Path of the Total Solar Eclipse of -0815 May 03

Fred Espenak

Introduction

The following table delineates the path of the Moon's umbral shadow during the Total Solar Eclipse of -0815 May 03 . 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 -0815 May 03
UT1 Northern Limit Southern Limit Central Line M:S Sun Sun Path Central
Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Ratio Alt. Azm. Width Duration
Limits55°28.9'S087°32.9'E57°48.1'S088°40.9'E56°37.9'S088°05.1'E 1.062 - 264 km 03m30.0s
01:2451°07.1'S102°35.6'E - - 54°04.1'S097°34.8'E 1.064 58° 269 km 03m47.1s
01:2649°22.5'S107°31.3'E54°31.3'S100°37.4'E51°42.6'S104°55.0'E 1.066 11° 52° 273 km 04m02.9s
01:2847°59.1'S111°08.3'E52°26.2'S106°55.9'E50°05.4'S109°24.5'E 1.067 15° 48° 277 km 04m14.0s
01:3046°47.5'S114°03.8'E50°53.9'S111°07.9'E48°45.7'S112°49.4'E 1.068 17° 45° 279 km 04m23.2s
01:3245°43.6'S116°33.1'E49°36.9'S114°24.2'E47°36.3'S115°38.0'E 1.068 20° 42° 282 km 04m31.3s
01:3444°45.4'S118°43.8'E48°29.2'S117°07.6'E46°34.0'S118°02.6'E 1.069 22° 39° 284 km 04m38.6s
01:3643°51.6'S120°40.6'E47°28.2'S119°28.9'E45°37.0'S120°10.1'E 1.069 24° 37° 286 km 04m45.3s
01:3843°01.3'S122°26.7'E46°32.1'S121°33.9'E44°44.2'S122°04.6'E 1.070 26° 35° 288 km 04m51.5s
01:4042°13.9'S124°04.1'E45°40.0'S123°26.7'E43°54.7'S123°48.9'E 1.070 27° 33° 290 km 04m57.4s
01:4241°29.0'S125°34.3'E44°51.2'S125°09.6'E43°08.0'S125°24.9'E 1.071 29° 31° 292 km 05m02.9s
01:4440°46.4'S126°58.6'E44°05.1'S126°44.6'E42°23.8'S126°54.1'E 1.071 30° 29° 294 km 05m08.1s
01:4640°05.6'S128°17.8'E43°21.4'S128°12.9'E41°41.7'S128°17.5'E 1.072 31° 27° 296 km 05m13.1s
01:4839°26.5'S129°32.7'E42°39.7'S129°35.7'E41°01.4'S129°36.0'E 1.072 32° 26° 298 km 05m17.8s
01:5038°49.0'S130°43.7'E41°59.9'S130°53.8'E40°22.9'S130°50.3'E 1.072 34° 24° 300 km 05m22.2s
01:5238°12.9'S131°51.5'E41°21.7'S132°07.7'E39°45.8'S132°00.9'E 1.073 35° 22° 301 km 05m26.5s
01:5437°38.0'S132°56.3'E40°45.1'S133°18.1'E39°10.1'S133°08.3'E 1.073 36° 21° 303 km 05m30.5s
01:5637°04.4'S133°58.5'E40°09.7'S134°25.3'E38°35.6'S134°12.9'E 1.073 37° 19° 305 km 05m34.3s
01:5836°31.8'S134°58.5'E39°35.7'S135°29.8'E38°02.4'S135°15.0'E 1.073 37° 17° 307 km 05m37.9s
02:0036°00.2'S135°56.4'E39°02.7'S136°31.8'E37°30.2'S136°14.8'E 1.074 38° 15° 309 km 05m41.4s
02:0235°29.6'S136°52.5'E38°30.9'S137°31.6'E36°59.0'S137°12.6'E 1.074 39° 14° 310 km 05m44.6s
02:0434°59.9'S137°46.9'E38°00.0'S138°29.5'E36°28.8'S138°08.7'E 1.074 40° 12° 312 km 05m47.7s
02:0634°31.0'S138°39.8'E37°30.1'S139°25.7'E35°59.4'S139°03.2'E 1.074 41° 10° 314 km 05m50.6s
02:0834°02.9'S139°31.5'E37°01.1'S140°20.3'E35°30.9'S139°56.2'E 1.074 41° 316 km 05m53.3s
02:1033°35.6'S140°21.9'E36°33.0'S141°13.5'E35°03.2'S140°48.0'E 1.074 42° 317 km 05m55.9s
02:1233°09.0'S141°11.3'E36°05.6'S142°05.5'E34°36.3'S141°38.6'E 1.075 42° 319 km 05m58.3s
02:1432°43.2'S141°59.7'E35°39.0'S142°56.4'E34°10.0'S142°28.1'E 1.075 43° 321 km 06m00.5s
02:1632°17.9'S142°47.2'E35°13.1'S143°46.3'E33°44.5'S143°16.8'E 1.075 43° 323 km 06m02.5s
02:1831°53.4'S143°34.0'E34°48.0'S144°35.2'E33°19.7'S144°04.6'E 1.075 44° 324 km 06m04.4s
02:2031°29.5'S144°20.1'E34°23.5'S145°23.4'E32°55.5'S144°51.7'E 1.075 44° 358° 326 km 06m06.0s
02:2231°06.1'S145°05.7'E33°59.7'S146°11.0'E32°32.0'S145°38.2'E 1.075 45° 357° 327 km 06m07.5s
02:2430°43.4'S145°50.7'E33°36.5'S146°57.9'E32°09.0'S146°24.1'E 1.075 45° 355° 329 km 06m08.9s
02:2630°21.3'S146°35.3'E33°13.9'S147°44.2'E31°46.7'S147°09.5'E 1.075 45° 353° 330 km 06m10.1s
02:2829°59.7'S147°19.4'E32°51.9'S148°30.2'E31°24.9'S147°54.5'E 1.075 45° 351° 332 km 06m11.0s
02:3029°38.6'S148°03.3'E32°30.5'S149°15.8'E31°03.7'S148°39.2'E 1.075 46° 350° 333 km 06m11.9s
02:3229°18.1'S148°47.0'E32°09.7'S150°01.1'E30°43.1'S149°23.6'E 1.075 46° 348° 335 km 06m12.5s
02:3428°58.2'S149°30.4'E31°49.4'S150°46.1'E30°23.0'S150°07.8'E 1.075 46° 346° 336 km 06m13.0s
02:3628°38.7'S150°13.7'E31°29.7'S151°31.0'E30°03.4'S150°51.9'E 1.075 46° 344° 337 km 06m13.3s
02:3828°19.8'S150°57.0'E31°10.5'S152°15.8'E29°44.4'S151°35.9'E 1.075 46° 342° 339 km 06m13.4s
02:4028°01.4'S151°40.3'E30°51.9'S153°00.6'E29°25.9'S152°19.9'E 1.075 46° 341° 340 km 06m13.3s
02:4227°43.5'S152°23.6'E30°33.8'S153°45.4'E29°07.9'S153°03.9'E 1.075 46° 339° 341 km 06m13.1s
02:4427°26.1'S153°07.0'E30°16.3'S154°30.3'E28°50.5'S153°48.0'E 1.075 45° 337° 342 km 06m12.7s
02:4627°09.2'S153°50.6'E29°59.2'S155°15.4'E28°33.5'S154°32.3'E 1.075 45° 336° 342 km 06m12.1s
02:4826°52.9'S154°34.4'E29°42.7'S156°00.7'E28°17.1'S155°16.8'E 1.075 45° 334° 343 km 06m11.3s
02:5026°37.0'S155°18.5'E29°26.8'S156°46.3'E28°01.2'S156°01.6'E 1.075 45° 332° 344 km 06m10.4s
02:5226°21.7'S156°02.9'E29°11.3'S157°32.3'E27°45.8'S156°46.7'E 1.075 45° 330° 344 km 06m09.2s
02:5426°06.8'S156°47.7'E28°56.4'S158°18.7'E27°31.0'S157°32.3'E 1.075 44° 329° 345 km 06m07.9s
02:5625°52.5'S157°33.1'E28°42.1'S159°05.6'E27°16.6'S158°18.4'E 1.075 44° 327° 345 km 06m06.4s
02:5825°38.8'S158°18.9'E28°28.2'S159°53.1'E27°02.8'S159°05.0'E 1.075 43° 326° 345 km 06m04.7s
03:0025°25.5'S159°05.4'E28°15.0'S160°41.3'E26°49.6'S159°52.3'E 1.075 43° 324° 345 km 06m02.8s
03:0225°12.8'S159°52.6'E28°02.3'S161°30.3'E26°36.9'S160°40.3'E 1.075 42° 322° 345 km 06m00.7s
03:0425°00.7'S160°40.6'E27°50.2'S162°20.1'E26°24.8'S161°29.2'E 1.074 42° 321° 344 km 05m58.5s
03:0624°49.1'S161°29.5'E27°38.7'S163°10.9'E26°13.3'S162°18.9'E 1.074 41° 319° 344 km 05m56.0s
03:0824°38.2'S162°19.3'E27°27.8'S164°02.8'E26°02.4'S163°09.7'E 1.074 40° 318° 343 km 05m53.4s
03:1024°27.8'S163°10.3'E27°17.6'S164°55.9'E25°52.1'S164°01.7'E 1.074 40° 316° 342 km 05m50.5s
03:1224°18.1'S164°02.4'E27°08.0'S165°50.3'E25°42.4'S164°54.9'E 1.074 39° 315° 341 km 05m47.5s
03:1424°09.1'S164°55.8'E26°59.1'S166°46.3'E25°33.5'S165°49.5'E 1.073 38° 314° 340 km 05m44.2s
03:1624°00.7'S165°50.8'E26°51.0'S167°44.0'E25°25.2'S166°45.7'E 1.073 37° 312° 338 km 05m40.8s
03:1823°53.1'S166°47.4'E26°43.6'S168°43.5'E25°17.7'S167°43.7'E 1.073 36° 311° 337 km 05m37.1s
03:2023°46.3'S167°45.9'E26°37.0'S169°45.2'E25°11.0'S168°43.6'E 1.073 35° 310° 335 km 05m33.2s
03:2223°40.3'S168°46.4'E26°31.4'S170°49.4'E25°05.2'S169°45.8'E 1.072 34° 308° 333 km 05m29.1s
03:2423°35.1'S169°49.2'E26°26.7'S171°56.2'E25°00.2'S170°50.5'E 1.072 33° 307° 331 km 05m24.7s
03:2623°31.0'S170°54.6'E26°23.1'S173°06.2'E24°56.3'S171°58.0'E 1.072 32° 306° 328 km 05m20.1s
03:2823°27.8'S172°03.1'E26°20.6'S174°19.8'E24°53.5'S173°08.8'E 1.072 31° 304° 326 km 05m15.3s
03:3023°25.8'S173°14.9'E26°19.4'S175°37.6'E24°51.8'S174°23.4'E 1.071 30° 303° 323 km 05m10.1s
03:3223°25.1'S174°30.7'E26°19.7'S177°00.4'E24°51.6'S175°42.3'E 1.071 28° 302° 320 km 05m04.7s
03:3423°25.8'S175°51.1'E26°21.7'S178°29.1'E24°52.9'S177°06.5'E 1.070 27° 301° 317 km 04m58.9s
03:3623°28.2'S177°17.0'E26°25.7'S179°54.9'W24°56.0'S178°36.9'E 1.070 25° 299° 313 km 04m52.8s
03:3823°32.5'S178°49.6'E26°32.2'S178°09.8'W25°01.2'S179°45.0'W 1.069 23° 298° 309 km 04m46.2s
03:4023°39.1'S179°29.6'W26°41.7'S176°12.7'W25°09.1'S177°57.2'W 1.069 22° 297° 305 km 04m39.1s
03:4223°48.6'S177°38.3'W26°55.4'S173°59.2'W25°20.4'S175°56.4'W 1.068 19° 295° 300 km 04m31.4s
03:4424°01.9'S175°32.9'W27°15.2'S171°21.3'W25°36.2'S173°37.7'W 1.067 17° 294° 295 km 04m22.8s
03:4624°20.3'S173°07.3'W27°45.0'S168°00.9'W25°58.9'S170°51.4'W 1.066 14° 292° 289 km 04m13.0s
03:4824°46.8'S170°09.6'W28°39.5'S162°54.9'W26°33.9'S167°14.5'W 1.065 11° 290° 282 km 04m01.0s
03:5025°29.1'S166°07.6'W - - 27°46.3'S160°58.9'W 1.063 287° 271 km 03m42.3s
Limits27°36.9'S156°11.2'W30°04.4'S156°11.7'W28°49.9'S156°11.6'W 1.062 - 263 km 03m29.7s

ΔT = 22071.1 seconds

Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration
Event Time
TD
Time
UT1
Latitude Longitude Sun
Altitude
Sun
Azimuth
Path Width Central
Duration
Greatest Eclipse08:44:33.102:36:42.029°56.7'S058°54.4'E 45.8° 343.6° 337.8 km06m13.35s
Greatest Duration08:46:11.902:38:20.929°41.1'S151°43.5'E 45.7° 342.2° 338.7 km06m13.41s

Explanation of Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration

Links for the Total Solar Eclipse of -0815 May 03

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Eclipse Predictions

Predictions for the Total Solar Eclipse of -0815 May 03 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 22071.1 seconds for this eclipse. The uncertainty in ΔT is 551.6 seconds corresponding to a standard error in longitude of the eclipse path of ± 2.30°.

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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