Path of the Total Solar Eclipse of 0813 May 04

Fred Espenak

Introduction

The following table delineates the path of the Moon's umbral shadow during the Total Solar Eclipse of 0813 May 04 . 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 0813 May 04
UT1 Northern Limit Southern Limit Central Line M:S Sun Sun Path Central
Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Ratio Alt. Azm. Width Duration
Limits45°00.1'N016°06.1'E40°50.0'N020°30.4'E42°49.5'N018°27.4'E 1.059 - 562 km 02m46.4s
03:36 - - 46°35.4'N033°02.1'E45°07.2'N024°19.9'E 1.060 71° 595 km 02m55.7s
03:38 - - 48°01.3'N035°06.6'E47°10.5'N028°11.6'E 1.061 74° 613 km 03m02.8s
03:4047°07.5'N021°19.4'E49°20.3'N036°48.4'E48°47.0'N030°39.4'E 1.062 11° 76° 621 km 03m07.7s
03:4249°12.4'N025°03.1'E50°34.9'N038°15.5'E50°12.6'N032°32.6'E 1.063 13° 78° 624 km 03m11.6s
03:4450°50.1'N027°22.8'E51°46.2'N039°31.9'E51°31.9'N034°05.2'E 1.063 14° 80° 624 km 03m14.9s
03:4652°16.9'N029°07.7'E52°55.3'N040°40.0'E52°47.0'N035°23.9'E 1.064 15° 82° 622 km 03m17.7s
03:4853°37.5'N030°32.1'E54°02.6'N041°41.6'E53°59.3'N036°32.2'E 1.064 17° 84° 619 km 03m20.2s
03:5054°54.1'N031°42.3'E55°08.5'N042°37.8'E55°09.4'N037°32.4'E 1.064 18° 85° 615 km 03m22.4s
03:5256°07.7'N032°41.4'E56°13.3'N043°29.4'E56°18.0'N038°25.9'E 1.065 18° 87° 610 km 03m24.4s
03:5457°19.3'N033°31.9'E57°17.4'N044°17.1'E57°25.2'N039°13.8'E 1.065 19° 88° 605 km 03m26.1s
03:5658°29.4'N034°15.1'E58°20.8'N045°01.4'E58°31.6'N039°56.7'E 1.065 20° 90° 600 km 03m27.7s
03:5859°38.2'N034°51.7'E59°23.8'N045°42.6'E59°37.2'N040°35.2'E 1.065 20° 91° 595 km 03m29.0s
04:0060°46.2'N035°22.4'E60°26.5'N046°21.0'E60°42.4'N041°09.7'E 1.065 21° 92° 589 km 03m30.2s
04:0261°53.5'N035°47.6'E61°28.9'N046°56.9'E61°47.2'N041°40.3'E 1.065 21° 94° 584 km 03m31.2s
04:0463°00.4'N036°07.3'E62°31.3'N047°30.4'E62°51.8'N042°07.3'E 1.066 22° 95° 579 km 03m32.1s
04:0664°07.0'N036°21.6'E63°33.8'N048°01.6'E63°56.3'N042°30.6'E 1.066 22° 96° 575 km 03m32.8s
04:0865°13.4'N036°30.2'E64°36.3'N048°30.6'E65°00.9'N042°50.2'E 1.066 22° 97° 570 km 03m33.3s
04:1066°19.8'N036°33.0'E65°39.1'N048°57.4'E66°05.6'N043°06.1'E 1.066 22° 98° 566 km 03m33.8s
04:1267°26.3'N036°29.2'E66°42.3'N049°22.0'E67°10.6'N043°17.8'E 1.066 22° 100° 562 km 03m34.0s
04:1468°32.9'N036°18.3'E67°45.8'N049°44.3'E68°15.9'N043°25.2'E 1.066 23° 101° 558 km 03m34.2s
04:1669°39.7'N035°59.1'E68°49.8'N050°04.0'E69°21.7'N043°27.5'E 1.066 22° 102° 554 km 03m34.1s
04:1870°46.9'N035°30.4'E69°54.5'N050°21.0'E70°28.0'N043°24.1'E 1.066 22° 102° 551 km 03m34.0s
04:2071°54.3'N034°50.3'E70°59.9'N050°34.9'E71°34.9'N043°14.1'E 1.066 22° 103° 548 km 03m33.7s
04:2273°02.0'N033°56.2'E72°06.1'N050°45.1'E72°42.5'N042°55.9'E 1.066 22° 104° 546 km 03m33.2s
04:2474°10.0'N032°44.9'E73°13.2'N050°50.9'E73°50.9'N042°27.8'E 1.066 22° 104° 543 km 03m32.6s
04:2675°18.1'N031°11.7'E74°21.4'N050°51.2'E75°00.1'N041°47.0'E 1.066 21° 105° 541 km 03m31.9s
04:2876°26.2'N029°10.2'E75°30.7'N050°44.6'E76°10.3'N040°49.9'E 1.065 21° 105° 540 km 03m31.0s
04:3077°33.6'N026°31.1'E76°41.4'N050°28.8'E77°21.2'N039°30.9'E 1.065 21° 104° 538 km 03m29.9s
04:3278°39.8'N023°02.0'E77°53.5'N050°00.6'E78°32.9'N037°42.1'E 1.065 20° 103° 538 km 03m28.6s
04:3479°43.3'N018°24.3'E79°07.2'N049°14.7'E79°45.1'N035°10.7'E 1.065 19° 102° 537 km 03m27.2s
04:3680°41.9'N012°14.5'E80°22.6'N048°02.9'E80°57.0'N031°37.1'E 1.065 19° 99° 537 km 03m25.5s
04:3881°31.8'N004°03.0'E81°39.7'N046°10.6'E82°07.5'N026°29.0'E 1.064 18° 95° 537 km 03m23.7s
04:4082°06.9'N006°33.9'W82°58.3'N043°11.4'E83°13.6'N018°55.6'E 1.064 17° 88° 538 km 03m21.6s
04:4282°18.4'N019°28.4'W84°17.5'N038°11.5'E84°09.8'N007°37.7'E 1.064 16° 78° 540 km 03m19.2s
04:4481°56.0'N033°32.6'W85°34.5'N029°12.3'E84°45.5'N008°29.8'W 1.063 15° 62° 542 km 03m16.5s
04:4680°49.0'N046°54.4'W86°40.4'N011°47.2'E84°45.3'N028°22.5'W 1.063 13° 43° 544 km 03m13.3s
04:4878°38.4'N058°08.6'W87°10.1'N019°23.8'W83°57.4'N047°23.2'W 1.062 12° 25° 548 km 03m09.7s
04:50 - - 86°32.1'N052°22.8'W82°18.5'N061°42.6'W 1.062 10° 12° 553 km 03m05.2s
04:52 - - 84°55.6'N071°32.7'W79°37.5'N071°06.2'W 1.061 558 km 02m59.2s
Limits72°51.3'N067°00.0'W72°47.0'N084°17.4'W72°57.7'N076°04.9'W 1.059 - 567 km 02m45.9s

ΔT = 2827.7 seconds

Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration
Event Time
TD
Time
UT1
Latitude Longitude Sun
Altitude
Sun
Azimuth
Path Width Central
Duration
Greatest Eclipse05:01:45.504:14:37.868°36.6'N031°37.6'E 22.5° 100.9° 556.7 km03m34.16s
Greatest Duration05:01:55.804:14:48.168°42.2'N043°26.7'E 22.5° 101.0° 556.4 km03m34.16s

Explanation of Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration

Links for the Total Solar Eclipse of 0813 May 04

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Eclipse Predictions

Predictions for the Total Solar Eclipse of 0813 May 04 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 2827.7 seconds for this eclipse. The uncertainty in ΔT is 81.1 seconds corresponding to a standard error in longitude of the eclipse path of ± 0.34°.

Acknowledgments

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

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