Path of the Total Solar Eclipse of 0485 May 29

Fred Espenak

Introduction

The following table delineates the path of the Moon's umbral shadow during the Total Solar Eclipse of 0485 May 29 . 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 0485 May 29
UT1 Northern Limit Southern Limit Central Line M:S Sun Sun Path Central
Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Ratio Alt. Azm. Width Duration
Limits53°19.3'N158°20.3'E51°35.3'N161°28.7'E52°26.7'N159°57.5'E 1.034 - 282 km 01m38.2s
17:1054°00.1'N159°42.0'E58°42.6'N175°02.1'E57°24.0'N169°21.5'E 1.036 60° 301 km 01m50.0s
17:1258°19.1'N167°25.6'E60°32.3'N178°07.2'E59°41.5'N173°11.9'E 1.037 11° 64° 306 km 01m55.1s
17:1460°36.4'N171°04.1'E62°07.4'N179°15.7'W61°31.4'N176°08.1'E 1.038 13° 67° 309 km 01m59.1s
17:1662°27.2'N173°51.6'E63°33.2'N176°54.9'W63°07.3'N178°38.0'E 1.038 15° 70° 310 km 02m02.3s
17:1864°04.3'N176°13.9'E64°52.5'N174°44.2'W64°34.2'N179°07.5'W 1.039 16° 73° 311 km 02m05.2s
17:2065°32.5'N178°21.3'E66°06.9'N172°40.0'W65°54.8'N177°02.7'W 1.039 18° 76° 311 km 02m07.7s
17:2266°54.6'N179°40.9'W67°17.4'N170°39.6'W67°10.6'N175°03.9'W 1.040 19° 78° 311 km 02m10.0s
17:2468°12.0'N177°49.1'W68°24.7'N168°41.2'W68°22.6'N173°08.8'W 1.040 20° 81° 311 km 02m12.0s
17:2669°25.7'N176°01.0'W69°29.4'N166°43.1'W69°31.6'N171°15.5'W 1.040 21° 83° 311 km 02m13.9s
17:2870°36.4'N174°14.7'W70°31.7'N164°44.0'W70°38.0'N169°22.2'W 1.040 22° 86° 310 km 02m15.6s
17:3071°44.7'N172°28.5'W71°32.0'N162°42.4'W71°42.2'N167°27.6'W 1.041 23° 89° 309 km 02m17.1s
17:3272°50.8'N170°41.0'W72°30.5'N160°37.0'W72°44.4'N165°30.1'W 1.041 24° 92° 309 km 02m18.5s
17:3473°55.1'N168°50.7'W73°27.3'N158°26.5'W73°44.9'N163°28.4'W 1.041 24° 95° 308 km 02m19.8s
17:3674°57.8'N166°56.0'W74°22.4'N156°09.2'W74°43.8'N161°20.7'W 1.041 25° 98° 307 km 02m20.9s
17:3875°59.0'N164°55.0'W75°16.0'N153°43.6'W75°41.2'N159°05.3'W 1.041 25° 101° 306 km 02m22.0s
17:4076°58.9'N162°45.6'W76°08.0'N151°07.7'W76°37.1'N156°40.0'W 1.042 26° 104° 306 km 02m22.9s
17:4277°57.5'N160°25.2'W76°58.4'N148°19.2'W77°31.6'N154°02.3'W 1.042 26° 108° 305 km 02m23.7s
17:4478°54.8'N157°50.5'W77°47.1'N145°15.6'W78°24.6'N151°09.2'W 1.042 27° 111° 304 km 02m24.4s
17:4679°50.7'N154°57.2'W78°34.0'N141°53.8'W79°15.9'N147°56.7'W 1.042 27° 116° 304 km 02m25.0s
17:4880°45.2'N151°39.7'W79°18.8'N138°10.4'W80°05.5'N144°20.2'W 1.042 27° 120° 303 km 02m25.4s
17:5081°38.0'N147°50.6'W80°01.3'N134°01.4'W80°52.9'N140°13.8'W 1.042 27° 125° 303 km 02m25.8s
17:5282°28.7'N143°19.5'W80°40.9'N129°22.4'W81°37.7'N135°30.6'W 1.042 28° 131° 302 km 02m26.1s
17:5483°16.8'N137°52.8'W81°17.3'N124°08.8'W82°19.4'N130°02.2'W 1.042 28° 138° 302 km 02m26.3s
17:5684°01.2'N131°12.5'W81°49.7'N118°16.7'W82°57.2'N123°39.6'W 1.042 28° 145° 301 km 02m26.4s
17:5884°40.6'N122°56.9'W82°17.5'N111°43.2'W83°29.8'N116°14.4'W 1.042 28° 153° 301 km 02m26.4s
18:0085°12.9'N112°45.4'W82°39.6'N104°28.4'W83°56.0'N107°42.0'W 1.042 28° 163° 301 km 02m26.3s
18:0285°35.4'N100°31.5'W82°55.2'N096°36.7'W84°14.4'N098°06.1'W 1.042 28° 174° 301 km 02m26.1s
18:0485°45.5'N086°43.0'W83°03.5'N088°17.7'W84°23.4'N087°43.3'W 1.042 28° 185° 300 km 02m25.8s
18:0685°41.5'N072°30.4'W83°04.0'N079°46.0'W84°22.3'N077°02.9'W 1.042 27° 197° 300 km 02m25.4s
18:0885°23.7'N059°16.8'W82°56.6'N071°18.7'W84°10.9'N066°39.7'W 1.042 27° 208° 300 km 02m24.8s
18:1084°54.2'N047°54.8'W82°41.3'N063°11.8'W83°50.0'N057°02.9'W 1.042 27° 219° 300 km 02m24.2s
18:1284°15.6'N038°34.2'W82°18.9'N055°37.2'W83°20.8'N048°28.6'W 1.041 27° 228° 300 km 02m23.5s
18:1483°30.2'N030°59.8'W81°50.0'N048°41.6'W82°44.6'N041°00.4'W 1.041 26° 237° 300 km 02m22.7s
18:1682°39.7'N024°49.4'W81°15.5'N042°26.5'W82°02.7'N034°33.4'W 1.041 26° 244° 300 km 02m21.8s
18:1881°45.1'N019°42.6'W80°36.0'N036°50.3'W81°15.9'N028°59.3'W 1.041 25° 250° 300 km 02m20.8s
18:2080°47.1'N015°23.3'W79°52.2'N031°49.1'W80°25.2'N024°08.8'W 1.041 25° 256° 301 km 02m19.6s
18:2279°46.1'N011°39.4'W79°04.4'N027°18.5'W79°30.9'N019°53.5'W 1.041 24° 261° 301 km 02m18.3s
18:2478°42.1'N008°21.5'W78°13.1'N023°13.7'W78°33.3'N016°06.1'W 1.040 23° 266° 301 km 02m16.9s
18:2677°35.2'N005°22.7'W77°18.5'N019°30.3'W77°32.5'N012°40.5'W 1.040 22° 270° 301 km 02m15.4s
18:2876°25.2'N002°37.6'W76°20.6'N016°04.2'W76°28.6'N009°31.7'W 1.040 22° 274° 301 km 02m13.7s
18:3075°11.7'N000°01.9'W75°19.3'N012°52.0'W75°21.3'N006°35.4'W 1.040 21° 278° 301 km 02m11.9s
18:3273°54.1'N002°28.3'E74°14.5'N009°50.2'W74°10.3'N003°47.8'W 1.039 20° 282° 301 km 02m09.9s
18:3472°31.7'N004°56.8'E73°05.7'N006°55.8'W72°55.0'N001°05.4'W 1.039 18° 285° 301 km 02m07.6s
18:3671°03.0'N007°27.6'E71°52.6'N004°05.5'W71°34.7'N001°35.3'E 1.039 17° 288° 301 km 02m05.2s
18:3869°26.0'N010°05.7'E70°34.1'N001°16.2'W70°07.9'N004°18.3'E 1.038 16° 292° 301 km 02m02.4s
18:4067°37.0'N012°59.0'E69°09.0'N001°36.2'E68°32.5'N007°09.0'E 1.038 14° 295° 300 km 01m59.3s
18:4265°27.7'N016°22.9'E67°34.9'N004°37.2'E66°44.7'N010°15.6'E 1.037 12° 299° 298 km 01m55.7s
18:4462°32.2'N021°04.8'E65°47.8'N007°55.6'E64°35.8'N013°54.8'E 1.036 303° 295 km 01m51.3s
18:46 - - 63°38.2'N011°50.4'E61°37.1'N019°01.6'E 1.035 308° 289 km 01m45.0s
Limits58°23.4'N028°14.2'E56°50.9'N024°30.8'E57°36.8'N026°18.6'E 1.033 - 277 km 01m36.5s

ΔT = 5818.7 seconds

Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration
Event Time
TD
Time
UT1
Latitude Longitude Sun
Altitude
Sun
Azimuth
Path Width Central
Duration
Greatest Eclipse19:34:33.517:57:34.983°23.5'N142°11.7'W 27.8° 151.5° 301.2 km02m26.39s
Greatest Duration19:33:45.817:56:47.283°10.7'N120°52.5'W 27.8° 148.1° 301.3 km02m26.39s

Explanation of Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration

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Eclipse Predictions

Predictions for the Total Solar Eclipse of 0485 May 29 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 5818.7 seconds for this eclipse. The uncertainty in ΔT is 142.5 seconds corresponding to a standard error in longitude of the eclipse path of ± 0.60°.

Acknowledgments

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

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