Path of the Total Solar Eclipse of -0231 May 26

Fred Espenak

Introduction

The following table delineates the path of the Moon's umbral shadow during the Total Solar Eclipse of -0231 May 26 . 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 -0231 May 26
UT1 Northern Limit Southern Limit Central Line M:S Sun Sun Path Central
Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Ratio Alt. Azm. Width Duration
Limits57°06.4'S150°19.3'E58°58.0'S152°39.9'E58°02.1'S151°26.8'E 1.058 - 247 km 03m27.0s
22:1449°06.6'S165°08.9'E55°54.3'S158°49.0'E51°54.0'S163°08.4'E 1.061 39° 254 km 03m53.2s
22:1647°00.8'S168°23.7'E52°03.3'S165°33.6'E49°19.6'S167°18.9'E 1.062 13° 35° 257 km 04m05.1s
22:1845°17.5'S170°55.4'E49°41.3'S169°17.9'E47°21.9'S170°17.3'E 1.063 16° 32° 260 km 04m14.5s
22:2043°47.9'S173°01.7'E47°49.4'S172°04.3'E45°43.2'S172°39.8'E 1.064 18° 30° 262 km 04m22.6s
22:2242°27.9'S174°51.0'E46°14.5'S174°19.6'E44°16.9'S174°40.0'E 1.064 21° 28° 265 km 04m29.8s
22:2441°15.1'S176°27.9'E44°50.8'S176°15.0'E42°59.4'S176°24.9'E 1.065 22° 26° 267 km 04m36.4s
22:2640°08.0'S177°55.3'E43°35.3'S177°56.3'E41°48.5'S177°58.5'E 1.065 24° 24° 269 km 04m42.5s
22:2839°05.5'S179°15.4'E42°26.1'S179°27.2'E40°43.1'S179°23.4'E 1.066 26° 23° 272 km 04m48.3s
22:3038°06.9'S179°30.6'W41°22.1'S179°10.1'W39°42.0'S179°18.6'W 1.066 27° 21° 274 km 04m53.6s
22:3237°11.6'S178°21.6'W40°22.3'S177°53.8'W38°44.7'S178°06.3'W 1.067 29° 19° 276 km 04m58.7s
22:3436°19.2'S177°16.7'W39°26.2'S176°42.9'W37°50.7'S176°58.6'W 1.067 30° 18° 278 km 05m03.5s
22:3635°29.4'S176°15.4'W38°33.1'S175°36.5'W36°59.4'S175°55.0'W 1.067 31° 16° 280 km 05m08.0s
22:3834°41.9'S175°17.1'W37°42.8'S174°33.8'W36°10.6'S174°54.6'W 1.068 32° 15° 282 km 05m12.3s
22:4033°56.5'S174°21.5'W36°55.0'S173°34.3'W35°24.0'S173°57.2'W 1.068 33° 13° 285 km 05m16.4s
22:4233°12.9'S173°28.2'W36°09.3'S172°37.5'W34°39.5'S173°02.3'W 1.068 34° 12° 287 km 05m20.3s
22:4432°31.0'S172°36.8'W35°25.6'S171°43.2'W33°56.8'S172°09.5'W 1.068 35° 11° 289 km 05m24.0s
22:4631°50.7'S171°47.3'W34°43.7'S170°50.9'W33°15.8'S171°18.7'W 1.069 36° 291 km 05m27.5s
22:4831°11.9'S170°59.3'W34°03.5'S170°00.5'W32°36.4'S170°29.6'W 1.069 37° 293 km 05m30.8s
22:5030°34.5'S170°12.7'W33°24.9'S169°11.7'W31°58.4'S169°41.9'W 1.069 37° 295 km 05m33.9s
22:5229°58.4'S169°27.3'W32°47.7'S168°24.3'W31°21.7'S168°55.6'W 1.069 38° 298 km 05m36.9s
22:5429°23.5'S168°42.9'W32°11.8'S167°38.2'W30°46.4'S168°10.4'W 1.069 39° 300 km 05m39.7s
22:5628°49.7'S167°59.6'W31°37.2'S166°53.1'W30°12.3'S167°26.2'W 1.070 39° 302 km 05m42.3s
22:5828°17.0'S167°17.0'W31°03.8'S166°09.1'W29°39.3'S166°43.0'W 1.070 40° 304 km 05m44.8s
23:0027°45.4'S166°35.2'W30°31.6'S165°25.8'W29°07.4'S166°00.5'W 1.070 41° 359° 306 km 05m47.1s
23:0227°14.8'S165°54.1'W30°00.4'S164°43.4'W28°36.5'S165°18.7'W 1.070 41° 357° 309 km 05m49.2s
23:0426°45.2'S165°13.5'W29°30.3'S164°01.5'W28°06.7'S164°37.6'W 1.070 41° 356° 311 km 05m51.1s
23:0626°16.4'S164°33.4'W29°01.2'S163°20.2'W27°37.8'S163°56.9'W 1.070 42° 354° 313 km 05m52.9s
23:0825°48.6'S163°53.6'W28°33.1'S162°39.4'W27°09.8'S163°16.7'W 1.070 42° 353° 315 km 05m54.5s
23:1025°21.7'S163°14.2'W28°05.8'S161°59.0'W26°42.8'S162°36.8'W 1.070 42° 351° 317 km 05m55.9s
23:1224°55.6'S162°35.1'W27°39.5'S161°18.9'W26°16.6'S161°57.2'W 1.070 43° 350° 319 km 05m57.2s
23:1424°30.3'S161°56.2'W27°14.1'S160°39.1'W25°51.3'S161°17.9'W 1.070 43° 348° 321 km 05m58.3s
23:1624°05.8'S161°17.5'W26°49.5'S159°59.4'W25°26.8'S160°38.7'W 1.070 43° 347° 323 km 05m59.2s
23:1823°42.2'S160°38.8'W26°25.8'S159°19.9'W25°03.1'S159°59.6'W 1.070 43° 345° 325 km 06m00.0s
23:2023°19.3'S160°00.1'W26°02.9'S158°40.4'W24°40.2'S159°20.6'W 1.070 43° 344° 327 km 06m00.6s
23:2222°57.2'S159°21.5'W25°40.8'S158°01.0'W24°18.1'S158°41.6'W 1.070 43° 342° 328 km 06m01.0s
23:2422°35.8'S158°42.7'W25°19.5'S157°21.4'W23°56.8'S158°02.5'W 1.070 43° 341° 330 km 06m01.2s
23:2622°15.2'S158°03.8'W24°59.0'S156°41.8'W23°36.3'S157°23.2'W 1.070 43° 339° 331 km 06m01.2s
23:2821°55.4'S157°24.8'W24°39.2'S156°01.9'W23°16.5'S156°43.8'W 1.070 43° 338° 333 km 06m01.1s
23:3021°36.3'S156°45.5'W24°20.3'S155°21.9'W22°57.5'S156°04.2'W 1.070 43° 336° 334 km 06m00.8s
23:3221°18.0'S156°05.9'W24°02.1'S154°41.5'W22°39.3'S155°24.2'W 1.070 43° 335° 335 km 06m00.3s
23:3421°00.4'S155°26.0'W23°44.7'S154°00.8'W22°21.8'S154°43.9'W 1.070 43° 333° 336 km 05m59.6s
23:3620°43.6'S154°45.6'W23°28.2'S153°19.6'W22°05.1'S154°03.2'W 1.070 42° 332° 337 km 05m58.7s
23:3820°27.6'S154°04.8'W23°12.3'S152°38.0'W21°49.2'S153°22.1'W 1.070 42° 330° 337 km 05m57.6s
23:4020°12.3'S153°23.5'W22°57.3'S151°55.8'W21°34.1'S152°40.3'W 1.070 42° 329° 338 km 05m56.4s
23:4219°57.8'S152°41.6'W22°43.1'S151°13.0'W21°19.7'S151°58.0'W 1.070 41° 327° 338 km 05m54.9s
23:4419°44.1'S151°59.0'W22°29.8'S150°29.5'W21°06.2'S151°15.0'W 1.070 41° 326° 338 km 05m53.3s
23:4619°31.2'S151°15.7'W22°17.2'S149°45.2'W20°53.5'S150°31.2'W 1.070 41° 325° 338 km 05m51.4s
23:4819°19.2'S150°31.5'W22°05.6'S149°00.0'W20°41.7'S149°46.6'W 1.069 40° 323° 337 km 05m49.4s
23:5019°08.0'S149°46.5'W21°54.8'S148°13.8'W20°30.7'S149°01.1'W 1.069 39° 322° 336 km 05m47.1s
23:5218°57.7'S149°00.5'W21°44.9'S147°26.5'W20°20.6'S148°14.5'W 1.069 39° 321° 335 km 05m44.7s
23:5418°48.3'S148°13.4'W21°36.0'S146°38.1'W20°11.4'S147°26.8'W 1.069 38° 319° 334 km 05m42.0s
23:5618°39.9'S147°25.1'W21°28.1'S145°48.3'W20°03.3'S146°37.8'W 1.069 37° 318° 333 km 05m39.2s
23:5818°32.4'S146°35.5'W21°21.3'S144°57.0'W19°56.1'S145°47.5'W 1.069 37° 317° 331 km 05m36.1s
00:0018°26.0'S145°44.4'W21°15.5'S144°04.1'W19°50.0'S144°55.6'W 1.068 36° 316° 329 km 05m32.8s
00:0218°20.7'S144°51.7'W21°10.9'S143°09.3'W19°45.0'S144°01.9'W 1.068 35° 315° 327 km 05m29.3s
00:0418°16.6'S143°57.2'W21°07.5'S142°12.5'W19°41.3'S143°06.4'W 1.068 34° 313° 325 km 05m25.5s
00:0618°13.7'S143°00.7'W21°05.5'S141°13.4'W19°38.8'S142°08.7'W 1.068 33° 312° 322 km 05m21.5s
00:0818°12.2'S142°01.9'W21°05.0'S140°11.6'W19°37.7'S141°08.5'W 1.067 32° 311° 319 km 05m17.3s
00:1018°12.0'S141°00.6'W21°06.0'S139°06.8'W19°38.1'S140°05.7'W 1.067 31° 310° 316 km 05m12.8s
00:1218°13.5'S139°56.4'W21°08.8'S137°58.6'W19°40.2'S138°59.6'W 1.067 30° 309° 313 km 05m08.0s
00:1418°16.7'S138°48.9'W21°13.6'S136°46.3'W19°44.1'S137°50.0'W 1.066 29° 308° 309 km 05m02.9s
00:1618°21.9'S137°37.6'W21°20.7'S135°29.3'W19°50.2'S136°36.1'W 1.066 27° 307° 305 km 04m57.6s
00:1818°29.2'S136°21.8'W21°30.4'S134°06.5'W19°58.6'S135°17.2'W 1.065 26° 306° 301 km 04m51.8s
00:2018°39.2'S135°00.6'W21°43.2'S132°36.8'W20°09.8'S133°52.3'W 1.065 24° 305° 297 km 04m45.7s
00:2218°52.1'S133°33.0'W21°59.9'S130°58.1'W20°24.4'S132°19.8'W 1.064 22° 304° 292 km 04m39.1s
00:2419°08.6'S131°57.3'W22°21.5'S129°07.8'W20°43.1'S130°37.8'W 1.064 21° 303° 287 km 04m32.0s
00:2619°29.7'S130°11.2'W22°49.8'S127°01.2'W21°07.2'S128°43.1'W 1.063 18° 301° 282 km 04m24.2s
00:2819°56.9'S128°10.9'W23°28.2'S124°29.6'W21°38.8'S126°30.3'W 1.062 16° 300° 276 km 04m15.5s
00:3020°32.6'S125°50.0'W24°24.3'S121°12.6'W22°22.1'S123°48.6'W 1.061 13° 299° 270 km 04m05.4s
00:3221°22.3'S122°54.5'W26°13.8'S115°35.7'W23°27.6'S120°10.3'W 1.060 297° 261 km 03m52.6s
Limits25°30.4'S110°58.2'W27°46.2'S111°19.7'W26°37.5'S111°08.9'W 1.057 - 245 km 03m25.3s

ΔT = 13094.6 seconds

Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration
Event Time
TD
Time
UT1
Latitude Longitude Sun
Altitude
Sun
Azimuth
Path Width Central
Duration
Greatest Eclipse03:01:05.123:22:50.624°09.0'S146°52.3'E 43.4° 341.5° 328.9 km06m01.09s
Greatest Duration03:03:43.623:25:29.023°41.5'S157°33.4'W 43.4° 339.5° 330.9 km06m01.25s

Explanation of Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration

Links for the Total Solar Eclipse of -0231 May 26

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Eclipse Predictions

Predictions for the Total Solar Eclipse of -0231 May 26 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 13094.6 seconds for this eclipse. The uncertainty in ΔT is 336.4 seconds corresponding to a standard error in longitude of the eclipse path of ± 1.41°.

Acknowledgments

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

Permission is granted to reproduce eclipse data when accompanied by a link to this page and an acknowledgment:

"Eclipse Predictions by Fred Espenak, EclipseWise.com"

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