Path of the Total Solar Eclipse of -0947 May 22

Fred Espenak

Introduction

The following table delineates the path of the Moon's umbral shadow during the Total Solar Eclipse of -0947 May 22 . 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 -0947 May 22
UT1 Northern Limit Southern Limit Central Line M:S Sun Sun Path Central
Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Ratio Alt. Azm. Width Duration
Limits26°13.2'N025°34.5'E24°03.9'N027°08.7'E25°08.1'N026°22.4'E 1.063 - 278 km 03m02.3s
03:3227°50.0'N030°05.2'E28°54.9'N040°05.0'E28°43.8'N036°04.8'E 1.066 10° 75° 295 km 03m23.8s
03:3430°20.8'N036°22.4'E30°20.3'N043°21.8'E30°27.4'N040°10.3'E 1.067 14° 77° 302 km 03m34.2s
03:3631°57.4'N040°03.1'E31°32.5'N046°00.7'E31°49.0'N043°12.5'E 1.068 17° 79° 307 km 03m42.3s
03:3833°16.3'N042°54.3'E32°36.7'N048°17.3'E32°59.4'N045°43.3'E 1.069 20° 81° 310 km 03m49.3s
03:4034°25.4'N045°18.7'E33°35.3'N050°18.8'E34°02.7'N047°54.7'E 1.070 22° 83° 313 km 03m55.6s
03:4235°28.1'N047°26.0'E34°29.7'N052°09.4'E35°00.8'N049°52.8'E 1.070 24° 84° 315 km 04m01.3s
03:4436°25.9'N049°21.2'E35°20.8'N053°51.8'E35°55.0'N051°40.9'E 1.071 26° 86° 317 km 04m06.6s
03:4637°20.1'N051°07.3'E36°09.1'N055°27.7'E36°46.1'N053°21.5'E 1.072 28° 88° 318 km 04m11.6s
03:4838°11.4'N052°46.4'E36°55.3'N056°58.3'E37°34.6'N054°56.1'E 1.072 30° 89° 319 km 04m16.3s
03:5039°00.1'N054°20.0'E37°39.4'N058°24.6'E38°20.9'N056°25.8'E 1.073 31° 91° 320 km 04m20.7s
03:5239°46.8'N055°49.1'E38°21.9'N059°47.4'E39°05.4'N057°51.6'E 1.073 33° 93° 321 km 04m24.9s
03:5440°31.6'N057°14.5'E39°02.8'N061°07.2'E39°48.2'N059°14.0'E 1.073 34° 94° 321 km 04m29.0s
03:5641°14.8'N058°36.9'E39°42.4'N062°24.5'E40°29.5'N060°33.8'E 1.074 36° 96° 322 km 04m32.8s
03:5841°56.6'N059°56.7'E40°20.7'N063°39.7'E41°09.4'N061°51.2'E 1.074 37° 98° 322 km 04m36.4s
04:0042°37.0'N061°14.4'E40°57.9'N064°53.1'E41°48.2'N063°06.7'E 1.074 38° 100° 322 km 04m39.9s
04:0243°16.3'N062°30.4'E41°34.0'N066°05.0'E42°25.9'N064°20.6'E 1.075 39° 102° 322 km 04m43.3s
04:0443°54.5'N063°44.9'E42°09.2'N067°15.7'E43°02.5'N065°33.1'E 1.075 40° 104° 322 km 04m46.4s
04:0644°31.6'N064°58.2'E42°43.4'N068°25.2'E43°38.1'N066°44.5'E 1.075 41° 105° 322 km 04m49.5s
04:0845°07.8'N066°10.6'E43°16.8'N069°33.9'E44°12.8'N067°55.0'E 1.076 42° 107° 322 km 04m52.4s
04:1045°43.1'N067°22.1'E43°49.4'N070°41.9'E44°46.7'N069°04.7'E 1.076 43° 109° 322 km 04m55.2s
04:1246°17.5'N068°33.1'E44°21.1'N071°49.3'E45°19.7'N070°13.9'E 1.076 44° 111° 322 km 04m57.8s
04:1446°51.1'N069°43.6'E44°52.2'N072°56.3'E45°52.0'N071°22.6'E 1.076 45° 114° 321 km 05m00.3s
04:1647°23.9'N070°53.8'E45°22.4'N074°02.9'E46°23.5'N072°31.0'E 1.076 46° 116° 321 km 05m02.7s
04:1847°56.0'N072°03.9'E45°52.0'N075°09.4'E46°54.3'N073°39.3'E 1.077 47° 118° 321 km 05m05.0s
04:2048°27.3'N073°13.9'E46°20.9'N076°15.7'E47°24.4'N074°47.4'E 1.077 47° 120° 320 km 05m07.1s
04:2248°57.9'N074°24.0'E46°49.2'N077°22.0'E47°53.7'N075°55.6'E 1.077 48° 123° 320 km 05m09.2s
04:2449°27.8'N075°34.3'E47°16.7'N078°28.5'E48°22.4'N077°04.0'E 1.077 49° 125° 320 km 05m11.1s
04:2649°57.0'N076°44.9'E47°43.7'N079°35.0'E48°50.5'N078°12.5'E 1.077 49° 127° 319 km 05m12.8s
04:2850°25.5'N077°55.9'E48°10.0'N080°41.9'E49°17.9'N079°21.4'E 1.077 50° 130° 319 km 05m14.5s
04:3050°53.4'N079°07.3'E48°35.7'N081°49.0'E49°44.6'N080°30.7'E 1.077 50° 132° 318 km 05m16.0s
04:3251°20.6'N080°19.3'E49°00.7'N082°56.6'E50°10.7'N081°40.4'E 1.077 51° 135° 318 km 05m17.4s
04:3451°47.1'N081°31.9'E49°25.1'N084°04.6'E50°36.1'N082°50.7'E 1.078 51° 137° 318 km 05m18.7s
04:3652°13.0'N082°45.3'E49°48.9'N085°13.2'E51°00.9'N084°01.6'E 1.078 52° 140° 317 km 05m19.9s
04:3852°38.2'N083°59.5'E50°12.1'N086°22.3'E51°25.1'N085°13.2'E 1.078 52° 143° 317 km 05m21.0s
04:4053°02.7'N085°14.5'E50°34.7'N087°32.1'E51°48.6'N086°25.5'E 1.078 52° 145° 316 km 05m21.9s
04:4253°26.6'N086°30.5'E50°56.6'N088°42.6'E52°11.4'N087°38.7'E 1.078 53° 148° 316 km 05m22.7s
04:4453°49.7'N087°47.5'E51°17.9'N089°53.9'E52°33.6'N088°52.7'E 1.078 53° 151° 315 km 05m23.4s
04:4654°12.2'N089°05.5'E51°38.6'N091°05.9'E52°55.2'N090°07.7'E 1.078 53° 154° 315 km 05m24.0s
04:4854°33.9'N090°24.8'E51°58.6'N092°18.9'E53°16.0'N091°23.7'E 1.078 53° 157° 315 km 05m24.4s
04:5054°54.9'N091°45.2'E52°18.0'N093°32.8'E53°36.2'N092°40.7'E 1.078 53° 160° 314 km 05m24.8s
04:5255°15.2'N093°06.9'E52°36.7'N094°47.7'E53°55.6'N093°58.9'E 1.078 53° 163° 314 km 05m25.0s
04:5455°34.8'N094°29.9'E52°54.7'N096°03.6'E54°14.4'N095°18.2'E 1.078 53° 166° 314 km 05m25.0s
04:5655°53.5'N095°54.3'E53°12.0'N097°20.6'E54°32.4'N096°38.8'E 1.078 53° 169° 313 km 05m25.0s
04:5856°11.5'N097°20.1'E53°28.6'N098°38.7'E54°49.6'N098°00.6'E 1.078 53° 172° 313 km 05m24.8s
05:0056°28.6'N098°47.5'E53°44.5'N099°58.0'E55°06.1'N099°23.7'E 1.078 53° 175° 312 km 05m24.5s
05:0256°44.9'N100°16.3'E53°59.7'N101°18.4'E55°21.8'N100°48.2'E 1.078 53° 178° 312 km 05m24.1s
05:0457°00.3'N101°46.8'E54°14.1'N102°40.2'E55°36.7'N102°14.1'E 1.078 53° 181° 312 km 05m23.6s
05:0657°14.8'N103°18.9'E54°27.7'N104°03.2'E55°50.7'N103°41.5'E 1.078 52° 184° 311 km 05m22.9s
05:0857°28.4'N104°52.7'E54°40.4'N105°27.6'E56°03.9'N105°10.3'E 1.078 52° 187° 311 km 05m22.1s
05:1057°41.1'N106°28.2'E54°52.4'N106°53.4'E56°16.2'N106°40.7'E 1.078 52° 190° 311 km 05m21.2s
05:1257°52.8'N108°05.4'E55°03.5'N108°20.6'E56°27.6'N108°12.7'E 1.078 51° 193° 310 km 05m20.1s
05:1458°03.4'N109°44.5'E55°13.8'N109°49.3'E56°38.0'N109°46.3'E 1.077 51° 196° 310 km 05m19.0s
05:1658°13.0'N111°25.4'E55°23.1'N111°19.4'E56°47.5'N111°21.5'E 1.077 50° 199° 310 km 05m17.7s
05:1858°21.5'N113°08.1'E55°31.5'N112°51.2'E56°55.9'N112°58.5'E 1.077 50° 202° 310 km 05m16.2s
05:2058°28.8'N114°52.8'E55°38.9'N114°24.5'E57°03.3'N114°37.2'E 1.077 49° 205° 309 km 05m14.6s
05:2258°35.0'N116°39.4'E55°45.3'N115°59.4'E57°09.6'N116°17.6'E 1.077 49° 208° 309 km 05m12.9s
05:2458°39.9'N118°27.9'E55°50.7'N117°36.0'E57°14.8'N117°59.9'E 1.077 48° 211° 309 km 05m11.1s
05:2658°43.5'N120°18.5'E55°55.0'N119°14.3'E57°18.8'N119°44.0'E 1.077 47° 214° 309 km 05m09.2s
05:2858°45.8'N122°11.0'E55°58.1'N120°54.4'E57°21.6'N121°30.0'E 1.077 46° 217° 308 km 05m07.1s
05:3058°46.7'N124°05.7'E56°00.1'N122°36.4'E57°23.1'N123°17.9'E 1.076 46° 220° 308 km 05m04.8s
05:3258°46.2'N126°02.5'E56°00.9'N124°20.1'E57°23.2'N125°07.9'E 1.076 45° 223° 308 km 05m02.4s
05:3458°44.2'N128°01.4'E56°00.4'N126°05.9'E57°22.0'N126°59.9'E 1.076 44° 226° 308 km 04m59.9s
05:3658°40.5'N130°02.6'E55°58.6'N127°53.7'E57°19.4'N128°54.0'E 1.076 43° 228° 307 km 04m57.3s
05:3858°35.2'N132°06.1'E55°55.4'N129°43.5'E57°15.2'N130°50.4'E 1.076 42° 231° 307 km 04m54.5s
05:4058°28.2'N134°12.0'E55°50.7'N131°35.6'E57°09.4'N132°49.0'E 1.075 41° 234° 307 km 04m51.5s
05:4258°19.3'N136°20.4'E55°44.5'N133°30.0'E57°02.0'N134°50.1'E 1.075 40° 237° 306 km 04m48.4s
05:4458°08.4'N138°31.5'E55°36.7'N135°26.9'E56°52.7'N136°53.8'E 1.075 39° 240° 306 km 04m45.2s
05:4657°55.4'N140°45.4'E55°27.1'N137°26.4'E56°41.6'N139°00.2'E 1.074 38° 243° 306 km 04m41.8s
05:4857°40.3'N143°02.5'E55°15.8'N139°28.8'E56°28.5'N141°09.6'E 1.074 36° 246° 305 km 04m38.2s
05:5057°22.7'N145°22.9'E55°02.4'N141°34.3'E56°13.2'N143°22.3'E 1.074 35° 248° 305 km 04m34.4s
05:5257°02.6'N147°47.2'E54°47.0'N143°43.2'E55°55.5'N145°38.5'E 1.073 34° 251° 305 km 04m30.4s
05:5456°39.6'N150°15.8'E54°29.2'N145°55.9'E55°35.4'N147°58.8'E 1.073 32° 254° 304 km 04m26.3s
05:5656°13.4'N152°49.4'E54°09.0'N148°12.9'E55°12.4'N150°23.8'E 1.073 31° 257° 304 km 04m21.9s
05:5855°43.7'N155°28.9'E53°45.9'N150°34.8'E54°46.2'N152°54.1'E 1.072 29° 260° 303 km 04m17.3s
06:0055°09.9'N158°15.6'E53°19.8'N153°02.6'E54°16.6'N155°30.8'E 1.072 28° 263° 302 km 04m12.4s
06:0254°31.4'N161°11.2'E52°50.0'N155°37.2'E53°42.8'N158°15.3'E 1.071 26° 266° 301 km 04m07.1s
06:0453°47.0'N164°18.5'E52°16.1'N158°20.4'E53°04.1'N161°09.7'E 1.070 24° 269° 300 km 04m01.5s
06:0652°55.2'N167°41.5'E51°37.1'N161°14.3'E52°19.5'N164°16.8'E 1.070 22° 272° 299 km 03m55.4s
06:0851°53.2'N171°27.6'E50°51.9'N164°22.5'E51°26.9'N167°41.6'E 1.069 19° 275° 298 km 03m48.8s
06:1050°35.7'N175°51.3'E49°58.2'N167°50.6'E50°23.4'N171°32.7'E 1.068 16° 279° 296 km 03m41.2s
06:1248°47.9'N178°27.1'W48°52.3'N171°49.4'E49°02.1'N176°09.0'E 1.067 13° 283° 293 km 03m32.2s
06:14 - - 47°25.3'N176°44.3'E47°01.4'N177°29.1'W 1.065 288° 288 km 03m20.1s
Limits44°45.6'N166°39.4'W42°41.3'N168°43.8'W43°43.2'N167°43.0'W 1.063 - 279 km 03m02.5s

ΔT = 24339.8 seconds

Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration
Event Time
TD
Time
UT1
Latitude Longitude Sun
Altitude
Sun
Azimuth
Path Width Central
Duration
Greatest Eclipse11:38:23.804:52:44.054°02.6'N007°13.8'W 53.3° 163.8° 313.8 km05m25.01s
Greatest Duration11:39:57.204:54:17.354°17.0'N095°29.8'E 53.3° 166.1° 313.5 km05m25.05s

Explanation of Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration

Links for the Total Solar Eclipse of -0947 May 22

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Eclipse Predictions

Predictions for the Total Solar Eclipse of -0947 May 22 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 24339.8 seconds for this eclipse. The uncertainty in ΔT is 601.7 seconds corresponding to a standard error in longitude of the eclipse path of ± 2.51°.

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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