Path of the Total Solar Eclipse of 0422 May 06

Fred Espenak

Introduction

The following table delineates the path of the Moon's umbral shadow during the Total Solar Eclipse of 0422 May 06 . 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 0422 May 06
UT1 Northern Limit Southern Limit Central Line M:S Sun Sun Path Central
Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Ratio Alt. Azm. Width Duration
Limits19°46.2'N148°41.5'E19°28.3'N148°54.3'E19°37.2'N148°47.9'E 1.007 - 38 km 00m23.8s
19:3622°40.4'N156°29.5'E22°52.4'N158°10.1'E22°46.9'N157°20.7'E 1.010 75° 53 km 00m34.1s
19:3824°24.9'N160°12.1'E24°28.8'N161°33.6'E24°27.1'N160°53.1'E 1.011 13° 77° 60 km 00m39.0s
19:4025°48.8'N162°49.9'E25°48.6'N164°03.9'E25°48.9'N163°27.0'E 1.012 16° 79° 65 km 00m42.8s
19:4227°02.7'N164°56.9'E26°59.8'N166°06.8'E27°01.4'N165°31.9'E 1.013 18° 80° 69 km 00m46.0s
19:4428°10.5'N166°45.0'E28°05.5'N167°52.4'E28°08.1'N167°18.7'E 1.013 21° 81° 72 km 00m48.9s
19:4629°13.9'N168°20.1'E29°07.2'N169°25.8'E29°10.7'N168°53.0'E 1.014 23° 83° 75 km 00m51.5s
19:4830°14.1'N169°45.7'E30°05.9'N170°50.2'E30°10.1'N170°18.0'E 1.014 24° 84° 77 km 00m53.8s
19:5031°11.8'N171°03.8'E31°02.2'N172°07.5'E31°07.1'N171°35.7'E 1.015 26° 85° 80 km 00m56.0s
19:5232°07.4'N172°16.2'E31°56.7'N173°19.3'E32°02.1'N172°47.7'E 1.015 27° 87° 81 km 00m58.1s
19:5433°01.3'N173°23.7'E32°49.5'N174°26.4'E32°55.5'N173°55.1'E 1.016 29° 88° 83 km 01m00.0s
19:5633°53.7'N174°27.4'E33°40.9'N175°29.7'E33°47.4'N174°58.5'E 1.016 30° 89° 84 km 01m01.8s
19:5834°44.9'N175°27.7'E34°31.2'N176°29.7'E34°38.2'N175°58.7'E 1.016 31° 91° 86 km 01m03.6s
20:0035°35.1'N176°25.2'E35°20.4'N177°27.1'E35°27.9'N176°56.2'E 1.016 33° 92° 87 km 01m05.2s
20:0236°24.3'N177°20.3'E36°08.8'N178°22.1'E36°16.6'N177°51.3'E 1.017 34° 93° 88 km 01m06.7s
20:0437°12.6'N178°13.5'E36°56.3'N179°15.2'E37°04.6'N178°44.4'E 1.017 35° 95° 89 km 01m08.2s
20:0638°00.3'N179°04.8'E37°43.1'N179°53.5'W37°51.8'N179°35.7'E 1.017 36° 96° 89 km 01m09.5s
20:0838°47.2'N179°54.7'E38°29.3'N179°03.6'W38°38.3'N179°34.4'W 1.017 37° 98° 90 km 01m10.9s
20:1039°33.6'N179°16.7'W39°14.9'N178°15.0'W39°24.3'N178°45.8'W 1.018 38° 99° 90 km 01m12.1s
20:1240°19.4'N178°29.1'W39°59.9'N177°27.4'W40°09.7'N177°58.2'W 1.018 38° 101° 91 km 01m13.3s
20:1441°04.7'N177°42.5'W40°44.5'N176°40.7'W40°54.7'N177°11.5'W 1.018 39° 102° 91 km 01m14.4s
20:1641°49.6'N176°56.5'W41°28.7'N175°54.7'W41°39.2'N176°25.6'W 1.018 40° 104° 92 km 01m15.4s
20:1842°34.0'N176°11.2'W42°12.4'N175°09.3'W42°23.3'N175°40.2'W 1.018 41° 106° 92 km 01m16.4s
20:2043°18.1'N175°26.3'W42°55.8'N174°24.4'W43°07.0'N174°55.3'W 1.018 41° 107° 92 km 01m17.3s
20:2244°01.8'N174°41.8'W43°38.8'N173°39.8'W43°50.4'N174°10.7'W 1.019 42° 109° 92 km 01m18.2s
20:2444°45.2'N173°57.5'W44°21.6'N172°55.4'W44°33.5'N173°26.4'W 1.019 43° 111° 92 km 01m19.0s
20:2645°28.4'N173°13.3'W45°04.0'N172°11.1'W45°16.3'N172°42.1'W 1.019 43° 112° 92 km 01m19.8s
20:2846°11.2'N172°29.0'W45°46.2'N171°26.8'W45°58.8'N171°57.8'W 1.019 44° 114° 92 km 01m20.5s
20:3046°53.8'N171°44.7'W46°28.1'N170°42.4'W46°41.0'N171°13.5'W 1.019 44° 116° 92 km 01m21.1s
20:3247°36.2'N171°00.1'W47°09.8'N169°57.9'W47°23.0'N170°28.9'W 1.019 45° 118° 92 km 01m21.7s
20:3448°18.3'N170°15.2'W47°51.2'N169°13.0'W48°04.9'N169°44.0'W 1.019 45° 120° 92 km 01m22.2s
20:3649°00.2'N169°29.8'W48°32.5'N168°27.6'W48°46.5'N168°58.6'W 1.019 45° 122° 92 km 01m22.7s
20:3849°42.0'N168°43.9'W49°13.6'N167°41.8'W49°27.9'N168°12.8'W 1.019 46° 124° 92 km 01m23.1s
20:4050°23.5'N167°57.4'W49°54.5'N166°55.4'W50°09.1'N167°26.3'W 1.019 46° 126° 91 km 01m23.5s
20:4251°04.9'N167°10.1'W50°35.2'N166°08.2'W50°50.1'N166°39.1'W 1.019 46° 128° 91 km 01m23.8s
20:4451°46.2'N166°22.0'W51°15.8'N165°20.2'W51°31.0'N165°51.0'W 1.019 46° 130° 91 km 01m24.1s
20:4652°27.3'N165°32.8'W51°56.2'N164°31.3'W52°11.8'N165°01.9'W 1.019 47° 132° 91 km 01m24.3s
20:4853°08.2'N164°42.6'W52°36.4'N163°41.3'W52°52.4'N164°11.8'W 1.019 47° 135° 90 km 01m24.5s
20:5053°49.0'N163°51.1'W53°16.5'N162°50.1'W53°32.8'N163°20.5'W 1.019 47° 137° 90 km 01m24.6s
20:5254°29.6'N162°58.3'W53°56.5'N161°57.6'W54°13.1'N162°27.8'W 1.019 47° 139° 90 km 01m24.6s
20:5455°10.1'N162°03.9'W54°36.3'N161°03.7'W54°53.2'N161°33.6'W 1.019 47° 141° 89 km 01m24.6s
20:5655°50.4'N161°07.8'W55°15.9'N160°08.1'W55°33.2'N160°37.8'W 1.019 47° 144° 89 km 01m24.5s
20:5856°30.6'N160°10.0'W55°55.4'N159°10.9'W56°13.1'N159°40.3'W 1.019 47° 146° 89 km 01m24.4s
21:0057°10.7'N159°10.1'W56°34.8'N158°11.7'W56°52.8'N158°40.7'W 1.019 47° 148° 88 km 01m24.3s
21:0257°50.6'N158°08.1'W57°14.0'N157°10.4'W57°32.3'N157°39.1'W 1.019 46° 151° 88 km 01m24.0s
21:0458°30.3'N157°03.7'W57°53.0'N156°06.9'W58°11.7'N156°35.1'W 1.019 46° 153° 88 km 01m23.8s
21:0659°09.8'N155°56.6'W58°31.9'N155°00.9'W58°50.9'N155°28.6'W 1.019 46° 155° 87 km 01m23.4s
21:0859°49.2'N154°46.8'W59°10.5'N153°52.2'W59°29.9'N154°19.3'W 1.019 46° 158° 87 km 01m23.0s
21:1060°28.3'N153°33.8'W59°49.0'N152°40.6'W60°08.7'N153°07.0'W 1.019 46° 160° 86 km 01m22.6s
21:1261°07.2'N152°17.5'W60°27.2'N151°25.9'W60°47.2'N151°51.5'W 1.019 45° 163° 86 km 01m22.1s
21:1461°45.8'N150°57.5'W61°05.1'N150°07.6'W61°25.5'N150°32.4'W 1.019 45° 166° 85 km 01m21.5s
21:1662°24.1'N149°33.6'W61°42.7'N148°45.6'W62°03.4'N149°09.4'W 1.019 44° 168° 85 km 01m20.9s
21:1863°02.0'N148°05.3'W62°20.0'N147°19.6'W62°41.0'N147°42.3'W 1.019 44° 171° 84 km 01m20.2s
21:2063°39.6'N146°32.2'W62°57.0'N145°49.1'W63°18.3'N146°10.5'W 1.018 43° 174° 83 km 01m19.5s
21:2264°16.7'N144°54.0'W63°33.5'N144°13.7'W63°55.1'N144°33.8'W 1.018 43° 177° 83 km 01m18.7s
21:2464°53.2'N143°10.2'W64°09.5'N142°33.2'W64°31.4'N142°51.6'W 1.018 42° 179° 82 km 01m17.8s
21:2665°29.2'N141°20.3'W64°45.0'N140°46.9'W65°07.1'N141°03.5'W 1.018 42° 182° 81 km 01m16.9s
21:2866°04.5'N139°23.7'W65°19.8'N138°54.4'W65°42.2'N139°09.0'W 1.018 41° 185° 81 km 01m16.0s
21:3066°39.0'N137°19.9'W65°53.9'N136°55.2'W66°16.5'N137°07.5'W 1.018 40° 189° 80 km 01m14.9s
21:3267°12.6'N135°08.2'W66°27.2'N134°48.6'W66°49.9'N134°58.4'W 1.017 40° 192° 79 km 01m13.8s
21:3467°45.2'N132°47.9'W66°59.4'N132°34.1'W67°22.3'N132°41.1'W 1.017 39° 195° 79 km 01m12.6s
21:3668°16.5'N130°18.4'W67°30.6'N130°11.0'W67°53.5'N130°14.8'W 1.017 38° 199° 78 km 01m11.4s
21:3868°46.3'N127°38.8'W68°00.4'N127°38.6'W68°23.4'N127°38.9'W 1.017 37° 202° 77 km 01m10.1s
21:4069°14.5'N124°48.4'W68°28.7'N124°56.1'W68°51.6'N124°52.5'W 1.017 36° 206° 76 km 01m08.7s
21:4269°40.8'N121°46.3'W68°55.3'N122°02.7'W69°18.0'N121°54.9'W 1.016 35° 210° 75 km 01m07.3s
21:4470°04.8'N118°31.9'W69°19.8'N118°57.8'W69°42.3'N118°45.3'W 1.016 34° 214° 74 km 01m05.7s
21:4670°26.3'N115°04.3'W69°42.0'N115°40.5'W70°04.2'N115°22.9'W 1.016 33° 218° 73 km 01m04.1s
21:4870°44.7'N111°22.8'W70°01.4'N112°10.0'W70°23.1'N111°47.1'W 1.016 32° 222° 72 km 01m02.4s
21:5070°59.6'N107°26.9'W70°17.7'N108°25.8'W70°38.7'N107°57.1'W 1.015 31° 227° 71 km 01m00.6s
21:5271°10.5'N103°16.0'W70°30.3'N104°27.1'W70°50.5'N103°52.3'W 1.015 30° 232° 69 km 00m58.7s
21:5471°16.8'N098°49.8'W70°38.7'N100°13.3'W70°57.9'N099°32.4'W 1.014 28° 237° 68 km 00m56.7s
21:5671°17.6'N094°08.0'W70°42.2'N095°44.0'W71°00.0'N094°56.9'W 1.014 27° 242° 66 km 00m54.6s
21:5871°12.1'N089°10.5'W70°39.9'N090°58.7'W70°56.2'N090°05.5'W 1.014 25° 248° 65 km 00m52.4s
22:0070°59.3'N083°56.9'W70°30.8'N085°56.8'W70°45.3'N084°57.8'W 1.013 24° 253° 63 km 00m50.0s
22:0270°37.9'N078°26.7'W70°13.8'N080°37.3'W70°26.1'N079°32.9'W 1.013 22° 259° 61 km 00m47.4s
22:0470°05.8'N072°38.1'W69°47.0'N074°58.5'W69°56.7'N073°49.1'W 1.012 20° 265° 59 km 00m44.5s
22:0669°20.5'N066°27.3'W69°08.1'N068°56.6'W69°14.7'N067°42.6'W 1.011 17° 272° 56 km 00m41.4s
22:0868°17.1'N059°45.2'W68°12.7'N062°23.5'W68°15.3'N061°04.8'W 1.011 15° 279° 53 km 00m37.9s
22:1066°45.2'N052°08.0'W66°52.3'N054°59.2'W66°49.3'N053°34.1'W 1.010 11° 286° 48 km 00m33.6s
22:1264°06.6'N041°59.3'W64°39.9'N045°33.7'W64°24.8'N043°48.9'W 1.008 296° 42 km 00m27.7s
Limits60°45.1'N031°52.0'W60°32.2'N032°16.9'W60°38.7'N032°04.5'W 1.006 - 33 km 00m20.1s

ΔT = 6440.1 seconds

Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration
Event Time
TD
Time
UT1
Latitude Longitude Sun
Altitude
Sun
Azimuth
Path Width Central
Duration
Greatest Eclipse22:41:05.520:53:45.454°48.4'N171°25.3'E 46.8° 140.9° 89.5 km01m24.60s
Greatest Duration22:40:08.420:52:48.354°29.3'N162°06.2'W 46.8° 139.9° 89.7 km01m24.61s

Explanation of Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration

Links for the Total Solar Eclipse of 0422 May 06

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Eclipse Predictions

Predictions for the Total Solar Eclipse of 0422 May 06 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 6440.1 seconds for this eclipse. The uncertainty in ΔT is 156.3 seconds corresponding to a standard error in longitude of the eclipse path of ± 0.65°.

Acknowledgments

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

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