Path of the Total Solar Eclipse of 2953 May 04

Fred Espenak

Introduction

The following table delineates the path of the Moon's umbral shadow during the Total Solar Eclipse of 2953 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 2953 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
Limits29°24.4'S089°59.9'W30°08.4'S089°43.1'W29°46.3'S089°51.5'W 1.025 - 86 km 01m26.0s
12:3627°07.7'S083°09.8'W27°53.0'S082°45.6'W27°29.9'S082°56.6'W 1.027 68° 93 km 01m37.1s
12:3824°43.6'S077°11.3'W25°29.1'S076°39.4'W25°06.1'S076°54.8'W 1.029 13° 65° 99 km 01m48.5s
12:4023°02.9'S073°33.0'W23°49.0'S072°57.9'W23°25.7'S073°15.0'W 1.030 17° 63° 103 km 01m56.4s
12:4221°38.7'S070°46.5'W22°25.3'S070°09.2'W22°01.8'S070°27.5'W 1.031 20° 62° 106 km 02m02.9s
12:4420°24.2'S068°29.3'W21°11.1'S067°50.3'W20°47.5'S068°09.5'W 1.032 23° 61° 109 km 02m08.6s
12:4619°16.1'S066°31.4'W20°03.5'S065°51.0'W19°39.6'S066°11.0'W 1.033 26° 60° 111 km 02m13.8s
12:4818°12.9'S064°47.6'W19°00.6'S064°06.0'W18°36.6'S064°26.5'W 1.034 28° 59° 114 km 02m18.7s
12:5017°13.5'S063°14.3'W18°01.5'S062°31.7'W17°37.3'S062°52.8'W 1.034 30° 58° 116 km 02m23.2s
12:5216°17.1'S061°49.5'W17°05.4'S061°06.0'W16°41.1'S061°27.5'W 1.035 32° 58° 117 km 02m27.5s
12:5415°23.3'S060°31.5'W16°11.8'S059°47.2'W15°47.4'S060°09.1'W 1.035 34° 57° 119 km 02m31.5s
12:5614°31.7'S059°19.2'W15°20.5'S058°34.2'W14°55.9'S058°56.5'W 1.036 36° 56° 120 km 02m35.4s
12:5813°42.0'S058°11.8'W14°31.0'S057°26.1'W14°06.3'S057°48.7'W 1.036 38° 56° 122 km 02m39.1s
13:0012°53.9'S057°08.4'W13°43.2'S056°22.1'W13°18.4'S056°45.1'W 1.037 40° 55° 123 km 02m42.7s
13:0212°07.4'S056°08.7'W12°56.9'S055°21.8'W12°32.0'S055°45.1'W 1.037 41° 55° 124 km 02m46.1s
13:0411°22.1'S055°12.1'W12°11.9'S054°24.7'W11°46.9'S054°48.3'W 1.037 43° 54° 125 km 02m49.5s
13:0610°38.1'S054°18.2'W11°28.2'S053°30.4'W11°03.0'S053°54.2'W 1.038 45° 54° 127 km 02m52.7s
13:0809°55.2'S053°26.8'W10°45.5'S052°38.6'W10°20.2'S053°02.6'W 1.038 46° 53° 128 km 02m55.8s
13:1009°13.4'S052°37.6'W10°03.9'S051°49.0'W09°38.5'S052°13.2'W 1.038 47° 53° 129 km 02m58.8s
13:1208°32.4'S051°50.3'W09°23.2'S051°01.4'W08°57.7'S051°25.7'W 1.039 49° 52° 129 km 03m01.7s
13:1407°52.4'S051°04.8'W08°43.4'S050°15.6'W08°17.8'S050°40.1'W 1.039 50° 52° 130 km 03m04.5s
13:1607°13.1'S050°20.9'W08°04.4'S049°31.4'W07°38.7'S049°56.0'W 1.039 52° 51° 131 km 03m07.2s
13:1806°34.7'S049°38.4'W07°26.2'S048°48.6'W07°00.3'S049°13.4'W 1.039 53° 51° 132 km 03m09.9s
13:2005°56.9'S048°57.2'W06°48.7'S048°07.2'W06°22.7'S048°32.1'W 1.040 54° 50° 133 km 03m12.4s
13:2205°19.9'S048°17.2'W06°11.9'S047°27.0'W05°45.8'S047°52.0'W 1.040 56° 50° 133 km 03m14.9s
13:2404°43.5'S047°38.3'W05°35.7'S046°47.9'W05°09.5'S047°13.0'W 1.040 57° 49° 134 km 03m17.3s
13:2604°07.7'S047°00.3'W05°00.2'S046°09.8'W04°33.8'S046°35.0'W 1.040 58° 49° 135 km 03m19.6s
13:2803°32.4'S046°23.3'W04°25.2'S045°32.6'W03°58.7'S045°57.8'W 1.040 59° 48° 135 km 03m21.9s
13:3002°57.8'S045°47.0'W03°50.9'S044°56.2'W03°24.2'S045°21.5'W 1.041 61° 48° 136 km 03m24.0s
13:3202°23.7'S045°11.5'W03°17.0'S044°20.6'W02°50.2'S044°46.0'W 1.041 62° 47° 136 km 03m26.1s
13:3401°50.0'S044°36.7'W02°43.7'S043°45.7'W02°16.8'S044°11.1'W 1.041 63° 46° 137 km 03m28.1s
13:3601°16.9'S044°02.5'W02°10.8'S043°11.4'W01°43.8'S043°36.9'W 1.041 64° 46° 137 km 03m30.1s
13:3800°44.3'S043°28.8'W01°38.5'S042°37.7'W01°11.3'S043°03.1'W 1.041 65° 45° 138 km 03m32.0s
13:4000°12.1'S042°55.6'W01°06.6'S042°04.5'W00°39.3'S042°30.0'W 1.041 66° 44° 138 km 03m33.8s
13:4200°19.6'N042°22.9'W00°35.2'S041°31.7'W00°07.7'S041°57.2'W 1.041 67° 43° 139 km 03m35.5s
13:4400°50.9'N041°50.5'W00°04.2'S040°59.4'W00°23.5'N041°24.9'W 1.042 68° 42° 139 km 03m37.1s
13:4601°21.8'N041°18.5'W00°26.4'N040°27.4'W00°54.2'N040°52.9'W 1.042 70° 41° 139 km 03m38.7s
13:4801°52.3'N040°46.9'W00°56.6'N039°55.8'W01°24.5'N040°21.2'W 1.042 71° 40° 140 km 03m40.2s
13:5002°22.4'N040°15.5'W01°26.3'N039°24.4'W01°54.4'N039°49.9'W 1.042 72° 38° 140 km 03m41.6s
13:5202°52.1'N039°44.3'W01°55.7'N038°53.3'W02°24.0'N039°18.7'W 1.042 73° 37° 140 km 03m43.0s
13:5403°21.4'N039°13.3'W02°24.7'N038°22.5'W02°53.1'N038°47.8'W 1.042 74° 35° 141 km 03m44.3s
13:5603°50.3'N038°42.5'W02°53.3'N037°51.8'W03°21.9'N038°17.1'W 1.042 75° 33° 141 km 03m45.5s
13:5804°18.9'N038°11.8'W03°21.6'N037°21.2'W03°50.3'N037°46.4'W 1.042 76° 31° 141 km 03m46.6s
14:0004°47.1'N037°41.2'W03°49.4'N036°50.8'W04°18.3'N037°15.9'W 1.042 76° 28° 141 km 03m47.6s
14:0205°15.0'N037°10.7'W04°17.0'N036°20.4'W04°46.0'N036°45.5'W 1.042 77° 25° 142 km 03m48.6s
14:0405°42.5'N036°40.2'W04°44.1'N035°50.1'W05°13.4'N036°15.1'W 1.042 78° 22° 142 km 03m49.5s
14:0606°09.7'N036°09.7'W05°11.0'N035°19.8'W05°40.4'N035°44.7'W 1.042 79° 18° 142 km 03m50.3s
14:0806°36.5'N035°39.2'W05°37.4'N034°49.5'W06°07.0'N035°14.3'W 1.042 80° 14° 142 km 03m51.0s
14:1007°03.0'N035°08.7'W06°03.6'N034°19.2'W06°33.3'N034°43.9'W 1.042 80° 142 km 03m51.7s
14:1207°29.1'N034°38.0'W06°29.4'N033°48.8'W06°59.3'N034°13.4'W 1.042 81° 143 km 03m52.2s
14:1407°54.9'N034°07.3'W06°54.9'N033°18.3'W07°24.9'N033°42.8'W 1.042 81° 358° 143 km 03m52.7s
14:1608°20.4'N033°36.4'W07°20.0'N032°47.7'W07°50.2'N033°12.0'W 1.042 82° 351° 143 km 03m53.1s
14:1808°45.6'N033°05.4'W07°44.8'N032°17.0'W08°15.2'N032°41.1'W 1.042 82° 344° 143 km 03m53.4s
14:2009°10.4'N032°34.1'W08°09.3'N031°46.1'W08°39.9'N032°10.1'W 1.042 82° 336° 143 km 03m53.7s
14:2209°34.9'N032°02.7'W08°33.4'N031°15.0'W09°04.2'N031°38.8'W 1.042 82° 329° 143 km 03m53.8s
14:2409°59.1'N031°31.0'W08°57.2'N030°43.7'W09°28.2'N031°07.3'W 1.042 81° 322° 143 km 03m53.8s
14:2610°22.9'N030°59.0'W09°20.7'N030°12.1'W09°51.8'N030°35.6'W 1.042 81° 316° 143 km 03m53.8s
14:2810°46.4'N030°26.8'W09°43.9'N029°40.3'W10°15.2'N030°03.5'W 1.042 81° 310° 143 km 03m53.7s
14:3011°09.6'N029°54.2'W10°06.7'N029°08.2'W10°38.1'N029°31.2'W 1.042 80° 305° 143 km 03m53.5s
14:3211°32.4'N029°21.3'W10°29.2'N028°35.7'W11°00.8'N028°58.5'W 1.042 79° 300° 143 km 03m53.2s
14:3411°54.9'N028°48.0'W10°51.3'N028°02.9'W11°23.1'N028°25.4'W 1.042 79° 296° 143 km 03m52.8s
14:3612°17.0'N028°14.3'W11°13.2'N027°29.7'W11°45.1'N027°52.0'W 1.042 78° 293° 143 km 03m52.3s
14:3812°38.8'N027°40.1'W11°34.6'N026°56.1'W12°06.7'N027°18.1'W 1.042 77° 290° 143 km 03m51.7s
14:4013°00.3'N027°05.5'W11°55.8'N026°22.0'W12°28.0'N026°43.7'W 1.042 76° 287° 143 km 03m51.0s
14:4213°21.3'N026°30.4'W12°16.5'N025°47.4'W12°48.9'N026°08.9'W 1.042 75° 285° 142 km 03m50.2s
14:4413°42.1'N025°54.7'W12°37.0'N025°12.4'W13°09.5'N025°33.6'W 1.042 74° 283° 142 km 03m49.4s
14:4614°02.4'N025°18.5'W12°57.0'N024°36.8'W13°29.7'N024°57.7'W 1.042 73° 281° 142 km 03m48.4s
14:4814°22.4'N024°41.7'W13°16.7'N024°00.7'W13°49.5'N024°21.2'W 1.042 72° 280° 142 km 03m47.3s
14:5014°42.0'N024°04.2'W13°36.1'N023°23.9'W14°09.0'N023°44.1'W 1.041 71° 279° 141 km 03m46.2s
14:5215°01.2'N023°26.1'W13°55.0'N022°46.5'W14°28.1'N023°06.3'W 1.041 70° 278° 141 km 03m44.9s
14:5415°19.9'N022°47.3'W14°13.5'N022°08.4'W14°46.7'N022°27.9'W 1.041 69° 277° 141 km 03m43.6s
14:5615°38.3'N022°07.7'W14°31.7'N021°29.5'W15°05.0'N021°48.7'W 1.041 68° 276° 140 km 03m42.1s
14:5815°56.3'N021°27.3'W14°49.4'N020°50.0'W15°22.8'N021°08.7'W 1.041 67° 275° 140 km 03m40.5s
15:0016°13.8'N020°46.1'W15°06.8'N020°09.6'W15°40.2'N020°27.9'W 1.041 66° 275° 139 km 03m38.9s
15:0216°30.8'N020°04.0'W15°23.6'N019°28.3'W15°57.2'N019°46.2'W 1.041 65° 274° 139 km 03m37.1s
15:0416°47.4'N019°21.0'W15°40.1'N018°46.1'W16°13.7'N019°03.6'W 1.040 64° 274° 138 km 03m35.3s
15:0617°03.5'N018°37.0'W15°56.0'N018°03.0'W16°29.8'N018°20.0'W 1.040 62° 274° 138 km 03m33.3s
15:0817°19.1'N017°51.9'W16°11.5'N017°18.8'W16°45.3'N017°35.4'W 1.040 61° 273° 137 km 03m31.2s
15:1017°34.2'N017°05.7'W16°26.5'N016°33.6'W17°00.4'N016°49.7'W 1.040 60° 273° 137 km 03m29.1s
15:1217°48.8'N016°18.3'W16°41.0'N015°47.1'W17°14.9'N016°02.8'W 1.040 59° 273° 136 km 03m26.8s
15:1418°02.8'N015°29.6'W16°55.0'N014°59.5'W17°28.8'N015°14.7'W 1.039 58° 273° 135 km 03m24.4s
15:1618°16.2'N014°39.7'W17°08.4'N014°10.6'W17°42.2'N014°25.2'W 1.039 56° 273° 134 km 03m21.9s
15:1818°28.9'N013°48.3'W17°21.1'N013°20.2'W17°55.0'N013°34.4'W 1.039 55° 273° 133 km 03m19.3s
15:2018°41.0'N012°55.3'W17°33.3'N012°28.4'W18°07.1'N012°42.0'W 1.039 54° 273° 133 km 03m16.7s
15:2218°52.5'N012°00.8'W17°44.8'N011°34.9'W18°18.6'N011°48.0'W 1.038 52° 273° 132 km 03m13.8s
15:2419°03.2'N011°04.5'W17°55.7'N010°39.8'W18°29.4'N010°52.3'W 1.038 51° 273° 131 km 03m10.9s
15:2619°13.1'N010°06.3'W18°05.8'N009°42.7'W18°39.4'N009°54.7'W 1.038 50° 273° 130 km 03m07.9s
15:2819°22.2'N009°06.1'W18°15.1'N008°43.7'W18°48.6'N008°55.1'W 1.038 48° 273° 128 km 03m04.8s
15:3019°30.5'N008°03.7'W18°23.6'N007°42.5'W18°57.0'N007°53.3'W 1.037 47° 274° 127 km 03m01.5s
15:3219°37.8'N006°58.9'W18°31.2'N006°39.0'W19°04.4'N006°49.1'W 1.037 45° 274° 126 km 02m58.1s
15:3419°44.1'N005°51.4'W18°37.8'N005°32.8'W19°10.9'N005°42.3'W 1.037 44° 274° 125 km 02m54.6s
15:3619°49.3'N004°41.1'W18°43.3'N004°23.8'W19°16.3'N004°32.7'W 1.036 42° 275° 124 km 02m51.0s
15:3819°53.2'N003°27.6'W18°47.8'N003°11.6'W19°20.5'N003°19.8'W 1.036 41° 275° 122 km 02m47.3s
15:4019°55.9'N002°10.5'W18°50.9'N001°55.8'W19°23.4'N002°03.4'W 1.035 39° 275° 121 km 02m43.3s
15:4219°57.1'N000°49.4'W18°52.7'N000°36.1'W19°24.9'N000°43.0'W 1.035 37° 276° 119 km 02m39.3s
15:4419°56.6'N000°36.3'E18°52.8'N000°48.2'E19°24.7'N000°41.9'E 1.035 36° 276° 117 km 02m35.1s
15:4619°54.2'N002°07.2'E18°51.2'N002°17.7'E19°22.7'N002°12.1'E 1.034 34° 277° 116 km 02m30.7s
15:4819°49.7'N003°44.2'E18°47.5'N003°53.3'E19°18.6'N003°48.4'E 1.033 32° 278° 114 km 02m26.1s
15:5019°42.7'N005°28.6'E18°41.4'N005°36.2'E19°12.1'N005°32.1'E 1.033 30° 278° 112 km 02m21.2s
15:5219°32.6'N007°22.0'E18°32.3'N007°28.1'E19°02.5'N007°24.7'E 1.032 27° 279° 110 km 02m16.1s
15:5419°18.7'N009°26.6'E18°19.6'N009°31.3'E18°49.2'N009°28.5'E 1.032 25° 280° 107 km 02m10.6s
15:5618°59.9'N011°46.1'E18°02.2'N011°49.3'E18°31.1'N011°47.3'E 1.031 22° 280° 105 km 02m04.7s
15:5818°34.4'N014°26.7'E17°38.3'N014°28.3'E18°06.4'N014°27.0'E 1.030 19° 281° 101 km 01m58.2s
16:0017°58.4'N017°40.0'E17°04.2'N017°40.2'E17°31.4'N017°39.5'E 1.029 16° 282° 98 km 01m50.8s
16:0217°02.6'N021°57.1'E16°11.0'N021°56.2'E16°37.0'N021°55.8'E 1.027 11° 284° 93 km 01m41.6s
Limits14°11.1'N032°37.3'E13°28.7'N032°24.4'E13°49.9'N032°30.8'E 1.024 - 82 km 01m21.9s

ΔT = 3894.2 seconds

Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration
Event Time
TD
Time
UT1
Latitude Longitude Sun
Altitude
Sun
Azimuth
Path Width Central
Duration
Greatest Eclipse15:24:29.714:19:35.508°34.9'N048°32.6'W 81.8° 337.9° 143.0 km03m53.61s
Greatest Duration15:29:05.714:24:11.509°30.5'N031°04.3'W 81.4° 321.5° 143.2 km03m53.84s

Explanation of Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration

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Eclipse Predictions

Predictions for the Total Solar Eclipse of 2953 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 3894.2 seconds for this eclipse. The uncertainty in ΔT is 855.9 seconds corresponding to a standard error in longitude of the eclipse path of ± 3.58°.

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