Path of the Total Solar Eclipse of -0249 May 15

Fred Espenak

Introduction

The following table delineates the path of the Moon's umbral shadow during the Total Solar Eclipse of -0249 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 -0249 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
Limits56°47.0'S101°29.9'W58°33.6'S099°44.8'W57°40.1'S100°39.2'W 1.056 - 222 km 03m15.0s
14:3850°20.8'S087°06.0'W56°33.4'S094°41.5'W52°51.1'S089°25.1'W 1.058 46° 228 km 03m36.4s
14:4048°01.7'S082°56.6'W52°20.2'S085°45.2'W50°01.8'S084°02.3'W 1.060 13° 41° 231 km 03m49.4s
14:4246°10.4'S079°53.4'W49°54.7'S081°22.7'W47°57.2'S080°28.9'W 1.061 16° 38° 234 km 03m59.1s
14:4444°34.7'S077°25.8'W48°00.1'S078°13.5'W46°13.6'S077°44.0'W 1.062 19° 35° 236 km 04m07.4s
14:4643°09.4'S075°20.9'W46°22.2'S075°42.3'W44°42.8'S075°27.7'W 1.062 21° 33° 238 km 04m14.7s
14:4841°51.7'S073°32.0'W44°55.4'S073°35.1'W43°21.0'S073°30.6'W 1.063 23° 31° 240 km 04m21.4s
14:5040°39.9'S071°55.1'W43°36.7'S071°44.5'W42°06.1'S071°47.5'W 1.063 25° 29° 242 km 04m27.6s
14:5239°33.0'S070°27.4'W42°24.1'S070°06.3'W40°56.6'S070°15.1'W 1.064 27° 27° 244 km 04m33.3s
14:5438°29.9'S069°07.2'W41°16.4'S068°37.6'W39°51.4'S068°51.0'W 1.064 28° 26° 246 km 04m38.7s
14:5637°30.2'S067°53.1'W40°12.9'S067°16.6'W38°50.0'S067°33.7'W 1.065 30° 24° 248 km 04m43.8s
14:5836°33.5'S066°44.1'W39°12.9'S066°01.8'W37°51.7'S066°22.0'W 1.065 31° 22° 249 km 04m48.7s
15:0035°39.2'S065°39.4'W38°15.9'S064°52.3'W36°56.2'S065°15.0'W 1.066 33° 21° 251 km 04m53.3s
15:0234°47.3'S064°38.4'W37°21.5'S063°47.1'W36°03.1'S064°12.0'W 1.066 34° 19° 253 km 04m57.7s
15:0433°57.3'S063°40.6'W36°29.5'S062°45.6'W35°12.2'S063°12.5'W 1.066 35° 18° 254 km 05m01.8s
15:0633°09.2'S062°45.6'W35°39.5'S061°47.4'W34°23.2'S062°16.0'W 1.067 36° 16° 256 km 05m05.8s
15:0832°22.8'S061°53.0'W34°51.5'S060°52.0'W33°36.0'S061°22.1'W 1.067 37° 15° 258 km 05m09.7s
15:1031°37.9'S061°02.6'W34°05.1'S059°59.1'W32°50.5'S060°30.5'W 1.067 38° 14° 259 km 05m13.3s
15:1230°54.5'S060°14.1'W33°20.4'S059°08.4'W32°06.4'S059°40.9'W 1.067 39° 12° 261 km 05m16.8s
15:1430°12.3'S059°27.3'W32°37.1'S058°19.5'W31°23.7'S058°53.1'W 1.068 40° 11° 263 km 05m20.1s
15:1629°31.4'S058°41.9'W31°55.2'S057°32.4'W30°42.4'S058°06.9'W 1.068 41° 264 km 05m23.3s
15:1828°51.6'S057°58.0'W31°14.6'S056°46.8'W30°02.2'S057°22.2'W 1.068 42° 266 km 05m26.3s
15:2028°13.0'S057°15.2'W30°35.1'S056°02.5'W29°23.2'S056°38.7'W 1.068 43° 267 km 05m29.2s
15:2227°35.3'S056°33.5'W29°56.8'S055°19.4'W28°45.2'S055°56.3'W 1.068 43° 269 km 05m31.9s
15:2426°58.6'S055°52.7'W29°19.6'S054°37.4'W28°08.3'S055°15.0'W 1.068 44° 271 km 05m34.5s
15:2626°22.9'S055°12.8'W28°43.3'S053°56.3'W27°32.3'S054°34.5'W 1.069 45° 272 km 05m36.9s
15:2825°48.0'S054°33.6'W28°08.0'S053°16.1'W26°57.2'S053°54.8'W 1.069 45° 274 km 05m39.2s
15:3025°14.0'S053°55.1'W27°33.6'S052°36.7'W26°23.0'S053°15.9'W 1.069 46° 358° 276 km 05m41.3s
15:3224°40.8'S053°17.2'W27°00.1'S051°57.8'W25°49.7'S052°37.6'W 1.069 46° 357° 277 km 05m43.3s
15:3424°08.4'S052°39.9'W26°27.4'S051°19.6'W25°17.2'S051°59.8'W 1.069 47° 355° 279 km 05m45.2s
15:3623°36.8'S052°02.9'W25°55.5'S050°41.9'W24°45.4'S051°22.5'W 1.069 47° 354° 281 km 05m46.9s
15:3823°05.8'S051°26.4'W25°24.4'S050°04.6'W24°14.5'S050°45.6'W 1.069 48° 352° 282 km 05m48.5s
15:4022°35.6'S050°50.1'W24°54.1'S049°27.7'W23°44.2'S050°09.0'W 1.069 48° 350° 284 km 05m49.9s
15:4222°06.1'S050°14.2'W24°24.5'S048°51.1'W23°14.7'S049°32.7'W 1.069 48° 349° 285 km 05m51.2s
15:4421°37.3'S049°38.4'W23°55.6'S048°14.7'W22°45.8'S048°56.7'W 1.069 49° 347° 287 km 05m52.4s
15:4621°09.1'S049°02.8'W23°27.5'S047°38.6'W22°17.7'S048°20.9'W 1.069 49° 345° 288 km 05m53.4s
15:4820°41.6'S048°27.3'W23°00.0'S047°02.6'W21°50.2'S047°45.1'W 1.070 49° 344° 290 km 05m54.2s
15:5020°14.7'S047°51.9'W22°33.1'S046°26.6'W21°23.3'S047°09.5'W 1.070 49° 342° 291 km 05m54.9s
15:5219°48.5'S047°16.5'W22°07.0'S045°50.7'W20°57.1'S046°33.8'W 1.070 49° 340° 293 km 05m55.5s
15:5419°22.8'S046°41.1'W21°41.4'S045°14.8'W20°31.6'S045°58.2'W 1.070 49° 339° 294 km 05m55.9s
15:5618°57.8'S046°05.5'W21°16.6'S044°38.8'W20°06.6'S045°22.4'W 1.070 49° 337° 295 km 05m56.2s
15:5818°33.4'S045°29.9'W20°52.3'S044°02.8'W19°42.3'S044°46.6'W 1.070 49° 335° 297 km 05m56.2s
16:0018°09.6'S044°54.1'W20°28.7'S043°26.5'W19°18.6'S044°10.6'W 1.069 49° 334° 298 km 05m56.2s
16:0217°46.4'S044°18.0'W20°05.7'S042°50.1'W18°55.5'S043°34.3'W 1.069 49° 332° 299 km 05m56.0s
16:0417°23.8'S043°41.7'W19°43.3'S042°13.4'W18°33.0'S042°57.9'W 1.069 49° 331° 300 km 05m55.6s
16:0617°01.8'S043°05.1'W19°21.5'S041°36.4'W18°11.1'S042°21.1'W 1.069 49° 329° 301 km 05m55.1s
16:0816°40.4'S042°28.1'W19°00.3'S040°59.0'W17°49.9'S041°43.9'W 1.069 48° 327° 302 km 05m54.4s
16:1016°19.6'S041°50.7'W18°39.8'S040°21.2'W17°29.2'S041°06.4'W 1.069 48° 326° 303 km 05m53.5s
16:1215°59.4'S041°12.9'W18°19.9'S039°43.0'W17°09.2'S040°28.4'W 1.069 48° 324° 303 km 05m52.5s
16:1415°39.9'S040°34.6'W18°00.6'S039°04.3'W16°49.8'S039°49.8'W 1.069 47° 323° 304 km 05m51.3s
16:1615°20.9'S039°55.7'W17°42.0'S038°24.9'W16°31.0'S039°10.8'W 1.069 47° 321° 304 km 05m49.9s
16:1815°02.6'S039°16.1'W17°24.0'S037°45.0'W16°12.8'S038°31.0'W 1.069 46° 320° 304 km 05m48.4s
16:2014°44.9'S038°35.9'W17°06.6'S037°04.3'W15°55.3'S037°50.6'W 1.069 46° 318° 304 km 05m46.7s
16:2214°27.9'S037°55.0'W16°50.0'S036°22.8'W15°38.5'S037°09.5'W 1.069 45° 317° 304 km 05m44.8s
16:2414°11.6'S037°13.2'W16°34.0'S035°40.5'W15°22.4'S036°27.5'W 1.068 45° 316° 304 km 05m42.7s
16:2613°56.0'S036°30.5'W16°18.7'S034°57.3'W15°06.9'S035°44.5'W 1.068 44° 314° 304 km 05m40.5s
16:2813°41.0'S035°46.9'W16°04.1'S034°13.0'W14°52.2'S035°00.6'W 1.068 43° 313° 303 km 05m38.1s
16:3013°26.8'S035°02.2'W15°50.3'S033°27.6'W14°38.2'S034°15.6'W 1.068 43° 312° 302 km 05m35.5s
16:3213°13.4'S034°16.4'W15°37.3'S032°41.0'W14°24.9'S033°29.4'W 1.068 42° 311° 301 km 05m32.7s
16:3413°00.8'S033°29.2'W15°25.1'S031°53.0'W14°12.5'S032°41.9'W 1.067 41° 310° 300 km 05m29.7s
16:3612°49.0'S032°40.7'W15°13.7'S031°03.6'W14°00.9'S031°53.0'W 1.067 40° 308° 299 km 05m26.5s
16:3812°38.0'S031°50.7'W15°03.3'S030°12.5'W13°50.2'S031°02.5'W 1.067 39° 307° 297 km 05m23.1s
16:4012°28.0'S030°59.0'W14°53.7'S029°19.5'W13°40.5'S030°10.2'W 1.067 38° 306° 296 km 05m19.6s
16:4212°19.0'S030°05.5'W14°45.2'S028°24.6'W13°31.7'S029°16.1'W 1.066 37° 305° 294 km 05m15.8s
16:4412°11.0'S029°09.9'W14°37.8'S027°27.4'W13°24.0'S028°19.8'W 1.066 36° 304° 292 km 05m11.8s
16:4612°04.1'S028°12.0'W14°31.6'S026°27.7'W13°17.4'S027°21.1'W 1.066 35° 303° 289 km 05m07.5s
16:4811°58.4'S027°11.6'W14°26.6'S025°25.1'W13°12.1'S026°19.7'W 1.066 34° 302° 287 km 05m03.1s
16:5011°54.1'S026°08.4'W14°23.1'S024°19.3'W13°08.1'S025°15.3'W 1.065 33° 301° 284 km 04m58.4s
16:5211°51.1'S025°01.9'W14°21.1'S023°09.8'W13°05.6'S024°07.4'W 1.065 31° 300° 281 km 04m53.4s
16:5411°49.8'S023°51.6'W14°20.9'S021°55.9'W13°04.8'S022°55.5'W 1.064 30° 300° 278 km 04m48.2s
16:5611°50.4'S022°37.0'W14°22.7'S020°36.9'W13°05.9'S021°38.9'W 1.064 28° 299° 274 km 04m42.6s
16:5811°52.9'S021°17.3'W14°26.8'S019°11.7'W13°09.2'S020°16.7'W 1.063 27° 298° 271 km 04m36.7s
17:0011°58.0'S019°51.5'W14°33.9'S017°38.9'W13°15.1'S018°47.8'W 1.063 25° 297° 267 km 04m30.4s
17:0212°05.9'S018°18.2'W14°44.4'S015°56.4'W13°24.2'S017°10.4'W 1.062 23° 296° 262 km 04m23.6s
17:0412°17.3'S016°35.4'W14°59.5'S014°01.2'W13°37.3'S015°22.1'W 1.062 21° 295° 258 km 04m16.3s
17:0612°33.4'S014°40.0'W15°20.8'S011°47.9'W13°55.6'S013°19.0'W 1.061 18° 294° 253 km 04m08.2s
17:0812°55.8'S012°27.1'W15°51.8'S009°06.2'W14°21.6'S010°54.2'W 1.060 16° 294° 247 km 03m59.1s
17:1013°27.6'S009°46.9'W16°41.0'S005°29.6'W15°00.0'S007°52.7'W 1.059 12° 292° 241 km 03m48.3s
17:1214°17.0'S006°15.6'W18°57.4'S002°36.5'E16°06.7'S003°26.2'W 1.057 291° 232 km 03m33.6s
Limits17°15.3'S003°51.4'E19°17.5'S003°40.6'E18°15.9'S003°45.9'E 1.055 - 220 km 03m13.0s

ΔT = 13322.3 seconds

Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration
Event Time
TD
Time
UT1
Latitude Longitude Sun
Altitude
Sun
Azimuth
Path Width Central
Duration
Greatest Eclipse19:36:47.015:54:44.720°22.2'S101°24.5'W 49.2° 338.1° 294.7 km05m56.01s
Greatest Duration19:40:16.315:58:14.019°39.5'S044°42.4'W 49.1° 335.2° 296.9 km05m56.25s

Explanation of Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration

Links for the Total Solar Eclipse of -0249 May 15

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Eclipse Predictions

Predictions for the Total Solar Eclipse of -0249 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 13322.3 seconds for this eclipse. The uncertainty in ΔT is 342.3 seconds corresponding to a standard error in longitude of the eclipse path of ± 1.43°.

Acknowledgments

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

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