Path of the Total Solar Eclipse of 2450 May 12

Fred Espenak

Introduction

The following table delineates the path of the Moon's umbral shadow during the Total Solar Eclipse of 2450 May 12 . 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 2450 May 12
UT1 Northern Limit Southern Limit Central Line M:S Sun Sun Path Central
Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Ratio Alt. Azm. Width Duration
Limits31°35.9'S092°30.2'E33°07.0'S093°08.7'E32°21.4'S092°49.4'E 1.054 - 179 km 02m56.1s
00:3429°29.2'S098°14.4'E31°40.0'S097°16.0'E30°30.2'S097°57.5'E 1.055 66° 184 km 03m07.0s
00:3626°37.8'S104°51.1'E28°22.1'S105°16.8'E27°28.8'S105°06.4'E 1.058 12° 62° 191 km 03m24.8s
00:3824°45.7'S108°38.5'E26°25.7'S109°19.8'E25°34.8'S109°00.8'E 1.059 17° 60° 195 km 03m36.0s
00:4023°13.9'S111°29.7'E24°51.9'S112°19.0'E24°02.2'S111°55.6'E 1.060 20° 58° 198 km 03m45.2s
00:4221°53.7'S113°50.0'E23°30.4'S114°44.5'E22°41.4'S114°18.3'E 1.061 23° 57° 201 km 03m53.2s
00:4420°41.2'S115°50.1'E22°17.1'S116°48.5'E21°28.6'S116°20.2'E 1.062 26° 56° 203 km 04m00.5s
00:4619°34.4'S117°35.8'E21°09.7'S118°37.1'E20°21.5'S118°07.3'E 1.063 28° 55° 205 km 04m07.3s
00:4818°31.9'S119°10.7'E20°06.8'S120°14.4'E19°18.8'S119°43.3'E 1.063 30° 54° 207 km 04m13.6s
00:5017°33.0'S120°37.0'E19°07.6'S121°42.6'E18°19.8'S121°10.5'E 1.064 32° 53° 209 km 04m19.5s
00:5216°37.1'S121°56.4'E18°11.5'S123°03.6'E17°23.8'S122°30.6'E 1.064 34° 53° 211 km 04m25.2s
00:5415°43.7'S123°10.1'E17°18.0'S124°18.7'E16°30.4'S123°44.9'E 1.065 36° 52° 212 km 04m30.6s
00:5614°52.5'S124°18.8'E16°26.7'S125°28.7'E15°39.1'S124°54.3'E 1.065 38° 51° 214 km 04m35.8s
00:5814°03.2'S125°23.5'E15°37.4'S126°34.4'E14°49.9'S125°59.4'E 1.066 40° 50° 215 km 04m40.8s
01:0013°15.6'S126°24.6'E14°49.8'S127°36.4'E14°02.3'S127°00.9'E 1.066 41° 50° 217 km 04m45.7s
01:0212°29.5'S127°22.5'E14°03.9'S128°35.1'E13°16.3'S127°59.3'E 1.067 43° 49° 218 km 04m50.3s
01:0411°44.9'S128°17.7'E13°19.3'S129°31.1'E12°31.7'S128°54.8'E 1.067 44° 48° 219 km 04m54.8s
01:0611°01.5'S129°10.5'E12°36.0'S130°24.5'E11°48.4'S129°47.9'E 1.067 46° 48° 220 km 04m59.2s
01:0810°19.3'S130°01.2'E11°54.0'S131°15.7'E11°06.3'S130°38.8'E 1.068 47° 47° 221 km 05m03.4s
01:1009°38.1'S130°49.9'E11°13.0'S132°04.9'E10°25.2'S131°27.7'E 1.068 49° 46° 222 km 05m07.5s
01:1208°58.0'S131°36.8'E10°33.1'S132°52.3'E09°45.2'S132°14.9'E 1.068 50° 46° 223 km 05m11.5s
01:1408°18.8'S132°22.3'E09°54.2'S133°38.1'E09°06.1'S133°00.5'E 1.069 51° 45° 224 km 05m15.3s
01:1607°40.5'S133°06.3'E09°16.1'S134°22.4'E08°28.0'S133°44.7'E 1.069 53° 44° 225 km 05m19.1s
01:1807°03.0'S133°49.0'E08°38.9'S135°05.5'E07°50.6'S134°27.6'E 1.069 54° 44° 226 km 05m22.7s
01:2006°26.3'S134°30.6'E08°02.5'S135°47.3'E07°14.1'S135°09.3'E 1.069 55° 43° 226 km 05m26.2s
01:2205°50.4'S135°11.2'E07°26.9'S136°28.1'E06°38.3'S135°49.9'E 1.070 56° 42° 227 km 05m29.6s
01:2405°15.1'S135°50.8'E06°51.9'S137°07.9'E06°03.2'S136°29.6'E 1.070 58° 41° 228 km 05m32.8s
01:2604°40.5'S136°29.6'E06°17.7'S137°46.8'E05°28.8'S137°08.5'E 1.070 59° 40° 229 km 05m36.0s
01:2804°06.6'S137°07.6'E05°44.1'S138°24.9'E04°55.1'S137°46.5'E 1.070 60° 39° 229 km 05m39.1s
01:3003°33.3'S137°44.9'E05°11.2'S139°02.2'E04°22.0'S138°23.8'E 1.070 61° 38° 230 km 05m42.1s
01:3203°00.6'S138°21.5'E04°38.9'S139°38.9'E03°49.5'S139°00.5'E 1.071 62° 37° 231 km 05m44.9s
01:3402°28.4'S138°57.6'E04°07.2'S140°15.0'E03°17.5'S139°36.6'E 1.071 63° 36° 231 km 05m47.7s
01:3601°56.8'S139°33.2'E03°36.0'S140°50.6'E02°46.2'S140°12.1'E 1.071 64° 35° 232 km 05m50.3s
01:3801°25.8'S140°08.3'E03°05.4'S141°25.7'E02°15.3'S140°47.2'E 1.071 65° 33° 233 km 05m52.9s
01:4000°55.3'S140°43.0'E02°35.3'S142°00.3'E01°45.0'S141°21.9'E 1.071 66° 32° 233 km 05m55.3s
01:4200°25.2'S141°17.4'E02°05.8'S142°34.5'E01°15.3'S141°56.2'E 1.071 67° 30° 234 km 05m57.6s
01:4400°04.3'N141°51.4'E01°36.7'S143°08.4'E00°46.0'S142°30.1'E 1.071 68° 29° 234 km 05m59.8s
01:4600°33.3'N142°25.2'E01°08.1'S143°42.0'E00°17.2'S143°03.8'E 1.071 69° 27° 235 km 06m01.9s
01:4801°01.9'N142°58.7'E00°40.1'S144°15.4'E00°11.2'N143°37.3'E 1.072 70° 25° 235 km 06m03.9s
01:5001°30.1'N143°32.1'E00°12.5'S144°48.5'E00°39.0'N144°10.5'E 1.072 71° 23° 236 km 06m05.8s
01:5201°57.7'N144°05.2'E00°14.7'N145°21.4'E01°06.4'N144°43.5'E 1.072 72° 20° 236 km 06m07.6s
01:5402°25.0'N144°38.3'E00°41.4'N145°54.2'E01°33.4'N145°16.5'E 1.072 73° 18° 237 km 06m09.3s
01:5602°51.7'N145°11.3'E01°07.6'N146°26.9'E01°59.9'N145°49.3'E 1.072 73° 15° 237 km 06m10.8s
01:5803°18.1'N145°44.2'E01°33.5'N146°59.5'E02°26.0'N146°22.0'E 1.072 74° 12° 238 km 06m12.3s
02:0003°44.0'N146°17.1'E01°58.8'N147°32.0'E02°51.6'N146°54.7'E 1.072 75° 238 km 06m13.6s
02:0204°09.5'N146°50.0'E02°23.8'N148°04.5'E03°16.8'N147°27.4'E 1.072 75° 239 km 06m14.8s
02:0404°34.6'N147°22.9'E02°48.3'N148°37.1'E03°41.7'N148°00.2'E 1.072 76° 239 km 06m15.8s
02:0604°59.3'N147°56.0'E03°12.4'N149°09.6'E04°06.0'N148°32.9'E 1.072 76° 357° 239 km 06m16.8s
02:0805°23.6'N148°29.1'E03°36.1'N149°42.3'E04°30.0'N149°05.8'E 1.072 76° 353° 240 km 06m17.6s
02:1005°47.4'N149°02.3'E03°59.4'N150°15.0'E04°53.6'N149°38.8'E 1.072 76° 348° 240 km 06m18.3s
02:1206°10.9'N149°35.7'E04°22.3'N150°47.8'E05°16.7'N150°11.9'E 1.072 77° 344° 241 km 06m18.9s
02:1406°33.9'N150°09.2'E04°44.7'N151°20.8'E05°39.5'N150°45.2'E 1.072 77° 339° 241 km 06m19.3s
02:1606°56.5'N150°43.0'E05°06.8'N151°54.0'E06°01.8'N151°18.6'E 1.072 76° 335° 241 km 06m19.7s
02:1807°18.7'N151°17.0'E05°28.4'N152°27.4'E06°23.7'N151°52.3'E 1.072 76° 330° 241 km 06m19.8s
02:2007°40.5'N151°51.3'E05°49.6'N153°01.0'E06°45.2'N152°26.3'E 1.072 76° 326° 242 km 06m19.9s
02:2208°01.9'N152°25.9'E06°10.4'N153°34.9'E07°06.3'N153°00.5'E 1.072 76° 322° 242 km 06m19.8s
02:2408°22.9'N153°00.8'E06°30.8'N154°09.1'E07°27.0'N153°35.0'E 1.072 75° 318° 242 km 06m19.6s
02:2608°43.5'N153°36.0'E06°50.8'N154°43.6'E07°47.3'N154°09.9'E 1.072 75° 314° 242 km 06m19.2s
02:2809°03.6'N154°11.6'E07°10.4'N155°18.5'E08°07.1'N154°45.1'E 1.072 74° 311° 242 km 06m18.7s
02:3009°23.3'N154°47.7'E07°29.6'N155°53.7'E08°26.5'N155°20.7'E 1.072 74° 308° 242 km 06m18.1s
02:3209°42.6'N155°24.1'E07°48.3'N156°29.3'E08°45.5'N155°56.8'E 1.072 73° 305° 242 km 06m17.3s
02:3410°01.4'N156°01.1'E08°06.6'N157°05.4'E09°04.1'N156°33.3'E 1.072 72° 302° 242 km 06m16.4s
02:3610°19.8'N156°38.6'E08°24.4'N157°41.9'E09°22.2'N157°10.2'E 1.072 71° 300° 242 km 06m15.4s
02:3810°37.7'N157°16.5'E08°41.9'N158°19.0'E09°39.9'N157°47.8'E 1.072 71° 298° 242 km 06m14.1s
02:4010°55.2'N157°55.1'E08°58.8'N158°56.6'E09°57.1'N158°25.8'E 1.072 70° 296° 242 km 06m12.8s
02:4211°12.2'N158°34.3'E09°15.4'N159°34.8'E10°13.8'N159°04.5'E 1.071 69° 294° 242 km 06m11.3s
02:4411°28.7'N159°14.1'E09°31.4'N160°13.5'E10°30.1'N159°43.8'E 1.071 68° 293° 241 km 06m09.6s
02:4611°44.7'N159°54.6'E09°47.0'N160°53.0'E10°45.9'N160°23.7'E 1.071 67° 291° 241 km 06m07.8s
02:4812°00.2'N160°35.9'E10°02.1'N161°33.1'E11°01.2'N161°04.4'E 1.071 66° 290° 241 km 06m05.9s
02:5012°15.2'N161°17.9'E10°16.7'N162°14.0'E11°16.0'N161°45.8'E 1.071 65° 289° 240 km 06m03.8s
02:5212°29.7'N162°00.7'E10°30.7'N162°55.6'E11°30.3'N162°28.0'E 1.071 64° 288° 240 km 06m01.5s
02:5412°43.6'N162°44.4'E10°44.3'N163°38.1'E11°44.0'N163°11.1'E 1.071 63° 287° 239 km 05m59.1s
02:5612°57.0'N163°29.0'E10°57.3'N164°21.5'E11°57.2'N163°55.1'E 1.070 62° 286° 239 km 05m56.6s
02:5813°09.7'N164°14.6'E11°09.8'N165°05.9'E12°09.8'N164°40.0'E 1.070 61° 286° 238 km 05m53.9s
03:0013°21.9'N165°01.2'E11°21.6'N165°51.2'E12°21.8'N165°26.0'E 1.070 59° 285° 237 km 05m51.0s
03:0213°33.4'N165°49.0'E11°32.9'N166°37.6'E12°33.2'N166°13.1'E 1.070 58° 284° 237 km 05m48.0s
03:0413°44.3'N166°37.9'E11°43.6'N167°25.2'E12°44.0'N167°01.3'E 1.070 57° 284° 236 km 05m44.8s
03:0613°54.5'N167°28.0'E11°53.6'N168°14.0'E12°54.1'N167°50.7'E 1.069 56° 283° 235 km 05m41.5s
03:0814°04.0'N168°19.6'E12°02.9'N169°04.1'E13°03.4'N168°41.5'E 1.069 55° 283° 234 km 05m38.0s
03:1014°12.7'N169°12.5'E12°11.5'N169°55.6'E13°12.1'N169°33.7'E 1.069 53° 283° 233 km 05m34.3s
03:1214°20.7'N170°07.0'E12°19.3'N170°48.6'E13°20.0'N170°27.4'E 1.069 52° 283° 232 km 05m30.5s
03:1414°27.8'N171°03.1'E12°26.4'N171°43.2'E13°27.1'N171°22.8'E 1.068 51° 282° 231 km 05m26.5s
03:1614°34.0'N172°01.0'E12°32.6'N172°39.7'E13°33.3'N172°19.9'E 1.068 49° 282° 230 km 05m22.4s
03:1814°39.3'N173°00.9'E12°37.9'N173°38.0'E13°38.6'N173°19.0'E 1.068 48° 282° 229 km 05m18.0s
03:2014°43.6'N174°02.8'E12°42.3'N174°38.4'E13°43.0'N174°20.1'E 1.067 47° 282° 227 km 05m13.6s
03:2214°46.8'N175°07.1'E12°45.7'N175°41.1'E13°46.3'N175°23.6'E 1.067 45° 282° 226 km 05m08.9s
03:2414°48.9'N176°13.8'E12°47.9'N176°46.3'E13°48.5'N176°29.5'E 1.067 44° 282° 225 km 05m04.0s
03:2614°49.7'N177°23.4'E12°49.0'N177°54.3'E13°49.4'N177°38.3'E 1.066 42° 282° 223 km 04m59.0s
03:2814°49.2'N178°36.0'E12°48.7'N179°05.4'E13°49.0'N178°50.1'E 1.066 40° 282° 221 km 04m53.7s
03:3014°47.1'N179°52.1'E12°47.0'N179°40.0'W13°47.1'N179°54.6'W 1.066 39° 282° 220 km 04m48.3s
03:3214°43.4'N178°47.9'W12°43.7'N178°21.5'W13°43.7'N178°35.4'W 1.065 37° 283° 218 km 04m42.6s
03:3414°37.9'N177°23.3'W12°38.6'N176°58.4'W13°38.3'N177°11.7'W 1.065 35° 283° 216 km 04m36.6s
03:3614°30.2'N175°53.6'W12°31.4'N175°30.1'W13°30.9'N175°42.7'W 1.064 33° 283° 214 km 04m30.4s
03:3814°20.0'N174°17.8'W12°21.8'N173°55.6'W13°21.0'N174°07.6'W 1.064 31° 283° 212 km 04m23.9s
03:4014°06.9'N172°34.7'W12°09.4'N172°13.6'W13°08.3'N172°25.1'W 1.063 29° 284° 210 km 04m17.0s
03:4213°50.3'N170°42.4'W11°53.5'N170°22.3'W12°52.1'N170°33.5'W 1.062 27° 284° 207 km 04m09.8s
03:4413°29.4'N168°38.6'W11°33.2'N168°19.1'W12°31.5'N168°30.1'W 1.061 24° 285° 205 km 04m01.9s
03:4613°02.6'N166°19.2'W11°07.2'N165°59.8'W12°05.2'N166°10.9'W 1.061 21° 285° 202 km 03m53.4s
03:4812°27.8'N163°37.5'W10°33.0'N163°16.8'W11°30.7'N163°28.8'W 1.060 18° 286° 198 km 03m44.0s
03:5011°39.9'N160°19.3'W09°45.1'N159°54.5'W10°43.0'N160°09.0'W 1.058 14° 286° 194 km 03m33.0s
03:5210°25.0'N155°43.2'W08°27.1'N155°02.3'W09°27.0'N155°26.3'W 1.057 287° 188 km 03m18.6s
Limits07°34.2'N146°38.3'W06°01.2'N147°05.2'W06°47.8'N146°52.0'W 1.054 - 178 km 02m55.8s

ΔT = 975.9 seconds

Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration
Event Time
TD
Time
UT1
Latitude Longitude Sun
Altitude
Sun
Azimuth
Path Width Central
Duration
Greatest Eclipse02:29:42.602:13:26.705°33.2'N146°31.3'E 76.6° 340.3° 240.7 km06m19.23s
Greatest Duration02:36:03.302:19:47.306°43.0'N152°22.7'E 76.1° 326.2° 241.5 km06m19.90s

Explanation of Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration

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Eclipse Predictions

Predictions for the Total Solar Eclipse of 2450 May 12 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 975.9 seconds for this eclipse. The uncertainty in ΔT is 249.9 seconds corresponding to a standard error in longitude of the eclipse path of ± 1.04°.

Acknowledgments

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

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