Path of the Total Solar Eclipse of -0072 May 08

Fred Espenak

Introduction

The following table delineates the path of the Moon's umbral shadow during the Total Solar Eclipse of -0072 May 08 . 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 -0072 May 08
UT1 Northern Limit Southern Limit Central Line M:S Sun Sun Path Central
Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Ratio Alt. Azm. Width Duration
Limits40°49.5'N015°11.0'E38°08.8'N017°37.6'E39°28.0'N016°26.6'E 1.058 - 352 km 02m47.5s
03:54 - - 43°20.9'N032°08.2'E42°52.7'N026°16.5'E 1.061 76° 375 km 03m05.2s
03:5643°57.5'N024°03.5'E44°40.4'N035°10.3'E44°34.1'N030°22.4'E 1.062 12° 79° 382 km 03m13.4s
03:5845°44.4'N028°19.8'E45°50.4'N037°42.6'E45°56.0'N033°26.4'E 1.063 15° 82° 387 km 03m19.7s
04:0047°09.6'N031°28.1'E46°54.3'N039°56.5'E47°08.0'N035°59.9'E 1.063 17° 84° 391 km 03m25.0s
04:0248°24.1'N034°03.8'E47°54.0'N041°57.8'E48°13.7'N038°14.7'E 1.064 19° 86° 393 km 03m29.7s
04:0449°31.9'N036°19.9'E48°50.3'N043°49.8'E49°15.0'N040°16.6'E 1.065 21° 89° 395 km 03m33.9s
04:0650°35.1'N038°22.9'E49°44.0'N045°34.8'E50°12.9'N042°09.2'E 1.065 22° 91° 396 km 03m37.8s
04:0851°34.8'N040°16.4'E50°35.6'N047°14.5'E51°08.1'N043°54.9'E 1.065 24° 93° 396 km 03m41.4s
04:1052°31.8'N042°02.8'E51°25.4'N048°50.0'E52°01.2'N045°35.3'E 1.066 25° 95° 396 km 03m44.6s
04:1253°26.5'N043°43.9'E52°13.6'N050°22.2'E52°52.4'N047°11.5'E 1.066 26° 97° 396 km 03m47.7s
04:1454°19.4'N045°21.0'E53°00.5'N051°51.8'E53°42.1'N048°44.5'E 1.066 27° 100° 396 km 03m50.5s
04:1655°10.7'N046°54.8'E53°46.2'N053°19.4'E54°30.4'N050°15.1'E 1.067 28° 102° 395 km 03m53.2s
04:1856°00.6'N048°26.3'E54°30.8'N054°45.4'E55°17.5'N051°43.8'E 1.067 29° 104° 395 km 03m55.7s
04:2056°49.4'N049°56.0'E55°14.4'N056°10.4'E56°03.6'N053°11.1'E 1.067 30° 106° 394 km 03m58.0s
04:2257°37.0'N051°24.6'E55°57.2'N057°34.7'E56°48.6'N054°37.5'E 1.068 31° 108° 393 km 04m00.1s
04:2458°23.7'N052°52.4'E56°39.1'N058°58.6'E57°32.8'N056°03.4'E 1.068 31° 110° 392 km 04m02.1s
04:2659°09.5'N054°19.8'E57°20.3'N060°22.4'E58°16.2'N057°29.1'E 1.068 32° 113° 391 km 04m04.0s
04:2859°54.6'N055°47.4'E58°00.7'N061°46.5'E58°58.8'N058°55.1'E 1.068 33° 115° 390 km 04m05.7s
04:3060°38.8'N057°15.4'E58°40.5'N063°11.0'E59°40.8'N060°21.4'E 1.068 33° 117° 389 km 04m07.3s
04:3261°22.4'N058°44.2'E59°19.6'N064°36.3'E60°22.0'N061°48.6'E 1.068 34° 120° 388 km 04m08.7s
04:3462°05.3'N060°14.1'E59°58.1'N066°02.6'E61°02.6'N063°16.9'E 1.068 34° 122° 387 km 04m10.0s
04:3662°47.6'N061°45.5'E60°35.9'N067°30.2'E61°42.6'N064°46.5'E 1.069 35° 125° 385 km 04m11.2s
04:3863°29.2'N063°18.7'E61°13.2'N068°59.2'E62°21.9'N066°17.8'E 1.069 35° 127° 384 km 04m12.3s
04:4064°10.3'N064°54.1'E61°49.8'N070°29.9'E63°00.7'N067°51.1'E 1.069 36° 130° 383 km 04m13.2s
04:4264°50.8'N066°31.9'E62°25.9'N072°02.7'E63°38.8'N069°26.6'E 1.069 36° 133° 382 km 04m14.0s
04:4465°30.6'N068°12.7'E63°01.3'N073°37.7'E64°16.3'N071°04.6'E 1.069 36° 135° 381 km 04m14.7s
04:4666°09.8'N069°56.7'E63°36.2'N075°15.2'E64°53.2'N072°45.5'E 1.069 36° 138° 380 km 04m15.2s
04:4866°48.4'N071°44.5'E64°10.4'N076°55.5'E65°29.5'N074°29.7'E 1.069 36° 141° 379 km 04m15.7s
04:5067°26.4'N073°36.3'E64°43.9'N078°38.9'E66°05.1'N076°17.3'E 1.069 36° 144° 378 km 04m16.0s
04:5268°03.6'N075°32.8'E65°16.8'N080°25.6'E66°40.0'N078°08.9'E 1.069 37° 147° 377 km 04m16.2s
04:5468°40.1'N077°34.3'E65°48.9'N082°15.9'E67°14.2'N080°04.8'E 1.069 37° 150° 376 km 04m16.2s
04:5669°15.9'N079°41.4'E66°20.3'N084°10.2'E67°47.6'N082°05.4'E 1.069 37° 153° 375 km 04m16.2s
04:5869°50.7'N081°54.6'E66°50.8'N086°08.8'E68°20.2'N084°11.1'E 1.069 36° 156° 374 km 04m16.0s
05:0070°24.6'N084°14.6'E67°20.5'N088°12.0'E68°51.8'N086°22.3'E 1.069 36° 160° 374 km 04m15.7s
05:0270°57.5'N086°41.9'E67°49.3'N090°20.1'E69°22.5'N088°39.5'E 1.069 36° 163° 373 km 04m15.3s
05:0471°29.2'N089°17.3'E68°17.1'N092°33.5'E69°52.1'N091°03.2'E 1.069 36° 167° 372 km 04m14.7s
05:0671°59.7'N092°01.2'E68°43.8'N094°52.5'E70°20.5'N093°33.8'E 1.069 36° 170° 371 km 04m14.1s
05:0872°28.7'N094°54.5'E69°09.3'N097°17.5'E70°47.7'N096°11.7'E 1.069 35° 174° 371 km 04m13.3s
05:1072°56.1'N097°57.8'E69°33.5'N099°48.9'E71°13.4'N098°57.6'E 1.069 35° 178° 370 km 04m12.3s
05:1273°21.8'N101°11.7'E69°56.4'N102°26.9'E71°37.5'N101°51.6'E 1.068 35° 182° 370 km 04m11.3s
05:1473°45.4'N104°36.7'E70°17.7'N105°11.8'E71°59.9'N104°54.4'E 1.068 34° 186° 369 km 04m10.1s
05:1674°06.7'N108°13.3'E70°37.3'N108°04.0'E72°20.3'N108°06.2'E 1.068 34° 190° 369 km 04m08.7s
05:1874°25.5'N112°01.8'E70°55.2'N111°03.6'E72°38.6'N111°27.3'E 1.068 33° 194° 368 km 04m07.3s
05:2074°41.5'N116°02.3'E71°11.0'N114°10.9'E72°54.6'N114°57.9'E 1.068 33° 199° 368 km 04m05.7s
05:2274°54.3'N120°14.8'E71°24.6'N117°26.0'E73°08.0'N118°38.0'E 1.068 32° 204° 368 km 04m03.9s
05:2475°03.7'N124°38.8'E71°35.9'N120°48.9'E73°18.5'N122°27.6'E 1.067 31° 208° 367 km 04m02.0s
05:2675°09.1'N129°13.7'E71°44.6'N124°19.7'E73°25.9'N126°26.4'E 1.067 30° 213° 367 km 03m59.9s
05:2875°10.3'N133°58.6'E71°50.4'N127°58.1'E73°29.9'N130°34.1'E 1.067 30° 218° 367 km 03m57.7s
05:3075°07.0'N138°52.2'E71°53.2'N131°44.1'E73°30.1'N134°50.2'E 1.067 29° 223° 367 km 03m55.3s
05:3274°58.6'N143°53.2'E71°52.6'N135°37.4'E73°26.3'N139°13.9'E 1.066 28° 229° 366 km 03m52.8s
05:3474°44.7'N149°00.2'E71°48.4'N139°37.8'E73°18.1'N143°44.7'E 1.066 27° 234° 366 km 03m50.0s
05:3674°25.1'N154°11.9'E71°40.2'N143°44.8'E73°05.0'N148°21.9'E 1.066 26° 239° 366 km 03m47.0s
05:3873°59.0'N159°27.4'E71°27.7'N147°58.4'E72°46.8'N153°04.8'E 1.065 24° 245° 366 km 03m43.9s
05:4073°25.8'N164°46.5'E71°10.6'N152°18.5'E72°22.8'N157°53.4'E 1.065 23° 250° 366 km 03m40.4s
05:4272°44.8'N170°09.5'E70°48.2'N156°45.1'E71°52.5'N162°47.7'E 1.065 22° 256° 366 km 03m36.7s
05:4471°54.7'N175°38.8'E70°20.0'N161°18.9'E71°15.0'N167°48.8'E 1.064 20° 262° 365 km 03m32.6s
05:4670°53.3'N178°41.2'W69°45.1'N166°01.2'E70°29.0'N172°58.7'E 1.064 18° 267° 365 km 03m28.1s
05:4869°36.9'N172°41.3'W69°02.4'N170°54.3'E69°32.6'N178°22.1'E 1.063 16° 273° 365 km 03m23.2s
05:5067°57.1'N165°59.3'W68°09.9'N176°02.8'E68°22.4'N175°52.4'W 1.062 14° 279° 364 km 03m17.4s
05:5265°25.7'N157°18.5'W67°04.5'N178°24.8'W66°51.0'N169°24.9'W 1.061 11° 286° 362 km 03m10.5s
05:54 - - 65°39.2'N172°09.5'W64°35.2'N161°10.6'W 1.060 294° 359 km 03m01.1s
Limits61°51.9'N146°43.5'W59°31.8'N151°09.5'W60°41.3'N149°02.6'W 1.058 - 351 km 02m46.6s

ΔT = 11264.8 seconds

Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration
Event Time
TD
Time
UT1
Latitude Longitude Sun
Altitude
Sun
Azimuth
Path Width Central
Duration
Greatest Eclipse08:01:32.104:53:47.367°10.7'N032°48.5'E 36.6° 149.6° 376.2 km04m16.24s
Greatest Duration08:01:51.004:54:06.267°16.0'N080°10.9'E 36.6° 150.1° 376.1 km04m16.25s

Explanation of Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration

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Eclipse Predictions

Predictions for the Total Solar Eclipse of -0072 May 08 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 11264.8 seconds for this eclipse. The uncertainty in ΔT is 286.3 seconds corresponding to a standard error in longitude of the eclipse path of ± 1.20°.

Acknowledgments

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

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