Path of the Total Solar Eclipse of -1468 May 22

Fred Espenak

Introduction

The following table delineates the path of the Moon's umbral shadow during the Total Solar Eclipse of -1468 May 22 . 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 -1468 May 22
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°46.0'N001°46.1'E32°08.5'N003°06.8'E32°56.9'N002°27.1'E 1.040 - 212 km 02m00.8s
04:5635°01.7'N005°28.8'E36°27.1'N015°06.5'E36°05.0'N011°18.1'E 1.043 75° 229 km 02m15.5s
04:5837°36.4'N012°09.7'E37°55.4'N018°35.0'E37°51.5'N015°37.5'E 1.044 12° 78° 237 km 02m23.7s
05:0039°12.8'N015°53.3'E39°09.5'N021°20.2'E39°14.4'N018°45.1'E 1.045 15° 80° 242 km 02m29.9s
05:0240°31.9'N018°45.7'E40°15.4'N023°41.0'E40°26.0'N021°19.1'E 1.046 18° 82° 246 km 02m35.1s
05:0441°41.6'N021°10.9'E41°15.7'N025°46.0'E41°30.5'N023°33.0'E 1.046 20° 84° 249 km 02m39.8s
05:0642°45.2'N023°18.9'E42°11.9'N027°39.6'E42°30.0'N025°33.1'E 1.047 22° 86° 251 km 02m44.0s
05:0843°44.2'N025°14.9'E43°04.9'N029°24.8'E43°25.8'N027°23.2'E 1.048 24° 88° 253 km 02m47.9s
05:1044°39.8'N027°02.1'E43°55.3'N031°03.5'E44°18.7'N029°05.8'E 1.048 25° 90° 254 km 02m51.6s
05:1245°32.6'N028°42.5'E44°43.5'N032°37.0'E45°09.1'N030°42.6'E 1.048 27° 92° 256 km 02m54.9s
05:1446°23.2'N030°17.5'E45°29.9'N034°06.3'E45°57.5'N032°14.6'E 1.049 28° 94° 257 km 02m58.1s
05:1647°11.8'N031°48.4'E46°14.8'N035°32.3'E46°44.2'N033°42.9'E 1.049 30° 96° 257 km 03m01.1s
05:1847°58.8'N033°15.9'E46°58.2'N036°55.5'E47°29.3'N035°08.2'E 1.050 31° 98° 258 km 03m04.0s
05:2048°44.3'N034°40.6'E47°40.3'N038°16.5'E48°13.1'N036°31.0'E 1.050 32° 100° 258 km 03m06.7s
05:2249°28.5'N036°03.1'E48°21.4'N039°35.6'E48°55.6'N037°51.8'E 1.050 33° 102° 259 km 03m09.2s
05:2450°11.5'N037°23.9'E49°01.4'N040°53.3'E49°37.1'N039°11.0'E 1.050 34° 104° 259 km 03m11.6s
05:2650°53.5'N038°43.4'E49°40.4'N042°09.8'E50°17.5'N040°28.9'E 1.051 35° 106° 259 km 03m13.9s
05:2851°34.4'N040°01.8'E50°18.5'N043°25.4'E50°57.1'N041°45.9'E 1.051 36° 108° 259 km 03m16.1s
05:3052°14.5'N041°19.4'E50°55.8'N044°40.3'E51°35.7'N043°02.2'E 1.051 37° 110° 259 km 03m18.1s
05:3252°53.7'N042°36.5'E51°32.4'N045°54.8'E52°13.5'N044°18.1'E 1.051 37° 112° 259 km 03m20.1s
05:3453°32.1'N043°53.4'E52°08.1'N047°09.1'E52°50.6'N045°33.6'E 1.052 38° 114° 259 km 03m21.9s
05:3654°09.7'N045°10.3'E52°43.2'N048°23.2'E53°26.9'N046°49.2'E 1.052 39° 117° 258 km 03m23.6s
05:3854°46.6'N046°27.2'E53°17.6'N049°37.5'E54°02.5'N048°04.8'E 1.052 39° 119° 258 km 03m25.2s
05:4055°22.8'N047°44.6'E53°51.3'N050°52.1'E54°37.4'N049°20.8'E 1.052 40° 121° 258 km 03m26.7s
05:4255°58.3'N049°02.4'E54°24.3'N052°07.0'E55°11.7'N050°37.2'E 1.052 41° 123° 258 km 03m28.2s
05:4456°33.2'N050°20.9'E54°56.8'N053°22.5'E55°45.3'N051°54.2'E 1.052 41° 126° 257 km 03m29.5s
05:4657°07.4'N051°40.3'E55°28.6'N054°38.7'E56°18.2'N053°12.0'E 1.053 42° 128° 257 km 03m30.7s
05:4857°41.0'N053°00.7'E55°59.8'N055°55.7'E56°50.6'N054°30.7'E 1.053 42° 131° 257 km 03m31.8s
05:5058°13.9'N054°22.3'E56°30.4'N057°13.7'E57°22.3'N055°50.5'E 1.053 42° 133° 256 km 03m32.8s
05:5258°46.1'N055°45.2'E57°00.3'N058°32.7'E57°53.4'N057°11.5'E 1.053 43° 136° 256 km 03m33.7s
05:5459°17.8'N057°09.6'E57°29.7'N059°52.9'E58°23.8'N058°33.8'E 1.053 43° 138° 255 km 03m34.5s
05:5659°48.8'N058°35.6'E57°58.4'N061°14.5'E58°53.7'N059°57.6'E 1.053 43° 141° 255 km 03m35.2s
05:5860°19.1'N060°03.5'E58°26.5'N062°37.4'E59°22.8'N061°22.9'E 1.053 44° 144° 255 km 03m35.9s
06:0060°48.7'N061°33.2'E58°54.0'N064°02.0'E59°51.3'N062°50.1'E 1.053 44° 146° 254 km 03m36.4s
06:0261°17.7'N063°05.1'E59°20.8'N065°28.3'E60°19.2'N064°19.1'E 1.053 44° 149° 254 km 03m36.8s
06:0461°45.9'N064°39.3'E59°46.9'N066°56.3'E60°46.3'N065°50.1'E 1.053 44° 152° 253 km 03m37.1s
06:0662°13.4'N066°15.8'E60°12.4'N068°26.3'E61°12.8'N067°23.3'E 1.053 44° 155° 253 km 03m37.4s
06:0862°40.1'N067°54.9'E60°37.1'N069°58.3'E61°38.4'N068°58.8'E 1.053 44° 158° 253 km 03m37.5s
06:1063°06.0'N069°36.8'E61°01.1'N071°32.5'E62°03.4'N070°36.7'E 1.053 44° 161° 252 km 03m37.5s
06:1263°31.1'N071°21.5'E61°24.3'N073°09.0'E62°27.5'N072°17.2'E 1.053 44° 164° 252 km 03m37.5s
06:1463°55.3'N073°09.2'E61°46.8'N074°47.9'E62°50.8'N074°00.3'E 1.053 44° 167° 251 km 03m37.3s
06:1664°18.5'N075°00.1'E62°08.4'N076°29.3'E63°13.2'N075°46.3'E 1.053 44° 170° 251 km 03m37.0s
06:1864°40.8'N076°54.4'E62°29.1'N078°13.3'E63°34.6'N077°35.2'E 1.053 43° 173° 251 km 03m36.6s
06:2065°02.1'N078°52.1'E62°48.9'N080°00.1'E63°55.2'N079°27.2'E 1.053 43° 176° 250 km 03m36.2s
06:2265°22.3'N080°53.4'E63°07.8'N081°49.7'E64°14.7'N081°22.4'E 1.053 43° 179° 250 km 03m35.6s
06:2465°41.3'N082°58.5'E63°25.7'N083°42.2'E64°33.1'N083°20.9'E 1.053 43° 182° 250 km 03m34.9s
06:2665°59.1'N085°07.3'E63°42.5'N085°37.8'E64°50.4'N085°22.8'E 1.053 42° 186° 249 km 03m34.2s
06:2866°15.6'N087°20.1'E63°58.2'N087°36.5'E65°06.5'N087°28.2'E 1.053 42° 189° 249 km 03m33.3s
06:3066°30.7'N089°37.0'E64°12.7'N089°38.5'E65°21.3'N089°37.2'E 1.053 41° 192° 249 km 03m32.3s
06:3266°44.4'N091°57.9'E64°26.0'N091°43.7'E65°34.8'N091°49.8'E 1.053 41° 196° 248 km 03m31.2s
06:3466°56.5'N094°23.0'E64°38.0'N093°52.3'E65°46.8'N094°06.2'E 1.053 40° 199° 248 km 03m30.0s
06:3667°07.0'N096°52.3'E64°48.6'N096°04.3'E65°57.4'N096°26.3'E 1.052 40° 202° 248 km 03m28.7s
06:3867°15.7'N099°25.8'E64°57.8'N098°19.8'E66°06.3'N098°50.3'E 1.052 39° 206° 247 km 03m27.3s
06:4067°22.5'N102°03.5'E65°05.4'N100°38.8'E66°13.6'N101°18.1'E 1.052 39° 209° 247 km 03m25.7s
06:4267°27.4'N104°45.4'E65°11.4'N103°01.4'E66°19.1'N103°49.8'E 1.052 38° 213° 247 km 03m24.1s
06:4467°30.2'N107°31.4'E65°15.6'N105°27.6'E66°22.7'N106°25.4'E 1.052 37° 217° 246 km 03m22.3s
06:4667°30.7'N110°21.5'E65°18.1'N107°57.5'E66°24.3'N109°04.8'E 1.052 36° 220° 246 km 03m20.4s
06:4867°28.9'N113°15.7'E65°18.5'N110°31.0'E66°23.7'N111°48.1'E 1.051 35° 224° 246 km 03m18.4s
06:5067°24.6'N116°13.9'E65°17.0'N113°08.3'E66°20.9'N114°35.3'E 1.051 35° 227° 245 km 03m16.3s
06:5267°17.6'N119°16.1'E65°13.2'N115°49.4'E66°15.6'N117°26.4'E 1.051 34° 231° 245 km 03m14.0s
06:5467°07.8'N122°22.2'E65°07.1'N118°34.3'E66°07.8'N120°21.5'E 1.051 33° 235° 244 km 03m11.6s
06:5666°54.8'N125°32.4'E64°58.5'N121°23.3'E65°57.2'N123°20.6'E 1.050 31° 239° 244 km 03m09.1s
06:5866°38.6'N128°46.7'E64°47.3'N124°16.4'E65°43.6'N126°24.0'E 1.050 30° 242° 243 km 03m06.4s
07:0066°18.8'N132°05.6'E64°33.1'N127°13.9'E65°26.8'N129°31.8'E 1.050 29° 246° 243 km 03m03.5s
07:0265°55.1'N135°29.3'E64°15.8'N130°16.3'E65°06.6'N132°44.5'E 1.049 28° 250° 242 km 03m00.4s
07:0465°27.1'N138°58.7'E63°55.0'N133°24.0'E64°42.4'N136°02.8'E 1.049 26° 254° 242 km 02m57.2s
07:0664°54.1'N142°34.7'E63°30.3'N136°37.8'E64°13.9'N139°27.3'E 1.049 25° 258° 241 km 02m53.7s
07:0864°15.4'N146°19.2'E63°01.3'N139°58.8'E63°40.4'N142°59.7'E 1.048 23° 262° 240 km 02m50.0s
07:1063°30.0'N150°14.7'E62°27.2'N143°28.6'E63°01.1'N146°41.8'E 1.048 21° 266° 239 km 02m45.9s
07:1262°36.0'N154°25.7'E61°47.0'N147°09.6'E62°14.7'N150°36.8'E 1.047 19° 270° 237 km 02m41.5s
07:1461°30.4'N159°00.0'E60°59.3'N151°05.9'E61°19.1'N154°50.3'E 1.046 17° 275° 236 km 02m36.5s
07:1660°07.1'N164°14.3'E60°01.6'N155°24.1'E60°10.7'N159°32.3'E 1.045 14° 280° 234 km 02m30.9s
07:1858°08.7'N170°56.4'E58°49.1'N160°17.8'E58°41.0'N165°05.9'E 1.044 11° 285° 231 km 02m24.0s
07:20 - - 57°09.8'N166°21.5'E56°20.1'N172°56.9'E 1.043 292° 225 km 02m14.2s
Limits54°07.5'N176°55.7'W52°35.4'N179°01.7'W53°21.3'N178°00.1'W 1.041 - 217 km 02m03.0s

ΔT = 34381.2 seconds

Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration
Event Time
TD
Time
UT1
Latitude Longitude Sun
Altitude
Sun
Azimuth
Path Width Central
Duration
Greatest Eclipse15:40:45.606:07:44.561°35.2'N074°52.5'W 44.0° 157.3° 252.7 km03m37.48s
Greatest Duration15:42:37.206:09:36.061°58.5'N070°17.0'E 44.0° 160.0° 252.3 km03m37.53s

Explanation of Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration

Links for the Total Solar Eclipse of -1468 May 22

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Eclipse Predictions

Predictions for the Total Solar Eclipse of -1468 May 22 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 34381.2 seconds for this eclipse. The uncertainty in ΔT is 1800.2 seconds corresponding to a standard error in longitude of the eclipse path of ± 7.52°.

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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