Path of the Total Solar Eclipse of 1398 May 16

Fred Espenak

Introduction

The following table delineates the path of the Moon's umbral shadow during the Total Solar Eclipse of 1398 May 16 . 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 1398 May 16
UT1 Northern Limit Southern Limit Central Line M:S Sun Sun Path Central
Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Ratio Alt. Azm. Width Duration
Limits16°43.9'S135°12.1'W18°17.0'S134°36.0'W17°30.4'S134°54.0'W 1.055 - 183 km 03m02.0s
15:2413°31.8'S127°26.5'W15°24.3'S127°24.6'W14°26.4'S127°21.5'W 1.058 66° 191 km 03m22.1s
15:2611°24.4'S122°40.5'W13°11.2'S122°16.7'W12°16.9'S122°26.5'W 1.060 14° 65° 197 km 03m37.6s
15:2809°54.7'S119°27.9'W11°40.8'S118°56.9'W10°47.0'S119°10.8'W 1.061 18° 64° 201 km 03m49.1s
15:3008°41.6'S116°55.4'W10°27.8'S116°20.4'W09°34.0'S116°36.5'W 1.062 21° 63° 204 km 03m58.9s
15:3207°38.5'S114°46.4'W09°25.1'S114°08.9'W08°31.2'S114°26.4'W 1.063 24° 63° 207 km 04m07.7s
15:3406°42.3'S112°53.3'W08°29.5'S112°14.0'W07°35.3'S112°32.6'W 1.064 26° 62° 209 km 04m15.8s
15:3605°51.3'S111°11.9'W07°39.1'S110°31.3'W06°44.7'S110°50.6'W 1.064 29° 62° 211 km 04m23.3s
15:3805°04.4'S109°39.4'W06°52.9'S108°57.8'W05°58.1'S109°17.7'W 1.065 31° 61° 213 km 04m30.5s
15:4004°20.8'S108°14.1'W06°10.0'S107°31.7'W05°15.0'S107°52.0'W 1.066 33° 61° 215 km 04m37.4s
15:4203°40.1'S106°54.6'W05°30.0'S106°11.6'W04°34.6'S106°32.3'W 1.066 35° 61° 217 km 04m43.9s
15:4403°01.7'S105°39.9'W04°52.4'S104°56.5'W03°56.6'S105°17.4'W 1.067 37° 60° 218 km 04m50.2s
15:4602°25.5'S104°29.4'W04°16.9'S103°45.7'W03°20.8'S104°06.8'W 1.067 38° 60° 220 km 04m56.3s
15:4801°51.1'S103°22.5'W03°43.3'S102°38.6'W02°46.8'S102°59.8'W 1.068 40° 60° 221 km 05m02.3s
15:5001°18.4'S102°18.6'W03°11.3'S101°34.6'W02°14.5'S101°55.9'W 1.068 42° 59° 223 km 05m08.0s
15:5200°47.3'S101°17.5'W02°40.9'S100°33.4'W01°43.7'S100°54.8'W 1.068 43° 59° 224 km 05m13.5s
15:5400°17.5'S100°18.7'W02°11.8'S099°34.7'W01°14.3'S099°56.1'W 1.069 45° 58° 225 km 05m18.9s
15:5600°11.0'N099°22.1'W01°44.0'S098°38.1'W00°46.1'S098°59.5'W 1.069 46° 58° 226 km 05m24.2s
15:5800°38.4'N098°27.4'W01°17.3'S097°43.6'W00°19.2'S098°04.9'W 1.069 48° 58° 227 km 05m29.3s
16:0001°04.6'N097°34.4'W00°51.8'S096°50.7'W00°06.7'N097°12.0'W 1.070 49° 57° 228 km 05m34.2s
16:0201°29.9'N096°42.9'W00°27.2'S095°59.5'W00°31.6'N096°20.7'W 1.070 50° 57° 229 km 05m39.1s
16:0401°54.1'N095°52.8'W00°03.7'S095°09.7'W00°55.5'N095°30.7'W 1.070 52° 56° 230 km 05m43.7s
16:0602°17.5'N095°04.0'W00°19.0'N094°21.2'W01°18.5'N094°42.1'W 1.071 53° 56° 231 km 05m48.3s
16:0802°40.0'N094°16.4'W00°40.9'N093°34.0'W01°40.7'N093°54.6'W 1.071 54° 55° 232 km 05m52.7s
16:1003°01.6'N093°29.7'W01°01.9'N092°47.7'W02°02.0'N093°08.3'W 1.071 56° 55° 233 km 05m57.0s
16:1203°22.5'N092°44.1'W01°22.1'N092°02.5'W02°22.5'N092°22.8'W 1.071 57° 54° 234 km 06m01.2s
16:1403°42.6'N091°59.3'W01°41.6'N091°18.2'W02°42.3'N091°38.3'W 1.072 58° 53° 235 km 06m05.2s
16:1604°02.0'N091°15.3'W02°00.4'N090°34.8'W03°01.4'N090°54.6'W 1.072 59° 53° 236 km 06m09.1s
16:1804°20.7'N090°32.1'W02°18.5'N089°52.0'W03°19.8'N090°11.6'W 1.072 60° 52° 236 km 06m12.9s
16:2004°38.8'N089°49.5'W02°35.9'N089°10.0'W03°37.5'N089°29.3'W 1.072 61° 51° 237 km 06m16.5s
16:2204°56.2'N089°07.5'W02°52.7'N088°28.7'W03°54.6'N088°47.7'W 1.072 63° 50° 238 km 06m20.0s
16:2405°12.9'N088°26.1'W03°08.8'N087°47.9'W04°11.1'N088°06.6'W 1.072 64° 49° 239 km 06m23.3s
16:2605°29.0'N087°45.2'W03°24.4'N087°07.6'W04°26.9'N087°26.0'W 1.073 65° 48° 239 km 06m26.6s
16:2805°44.6'N087°04.7'W03°39.4'N086°27.9'W04°42.2'N086°46.0'W 1.073 66° 47° 240 km 06m29.6s
16:3005°59.5'N086°24.7'W03°53.8'N085°48.6'W04°56.8'N086°06.3'W 1.073 67° 45° 241 km 06m32.6s
16:3206°13.9'N085°45.1'W04°07.6'N085°09.7'W05°10.9'N085°27.1'W 1.073 68° 44° 241 km 06m35.4s
16:3406°27.7'N085°05.8'W04°20.9'N084°31.2'W05°24.5'N084°48.2'W 1.073 69° 42° 242 km 06m38.0s
16:3606°41.0'N084°26.8'W04°33.7'N083°53.0'W05°37.5'N084°09.6'W 1.073 70° 41° 242 km 06m40.5s
16:3806°53.7'N083°48.1'W04°46.0'N083°15.1'W05°50.0'N083°31.3'W 1.073 70° 39° 243 km 06m42.8s
16:4007°05.9'N083°09.7'W04°57.7'N082°37.5'W06°01.9'N082°53.3'W 1.074 71° 36° 243 km 06m45.0s
16:4207°17.5'N082°31.4'W05°08.9'N082°00.1'W06°13.4'N082°15.5'W 1.074 72° 34° 244 km 06m47.1s
16:4407°28.7'N081°53.4'W05°19.6'N081°23.0'W06°24.3'N081°38.0'W 1.074 73° 32° 244 km 06m48.9s
16:4607°39.3'N081°15.5'W05°29.8'N080°46.0'W06°34.7'N081°00.5'W 1.074 74° 29° 245 km 06m50.7s
16:4807°49.4'N080°37.8'W05°39.5'N080°09.2'W06°44.6'N080°23.3'W 1.074 74° 26° 245 km 06m52.2s
16:5007°59.1'N080°00.1'W05°48.8'N079°32.5'W06°54.0'N079°46.1'W 1.074 75° 23° 245 km 06m53.6s
16:5208°08.2'N079°22.6'W05°57.5'N078°55.9'W07°03.0'N079°09.1'W 1.074 75° 19° 246 km 06m54.9s
16:5408°16.8'N078°45.1'W06°05.8'N078°19.4'W07°11.4'N078°32.1'W 1.074 76° 15° 246 km 06m55.9s
16:5608°24.9'N078°07.6'W06°13.6'N077°42.9'W07°19.4'N077°55.2'W 1.074 76° 11° 246 km 06m56.8s
16:5808°32.5'N077°30.2'W06°21.0'N077°06.5'W07°26.8'N077°18.2'W 1.074 76° 246 km 06m57.6s
17:0008°39.7'N076°52.7'W06°27.8'N076°30.1'W07°33.8'N076°41.3'W 1.074 77° 247 km 06m58.1s
17:0208°46.3'N076°15.3'W06°34.2'N075°53.7'W07°40.3'N076°04.4'W 1.074 77° 358° 247 km 06m58.5s
17:0408°52.4'N075°37.8'W06°40.1'N075°17.2'W07°46.4'N075°27.4'W 1.074 77° 353° 247 km 06m58.7s
17:0608°58.1'N075°00.2'W06°45.6'N074°40.7'W07°51.9'N074°50.4'W 1.074 77° 349° 247 km 06m58.8s
17:0809°03.3'N074°22.5'W06°50.6'N074°04.1'W07°57.0'N074°13.3'W 1.074 77° 344° 247 km 06m58.7s
17:1009°07.9'N073°44.7'W06°55.1'N073°27.4'W08°01.6'N073°36.0'W 1.074 76° 340° 247 km 06m58.4s
17:1209°12.1'N073°06.7'W06°59.1'N072°50.5'W08°05.7'N072°58.6'W 1.074 76° 336° 247 km 06m57.9s
17:1409°15.8'N072°28.6'W07°02.7'N072°13.5'W08°09.3'N072°21.1'W 1.074 75° 332° 247 km 06m57.3s
17:1609°18.9'N071°50.3'W07°05.8'N071°36.4'W08°12.4'N071°43.4'W 1.074 75° 328° 247 km 06m56.4s
17:1809°21.6'N071°11.8'W07°08.4'N070°59.0'W08°15.1'N071°05.5'W 1.074 74° 325° 247 km 06m55.5s
17:2009°23.7'N070°33.1'W07°10.5'N070°21.4'W08°17.2'N070°27.3'W 1.074 74° 322° 246 km 06m54.3s
17:2209°25.4'N069°54.1'W07°12.1'N069°43.6'W08°18.8'N069°49.0'W 1.074 73° 319° 246 km 06m53.0s
17:2409°26.5'N069°14.9'W07°13.3'N069°05.4'W08°19.9'N069°10.3'W 1.074 72° 317° 246 km 06m51.4s
17:2609°27.0'N068°35.3'W07°13.9'N068°27.0'W08°20.5'N068°31.3'W 1.074 72° 314° 246 km 06m49.8s
17:2809°27.1'N067°55.4'W07°14.0'N067°48.3'W08°20.6'N067°52.0'W 1.074 71° 312° 245 km 06m47.9s
17:3009°26.6'N067°15.1'W07°13.6'N067°09.2'W08°20.2'N067°12.4'W 1.074 70° 310° 245 km 06m45.9s
17:3209°25.5'N066°34.5'W07°12.7'N066°29.7'W08°19.2'N066°32.3'W 1.073 69° 309° 245 km 06m43.7s
17:3409°23.9'N065°53.4'W07°11.2'N065°49.7'W08°17.7'N065°51.8'W 1.073 68° 307° 244 km 06m41.4s
17:3609°21.7'N065°11.9'W07°09.2'N065°09.4'W08°15.6'N065°10.9'W 1.073 67° 306° 244 km 06m38.8s
17:3809°18.9'N064°29.9'W07°06.7'N064°28.5'W08°12.9'N064°29.5'W 1.073 66° 304° 243 km 06m36.2s
17:4009°15.6'N063°47.4'W07°03.6'N063°47.1'W08°09.7'N063°47.5'W 1.073 65° 303° 242 km 06m33.3s
17:4209°11.6'N063°04.3'W06°59.8'N063°05.1'W08°05.8'N063°05.0'W 1.073 64° 302° 242 km 06m30.3s
17:4409°07.0'N062°20.6'W06°55.5'N062°22.5'W08°01.3'N062°21.9'W 1.073 63° 301° 241 km 06m27.2s
17:4609°01.7'N061°36.2'W06°50.6'N061°39.3'W07°56.3'N061°38.1'W 1.072 62° 300° 241 km 06m23.8s
17:4808°55.8'N060°51.2'W06°45.0'N060°55.3'W07°50.5'N060°53.6'W 1.072 61° 299° 240 km 06m20.4s
17:5008°49.2'N060°05.3'W06°38.8'N060°10.6'W07°44.1'N060°08.4'W 1.072 60° 299° 239 km 06m16.7s
17:5208°41.9'N059°18.7'W06°31.9'N059°25.0'W07°37.0'N059°22.3'W 1.072 58° 298° 238 km 06m12.9s
17:5408°33.8'N058°31.2'W06°24.3'N058°38.6'W07°29.2'N058°35.4'W 1.072 57° 297° 237 km 06m09.0s
17:5608°25.0'N057°42.8'W06°16.0'N057°51.2'W07°20.6'N057°47.5'W 1.072 56° 297° 237 km 06m04.9s
17:5808°15.4'N056°53.3'W06°06.9'N057°02.7'W07°11.3'N056°58.5'W 1.071 55° 296° 236 km 06m00.7s
18:0008°05.0'N056°02.8'W05°57.0'N056°13.1'W07°01.1'N056°08.5'W 1.071 53° 296° 235 km 05m56.3s
18:0207°53.7'N055°11.0'W05°46.3'N055°22.3'W06°50.1'N055°17.2'W 1.071 52° 296° 234 km 05m51.8s
18:0407°41.5'N054°17.9'W05°34.7'N054°30.2'W06°38.2'N054°24.6'W 1.071 51° 295° 233 km 05m47.1s
18:0607°28.3'N053°23.4'W05°22.1'N053°36.6'W06°25.4'N053°30.6'W 1.070 50° 295° 232 km 05m42.2s
18:0807°14.1'N052°27.4'W05°08.6'N052°41.4'W06°11.5'N052°35.0'W 1.070 48° 295° 231 km 05m37.2s
18:1006°58.8'N051°29.6'W04°54.0'N051°44.5'W05°56.6'N051°37.7'W 1.070 47° 294° 229 km 05m32.1s
18:1206°42.4'N050°29.9'W04°38.3'N050°45.7'W05°40.6'N050°38.5'W 1.069 45° 294° 228 km 05m26.8s
18:1406°24.8'N049°28.2'W04°21.4'N049°44.6'W05°23.3'N049°37.1'W 1.069 44° 294° 227 km 05m21.3s
18:1606°05.7'N048°24.1'W04°03.1'N048°41.2'W05°04.7'N048°33.4'W 1.069 42° 294° 226 km 05m15.6s
18:1805°45.3'N047°17.3'W03°43.4'N047°35.2'W04°44.6'N047°27.0'W 1.068 41° 294° 224 km 05m09.8s
18:2005°23.2'N046°07.6'W03°22.2'N046°26.0'W04°22.9'N046°17.6'W 1.068 39° 293° 223 km 05m03.8s
18:2204°59.3'N044°54.5'W02°59.2'N045°13.4'W03°59.5'N045°04.8'W 1.067 37° 293° 221 km 04m57.6s
18:2404°33.4'N043°37.4'W02°34.2'N043°56.8'W03°34.1'N043°48.0'W 1.067 35° 293° 220 km 04m51.1s
18:2604°05.2'N042°15.8'W02°07.0'N042°35.5'W03°06.4'N042°26.6'W 1.066 34° 293° 218 km 04m44.4s
18:2803°34.4'N040°48.7'W01°37.1'N041°08.6'W02°36.1'N040°59.7'W 1.066 32° 293° 216 km 04m37.4s
18:3003°00.6'N039°15.1'W01°04.2'N039°35.0'W02°02.8'N039°26.1'W 1.065 29° 293° 214 km 04m30.1s
18:3202°22.9'N037°33.4'W00°27.6'N037°53.1'W01°25.7'N037°44.4'W 1.065 27° 293° 212 km 04m22.5s
18:3401°40.7'N035°41.2'W00°13.7'S036°00.3'W00°44.0'N035°52.0'W 1.064 25° 293° 210 km 04m14.3s
18:3600°52.3'N033°35.1'W01°01.1'S033°53.1'W00°03.9'S033°45.5'W 1.063 22° 293° 207 km 04m05.5s
18:3800°04.5'S031°09.1'W01°57.1'S031°25.0'W01°00.2'S031°18.6'W 1.062 19° 293° 204 km 03m55.8s
18:4001°14.6'S028°11.2'W03°06.8'S028°22.9'W02°10.0'S028°19.0'W 1.061 15° 292° 201 km 03m44.7s
18:4202°50.7'S024°09.3'W04°44.5'S024°09.7'W03°46.5'S024°12.5'W 1.059 10° 292° 196 km 03m30.7s
Limits06°37.7'S014°34.9'W08°12.5'S015°08.6'W07°25.0'S014°51.9'W 1.056 - 185 km 03m03.9s

ΔT = 319.2 seconds

Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration
Event Time
TD
Time
UT1
Latitude Longitude Sun
Altitude
Sun
Azimuth
Path Width Central
Duration
Greatest Eclipse17:08:38.817:03:19.707°44.4'N076°59.9'W 76.8° 354.9° 246.8 km06m58.69s
Greatest Duration17:10:53.717:05:34.507°50.8'N074°58.3'W 76.7° 349.8° 246.9 km06m58.80s

Explanation of Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration

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Eclipse Predictions

Predictions for the Total Solar Eclipse of 1398 May 16 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 319.2 seconds for this eclipse. The uncertainty in ΔT is 20.0 seconds corresponding to a standard error in longitude of the eclipse path of ± 0.08°.

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

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