Path of the Total Solar Eclipse of 0440 May 17

Fred Espenak

Introduction

The following table delineates the path of the Moon's umbral shadow during the Total Solar Eclipse of 0440 May 17 . 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 0440 May 17
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°11.0'N042°20.0'E16°44.4'N042°39.6'E16°57.7'N042°29.8'E 1.012 - 58 km 00m38.7s
02:4019°52.3'N048°52.4'E20°16.6'N051°16.9'E20°05.8'N050°07.6'E 1.015 72° 71 km 00m48.8s
02:4222°00.4'N053°13.0'E22°08.4'N055°00.3'E22°04.9'N054°07.4'E 1.016 13° 74° 78 km 00m54.9s
02:4423°35.8'N056°06.3'E23°37.2'N057°40.8'E23°36.8'N056°53.9'E 1.017 16° 75° 83 km 00m59.4s
02:4624°57.4'N058°23.1'E24°54.6'N059°50.8'E24°56.2'N059°07.2'E 1.018 19° 77° 87 km 01m03.2s
02:4826°10.7'N060°18.7'E26°04.8'N061°42.2'E26°08.0'N061°00.6'E 1.018 21° 78° 90 km 01m06.6s
02:5027°18.4'N061°59.9'E27°10.0'N063°20.6'E27°14.4'N062°40.4'E 1.019 23° 79° 93 km 01m09.7s
02:5228°21.8'N063°30.9'E28°11.4'N064°49.5'E28°16.8'N064°10.3'E 1.019 25° 80° 95 km 01m12.5s
02:5429°22.0'N064°54.0'E29°09.9'N066°11.0'E29°16.1'N065°32.6'E 1.020 27° 82° 97 km 01m15.1s
02:5630°19.6'N066°10.9'E30°05.8'N067°26.8'E30°12.9'N066°48.9'E 1.020 29° 83° 99 km 01m17.6s
02:5831°15.0'N067°22.7'E30°59.8'N068°37.7'E31°07.5'N068°00.4'E 1.021 30° 84° 101 km 01m19.9s
03:0032°08.5'N068°30.5'E31°51.9'N069°44.8'E32°00.4'N069°07.8'E 1.021 32° 85° 102 km 01m22.1s
03:0233°00.4'N069°34.9'E32°42.6'N070°48.6'E32°51.6'N070°11.8'E 1.021 33° 87° 103 km 01m24.1s
03:0433°50.9'N070°36.3'E33°31.9'N071°49.6'E33°41.5'N071°13.1'E 1.022 34° 88° 104 km 01m26.1s
03:0634°40.1'N071°35.4'E34°20.0'N072°48.2'E34°30.2'N072°11.9'E 1.022 36° 90° 105 km 01m28.0s
03:0835°28.3'N072°32.3'E35°07.1'N073°44.9'E35°17.8'N073°08.7'E 1.022 37° 91° 106 km 01m29.8s
03:1036°15.4'N073°27.5'E35°53.2'N074°39.8'E36°04.4'N074°03.8'E 1.023 38° 92° 107 km 01m31.5s
03:1237°01.6'N074°21.2'E36°38.5'N075°33.2'E36°50.2'N074°57.3'E 1.023 39° 94° 107 km 01m33.1s
03:1437°47.0'N075°13.6'E37°22.9'N076°25.4'E37°35.1'N075°49.7'E 1.023 40° 95° 108 km 01m34.7s
03:1638°31.7'N076°05.0'E38°06.6'N077°16.6'E38°19.3'N076°40.9'E 1.023 41° 97° 108 km 01m36.2s
03:1839°15.6'N076°55.4'E38°49.6'N078°06.9'E39°02.7'N077°31.3'E 1.023 42° 99° 109 km 01m37.6s
03:2039°58.9'N077°45.1'E39°32.0'N078°56.4'E39°45.6'N078°20.9'E 1.024 43° 100° 109 km 01m39.0s
03:2240°41.6'N078°34.2'E40°13.8'N079°45.4'E40°27.8'N079°09.9'E 1.024 44° 102° 109 km 01m40.3s
03:2441°23.7'N079°22.8'E40°55.0'N080°33.9'E41°09.5'N079°58.5'E 1.024 44° 104° 110 km 01m41.5s
03:2642°05.3'N080°11.2'E41°35.7'N081°22.0'E41°50.6'N080°46.7'E 1.024 45° 105° 110 km 01m42.7s
03:2842°46.3'N080°59.2'E42°15.9'N082°09.9'E42°31.2'N081°34.7'E 1.024 46° 107° 110 km 01m43.8s
03:3043°26.9'N081°47.2'E42°55.6'N082°57.7'E43°11.4'N082°22.6'E 1.024 47° 109° 110 km 01m44.8s
03:3244°07.0'N082°35.2'E43°34.9'N083°45.5'E43°51.1'N083°10.5'E 1.025 47° 111° 110 km 01m45.8s
03:3444°46.7'N083°23.2'E44°13.7'N084°33.3'E44°30.3'N083°58.4'E 1.025 48° 113° 110 km 01m46.7s
03:3645°25.9'N084°11.5'E44°52.1'N085°21.3'E45°09.1'N084°46.5'E 1.025 49° 115° 110 km 01m47.6s
03:3846°04.8'N085°00.0'E45°30.1'N086°09.5'E45°47.5'N085°34.9'E 1.025 49° 117° 110 km 01m48.4s
03:4046°43.2'N085°48.9'E46°07.7'N086°58.1'E46°25.6'N086°23.7'E 1.025 50° 119° 110 km 01m49.1s
03:4247°21.3'N086°38.2'E46°45.0'N087°47.1'E47°03.2'N087°12.8'E 1.025 50° 121° 110 km 01m49.8s
03:4447°58.9'N087°28.1'E47°21.8'N088°36.6'E47°40.5'N088°02.6'E 1.025 51° 123° 110 km 01m50.5s
03:4648°36.2'N088°18.6'E47°58.3'N089°26.8'E48°17.3'N088°52.9'E 1.025 51° 126° 110 km 01m51.0s
03:4849°13.2'N089°09.9'E48°34.4'N090°17.6'E48°53.9'N089°43.9'E 1.025 51° 128° 109 km 01m51.6s
03:5049°49.7'N090°02.0'E49°10.2'N091°09.1'E49°30.0'N090°35.8'E 1.025 52° 130° 109 km 01m52.0s
03:5250°25.9'N090°55.0'E49°45.6'N092°01.5'E50°05.8'N091°28.5'E 1.025 52° 133° 109 km 01m52.4s
03:5451°01.8'N091°49.1'E50°20.6'N092°54.9'E50°41.2'N092°22.2'E 1.025 52° 135° 109 km 01m52.8s
03:5651°37.3'N092°44.2'E50°55.3'N093°49.3'E51°16.3'N093°17.0'E 1.025 52° 137° 109 km 01m53.1s
03:5852°12.4'N093°40.5'E51°29.6'N094°44.8'E51°51.0'N094°12.9'E 1.025 52° 140° 108 km 01m53.3s
04:0052°47.1'N094°38.2'E52°03.5'N095°41.6'E52°25.4'N095°10.1'E 1.025 53° 142° 108 km 01m53.5s
04:0253°21.4'N095°37.2'E52°37.1'N096°39.7'E52°59.3'N096°08.7'E 1.025 53° 145° 108 km 01m53.6s
04:0453°55.4'N096°37.8'E53°10.2'N097°39.1'E53°32.9'N097°08.7'E 1.025 53° 148° 108 km 01m53.6s
04:0654°29.0'N097°40.0'E53°43.0'N098°40.2'E54°06.0'N098°10.3'E 1.025 53° 150° 107 km 01m53.6s
04:0855°02.1'N098°44.0'E54°15.4'N099°42.8'E54°38.8'N099°13.6'E 1.025 53° 153° 107 km 01m53.6s
04:1055°34.8'N099°49.8'E54°47.3'N100°47.2'E55°11.1'N100°18.7'E 1.025 53° 155° 107 km 01m53.4s
04:1256°07.1'N100°57.6'E55°18.9'N101°53.4'E55°43.0'N101°25.7'E 1.025 52° 158° 106 km 01m53.2s
04:1456°38.9'N102°07.5'E55°49.9'N103°01.6'E56°14.4'N102°34.8'E 1.025 52° 161° 106 km 01m53.0s
04:1657°10.2'N103°19.7'E56°20.5'N104°11.9'E56°45.4'N103°46.0'E 1.025 52° 164° 106 km 01m52.7s
04:1857°40.9'N104°34.3'E56°50.6'N105°24.4'E57°15.8'N104°59.5'E 1.025 52° 166° 105 km 01m52.3s
04:2058°11.2'N105°51.4'E57°20.1'N106°39.3'E57°45.7'N106°15.5'E 1.025 51° 169° 105 km 01m51.9s
04:2258°40.8'N107°11.2'E57°49.1'N107°56.6'E58°15.0'N107°34.1'E 1.025 51° 172° 104 km 01m51.4s
04:2459°09.8'N108°33.8'E58°17.5'N109°16.6'E58°43.7'N108°55.4'E 1.025 51° 175° 104 km 01m50.9s
04:2659°38.2'N109°59.5'E58°45.3'N110°39.4'E59°11.7'N110°19.6'E 1.025 50° 178° 103 km 01m50.2s
04:2860°05.8'N111°28.3'E59°12.4'N112°05.1'E59°39.1'N111°46.8'E 1.025 50° 181° 103 km 01m49.6s
04:3060°32.7'N113°00.4'E59°38.7'N113°33.9'E60°05.7'N113°17.3'E 1.025 49° 183° 103 km 01m48.8s
04:3260°58.8'N114°36.0'E60°04.3'N115°05.9'E60°31.6'N114°51.1'E 1.024 49° 186° 102 km 01m48.0s
04:3461°24.0'N116°15.4'E60°29.1'N116°41.4'E60°56.6'N116°28.4'E 1.024 48° 189° 102 km 01m47.2s
04:3661°48.2'N117°58.5'E60°53.0'N118°20.4'E61°20.6'N118°09.5'E 1.024 48° 192° 101 km 01m46.2s
04:3862°11.5'N119°45.7'E61°16.0'N120°03.1'E61°43.7'N119°54.4'E 1.024 47° 195° 100 km 01m45.2s
04:4062°33.6'N121°37.2'E61°38.0'N121°49.8'E62°05.8'N121°43.4'E 1.024 47° 198° 100 km 01m44.2s
04:4262°54.6'N123°33.0'E61°58.8'N123°40.5'E62°26.7'N123°36.6'E 1.024 46° 201° 99 km 01m43.1s
04:4463°14.3'N125°33.3'E62°18.5'N125°35.4'E62°46.4'N125°34.2'E 1.023 45° 205° 99 km 01m41.9s
04:4663°32.6'N127°38.4'E62°36.9'N127°34.8'E63°04.7'N127°36.4'E 1.023 44° 208° 98 km 01m40.6s
04:4863°49.5'N129°48.3'E62°53.9'N129°38.7'E63°21.7'N129°43.2'E 1.023 43° 211° 97 km 01m39.3s
04:5064°04.7'N132°03.3'E63°09.4'N131°47.4'E63°37.0'N131°55.0'E 1.023 43° 214° 97 km 01m37.9s
04:5264°18.1'N134°23.5'E63°23.3'N134°00.9'E63°50.7'N134°11.7'E 1.023 42° 217° 96 km 01m36.4s
04:5464°29.7'N136°48.9'E63°35.5'N136°19.4'E64°02.6'N136°33.7'E 1.022 41° 221° 95 km 01m34.8s
04:5664°39.2'N139°19.7'E63°45.8'N138°43.1'E64°12.5'N139°00.8'E 1.022 40° 224° 94 km 01m33.2s
04:5864°46.4'N141°56.0'E63°54.0'N141°12.0'E64°20.3'N141°33.4'E 1.022 39° 228° 94 km 01m31.5s
05:0064°51.3'N144°37.8'E64°00.0'N143°46.4'E64°25.7'N144°11.4'E 1.022 38° 231° 93 km 01m29.7s
05:0264°53.5'N147°25.3'E64°03.6'N146°26.3'E64°28.7'N146°55.1'E 1.021 36° 235° 92 km 01m27.9s
05:0464°52.9'N150°18.6'E64°04.6'N149°11.9'E64°28.9'N149°44.5'E 1.021 35° 238° 91 km 01m25.9s
05:0664°49.2'N153°17.7'E64°02.7'N152°03.3'E64°26.1'N152°39.7'E 1.021 34° 242° 90 km 01m23.8s
05:0864°42.1'N156°22.7'E63°57.7'N155°00.7'E64°20.0'N155°40.9'E 1.020 33° 245° 89 km 01m21.7s
05:1064°31.2'N159°34.0'E63°49.2'N158°04.4'E64°10.4'N158°48.3'E 1.020 31° 249° 87 km 01m19.4s
05:1264°16.2'N162°51.6'E63°36.9'N161°14.7'E63°56.7'N162°02.3'E 1.020 30° 253° 86 km 01m17.1s
05:1463°56.6'N166°16.3'E63°20.3'N164°32.2'E63°38.7'N165°23.3'E 1.019 28° 257° 85 km 01m14.6s
05:1663°31.7'N169°48.5'E62°59.0'N167°57.4'E63°15.6'N168°52.1'E 1.019 27° 261° 83 km 01m11.9s
05:1863°00.9'N173°29.6'E62°32.1'N171°31.6'E62°46.8'N172°29.7'E 1.018 25° 265° 81 km 01m09.1s
05:2062°23.0'N177°21.2'E61°58.7'N175°16.4'E62°11.2'N176°18.0'E 1.018 23° 269° 79 km 01m06.1s
05:2261°36.5'N178°33.5'W61°17.4'N179°14.5'E61°27.3'N179°40.3'W 1.017 21° 273° 77 km 01m02.8s
05:2460°38.8'N174°09.5'W60°26.1'N176°29.6'W60°32.9'N175°20.4'W 1.016 18° 278° 75 km 00m59.2s
05:2659°25.4'N169°16.7'W59°21.1'N171°47.6'W59°23.8'N170°33.0'W 1.016 16° 282° 72 km 00m55.1s
05:2857°45.9'N163°31.5'W57°54.6'N166°21.2'W57°51.1'N164°57.7'W 1.015 12° 288° 68 km 00m50.2s
05:3055°01.3'N155°21.0'W55°42.9'N159°12.7'W55°25.0'N157°22.2'W 1.013 295° 61 km 00m43.4s
Limits51°54.6'N147°16.1'W51°33.2'N147°46.8'W51°43.9'N147°31.5'W 1.011 - 52 km 00m34.7s

ΔT = 6261.8 seconds

Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration
Event Time
TD
Time
UT1
Latitude Longitude Sun
Altitude
Sun
Azimuth
Path Width Central
Duration
Greatest Eclipse05:49:18.104:04:56.353°48.5'N071°27.6'E 52.7° 148.7° 107.4 km01m53.63s
Greatest Duration05:49:10.004:04:48.253°46.2'N097°33.3'E 52.7° 148.6° 107.4 km01m53.63s

Explanation of Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration

Links for the Total Solar Eclipse of 0440 May 17

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Eclipse Predictions

Predictions for the Total Solar Eclipse of 0440 May 17 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 6261.8 seconds for this eclipse. The uncertainty in ΔT is 152.3 seconds corresponding to a standard error in longitude of the eclipse path of ± 0.64°.

Acknowledgments

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

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