Path of the Annular Solar Eclipse of 0421 May 17

Fred Espenak

Introduction

The following table delineates the path of the Moon's antumbral shadow during the Annular Solar Eclipse of 0421 May 17 . 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 .

Annular Solar Eclipse of 0421 May 17
UT1 Northern Limit Southern Limit Central Line M:S Sun Sun Path Central
Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Ratio Alt. Azm. Width Duration
Limits22°18.4'S068°37.4'W23°36.8'S068°00.8'W22°57.6'S068°19.1'W 0.957 - 158 km 02m50.6s
11:0220°30.4'S063°53.6'W21°11.5'S061°55.9'W20°50.0'S062°51.6'W 0.958 67° 152 km 02m51.4s
11:0417°48.8'S057°46.6'W18°38.9'S056°27.0'W18°13.7'S057°06.1'W 0.960 12° 64° 146 km 02m52.3s
11:0616°05.6'S054°20.1'W16°55.9'S053°09.3'W16°30.7'S053°44.3'W 0.961 16° 63° 142 km 02m53.0s
11:0814°41.5'S051°45.1'W15°31.3'S050°38.9'W15°06.4'S051°11.7'W 0.962 19° 62° 139 km 02m53.5s
11:1013°28.1'S049°38.0'W14°17.2'S048°34.9'W13°52.6'S049°06.3'W 0.963 22° 62° 137 km 02m54.0s
11:1212°21.8'S047°49.2'W13°10.2'S046°48.5'W12°46.0'S047°18.6'W 0.963 25° 61° 135 km 02m54.5s
11:1411°20.8'S046°13.4'W12°08.4'S045°14.6'W11°44.6'S045°43.8'W 0.964 27° 61° 133 km 02m54.9s
11:1610°23.7'S044°47.5'W11°10.7'S043°50.2'W10°47.2'S044°18.7'W 0.964 29° 60° 131 km 02m55.4s
11:1809°29.9'S043°29.3'W10°16.3'S042°33.4'W09°53.1'S043°01.2'W 0.965 31° 60° 129 km 02m55.8s
11:2008°38.8'S042°17.5'W09°24.6'S041°22.8'W09°01.7'S041°50.0'W 0.965 33° 60° 127 km 02m56.2s
11:2207°49.9'S041°10.8'W08°35.2'S040°17.2'W08°12.6'S040°43.9'W 0.966 35° 59° 126 km 02m56.6s
11:2407°03.1'S040°08.7'W07°47.9'S039°16.0'W07°25.5'S039°42.2'W 0.966 36° 59° 125 km 02m57.0s
11:2606°18.0'S039°10.3'W07°02.3'S038°18.5'W06°40.2'S038°44.3'W 0.966 38° 59° 123 km 02m57.4s
11:2805°34.4'S038°15.1'W06°18.4'S037°24.2'W05°56.4'S037°49.6'W 0.967 40° 58° 122 km 02m57.8s
11:3004°52.3'S037°22.9'W05°35.8'S036°32.8'W05°14.1'S036°57.8'W 0.967 41° 58° 121 km 02m58.2s
11:3204°11.4'S036°33.2'W04°54.6'S035°43.8'W04°33.0'S036°08.4'W 0.967 43° 58° 120 km 02m58.6s
11:3403°31.6'S035°45.7'W04°14.5'S034°57.0'W03°53.0'S035°21.3'W 0.967 44° 58° 119 km 02m59.0s
11:3602°52.9'S035°00.2'W03°35.4'S034°12.2'W03°14.2'S034°36.1'W 0.968 45° 58° 118 km 02m59.4s
11:3802°15.1'S034°16.6'W02°57.4'S033°29.1'W02°36.3'S033°52.8'W 0.968 47° 57° 117 km 02m59.8s
11:4001°38.3'S033°34.5'W02°20.3'S032°47.6'W01°59.3'S033°11.0'W 0.968 48° 57° 116 km 03m00.2s
11:4201°02.3'S032°53.9'W01°44.1'S032°07.6'W01°23.2'S032°30.7'W 0.968 49° 57° 115 km 03m00.6s
11:4400°27.1'S032°14.7'W01°08.7'S031°28.9'W00°47.9'S031°51.7'W 0.969 51° 57° 114 km 03m01.0s
11:4600°07.4'N031°36.6'W00°34.1'S030°51.3'W00°13.3'S031°13.9'W 0.969 52° 57° 113 km 03m01.4s
11:4800°41.2'N030°59.6'W00°00.1'S030°14.9'W00°20.5'N030°37.2'W 0.969 53° 56° 112 km 03m01.9s
11:5001°14.3'N030°23.7'W00°33.1'N029°39.4'W00°53.7'N030°01.5'W 0.969 54° 56° 112 km 03m02.3s
11:5201°46.8'N029°48.6'W01°05.7'N029°04.8'W01°26.2'N029°26.6'W 0.969 56° 56° 111 km 03m02.7s
11:5402°18.7'N029°14.4'W01°37.7'N028°31.0'W01°58.2'N028°52.6'W 0.970 57° 56° 110 km 03m03.1s
11:5602°50.0'N028°40.9'W02°09.1'N027°57.9'W02°29.5'N028°19.4'W 0.970 58° 56° 109 km 03m03.6s
11:5803°20.7'N028°08.2'W02°39.9'N027°25.6'W03°00.3'N027°46.8'W 0.970 59° 55° 109 km 03m04.0s
12:0003°51.0'N027°36.0'W03°10.2'N026°53.9'W03°30.6'N027°14.9'W 0.970 60° 55° 108 km 03m04.4s
12:0204°20.7'N027°04.5'W03°39.9'N026°22.7'W04°00.3'N026°43.6'W 0.970 61° 55° 108 km 03m04.9s
12:0404°49.9'N026°33.5'W04°09.2'N025°52.1'W04°29.6'N026°12.7'W 0.970 63° 55° 107 km 03m05.3s
12:0605°18.7'N026°02.9'W04°37.9'N025°21.9'W04°58.3'N025°42.4'W 0.970 64° 54° 107 km 03m05.8s
12:0805°47.0'N025°32.8'W05°06.2'N024°52.2'W05°26.6'N025°12.5'W 0.970 65° 54° 106 km 03m06.2s
12:1006°14.9'N025°03.1'W05°34.1'N024°22.8'W05°54.5'N024°42.9'W 0.971 66° 54° 106 km 03m06.7s
12:1206°42.3'N024°33.7'W06°01.4'N023°53.8'W06°21.9'N024°13.8'W 0.971 67° 53° 105 km 03m07.1s
12:1407°09.3'N024°04.7'W06°28.4'N023°25.1'W06°48.9'N023°44.9'W 0.971 68° 53° 105 km 03m07.6s
12:1607°36.0'N023°36.0'W06°54.9'N022°56.7'W07°15.5'N023°16.3'W 0.971 69° 52° 105 km 03m08.0s
12:1808°02.2'N023°07.5'W07°21.0'N022°28.6'W07°41.6'N022°48.0'W 0.971 70° 52° 104 km 03m08.5s
12:2008°28.0'N022°39.2'W07°46.8'N022°00.6'W08°07.4'N022°19.9'W 0.971 71° 51° 104 km 03m08.9s
12:2208°53.4'N022°11.1'W08°12.1'N021°32.9'W08°32.8'N021°52.0'W 0.971 72° 51° 104 km 03m09.4s
12:2409°18.5'N021°43.2'W08°37.0'N021°05.3'W08°57.8'N021°24.2'W 0.971 73° 50° 103 km 03m09.8s
12:2609°43.2'N021°15.4'W09°01.6'N020°37.8'W09°22.4'N020°56.6'W 0.971 74° 49° 103 km 03m10.3s
12:2810°07.6'N020°47.7'W09°25.7'N020°10.5'W09°46.7'N020°29.1'W 0.971 75° 48° 103 km 03m10.8s
12:3010°31.5'N020°20.1'W09°49.5'N019°43.2'W10°10.6'N020°01.6'W 0.971 76° 47° 103 km 03m11.2s
12:3210°55.2'N019°52.6'W10°13.0'N019°16.0'W10°34.1'N019°34.3'W 0.971 77° 46° 102 km 03m11.7s
12:3411°18.5'N019°25.1'W10°36.1'N018°48.9'W10°57.3'N019°07.0'W 0.971 78° 44° 102 km 03m12.1s
12:3611°41.4'N018°57.6'W10°58.8'N018°21.7'W11°20.1'N018°39.7'W 0.972 79° 42° 102 km 03m12.5s
12:3812°04.0'N018°30.2'W11°21.2'N017°54.6'W11°42.6'N018°12.3'W 0.972 80° 40° 102 km 03m13.0s
12:4012°26.3'N018°02.7'W11°43.2'N017°27.4'W12°04.8'N017°45.0'W 0.972 80° 37° 102 km 03m13.4s
12:4212°48.2'N017°35.1'W12°04.9'N017°00.2'W12°26.6'N017°17.6'W 0.972 81° 34° 102 km 03m13.8s
12:4413°09.8'N017°07.5'W12°26.2'N016°32.9'W12°48.0'N016°50.2'W 0.972 82° 30° 102 km 03m14.3s
12:4613°31.1'N016°39.8'W12°47.2'N016°05.6'W13°09.2'N016°22.6'W 0.972 83° 25° 102 km 03m14.7s
12:4813°52.0'N016°12.0'W13°07.9'N015°38.1'W13°30.0'N015°55.0'W 0.972 84° 19° 102 km 03m15.1s
12:5014°12.6'N015°44.1'W13°28.2'N015°10.5'W13°50.4'N015°27.2'W 0.972 84° 12° 102 km 03m15.5s
12:5214°32.9'N015°16.0'W13°48.2'N014°42.8'W14°10.6'N014°59.3'W 0.972 85° 102 km 03m15.9s
12:5414°52.9'N014°47.7'W14°07.8'N014°14.9'W14°30.4'N014°31.3'W 0.972 85° 354° 102 km 03m16.2s
12:5615°12.5'N014°19.3'W14°27.1'N013°46.8'W14°49.8'N014°03.0'W 0.972 85° 343° 102 km 03m16.6s
12:5815°31.8'N013°50.6'W14°46.0'N013°18.5'W15°09.0'N013°34.6'W 0.972 85° 332° 102 km 03m17.0s
13:0015°50.7'N013°21.8'W15°04.7'N012°50.1'W15°27.7'N013°05.9'W 0.972 85° 321° 102 km 03m17.3s
13:0216°09.4'N012°52.7'W15°22.9'N012°21.3'W15°46.2'N012°37.0'W 0.972 84° 312° 102 km 03m17.6s
13:0416°27.7'N012°23.3'W15°40.9'N011°52.4'W16°04.3'N012°07.8'W 0.972 84° 305° 102 km 03m18.0s
13:0616°45.6'N011°53.7'W15°58.4'N011°23.1'W16°22.1'N011°38.4'W 0.972 83° 299° 103 km 03m18.3s
13:0817°03.2'N011°23.7'W16°15.7'N010°53.6'W16°39.5'N011°08.6'W 0.972 82° 294° 103 km 03m18.6s
13:1017°20.5'N010°53.5'W16°32.6'N010°23.8'W16°56.6'N010°38.6'W 0.971 82° 290° 103 km 03m18.8s
13:1217°37.5'N010°22.9'W16°49.1'N009°53.6'W17°13.3'N010°08.2'W 0.971 81° 286° 103 km 03m19.1s
13:1417°54.0'N009°51.9'W17°05.3'N009°23.1'W17°29.7'N009°37.4'W 0.971 80° 284° 103 km 03m19.3s
13:1618°10.3'N009°20.6'W17°21.1'N008°52.2'W17°45.7'N009°06.3'W 0.971 79° 281° 104 km 03m19.5s
13:1818°26.2'N008°48.8'W17°36.5'N008°20.9'W18°01.4'N008°34.8'W 0.971 78° 280° 104 km 03m19.7s
13:2018°41.7'N008°16.6'W17°51.6'N007°49.3'W18°16.7'N008°02.9'W 0.971 77° 278° 104 km 03m19.9s
13:2218°56.8'N007°44.0'W18°06.3'N007°17.2'W18°31.6'N007°30.6'W 0.971 76° 277° 105 km 03m20.1s
13:2419°11.6'N007°10.9'W18°20.6'N006°44.6'W18°46.1'N006°57.7'W 0.971 75° 276° 105 km 03m20.2s
13:2619°26.0'N006°37.4'W18°34.5'N006°11.6'W19°00.3'N006°24.4'W 0.971 74° 275° 105 km 03m20.4s
13:2819°40.0'N006°03.3'W18°48.0'N005°38.0'W19°14.0'N005°50.6'W 0.971 73° 274° 106 km 03m20.5s
13:3019°53.6'N005°28.7'W19°01.2'N005°04.0'W19°27.4'N005°16.3'W 0.971 72° 274° 106 km 03m20.5s
13:3220°06.8'N004°53.5'W19°13.9'N004°29.4'W19°40.4'N004°41.4'W 0.971 71° 273° 106 km 03m20.6s
13:3420°19.5'N004°17.7'W19°26.2'N003°54.2'W19°52.9'N004°05.9'W 0.971 70° 273° 107 km 03m20.6s
13:3620°31.9'N003°41.3'W19°38.0'N003°18.4'W20°05.0'N003°29.8'W 0.970 69° 272° 107 km 03m20.6s
13:3820°43.8'N003°04.2'W19°49.4'N002°42.0'W20°16.7'N002°53.1'W 0.970 68° 272° 107 km 03m20.6s
13:4020°55.3'N002°26.5'W20°00.4'N002°05.0'W20°27.9'N002°15.7'W 0.970 67° 272° 108 km 03m20.5s
13:4221°06.3'N001°48.0'W20°10.9'N001°27.2'W20°38.7'N001°37.6'W 0.970 66° 272° 108 km 03m20.5s
13:4421°16.9'N001°08.8'W20°20.9'N000°48.7'W20°49.0'N000°58.7'W 0.970 65° 272° 109 km 03m20.4s
13:4621°26.9'N000°28.9'W20°30.5'N000°09.5'W20°58.8'N000°19.1'W 0.970 64° 272° 109 km 03m20.3s
13:4821°36.5'N000°12.0'E20°39.5'N000°30.6'E21°08.1'N000°21.3'E 0.970 63° 272° 110 km 03m20.1s
13:5021°45.6'N000°53.7'E20°48.0'N001°11.5'E21°16.8'N001°02.6'E 0.970 62° 272° 110 km 03m19.9s
13:5221°54.1'N001°36.3'E20°56.0'N001°53.3'E21°25.1'N001°44.8'E 0.969 61° 272° 111 km 03m19.7s
13:5422°02.0'N002°19.8'E21°03.4'N002°36.0'E21°32.8'N002°27.9'E 0.969 59° 272° 111 km 03m19.5s
13:5622°09.4'N003°04.4'E21°10.3'N003°19.7'E21°39.9'N003°12.1'E 0.969 58° 273° 112 km 03m19.2s
13:5822°16.2'N003°50.1'E21°16.5'N004°04.4'E21°46.4'N003°57.3'E 0.969 57° 273° 113 km 03m18.9s
14:0022°22.4'N004°36.8'E21°22.1'N004°50.2'E21°52.3'N004°43.6'E 0.969 56° 273° 113 km 03m18.6s
14:0222°27.9'N005°24.8'E21°27.1'N005°37.2'E21°57.5'N005°31.0'E 0.969 55° 273° 114 km 03m18.3s
14:0422°32.8'N006°14.1'E21°31.3'N006°25.5'E22°02.1'N006°19.8'E 0.968 54° 273° 115 km 03m17.9s
14:0622°36.9'N007°04.7'E21°34.9'N007°15.0'E22°05.9'N007°09.9'E 0.968 52° 274° 115 km 03m17.5s
14:0822°40.3'N007°56.7'E21°37.7'N008°06.0'E22°09.0'N008°01.3'E 0.968 51° 274° 116 km 03m17.0s
14:1022°42.9'N008°50.3'E21°39.7'N008°58.4'E22°11.3'N008°54.4'E 0.968 50° 275° 117 km 03m16.6s
14:1222°44.6'N009°45.6'E21°40.9'N009°52.5'E22°12.8'N009°49.0'E 0.967 49° 275° 118 km 03m16.1s
14:1422°45.5'N010°42.6'E21°41.2'N010°48.3'E22°13.4'N010°45.4'E 0.967 47° 275° 119 km 03m15.6s
14:1622°45.4'N011°41.6'E21°40.5'N011°45.9'E22°13.0'N011°43.7'E 0.967 46° 276° 120 km 03m15.0s
14:1822°44.3'N012°42.6'E21°38.8'N012°45.6'E22°11.6'N012°44.1'E 0.967 44° 276° 121 km 03m14.4s
14:2022°42.1'N013°45.9'E21°36.1'N013°47.5'E22°09.1'N013°46.6'E 0.966 43° 277° 122 km 03m13.8s
14:2222°38.8'N014°51.7'E21°32.1'N014°51.8'E22°05.5'N014°51.7'E 0.966 42° 277° 123 km 03m13.2s
14:2422°34.1'N016°00.3'E21°26.9'N015°58.8'E22°00.5'N015°59.5'E 0.966 40° 278° 124 km 03m12.5s
14:2622°28.1'N017°11.9'E21°20.3'N017°08.7'E21°54.2'N017°10.2'E 0.965 39° 278° 125 km 03m11.8s
14:2822°20.5'N018°27.0'E21°12.1'N018°22.0'E21°46.4'N018°24.4'E 0.965 37° 279° 126 km 03m11.0s
14:3022°11.2'N019°45.9'E21°02.3'N019°39.1'E21°36.8'N019°42.4'E 0.965 35° 279° 128 km 03m10.2s
14:3222°00.0'N021°09.3'E20°50.5'N021°00.4'E21°25.3'N021°04.7'E 0.964 33° 280° 129 km 03m09.4s
14:3421°46.6'N022°37.8'E20°36.5'N022°26.7'E21°11.6'N022°32.1'E 0.964 32° 281° 131 km 03m08.6s
14:3621°30.6'N024°12.5'E20°19.9'N023°59.0'E20°55.3'N024°05.5'E 0.963 30° 281° 133 km 03m07.6s
14:3821°11.6'N025°54.5'E20°00.4'N025°38.2'E20°36.0'N025°46.1'E 0.963 28° 282° 134 km 03m06.7s
14:4020°48.8'N027°45.6'E19°37.2'N027°26.3'E20°13.0'N027°35.7'E 0.962 25° 283° 136 km 03m05.7s
14:4220°21.4'N029°48.4'E19°09.4'N029°25.6'E19°45.5'N029°36.7'E 0.962 23° 284° 139 km 03m04.6s
14:4419°47.8'N032°07.3'E18°35.5'N031°39.9'E19°11.7'N031°53.2'E 0.961 20° 284° 141 km 03m03.4s
14:4619°05.3'N034°49.4'E17°53.0'N034°16.2'E18°29.3'N034°32.3'E 0.960 17° 285° 144 km 03m02.0s
14:4818°08.0'N038°11.1'E16°56.6'N037°28.7'E17°32.5'N037°49.2'E 0.959 14° 287° 148 km 03m00.5s
14:5016°36.8'N043°05.5'E15°30.1'N042°00.9'E16°03.9'N042°31.5'E 0.958 288° 153 km 02m58.4s
Limits14°01.6'N050°42.1'E12°40.2'N050°07.7'E13°20.9'N050°24.8'E 0.956 - 162 km 02m55.5s

ΔT = 6449.7 seconds

Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration
Event Time
TD
Time
UT1
Latitude Longitude Sun
Altitude
Sun
Azimuth
Path Width Central
Duration
Greatest Eclipse14:43:48.712:56:19.014°52.9'N040°55.4'W 85.0° 340.9° 102.0 km03m16.66s
Greatest Duration15:22:47.713:35:18.020°00.8'N003°42.5'W 69.6° 272.6° 106.9 km03m20.62s

Explanation of Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration

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Eclipse Predictions

Predictions for the Annular Solar Eclipse of 0421 May 17 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 6449.7 seconds for this eclipse. The uncertainty in ΔT is 156.5 seconds corresponding to a standard error in longitude of the eclipse path of ± 0.65°.

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