Path of the Total Solar Eclipse of -0248 May 04

Fred Espenak

Introduction

The following table delineates the path of the Moon's umbral shadow during the Total Solar Eclipse of -0248 May 04 . 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 -0248 May 04
UT1 Northern Limit Southern Limit Central Line M:S Sun Sun Path Central
Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Ratio Alt. Azm. Width Duration
Limits17°55.9'S018°48.5'W19°31.3'S018°11.6'W18°43.6'S018°29.9'W 1.056 - 187 km 02m55.1s
07:3015°30.6'S011°02.0'W16°18.9'S007°59.3'W15°52.9'S009°25.3'W 1.059 72° 198 km 03m15.9s
07:3213°33.7'S006°00.3'W14°34.3'S003°38.5'W14°03.1'S004°47.3'W 1.060 15° 70° 205 km 03m28.5s
07:3412°05.3'S002°41.7'W13°10.6'S000°33.6'W12°37.3'S001°36.2'W 1.062 19° 70° 209 km 03m38.0s
07:3610°49.2'S000°06.5'W11°57.2'S001°54.5'E11°22.7'S000°55.1'E 1.062 22° 69° 213 km 03m46.1s
07:3809°40.6'S002°03.1'E10°50.4'S003°59.7'E10°15.0'S003°02.3'E 1.063 25° 68° 216 km 03m53.4s
07:4008°37.1'S003°55.3'E09°48.3'S005°49.0'E09°12.3'S004°53.0'E 1.064 27° 68° 219 km 04m00.0s
07:4207°37.5'S005°35.0'E08°49.7'S007°26.6'E08°13.2'S006°31.5'E 1.065 29° 68° 221 km 04m06.1s
07:4406°41.0'S007°04.9'E07°54.1'S008°54.9'E07°17.1'S008°00.6'E 1.065 32° 68° 223 km 04m11.9s
07:4605°46.9'S008°27.1'E07°00.7'S010°15.9'E06°23.5'S009°22.1'E 1.066 34° 68° 225 km 04m17.3s
07:4804°54.9'S009°42.9'E06°09.4'S011°30.8'E05°31.8'S010°37.4'E 1.067 36° 67° 227 km 04m22.5s
07:5004°04.6'S010°53.4'E05°19.8'S012°40.5'E04°41.9'S011°47.5'E 1.067 37° 67° 228 km 04m27.4s
07:5203°15.9'S011°59.5'E04°31.7'S013°45.9'E03°53.5'S012°53.2'E 1.067 39° 67° 230 km 04m32.2s
07:5402°28.6'S013°01.6'E03°44.9'S014°47.6'E03°06.4'S013°55.1'E 1.068 41° 67° 231 km 04m36.8s
07:5601°42.5'S014°00.4'E02°59.3'S015°45.9'E02°20.6'S014°53.6'E 1.068 43° 67° 232 km 04m41.1s
07:5800°57.4'S014°56.3'E02°14.7'S016°41.4'E01°35.8'S015°49.3'E 1.069 44° 68° 233 km 04m45.4s
08:0000°13.4'S015°49.6'E01°31.2'S017°34.4'E00°52.0'S016°42.4'E 1.069 46° 68° 234 km 04m49.5s
08:0200°29.7'N016°40.6'E00°48.5'S018°25.0'E00°09.2'S017°33.2'E 1.069 47° 68° 235 km 04m53.4s
08:0401°12.0'N017°29.5'E00°06.7'S019°13.7'E00°32.9'N018°22.0'E 1.070 49° 68° 236 km 04m57.3s
08:0601°53.5'N018°16.7'E00°34.4'N020°00.5'E01°14.2'N019°09.0'E 1.070 50° 68° 237 km 05m01.0s
08:0802°34.4'N019°02.1'E01°14.7'N020°45.8'E01°54.8'N019°54.3'E 1.070 52° 68° 238 km 05m04.5s
08:1003°14.5'N019°46.1'E01°54.4'N021°29.5'E02°34.7'N020°38.1'E 1.071 53° 69° 238 km 05m08.0s
08:1203°54.0'N020°28.7'E02°33.5'N022°11.9'E03°14.0'N021°20.7'E 1.071 54° 69° 239 km 05m11.4s
08:1404°33.0'N021°10.2'E03°12.0'N022°53.1'E03°52.7'N022°02.0'E 1.071 56° 69° 239 km 05m14.6s
08:1605°11.4'N021°50.5'E03°49.9'N023°33.2'E04°30.8'N022°42.2'E 1.071 57° 70° 240 km 05m17.8s
08:1805°49.2'N022°29.8'E04°27.3'N024°12.4'E05°08.4'N023°21.4'E 1.072 58° 70° 240 km 05m20.8s
08:2006°26.6'N023°08.3'E05°04.1'N024°50.6'E05°45.6'N023°59.8'E 1.072 60° 71° 241 km 05m23.8s
08:2207°03.5'N023°45.9'E05°40.5'N025°28.0'E06°22.2'N024°37.3'E 1.072 61° 71° 241 km 05m26.6s
08:2407°40.0'N024°22.8'E06°16.5'N026°04.7'E06°58.4'N025°14.1'E 1.072 62° 72° 241 km 05m29.4s
08:2608°16.0'N024°59.1'E06°52.0'N026°40.7'E07°34.2'N025°50.2'E 1.073 63° 72° 242 km 05m32.0s
08:2808°51.6'N025°34.7'E07°27.1'N027°16.1'E08°09.5'N026°25.7'E 1.073 65° 73° 242 km 05m34.6s
08:3009°26.8'N026°09.9'E08°01.8'N027°51.0'E08°44.5'N027°00.7'E 1.073 66° 73° 242 km 05m37.0s
08:3210°01.7'N026°44.5'E08°36.1'N028°25.4'E09°19.0'N027°35.3'E 1.073 67° 74° 242 km 05m39.4s
08:3410°36.1'N027°18.8'E09°10.0'N028°59.4'E09°53.2'N028°09.4'E 1.073 68° 75° 242 km 05m41.7s
08:3611°10.3'N027°52.7'E09°43.5'N029°33.0'E10°27.0'N028°43.1'E 1.073 69° 76° 243 km 05m43.9s
08:3811°44.0'N028°26.3'E10°16.7'N030°06.3'E11°00.5'N029°16.6'E 1.073 70° 77° 243 km 05m46.0s
08:4012°17.5'N028°59.6'E10°49.6'N030°39.3'E11°33.6'N029°49.7'E 1.074 72° 78° 243 km 05m48.0s
08:4212°50.6'N029°32.7'E11°22.1'N031°12.1'E12°06.5'N030°22.6'E 1.074 73° 79° 243 km 05m49.9s
08:4413°23.4'N030°05.6'E11°54.3'N031°44.6'E12°39.0'N030°55.4'E 1.074 74° 81° 243 km 05m51.7s
08:4613°55.9'N030°38.4'E12°26.1'N032°17.0'E13°11.1'N031°28.0'E 1.074 75° 82° 243 km 05m53.4s
08:4814°28.1'N031°11.1'E12°57.7'N032°49.3'E13°43.0'N032°00.5'E 1.074 76° 84° 243 km 05m55.0s
08:5015°00.0'N031°43.7'E13°28.9'N033°21.5'E14°14.6'N032°32.9'E 1.074 77° 86° 243 km 05m56.5s
08:5215°31.6'N032°16.3'E13°59.9'N033°53.7'E14°45.8'N033°05.2'E 1.074 78° 89° 243 km 05m57.9s
08:5416°03.0'N032°48.9'E14°30.5'N034°25.9'E15°16.8'N033°37.6'E 1.074 79° 91° 243 km 05m59.3s
08:5616°34.0'N033°21.6'E15°00.9'N034°58.0'E15°47.5'N034°10.0'E 1.074 80° 95° 243 km 06m00.5s
08:5817°04.8'N033°54.3'E15°30.9'N035°30.3'E16°17.9'N034°42.5'E 1.074 81° 99° 243 km 06m01.6s
09:0017°35.3'N034°27.2'E16°00.7'N036°02.6'E16°48.1'N035°15.1'E 1.074 82° 103° 243 km 06m02.6s
09:0218°05.5'N035°00.2'E16°30.2'N036°35.0'E17°17.9'N035°47.8'E 1.075 83° 109° 243 km 06m03.6s
09:0418°35.5'N035°33.4'E16°59.5'N037°07.6'E17°47.5'N036°20.7'E 1.075 83° 116° 243 km 06m04.4s
09:0619°05.2'N036°06.8'E17°28.4'N037°40.4'E18°16.8'N036°53.8'E 1.075 84° 125° 243 km 06m05.1s
09:0819°34.6'N036°40.5'E17°57.1'N038°13.4'E18°45.9'N037°27.2'E 1.075 84° 135° 243 km 06m05.7s
09:1020°03.8'N037°14.4'E18°25.5'N038°46.7'E19°14.7'N038°00.8'E 1.075 85° 147° 243 km 06m06.2s
09:1220°32.7'N037°48.7'E18°53.6'N039°20.2'E19°43.2'N038°34.7'E 1.075 85° 159° 243 km 06m06.6s
09:1421°01.3'N038°23.3'E19°21.4'N039°54.0'E20°11.4'N039°08.9'E 1.075 84° 171° 243 km 06m06.9s
09:1621°29.6'N038°58.3'E19°49.0'N040°28.2'E20°39.4'N039°43.5'E 1.075 84° 182° 243 km 06m07.1s
09:1821°57.7'N039°33.8'E20°16.3'N041°02.8'E21°07.0'N040°18.5'E 1.075 84° 191° 243 km 06m07.2s
09:2022°25.6'N040°09.7'E20°43.3'N041°37.8'E21°34.5'N040°53.9'E 1.075 83° 199° 242 km 06m07.2s
09:2222°53.1'N040°46.0'E21°10.1'N042°13.2'E22°01.6'N041°29.8'E 1.075 82° 205° 242 km 06m07.0s
09:2423°20.4'N041°22.9'E21°36.5'N042°49.1'E22°28.4'N042°06.2'E 1.075 81° 210° 242 km 06m06.8s
09:2623°47.3'N042°00.4'E22°02.7'N043°25.5'E22°55.0'N042°43.1'E 1.074 80° 214° 242 km 06m06.4s
09:2824°14.0'N042°38.5'E22°28.6'N044°02.4'E23°21.3'N043°20.6'E 1.074 79° 218° 242 km 06m05.9s
09:3024°40.4'N043°17.2'E22°54.1'N044°40.0'E23°47.3'N043°58.7'E 1.074 78° 221° 241 km 06m05.3s
09:3225°06.6'N043°56.6'E23°19.4'N045°18.1'E24°13.0'N044°37.5'E 1.074 77° 224° 241 km 06m04.6s
09:3425°32.4'N044°36.7'E23°44.4'N045°57.0'E24°38.4'N045°16.9'E 1.074 76° 226° 241 km 06m03.7s
09:3625°57.8'N045°17.6'E24°09.1'N046°36.5'E25°03.4'N045°57.1'E 1.074 75° 228° 241 km 06m02.7s
09:3826°23.0'N045°59.3'E24°33.5'N047°16.7'E25°28.2'N046°38.1'E 1.074 74° 230° 240 km 06m01.6s
09:4026°47.8'N046°41.8'E24°57.5'N047°57.8'E25°52.6'N047°19.9'E 1.074 73° 232° 240 km 06m00.4s
09:4227°12.3'N047°25.3'E25°21.2'N048°39.7'E26°16.7'N048°02.5'E 1.074 72° 234° 240 km 05m59.1s
09:4427°36.5'N048°09.7'E25°44.6'N049°22.4'E26°40.5'N048°46.1'E 1.074 71° 235° 239 km 05m57.6s
09:4628°00.3'N048°55.1'E26°07.6'N050°06.1'E27°03.9'N049°30.6'E 1.074 70° 236° 239 km 05m56.0s
09:4828°23.7'N049°41.6'E26°30.2'N050°50.8'E27°26.9'N050°16.2'E 1.074 68° 238° 239 km 05m54.3s
09:5028°46.7'N050°29.2'E26°52.5'N051°36.5'E27°49.5'N051°02.8'E 1.073 67° 239° 238 km 05m52.5s
09:5229°09.3'N051°18.0'E27°14.4'N052°23.3'E28°11.8'N051°50.6'E 1.073 66° 240° 238 km 05m50.5s
09:5429°31.5'N052°08.0'E27°35.9'N053°11.2'E28°33.6'N052°39.6'E 1.073 65° 241° 237 km 05m48.4s
09:5629°53.3'N052°59.4'E27°56.9'N054°00.4'E28°55.0'N053°29.8'E 1.073 64° 243° 237 km 05m46.1s
09:5830°14.6'N053°52.1'E28°17.6'N054°50.9'E29°16.0'N054°21.4'E 1.073 63° 244° 236 km 05m43.7s
10:0030°35.4'N054°46.4'E28°37.7'N055°42.8'E29°36.4'N055°14.4'E 1.073 61° 245° 236 km 05m41.2s
10:0230°55.7'N055°42.2'E28°57.4'N056°36.1'E29°56.4'N056°08.9'E 1.072 60° 246° 235 km 05m38.5s
10:0431°15.4'N056°39.6'E29°16.6'N057°30.9'E30°15.9'N057°05.0'E 1.072 59° 247° 235 km 05m35.7s
10:0631°34.6'N057°38.9'E29°35.3'N058°27.4'E30°34.8'N058°02.9'E 1.072 57° 248° 234 km 05m32.8s
10:0831°53.2'N058°39.9'E29°53.4'N059°25.6'E30°53.2'N059°02.5'E 1.072 56° 249° 233 km 05m29.7s
10:1032°11.2'N059°43.0'E30°10.9'N060°25.6'E31°10.9'N060°04.0'E 1.071 55° 250° 233 km 05m26.5s
10:1232°28.5'N060°48.2'E30°27.8'N061°27.7'E31°28.0'N061°07.6'E 1.071 53° 251° 232 km 05m23.1s
10:1432°45.1'N061°55.6'E30°44.1'N062°31.8'E31°44.4'N062°13.3'E 1.071 52° 252° 231 km 05m19.6s
10:1633°00.9'N063°05.5'E30°59.6'N063°38.2'E32°00.1'N063°21.4'E 1.071 51° 253° 230 km 05m15.9s
10:1833°15.8'N064°18.0'E31°14.3'N064°47.1'E32°15.0'N064°32.0'E 1.070 49° 254° 229 km 05m12.0s
10:2033°29.9'N065°33.3'E31°28.3'N065°58.6'E32°29.0'N065°45.3'E 1.070 48° 255° 228 km 05m08.0s
10:2233°43.0'N066°51.6'E31°41.4'N067°12.9'E32°42.1'N067°01.6'E 1.070 46° 256° 227 km 05m03.8s
10:2433°55.1'N068°13.3'E31°53.5'N068°30.4'E32°54.2'N068°21.1'E 1.069 45° 258° 226 km 04m59.5s
10:2634°06.0'N069°38.6'E32°04.5'N069°51.2'E33°05.2'N069°44.1'E 1.069 43° 259° 225 km 04m55.0s
10:2834°15.7'N071°07.8'E32°14.5'N071°15.8'E33°15.0'N071°10.9'E 1.069 42° 260° 224 km 04m50.2s
10:3034°23.9'N072°41.5'E32°23.1'N072°44.5'E33°23.4'N072°42.0'E 1.068 40° 261° 223 km 04m45.3s
10:3234°30.6'N074°20.1'E32°30.4'N074°17.8'E33°30.4'N074°17.9'E 1.068 38° 262° 222 km 04m40.2s
10:3434°35.6'N076°04.3'E32°36.0'N075°56.4'E33°35.8'N075°59.2'E 1.067 36° 264° 220 km 04m34.8s
10:3634°38.5'N077°54.9'E32°39.9'N077°40.9'E33°39.2'N077°46.7'E 1.067 34° 265° 219 km 04m29.1s
10:3834°39.2'N079°52.9'E32°41.7'N079°32.4'E33°40.5'N079°41.3'E 1.066 32° 267° 217 km 04m23.2s
10:4034°37.1'N081°59.7'E32°41.1'N081°31.9'E33°39.1'N081°44.3'E 1.066 30° 268° 216 km 04m17.0s
10:4234°31.7'N084°17.2'E32°37.5'N083°41.3'E33°34.7'N083°57.6'E 1.065 28° 270° 214 km 04m10.3s
10:4434°22.3'N086°48.1'E32°30.4'N086°02.9'E33°26.5'N086°23.6'E 1.064 26° 271° 212 km 04m03.2s
10:4634°07.5'N089°36.6'E32°18.7'N088°40.3'E33°13.4'N089°06.3'E 1.063 23° 273° 210 km 03m55.5s
10:4833°45.5'N092°49.8'E32°00.8'N091°39.4'E32°53.5'N092°12.1'E 1.063 20° 275° 207 km 03m46.9s
10:5033°12.1'N096°42.0'E31°33.7'N095°11.3'E32°23.5'N095°53.4'E 1.061 16° 277° 204 km 03m37.2s
10:5232°16.8'N101°50.9'E30°50.2'N099°42.3'E31°34.8'N100°41.3'E 1.060 12° 280° 200 km 03m25.1s
10:54 - - 29°18.2'N107°13.1'E29°35.1'N109°49.1'E 1.057 285° 192 km 03m04.2s
Limits29°29.3'N113°38.5'E27°53.6'N112°56.1'E28°41.4'N113°16.9'E 1.056 - 189 km 02m57.1s

ΔT = 13309.9 seconds

Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration
Event Time
TD
Time
UT1
Latitude Longitude Sun
Altitude
Sun
Azimuth
Path Width Central
Duration
Greatest Eclipse12:53:14.009:11:24.219°34.7'N017°12.1'W 84.7° 155.4° 242.9 km06m06.52s
Greatest Duration13:00:13.909:18:24.121°12.6'N040°25.6'E 83.4° 192.6° 242.5 km06m07.20s

Explanation of Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration

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Eclipse Predictions

Predictions for the Total Solar Eclipse of -0248 May 04 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 13309.9 seconds for this eclipse. The uncertainty in ΔT is 342.0 seconds corresponding to a standard error in longitude of the eclipse path of ± 1.43°.

Acknowledgments

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

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