Path of the Total Solar Eclipse of 0291 May 15

Fred Espenak

Introduction

The following table delineates the path of the Moon's umbral shadow during the Total Solar Eclipse of 0291 May 15 . 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 0291 May 15
UT1 Northern Limit Southern Limit Central Line M:S Sun Sun Path Central
Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Ratio Alt. Azm. Width Duration
Limits12°34.8'S089°37.4'W14°14.3'S088°49.8'W13°24.6'S089°13.4'W 1.059 - 202 km 03m04.5s
12:1010°12.1'S083°23.1'W10°37.2'S079°29.4'W10°20.9'S081°16.6'W 1.062 69° 212 km 03m23.8s
12:1207°47.1'S078°00.4'W08°36.8'S075°11.7'W08°10.6'S076°33.0'W 1.064 14° 68° 219 km 03m37.3s
12:1406°05.5'S074°39.8'W07°03.7'S072°11.2'W06°33.7'S073°23.6'W 1.065 18° 68° 224 km 03m47.3s
12:1604°40.8'S072°05.2'W05°43.7'S069°46.9'W05°11.5'S070°54.6'W 1.066 21° 67° 227 km 03m55.7s
12:1803°25.7'S069°56.7'W04°31.9'S067°44.9'W03°58.2'S068°49.6'W 1.067 24° 67° 230 km 04m03.3s
12:2002°17.2'S068°05.5'W03°26.0'S065°58.2'W02°51.1'S067°00.8'W 1.068 27° 67° 233 km 04m10.1s
12:2201°13.7'S066°26.7'W02°24.5'S064°22.7'W01°48.5'S065°23.8'W 1.069 29° 67° 235 km 04m16.5s
12:2400°13.9'S064°57.5'W01°26.4'S062°56.0'W00°49.7'S063°55.9'W 1.069 31° 67° 237 km 04m22.5s
12:2600°42.8'N063°35.8'W00°31.2'S061°36.3'W00°06.2'N062°35.3'W 1.070 33° 67° 239 km 04m28.2s
12:2801°36.9'N062°20.2'W00°21.5'N060°22.3'W00°59.6'N061°20.6'W 1.070 35° 67° 240 km 04m33.6s
12:3002°28.8'N061°09.7'W01°12.2'N059°13.2'W01°50.9'N060°10.8'W 1.071 37° 68° 242 km 04m38.7s
12:3203°18.9'N060°03.4'W02°01.1'N058°08.1'W02°40.4'N059°05.2'W 1.071 39° 68° 243 km 04m43.7s
12:3404°07.2'N059°00.9'W02°48.4'N057°06.6'W03°28.2'N058°03.1'W 1.072 41° 68° 244 km 04m48.5s
12:3604°54.1'N058°01.4'W03°34.2'N056°08.1'W04°14.5'N057°04.2'W 1.072 42° 68° 245 km 04m53.1s
12:3805°39.6'N057°04.8'W04°18.8'N055°12.2'W04°59.5'N056°07.9'W 1.073 44° 69° 246 km 04m57.6s
12:4006°23.9'N056°10.5'W05°02.1'N054°18.7'W05°43.3'N055°14.1'W 1.073 46° 69° 247 km 05m01.9s
12:4207°07.1'N055°18.4'W05°44.4'N053°27.3'W06°26.1'N054°22.3'W 1.073 47° 69° 248 km 05m06.0s
12:4407°49.3'N054°28.2'W06°25.7'N052°37.7'W07°07.8'N053°32.4'W 1.074 49° 70° 249 km 05m10.1s
12:4608°30.5'N053°39.6'W07°06.0'N051°49.7'W07°48.6'N052°44.2'W 1.074 50° 70° 250 km 05m14.0s
12:4809°10.9'N052°52.6'W07°45.5'N051°03.3'W08°28.5'N051°57.5'W 1.074 51° 70° 250 km 05m17.8s
12:5009°50.5'N052°06.9'W08°24.2'N050°18.1'W09°07.6'N051°12.0'W 1.074 53° 71° 251 km 05m21.5s
12:5210°29.2'N051°22.4'W09°02.1'N049°34.2'W09°45.9'N050°27.8'W 1.075 54° 71° 251 km 05m25.0s
12:5411°07.3'N050°39.0'W09°39.3'N048°51.3'W10°23.6'N049°44.7'W 1.075 56° 72° 252 km 05m28.5s
12:5611°44.7'N049°56.5'W10°15.9'N048°09.4'W11°00.5'N049°02.5'W 1.075 57° 72° 252 km 05m31.9s
12:5812°21.4'N049°14.9'W10°51.8'N047°28.3'W11°36.8'N048°21.2'W 1.075 58° 73° 252 km 05m35.1s
13:0012°57.5'N048°34.1'W11°27.0'N046°48.0'W12°12.5'N047°40.6'W 1.076 59° 74° 253 km 05m38.3s
13:0213°33.0'N047°54.0'W12°01.7'N046°08.4'W12°47.6'N047°00.8'W 1.076 61° 74° 253 km 05m41.3s
13:0414°08.0'N047°14.5'W12°35.8'N045°29.5'W13°22.1'N046°21.6'W 1.076 62° 75° 253 km 05m44.2s
13:0614°42.4'N046°35.5'W13°09.4'N044°51.0'W13°56.1'N045°42.9'W 1.076 63° 76° 253 km 05m47.1s
13:0815°16.3'N045°57.1'W13°42.4'N044°13.1'W14°29.5'N045°04.7'W 1.076 64° 77° 254 km 05m49.8s
13:1015°49.7'N045°19.0'W14°14.9'N043°35.6'W15°02.5'N044°26.9'W 1.077 66° 78° 254 km 05m52.5s
13:1216°22.6'N044°41.3'W14°47.0'N042°58.5'W15°35.0'N043°49.5'W 1.077 67° 79° 254 km 05m55.0s
13:1416°55.0'N044°03.9'W15°18.5'N042°21.7'W16°06.9'N043°12.4'W 1.077 68° 80° 254 km 05m57.5s
13:1617°27.0'N043°26.7'W15°49.6'N041°45.2'W16°38.5'N042°35.6'W 1.077 69° 81° 254 km 05m59.8s
13:1817°58.5'N042°49.8'W16°20.2'N041°08.9'W17°09.5'N041°59.0'W 1.077 70° 82° 254 km 06m02.1s
13:2018°29.6'N042°13.0'W16°50.4'N040°32.8'W17°40.2'N041°22.5'W 1.077 71° 84° 254 km 06m04.2s
13:2219°00.3'N041°36.4'W17°20.2'N039°56.9'W18°10.4'N040°46.2'W 1.077 72° 85° 254 km 06m06.2s
13:2419°30.5'N040°59.8'W17°49.6'N039°21.0'W18°40.2'N040°10.0'W 1.077 73° 87° 254 km 06m08.2s
13:2620°00.3'N040°23.3'W18°18.5'N038°45.3'W19°09.5'N039°33.9'W 1.078 74° 89° 254 km 06m10.0s
13:2820°29.7'N039°46.7'W18°47.0'N038°09.5'W19°38.5'N038°57.8'W 1.078 76° 91° 254 km 06m11.7s
13:3020°58.8'N039°10.2'W19°15.1'N037°33.8'W20°07.1'N038°21.6'W 1.078 77° 93° 254 km 06m13.4s
13:3221°27.4'N038°33.5'W19°42.8'N036°58.0'W20°35.2'N037°45.4'W 1.078 78° 96° 254 km 06m14.9s
13:3421°55.6'N037°56.8'W20°10.1'N036°22.2'W21°03.0'N037°09.1'W 1.078 79° 99° 254 km 06m16.3s
13:3622°23.5'N037°19.9'W20°37.1'N035°46.2'W21°30.4'N036°32.7'W 1.078 79° 103° 254 km 06m17.6s
13:3822°50.9'N036°42.8'W21°03.6'N035°10.2'W21°57.3'N035°56.2'W 1.078 80° 107° 254 km 06m18.8s
13:4023°18.0'N036°05.6'W21°29.8'N034°33.9'W22°24.0'N035°19.4'W 1.078 81° 112° 254 km 06m19.8s
13:4223°44.7'N035°28.1'W21°55.5'N033°57.5'W22°50.2'N034°42.4'W 1.078 82° 118° 254 km 06m20.8s
13:4424°11.0'N034°50.3'W22°20.9'N033°20.8'W23°16.0'N034°05.2'W 1.078 83° 126° 254 km 06m21.6s
13:4624°36.9'N034°12.2'W22°45.9'N032°43.9'W23°41.5'N033°27.7'W 1.078 83° 134° 254 km 06m22.4s
13:4825°02.4'N033°33.8'W23°10.5'N032°06.7'W24°06.5'N032°49.9'W 1.078 83° 143° 254 km 06m23.0s
13:5025°27.6'N032°55.0'W23°34.8'N031°29.2'W24°31.2'N032°11.8'W 1.078 84° 153° 254 km 06m23.5s
13:5225°52.3'N032°15.8'W23°58.6'N030°51.3'W24°55.5'N031°33.3'W 1.078 84° 164° 254 km 06m23.9s
13:5426°16.7'N031°36.2'W24°22.1'N030°13.1'W25°19.4'N030°54.4'W 1.078 83° 174° 254 km 06m24.1s
13:5626°40.7'N030°56.1'W24°45.1'N029°34.4'W25°42.9'N030°15.0'W 1.078 83° 183° 253 km 06m24.3s
13:5827°04.2'N030°15.6'W25°07.8'N028°55.4'W26°06.0'N029°35.2'W 1.078 83° 192° 253 km 06m24.3s
14:0027°27.4'N029°34.5'W25°30.1'N028°15.8'W26°28.7'N028°54.9'W 1.078 82° 199° 253 km 06m24.1s
14:0227°50.1'N028°52.8'W25°52.0'N027°35.8'W26°51.1'N028°14.1'W 1.078 81° 205° 253 km 06m23.9s
14:0428°12.5'N028°10.6'W26°13.5'N026°55.3'W27°12.9'N027°32.7'W 1.078 80° 210° 253 km 06m23.5s
14:0628°34.4'N027°27.7'W26°34.5'N026°14.2'W27°34.4'N026°50.8'W 1.078 79° 215° 252 km 06m23.0s
14:0828°55.9'N026°44.2'W26°55.2'N025°32.5'W27°55.5'N026°08.2'W 1.078 79° 219° 252 km 06m22.4s
14:1029°16.9'N026°00.0'W27°15.4'N024°50.1'W28°16.1'N025°24.9'W 1.078 78° 222° 252 km 06m21.6s
14:1229°37.5'N025°15.0'W27°35.2'N024°07.2'W28°36.3'N024°41.0'W 1.078 77° 225° 252 km 06m20.7s
14:1429°57.6'N024°29.3'W27°54.5'N023°23.5'W28°56.0'N023°56.3'W 1.078 76° 228° 251 km 06m19.7s
14:1630°17.2'N023°42.8'W28°13.4'N022°39.1'W29°15.2'N023°10.9'W 1.077 75° 230° 251 km 06m18.6s
14:1830°36.4'N022°55.4'W28°31.8'N021°53.9'W29°34.0'N022°24.6'W 1.077 73° 232° 251 km 06m17.3s
14:2030°55.0'N022°07.1'W28°49.8'N021°08.0'W29°52.3'N021°37.5'W 1.077 72° 234° 250 km 06m15.8s
14:2231°13.2'N021°18.0'W29°07.2'N020°21.2'W30°10.1'N020°49.6'W 1.077 71° 236° 250 km 06m14.3s
14:2431°30.8'N020°27.8'W29°24.2'N019°33.5'W30°27.4'N020°00.7'W 1.077 70° 238° 250 km 06m12.6s
14:2631°47.8'N019°36.6'W29°40.6'N018°44.8'W30°44.1'N019°10.8'W 1.077 69° 240° 249 km 06m10.7s
14:2832°04.3'N018°44.4'W29°56.6'N017°55.3'W31°00.4'N018°19.9'W 1.077 68° 241° 249 km 06m08.7s
14:3032°20.2'N017°51.0'W30°12.0'N017°04.6'W31°16.0'N017°28.0'W 1.077 67° 243° 248 km 06m06.6s
14:3232°35.5'N016°56.5'W30°26.8'N016°12.9'W31°31.1'N016°34.9'W 1.076 66° 244° 248 km 06m04.3s
14:3432°50.2'N016°00.7'W30°41.0'N015°20.1'W31°45.5'N015°40.6'W 1.076 64° 245° 247 km 06m01.9s
14:3633°04.2'N015°03.7'W30°54.6'N014°26.1'W31°59.3'N014°45.2'W 1.076 63° 247° 247 km 05m59.4s
14:3833°17.6'N014°05.3'W31°07.6'N013°30.8'W32°12.5'N013°48.4'W 1.076 62° 248° 246 km 05m56.7s
14:4033°30.2'N013°05.5'W31°20.0'N012°34.3'W32°25.0'N012°50.2'W 1.076 61° 249° 246 km 05m53.8s
14:4233°42.1'N012°04.2'W31°31.6'N011°36.3'W32°36.7'N011°50.7'W 1.075 60° 251° 245 km 05m50.9s
14:4433°53.2'N011°01.3'W31°42.5'N010°36.9'W32°47.8'N010°49.6'W 1.075 58° 252° 244 km 05m47.7s
14:4634°03.5'N009°56.8'W31°52.7'N009°35.9'W32°58.0'N009°46.9'W 1.075 57° 253° 244 km 05m44.5s
14:4834°12.9'N008°50.5'W32°02.1'N008°33.3'W33°07.4'N008°42.5'W 1.075 56° 254° 243 km 05m41.0s
14:5034°21.4'N007°42.3'W32°10.7'N007°29.0'W33°16.0'N007°36.3'W 1.074 54° 255° 242 km 05m37.5s
14:5234°29.0'N006°32.2'W32°18.4'N006°22.8'W33°23.6'N006°28.2'W 1.074 53° 257° 242 km 05m33.7s
14:5434°35.6'N005°20.0'W32°25.2'N005°14.7'W33°30.3'N005°18.0'W 1.074 52° 258° 241 km 05m29.9s
14:5634°41.1'N004°05.5'W32°31.0'N004°04.4'W33°35.9'N004°05.7'W 1.074 50° 259° 240 km 05m25.8s
14:5834°45.4'N002°48.6'W32°35.7'N002°51.9'W33°40.5'N002°51.1'W 1.073 49° 260° 239 km 05m21.6s
15:0034°48.5'N001°29.2'W32°39.4'N001°36.9'W33°43.9'N001°34.0'W 1.073 47° 261° 238 km 05m17.3s
15:0234°50.3'N000°06.9'W32°41.8'N000°19.3'W33°46.0'N000°14.1'W 1.073 46° 262° 237 km 05m12.7s
15:0434°50.6'N001°18.4'E32°42.9'N001°01.2'E33°46.8'N001°08.7'E 1.072 44° 264° 236 km 05m08.0s
15:0634°49.5'N002°47.1'E32°42.7'N002°24.8'E33°46.1'N002°34.8'E 1.072 43° 265° 235 km 05m03.1s
15:0834°46.6'N004°19.4'E32°40.9'N003°51.9'E33°43.8'N004°04.4'E 1.071 41° 266° 234 km 04m58.1s
15:1034°41.8'N005°55.8'E32°37.4'N005°22.9'E33°39.7'N005°38.0'E 1.071 39° 267° 233 km 04m52.8s
15:1234°35.0'N007°36.8'E32°32.1'N006°58.1'E33°33.6'N007°16.1'E 1.071 37° 269° 232 km 04m47.3s
15:1434°25.9'N009°23.1'E32°24.6'N008°38.3'E33°25.4'N008°59.2'E 1.070 36° 270° 230 km 04m41.5s
15:1634°14.1'N011°15.4'E32°14.8'N010°24.1'E33°14.6'N010°48.1'E 1.069 34° 271° 229 km 04m35.5s
15:1833°59.3'N013°14.8'E32°02.3'N012°16.5'E33°01.0'N012°43.9'E 1.069 32° 273° 228 km 04m29.2s
15:2033°40.8'N015°22.7'E31°46.6'N014°16.6'E32°44.0'N014°47.8'E 1.068 29° 274° 226 km 04m22.6s
15:2233°18.0'N017°41.1'E31°27.0'N016°26.4'E32°22.9'N017°01.7'E 1.068 27° 276° 224 km 04m15.5s
15:2432°49.7'N020°13.1'E31°02.7'N018°48.2'E31°56.7'N019°28.4'E 1.067 25° 278° 222 km 04m07.9s
15:2632°14.0'N023°03.3'E30°32.2'N021°26.1'E31°23.8'N022°12.0'E 1.066 22° 279° 220 km 03m59.7s
15:2831°28.0'N026°20.5'E29°53.2'N024°26.5'E30°41.5'N025°20.3'E 1.065 19° 281° 217 km 03m50.6s
15:3030°24.7'N030°23.3'E29°00.9'N028°02.9'E29°44.2'N029°08.7'E 1.064 15° 283° 214 km 03m39.9s
15:3228°41.4'N036°15.6'E27°43.0'N032°50.9'E28°15.6'N034°23.5'E 1.062 10° 286° 209 km 03m26.1s
Limits25°55.0'N044°35.7'E24°17.3'N043°42.8'E25°06.1'N044°08.9'E 1.059 - 200 km 03m03.2s

ΔT = 7720.9 seconds

Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration
Event Time
TD
Time
UT1
Latitude Longitude Sun
Altitude
Sun
Azimuth
Path Width Central
Duration
Greatest Eclipse15:59:50.313:51:09.424°45.3'N064°05.1'W 83.6° 159.3° 253.7 km06m23.72s
Greatest Duration16:05:48.713:57:07.925°56.0'N029°52.6'W 82.8° 188.1° 253.3 km06m24.27s

Explanation of Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration

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Eclipse Predictions

Predictions for the Total Solar Eclipse of 0291 May 15 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 7720.9 seconds for this eclipse. The uncertainty in ΔT is 186.9 seconds corresponding to a standard error in longitude of the eclipse path of ± 0.78°.

Acknowledgments

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

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