Path of the Annular Solar Eclipse of 0516 Apr 18

Fred Espenak

Introduction

The following table delineates the path of the Moon's antumbral shadow during the Annular Solar Eclipse of 0516 Apr 18 . 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 0516 Apr 18
UT1 Northern Limit Southern Limit Central Line M:S Sun Sun Path Central
Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Ratio Alt. Azm. Width Duration
Limits24°36.7'N100°49.1'E21°07.6'N103°07.1'E22°50.3'N102°00.0'E 0.932 - 426 km 04m22.6s
22:52 - - 24°57.8'N115°19.7'E24°50.4'N109°35.3'E 0.934 81° 430 km 04m28.8s
22:5425°42.2'N105°31.5'E25°59.7'N117°32.4'E26°07.1'N113°03.9'E 0.935 11° 83° 431 km 04m32.0s
22:5627°13.5'N110°19.6'E26°56.5'N119°21.7'E27°11.3'N115°30.9'E 0.935 14° 84° 430 km 04m34.5s
22:5828°21.7'N113°10.4'E27°50.0'N120°55.7'E28°09.4'N117°28.6'E 0.936 16° 86° 429 km 04m36.5s
23:0029°21.9'N115°20.5'E28°41.2'N122°18.7'E29°03.8'N119°08.2'E 0.936 18° 87° 428 km 04m38.3s
23:0230°17.5'N117°08.1'E29°30.6'N123°33.5'E29°55.5'N120°35.4'E 0.937 20° 88° 425 km 04m39.9s
23:0431°10.1'N118°40.7'E30°18.5'N124°41.7'E30°45.4'N121°53.2'E 0.937 22° 89° 423 km 04m41.4s
23:0632°00.6'N120°02.6'E31°05.3'N125°44.6'E31°33.7'N123°03.9'E 0.938 23° 91° 420 km 04m42.8s
23:0832°49.6'N121°16.5'E31°51.2'N126°43.1'E32°20.9'N124°08.7'E 0.938 24° 92° 417 km 04m44.1s
23:1033°37.2'N122°23.9'E32°36.2'N127°37.9'E33°07.1'N125°08.9'E 0.938 26° 93° 414 km 04m45.3s
23:1234°23.9'N123°26.1'E33°20.6'N128°29.6'E33°52.4'N126°05.1'E 0.939 27° 94° 410 km 04m46.4s
23:1435°09.7'N124°24.1'E34°04.4'N129°18.5'E34°37.1'N126°57.9'E 0.939 28° 95° 407 km 04m47.4s
23:1635°54.8'N125°18.4'E34°47.6'N130°05.1'E35°21.3'N127°47.9'E 0.939 29° 97° 403 km 04m48.4s
23:1836°39.3'N126°09.6'E35°30.5'N130°49.7'E36°04.9'N128°35.4'E 0.939 30° 98° 400 km 04m49.4s
23:2037°23.4'N126°58.1'E36°12.9'N131°32.5'E36°48.1'N129°20.8'E 0.939 31° 99° 396 km 04m50.3s
23:2238°07.1'N127°44.4'E36°55.1'N132°13.7'E37°30.9'N130°04.2'E 0.940 31° 100° 392 km 04m51.2s
23:2438°50.4'N128°28.6'E37°36.9'N132°53.5'E38°13.5'N130°46.0'E 0.940 32° 102° 388 km 04m52.0s
23:2639°33.4'N129°11.1'E38°18.5'N133°32.1'E38°55.7'N131°26.4'E 0.940 33° 103° 385 km 04m52.7s
23:2840°16.1'N129°52.1'E38°59.9'N134°09.6'E39°37.8'N132°05.5'E 0.940 34° 104° 381 km 04m53.5s
23:3040°58.7'N130°31.7'E39°41.1'N134°46.2'E40°19.6'N132°43.5'E 0.940 34° 106° 377 km 04m54.2s
23:3241°41.1'N131°10.2'E40°22.1'N135°22.0'E41°01.3'N133°20.5'E 0.940 35° 107° 374 km 04m54.8s
23:3442°23.3'N131°47.6'E41°03.0'N135°57.1'E41°42.9'N133°56.6'E 0.941 36° 108° 370 km 04m55.5s
23:3643°05.5'N132°24.1'E41°43.8'N136°31.6'E42°24.3'N134°32.1'E 0.941 36° 110° 367 km 04m56.1s
23:3843°47.6'N132°59.9'E42°24.5'N137°05.6'E43°05.7'N135°06.9'E 0.941 37° 111° 364 km 04m56.6s
23:4044°29.6'N133°35.0'E43°05.2'N137°39.2'E43°47.0'N135°41.2'E 0.941 37° 112° 361 km 04m57.1s
23:4245°11.6'N134°09.6'E43°45.8'N138°12.4'E44°28.3'N136°15.1'E 0.941 38° 114° 358 km 04m57.6s
23:4445°53.6'N134°43.7'E44°26.3'N138°45.5'E45°09.5'N136°48.6'E 0.941 38° 115° 355 km 04m58.1s
23:4646°35.6'N135°17.5'E45°06.9'N139°18.3'E45°50.8'N137°21.9'E 0.941 38° 117° 352 km 04m58.5s
23:4847°17.7'N135°51.0'E45°47.4'N139°51.1'E46°32.1'N137°55.1'E 0.941 39° 118° 349 km 04m58.9s
23:5047°59.8'N136°24.4'E46°28.0'N140°23.9'E47°13.4'N138°28.2'E 0.941 39° 120° 346 km 04m59.3s
23:5248°42.0'N136°57.7'E47°08.6'N140°56.8'E47°54.8'N139°01.3'E 0.941 39° 121° 344 km 04m59.6s
23:5449°24.3'N137°30.9'E47°49.2'N141°29.8'E48°36.2'N139°34.4'E 0.941 39° 123° 341 km 05m00.0s
23:5650°06.7'N138°04.3'E48°29.9'N142°03.0'E49°17.7'N140°07.8'E 0.941 40° 125° 339 km 05m00.2s
23:5850°49.2'N138°37.9'E49°10.7'N142°36.6'E49°59.4'N140°41.4'E 0.941 40° 126° 337 km 05m00.5s
00:0051°31.9'N139°11.7'E49°51.5'N143°10.5'E50°41.1'N141°15.3'E 0.941 40° 128° 335 km 05m00.7s
00:0252°14.8'N139°45.9'E50°32.5'N143°44.9'E51°23.0'N141°49.7'E 0.941 40° 130° 333 km 05m00.9s
00:0452°57.9'N140°20.6'E51°13.6'N144°19.9'E52°05.1'N142°24.6'E 0.941 40° 131° 331 km 05m01.0s
00:0653°41.1'N140°55.8'E51°54.8'N144°55.5'E52°47.3'N143°00.1'E 0.941 40° 133° 330 km 05m01.1s
00:0854°24.6'N141°31.7'E52°36.1'N145°31.9'E53°29.7'N143°36.3'E 0.941 40° 135° 328 km 05m01.2s
00:1055°08.4'N142°08.3'E53°17.6'N146°09.1'E54°12.2'N144°13.3'E 0.941 40° 136° 327 km 05m01.3s
00:1255°52.4'N142°45.9'E53°59.3'N146°47.3'E54°55.0'N144°51.3'E 0.941 40° 138° 325 km 05m01.3s
00:1456°36.7'N143°24.4'E54°41.1'N147°26.6'E55°38.1'N145°30.3'E 0.941 40° 140° 324 km 05m01.3s
00:1657°21.3'N144°04.2'E55°23.1'N148°07.0'E56°21.3'N146°10.5'E 0.941 40° 142° 323 km 05m01.2s
00:1858°06.2'N144°45.2'E56°05.4'N148°48.8'E57°04.9'N146°52.1'E 0.941 39° 143° 322 km 05m01.1s
00:2058°51.5'N145°27.7'E56°47.8'N149°32.0'E57°48.7'N147°35.1'E 0.941 39° 145° 321 km 05m01.0s
00:2259°37.2'N146°12.0'E57°30.5'N150°16.9'E58°32.8'N148°19.8'E 0.941 39° 147° 321 km 05m00.9s
00:2460°23.2'N146°58.0'E58°13.4'N151°03.6'E59°17.2'N149°06.4'E 0.941 39° 149° 320 km 05m00.7s
00:2661°09.7'N147°46.3'E58°56.6'N151°52.4'E60°02.0'N149°55.1'E 0.941 38° 151° 319 km 05m00.4s
00:2861°56.6'N148°36.9'E59°40.0'N152°43.3'E60°47.1'N150°46.1'E 0.941 38° 153° 319 km 05m00.2s
00:3062°43.9'N149°30.1'E60°23.8'N153°36.8'E61°32.5'N151°39.6'E 0.941 38° 155° 319 km 04m59.8s
00:3263°31.8'N150°26.4'E61°07.7'N154°32.9'E62°18.3'N152°36.1'E 0.941 37° 157° 319 km 04m59.5s
00:3464°20.2'N151°26.2'E61°52.0'N155°32.2'E63°04.6'N153°35.8'E 0.941 37° 159° 319 km 04m59.1s
00:3665°09.1'N152°29.8'E62°36.6'N156°34.8'E63°51.2'N154°39.2'E 0.941 36° 161° 319 km 04m58.6s
00:3865°58.6'N153°37.9'E63°21.5'N157°41.3'E64°38.3'N155°46.7'E 0.941 36° 163° 319 km 04m58.2s
00:4066°48.7'N154°51.1'E64°06.7'N158°52.0'E65°25.8'N156°58.9'E 0.941 35° 165° 320 km 04m57.6s
00:4267°39.4'N156°10.1'E64°52.2'N160°07.5'E66°13.7'N158°16.3'E 0.940 35° 167° 321 km 04m57.0s
00:4468°30.7'N157°35.8'E65°38.1'N161°28.3'E67°02.1'N159°39.8'E 0.940 34° 170° 321 km 04m56.4s
00:4669°22.7'N159°09.5'E66°24.2'N162°55.3'E67°50.9'N161°10.2'E 0.940 33° 172° 322 km 04m55.7s
00:4870°15.4'N160°52.5'E67°10.6'N164°29.2'E68°40.2'N162°48.6'E 0.940 33° 175° 324 km 04m55.0s
00:5071°08.7'N162°46.4'E67°57.2'N166°11.0'E69°29.9'N164°36.2'E 0.940 32° 177° 325 km 04m54.2s
00:5272°02.6'N164°53.3'E68°44.0'N168°01.8'E70°20.0'N166°34.6'E 0.940 31° 180° 326 km 04m53.4s
00:5472°57.1'N167°16.1'E69°31.0'N170°03.1'E71°10.4'N168°45.7'E 0.940 30° 183° 328 km 04m52.4s
00:5673°52.1'N169°58.2'E70°18.1'N172°16.4'E72°01.0'N171°11.8'E 0.939 29° 186° 330 km 04m51.5s
00:5874°47.4'N173°04.0'E71°05.0'N174°43.9'E72°51.7'N173°55.8'E 0.939 28° 190° 332 km 04m50.4s
01:0075°42.7'N176°39.6'E71°51.7'N177°27.7'E73°42.2'N177°01.4'E 0.939 27° 194° 335 km 04m49.3s
01:0276°37.6'N179°07.3'W72°38.0'N179°29.0'W74°32.3'N179°26.9'W 0.939 26° 198° 338 km 04m48.1s
01:0477°31.3'N174°06.1'W73°23.5'N176°02.8'W75°21.5'N175°23.3'W 0.938 25° 203° 341 km 04m46.8s
01:0678°22.7'N168°03.0'W74°07.7'N172°09.3'W76°09.1'N170°40.5'W 0.938 24° 208° 344 km 04m45.4s
01:0879°09.8'N160°40.3'W74°50.0'N167°43.3'W76°54.0'N165°09.5'W 0.938 22° 215° 348 km 04m43.9s
01:1079°49.5'N151°36.7'W75°29.5'N162°38.6'W77°34.8'N158°39.3'W 0.937 21° 222° 353 km 04m42.3s
01:1280°17.0'N140°30.9'W76°05.0'N156°48.0'W78°09.2'N150°57.5'W 0.937 19° 230° 358 km 04m40.5s
01:1480°24.5'N127°09.3'W76°34.7'N150°03.6'W78°33.8'N141°51.4'W 0.937 17° 240° 364 km 04m38.5s
01:1679°59.9'N111°33.8'W76°56.2'N142°16.8'W78°43.5'N131°10.1'W 0.936 15° 251° 371 km 04m36.3s
01:1878°38.8'N093°36.9'W77°05.8'N133°19.6'W78°30.8'N118°46.5'W 0.935 13° 264° 380 km 04m33.7s
01:20 - - 76°58.1'N123°03.8'W77°41.6'N104°27.5'W 0.935 10° 278° 391 km 04m30.6s
01:22 - - 76°24.1'N111°16.6'W75°32.1'N086°24.8'W 0.933 297° 408 km 04m25.8s
Limits73°46.3'N066°46.0'W71°06.6'N075°56.9'W72°27.2'N071°43.9'W 0.932 - 427 km 04m21.0s

ΔT = 5516.2 seconds

Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration
Event Time
TD
Time
UT1
Latitude Longitude Sun
Altitude
Sun
Azimuth
Path Width Central
Duration
Greatest Eclipse01:38:44.200:06:47.953°04.2'N120°11.6'E 40.0° 133.5° 329.0 km05m01.18s
Greatest Duration01:44:00.200:12:04.054°56.5'N144°52.5'E 39.9° 138.1° 325.3 km05m01.30s

Explanation of Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration

Links for the Annular Solar Eclipse of 0516 Apr 18

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Eclipse Predictions

Predictions for the Annular Solar Eclipse of 0516 Apr 18 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 5516.2 seconds for this eclipse. The uncertainty in ΔT is 136.0 seconds corresponding to a standard error in longitude of the eclipse path of ± 0.57°.

Acknowledgments

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

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