Path of the Total Solar Eclipse of -0081 May 18

Fred Espenak

Introduction

The following table delineates the path of the Moon's umbral shadow during the Total Solar Eclipse of -0081 May 18 . 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 -0081 May 18
UT1 Northern Limit Southern Limit Central Line M:S Sun Sun Path Central
Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Ratio Alt. Azm. Width Duration
Limits09°42.4'N038°07.0'E08°01.9'N039°10.6'E08°52.0'N038°39.2'E 1.052 - 213 km 02m34.8s
03:06 - - 10°48.7'N046°29.6'E09°45.8'N041°10.2'E 1.052 71° 217 km 02m39.8s
03:0812°27.6'N045°08.0'E12°54.1'N051°02.6'E12°47.7'N048°23.7'E 1.055 11° 73° 231 km 02m56.2s
03:1014°32.2'N049°31.8'E14°27.8'N054°03.8'E14°32.8'N051°54.8'E 1.056 15° 74° 238 km 03m05.3s
03:1216°06.2'N052°29.3'E15°47.8'N056°26.4'E15°58.8'N054°32.1'E 1.057 18° 75° 243 km 03m12.5s
03:1417°26.8'N054°49.7'E16°59.7'N058°26.7'E17°14.6'N056°41.2'E 1.058 21° 76° 247 km 03m18.7s
03:1618°39.5'N056°48.3'E18°06.0'N060°11.8'E18°23.8'N058°32.4'E 1.059 24° 77° 250 km 03m24.3s
03:1819°46.5'N058°32.2'E19°08.2'N061°46.0'E19°28.2'N060°11.0'E 1.060 26° 78° 253 km 03m29.5s
03:2020°49.5'N060°05.3'E20°07.1'N063°11.7'E20°29.1'N061°40.2'E 1.060 28° 79° 255 km 03m34.2s
03:2221°49.2'N061°30.3'E21°03.4'N064°30.9'E21°27.0'N063°02.1'E 1.061 30° 80° 257 km 03m38.7s
03:2422°46.3'N062°48.8'E21°57.5'N065°44.7'E22°22.6'N064°18.1'E 1.061 31° 81° 258 km 03m42.9s
03:2623°41.3'N064°02.0'E22°49.8'N066°54.0'E23°16.1'N065°29.3'E 1.062 33° 82° 260 km 03m46.9s
03:2824°34.3'N065°10.9'E23°40.4'N067°59.5'E24°07.9'N066°36.4'E 1.062 35° 83° 261 km 03m50.7s
03:3025°25.8'N066°16.1'E24°29.6'N069°01.9'E24°58.2'N067°40.2'E 1.063 36° 84° 261 km 03m54.3s
03:3226°15.9'N067°18.3'E25°17.6'N070°01.6'E25°47.2'N068°41.0'E 1.063 38° 86° 262 km 03m57.8s
03:3427°04.7'N068°17.8'E26°04.4'N070°59.0'E26°35.0'N069°39.4'E 1.063 39° 87° 263 km 04m01.1s
03:3627°52.4'N069°15.0'E26°50.2'N071°54.3'E27°21.7'N070°35.7'E 1.064 40° 88° 263 km 04m04.3s
03:3828°39.0'N070°10.3'E27°35.0'N072°47.8'E28°07.4'N071°30.1'E 1.064 42° 89° 263 km 04m07.4s
03:4029°24.8'N071°03.9'E28°19.1'N073°39.9'E28°52.3'N072°22.8'E 1.064 43° 91° 264 km 04m10.3s
03:4230°09.7'N071°56.0'E29°02.3'N074°30.5'E29°36.4'N073°14.2'E 1.064 44° 92° 264 km 04m13.1s
03:4430°53.9'N072°46.8'E29°44.8'N075°20.1'E30°19.7'N074°04.4'E 1.065 45° 93° 264 km 04m15.8s
03:4631°37.3'N073°36.6'E30°26.6'N076°08.6'E31°02.3'N074°53.5'E 1.065 46° 95° 264 km 04m18.4s
03:4832°20.1'N074°25.4'E31°07.8'N076°56.3'E31°44.2'N075°41.8'E 1.065 47° 96° 263 km 04m20.9s
03:5033°02.2'N075°13.5'E31°48.3'N077°43.2'E32°25.6'N076°29.3'E 1.065 48° 98° 263 km 04m23.3s
03:5233°43.8'N076°00.9'E32°28.3'N078°29.6'E33°06.3'N077°16.1'E 1.066 49° 100° 263 km 04m25.6s
03:5434°24.8'N076°47.7'E33°07.8'N079°15.4'E33°46.5'N078°02.4'E 1.066 50° 101° 263 km 04m27.8s
03:5635°05.2'N077°34.1'E33°46.8'N080°00.8'E34°26.2'N078°48.3'E 1.066 51° 103° 262 km 04m29.9s
03:5835°45.2'N078°20.1'E34°25.2'N080°45.8'E35°05.5'N079°33.9'E 1.066 52° 105° 262 km 04m31.9s
04:0036°24.7'N079°05.9'E35°03.2'N081°30.7'E35°44.2'N080°19.2'E 1.066 53° 107° 262 km 04m33.8s
04:0237°03.8'N079°51.6'E35°40.8'N082°15.3'E36°22.5'N081°04.4'E 1.066 53° 109° 261 km 04m35.6s
04:0437°42.4'N080°37.2'E36°17.9'N082°59.9'E37°00.3'N081°49.5'E 1.066 54° 111° 261 km 04m37.3s
04:0638°20.6'N081°22.8'E36°54.6'N083°44.5'E37°37.8'N082°34.6'E 1.067 55° 113° 260 km 04m39.0s
04:0838°58.4'N082°08.5'E37°30.9'N084°29.2'E38°14.8'N083°19.7'E 1.067 55° 115° 260 km 04m40.5s
04:1039°35.8'N082°54.3'E38°06.8'N085°13.9'E38°51.4'N084°05.1'E 1.067 56° 117° 259 km 04m41.9s
04:1240°12.8'N083°40.4'E38°42.3'N085°58.9'E39°27.7'N084°50.6'E 1.067 57° 120° 259 km 04m43.3s
04:1440°49.4'N084°26.8'E39°17.5'N086°44.2'E40°03.6'N085°36.4'E 1.067 57° 122° 258 km 04m44.5s
04:1641°25.7'N085°13.6'E39°52.2'N087°29.7'E40°39.1'N086°22.6'E 1.067 58° 124° 258 km 04m45.7s
04:1842°01.6'N086°00.8'E40°26.6'N088°15.7'E41°14.2'N087°09.2'E 1.067 58° 127° 257 km 04m46.8s
04:2042°37.1'N086°48.6'E41°00.7'N089°02.1'E41°49.0'N087°56.3'E 1.067 59° 129° 257 km 04m47.8s
04:2243°12.3'N087°36.9'E41°34.3'N089°49.1'E42°23.4'N088°43.9'E 1.067 59° 132° 256 km 04m48.6s
04:2443°47.1'N088°25.9'E42°07.6'N090°36.6'E42°57.4'N089°32.2'E 1.067 59° 135° 256 km 04m49.4s
04:2644°21.6'N089°15.7'E42°40.6'N091°24.7'E43°31.1'N090°21.2'E 1.067 59° 137° 255 km 04m50.1s
04:2844°55.7'N090°06.3'E43°13.2'N092°13.6'E44°04.5'N091°10.9'E 1.067 60° 140° 255 km 04m50.7s
04:3045°29.4'N090°57.7'E43°45.4'N093°03.2'E44°37.4'N092°01.4'E 1.067 60° 143° 254 km 04m51.2s
04:3246°02.8'N091°50.1'E44°17.3'N093°53.7'E45°10.1'N092°52.8'E 1.067 60° 146° 254 km 04m51.6s
04:3446°35.9'N092°43.5'E44°48.8'N094°45.0'E45°42.3'N093°45.2'E 1.067 60° 149° 253 km 04m51.9s
04:3647°08.5'N093°38.1'E45°19.9'N095°37.4'E46°14.2'N094°38.6'E 1.067 60° 152° 253 km 04m52.1s
04:3847°40.8'N094°33.8'E45°50.6'N096°30.7'E46°45.6'N095°33.2'E 1.067 60° 155° 252 km 04m52.2s
04:4048°12.6'N095°30.8'E46°21.0'N097°25.2'E47°16.7'N096°28.9'E 1.067 60° 158° 252 km 04m52.2s
04:4248°44.1'N096°29.1'E46°50.9'N098°20.8'E47°47.4'N097°25.9'E 1.067 60° 161° 251 km 04m52.1s
04:4449°15.1'N097°28.9'E47°20.5'N099°17.7'E48°17.7'N098°24.2'E 1.067 60° 163° 251 km 04m51.9s
04:4649°45.7'N098°30.2'E47°49.6'N100°15.9'E48°47.5'N099°23.9'E 1.067 59° 166° 250 km 04m51.6s
04:4850°15.9'N099°33.2'E48°18.3'N101°15.5'E49°16.9'N100°25.1'E 1.067 59° 169° 250 km 04m51.2s
04:5050°45.6'N100°37.8'E48°46.5'N102°16.6'E49°45.9'N101°28.0'E 1.067 59° 172° 249 km 04m50.7s
04:5251°14.8'N101°44.3'E49°14.2'N103°19.3'E50°14.3'N102°32.5'E 1.067 58° 175° 249 km 04m50.1s
04:5451°43.5'N102°52.6'E49°41.5'N104°23.6'E50°42.3'N103°38.8'E 1.067 58° 178° 248 km 04m49.4s
04:5652°11.6'N104°03.0'E50°08.2'N105°29.6'E51°09.7'N104°46.9'E 1.067 58° 181° 248 km 04m48.5s
04:5852°39.2'N105°15.5'E50°34.5'N106°37.5'E51°36.6'N105°57.0'E 1.067 57° 184° 247 km 04m47.6s
05:0053°06.1'N106°30.3'E51°00.1'N107°47.2'E52°02.9'N107°09.2'E 1.067 57° 187° 247 km 04m46.6s
05:0253°32.5'N107°47.4'E51°25.2'N108°59.0'E52°28.6'N108°23.6'E 1.067 56° 190° 246 km 04m45.4s
05:0453°58.1'N109°07.0'E51°49.6'N110°12.9'E52°53.6'N109°40.2'E 1.066 55° 193° 246 km 04m44.2s
05:0654°23.1'N110°29.1'E52°13.4'N111°29.1'E53°18.0'N110°59.3'E 1.066 55° 195° 245 km 04m42.8s
05:0854°47.3'N111°54.0'E52°36.5'N112°47.5'E53°41.6'N112°20.8'E 1.066 54° 198° 245 km 04m41.3s
05:1055°10.7'N113°21.8'E52°58.9'N114°08.4'E54°04.5'N113°45.0'E 1.066 53° 201° 244 km 04m39.7s
05:1255°33.2'N114°52.5'E53°20.5'N115°31.8'E54°26.5'N115°12.0'E 1.066 52° 204° 244 km 04m38.0s
05:1455°54.8'N116°26.4'E53°41.3'N116°57.9'E54°47.7'N116°41.8'E 1.066 52° 207° 243 km 04m36.2s
05:1656°15.4'N118°03.5'E54°01.2'N118°26.8'E55°08.0'N118°14.7'E 1.066 51° 209° 243 km 04m34.2s
05:1856°35.0'N119°44.0'E54°20.2'N119°58.7'E55°27.2'N119°50.7'E 1.065 50° 212° 242 km 04m32.2s
05:2056°53.4'N121°28.2'E54°38.2'N121°33.6'E55°45.4'N121°30.0'E 1.065 49° 215° 242 km 04m30.0s
05:2257°10.6'N123°16.0'E54°55.1'N123°11.7'E56°02.5'N123°12.8'E 1.065 48° 218° 241 km 04m27.7s
05:2457°26.5'N125°07.8'E55°10.8'N124°53.1'E56°18.3'N124°59.1'E 1.065 47° 220° 241 km 04m25.2s
05:2657°40.9'N127°03.6'E55°25.4'N126°38.0'E56°32.9'N126°49.3'E 1.064 46° 223° 240 km 04m22.7s
05:2857°53.9'N129°03.6'E55°38.6'N128°26.6'E56°46.0'N128°43.3'E 1.064 45° 226° 239 km 04m20.0s
05:3058°05.2'N131°08.1'E55°50.5'N130°19.1'E56°57.6'N130°41.5'E 1.064 44° 229° 239 km 04m17.2s
05:3258°14.7'N133°17.1'E56°00.8'N132°15.6'E57°07.5'N132°44.0'E 1.064 43° 232° 238 km 04m14.2s
05:3458°22.3'N135°31.1'E56°09.5'N134°16.3'E57°15.7'N134°51.0'E 1.063 41° 235° 238 km 04m11.1s
05:3658°27.7'N137°50.1'E56°16.3'N136°21.5'E57°21.9'N137°02.8'E 1.063 40° 237° 237 km 04m07.9s
05:3858°30.9'N140°14.4'E56°21.3'N138°31.4'E57°26.0'N139°19.6'E 1.063 39° 240° 236 km 04m04.5s
05:4058°31.5'N142°44.4'E56°24.1'N140°46.3'E57°27.8'N141°41.8'E 1.062 37° 243° 236 km 04m00.9s
05:4258°29.3'N145°20.4'E56°24.6'N143°06.6'E57°27.1'N144°09.6'E 1.062 36° 246° 235 km 03m57.2s
05:4458°24.1'N148°02.8'E56°22.5'N145°32.7'E57°23.6'N146°43.5'E 1.061 34° 249° 234 km 03m53.3s
05:4658°15.4'N150°52.3'E56°17.6'N148°05.1'E57°16.9'N149°24.1'E 1.061 33° 253° 234 km 03m49.1s
05:4858°02.8'N153°49.6'E56°09.5'N150°44.3'E57°06.7'N152°12.0'E 1.061 31° 256° 233 km 03m44.8s
05:5057°45.8'N156°55.7'E55°57.8'N153°31.4'E56°52.6'N155°08.2'E 1.060 29° 259° 232 km 03m40.2s
05:5257°23.7'N160°12.0'E55°42.0'N156°27.2'E56°33.8'N158°13.8'E 1.059 28° 262° 231 km 03m35.4s
05:5456°55.3'N163°40.6'E55°21.3'N159°33.3'E56°09.6'N161°30.7'E 1.059 26° 266° 230 km 03m30.2s
05:5656°19.4'N167°24.6'E54°54.9'N162°52.0'E55°38.8'N165°01.3'E 1.058 23° 269° 229 km 03m24.6s
05:5855°33.6'N171°29.2'E54°21.2'N166°26.5'E54°59.6'N168°49.9'E 1.057 21° 273° 227 km 03m18.5s
06:0054°34.0'N176°04.2'E53°38.1'N170°22.3'E54°09.2'N173°03.5'E 1.057 18° 277° 225 km 03m11.7s
06:0253°12.0'N178°28.9'W52°41.7'N174°49.4'E53°01.9'N177°56.4'E 1.056 15° 282° 223 km 03m03.8s
06:0450°58.4'N170°54.2'W51°23.3'N179°49.4'W51°23.3'N175°53.7'W 1.054 10° 287° 220 km 02m53.9s
Limits47°38.5'N161°15.7'W46°06.4'N162°55.9'W46°52.3'N162°06.7'W 1.051 - 210 km 02m32.3s

ΔT = 11360.8 seconds

Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration
Event Time
TD
Time
UT1
Latitude Longitude Sun
Altitude
Sun
Azimuth
Path Width Central
Duration
Greatest Eclipse07:45:21.504:36:00.746°14.3'N047°11.0'E 60.0° 151.7° 252.7 km04m52.10s
Greatest Duration07:48:25.104:39:04.347°02.4'N096°02.9'E 59.9° 156.2° 251.9 km04m52.22s

Explanation of Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration

Links for the Total Solar Eclipse of -0081 May 18

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Eclipse Predictions

Predictions for the Total Solar Eclipse of -0081 May 18 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 11360.8 seconds for this eclipse. The uncertainty in ΔT is 289.0 seconds corresponding to a standard error in longitude of the eclipse path of ± 1.21°.

Acknowledgments

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

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