027°15.7'W 1.039 25° 326° 300 km 03m01.2s
15:5439°59.9'S027°30.9'W42°12.3'S025°21.9'W41°05.3'S026°28.3'W 1.039 25° 324° 303 km 03m00.8s
15:5639°31.3'S026°43.6'W41°43.3'S024°32.5'W40°36.4'S025°40.0'W 1.039 25° 323° 305 km 03m00.2s
15:5839°03.9'S025°55.4'W41°15.5'S023°41.9'W40°08.9'S024°50.6'W 1.039 25° 322° 307 km 02m59.5s
16:0038°37.8'S025°06.0'W40°49.1'S022°50.0'W39°42.6'S024°00.1'W 1.038 24° 320° 308 km 02m58.6s
16:0238°12.9'S024°15.3'W40°24.1'S021°56.5'W39°17.7'S023°08.0'W 1.038 24° 319° 309 km 02m57.5s
16:0437°49.2'S023°23.1'W40°00.5'S021°01.1'W38°54.0'S022°14.4'W 1.038 24° 317° 309 km 02m56.3s
16:0637°26.9'S022°29.2'W39°38.3'S020°03.7'W38°31.8'S021°18.9'W 1.038 23° 316° 309 km 02m54.9s
16:0837°05.9'S021°33.4'W39°17.7'S019°03.8'W38°10.9'S020°21.1'W 1.038 23° 315° 308 km 02m53.3s
16:1036°46.3'S020°35.3'W38°58.6'S018°01.0'W37°51.5'S019°20.9'W 1.038 22° 313° 307 km 02m51.5s
16:1236°28.2'S019°34.5'W38°41.2'S016°55.0'W37°33.8'S018°17.7'W 1.037 21° 312° 305 km 02m49.6s
16:1436°11.6'S018°30.8'W38°25.7'S015°44.9'W37°17.7'S017°11.1'W 1.037 21° 311° 302 km 02m47.4s
16:1635°56.8'S017°23.4'W38°12.3'S014°30.1'W37°03.5'S016°00.4'W 1.037 20° 309° 299 km 02m44.9s
16:1835°43.9'S016°11.9'W38°01.2'S013°09.5'W36°51.4'S014°44.9'W 1.037 19° 308° 295 km 02m42.3s
16:2035°33.2'S014°55.3'W37°53.0'S011°41.5'W36°41.7'S013°23.3'W 1.036 18° 306° 289 km 02m39.3s
16:2235°24.9'S013°32.4'W37°48.1'S010°04.1'W36°34.9'S011°54.1'W 1.036 16° 305° 283 km 02m36.0s
16:2435°19.6'S012°01.6'W37°47.6'S008°13.9'W36°31.6'S010°15.2'W 1.036 15° 303° 276 km 02m32.3s
16:2635°18.0'S010°20.6'W37°53.3'S006°04.7'W36°32.8'S008°22.8'W 1.035 13° 302° 268 km 02m28.1s
16:2835°21.2'S008°25.3'W38°08.7'S003°24.0'W36°40.6'S006°10.6'W 1.034 11° 300° 259 km 02m23.1s
16:3035°31.4'S006°08.7'W38°45.3'S000°27.1'E36°58.9'S003°24.6'W 1.034 298° 248 km 02m17.1s
16:3235°53.5'S003°14.6'W - - 37°41.3'S000°41.1'E 1.033 295° 233 km 02m08.6s
Limits38°17.4'S007°05.2'E40°19.2'S006°58.3'E39°17.1'S007°02.1'E 1.031 - 213 km 01m56.8s

ΔT = 4462.5 seconds

Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration
Event Time
TD
Time
UT1
Latitude Longitude Sun
Altitude
Sun
Azimuth
Path Width Central
Duration
Greatest Eclipse17:01:37.115:47:14.642°52.3'S047°44.3'W 25.5° 328.9° 293.7 km03m01.55s
Greatest Duration17:01:55.215:47:32.742°47.2'S028°58.7'W 25.5° 328.7° 294.2 km03m01.55s

Explanation of Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration

Links for the Total Solar Eclipse of 0626 May 01

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Eclipse Predictions

Predictions for the Total Solar Eclipse of 0626 May 01 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 4462.5 seconds for this eclipse. The uncertainty in ΔT is 114.0 seconds corresponding to a standard error in longitude of the eclipse path of ± 0.48°.

Acknowledgments

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

Permission is granted to reproduce eclipse data when accompanied by a link to this page and an acknowledgment:

"Eclipse Predictions by Fred Espenak, EclipseWise.com"

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