Path of the Total Solar Eclipse of 2272 May 27

Fred Espenak

Introduction

The following table delineates the path of the Moon's umbral shadow during the Total Solar Eclipse of 2272 May 27 . 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 2272 May 27
UT1 Northern Limit Southern Limit Central Line M:S Sun Sun Path Central
Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Ratio Alt. Azm. Width Duration
Limits45°58.6'N109°49.0'E44°51.7'N111°18.6'E45°25.0'N110°34.5'E 1.025 - 166 km 01m15.1s
21:02 - - 49°09.3'N120°46.1'E47°54.9'N116°06.7'E 1.027 63° 176 km 01m21.7s
21:0450°00.8'N118°20.2'E51°21.9'N125°13.1'E50°49.6'N122°02.3'E 1.028 10° 68° 186 km 01m29.2s
21:0652°19.3'N122°47.4'E53°04.0'N128°32.1'E52°45.7'N125°46.6'E 1.029 13° 71° 191 km 01m34.2s
21:0854°05.4'N126°04.8'E54°31.2'N131°19.6'E54°21.0'N128°46.6'E 1.030 15° 74° 194 km 01m38.1s
21:1055°35.9'N128°50.5'E55°49.1'N133°48.8'E55°44.6'N131°22.9'E 1.030 17° 77° 197 km 01m41.6s
21:1256°56.8'N131°17.7'E57°00.4'N136°05.9'E57°00.4'N133°44.7'E 1.031 19° 80° 199 km 01m44.6s
21:1458°11.0'N133°33.5'E58°06.6'N138°14.8'E58°10.4'N135°56.7'E 1.031 21° 82° 200 km 01m47.3s
21:1659°20.0'N135°41.0'E59°08.9'N140°18.0'E59°15.9'N138°01.9'E 1.032 22° 85° 202 km 01m49.8s
21:1860°24.9'N137°43.2'E60°07.9'N142°17.1'E60°17.7'N140°02.5'E 1.032 23° 88° 202 km 01m52.2s
21:2061°26.5'N139°41.6'E61°04.1'N144°13.7'E61°16.5'N142°00.0'E 1.033 25° 90° 203 km 01m54.3s
21:2262°25.3'N141°37.7'E61°57.8'N146°08.5'E62°12.7'N143°55.6'E 1.033 26° 93° 204 km 01m56.3s
21:2463°21.5'N143°32.5'E62°49.3'N148°02.6'E63°06.5'N145°50.2'E 1.033 27° 95° 204 km 01m58.1s
21:2664°15.6'N145°27.0'E63°38.9'N149°56.7'E63°58.3'N147°44.6'E 1.033 28° 98° 204 km 01m59.8s
21:2865°07.7'N147°22.0'E64°26.6'N151°51.3'E64°48.1'N149°39.5'E 1.034 29° 101° 205 km 02m01.5s
21:3065°57.9'N149°18.1'E65°12.6'N153°47.0'E65°36.2'N151°35.6'E 1.034 30° 103° 205 km 02m02.9s
21:3266°46.4'N151°16.0'E65°57.0'N155°44.4'E66°22.6'N153°33.5'E 1.034 30° 106° 205 km 02m04.3s
21:3467°33.3'N153°16.4'E66°39.8'N157°44.0'E67°07.4'N155°33.7'E 1.034 31° 109° 205 km 02m05.6s
21:3668°18.6'N155°19.8'E67°21.2'N159°46.2'E67°50.7'N157°36.7'E 1.034 32° 112° 205 km 02m06.8s
21:3869°02.4'N157°26.8'E68°01.0'N161°51.6'E68°32.4'N159°43.1'E 1.035 32° 115° 205 km 02m07.9s
21:4069°44.6'N159°38.1'E68°39.4'N164°00.4'E69°12.7'N161°53.4'E 1.035 33° 118° 204 km 02m08.9s
21:4270°25.4'N161°54.1'E69°16.3'N166°13.3'E69°51.5'N164°08.1'E 1.035 33° 122° 204 km 02m09.8s
21:4471°04.5'N164°15.6'E69°51.6'N168°30.5'E70°28.7'N166°27.6'E 1.035 34° 125° 204 km 02m10.7s
21:4671°42.1'N166°43.0'E70°25.5'N170°52.5'E71°04.3'N168°52.5'E 1.035 34° 128° 204 km 02m11.4s
21:4872°18.1'N169°17.0'E70°57.7'N173°19.6'E71°38.4'N171°23.3'E 1.035 35° 132° 204 km 02m12.1s
21:5072°52.3'N171°58.1'E71°28.3'N175°52.2'E72°10.7'N174°00.3'E 1.035 35° 136° 204 km 02m12.6s
21:5273°24.7'N174°46.9'E71°57.2'N178°30.7'E72°41.3'N176°44.0'E 1.035 35° 140° 203 km 02m13.1s
21:5473°55.2'N177°43.9'E72°24.3'N178°44.8'W73°10.0'N179°34.7'E 1.035 35° 144° 203 km 02m13.5s
21:5674°23.6'N179°10.6'W72°49.5'N175°54.1'W73°36.7'N177°27.3'W 1.035 36° 148° 203 km 02m13.9s
21:5874°49.9'N175°56.3'W73°12.7'N172°56.9'W74°01.4'N174°21.8'W 1.035 36° 152° 203 km 02m14.1s
22:0075°13.8'N172°32.9'W73°33.8'N169°53.4'W74°23.8'N171°08.7'W 1.035 36° 156° 203 km 02m14.3s
22:0275°35.2'N169°00.5'W73°52.7'N166°43.5'W74°43.9'N167°48.1'W 1.035 36° 161° 202 km 02m14.4s
22:0475°53.9'N165°19.4'W74°09.3'N163°27.6'W75°01.5'N164°20.1'W 1.035 36° 165° 202 km 02m14.4s
22:0676°09.8'N161°29.8'W74°23.4'N160°05.8'W75°16.4'N160°45.3'W 1.035 36° 170° 202 km 02m14.3s
22:0876°22.7'N157°32.7'W74°35.0'N156°38.7'W75°28.6'N157°04.1'W 1.035 36° 175° 202 km 02m14.1s
22:1076°32.4'N153°28.9'W74°44.0'N153°07.0'W75°37.9'N153°17.4'W 1.035 36° 180° 201 km 02m13.9s
22:1276°38.8'N149°19.8'W74°50.2'N149°31.3'W75°44.2'N149°26.2'W 1.035 36° 185° 201 km 02m13.6s
22:1476°41.8'N145°06.8'W74°53.5'N145°52.6'W75°47.4'N145°31.5'W 1.035 35° 190° 201 km 02m13.2s
22:1676°41.3'N140°51.6'W74°54.0'N142°11.8'W75°47.4'N141°34.7'W 1.035 35° 195° 201 km 02m12.7s
22:1876°37.2'N136°35.9'W74°51.5'N138°29.9'W75°44.2'N137°36.9'W 1.035 35° 200° 201 km 02m12.1s
22:2076°29.5'N132°21.4'W74°46.0'N134°48.0'W75°37.7'N133°39.7'W 1.035 35° 205° 200 km 02m11.5s
22:2276°18.3'N128°09.7'W74°37.5'N131°07.0'W75°27.9'N129°44.2'W 1.035 34° 210° 200 km 02m10.8s
22:2476°03.5'N124°02.3'W74°26.0'N127°28.0'W75°14.9'N125°51.6'W 1.035 34° 215° 200 km 02m09.9s
22:2675°45.2'N120°00.5'W74°11.4'N123°51.7'W74°58.6'N122°02.9'W 1.034 33° 220° 200 km 02m09.0s
22:2875°23.5'N116°05.0'W73°53.9'N120°18.8'W74°39.1'N118°19.0'W 1.034 33° 225° 199 km 02m08.1s
22:3074°58.5'N112°16.8'W73°33.5'N116°50.0'W74°16.5'N114°40.6'W 1.034 32° 229° 199 km 02m07.0s
22:3274°30.3'N108°35.9'W73°10.1'N113°25.7'W73°50.9'N111°07.9'W 1.034 32° 234° 199 km 02m05.8s
22:3473°58.9'N105°02.7'W72°43.9'N110°06.0'W73°22.2'N107°41.3'W 1.034 31° 238° 198 km 02m04.6s
22:3673°24.4'N101°37.0'W72°14.7'N106°51.2'W72°50.5'N104°20.7'W 1.034 30° 242° 198 km 02m03.2s
22:3872°46.8'N098°18.3'W71°42.8'N103°41.1'W72°15.8'N101°05.9'W 1.033 30° 247° 198 km 02m01.7s
22:4072°06.1'N095°06.3'W71°07.9'N100°35.6'W71°38.1'N097°56.7'W 1.033 29° 251° 197 km 02m00.2s
22:4271°22.3'N092°00.2'W70°30.2'N097°34.3'W70°57.5'N094°52.6'W 1.033 28° 255° 197 km 01m58.5s
22:4470°35.4'N088°59.2'W69°49.5'N094°36.7'W70°13.8'N091°52.9'W 1.033 27° 258° 196 km 01m56.7s
22:4669°45.1'N086°02.4'W69°05.7'N091°42.3'W69°26.8'N088°56.9'W 1.032 26° 262° 196 km 01m54.8s
22:4868°51.3'N083°08.6'W68°18.7'N088°50.2'W68°36.5'N086°03.5'W 1.032 25° 266° 195 km 01m52.7s
22:5067°53.6'N080°16.4'W67°28.2'N085°59.6'W67°42.5'N083°11.8'W 1.032 24° 269° 194 km 01m50.5s
22:5266°51.5'N077°24.3'W66°33.9'N083°09.3'W66°44.5'N080°20.4'W 1.031 22° 273° 193 km 01m48.2s
22:5465°44.3'N074°30.2'W65°35.2'N080°17.8'W65°41.7'N077°27.5'W 1.031 21° 276° 192 km 01m45.6s
22:5664°31.0'N071°31.4'W64°31.5'N077°23.2'W64°33.4'N074°30.8'W 1.030 19° 280° 190 km 01m42.8s
22:5863°09.7'N068°23.8'W63°21.8'N074°22.9'W63°18.3'N071°27.1'W 1.030 17° 283° 189 km 01m39.8s
23:0061°37.5'N065°00.7'W62°04.2'N071°12.8'W61°54.0'N068°11.2'W 1.029 15° 287° 186 km 01m36.3s
23:0259°48.4'N061°09.3'W60°36.0'N067°46.4'W60°16.6'N064°34.3'W 1.028 13° 291° 183 km 01m32.3s
23:0457°26.0'N056°14.9'W58°51.2'N063°50.6'W58°16.8'N060°16.3'W 1.028 10° 295° 179 km 01m27.5s
23:06 - - 56°34.2'N058°50.6'W55°20.3'N054°03.0'W 1.026 301° 171 km 01m20.4s
Limits52°33.2'N046°06.2'W51°32.2'N047°49.9'W52°02.6'N046°58.9'W 1.024 - 161 km 01m12.7s

ΔT = 423.3 seconds

Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration
Event Time
TD
Time
UT1
Latitude Longitude Sun
Altitude
Sun
Azimuth
Path Width Central
Duration
Greatest Eclipse22:11:11.822:04:08.575°02.6'N165°51.2'W 36.0° 165.6° 202.1 km02m14.35s
Greatest Duration22:10:10.922:03:07.774°54.1'N165°51.6'W 36.0° 163.2° 202.2 km02m14.36s

Explanation of Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration

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Eclipse Predictions

Predictions for the Total Solar Eclipse of 2272 May 27 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 423.3 seconds for this eclipse. The uncertainty in ΔT is 110.1 seconds corresponding to a standard error in longitude of the eclipse path of ± 0.46°.

Acknowledgments

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

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