Path of the Total Solar Eclipse of -0211 May 15

Fred Espenak

Introduction

The following table delineates the path of the Moon's umbral shadow during the Total Solar Eclipse of -0211 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 -0211 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
Limits24°01.6'N121°21.1'W23°41.9'N121°05.5'W23°51.8'N121°13.3'W 1.008 - 43 km 00m24.7s
13:2626°39.5'N114°35.2'W26°59.9'N112°32.5'W26°50.6'N113°32.1'W 1.010 74° 58 km 00m33.6s
13:2828°36.3'N110°33.4'W28°44.9'N108°58.3'W28°40.9'N109°45.4'W 1.011 12° 76° 65 km 00m38.7s
13:3030°06.5'N107°49.3'W30°09.9'N106°23.9'W30°08.5'N107°06.4'W 1.012 15° 78° 71 km 00m42.6s
13:3231°25.1'N105°39.1'W31°25.1'N104°18.8'W31°25.3'N104°58.8'W 1.013 17° 79° 75 km 00m45.8s
13:3432°36.6'N103°49.0'W32°34.1'N102°31.7'W32°35.5'N103°10.2'W 1.014 20° 81° 78 km 00m48.7s
13:3633°43.3'N102°12.5'W33°38.7'N100°57.1'W33°41.2'N101°34.7'W 1.014 21° 82° 81 km 00m51.3s
13:3834°46.4'N100°45.8'W34°40.1'N099°31.7'W34°43.4'N100°08.6'W 1.015 23° 84° 84 km 00m53.7s
13:4035°46.8'N099°26.6'W35°38.9'N098°13.4'W35°43.0'N098°49.9'W 1.015 25° 85° 86 km 00m55.9s
13:4236°44.9'N098°13.3'W36°35.6'N097°00.7'W36°40.4'N097°37.0'W 1.015 26° 86° 88 km 00m58.0s
13:4437°41.2'N097°04.9'W37°30.6'N095°52.6'W37°36.0'N096°28.7'W 1.016 28° 88° 90 km 00m59.9s
13:4638°35.9'N096°00.3'W38°24.2'N094°48.3'W38°30.2'N095°24.3'W 1.016 29° 89° 91 km 01m01.7s
13:4839°29.3'N094°59.1'W39°16.5'N093°47.2'W39°23.0'N094°23.1'W 1.016 30° 91° 93 km 01m03.5s
13:5040°21.6'N094°00.5'W40°07.7'N092°48.7'W40°14.8'N093°24.5'W 1.017 31° 92° 94 km 01m05.1s
13:5241°12.9'N093°04.3'W40°57.9'N091°52.4'W41°05.5'N092°28.3'W 1.017 32° 94° 95 km 01m06.7s
13:5442°03.3'N092°10.0'W41°47.3'N090°58.0'W41°55.4'N091°33.9'W 1.017 33° 95° 96 km 01m08.1s
13:5642°52.9'N091°17.3'W42°36.0'N090°05.2'W42°44.6'N090°41.1'W 1.018 34° 97° 97 km 01m09.5s
13:5843°41.8'N090°26.0'W43°24.0'N089°13.7'W43°33.0'N089°49.7'W 1.018 35° 98° 97 km 01m10.9s
14:0044°30.1'N089°35.8'W44°11.4'N088°23.3'W44°20.9'N088°59.5'W 1.018 36° 100° 98 km 01m12.1s
14:0245°17.9'N088°46.6'W44°58.2'N087°33.8'W45°08.2'N088°10.1'W 1.018 37° 102° 98 km 01m13.3s
14:0446°05.2'N087°58.0'W45°44.6'N086°45.0'W45°55.0'N087°21.4'W 1.018 37° 103° 99 km 01m14.4s
14:0646°52.0'N087°10.1'W46°30.5'N085°56.8'W46°41.4'N086°33.3'W 1.019 38° 105° 99 km 01m15.5s
14:0847°38.3'N086°22.6'W47°16.0'N085°08.9'W47°27.3'N085°45.6'W 1.019 39° 107° 99 km 01m16.5s
14:1048°24.4'N085°35.3'W48°01.2'N084°21.4'W48°12.9'N084°58.2'W 1.019 39° 108° 100 km 01m17.5s
14:1249°10.0'N084°48.1'W48°46.0'N083°33.9'W48°58.1'N084°10.9'W 1.019 40° 110° 100 km 01m18.3s
14:1449°55.4'N084°00.9'W49°30.4'N082°46.4'W49°43.0'N083°23.5'W 1.019 40° 112° 100 km 01m19.2s
14:1650°40.4'N083°13.6'W50°14.6'N081°58.8'W50°27.7'N082°36.0'W 1.019 41° 114° 100 km 01m20.0s
14:1851°25.2'N082°25.9'W50°58.6'N081°10.8'W51°12.0'N081°48.2'W 1.019 41° 116° 100 km 01m20.7s
14:2052°09.8'N081°37.8'W51°42.3'N080°22.5'W51°56.1'N081°00.0'W 1.020 42° 118° 100 km 01m21.3s
14:2252°54.1'N080°49.2'W52°25.7'N079°33.6'W52°40.0'N080°11.2'W 1.020 42° 120° 100 km 01m21.9s
14:2453°38.3'N079°59.9'W53°09.0'N078°44.1'W53°23.7'N079°21.8'W 1.020 42° 122° 100 km 01m22.5s
14:2654°22.2'N079°09.7'W53°52.1'N077°53.7'W54°07.2'N078°31.5'W 1.020 43° 124° 100 km 01m23.0s
14:2855°05.9'N078°18.6'W54°34.9'N077°02.5'W54°50.5'N077°40.3'W 1.020 43° 126° 100 km 01m23.4s
14:3055°49.5'N077°26.3'W55°17.6'N076°10.1'W55°33.7'N076°48.0'W 1.020 43° 128° 100 km 01m23.8s
14:3256°33.0'N076°32.8'W56°00.1'N075°16.5'W56°16.6'N075°54.4'W 1.020 43° 130° 100 km 01m24.1s
14:3457°16.2'N075°37.8'W56°42.5'N074°21.5'W56°59.5'N074°59.4'W 1.020 43° 132° 99 km 01m24.4s
14:3657°59.4'N074°41.2'W57°24.7'N073°24.9'W57°42.1'N074°02.8'W 1.020 43° 134° 99 km 01m24.6s
14:3858°42.3'N073°42.8'W58°06.8'N072°26.6'W58°24.6'N073°04.4'W 1.020 43° 137° 99 km 01m24.8s
14:4059°25.2'N072°42.4'W58°48.7'N071°26.4'W59°07.0'N072°04.1'W 1.020 43° 139° 99 km 01m24.9s
14:4260°07.9'N071°39.7'W59°30.4'N070°24.1'W59°49.2'N071°01.6'W 1.020 43° 141° 98 km 01m24.9s
14:4460°50.4'N070°34.5'W60°12.0'N069°19.4'W60°31.3'N069°56.7'W 1.020 43° 144° 98 km 01m24.9s
14:4661°32.8'N069°26.7'W60°53.4'N068°12.1'W61°13.2'N068°49.1'W 1.020 43° 146° 98 km 01m24.9s
14:4862°15.0'N068°15.8'W61°34.6'N067°02.0'W61°54.9'N067°38.6'W 1.020 43° 148° 98 km 01m24.8s
14:5062°57.0'N067°01.6'W62°15.7'N065°48.7'W62°36.4'N066°24.8'W 1.020 43° 151° 97 km 01m24.6s
14:5263°38.8'N065°43.7'W62°56.5'N064°32.0'W63°17.7'N065°07.5'W 1.020 43° 153° 97 km 01m24.3s
14:5464°20.4'N064°21.8'W63°37.1'N063°11.5'W63°58.8'N063°46.3'W 1.020 42° 156° 96 km 01m24.0s
14:5665°01.7'N062°55.5'W64°17.4'N061°46.9'W64°39.6'N062°20.8'W 1.020 42° 159° 96 km 01m23.7s
14:5865°42.7'N061°24.2'W64°57.4'N060°17.7'W65°20.1'N060°50.6'W 1.020 42° 161° 96 km 01m23.3s
15:0066°23.3'N059°47.6'W65°37.1'N058°43.4'W66°00.3'N059°15.1'W 1.020 41° 164° 95 km 01m22.8s
15:0267°03.6'N058°04.9'W66°16.3'N057°03.7'W66°40.0'N057°33.9'W 1.020 41° 167° 95 km 01m22.3s
15:0467°43.3'N056°15.7'W66°55.1'N055°17.8'W67°19.3'N055°46.4'W 1.020 40° 170° 94 km 01m21.7s
15:0668°22.5'N054°19.2'W67°33.4'N053°25.3'W67°58.0'N053°51.9'W 1.019 40° 173° 94 km 01m21.0s
15:0869°01.1'N052°14.6'W68°11.0'N051°25.5'W68°36.0'N051°49.8'W 1.019 39° 176° 93 km 01m20.3s
15:1069°38.8'N050°01.2'W68°47.9'N049°17.6'W69°13.4'N049°39.1'W 1.019 39° 180° 93 km 01m19.5s
15:1270°15.6'N047°38.0'W69°23.9'N047°00.8'W69°49.7'N047°19.2'W 1.019 38° 183° 92 km 01m18.7s
15:1470°51.3'N045°04.0'W69°58.8'N044°34.4'W70°25.1'N044°49.1'W 1.019 37° 187° 92 km 01m17.7s
15:1671°25.7'N042°18.3'W70°32.6'N041°57.2'W70°59.2'N042°07.7'W 1.019 37° 190° 91 km 01m16.8s
15:1871°58.5'N039°19.5'W71°05.0'N039°08.5'W71°31.8'N039°14.1'W 1.019 36° 194° 90 km 01m15.7s
15:2072°29.5'N036°06.8'W71°35.7'N036°07.1'W72°02.6'N036°07.2'W 1.018 35° 198° 90 km 01m14.6s
15:2272°58.3'N032°38.8'W72°04.4'N032°52.1'W72°31.4'N032°45.9'W 1.018 34° 203° 89 km 01m13.4s
15:2473°24.5'N028°54.5'W72°30.9'N029°22.5'W72°57.7'N029°09.1'W 1.018 33° 207° 88 km 01m12.1s
15:2673°47.7'N024°53.1'W72°54.6'N025°37.4'W73°21.2'N025°16.1'W 1.018 32° 212° 87 km 01m10.7s
15:2874°07.3'N020°33.8'W73°15.2'N021°35.9'W73°41.3'N021°06.0'W 1.018 31° 217° 86 km 01m09.2s
15:3074°22.7'N015°56.3'W73°32.0'N017°17.6'W73°57.5'N016°38.3'W 1.017 30° 222° 85 km 01m07.7s
15:3274°33.3'N011°00.8'W73°44.6'N012°42.2'W74°09.1'N011°53.1'W 1.017 29° 228° 84 km 01m06.0s
15:3474°38.3'N005°47.8'W73°52.3'N007°49.8'W74°15.5'N006°50.6'W 1.017 28° 234° 83 km 01m04.3s
15:3674°36.9'N000°18.6'W73°54.2'N002°41.1'W74°15.8'N001°31.8'W 1.016 27° 240° 82 km 01m02.4s
15:3874°28.1'N005°25.2'E73°49.6'N002°43.2'E74°09.1'N004°02.2'E 1.016 25° 246° 81 km 01m00.4s
15:4074°11.0'N011°21.5'E73°37.4'N008°21.9'E73°54.6'N009°49.8'E 1.016 24° 252° 79 km 00m58.2s
15:4273°44.4'N017°28.8'E73°16.6'N014°13.7'E73°30.9'N015°49.5'E 1.015 22° 259° 77 km 00m55.9s
15:4473°06.6'N023°45.9'E72°45.7'N020°18.2'E72°56.7'N022°00.5'E 1.015 20° 266° 75 km 00m53.4s
15:4672°15.6'N030°13.9'E72°02.7'N026°35.9'E72°09.8'N028°23.6'E 1.014 18° 273° 73 km 00m50.6s
15:4871°07.6'N036°57.2'E71°04.6'N033°10.4'E71°06.9'N035°02.8'E 1.013 16° 280° 71 km 00m47.4s
15:5069°35.6'N044°09.2'E69°45.8'N040°11.8'E69°41.6'N042°09.7'E 1.013 13° 287° 67 km 00m43.7s
15:5267°20.1'N052°32.2'E67°52.6'N048°09.6'E67°38.0'N050°19.2'E 1.012 295° 62 km 00m39.0s
15:54 - - 64°18.7'N059°43.1'E62°57.5'N064°12.7'E 1.009 308° 52 km 00m29.9s
Limits62°01.1'N067°17.7'E61°43.1'N066°35.7'E61°52.1'N066°56.6'E 1.009 - 49 km 00m28.0s

ΔT = 12847.8 seconds

Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration
Event Time
TD
Time
UT1
Latitude Longitude Sun
Altitude
Sun
Azimuth
Path Width Central
Duration
Greatest Eclipse18:13:35.114:39:27.358°55.5'N126°01.5'W 43.4° 138.2° 98.7 km01m24.86s
Greatest Duration18:16:55.314:42:47.560°05.9'N070°36.2'W 43.3° 142.1° 98.3 km01m24.94s

Explanation of Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration

Links for the Total Solar Eclipse of -0211 May 15

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Eclipse Predictions

Predictions for the Total Solar Eclipse of -0211 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 12847.8 seconds for this eclipse. The uncertainty in ΔT is 329.9 seconds corresponding to a standard error in longitude of the eclipse path of ± 1.38°.

Acknowledgments

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

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"Eclipse Predictions by Fred Espenak, EclipseWise.com"

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