Path of the Total Solar Eclipse of -0471 May 09

Fred Espenak

Introduction

The following table delineates the path of the Moon's umbral shadow during the Total Solar Eclipse of -0471 May 09 . 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 -0471 May 09
UT1 Northern Limit Southern Limit Central Line M:S Sun Sun Path Central
Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Ratio Alt. Azm. Width Duration
Limits51°10.3'N107°38.9'W47°22.8'N103°07.2'W49°09.1'N105°10.4'W 1.034 - 509 km 01m42.2s
11:40 - - 53°11.1'N091°35.1'W52°07.2'N098°17.5'W 1.036 71° 561 km 01m50.8s
11:42 - - 54°31.2'N090°09.4'W53°46.4'N095°55.4'W 1.037 74° 572 km 01m54.4s
11:4453°57.9'N101°39.6'W55°46.6'N089°02.5'W55°12.3'N094°21.2'W 1.037 76° 574 km 01m56.9s
11:4655°36.9'N099°34.7'W56°59.0'N088°08.7'W56°31.5'N093°12.9'W 1.037 10° 77° 572 km 01m59.0s
11:4857°02.7'N098°17.1'W58°09.2'N087°27.0'W57°46.5'N092°22.3'W 1.038 11° 78° 567 km 02m00.6s
11:5058°21.9'N097°26.0'W59°17.8'N086°54.1'W58°58.8'N091°45.4'W 1.038 12° 80° 561 km 02m02.0s
11:5259°36.9'N096°53.6'W60°25.2'N086°29.6'W60°09.1'N091°20.0'W 1.038 13° 81° 554 km 02m03.2s
11:5460°49.2'N096°36.5'W61°31.9'N086°12.8'W61°18.0'N091°04.9'W 1.038 13° 82° 546 km 02m04.1s
11:5661°59.3'N096°33.0'W62°37.9'N086°03.7'W62°25.7'N090°59.9'W 1.038 14° 82° 539 km 02m04.8s
11:5863°07.8'N096°42.3'W63°43.4'N086°02.2'W63°32.5'N091°04.2'W 1.038 14° 83° 532 km 02m05.4s
12:0064°14.8'N097°04.5'W64°48.7'N086°08.6'W64°38.6'N091°19.0'W 1.039 14° 83° 525 km 02m05.8s
12:0265°20.7'N097°40.1'W65°53.7'N086°23.6'W65°44.2'N091°44.4'W 1.039 14° 84° 519 km 02m06.1s
12:0466°25.4'N098°30.4'W66°58.7'N086°48.0'W66°49.2'N092°21.4'W 1.039 15° 84° 513 km 02m06.1s
12:0667°28.8'N099°36.8'W68°03.5'N087°22.9'W67°53.7'N093°11.5'W 1.039 15° 84° 507 km 02m06.1s
12:0868°30.9'N101°01.8'W69°08.3'N088°10.0'W68°57.6'N094°16.8'W 1.039 14° 84° 502 km 02m05.9s
12:1069°31.2'N102°48.2'W70°12.9'N089°11.3'W70°00.7'N095°40.0'W 1.038 14° 83° 498 km 02m05.5s
12:1270°29.4'N104°59.8'W71°17.3'N090°29.6'W71°02.9'N097°23.9'W 1.038 14° 82° 495 km 02m05.0s
12:1471°24.6'N107°41.7'W72°21.3'N092°08.5'W72°03.7'N099°33.2'W 1.038 14° 81° 492 km 02m04.3s
12:1672°15.6'N110°59.9'W73°24.6'N094°13.1'W73°02.4'N102°13.3'W 1.038 13° 79° 490 km 02m03.4s
12:1873°00.7'N115°01.9'W74°26.5'N096°49.5'W73°58.1'N105°31.5'W 1.038 13° 77° 488 km 02m02.4s
12:2073°37.0'N119°56.8'W75°26.4'N100°06.0'W74°49.2'N109°36.4'W 1.038 12° 73° 488 km 02m01.1s
12:2273°59.7'N125°55.4'W76°22.7'N104°13.5'W75°33.5'N114°38.5'W 1.037 11° 69° 488 km 01m59.5s
12:2474°00.1'N133°11.9'W77°13.5'N109°25.6'W76°07.1'N120°49.2'W 1.037 10° 64° 490 km 01m57.7s
12:2673°14.3'N142°20.6'W77°55.2'N115°57.1'W76°24.2'N128°19.3'W 1.037 57° 493 km 01m55.4s
12:28 - - 78°22.6'N124°01.8'W76°13.6'N137°17.9'W 1.036 49° 497 km 01m52.4s
12:30 - - 78°26.9'N133°45.4'W75°07.7'N148°05.2'W 1.035 39° 505 km 01m48.1s
Limits70°44.3'N152°03.1'W72°46.3'N165°23.1'W71°54.7'N158°52.9'W 1.034 - 514 km 01m41.2s

ΔT = 16592.2 seconds

Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration
Event Time
TD
Time
UT1
Latitude Longitude Sun
Altitude
Sun
Azimuth
Path Width Central
Duration
Greatest Eclipse16:41:24.112:04:51.967°17.2'N162°00.9'W 14.5° 84.0° 510.2 km02m06.14s
Greatest Duration16:40:47.712:04:15.566°57.5'N092°27.2'W 14.5° 84.0° 511.9 km02m06.15s

Explanation of Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration

Links for the Total Solar Eclipse of -0471 May 09

Links to Additional Solar Eclipse Predictions

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Eclipse Predictions

Predictions for the Total Solar Eclipse of -0471 May 09 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 16592.2 seconds for this eclipse. The uncertainty in ΔT is 419.8 seconds corresponding to a standard error in longitude of the eclipse path of ± 1.75°.

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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