Path of the Total Solar Eclipse of -0556 May 19

Fred Espenak

Introduction

The following table delineates the path of the Moon's umbral shadow during the Total Solar Eclipse of -0556 May 19 . 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 -0556 May 19
UT1 Northern Limit Southern Limit Central Line M:S Sun Sun Path Central
Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Ratio Alt. Azm. Width Duration
Limits08°20.6'N082°10.3'W08°04.4'N082°01.2'W08°12.5'N082°05.7'W 1.009 - 34 km 00m29.2s
11:1010°23.0'N076°29.7'W10°29.3'N075°09.3'W10°26.7'N075°48.3'W 1.011 73° 42 km 00m37.7s
11:1212°32.5'N071°05.9'W12°26.8'N070°11.1'W12°29.9'N070°38.2'W 1.013 13° 74° 48 km 00m45.7s
11:1413°59.5'N067°44.9'W13°49.4'N066°56.4'W13°54.6'N067°20.5'W 1.014 17° 75° 53 km 00m51.4s
11:1615°10.8'N065°08.5'W14°57.8'N064°23.0'W15°04.4'N064°45.6'W 1.015 20° 76° 56 km 00m56.2s
11:1816°12.9'N062°57.1'W15°57.7'N062°13.4'W16°05.4'N062°35.1'W 1.015 23° 76° 59 km 01m00.4s
11:2017°08.9'N061°02.2'W16°51.9'N060°19.6'W17°00.5'N060°40.8'W 1.016 25° 77° 62 km 01m04.3s
11:2218°00.4'N059°19.1'W17°41.9'N058°37.4'W17°51.3'N058°58.1'W 1.017 27° 78° 64 km 01m07.9s
11:2418°48.4'N057°45.0'W18°28.5'N057°03.9'W18°38.5'N057°24.4'W 1.017 29° 79° 67 km 01m11.4s
11:2619°33.6'N056°18.0'W19°12.3'N055°37.4'W19°23.1'N055°57.6'W 1.018 31° 80° 68 km 01m14.6s
11:2820°16.3'N054°56.8'W19°53.9'N054°16.5'W20°05.2'N054°36.5'W 1.018 33° 81° 70 km 01m17.7s
11:3020°57.1'N053°40.3'W20°33.5'N053°00.4'W20°45.4'N053°20.2'W 1.019 35° 82° 72 km 01m20.7s
11:3221°36.0'N052°27.8'W21°11.5'N051°48.2'W21°23.8'N052°07.9'W 1.019 37° 83° 73 km 01m23.5s
11:3422°13.4'N051°18.8'W21°47.9'N050°39.4'W22°00.8'N050°59.0'W 1.019 38° 83° 75 km 01m26.3s
11:3622°49.4'N050°12.7'W22°23.0'N049°33.5'W22°36.3'N049°53.0'W 1.020 40° 84° 76 km 01m29.0s
11:3823°24.2'N049°09.1'W22°56.8'N048°30.2'W23°10.6'N048°49.6'W 1.020 41° 85° 77 km 01m31.6s
11:4023°57.8'N048°07.8'W23°29.6'N047°29.2'W23°43.8'N047°48.4'W 1.021 43° 86° 78 km 01m34.1s
11:4224°30.3'N047°08.5'W24°01.3'N046°30.1'W24°15.9'N046°49.2'W 1.021 44° 87° 79 km 01m36.5s
11:4425°01.9'N046°10.9'W24°32.1'N045°32.7'W24°47.1'N045°51.7'W 1.021 45° 89° 80 km 01m38.9s
11:4625°32.6'N045°14.8'W25°02.0'N044°36.9'W25°17.4'N044°55.8'W 1.021 47° 90° 81 km 01m41.2s
11:4826°02.4'N044°20.2'W25°31.1'N043°42.5'W25°46.8'N044°01.2'W 1.022 48° 91° 82 km 01m43.4s
11:5026°31.5'N043°26.7'W25°59.4'N042°49.3'W26°15.5'N043°07.9'W 1.022 49° 92° 83 km 01m45.6s
11:5226°59.8'N042°34.4'W26°26.9'N041°57.3'W26°43.4'N042°15.7'W 1.022 50° 93° 84 km 01m47.7s
11:5427°27.3'N041°43.0'W26°53.8'N041°06.2'W27°10.6'N041°24.5'W 1.022 51° 94° 84 km 01m49.7s
11:5627°54.2'N040°52.5'W27°20.0'N040°16.0'W27°37.2'N040°34.2'W 1.023 53° 96° 85 km 01m51.7s
11:5828°20.5'N040°02.8'W27°45.6'N039°26.6'W28°03.1'N039°44.6'W 1.023 54° 97° 85 km 01m53.6s
12:0028°46.1'N039°13.8'W28°10.5'N038°38.0'W28°28.4'N038°55.8'W 1.023 55° 99° 86 km 01m55.4s
12:0229°11.1'N038°25.4'W28°34.9'N037°49.9'W28°53.1'N038°07.6'W 1.023 56° 100° 87 km 01m57.2s
12:0429°35.5'N037°37.5'W28°58.8'N037°02.5'W29°17.2'N037°19.9'W 1.024 57° 102° 87 km 01m59.0s
12:0629°59.4'N036°50.1'W29°22.0'N036°15.5'W29°40.8'N036°32.7'W 1.024 58° 103° 88 km 02m00.6s
12:0830°22.7'N036°03.2'W29°44.8'N035°28.9'W30°03.8'N035°46.0'W 1.024 59° 105° 88 km 02m02.3s
12:1030°45.5'N035°16.6'W30°07.0'N034°42.8'W30°26.3'N034°59.6'W 1.024 60° 107° 89 km 02m03.8s
12:1231°07.8'N034°30.3'W30°28.7'N033°57.0'W30°48.3'N034°13.5'W 1.024 61° 108° 89 km 02m05.3s
12:1431°29.6'N033°44.3'W30°49.9'N033°11.5'W31°09.8'N033°27.8'W 1.024 62° 110° 89 km 02m06.8s
12:1631°50.9'N032°58.5'W31°10.7'N032°26.2'W31°30.8'N032°42.2'W 1.024 63° 112° 90 km 02m08.1s
12:1832°11.7'N032°12.9'W31°31.0'N031°41.1'W31°51.4'N031°56.9'W 1.025 63° 115° 90 km 02m09.5s
12:2032°32.0'N031°27.4'W31°50.8'N030°56.2'W32°11.4'N031°11.7'W 1.025 64° 117° 90 km 02m10.7s
12:2232°51.8'N030°42.1'W32°10.1'N030°11.4'W32°31.0'N030°26.6'W 1.025 65° 119° 91 km 02m11.9s
12:2433°11.2'N029°56.8'W32°29.0'N029°26.7'W32°50.2'N029°41.6'W 1.025 66° 121° 91 km 02m13.0s
12:2633°30.2'N029°11.5'W32°47.5'N028°42.0'W33°08.9'N028°56.7'W 1.025 66° 124° 91 km 02m14.1s
12:2833°48.6'N028°26.2'W33°05.5'N027°57.4'W33°27.1'N028°11.7'W 1.025 67° 127° 91 km 02m15.1s
12:3034°06.6'N027°40.9'W33°23.0'N027°12.8'W33°44.9'N027°26.8'W 1.025 68° 130° 91 km 02m16.0s
12:3234°24.2'N026°55.5'W33°40.2'N026°28.1'W34°02.2'N026°41.7'W 1.025 68° 132° 92 km 02m16.9s
12:3434°41.3'N026°10.1'W33°56.9'N025°43.4'W34°19.1'N025°56.6'W 1.025 69° 136° 92 km 02m17.7s
12:3634°58.0'N025°24.5'W34°13.2'N024°58.6'W34°35.6'N025°11.5'W 1.025 69° 139° 92 km 02m18.5s
12:3835°14.2'N024°38.8'W34°29.0'N024°13.6'W34°51.6'N024°26.1'W 1.026 70° 142° 92 km 02m19.1s
12:4035°30.0'N023°52.9'W34°44.4'N023°28.5'W35°07.2'N023°40.6'W 1.026 70° 145° 92 km 02m19.7s
12:4235°45.4'N023°06.8'W34°59.4'N022°43.3'W35°22.4'N022°55.0'W 1.026 71° 149° 92 km 02m20.3s
12:4436°00.3'N022°20.5'W35°13.9'N021°57.8'W35°37.1'N022°09.1'W 1.026 71° 153° 92 km 02m20.8s
12:4636°14.7'N021°34.0'W35°28.1'N021°12.2'W35°51.4'N021°23.0'W 1.026 71° 156° 92 km 02m21.2s
12:4836°28.7'N020°47.2'W35°41.7'N020°26.3'W36°05.2'N020°36.7'W 1.026 71° 160° 92 km 02m21.5s
12:5036°42.2'N020°00.1'W35°55.0'N019°40.1'W36°18.6'N019°50.0'W 1.026 71° 164° 92 km 02m21.8s
12:5236°55.3'N019°12.7'W36°07.8'N018°53.7'W36°31.6'N019°03.1'W 1.026 71° 168° 92 km 02m22.0s
12:5437°08.0'N018°24.9'W36°20.2'N018°06.9'W36°44.1'N018°15.9'W 1.026 71° 172° 92 km 02m22.1s
12:5637°20.1'N017°36.8'W36°32.1'N017°19.8'W36°56.1'N017°28.3'W 1.026 71° 176° 92 km 02m22.1s
12:5837°31.8'N016°48.3'W36°43.6'N016°32.4'W37°07.7'N016°40.3'W 1.026 71° 180° 92 km 02m22.1s
13:0037°43.1'N015°59.5'W36°54.7'N015°44.6'W37°18.9'N015°52.0'W 1.026 71° 183° 92 km 02m22.0s
13:0237°53.8'N015°10.2'W37°05.2'N014°56.4'W37°29.5'N015°03.3'W 1.026 71° 187° 92 km 02m21.9s
13:0438°04.1'N014°20.4'W37°15.4'N014°07.7'W37°39.7'N014°14.1'W 1.026 70° 191° 92 km 02m21.6s
13:0638°13.9'N013°30.2'W37°25.0'N013°18.7'W37°49.5'N013°24.4'W 1.026 70° 194° 92 km 02m21.3s
13:0838°23.2'N012°39.5'W37°34.2'N012°29.1'W37°58.7'N012°34.3'W 1.026 70° 198° 92 km 02m21.0s
13:1038°32.0'N011°48.3'W37°42.9'N011°39.1'W38°07.4'N011°43.7'W 1.026 69° 201° 92 km 02m20.5s
13:1238°40.2'N010°56.6'W37°51.1'N010°48.6'W38°15.7'N010°52.6'W 1.026 69° 204° 91 km 02m20.0s
13:1438°48.0'N010°04.3'W37°58.8'N009°57.5'W38°23.4'N010°00.9'W 1.026 68° 208° 91 km 02m19.4s
13:1638°55.2'N009°11.4'W38°06.0'N009°05.8'W38°30.6'N009°08.7'W 1.026 67° 211° 91 km 02m18.7s
13:1839°01.9'N008°17.9'W38°12.7'N008°13.6'W38°37.3'N008°15.8'W 1.025 67° 213° 91 km 02m18.0s
13:2039°08.0'N007°23.8'W38°18.9'N007°20.8'W38°43.4'N007°22.3'W 1.025 66° 216° 91 km 02m17.2s
13:2239°13.5'N006°29.0'W38°24.5'N006°27.3'W38°49.0'N006°28.2'W 1.025 65° 219° 90 km 02m16.3s
13:2439°18.5'N005°33.6'W38°29.6'N005°33.1'W38°54.1'N005°33.4'W 1.025 64° 221° 90 km 02m15.4s
13:2639°22.9'N004°37.4'W38°34.1'N004°38.3'W38°58.5'N004°37.9'W 1.025 64° 224° 90 km 02m14.3s
13:2839°26.7'N003°40.4'W38°38.1'N003°42.7'W39°02.4'N003°41.6'W 1.025 63° 226° 90 km 02m13.2s
13:3039°29.9'N002°42.7'W38°41.4'N002°46.3'W39°05.7'N002°44.6'W 1.025 62° 229° 89 km 02m12.1s
13:3239°32.4'N001°44.2'W38°44.2'N001°49.1'W39°08.3'N001°46.7'W 1.025 61° 231° 89 km 02m10.8s
13:3439°34.3'N000°44.8'W38°46.3'N000°51.1'W39°10.3'N000°48.0'W 1.025 60° 233° 88 km 02m09.5s
13:3639°35.6'N000°15.6'E38°47.8'N000°07.8'E39°11.7'N000°11.6'E 1.025 59° 235° 88 km 02m08.1s
13:3839°36.1'N001°16.8'E38°48.7'N001°07.7'E39°12.4'N001°12.1'E 1.024 58° 237° 88 km 02m06.7s
13:4039°35.9'N002°19.0'E38°48.9'N002°08.5'E39°12.4'N002°13.7'E 1.024 57° 239° 87 km 02m05.2s
13:4239°35.0'N003°22.3'E38°48.3'N003°10.4'E39°11.7'N003°16.2'E 1.024 56° 241° 87 km 02m03.6s
13:4439°33.3'N004°26.7'E38°47.1'N004°13.3'E39°10.2'N004°19.9'E 1.024 55° 243° 86 km 02m01.9s
13:4639°30.8'N005°32.2'E38°45.0'N005°17.5'E39°07.9'N005°24.7'E 1.024 54° 245° 86 km 02m00.2s
13:4839°27.5'N006°39.0'E38°42.2'N006°22.8'E39°04.9'N006°30.8'E 1.024 53° 246° 85 km 01m58.4s
13:5039°23.3'N007°47.1'E38°38.6'N007°29.5'E39°01.0'N007°38.1'E 1.023 52° 248° 85 km 01m56.5s
13:5239°18.3'N008°56.6'E38°34.2'N008°37.5'E38°56.2'N008°46.9'E 1.023 51° 250° 84 km 01m54.6s
13:5439°12.3'N010°07.5'E38°28.8'N009°47.0'E38°50.6'N009°57.1'E 1.023 49° 251° 83 km 01m52.5s
13:5639°05.3'N011°20.1'E38°22.5'N010°58.2'E38°43.9'N011°09.0'E 1.023 48° 253° 83 km 01m50.4s
13:5838°57.3'N012°34.4'E38°15.2'N012°11.0'E38°36.3'N012°22.5'E 1.023 47° 255° 82 km 01m48.3s
14:0038°48.2'N013°50.6'E38°06.9'N013°25.7'E38°27.6'N013°38.0'E 1.022 46° 256° 81 km 01m46.0s
14:0238°37.9'N015°08.7'E37°57.4'N014°42.5'E38°17.7'N014°55.4'E 1.022 44° 258° 80 km 01m43.7s
14:0438°26.3'N016°29.1'E37°46.8'N016°01.4'E38°06.6'N016°15.1'E 1.022 43° 259° 79 km 01m41.3s
14:0638°13.5'N017°52.0'E37°34.9'N017°22.8'E37°54.3'N017°37.2'E 1.021 42° 261° 78 km 01m38.8s
14:0837°59.2'N019°17.5'E37°21.6'N018°46.9'E37°40.5'N019°02.0'E 1.021 40° 263° 77 km 01m36.2s
14:1037°43.3'N020°46.1'E37°06.9'N020°14.0'E37°25.2'N020°29.9'E 1.021 39° 264° 76 km 01m33.6s
14:1237°25.8'N022°18.1'E36°50.5'N021°44.5'E37°08.2'N022°01.1'E 1.020 37° 266° 75 km 01m30.8s
14:1437°06.3'N023°53.9'E36°32.3'N023°18.8'E36°49.4'N023°36.2'E 1.020 35° 267° 74 km 01m27.9s
14:1636°44.8'N025°34.2'E36°12.1'N024°57.5'E36°28.5'N025°15.6'E 1.020 34° 269° 73 km 01m24.9s
14:1836°20.8'N027°19.7'E35°49.6'N026°41.3'E36°05.3'N027°00.3'E 1.019 32° 270° 71 km 01m21.8s
14:2035°54.1'N029°11.3'E35°24.5'N028°31.2'E35°39.4'N028°51.1'E 1.019 30° 272° 70 km 01m18.5s
14:2235°24.2'N031°10.5'E34°56.4'N030°28.5'E35°10.4'N030°49.3'E 1.018 28° 274° 68 km 01m15.1s
14:2434°50.3'N033°19.0'E34°24.6'N032°34.8'E34°37.6'N032°56.7'E 1.018 26° 275° 66 km 01m11.4s
14:2634°11.5'N035°39.6'E33°48.1'N034°52.9'E34°00.0'N035°16.0'E 1.017 23° 277° 64 km 01m07.5s
14:2833°26.3'N038°16.6'E33°05.7'N037°26.7'E33°16.1'N037°51.4'E 1.016 21° 279° 61 km 01m03.3s
14:3032°31.9'N041°17.7'E32°14.8'N040°23.4'E32°23.5'N040°50.3'E 1.015 18° 281° 58 km 00m58.5s
14:3231°22.4'N044°59.4'E31°10.4'N043°57.5'E31°16.7'N044°28.1'E 1.014 14° 283° 54 km 00m53.0s
14:3429°39.9'N050°13.7'E29°38.3'N048°51.5'E29°39.6'N049°31.7'E 1.013 286° 49 km 00m45.8s
Limits26°46.3'N058°45.6'E26°27.6'N058°33.5'E26°37.0'N058°39.5'E 1.010 - 39 km 00m34.2s

ΔT = 17939.5 seconds

Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration
Event Time
TD
Time
UT1
Latitude Longitude Sun
Altitude
Sun
Azimuth
Path Width Central
Duration
Greatest Eclipse17:51:19.112:52:19.636°33.7'N093°52.6'W 71.5° 168.6° 92.3 km02m21.98s
Greatest Duration17:55:30.412:56:31.036°59.2'N017°16.0'W 71.3° 176.8° 92.3 km02m22.14s

Explanation of Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration

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Eclipse Predictions

Predictions for the Total Solar Eclipse of -0556 May 19 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 17939.5 seconds for this eclipse. The uncertainty in ΔT is 451.5 seconds corresponding to a standard error in longitude of the eclipse path of ± 1.89°.

Acknowledgments

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

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