Path of the Total Solar Eclipse of 2440 May 31

Fred Espenak

Introduction

The following table delineates the path of the Moon's umbral shadow during the Total Solar Eclipse of 2440 May 31 . 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 2440 May 31
UT1 Northern Limit Southern Limit Central Line M:S Sun Sun Path Central
Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Ratio Alt. Azm. Width Duration
Limits21°32.3'S036°47.3'W22°04.0'S036°35.4'W21°48.2'S036°41.3'W 1.018 - 62 km 01m04.3s
09:0417°45.3'S028°07.2'W18°38.8'S028°32.0'W18°11.7'S028°18.6'W 1.020 63° 71 km 01m19.5s
09:0615°48.2'S023°54.8'W16°38.1'S024°03.9'W16°13.0'S023°58.8'W 1.022 14° 62° 76 km 01m28.8s
09:0814°23.6'S020°57.1'W15°12.9'S021°00.1'W14°48.1'S020°58.2'W 1.023 18° 61° 79 km 01m36.0s
09:1013°14.3'S018°34.4'W14°03.8'S018°33.7'W13°39.0'S018°33.7'W 1.024 21° 60° 82 km 01m42.2s
09:1212°14.7'S016°32.8'W13°04.6'S016°29.8'W12°39.6'S016°31.0'W 1.025 23° 59° 85 km 01m47.8s
09:1411°21.9'S014°45.9'W12°12.3'S014°41.0'W11°47.0'S014°43.2'W 1.025 26° 58° 87 km 01m52.9s
09:1610°34.2'S013°09.7'W11°25.2'S013°03.5'W10°59.6'S013°06.3'W 1.026 28° 58° 89 km 01m57.8s
09:1809°50.6'S011°41.9'W10°42.1'S011°34.6'W10°16.3'S011°38.0'W 1.026 30° 57° 91 km 02m02.4s
09:2009°10.3'S010°20.8'W10°02.4'S010°12.6'W09°36.3'S010°16.4'W 1.027 32° 57° 93 km 02m06.7s
09:2208°32.9'S009°05.2'W09°25.5'S008°56.2'W08°59.1'S009°00.5'W 1.027 34° 56° 94 km 02m10.9s
09:2407°57.9'S007°54.2'W08°51.0'S007°44.6'W08°24.4'S007°49.2'W 1.028 35° 55° 96 km 02m15.0s
09:2607°25.0'S006°47.1'W08°18.7'S006°37.0'W07°51.8'S006°41.9'W 1.028 37° 55° 97 km 02m18.9s
09:2806°53.9'S005°43.4'W07°48.2'S005°32.9'W07°21.0'S005°38.0'W 1.028 38° 54° 99 km 02m22.6s
09:3006°24.6'S004°42.7'W07°19.4'S004°31.9'W06°52.0'S004°37.1'W 1.029 40° 54° 100 km 02m26.3s
09:3205°56.8'S003°44.6'W06°52.2'S003°33.5'W06°24.4'S003°38.8'W 1.029 41° 53° 101 km 02m29.8s
09:3405°30.5'S002°48.8'W06°26.3'S002°37.4'W05°58.3'S002°42.9'W 1.029 43° 52° 102 km 02m33.3s
09:3605°05.4'S001°55.0'W06°01.7'S001°43.5'W05°33.5'S001°49.1'W 1.030 44° 52° 103 km 02m36.6s
09:3804°41.5'S001°03.1'W05°38.3'S000°51.4'W05°09.8'S000°57.1'W 1.030 45° 51° 104 km 02m39.8s
09:4004°18.7'S000°12.9'W05°16.0'S000°01.1'W04°47.3'S000°06.8'W 1.030 47° 50° 105 km 02m43.0s
09:4203°56.9'S000°35.9'E04°54.7'S000°47.7'E04°25.8'S000°42.0'E 1.030 48° 50° 106 km 02m46.0s
09:4403°36.2'S001°23.3'E04°34.4'S001°35.2'E04°05.2'S001°29.4'E 1.031 49° 49° 107 km 02m49.0s
09:4603°16.4'S002°09.4'E04°15.0'S002°21.3'E03°45.6'S002°15.5'E 1.031 50° 48° 108 km 02m51.8s
09:4802°57.4'S002°54.5'E03°56.5'S003°06.3'E03°26.9'S003°00.5'E 1.031 51° 47° 109 km 02m54.6s
09:5002°39.3'S003°38.4'E03°38.8'S003°50.2'E03°09.0'S003°44.4'E 1.031 53° 46° 110 km 02m57.3s
09:5202°22.0'S004°21.5'E03°21.8'S004°33.1'E02°51.9'S004°27.4'E 1.031 54° 46° 111 km 02m59.9s
09:5402°05.4'S005°03.6'E03°05.7'S005°15.2'E02°35.5'S005°09.5'E 1.032 55° 45° 111 km 03m02.4s
09:5601°49.6'S005°45.0'E02°50.2'S005°56.4'E02°19.9'S005°50.8'E 1.032 56° 44° 112 km 03m04.9s
09:5801°34.5'S006°25.6'E02°35.5'S006°36.9'E02°05.0'S006°31.4'E 1.032 57° 42° 113 km 03m07.2s
10:0001°20.1'S007°05.5'E02°21.4'S007°16.7'E01°50.7'S007°11.2'E 1.032 58° 41° 114 km 03m09.4s
10:0201°06.3'S007°44.9'E02°08.0'S007°55.8'E01°37.1'S007°50.4'E 1.032 59° 40° 114 km 03m11.6s
10:0400°53.2'S008°23.6'E01°55.2'S008°34.4'E01°24.2'S008°29.1'E 1.032 59° 39° 115 km 03m13.6s
10:0600°40.7'S009°01.8'E01°43.0'S009°12.4'E01°11.8'S009°07.2'E 1.032 60° 38° 115 km 03m15.6s
10:0800°28.8'S009°39.6'E01°31.4'S009°49.9'E01°00.1'S009°44.8'E 1.033 61° 36° 116 km 03m17.4s
10:1000°17.6'S010°16.9'E01°20.4'S010°26.9'E00°49.0'S010°22.0'E 1.033 62° 35° 116 km 03m19.2s
10:1200°06.9'S010°53.8'E01°10.0'S011°03.5'E00°38.4'S010°58.7'E 1.033 63° 33° 117 km 03m20.9s
10:1400°03.3'N011°30.3'E01°00.1'S011°39.8'E00°28.4'S011°35.1'E 1.033 63° 31° 117 km 03m22.4s
10:1600°12.9'N012°06.5'E00°50.8'S012°15.7'E00°18.9'S012°11.2'E 1.033 64° 30° 118 km 03m23.9s
10:1800°21.9'N012°42.4'E00°42.0'S012°51.3'E00°10.0'S012°46.9'E 1.033 65° 28° 118 km 03m25.2s
10:2000°30.4'N013°18.0'E00°33.7'S013°26.6'E00°01.6'S013°22.3'E 1.033 65° 26° 119 km 03m26.5s
10:2200°38.3'N013°53.3'E00°25.9'S014°01.6'E00°06.2'N013°57.5'E 1.033 66° 24° 119 km 03m27.6s
10:2400°45.7'N014°28.5'E00°18.7'S014°36.4'E00°13.6'N014°32.5'E 1.033 66° 22° 119 km 03m28.7s
10:2600°52.7'N015°03.4'E00°11.9'S015°11.0'E00°20.4'N015°07.3'E 1.033 67° 19° 120 km 03m29.6s
10:2800°59.1'N015°38.2'E00°05.7'S015°45.4'E00°26.7'N015°41.9'E 1.033 67° 17° 120 km 03m30.5s
10:3001°04.9'N016°12.9'E00°00.1'N016°19.7'E00°32.5'N016°16.3'E 1.033 68° 15° 120 km 03m31.2s
10:3201°10.3'N016°47.4'E00°05.4'N016°53.9'E00°37.9'N016°50.6'E 1.033 68° 12° 120 km 03m31.8s
10:3401°15.2'N017°21.8'E00°10.2'N017°27.9'E00°42.7'N017°24.9'E 1.033 68° 120 km 03m32.3s
10:3601°19.6'N017°56.2'E00°14.5'N018°01.9'E00°47.0'N017°59.0'E 1.033 69° 120 km 03m32.7s
10:3801°23.5'N018°30.5'E00°18.3'N018°35.8'E00°50.9'N018°33.1'E 1.033 69° 121 km 03m32.9s
10:4001°26.9'N019°04.7'E00°21.6'N019°09.7'E00°54.3'N019°07.2'E 1.033 69° 121 km 03m33.1s
10:4201°29.8'N019°39.0'E00°24.5'N019°43.5'E00°57.1'N019°41.3'E 1.033 69° 359° 121 km 03m33.1s
10:4401°32.2'N020°13.3'E00°26.9'N020°17.4'E00°59.5'N020°15.3'E 1.033 69° 356° 121 km 03m33.1s
10:4601°34.1'N020°47.6'E00°28.8'N020°51.3'E01°01.5'N020°49.5'E 1.033 69° 353° 121 km 03m32.9s
10:4801°35.5'N021°22.0'E00°30.2'N021°25.3'E01°02.9'N021°23.6'E 1.033 69° 350° 120 km 03m32.6s
10:5001°36.4'N021°56.4'E00°31.2'N021°59.4'E01°03.8'N021°57.9'E 1.033 69° 348° 120 km 03m32.2s
10:5201°36.9'N022°31.0'E00°31.7'N022°33.5'E01°04.3'N022°32.2'E 1.033 68° 345° 120 km 03m31.7s
10:5401°36.8'N023°05.6'E00°31.7'N023°07.8'E01°04.2'N023°06.7'E 1.033 68° 343° 120 km 03m31.0s
10:5601°36.2'N023°40.4'E00°31.2'N023°42.2'E01°03.7'N023°41.3'E 1.033 68° 340° 120 km 03m30.3s
10:5801°35.1'N024°15.4'E00°30.2'N024°16.8'E01°02.7'N024°16.1'E 1.033 67° 338° 119 km 03m29.4s
11:0001°33.5'N024°50.6'E00°28.7'N024°51.6'E01°01.1'N024°51.0'E 1.033 67° 335° 119 km 03m28.5s
11:0201°31.4'N025°26.0'E00°26.8'N025°26.6'E00°59.1'N025°26.2'E 1.033 66° 333° 119 km 03m27.4s
11:0401°28.8'N026°01.7'E00°24.3'N026°01.9'E00°56.5'N026°01.7'E 1.033 66° 331° 118 km 03m26.2s
11:0601°25.6'N026°37.6'E00°21.3'N026°37.4'E00°53.5'N026°37.4'E 1.033 65° 329° 118 km 03m24.9s
11:0801°21.9'N027°13.8'E00°17.8'N027°13.2'E00°49.8'N027°13.4'E 1.033 64° 327° 118 km 03m23.5s
11:1001°17.6'N027°50.3'E00°13.8'N027°49.4'E00°45.7'N027°49.8'E 1.033 64° 325° 117 km 03m22.0s
11:1201°12.8'N028°27.2'E00°09.2'N028°25.9'E00°41.0'N028°26.5'E 1.032 63° 324° 117 km 03m20.4s
11:1401°07.5'N029°04.4'E00°04.1'N029°02.8'E00°35.8'N029°03.5'E 1.032 62° 322° 116 km 03m18.7s
11:1601°01.5'N029°42.1'E00°01.6'S029°40.2'E00°30.0'N029°41.1'E 1.032 62° 321° 115 km 03m16.9s
11:1800°55.0'N030°20.3'E00°07.8'S030°18.0'E00°23.6'N030°19.0'E 1.032 61° 319° 115 km 03m14.9s
11:2000°47.9'N030°58.9'E00°14.7'S030°56.3'E00°16.6'N030°57.5'E 1.032 60° 318° 114 km 03m12.9s
11:2200°40.1'N031°38.1'E00°22.1'S031°35.2'E00°09.0'N031°36.5'E 1.032 59° 316° 113 km 03m10.8s
11:2400°31.7'N032°17.8'E00°30.1'S032°14.6'E00°00.8'N032°16.1'E 1.032 58° 315° 113 km 03m08.6s
11:2600°22.7'N032°58.2'E00°38.8'S032°54.7'E00°08.0'S032°56.3'E 1.031 57° 314° 112 km 03m06.3s
11:2800°13.0'N033°39.2'E00°48.2'S033°35.5'E00°17.6'S033°37.2'E 1.031 56° 313° 111 km 03m03.9s
11:3000°02.6'N034°21.0'E00°58.2'S034°17.0'E00°27.8'S034°18.9'E 1.031 55° 312° 110 km 03m01.4s
11:3200°08.5'S035°03.6'E01°08.9'S034°59.4'E00°38.7'S035°01.3'E 1.031 54° 311° 110 km 02m58.8s
11:3400°20.4'S035°47.0'E01°20.3'S035°42.6'E00°50.3'S035°44.6'E 1.031 53° 310° 109 km 02m56.1s
11:3600°33.0'S036°31.3'E01°32.5'S036°26.7'E01°02.7'S036°28.9'E 1.030 52° 309° 108 km 02m53.4s
11:3800°46.5'S037°16.7'E01°45.5'S037°11.9'E01°16.0'S037°14.1'E 1.030 51° 309° 107 km 02m50.5s
11:4001°00.8'S038°03.1'E01°59.3'S037°58.2'E01°30.0'S038°00.5'E 1.030 50° 308° 106 km 02m47.6s
11:4201°16.0'S038°50.8'E02°14.0'S038°45.7'E01°45.0'S038°48.1'E 1.030 49° 307° 105 km 02m44.5s
11:4401°32.1'S039°39.7'E02°29.7'S039°34.6'E02°00.8'S039°37.0'E 1.029 47° 306° 104 km 02m41.4s
11:4601°49.2'S040°30.1'E02°46.3'S040°24.9'E02°17.7'S040°27.3'E 1.029 46° 306° 103 km 02m38.2s
11:4802°07.4'S041°22.0'E03°03.9'S041°16.8'E02°35.6'S041°19.2'E 1.029 45° 305° 102 km 02m34.9s
11:5002°26.7'S042°15.7'E03°22.7'S042°10.5'E02°54.7'S042°12.9'E 1.029 44° 305° 100 km 02m31.5s
11:5202°47.3'S043°11.3'E03°42.7'S043°06.2'E03°14.9'S043°08.6'E 1.028 42° 304° 99 km 02m28.0s
11:5403°09.2'S044°09.1'E04°03.9'S044°04.0'E03°36.5'S044°06.4'E 1.028 41° 303° 98 km 02m24.4s
11:5603°32.4'S045°09.3'E04°26.6'S045°04.3'E03°59.5'S045°06.6'E 1.028 39° 303° 96 km 02m20.7s
11:5803°57.3'S046°12.2'E04°50.8'S046°07.4'E04°24.0'S046°09.6'E 1.027 38° 302° 95 km 02m16.9s
12:0004°23.9'S047°18.2'E05°16.8'S047°13.7'E04°50.3'S047°15.7'E 1.027 36° 302° 94 km 02m13.0s
12:0204°52.5'S048°27.7'E05°44.7'S048°23.6'E05°18.5'S048°25.4'E 1.026 35° 301° 92 km 02m08.9s
12:0405°23.2'S049°41.4'E06°14.7'S049°37.8'E05°48.9'S049°39.4'E 1.026 33° 301° 90 km 02m04.7s
12:0605°56.5'S051°00.0'E06°47.3'S050°56.9'E06°21.8'S050°58.2'E 1.025 31° 300° 89 km 02m00.3s
12:0806°32.7'S052°24.4'E07°22.8'S052°22.1'E06°57.7'S052°23.0'E 1.025 29° 300° 87 km 01m55.8s
12:1007°12.4'S053°56.0'E08°01.8'S053°54.6'E07°37.0'S053°55.0'E 1.024 27° 300° 85 km 01m51.0s
12:1207°56.5'S055°36.7'E08°45.2'S055°36.5'E08°20.7'S055°36.3'E 1.024 25° 299° 82 km 01m46.0s
12:1408°46.1'S057°29.2'E09°34.1'S057°30.6'E09°10.0'S057°29.6'E 1.023 22° 298° 80 km 01m40.6s
12:1609°43.3'S059°38.1'E10°30.7'S059°41.9'E10°06.9'S059°39.7'E 1.022 20° 298° 77 km 01m34.8s
12:1810°51.5'S062°11.9'E11°38.6'S062°19.4'E11°14.9'S062°15.2'E 1.021 16° 297° 74 km 01m28.3s
12:2012°18.9'S065°29.6'E13°06.6'S065°44.2'E12°42.6'S065°36.4'E 1.020 12° 296° 70 km 01m20.5s
12:2214°36.9'S070°46.1'E15°32.9'S071°29.7'E15°04.3'S071°06.0'E 1.018 295° 63 km 01m09.2s
Limits17°10.0'S076°47.3'E17°39.5'S076°37.1'E17°24.7'S076°42.2'E 1.016 - 57 km 00m59.4s

ΔT = 938.4 seconds

Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration
Event Time
TD
Time
UT1
Latitude Longitude Sun
Altitude
Sun
Azimuth
Path Width Central
Duration
Greatest Eclipse10:58:14.410:42:36.000°57.9'N015°56.2'E 68.9° 357.8° 120.6 km03m33.12s
Greatest Duration10:57:27.010:41:48.500°56.9'N019°38.0'E 68.9° 358.9° 120.6 km03m33.13s

Explanation of Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration

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Eclipse Predictions

Predictions for the Total Solar Eclipse of 2440 May 31 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 938.4 seconds for this eclipse. The uncertainty in ΔT is 241.0 seconds corresponding to a standard error in longitude of the eclipse path of ± 1.01°.

Acknowledgments

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

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