Path of the Total Solar Eclipse of 0691 May 03

Fred Espenak

Introduction

The following table delineates the path of the Moon's umbral shadow during the Total Solar Eclipse of 0691 May 03 . 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 0691 May 03
UT1 Northern Limit Southern Limit Central Line M:S Sun Sun Path Central
Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Ratio Alt. Azm. Width Duration
Limits56°15.2'N089°51.9'E54°52.9'N091°59.8'E55°33.3'N090°58.0'E 1.017 - 198 km 00m52.0s
22:1057°40.2'N093°37.8'E59°49.5'N104°02.6'E59°05.4'N099°45.0'E 1.019 68° 223 km 01m00.0s
22:1260°15.1'N099°09.5'E61°24.1'N106°56.4'E60°56.3'N103°18.5'E 1.020 71° 232 km 01m03.6s
22:1462°00.2'N102°14.7'E62°47.4'N109°15.4'E62°28.0'N105°53.7'E 1.020 10° 74° 237 km 01m06.3s
22:1663°29.9'N104°33.8'E64°03.9'N111°13.8'E63°50.1'N107°59.8'E 1.021 12° 77° 240 km 01m08.5s
22:1864°51.2'N106°27.5'E65°16.0'N112°58.3'E65°06.3'N109°47.7'E 1.021 13° 79° 242 km 01m10.4s
22:2066°07.3'N108°04.6'E66°25.0'N114°33.0'E66°18.5'N111°22.8'E 1.021 14° 81° 243 km 01m12.0s
22:2267°19.7'N109°29.5'E67°31.5'N116°00.0'E67°27.8'N112°48.4'E 1.022 15° 83° 244 km 01m13.4s
22:2468°29.5'N110°45.1'E68°36.4'N117°21.1'E68°35.0'N114°06.7'E 1.022 16° 85° 244 km 01m14.7s
22:2669°37.3'N111°52.8'E69°39.8'N118°37.7'E69°40.6'N115°18.9'E 1.022 17° 87° 244 km 01m15.8s
22:2870°43.6'N112°54.2'E70°42.2'N119°50.5'E70°44.9'N116°26.1'E 1.022 17° 89° 243 km 01m16.8s
22:3071°48.8'N113°49.5'E71°43.8'N121°00.3'E71°48.3'N117°28.9'E 1.022 18° 91° 243 km 01m17.6s
22:3272°53.2'N114°39.2'E72°44.9'N122°07.8'E72°51.1'N118°27.8'E 1.023 18° 92° 242 km 01m18.3s
22:3473°57.0'N115°23.6'E73°45.6'N123°13.3'E73°53.3'N119°23.3'E 1.023 18° 94° 242 km 01m18.9s
22:3675°00.4'N116°02.5'E74°46.0'N124°17.5'E74°55.3'N120°15.4'E 1.023 19° 96° 241 km 01m19.4s
22:3876°03.6'N116°35.4'E75°46.4'N125°20.7'E75°57.2'N121°04.3'E 1.023 19° 97° 240 km 01m19.8s
22:4077°06.8'N117°01.7'E76°46.9'N126°23.2'E76°59.2'N121°49.8'E 1.023 19° 99° 239 km 01m20.1s
22:4278°10.0'N117°20.2'E77°47.5'N127°25.6'E78°01.3'N122°31.6'E 1.023 19° 101° 238 km 01m20.2s
22:4479°13.5'N117°28.9'E78°48.5'N128°28.1'E79°03.8'N123°09.1'E 1.023 19° 102° 237 km 01m20.3s
22:4680°17.4'N117°24.8'E79°50.0'N129°31.3'E80°06.7'N123°41.2'E 1.023 19° 103° 237 km 01m20.3s
22:4881°21.6'N117°03.2'E80°52.2'N130°35.7'E81°10.3'N124°06.2'E 1.023 19° 105° 236 km 01m20.2s
22:5082°26.4'N116°16.2'E81°55.1'N131°42.2'E82°14.6'N124°21.1'E 1.023 19° 106° 235 km 01m20.0s
22:5283°31.6'N114°50.3'E82°58.9'N132°51.5'E83°19.9'N124°20.6'E 1.023 19° 107° 234 km 01m19.6s
22:5484°37.0'N112°19.8'E84°03.9'N134°05.6'E84°26.2'N123°54.6'E 1.023 18° 107° 234 km 01m19.2s
22:5685°42.0'N107°52.9'E85°10.3'N135°27.2'E85°33.6'N122°42.0'E 1.023 18° 107° 233 km 01m18.6s
22:5886°44.6'N099°30.6'E86°18.3'N137°02.9'E86°42.1'N119°50.3'E 1.023 17° 105° 232 km 01m18.0s
23:0087°38.5'N082°32.0'E87°28.1'N139°11.0'E87°50.5'N112°31.0'E 1.022 17° 98° 232 km 01m17.2s
23:0288°05.1'N050°15.9'E88°40.1'N143°15.2'E88°52.1'N087°15.0'E 1.022 16° 74° 231 km 01m16.2s
23:0487°41.4'N015°24.3'E89°50.4'N159°17.4'W88°57.2'N015°09.7'E 1.022 16° 230 km 01m15.1s
23:0686°39.5'N004°04.8'W88°45.6'N046°55.2'W87°51.8'N015°40.1'W 1.022 15° 332° 229 km 01m13.9s
23:0885°18.3'N013°17.8'W87°23.3'N042°02.7'W86°29.2'N023°51.4'W 1.022 14° 325° 228 km 01m12.5s
23:1083°43.5'N017°43.1'W85°55.4'N039°23.2'W84°57.4'N026°34.9'W 1.021 13° 323° 227 km 01m10.8s
23:1281°54.2'N019°37.4'W84°20.3'N037°06.9'W83°15.7'N027°11.5'W 1.021 11° 323° 226 km 01m08.8s
23:1479°43.3'N019°51.7'W82°35.1'N034°48.5'W81°19.8'N026°35.7'W 1.020 10° 324° 224 km 01m06.5s
23:1676°46.8'N018°23.4'W80°34.2'N032°12.5'W78°59.8'N024°57.0'W 1.020 327° 221 km 01m03.5s
23:18 - - 78°04.0'N028°54.6'W75°38.6'N021°32.6'W 1.019 331° 215 km 00m58.9s
Limits72°05.6'N013°39.0'W71°25.3'N019°08.5'W71°45.9'N016°29.6'W 1.017 - 205 km 00m53.5s

ΔT = 3865.8 seconds

Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration
Event Time
TD
Time
UT1
Latitude Longitude Sun
Altitude
Sun
Azimuth
Path Width Central
Duration
Greatest Eclipse23:48:03.122:43:37.378°51.9'N106°53.3'E 19.2° 101.8° 237.6 km01m20.32s
Greatest Duration23:49:00.022:44:34.279°21.7'N123°18.9'E 19.2° 102.4° 237.3 km01m20.33s

Explanation of Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration

Links for the Total Solar Eclipse of 0691 May 03

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Eclipse Predictions

Predictions for the Total Solar Eclipse of 0691 May 03 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 3865.8 seconds for this eclipse. The uncertainty in ΔT is 101.9 seconds corresponding to a standard error in longitude of the eclipse path of ± 0.43°.

Acknowledgments

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

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"Eclipse Predictions by Fred Espenak, EclipseWise.com"

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