Path of the Annular Solar Eclipse of 0923 May 18

Fred Espenak

Introduction

The following table delineates the path of the Moon's antumbral shadow during the Annular Solar Eclipse of 0923 May 18 . 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 0923 May 18
UT1 Northern Limit Southern Limit Central Line M:S Sun Sun Path Central
Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Ratio Alt. Azm. Width Duration
Limits50°29.1'S096°26.3'W52°11.8'S095°06.6'W51°20.3'S095°47.6'W 0.951 - 209 km 03m40.2s
14:1045°45.3'S086°18.4'W - - 48°13.3'S088°59.5'W 0.952 51° 201 km 03m43.5s
14:1243°23.8'S081°59.7'W47°07.8'S084°42.8'W45°05.5'S083°03.4'W 0.953 11° 46° 193 km 03m47.0s
14:1441°37.1'S078°59.4'W44°38.6'S080°21.8'W43°02.8'S079°33.4'W 0.954 14° 43° 188 km 03m49.4s
14:1640°07.6'S076°36.8'W42°47.6'S077°22.4'W41°24.2'S076°55.6'W 0.955 17° 41° 184 km 03m51.3s
14:1838°49.0'S074°37.4'W41°15.2'S075°01.4'W39°59.6'S074°46.8'W 0.956 19° 39° 181 km 03m53.1s
14:2037°38.3'S072°53.9'W39°54.5'S073°03.7'W38°44.4'S072°57.0'W 0.956 22° 37° 179 km 03m54.7s
14:2236°33.4'S071°22.1'W38°42.0'S071°21.8'W37°36.0'S071°20.6'W 0.957 23° 35° 176 km 03m56.2s
14:2435°33.2'S069°59.4'W37°35.7'S069°51.5'W36°33.0'S069°54.5'W 0.957 25° 34° 175 km 03m57.6s
14:2634°36.9'S068°43.9'W36°34.3'S068°30.3'W35°34.3'S068°36.3'W 0.957 27° 32° 173 km 03m59.0s
14:2833°43.7'S067°34.3'W35°37.0'S067°16.1'W34°39.2'S067°24.6'W 0.958 28° 31° 172 km 04m00.3s
14:3032°53.4'S066°29.7'W34°43.1'S066°07.8'W33°47.2'S066°18.3'W 0.958 30° 30° 170 km 04m01.5s
14:3232°05.5'S065°29.2'W33°52.1'S065°04.4'W32°57.8'S065°16.4'W 0.959 31° 29° 169 km 04m02.7s
14:3431°19.8'S064°32.4'W33°03.6'S064°05.1'W32°10.8'S064°18.4'W 0.959 32° 27° 168 km 04m03.9s
14:3630°36.0'S063°38.7'W32°17.3'S063°09.3'W31°25.8'S063°23.7'W 0.959 34° 26° 167 km 04m05.1s
14:3829°53.9'S062°47.7'W31°33.1'S062°16.5'W30°42.7'S062°31.9'W 0.959 35° 25° 166 km 04m06.2s
14:4029°13.3'S061°59.1'W30°50.7'S061°26.4'W30°01.3'S061°42.6'W 0.960 36° 24° 166 km 04m07.3s
14:4228°34.3'S061°12.6'W30°09.9'S060°38.7'W29°21.4'S060°55.5'W 0.960 37° 22° 165 km 04m08.3s
14:4427°56.5'S060°28.0'W29°30.6'S059°53.0'W28°42.9'S060°10.4'W 0.960 38° 21° 164 km 04m09.3s
14:4627°20.0'S059°45.2'W28°52.7'S059°09.2'W28°05.7'S059°27.1'W 0.960 39° 20° 164 km 04m10.4s
14:4826°44.6'S059°03.8'W28°16.1'S058°27.0'W27°29.7'S058°45.3'W 0.960 40° 19° 163 km 04m11.3s
14:5026°10.3'S058°23.8'W27°40.6'S057°46.3'W26°54.9'S058°05.0'W 0.961 41° 18° 163 km 04m12.3s
14:5225°37.0'S057°45.1'W27°06.3'S057°06.9'W26°21.1'S057°26.0'W 0.961 41° 16° 163 km 04m13.2s
14:5425°04.7'S057°07.5'W26°33.1'S056°28.7'W25°48.3'S056°48.1'W 0.961 42° 15° 163 km 04m14.2s
14:5624°33.2'S056°30.9'W26°00.8'S055°51.7'W25°16.5'S056°11.3'W 0.961 43° 14° 162 km 04m15.1s
14:5824°02.6'S055°55.2'W25°29.5'S055°15.6'W24°45.5'S055°35.4'W 0.961 44° 13° 162 km 04m15.9s
15:0023°32.9'S055°20.4'W24°59.0'S054°40.3'W24°15.4'S055°00.4'W 0.961 44° 11° 162 km 04m16.8s
15:0223°03.9'S054°46.3'W24°29.4'S054°05.9'W23°46.1'S054°26.1'W 0.962 45° 10° 162 km 04m17.6s
15:0422°35.6'S054°12.9'W24°00.7'S053°32.2'W23°17.6'S053°52.6'W 0.962 46° 162 km 04m18.4s
15:0622°08.1'S053°40.1'W23°32.7'S052°59.2'W22°49.9'S053°19.7'W 0.962 46° 163 km 04m19.2s
15:0821°41.3'S053°07.9'W23°05.4'S052°26.8'W22°22.8'S052°47.4'W 0.962 47° 163 km 04m20.0s
15:1021°15.1'S052°36.2'W22°38.9'S051°54.8'W21°56.5'S052°15.5'W 0.962 47° 163 km 04m20.7s
15:1220°49.6'S052°04.9'W22°13.0'S051°23.4'W21°30.8'S051°44.2'W 0.962 48° 163 km 04m21.4s
15:1420°24.7'S051°34.1'W21°47.9'S050°52.4'W21°05.8'S051°13.3'W 0.962 48° 163 km 04m22.1s
15:1620°00.4'S051°03.6'W21°23.4'S050°21.8'W20°41.4'S050°42.7'W 0.962 49° 164 km 04m22.7s
15:1819°36.7'S050°33.4'W20°59.5'S049°51.5'W20°17.6'S050°12.5'W 0.962 49° 359° 164 km 04m23.4s
15:2019°13.6'S050°03.5'W20°36.2'S049°21.5'W19°54.4'S049°42.6'W 0.962 50° 358° 164 km 04m24.0s
15:2218°51.0'S049°33.9'W20°13.6'S048°51.7'W19°31.8'S049°12.9'W 0.963 50° 356° 165 km 04m24.5s
15:2418°29.0'S049°04.5'W19°51.5'S048°22.2'W19°09.8'S048°43.4'W 0.963 50° 355° 165 km 04m25.1s
15:2618°07.6'S048°35.2'W19°30.0'S047°52.9'W18°48.3'S048°14.1'W 0.963 50° 353° 166 km 04m25.6s
15:2817°46.7'S048°06.0'W19°09.1'S047°23.6'W18°27.4'S047°44.9'W 0.963 51° 352° 166 km 04m26.0s
15:3017°26.3'S047°37.0'W18°48.7'S046°54.5'W18°07.0'S047°15.9'W 0.963 51° 350° 167 km 04m26.5s
15:3217°06.4'S047°08.0'W18°28.9'S046°25.5'W17°47.2'S046°46.9'W 0.963 51° 349° 168 km 04m26.9s
15:3416°47.0'S046°39.1'W18°09.6'S045°56.5'W17°27.9'S046°17.9'W 0.963 51° 347° 168 km 04m27.2s
15:3616°28.2'S046°10.2'W17°50.9'S045°27.6'W17°09.1'S045°49.0'W 0.963 51° 346° 169 km 04m27.6s
15:3816°09.8'S045°41.3'W17°32.7'S044°58.6'W16°50.8'S045°20.0'W 0.963 51° 344° 169 km 04m27.8s
15:4015°51.9'S045°12.3'W17°15.0'S044°29.5'W16°33.0'S044°51.0'W 0.963 51° 343° 170 km 04m28.1s
15:4215°34.6'S044°43.2'W16°57.8'S044°00.4'W16°15.8'S044°21.9'W 0.963 51° 341° 171 km 04m28.3s
15:4415°17.7'S044°14.1'W16°41.2'S043°31.2'W15°59.0'S043°52.7'W 0.963 51° 340° 171 km 04m28.5s
15:4615°01.3'S043°44.8'W16°25.1'S043°01.8'W15°42.7'S043°23.4'W 0.963 51° 338° 172 km 04m28.6s
15:4814°45.4'S043°15.3'W16°09.5'S042°32.3'W15°27.0'S042°53.9'W 0.963 51° 337° 173 km 04m28.7s
15:5014°30.0'S042°45.6'W15°54.4'S042°02.6'W15°11.8'S042°24.2'W 0.963 51° 335° 173 km 04m28.7s
15:5214°15.1'S042°15.7'W15°39.8'S041°32.6'W14°57.0'S041°54.3'W 0.963 51° 334° 174 km 04m28.7s
15:5414°00.7'S041°45.6'W15°25.8'S041°02.4'W14°42.8'S041°24.1'W 0.963 50° 332° 175 km 04m28.6s
15:5613°46.8'S041°15.2'W15°12.2'S040°31.9'W14°29.1'S040°53.7'W 0.963 50° 331° 175 km 04m28.5s
15:5813°33.4'S040°44.4'W14°59.3'S040°01.1'W14°15.9'S040°22.9'W 0.963 50° 330° 176 km 04m28.4s
16:0013°20.5'S040°13.3'W14°46.8'S039°29.9'W14°03.2'S039°51.8'W 0.963 49° 328° 177 km 04m28.2s
16:0213°08.2'S039°41.9'W14°34.9'S038°58.3'W13°51.1'S039°20.2'W 0.963 49° 327° 177 km 04m27.9s
16:0412°56.3'S039°10.0'W14°23.5'S038°26.3'W13°39.4'S038°48.3'W 0.963 49° 325° 178 km 04m27.6s
16:0612°45.0'S038°37.6'W14°12.7'S037°53.8'W13°28.4'S038°15.9'W 0.962 48° 324° 178 km 04m27.2s
16:0812°34.2'S038°04.8'W14°02.4'S037°20.7'W13°17.8'S037°42.9'W 0.962 48° 323° 179 km 04m26.8s
16:1012°24.0'S037°31.4'W13°52.7'S036°47.2'W13°07.9'S037°09.5'W 0.962 47° 322° 179 km 04m26.3s
16:1212°14.3'S036°57.4'W13°43.6'S036°13.0'W12°58.5'S036°35.4'W 0.962 47° 320° 180 km 04m25.8s
16:1412°05.2'S036°22.8'W13°35.2'S035°38.2'W12°49.7'S036°00.7'W 0.962 46° 319° 180 km 04m25.2s
16:1611°56.7'S035°47.5'W13°27.3'S035°02.6'W12°41.5'S035°25.3'W 0.962 46° 318° 181 km 04m24.6s
16:1811°48.7'S035°11.5'W13°20.0'S034°26.3'W12°33.9'S034°49.1'W 0.962 45° 317° 181 km 04m23.9s
16:2011°41.5'S034°34.7'W13°13.5'S033°49.1'W12°27.0'S034°12.2'W 0.962 44° 316° 181 km 04m23.2s
16:2211°34.8'S033°57.1'W13°07.6'S033°11.1'W12°20.7'S033°34.4'W 0.962 44° 315° 182 km 04m22.4s
16:2411°28.8'S033°18.5'W13°02.4'S032°32.1'W12°15.1'S032°55.6'W 0.962 43° 314° 182 km 04m21.5s
16:2611°23.6'S032°39.0'W12°58.0'S031°52.0'W12°10.2'S032°15.8'W 0.961 42° 313° 182 km 04m20.6s
16:2811°19.0'S031°58.3'W12°54.3'S031°10.8'W12°06.1'S031°34.9'W 0.961 41° 312° 183 km 04m19.7s
16:3011°15.2'S031°16.5'W12°51.4'S030°28.3'W12°02.8'S030°52.8'W 0.961 40° 311° 183 km 04m18.6s
16:3211°12.2'S030°33.4'W12°49.4'S029°44.5'W12°00.3'S030°09.3'W 0.961 40° 310° 183 km 04m17.6s
16:3411°10.0'S029°49.0'W12°48.3'S028°59.2'W11°58.6'S029°24.5'W 0.961 39° 309° 183 km 04m16.4s
16:3611°08.8'S029°03.0'W12°48.2'S028°12.2'W11°57.9'S028°38.0'W 0.961 38° 308° 183 km 04m15.2s
16:3811°08.4'S028°15.3'W12°49.0'S027°23.5'W11°58.2'S027°49.9'W 0.960 37° 307° 184 km 04m14.0s
16:4011°09.1'S027°25.8'W12°51.0'S026°32.7'W11°59.5'S026°59.8'W 0.960 36° 306° 184 km 04m12.6s
16:4211°10.9'S026°34.3'W12°54.2'S025°39.7'W12°01.9'S026°07.5'W 0.960 34° 306° 184 km 04m11.3s
16:4411°13.8'S025°40.5'W12°58.7'S024°44.1'W12°05.6'S025°12.9'W 0.960 33° 305° 184 km 04m09.8s
16:4611°18.1'S024°44.2'W13°04.7'S023°45.8'W12°10.7'S024°15.7'W 0.959 32° 304° 185 km 04m08.3s
16:4811°23.7'S023°45.0'W13°12.2'S022°44.1'W12°17.2'S023°15.3'W 0.959 31° 303° 185 km 04m06.7s
16:5011°31.0'S022°42.5'W13°21.5'S021°38.8'W12°25.5'S022°11.5'W 0.959 29° 302° 185 km 04m05.1s
16:5211°39.9'S021°36.2'W13°32.9'S020°29.0'W12°35.6'S021°03.6'W 0.958 28° 302° 186 km 04m03.3s
16:5411°50.9'S020°25.5'W13°46.7'S019°14.1'W12°47.9'S019°51.0'W 0.958 26° 301° 186 km 04m01.5s
16:5612°04.3'S019°09.6'W14°03.3'S017°52.9'W13°02.8'S018°32.6'W 0.958 25° 300° 187 km 03m59.6s
16:5812°20.4'S017°47.3'W14°23.4'S016°23.7'W13°20.7'S017°07.2'W 0.957 23° 300° 188 km 03m57.6s
17:0012°39.9'S016°17.1'W14°47.8'S014°44.5'W13°42.5'S015°32.9'W 0.957 21° 299° 189 km 03m55.4s
17:0213°03.6'S014°36.7'W15°18.1'S012°51.4'W14°09.2'S013°46.9'W 0.956 19° 298° 190 km 03m53.1s
17:0413°33.0'S012°42.5'W15°56.7'S010°38.0'W14°42.6'S011°44.5'W 0.956 17° 297° 191 km 03m50.6s
17:0614°10.5'S010°28.1'W16°49.0'S007°50.5'W15°26.2'S009°16.5'W 0.955 14° 296° 193 km 03m47.7s
17:0815°01.2'S007°39.9'W18°12.5'S003°44.6'W16°28.7'S006°00.9'W 0.954 10° 295° 196 km 03m44.2s
17:1016°21.2'S003°35.5'W - - 18°37.2'S000°06.0'E 0.952 293° 202 km 03m38.7s
Limits18°53.1'S003°27.6'E20°46.5'S003°10.3'E19°49.4'S003°18.9'E 0.951 - 205 km 03m36.2s

ΔT = 2024.8 seconds

Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration
Event Time
TD
Time
UT1
Latitude Longitude Sun
Altitude
Sun
Azimuth
Path Width Central
Duration
Greatest Eclipse16:13:24.715:39:39.916°36.0'S053°23.5'W 51.2° 342.9° 169.9 km04m28.06s
Greatest Duration16:24:09.915:50:25.115°08.6'S042°18.0'W 50.7° 334.9° 173.5 km04m28.70s

Explanation of Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration

Links for the Annular Solar Eclipse of 0923 May 18

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Eclipse Predictions

Predictions for the Annular Solar Eclipse of 0923 May 18 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 2024.8 seconds for this eclipse. The uncertainty in ΔT is 64.3 seconds corresponding to a standard error in longitude of the eclipse path of ± 0.27°.

Acknowledgments

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

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