Path of the Total Solar Eclipse of -0406 May 11

Fred Espenak

Introduction

The following table delineates the path of the Moon's umbral shadow during the Total Solar Eclipse of -0406 May 11 . 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 -0406 May 11
UT1 Northern Limit Southern Limit Central Line M:S Sun Sun Path Central
Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Ratio Alt. Azm. Width Duration
Limits72°20.5'S121°32.7'W72°57.7'S116°06.4'W72°40.1'S118°57.3'W 1.019 - 194 km 01m16.8s
18:3464°42.1'S111°17.8'W71°40.0'S114°46.3'W67°12.6'S112°12.6'W 1.021 11° 207 km 01m28.4s
18:3663°01.6'S108°50.0'W67°33.3'S109°53.3'W65°02.7'S109°13.1'W 1.022 214 km 01m33.4s
18:3861°40.6'S106°46.3'W65°29.8'S107°07.4'W63°27.0'S106°53.8'W 1.023 10° 220 km 01m37.2s
18:4060°31.8'S104°57.4'W63°57.7'S104°55.0'W62°09.2'S104°55.1'W 1.023 11° 225 km 01m40.3s
18:4259°31.6'S103°18.6'W62°42.3'S103°00.4'W61°02.8'S103°09.4'W 1.023 13° 231 km 01m42.9s
18:4458°38.1'S101°47.0'W61°37.9'S101°17.2'W60°04.6'S101°32.6'W 1.024 13° 359° 236 km 01m45.2s
18:4657°49.8'S100°21.0'W60°41.5'S099°42.0'W59°12.9'S100°02.3'W 1.024 14° 357° 241 km 01m47.2s
18:4857°06.0'S098°59.2'W59°51.3'S098°12.5'W58°26.2'S098°36.9'W 1.024 15° 355° 246 km 01m48.9s
18:5056°25.8'S097°40.7'W59°06.1'S096°47.4'W57°43.8'S097°15.3'W 1.024 16° 353° 251 km 01m50.4s
18:5255°49.0'S096°24.8'W58°25.1'S095°25.6'W57°05.1'S095°56.5'W 1.024 16° 351° 256 km 01m51.7s
18:5455°15.1'S095°10.8'W57°47.8'S094°06.2'W56°29.6'S094°40.0'W 1.025 17° 349° 260 km 01m52.8s
18:5654°43.8'S093°58.4'W57°13.7'S092°48.7'W55°57.1'S093°25.2'W 1.025 17° 348° 264 km 01m53.7s
18:5854°14.9'S092°47.1'W56°42.5'S091°32.5'W55°27.1'S092°11.5'W 1.025 17° 346° 268 km 01m54.4s
19:0053°48.3'S091°36.5'W56°14.0'S090°17.1'W54°59.7'S090°58.6'W 1.025 17° 344° 272 km 01m54.9s
19:0253°23.9'S090°26.3'W55°47.9'S089°02.1'W54°34.5'S089°46.1'W 1.025 17° 342° 275 km 01m55.3s
19:0453°01.4'S089°16.2'W55°24.3'S087°47.0'W54°11.5'S088°33.6'W 1.025 17° 341° 278 km 01m55.5s
19:0652°41.0'S088°05.8'W55°02.9'S086°31.6'W53°50.6'S087°20.8'W 1.025 17° 339° 280 km 01m55.5s
19:0852°22.5'S086°54.8'W54°43.7'S085°15.3'W53°31.8'S086°07.4'W 1.025 17° 337° 282 km 01m55.4s
19:1052°05.9'S085°42.9'W54°26.8'S083°57.8'W53°15.0'S084°52.8'W 1.025 17° 335° 283 km 01m55.0s
19:1251°51.2'S084°29.7'W54°12.1'S082°38.5'W53°00.3'S083°36.8'W 1.025 17° 334° 283 km 01m54.5s
19:1451°38.6'S083°14.9'W53°59.6'S081°17.1'W52°47.7'S082°18.9'W 1.025 17° 332° 283 km 01m53.9s
19:1651°27.9'S081°57.9'W53°49.5'S079°52.7'W52°37.3'S080°58.6'W 1.025 16° 330° 281 km 01m53.0s
19:1851°19.4'S080°38.4'W53°42.0'S078°24.7'W52°29.2'S079°35.2'W 1.025 16° 328° 279 km 01m51.9s
19:2051°13.1'S079°15.6'W53°37.3'S076°52.2'W52°23.6'S078°08.0'W 1.024 15° 327° 276 km 01m50.6s
19:2251°09.3'S077°48.8'W53°35.7'S075°13.8'W52°20.7'S076°36.0'W 1.024 15° 325° 273 km 01m49.1s
19:2451°08.3'S076°17.0'W53°37.7'S073°27.8'W52°21.0'S074°58.0'W 1.024 14° 323° 268 km 01m47.4s
19:2651°10.5'S074°38.8'W53°44.3'S071°31.7'W52°25.0'S073°12.1'W 1.024 13° 321° 262 km 01m45.3s
19:2851°16.5'S072°52.4'W53°56.5'S069°21.3'W52°33.5'S071°15.7'W 1.023 12° 319° 255 km 01m42.9s
19:3051°27.1'S070°54.9'W54°17.0'S066°49.1'W52°48.0'S069°04.4'W 1.023 11° 316° 248 km 01m40.1s
19:3251°44.0'S068°41.7'W54°51.1'S063°38.6'W53°11.0'S066°30.4'W 1.023 314° 238 km 01m36.6s
19:3452°10.1'S066°04.2'W55°59.0'S058°48.8'W53°48.5'S063°15.7'W 1.022 310° 227 km 01m32.3s
19:3652°52.3'S062°41.5'W - - 55°04.4'S058°08.7'W 1.021 306° 211 km 01m25.4s
Limits55°53.2'S052°13.3'W57°37.5'S053°14.2'W56°44.1'S052°41.7'W 1.020 - 197 km 01m18.6s

ΔT = 15530.5 seconds

Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration
Event Time
TD
Time
UT1
Latitude Longitude Sun
Altitude
Sun
Azimuth
Path Width Central
Duration
Greatest Eclipse23:23:05.019:04:14.554°08.9'S153°18.1'W 17.5° 340.4° 278.1 km01m55.50s
Greatest Duration23:24:07.719:05:17.253°57.8'S087°46.8'W 17.5° 339.5° 279.3 km01m55.53s

Explanation of Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration

Links for the Total Solar Eclipse of -0406 May 11

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Eclipse Predictions

Predictions for the Total Solar Eclipse of -0406 May 11 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 15530.5 seconds for this eclipse. The uncertainty in ΔT is 396.3 seconds corresponding to a standard error in longitude of the eclipse path of ± 1.66°.

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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