Path of the Total Solar Eclipse of -0992 May 09

Fred Espenak

Introduction

The following table delineates the path of the Moon's umbral shadow during the Total Solar Eclipse of -0992 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 -0992 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
Limits33°34.9'N108°55.7'W30°20.3'N106°24.7'W31°55.4'N107°37.5'W 1.061 - 412 km 02m57.4s
12:28 - - 35°10.7'N093°31.3'W34°40.2'N099°31.3'W 1.064 78° 444 km 03m12.9s
12:3035°28.9'N103°08.7'W36°28.8'N091°09.1'W36°18.0'N096°00.6'W 1.065 11° 80° 458 km 03m20.6s
12:3237°20.1'N098°54.9'W37°40.2'N089°12.2'W37°39.8'N093°30.1'W 1.066 14° 82° 465 km 03m26.4s
12:3438°47.2'N096°10.6'W38°47.2'N087°31.5'W38°53.6'N091°29.0'W 1.066 16° 84° 471 km 03m31.2s
12:3640°04.5'N094°02.7'W39°51.2'N086°02.3'W40°02.7'N089°45.9'W 1.067 18° 86° 474 km 03m35.4s
12:3841°16.1'N092°15.9'W40°52.9'N084°41.7'W41°08.4'N088°15.3'W 1.067 19° 87° 476 km 03m39.2s
12:4042°23.9'N090°43.2'W41°52.8'N083°27.9'W42°11.7'N086°54.0'W 1.068 21° 89° 476 km 03m42.5s
12:4243°29.0'N089°20.7'W42°51.4'N082°19.4'W43°13.1'N085°39.9'W 1.068 22° 90° 476 km 03m45.6s
12:4444°32.2'N088°06.0'W43°48.8'N081°15.4'W44°13.1'N084°31.5'W 1.069 23° 92° 475 km 03m48.5s
12:4645°33.7'N086°57.6'W44°45.2'N080°15.0'W45°11.8'N083°27.7'W 1.069 24° 93° 474 km 03m51.1s
12:4846°34.1'N085°54.1'W45°41.0'N079°17.6'W46°09.7'N082°27.8'W 1.069 25° 95° 472 km 03m53.5s
12:5047°33.5'N084°54.7'W46°36.1'N078°22.8'W47°06.8'N081°31.1'W 1.070 26° 97° 470 km 03m55.7s
12:5248°32.1'N083°58.8'W47°30.7'N077°30.2'W48°03.2'N080°37.1'W 1.070 27° 98° 468 km 03m57.7s
12:5449°30.0'N083°05.8'W48°24.8'N076°39.4'W48°59.2'N079°45.4'W 1.070 28° 100° 465 km 03m59.6s
12:5650°27.5'N082°15.3'W49°18.7'N075°50.2'W49°54.8'N078°55.6'W 1.070 28° 101° 463 km 04m01.3s
12:5851°24.6'N081°26.9'W50°12.2'N075°02.2'W50°50.0'N078°07.5'W 1.070 29° 103° 460 km 04m02.9s
13:0052°21.5'N080°40.4'W51°05.6'N074°15.3'W51°45.1'N077°20.7'W 1.070 29° 104° 457 km 04m04.3s
13:0253°18.1'N079°55.3'W51°58.8'N073°29.2'W52°40.0'N076°35.1'W 1.071 30° 106° 454 km 04m05.6s
13:0454°14.6'N079°11.5'W52°52.0'N072°43.8'W53°34.8'N075°50.4'W 1.071 30° 108° 452 km 04m06.8s
13:0655°11.1'N078°28.8'W53°45.1'N071°58.8'W54°29.5'N075°06.4'W 1.071 31° 109° 449 km 04m07.8s
13:0856°07.6'N077°47.0'W54°38.3'N071°14.1'W55°24.3'N074°23.0'W 1.071 31° 111° 446 km 04m08.7s
13:1057°04.3'N077°06.0'W55°31.5'N070°29.5'W56°19.2'N073°39.9'W 1.071 31° 113° 443 km 04m09.5s
13:1258°01.0'N076°25.4'W56°24.8'N069°44.9'W57°14.2'N072°57.0'W 1.071 32° 114° 440 km 04m10.2s
13:1458°58.0'N075°45.2'W57°18.2'N069°00.0'W58°09.3'N072°14.1'W 1.071 32° 116° 438 km 04m10.7s
13:1659°55.2'N075°05.2'W58°11.9'N068°14.7'W59°04.8'N071°31.1'W 1.071 32° 118° 435 km 04m11.2s
13:1860°52.8'N074°25.3'W59°05.8'N067°28.7'W60°00.5'N070°47.7'W 1.071 32° 120° 433 km 04m11.5s
13:2061°50.7'N073°45.2'W59°59.9'N066°42.0'W60°56.5'N070°03.7'W 1.071 32° 121° 430 km 04m11.6s
13:2262°49.1'N073°04.8'W60°54.4'N065°54.2'W61°52.9'N069°19.1'W 1.071 32° 123° 428 km 04m11.7s
13:2463°48.0'N072°23.9'W61°49.2'N065°05.2'W62°49.7'N068°33.4'W 1.071 32° 125° 426 km 04m11.6s
13:2664°47.5'N071°42.4'W62°44.5'N064°14.6'W63°47.1'N067°46.6'W 1.071 32° 127° 424 km 04m11.5s
13:2865°47.7'N070°59.9'W63°40.2'N063°22.2'W64°45.0'N066°58.2'W 1.071 32° 129° 422 km 04m11.2s
13:3066°48.6'N070°16.2'W64°36.4'N062°27.6'W65°43.5'N066°08.0'W 1.071 32° 131° 420 km 04m10.7s
13:3267°50.3'N069°31.1'W65°33.1'N061°30.4'W66°42.6'N065°15.6'W 1.071 31° 133° 418 km 04m10.2s
13:3468°52.8'N068°44.1'W66°30.4'N060°30.3'W67°42.5'N064°20.6'W 1.071 31° 135° 417 km 04m09.5s
13:3669°56.4'N067°54.9'W67°28.4'N059°26.5'W68°43.3'N063°22.5'W 1.071 31° 137° 415 km 04m08.7s
13:3871°01.1'N067°03.0'W68°27.1'N058°18.6'W69°44.9'N062°20.6'W 1.071 30° 139° 414 km 04m07.7s
13:4072°07.0'N066°07.7'W69°26.6'N057°05.7'W70°47.5'N061°14.0'W 1.071 30° 141° 412 km 04m06.7s
13:4273°14.3'N065°08.1'W70°26.9'N055°46.8'W71°51.2'N060°02.0'W 1.070 29° 143° 411 km 04m05.4s
13:4474°23.1'N064°03.3'W71°28.0'N054°20.7'W72°56.0'N058°43.0'W 1.070 29° 145° 410 km 04m04.1s
13:4675°33.6'N062°51.7'W72°30.1'N052°45.8'W74°02.2'N057°15.5'W 1.070 28° 148° 409 km 04m02.6s
13:4876°46.0'N061°31.3'W73°33.2'N051°00.1'W75°09.7'N055°37.1'W 1.070 28° 150° 408 km 04m00.9s
13:5078°00.5'N059°59.0'W74°37.4'N049°01.0'W76°18.7'N053°44.6'W 1.070 27° 153° 407 km 03m59.1s
13:5279°17.4'N058°10.0'W75°42.6'N046°44.8'W77°29.4'N051°33.5'W 1.069 26° 156° 407 km 03m57.1s
13:5480°37.0'N055°56.6'W76°48.8'N044°06.4'W78°41.7'N048°56.9'W 1.069 25° 160° 407 km 03m54.9s
13:5681°59.6'N053°05.1'W77°56.0'N040°58.7'W79°55.7'N045°44.1'W 1.069 24° 164° 406 km 03m52.5s
13:5883°25.3'N049°07.9'W79°03.9'N037°11.1'W81°11.3'N041°37.6'W 1.069 23° 169° 406 km 03m49.9s
14:0084°54.1'N043°02.7'W80°12.0'N032°27.7'W82°28.0'N036°06.4'W 1.068 22° 175° 406 km 03m47.0s
14:0286°23.9'N031°54.5'W81°19.4'N026°23.9'W83°44.1'N028°13.2'W 1.068 21° 184° 407 km 03m43.9s
14:0487°43.0'N005°37.8'W82°24.2'N018°21.4'W84°55.9'N016°06.8'W 1.067 19° 197° 407 km 03m40.5s
14:0687°55.5'N050°09.0'E83°22.4'N007°23.1'W85°52.7'N003°25.6'E 1.067 18° 217° 408 km 03m36.7s
14:0886°23.4'N087°32.5'E84°06.9'N007°38.8'E86°11.9'N032°13.0'E 1.066 16° 247° 409 km 03m32.4s
14:1083°53.9'N103°21.2'E84°25.4'N027°04.9'E85°29.3'N062°00.2'E 1.066 14° 277° 410 km 03m27.5s
14:1280°15.3'N113°16.6'E84°04.0'N048°42.4'E83°45.1'N083°33.8'E 1.065 12° 300° 411 km 03m21.7s
14:14 - - 82°53.5'N068°39.0'E80°57.7'N098°30.8'E 1.064 315° 413 km 03m14.2s
14:16 - - 80°46.0'N085°16.9'E74°24.6'N115°02.7'E 1.061 332° 414 km 02m58.3s
Limits74°20.5'N122°51.4'E72°50.0'N110°49.8'E73°38.2'N116°27.5'E 1.061 - 414 km 02m56.6s

ΔT = 25139.5 seconds

Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration
Event Time
TD
Time
UT1
Latitude Longitude Sun
Altitude
Sun
Azimuth
Path Width Central
Duration
Greatest Eclipse20:20:21.213:21:21.761°34.8'N174°35.5'W 32.2° 122.6° 428.8 km04m11.69s
Greatest Duration20:21:01.413:22:01.861°53.8'N069°18.4'W 32.2° 123.2° 428.1 km04m11.70s

Explanation of Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration

Links for the Total Solar Eclipse of -0992 May 09

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Eclipse Predictions

Predictions for the Total Solar Eclipse of -0992 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 25139.5 seconds for this eclipse. The uncertainty in ΔT is 618.8 seconds corresponding to a standard error in longitude of the eclipse path of ± 2.59°.

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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