Path of the Annular Solar Eclipse of 0402 May 18

Fred Espenak

Introduction

The following table delineates the path of the Moon's antumbral shadow during the Annular Solar Eclipse of 0402 May 18 . 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 .

Annular Solar Eclipse of 0402 May 18
UT1 Northern Limit Southern Limit Central Line M:S Sun Sun Path Central
Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Ratio Alt. Azm. Width Duration
Limits61°30.1'S075°22.0'E63°54.5'S079°45.5'E62°42.6'S077°24.9'E 0.934 - 347 km 05m18.0s
03:4053°49.6'S089°10.7'E - - 58°14.6'S085°34.1'E 0.935 35° 330 km 05m27.5s
03:4251°51.5'S092°06.3'E60°52.6'S085°06.9'E55°10.7'S090°22.5'E 0.936 10° 31° 321 km 05m34.5s
03:4450°13.8'S094°23.5'E56°50.6'S091°19.8'E53°03.5'S093°25.1'E 0.937 13° 28° 315 km 05m39.7s
03:4648°48.8'S096°17.6'E54°28.3'S094°37.0'E51°20.5'S095°44.6'E 0.938 15° 25° 311 km 05m44.0s
03:4847°32.8'S097°56.1'E52°37.4'S097°01.7'E49°52.0'S097°39.4'E 0.938 17° 23° 307 km 05m47.9s
03:5046°23.5'S099°23.1'E51°03.8'S098°58.7'E48°33.4'S099°17.8'E 0.938 19° 21° 305 km 05m51.4s
03:5245°19.5'S100°41.5'E49°41.7'S100°38.1'E47°22.1'S100°44.6'E 0.939 21° 20° 303 km 05m54.7s
03:5444°19.9'S101°53.0'E48°27.7'S102°05.1'E46°16.6'S102°02.4'E 0.939 22° 18° 301 km 05m57.7s
03:5643°23.9'S102°58.9'E47°20.2'S103°22.9'E45°15.7'S103°13.3'E 0.939 23° 17° 300 km 06m00.6s
03:5842°31.0'S104°00.1'E46°17.7'S104°33.5'E44°18.8'S104°18.6'E 0.940 25° 15° 299 km 06m03.3s
04:0041°40.9'S104°57.5'E45°19.5'S105°38.5'E43°25.1'S105°19.2'E 0.940 26° 14° 299 km 06m05.9s
04:0240°53.1'S105°51.5'E44°24.8'S106°38.7'E42°34.3'S106°16.0'E 0.940 27° 12° 298 km 06m08.4s
04:0440°07.5'S106°42.6'E43°33.2'S107°35.1'E41°46.1'S107°09.5'E 0.940 28° 11° 298 km 06m10.8s
04:0639°23.9'S107°31.2'E42°44.3'S108°28.1'E41°00.1'S108°00.1'E 0.941 29° 10° 298 km 06m13.1s
04:0838°42.0'S108°17.7'E41°57.7'S109°18.4'E40°16.1'S108°48.2'E 0.941 30° 298 km 06m15.3s
04:1038°01.6'S109°02.2'E41°13.3'S110°06.2'E39°34.0'S109°34.3'E 0.941 30° 298 km 06m17.5s
04:1237°22.8'S109°45.1'E40°30.9'S110°51.9'E38°53.5'S110°18.4'E 0.941 31° 299 km 06m19.5s
04:1436°45.3'S110°26.4'E39°50.2'S111°35.8'E38°14.6'S111°00.9'E 0.941 32° 299 km 06m21.4s
04:1636°09.1'S111°06.4'E39°11.1'S112°18.0'E37°37.1'S111°42.0'E 0.942 33° 300 km 06m23.3s
04:1835°34.1'S111°45.3'E38°33.5'S112°58.9'E37°00.9'S112°21.8'E 0.942 33° 301 km 06m25.1s
04:2035°00.2'S112°23.0'E37°57.3'S113°38.5'E36°26.0'S113°00.4'E 0.942 34° 302 km 06m26.8s
04:2234°27.4'S112°59.9'E37°22.4'S114°16.9'E35°52.2'S113°38.0'E 0.942 34° 359° 303 km 06m28.5s
04:2433°55.5'S113°35.8'E36°48.8'S114°54.4'E35°19.5'S114°14.7'E 0.942 35° 358° 304 km 06m30.1s
04:2633°24.6'S114°11.1'E36°16.2'S115°31.1'E34°47.9'S114°50.6'E 0.942 35° 357° 306 km 06m31.6s
04:2832°54.7'S114°45.7'E35°44.8'S116°07.0'E34°17.3'S115°25.8'E 0.942 36° 355° 307 km 06m33.0s
04:3032°25.6'S115°19.7'E35°14.4'S116°42.2'E33°47.6'S116°00.3'E 0.942 36° 354° 309 km 06m34.3s
04:3231°57.3'S115°53.2'E34°45.0'S117°16.8'E33°18.8'S116°34.4'E 0.942 37° 353° 310 km 06m35.6s
04:3431°29.8'S116°26.2'E34°16.5'S117°51.0'E32°50.8'S117°07.9'E 0.942 37° 351° 312 km 06m36.8s
04:3631°03.1'S116°58.9'E33°48.9'S118°24.7'E32°23.8'S117°41.1'E 0.943 37° 350° 314 km 06m37.9s
04:3830°37.2'S117°31.2'E33°22.2'S118°58.0'E31°57.5'S118°13.9'E 0.943 38° 349° 316 km 06m38.9s
04:4030°12.0'S118°03.3'E32°56.4'S119°31.0'E31°32.0'S118°46.4'E 0.943 38° 348° 318 km 06m39.9s
04:4229°47.5'S118°35.1'E32°31.4'S120°03.8'E31°07.3'S119°18.7'E 0.943 38° 346° 320 km 06m40.7s
04:4429°23.7'S119°06.8'E32°07.1'S120°36.4'E30°43.3'S119°50.8'E 0.943 38° 345° 322 km 06m41.5s
04:4629°00.6'S119°38.4'E31°43.7'S121°08.9'E30°20.0'S120°22.8'E 0.943 38° 344° 324 km 06m42.2s
04:4828°38.1'S120°09.9'E31°21.0'S121°41.3'E29°57.5'S120°54.7'E 0.943 38° 342° 326 km 06m42.8s
04:5028°16.3'S120°41.3'E30°59.0'S122°13.7'E29°35.6'S121°26.6'E 0.943 39° 341° 328 km 06m43.3s
04:5227°55.2'S121°12.8'E30°37.8'S122°46.1'E29°14.4'S121°58.5'E 0.943 39° 340° 330 km 06m43.8s
04:5427°34.7'S121°44.3'E30°17.3'S123°18.6'E28°53.9'S122°30.5'E 0.943 39° 339° 333 km 06m44.1s
04:5627°14.8'S122°16.0'E29°57.5'S123°51.2'E28°34.1'S123°02.5'E 0.943 39° 337° 335 km 06m44.4s
04:5826°55.5'S122°47.8'E29°38.5'S124°24.0'E28°15.0'S123°34.8'E 0.943 38° 336° 337 km 06m44.5s
05:0026°36.9'S123°19.7'E29°20.1'S124°57.0'E27°56.5'S124°07.2'E 0.943 38° 335° 339 km 06m44.5s
05:0226°18.9'S123°51.9'E29°02.4'S125°30.2'E27°38.6'S124°39.9'E 0.943 38° 334° 341 km 06m44.5s
05:0426°01.5'S124°24.4'E28°45.4'S126°03.8'E27°21.4'S125°12.9'E 0.943 38° 332° 343 km 06m44.3s
05:0625°44.7'S124°57.2'E28°29.1'S126°37.8'E27°04.9'S125°46.2'E 0.943 38° 331° 345 km 06m44.1s
05:0825°28.6'S125°30.4'E28°13.6'S127°12.2'E26°49.1'S126°20.0'E 0.943 38° 330° 347 km 06m43.7s
05:1025°13.1'S126°04.0'E27°58.7'S127°47.1'E26°33.9'S126°54.2'E 0.943 37° 329° 348 km 06m43.2s
05:1224°58.3'S126°38.1'E27°44.6'S128°22.5'E26°19.4'S127°28.9'E 0.942 37° 327° 350 km 06m42.7s
05:1424°44.0'S127°12.7'E27°31.1'S128°58.6'E26°05.5'S128°04.2'E 0.942 37° 326° 351 km 06m42.0s
05:1624°30.5'S127°47.9'E27°18.5'S129°35.4'E25°52.4'S128°40.1'E 0.942 36° 325° 353 km 06m41.2s
05:1824°17.6'S128°23.7'E27°06.5'S130°12.9'E25°40.0'S129°16.7'E 0.942 36° 324° 354 km 06m40.3s
05:2024°05.4'S129°00.3'E26°55.4'S130°51.3'E25°28.3'S129°54.0'E 0.942 35° 323° 355 km 06m39.2s
05:2223°53.9'S129°37.6'E26°45.1'S131°30.6'E25°17.3'S130°32.3'E 0.942 35° 322° 356 km 06m38.1s
05:2423°43.1'S130°15.8'E26°35.5'S132°10.9'E25°07.2'S131°11.4'E 0.942 34° 321° 356 km 06m36.8s
05:2623°33.1'S130°55.0'E26°26.9'S132°52.3'E24°57.8'S131°51.6'E 0.942 34° 319° 357 km 06m35.4s
05:2823°23.8'S131°35.1'E26°19.1'S133°35.1'E24°49.2'S132°32.9'E 0.942 33° 318° 357 km 06m33.9s
05:3023°15.4'S132°16.5'E26°12.3'S134°19.2'E24°41.5'S133°15.5'E 0.942 33° 317° 357 km 06m32.3s
05:3223°07.8'S132°59.0'E26°06.5'S135°04.9'E24°34.8'S133°59.5'E 0.941 32° 316° 357 km 06m30.5s
05:3423°01.0'S133°43.0'E26°01.8'S135°52.3'E24°29.0'S134°45.0'E 0.941 31° 315° 357 km 06m28.6s
05:3622°55.3'S134°28.5'E25°58.1'S136°41.6'E24°24.2'S135°32.1'E 0.941 30° 314° 356 km 06m26.6s
05:3822°50.4'S135°15.6'E25°55.7'S137°33.1'E24°20.4'S136°21.2'E 0.941 30° 313° 355 km 06m24.4s
05:4022°46.7'S136°04.7'E25°54.7'S138°27.1'E24°17.9'S137°12.5'E 0.941 29° 312° 355 km 06m22.1s
05:4222°44.1'S136°55.9'E25°55.0'S139°23.9'E24°16.6'S138°06.1'E 0.940 28° 311° 354 km 06m19.7s
05:4422°42.7'S137°49.4'E25°57.0'S140°24.0'E24°16.8'S139°02.5'E 0.940 27° 310° 353 km 06m17.1s
05:4622°42.7'S138°45.7'E26°00.9'S141°27.9'E24°18.4'S140°02.0'E 0.940 26° 309° 352 km 06m14.3s
05:4822°44.1'S139°45.0'E26°06.8'S142°36.2'E24°21.9'S141°05.2'E 0.940 25° 308° 350 km 06m11.3s
05:5022°47.2'S140°47.9'E26°15.1'S143°49.9'E24°27.2'S142°12.6'E 0.939 23° 307° 349 km 06m08.2s
05:5222°52.2'S141°54.9'E26°26.4'S145°10.3'E24°34.9'S143°25.2'E 0.939 22° 306° 348 km 06m04.8s
05:5422°59.4'S143°07.0'E26°41.2'S146°39.1'E24°45.3'S144°44.0'E 0.939 21° 305° 346 km 06m01.2s
05:5623°09.2'S144°25.0'E27°00.7'S148°19.1'E24°58.9'S146°10.7'E 0.938 19° 304° 345 km 05m57.3s
05:5823°22.1'S145°50.5'E27°26.5'S150°14.8'E25°16.8'S147°47.6'E 0.938 17° 302° 344 km 05m53.0s
06:0023°38.9'S147°25.7'E28°02.1'S152°35.0'E25°40.3'S149°38.5'E 0.937 15° 301° 343 km 05m48.4s
06:0224°00.8'S149°13.9'E28°55.7'S155°41.7'E26°12.0'S151°50.5'E 0.937 13° 300° 342 km 05m43.0s
06:0424°30.2'S151°21.3'E30°58.0'S161°49.6'E26°57.8'S154°39.0'E 0.936 10° 298° 341 km 05m36.7s
06:0625°11.5'S154°00.2'E - - 28°18.6'S159°01.2'E 0.935 296° 342 km 05m27.7s
Limits28°39.1'S164°45.8'E31°55.7'S164°27.0'E30°15.6'S164°36.7'E 0.934 - 345 km 05m17.7s

ΔT = 6637.4 seconds

Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration
Event Time
TD
Time
UT1
Latitude Longitude Sun
Altitude
Sun
Azimuth
Path Width Central
Duration
Greatest Eclipse06:43:20.404:52:43.029°07.0'S094°26.0'E 38.5° 339.4° 331.1 km06m43.91s
Greatest Duration06:50:33.904:59:56.527°57.0'S124°06.3'E 38.3° 334.9° 338.9 km06m44.54s

Explanation of Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration

Links for the Annular Solar Eclipse of 0402 May 18

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Eclipse Predictions

Predictions for the Annular Solar Eclipse of 0402 May 18 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 6637.4 seconds for this eclipse. The uncertainty in ΔT is 160.8 seconds corresponding to a standard error in longitude of the eclipse path of ± 0.67°.

Acknowledgments

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

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