Path of the Total Solar Eclipse of 0831 May 15

Fred Espenak

Introduction

The following table delineates the path of the Moon's umbral shadow during the Total Solar Eclipse of 0831 May 15 . 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 0831 May 15
UT1 Northern Limit Southern Limit Central Line M:S Sun Sun Path Central
Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Ratio Alt. Azm. Width Duration
Limits38°42.8'N092°43.2'W35°35.4'N089°30.8'W37°07.0'N091°03.2'W 1.061 - 432 km 02m50.0s
10:56 - - 40°46.0'N078°20.3'W38°52.9'N086°46.1'W 1.062 68° 448 km 02m57.5s
10:58 - - 42°27.6'N075°33.0'W41°33.8'N081°28.5'W 1.064 72° 466 km 03m07.8s
11:0042°08.2'N085°16.4'W43°55.9'N073°20.9'W43°23.5'N078°26.3'W 1.065 12° 74° 474 km 03m14.2s
11:0244°11.7'N081°45.7'W45°16.3'N071°29.0'W44°56.5'N076°07.7'W 1.065 14° 76° 479 km 03m19.3s
11:0445°51.4'N079°16.4'W46°31.5'N069°50.7'W46°20.4'N074°12.6'W 1.066 16° 78° 481 km 03m23.7s
11:0647°19.8'N077°16.2'W47°42.8'N068°22.2'W47°38.4'N072°32.9'W 1.067 18° 80° 482 km 03m27.5s
11:0848°41.1'N075°34.1'W48°51.1'N067°01.0'W48°52.1'N071°03.9'W 1.067 19° 82° 482 km 03m30.9s
11:1049°57.7'N074°04.2'W49°57.1'N065°45.5'W50°02.6'N069°42.9'W 1.067 21° 84° 481 km 03m34.0s
11:1251°10.8'N072°43.3'W51°01.2'N064°34.5'W51°10.6'N068°28.1'W 1.068 22° 86° 480 km 03m36.8s
11:1452°21.1'N071°29.3'W52°03.8'N063°27.2'W52°16.6'N067°18.2'W 1.068 23° 87° 478 km 03m39.4s
11:1653°29.3'N070°20.8'W53°05.0'N062°22.8'W53°21.1'N066°12.2'W 1.068 24° 89° 476 km 03m41.7s
11:1854°35.8'N069°16.6'W54°05.1'N061°20.8'W54°24.1'N065°09.4'W 1.069 25° 91° 474 km 03m43.9s
11:2055°40.9'N068°15.9'W55°04.3'N060°20.6'W55°26.1'N064°09.1'W 1.069 26° 92° 472 km 03m46.0s
11:2256°44.9'N067°18.2'W56°02.8'N059°21.9'W56°27.1'N063°11.0'W 1.069 27° 94° 469 km 03m47.8s
11:2457°47.9'N066°22.8'W57°00.5'N058°24.3'W57°27.4'N062°14.4'W 1.069 27° 96° 467 km 03m49.5s
11:2658°50.1'N065°29.4'W57°57.6'N057°27.5'W58°27.0'N061°19.2'W 1.070 28° 98° 464 km 03m51.1s
11:2859°51.7'N064°37.6'W58°54.3'N056°31.1'W59°26.0'N060°24.8'W 1.070 29° 100° 462 km 03m52.5s
11:3060°52.8'N063°47.0'W59°50.6'N055°34.8'W60°24.7'N059°31.1'W 1.070 29° 101° 459 km 03m53.8s
11:3261°53.5'N062°57.3'W60°46.5'N054°38.5'W61°22.9'N058°37.6'W 1.070 30° 103° 457 km 03m54.9s
11:3462°53.9'N062°08.2'W61°42.2'N053°41.7'W62°20.9'N057°44.3'W 1.070 30° 105° 454 km 03m55.9s
11:3663°54.1'N061°19.5'W62°37.6'N052°44.3'W63°18.7'N056°50.6'W 1.070 30° 107° 452 km 03m56.8s
11:3864°54.1'N060°31.0'W63°32.9'N051°45.8'W64°16.3'N055°56.4'W 1.070 31° 109° 450 km 03m57.6s
11:4065°54.1'N059°42.2'W64°28.0'N050°46.1'W65°13.8'N055°01.3'W 1.070 31° 111° 448 km 03m58.3s
11:4266°54.1'N058°53.0'W65°23.1'N049°44.6'W66°11.4'N054°05.0'W 1.070 31° 113° 445 km 03m58.8s
11:4467°54.2'N058°03.0'W66°18.1'N048°41.1'W67°08.9'N053°07.1'W 1.070 31° 115° 443 km 03m59.2s
11:4668°54.4'N057°11.9'W67°13.1'N047°35.1'W68°06.5'N052°07.3'W 1.070 31° 117° 442 km 03m59.5s
11:4869°54.8'N056°19.3'W68°08.1'N046°26.0'W69°04.3'N051°04.9'W 1.070 31° 119° 440 km 03m59.7s
11:5070°55.6'N055°24.8'W69°03.2'N045°13.5'W70°02.2'N049°59.6'W 1.070 31° 121° 438 km 03m59.7s
11:5271°56.6'N054°27.9'W69°58.4'N043°56.7'W71°00.3'N048°50.5'W 1.070 31° 123° 436 km 03m59.6s
11:5472°58.1'N053°27.8'W70°53.7'N042°34.8'W71°58.7'N047°37.1'W 1.070 31° 126° 435 km 03m59.5s
11:5674°00.1'N052°23.9'W71°49.1'N041°07.0'W72°57.4'N046°18.2'W 1.070 31° 128° 434 km 03m59.1s
11:5875°02.6'N051°15.1'W72°44.6'N039°32.1'W73°56.4'N044°52.6'W 1.070 31° 130° 432 km 03m58.7s
12:0076°05.8'N050°00.1'W73°40.2'N037°48.7'W74°55.7'N043°19.0'W 1.070 31° 133° 431 km 03m58.2s
12:0277°09.6'N048°37.2'W74°35.9'N035°55.0'W75°55.4'N041°35.2'W 1.070 30° 136° 430 km 03m57.5s
12:0478°14.2'N047°03.9'W75°31.6'N033°48.7'W76°55.5'N039°38.7'W 1.070 30° 139° 429 km 03m56.7s
12:0679°19.5'N045°16.7'W76°27.3'N031°27.1'W77°55.8'N037°26.0'W 1.070 29° 142° 429 km 03m55.7s
12:0880°25.7'N043°10.6'W77°22.7'N028°46.6'W78°56.4'N034°52.2'W 1.070 29° 146° 428 km 03m54.6s
12:1081°32.8'N040°37.3'W78°17.8'N025°42.2'W79°57.1'N031°50.5'W 1.070 29° 150° 427 km 03m53.4s
12:1282°40.5'N037°23.6'W79°12.2'N022°07.6'W80°57.6'N028°10.9'W 1.070 28° 155° 427 km 03m52.1s
12:1483°48.7'N033°06.0'W80°05.5'N017°54.5'W81°57.4'N023°38.9'W 1.069 27° 160° 427 km 03m50.5s
12:1684°56.6'N026°59.9'W80°56.9'N012°51.9'W82°55.7'N017°52.1'W 1.069 27° 167° 427 km 03m48.9s
12:1886°02.0'N017°32.5'W81°45.4'N006°45.5'W83°50.8'N010°16.9'W 1.069 26° 175° 427 km 03m47.0s
12:2086°59.8'N001°25.9'W82°29.4'N000°41.6'E84°40.0'N000°06.1'W 1.069 25° 187° 427 km 03m45.0s
12:2287°35.3'N026°18.1'E83°06.6'N009°46.5'E85°18.5'N013°33.3'E 1.068 24° 201° 427 km 03m42.9s
12:2487°26.2'N060°52.9'E83°33.9'N020°38.9'E85°39.1'N030°53.8'E 1.068 23° 219° 428 km 03m40.5s
12:2686°32.9'N085°56.6'E83°47.6'N033°08.2'E85°34.9'N050°09.5'E 1.068 22° 240° 428 km 03m37.8s
12:2885°14.2'N100°29.2'E83°44.3'N046°31.9'E85°03.4'N068°02.5'E 1.067 21° 258° 429 km 03m35.0s
12:3083°39.6'N109°30.8'E83°22.2'N059°45.5'E84°08.1'N082°30.1'E 1.067 19° 274° 430 km 03m31.8s
12:3281°51.4'N115°52.1'E82°41.3'N071°51.9'E82°53.6'N093°34.7'E 1.066 18° 285° 431 km 03m28.3s
12:3479°46.8'N120°56.6'E81°42.6'N082°24.7'E81°22.6'N102°10.4'E 1.066 16° 295° 432 km 03m24.4s
12:3677°18.1'N125°33.5'E80°27.2'N091°26.2'E79°34.5'N109°10.6'E 1.065 14° 302° 434 km 03m20.0s
12:3874°01.3'N130°34.3'E78°54.6'N099°14.7'E77°24.9'N115°18.9'E 1.065 12° 309° 435 km 03m14.8s
12:40 - - 77°01.7'N106°15.1'E74°40.1'N121°20.0'E 1.064 316° 436 km 03m08.2s
12:42 - - 74°39.2'N112°59.7'E70°14.4'N129°07.1'E 1.062 324° 437 km 02m57.7s
Limits67°36.9'N139°14.4'E65°50.7'N130°24.7'E66°45.2'N134°34.7'E 1.061 - 434 km 02m49.7s

ΔT = 2686.2 seconds

Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration
Event Time
TD
Time
UT1
Latitude Longitude Sun
Altitude
Sun
Azimuth
Path Width Central
Duration
Greatest Eclipse12:33:56.911:49:10.769°38.3'N061°40.2'W 31.3° 120.1° 438.7 km03m59.70s
Greatest Duration12:34:38.911:49:52.769°58.7'N050°03.6'W 31.3° 120.9° 438.1 km03m59.71s

Explanation of Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration

Links for the Total Solar Eclipse of 0831 May 15

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Eclipse Predictions

Predictions for the Total Solar Eclipse of 0831 May 15 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 2686.2 seconds for this eclipse. The uncertainty in ΔT is 78.2 seconds corresponding to a standard error in longitude of the eclipse path of ± 0.33°.

Acknowledgments

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

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"Eclipse Predictions by Fred Espenak, EclipseWise.com"

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