Path of the Total Solar Eclipse of 2971 May 15

Fred Espenak

Introduction

The following table delineates the path of the Moon's umbral shadow during the Total Solar Eclipse of 2971 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 2971 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
Limits28°35.9'S154°49.2'E29°28.0'S155°11.8'E29°01.9'S155°00.5'E 1.030 - 103 km 01m43.8s
20:2227°07.6'S158°43.9'E28°14.7'S158°33.2'E27°39.7'S158°42.6'E 1.032 66° 107 km 01m50.1s
20:2423°54.0'S166°10.0'E24°50.9'S166°37.4'E24°22.0'S166°24.6'E 1.034 12° 63° 115 km 02m05.5s
20:2621°59.1'S170°00.2'E22°55.5'S170°33.9'E22°27.0'S170°17.7'E 1.035 16° 61° 119 km 02m14.6s
20:2820°26.8'S172°50.8'E21°23.2'S173°27.9'E20°54.7'S173°09.8'E 1.036 20° 60° 122 km 02m21.9s
20:3019°06.7'S175°09.7'E20°03.3'S175°49.2'E19°34.7'S175°29.9'E 1.037 23° 59° 125 km 02m28.4s
20:3217°54.7'S177°08.3'E18°51.6'S177°49.6'E18°22.9'S177°29.3'E 1.038 25° 58° 128 km 02m34.2s
20:3416°48.6'S178°52.5'E17°45.7'S179°35.3'E17°16.9'S179°14.2'E 1.039 28° 57° 130 km 02m39.6s
20:3615°47.0'S179°34.2'W16°44.4'S178°50.1'W16°15.5'S179°11.8'W 1.039 30° 56° 132 km 02m44.6s
20:3814°49.0'S178°09.3'W15°46.7'S177°24.2'W15°17.7'S177°46.4'W 1.040 32° 55° 134 km 02m49.3s
20:4013°54.1'S176°51.2'W14°52.1'S176°05.2'W14°22.9'S176°28.0'W 1.040 34° 55° 135 km 02m53.9s
20:4213°01.7'S175°38.8'W14°00.1'S174°52.1'W13°30.7'S175°15.2'W 1.041 36° 54° 137 km 02m58.2s
20:4412°11.6'S174°31.2'W13°10.2'S173°43.7'W12°40.7'S174°07.2'W 1.041 37° 54° 138 km 03m02.3s
20:4611°23.4'S173°27.7'W12°22.3'S172°39.6'W11°52.7'S173°03.4'W 1.042 39° 53° 139 km 03m06.3s
20:4810°36.9'S172°27.6'W11°36.2'S171°39.0'W11°06.4'S172°03.1'W 1.042 41° 53° 141 km 03m10.2s
20:5009°52.0'S171°30.7'W10°51.6'S170°41.5'W10°21.6'S171°05.9'W 1.042 42° 52° 142 km 03m13.9s
20:5209°08.5'S170°36.4'W10°08.4'S169°46.8'W09°38.3'S170°11.4'W 1.043 44° 51° 143 km 03m17.5s
20:5408°26.2'S169°44.5'W09°26.5'S168°54.5'W08°56.2'S169°19.3'W 1.043 45° 51° 144 km 03m21.0s
20:5607°45.2'S168°54.7'W08°45.8'S168°04.4'W08°15.3'S168°29.4'W 1.043 47° 50° 145 km 03m24.4s
20:5807°05.2'S168°06.8'W08°06.1'S167°16.2'W07°35.5'S167°41.3'W 1.044 48° 50° 146 km 03m27.7s
21:0006°26.3'S167°20.6'W07°27.5'S166°29.7'W06°56.7'S166°55.0'W 1.044 50° 49° 147 km 03m30.8s
21:0205°48.2'S166°35.9'W06°49.8'S165°44.8'W06°18.9'S166°10.2'W 1.044 51° 49° 148 km 03m33.9s
21:0405°11.1'S165°52.6'W06°13.1'S165°01.3'W05°41.9'S165°26.8'W 1.044 52° 48° 148 km 03m36.9s
21:0604°34.8'S165°10.6'W05°37.1'S164°19.0'W05°05.8'S164°44.7'W 1.045 54° 48° 149 km 03m39.8s
21:0803°59.3'S164°29.7'W05°02.0'S163°38.0'W04°30.5'S164°03.7'W 1.045 55° 47° 150 km 03m42.6s
21:1003°24.6'S163°49.8'W04°27.6'S162°57.9'W03°55.9'S163°23.7'W 1.045 56° 46° 151 km 03m45.4s
21:1202°50.5'S163°10.8'W03°53.9'S162°18.9'W03°22.1'S162°44.7'W 1.045 57° 46° 151 km 03m48.0s
21:1402°17.1'S162°32.7'W03°20.9'S161°40.7'W02°48.9'S162°06.5'W 1.046 59° 45° 152 km 03m50.6s
21:1601°44.4'S161°55.3'W02°48.5'S161°03.3'W02°16.3'S161°29.2'W 1.046 60° 44° 153 km 03m53.1s
21:1801°12.3'S161°18.7'W02°16.8'S160°26.6'W01°44.4'S160°52.5'W 1.046 61° 44° 153 km 03m55.5s
21:2000°40.8'S160°42.6'W01°45.6'S159°50.5'W01°13.1'S160°16.5'W 1.046 62° 43° 154 km 03m57.8s
21:2200°09.8'S160°07.2'W01°15.1'S159°15.1'W00°42.4'S159°41.0'W 1.046 63° 42° 154 km 04m00.0s
21:2400°20.5'N159°32.2'W00°45.1'S158°40.2'W00°12.2'S159°06.1'W 1.046 64° 41° 155 km 04m02.2s
21:2600°50.4'N158°57.7'W00°15.7'S158°05.7'W00°17.5'N158°31.6'W 1.046 65° 40° 155 km 04m04.3s
21:2801°19.7'N158°23.6'W00°13.3'N157°31.7'W00°46.6'N157°57.6'W 1.047 66° 39° 156 km 04m06.2s
21:3001°48.5'N157°49.9'W00°41.7'N156°58.1'W01°15.2'N157°23.9'W 1.047 67° 37° 156 km 04m08.1s
21:3202°16.8'N157°16.5'W01°09.6'N156°24.8'W01°43.3'N156°50.6'W 1.047 68° 36° 157 km 04m10.0s
21:3402°44.7'N156°43.4'W01°37.0'N155°51.9'W02°10.9'N156°17.5'W 1.047 69° 35° 157 km 04m11.7s
21:3603°12.0'N156°10.6'W02°04.0'N155°19.1'W02°38.1'N155°44.7'W 1.047 70° 33° 157 km 04m13.3s
21:3803°38.9'N155°37.9'W02°30.5'N154°46.7'W03°04.8'N155°12.2'W 1.047 71° 31° 158 km 04m14.9s
21:4004°05.4'N155°05.4'W02°56.5'N154°14.4'W03°31.0'N154°39.8'W 1.047 72° 29° 158 km 04m16.4s
21:4204°31.4'N154°33.0'W03°22.1'N153°42.2'W03°56.8'N154°07.5'W 1.047 73° 27° 159 km 04m17.8s
21:4404°57.0'N154°00.8'W03°47.2'N153°10.3'W04°22.2'N153°35.4'W 1.047 74° 24° 159 km 04m19.1s
21:4605°22.1'N153°28.6'W04°11.9'N152°38.4'W04°47.1'N153°03.4'W 1.047 75° 22° 159 km 04m20.3s
21:4805°46.8'N152°56.5'W04°36.2'N152°06.5'W05°11.6'N152°31.4'W 1.047 75° 19° 159 km 04m21.4s
21:5006°11.1'N152°24.4'W05°00.1'N151°34.7'W05°35.7'N151°59.5'W 1.047 76° 15° 160 km 04m22.4s
21:5206°35.0'N151°52.3'W05°23.6'N151°02.9'W05°59.3'N151°27.5'W 1.048 77° 12° 160 km 04m23.3s
21:5406°58.4'N151°20.1'W05°46.6'N150°31.1'W06°22.6'N150°55.6'W 1.048 77° 160 km 04m24.2s
21:5607°21.5'N150°47.9'W06°09.2'N149°59.3'W06°45.4'N150°23.5'W 1.048 78° 160 km 04m24.9s
21:5807°44.1'N150°15.6'W06°31.5'N149°27.4'W07°07.8'N149°51.4'W 1.048 78° 359° 161 km 04m25.6s
22:0008°06.3'N149°43.2'W06°53.3'N148°55.4'W07°29.9'N149°19.2'W 1.048 78° 354° 161 km 04m26.1s
22:0208°28.2'N149°10.6'W07°14.7'N148°23.3'W07°51.5'N148°46.9'W 1.048 79° 349° 161 km 04m26.6s
22:0408°49.6'N148°37.9'W07°35.7'N147°51.0'W08°12.7'N148°14.4'W 1.048 79° 344° 161 km 04m26.9s
22:0609°10.6'N148°05.0'W07°56.3'N147°18.6'W08°33.5'N147°41.7'W 1.048 79° 338° 161 km 04m27.1s
22:0809°31.2'N147°31.8'W08°16.6'N146°45.9'W08°53.9'N147°08.8'W 1.048 79° 333° 161 km 04m27.3s
22:1009°51.4'N146°58.5'W08°36.4'N146°13.1'W09°13.9'N146°35.7'W 1.048 78° 328° 161 km 04m27.3s
22:1210°11.2'N146°24.8'W08°55.8'N145°40.0'W09°33.5'N146°02.4'W 1.047 78° 323° 161 km 04m27.2s
22:1410°30.6'N145°50.9'W09°14.8'N145°06.7'W09°52.7'N145°28.7'W 1.047 78° 319° 161 km 04m27.1s
22:1610°49.5'N145°16.6'W09°33.4'N144°33.0'W10°11.5'N144°54.8'W 1.047 77° 315° 161 km 04m26.8s
22:1811°08.1'N144°42.0'W09°51.6'N143°59.0'W10°29.8'N144°20.5'W 1.047 77° 311° 161 km 04m26.4s
22:2011°26.2'N144°07.0'W10°09.3'N143°24.7'W10°47.8'N143°45.8'W 1.047 76° 307° 161 km 04m25.9s
22:2211°43.9'N143°31.7'W10°26.7'N142°50.0'W11°05.3'N143°10.8'W 1.047 75° 304° 161 km 04m25.3s
22:2412°01.1'N142°55.9'W10°43.6'N142°14.9'W11°22.4'N142°35.4'W 1.047 74° 301° 161 km 04m24.6s
22:2612°18.0'N142°19.6'W11°00.2'N141°39.4'W11°39.1'N141°59.5'W 1.047 74° 299° 161 km 04m23.7s
22:2812°34.3'N141°42.9'W11°16.2'N141°03.4'W11°55.3'N141°23.2'W 1.047 73° 297° 161 km 04m22.8s
22:3012°50.3'N141°05.6'W11°31.9'N140°26.9'W12°11.1'N140°46.3'W 1.047 72° 295° 161 km 04m21.7s
22:3213°05.7'N140°27.9'W11°47.1'N139°49.9'W12°26.4'N140°08.9'W 1.047 71° 293° 160 km 04m20.5s
22:3413°20.7'N139°49.5'W12°01.8'N139°12.4'W12°41.3'N139°31.0'W 1.047 70° 291° 160 km 04m19.3s
22:3613°35.2'N139°10.5'W12°16.1'N138°34.3'W12°55.7'N138°52.4'W 1.047 69° 290° 160 km 04m17.9s
22:3813°49.2'N138°30.9'W12°29.9'N137°55.5'W13°09.6'N138°13.3'W 1.046 68° 289° 159 km 04m16.3s
22:4014°02.7'N137°50.6'W12°43.2'N137°16.1'W13°23.0'N137°33.4'W 1.046 67° 287° 159 km 04m14.7s
22:4214°15.7'N137°09.6'W12°56.1'N136°36.0'W13°35.9'N136°52.9'W 1.046 66° 286° 158 km 04m13.0s
22:4414°28.2'N136°27.9'W13°08.4'N135°55.2'W13°48.3'N136°11.6'W 1.046 65° 286° 158 km 04m11.1s
22:4614°40.1'N135°45.3'W13°20.2'N135°13.6'W14°00.2'N135°29.5'W 1.046 64° 285° 157 km 04m09.1s
22:4814°51.5'N135°01.9'W13°31.5'N134°31.1'W14°11.5'N134°46.6'W 1.046 63° 284° 157 km 04m07.0s
22:5015°02.3'N134°17.5'W13°42.2'N133°47.8'W14°22.2'N134°02.8'W 1.046 62° 284° 156 km 04m04.8s
22:5215°12.5'N133°32.3'W13°52.3'N133°03.5'W14°32.4'N133°18.0'W 1.045 61° 283° 156 km 04m02.5s
22:5415°22.0'N132°46.0'W14°01.9'N132°18.3'W14°41.9'N132°32.3'W 1.045 60° 283° 155 km 04m00.1s
22:5615°30.9'N131°58.6'W14°10.8'N131°32.0'W14°50.9'N131°45.5'W 1.045 58° 282° 154 km 03m57.5s
22:5815°39.2'N131°10.1'W14°19.1'N130°44.6'W14°59.1'N130°57.5'W 1.045 57° 282° 153 km 03m54.8s
23:0015°46.8'N130°20.4'W14°26.8'N129°56.0'W15°06.7'N130°08.4'W 1.044 56° 282° 152 km 03m52.0s
23:0215°53.6'N129°29.4'W14°33.7'N129°06.1'W15°13.6'N129°17.9'W 1.044 55° 282° 152 km 03m49.1s
23:0415°59.6'N128°37.1'W14°39.9'N128°14.8'W15°19.8'N128°26.1'W 1.044 53° 281° 151 km 03m46.1s
23:0616°04.9'N127°43.2'W14°45.4'N127°22.1'W15°25.1'N127°32.9'W 1.044 52° 281° 150 km 03m43.0s
23:0816°09.3'N126°47.8'W14°50.0'N126°27.8'W15°29.6'N126°38.0'W 1.043 51° 281° 149 km 03m39.7s
23:1016°12.8'N125°50.6'W14°53.8'N125°31.9'W15°33.3'N125°41.5'W 1.043 49° 281° 148 km 03m36.3s
23:1216°15.4'N124°51.6'W14°56.6'N124°34.0'W15°36.0'N124°43.1'W 1.043 48° 281° 146 km 03m32.8s
23:1416°16.9'N123°50.6'W14°58.5'N123°34.2'W15°37.7'N123°42.7'W 1.043 47° 281° 145 km 03m29.2s
23:1616°17.4'N122°47.4'W14°59.4'N122°32.2'W15°38.4'N122°40.1'W 1.042 45° 281° 144 km 03m25.4s
23:1816°16.7'N121°41.7'W14°59.1'N121°27.8'W15°37.9'N121°35.1'W 1.042 44° 282° 143 km 03m21.5s
23:2016°14.7'N120°33.5'W14°57.7'N120°20.7'W15°36.2'N120°27.4'W 1.042 42° 282° 141 km 03m17.5s
23:2216°11.4'N119°22.3'W14°54.9'N119°10.7'W15°33.2'N119°16.8'W 1.041 41° 282° 140 km 03m13.3s
23:2416°06.5'N118°07.8'W14°50.6'N117°57.4'W15°28.6'N118°03.0'W 1.041 39° 282° 138 km 03m09.0s
23:2616°00.0'N116°49.6'W14°44.8'N116°40.5'W15°22.4'N116°45.4'W 1.040 37° 282° 137 km 03m04.5s
23:2815°51.6'N115°27.1'W14°37.1'N115°19.2'W15°14.4'N115°23.6'W 1.040 35° 283° 135 km 02m59.8s
23:3015°41.1'N113°59.8'W14°27.4'N113°53.1'W15°04.3'N113°56.9'W 1.039 34° 283° 133 km 02m54.9s
23:3215°28.1'N112°26.8'W14°15.3'N112°21.2'W14°51.8'N112°24.4'W 1.039 32° 283° 131 km 02m49.9s
23:3415°12.3'N110°46.8'W14°00.5'N110°42.4'W14°36.4'N110°45.1'W 1.038 30° 284° 129 km 02m44.5s
23:3614°53.0'N108°58.5'W13°42.3'N108°55.1'W14°17.7'N108°57.3'W 1.038 27° 284° 127 km 02m38.9s
23:3814°29.5'N106°59.6'W13°19.9'N106°57.1'W13°54.8'N106°58.9'W 1.037 25° 285° 125 km 02m32.9s
23:4014°00.4'N104°46.6'W12°52.2'N104°45.0'W13°26.4'N104°46.4'W 1.036 22° 285° 122 km 02m26.5s
23:4213°23.7'N102°13.8'W12°17.0'N102°12.7'W12°50.5'N102°13.9'W 1.035 19° 286° 119 km 02m19.3s
23:4412°35.3'N099°09.8'W11°30.2'N099°08.8'W12°02.9'N099°10.1'W 1.034 16° 287° 115 km 02m11.2s
23:4611°24.7'N095°05.6'W10°21.2'N095°02.6'W10°53.2'N095°05.1'W 1.033 11° 288° 111 km 02m01.2s
Limits08°00.9'N084°47.8'W07°09.8'N085°04.6'W07°35.3'N084°56.3'W 1.029 - 99 km 01m39.8s

ΔT = 4036.0 seconds

Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration
Event Time
TD
Time
UT1
Latitude Longitude Sun
Altitude
Sun
Azimuth
Path Width Central
Duration
Greatest Eclipse23:12:06.322:04:50.308°21.5'N164°52.5'W 78.7° 341.5° 161.2 km04m27.01s
Greatest Duration23:16:55.422:09:39.409°10.5'N146°41.4'W 78.4° 328.9° 161.4 km04m27.31s

Explanation of Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration

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Eclipse Predictions

Predictions for the Total Solar Eclipse of 2971 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 4036.0 seconds for this eclipse. The uncertainty in ΔT is 883.0 seconds corresponding to a standard error in longitude of the eclipse path of ± 3.69°.

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