Path of the Total Solar Eclipse of -0435 May 31

Fred Espenak

Introduction

The following table delineates the path of the Moon's umbral shadow during the Total Solar Eclipse of -0435 May 31 . 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 -0435 May 31
UT1 Northern Limit Southern Limit Central Line M:S Sun Sun Path Central
Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Ratio Alt. Azm. Width Duration
Limits35°33.1'N045°09.1'E33°38.5'N047°06.7'E34°35.2'N046°09.2'E 1.041 - 268 km 01m59.5s
01:46 - - 37°40.7'N055°52.8'E35°43.1'N048°50.3'E 1.042 66° 275 km 02m03.5s
01:4837°21.9'N049°13.6'E39°41.5'N059°25.0'E38°57.0'N055°18.2'E 1.044 70° 293 km 02m14.4s
01:5040°09.6'N054°29.8'E41°19.0'N062°00.0'E40°53.1'N058°34.0'E 1.045 12° 73° 301 km 02m20.5s
01:5242°02.7'N057°33.3'E42°44.8'N064°06.8'E42°29.1'N061°01.0'E 1.046 15° 75° 305 km 02m25.2s
01:5443°37.7'N059°53.8'E44°03.3'N065°56.1'E43°54.4'N063°02.7'E 1.046 17° 77° 308 km 02m29.2s
01:5645°02.8'N061°50.8'E45°16.6'N067°33.6'E45°12.8'N064°48.2'E 1.047 19° 79° 311 km 02m32.8s
01:5846°21.3'N063°32.9'E46°26.1'N069°02.4'E46°26.3'N066°22.7'E 1.047 20° 81° 312 km 02m36.0s
02:0047°35.2'N065°04.5'E47°32.5'N070°24.5'E47°36.1'N067°48.9'E 1.048 22° 82° 313 km 02m38.9s
02:0248°45.6'N066°28.2'E48°36.5'N071°41.6'E48°43.1'N069°08.8'E 1.048 23° 84° 313 km 02m41.6s
02:0449°53.1'N067°45.9'E49°38.5'N072°54.5'E49°47.7'N070°23.9'E 1.049 24° 86° 313 km 02m44.0s
02:0650°58.4'N068°58.9'E50°38.8'N074°04.2'E50°50.3'N071°35.1'E 1.049 26° 88° 313 km 02m46.3s
02:0852°01.8'N070°08.3'E51°37.6'N075°11.3'E51°51.3'N072°43.2'E 1.049 27° 89° 312 km 02m48.4s
02:1053°03.6'N071°14.6'E52°35.2'N076°16.4'E52°51.0'N073°48.8'E 1.049 28° 91° 311 km 02m50.4s
02:1254°04.1'N072°18.6'E53°31.7'N077°19.9'E53°49.4'N074°52.5'E 1.050 29° 93° 310 km 02m52.3s
02:1455°03.5'N073°20.7'E54°27.3'N078°22.2'E54°46.8'N075°54.8'E 1.050 29° 95° 310 km 02m54.0s
02:1656°01.9'N074°21.5'E55°22.0'N079°23.6'E55°43.3'N076°55.9'E 1.050 30° 97° 309 km 02m55.6s
02:1856°59.4'N075°21.2'E56°15.9'N080°24.5'E56°39.0'N077°56.3'E 1.050 31° 98° 307 km 02m57.1s
02:2057°56.1'N076°20.2'E57°09.2'N081°25.2'E57°34.0'N078°56.2'E 1.050 31° 100° 306 km 02m58.4s
02:2258°52.2'N077°18.9'E58°01.9'N082°25.8'E58°28.3'N079°56.0'E 1.051 32° 102° 305 km 02m59.7s
02:2459°47.8'N078°17.5'E58°54.1'N083°26.8'E59°22.1'N080°56.0'E 1.051 33° 104° 304 km 03m00.9s
02:2660°42.8'N079°16.4'E59°45.8'N084°28.4'E60°15.5'N081°56.4'E 1.051 33° 106° 303 km 03m01.9s
02:2861°37.4'N080°15.8'E60°37.0'N085°30.8'E61°08.3'N082°57.5'E 1.051 34° 108° 302 km 03m02.9s
02:3062°31.6'N081°16.0'E61°27.8'N086°34.4'E62°00.8'N083°59.6'E 1.051 34° 110° 300 km 03m03.7s
02:3263°25.4'N082°17.4'E62°18.3'N087°39.4'E62°53.0'N085°03.1'E 1.051 34° 112° 299 km 03m04.5s
02:3464°19.0'N083°20.3'E63°08.4'N088°46.1'E63°44.8'N086°08.2'E 1.051 35° 114° 298 km 03m05.2s
02:3665°12.3'N084°25.1'E63°58.2'N089°54.8'E64°36.3'N087°15.2'E 1.051 35° 117° 297 km 03m05.7s
02:3866°05.3'N085°32.0'E64°47.7'N091°05.9'E65°27.5'N088°24.6'E 1.051 35° 119° 296 km 03m06.2s
02:4066°58.2'N086°41.6'E65°36.9'N092°19.9'E66°18.5'N089°36.8'E 1.051 35° 121° 295 km 03m06.6s
02:4267°50.8'N087°54.4'E66°25.8'N093°37.0'E67°09.3'N090°52.2'E 1.051 35° 124° 294 km 03m06.9s
02:4468°43.3'N089°10.9'E67°14.4'N094°57.8'E67°59.8'N092°11.3'E 1.051 36° 126° 293 km 03m07.1s
02:4669°35.7'N090°31.6'E68°02.8'N096°22.8'E68°50.1'N093°34.8'E 1.051 36° 129° 292 km 03m07.2s
02:4870°27.9'N091°57.5'E68°50.8'N097°52.6'E69°40.2'N095°03.2'E 1.051 36° 131° 291 km 03m07.2s
02:5071°19.9'N093°29.2'E69°38.5'N099°28.0'E70°30.0'N096°37.4'E 1.051 36° 134° 290 km 03m07.1s
02:5272°11.7'N095°07.8'E70°25.9'N101°09.6'E71°19.5'N098°18.2'E 1.051 35° 137° 289 km 03m07.0s
02:5473°03.3'N096°54.5'E71°12.8'N102°58.3'E72°08.7'N100°06.7'E 1.051 35° 140° 288 km 03m06.7s
02:5673°54.6'N098°50.8'E71°59.3'N104°55.3'E72°57.6'N102°04.2'E 1.051 35° 143° 287 km 03m06.3s
02:5874°45.6'N100°58.4'E72°45.2'N107°01.6'E73°45.9'N104°12.0'E 1.051 35° 146° 287 km 03m05.9s
03:0075°36.1'N103°19.4'E73°30.5'N109°18.7'E74°33.7'N106°31.9'E 1.051 35° 150° 286 km 03m05.3s
03:0276°26.1'N105°56.4'E74°15.0'N111°48.2'E75°20.8'N109°06.0'E 1.051 34° 153° 285 km 03m04.7s
03:0477°15.2'N108°52.6'E74°58.5'N114°31.8'E76°06.9'N111°56.5'E 1.051 34° 157° 285 km 03m03.9s
03:0678°03.3'N112°12.0'E75°40.9'N117°31.6'E76°51.9'N115°06.4'E 1.051 34° 162° 284 km 03m03.0s
03:0878°49.9'N115°59.2'E76°21.7'N120°50.0'E77°35.4'N118°39.0'E 1.051 33° 166° 283 km 03m02.1s
03:1079°34.5'N120°20.0'E77°00.8'N124°29.6'E78°17.1'N122°38.0'E 1.050 33° 171° 283 km 03m01.0s
03:1280°16.5'N125°20.8'E77°37.6'N128°33.1'E78°56.2'N127°07.5'E 1.050 32° 177° 282 km 02m59.8s
03:1480°54.9'N131°08.8'E78°11.7'N133°03.2'E79°32.3'N132°11.8'E 1.050 31° 183° 282 km 02m58.6s
03:1681°28.6'N137°50.5'E78°42.3'N138°02.5'E80°04.3'N137°54.8'E 1.050 31° 190° 282 km 02m57.2s
03:1881°56.0'N145°30.1'E79°08.8'N143°32.6'E80°31.4'N144°19.0'E 1.050 30° 197° 281 km 02m55.7s
03:2082°15.5'N154°06.3'E79°30.3'N149°34.1'E80°52.2'N151°24.7'E 1.050 29° 205° 281 km 02m54.0s
03:2282°25.2'N163°29.8'E79°45.7'N156°05.3'E81°05.5'N159°07.9'E 1.049 29° 214° 281 km 02m52.3s
03:2482°23.6'N173°21.3'E79°54.2'N163°02.4'E81°10.0'N167°20.2'E 1.049 28° 223° 280 km 02m50.3s
03:2682°09.8'N176°44.8'W79°54.9'N170°18.6'E81°04.8'N175°48.3'E 1.049 27° 232° 280 km 02m48.3s
03:2881°43.4'N167°13.7'W79°46.9'N177°45.0'E80°49.1'N175°43.2'W 1.048 26° 242° 280 km 02m46.1s
03:3081°04.6'N158°23.9'W79°29.7'N174°48.4'W80°22.6'N167°29.1'W 1.048 25° 251° 280 km 02m43.7s
03:3280°14.2'N150°23.5'W79°03.0'N167°30.6'W79°45.2'N159°40.7'W 1.048 23° 259° 279 km 02m41.2s
03:3479°12.4'N143°12.5'W78°26.5'N160°28.9'W78°57.1'N152°23.9'W 1.047 22° 267° 279 km 02m38.4s
03:3677°59.4'N136°44.6'W77°39.9'N153°47.4'W77°58.1'N145°40.0'W 1.047 20° 275° 279 km 02m35.4s
03:3876°34.1'N130°50.6'W76°43.0'N147°27.3'W76°48.0'N139°25.3'W 1.046 19° 282° 279 km 02m32.1s
03:4074°54.3'N125°18.9'W75°35.0'N141°26.6'W75°25.3'N133°34.1'W 1.046 17° 288° 278 km 02m28.4s
03:4272°55.1'N119°54.2'W74°14.3'N135°40.6'W73°47.6'N127°57.0'W 1.045 15° 294° 277 km 02m24.3s
03:4470°24.0'N114°10.3'W72°37.7'N130°00.7'W71°49.2'N122°19.4'W 1.044 12° 301° 276 km 02m19.4s
03:4666°28.8'N106°37.1'W70°38.8'N124°12.2'W69°15.2'N116°11.9'W 1.043 307° 274 km 02m13.3s
03:48 - - 67°59.3'N117°39.4'W64°48.8'N107°17.4'W 1.041 316° 269 km 02m03.2s
Limits62°47.8'N100°13.7'W61°28.0'N104°28.5'W62°08.0'N102°25.1'W 1.040 - 265 km 01m57.4s

ΔT = 15990.5 seconds

Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration
Event Time
TD
Time
UT1
Latitude Longitude Sun
Altitude
Sun
Azimuth
Path Width Central
Duration
Greatest Eclipse07:13:43.602:47:13.169°20.6'N027°39.4'E 35.6° 130.2° 291.1 km03m07.21s
Greatest Duration07:13:47.802:47:17.369°22.4'N094°31.1'E 35.6° 130.3° 291.1 km03m07.21s

Explanation of Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration

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Eclipse Predictions

Predictions for the Total Solar Eclipse of -0435 May 31 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 15990.5 seconds for this eclipse. The uncertainty in ΔT is 406.6 seconds corresponding to a standard error in longitude of the eclipse path of ± 1.70°.

Acknowledgments

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

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