Path of the Total Solar Eclipse of 0468 May 08

Fred Espenak

Introduction

The following table delineates the path of the Moon's umbral shadow during the Total Solar Eclipse of 0468 May 08 . 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 0468 May 08
UT1 Northern Limit Southern Limit Central Line M:S Sun Sun Path Central
Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Ratio Alt. Azm. Width Duration
Limits06°42.6'S073°58.0'E08°23.7'S074°38.8'E07°33.2'S074°18.6'E 1.060 - 200 km 03m07.8s
01:0803°46.3'S082°22.7'E04°50.2'S084°58.3'E04°16.4'S083°45.2'E 1.063 10° 71° 212 km 03m33.1s
01:1001°58.9'S086°54.9'E03°15.4'S088°58.9'E02°36.1'S087°59.3'E 1.065 15° 71° 217 km 03m46.5s
01:1200°39.0'S090°04.1'E02°01.3'S091°55.9'E01°19.4'S091°01.7'E 1.066 19° 71° 221 km 03m57.1s
01:1400°28.1'N092°35.5'E00°57.9'S094°20.5'E00°14.2'S093°29.5'E 1.067 22° 71° 224 km 04m06.2s
01:1601°27.4'N094°44.3'E00°01.5'S096°24.8'E00°43.6'N095°35.8'E 1.068 25° 71° 227 km 04m14.5s
01:1802°21.2'N096°37.5'E00°50.0'N098°14.9'E01°36.1'N097°27.3'E 1.069 28° 71° 229 km 04m22.1s
01:2003°10.8'N098°19.3'E01°37.6'N099°54.2'E02°24.7'N099°07.8'E 1.069 30° 71° 231 km 04m29.3s
01:2203°57.1'N099°52.3'E02°22.2'N101°25.3'E03°10.1'N100°39.8'E 1.070 32° 71° 233 km 04m36.0s
01:2404°40.8'N101°18.3'E03°04.3'N102°49.6'E03°53.0'N102°04.8'E 1.071 34° 72° 235 km 04m42.5s
01:2605°22.1'N102°38.4'E03°44.2'N104°08.3'E04°33.6'N103°24.3'E 1.071 36° 72° 236 km 04m48.7s
01:2806°01.5'N103°53.8'E04°22.3'N105°22.4'E05°12.3'N104°38.9'E 1.072 38° 72° 238 km 04m54.6s
01:3006°39.2'N105°05.0'E04°58.7'N106°32.5'E05°49.4'N105°49.6'E 1.072 40° 72° 239 km 05m00.4s
01:3207°15.4'N106°12.7'E05°33.7'N107°39.2'E06°24.9'N106°56.7'E 1.073 41° 72° 240 km 05m05.9s
01:3407°50.3'N107°17.3'E06°07.4'N108°42.9'E06°59.2'N108°00.8'E 1.073 43° 73° 241 km 05m11.3s
01:3608°23.8'N108°19.3'E06°39.9'N109°43.9'E07°32.2'N109°02.3'E 1.073 45° 73° 242 km 05m16.5s
01:3808°56.3'N109°18.8'E07°11.4'N110°42.6'E08°04.2'N110°01.4'E 1.074 46° 73° 243 km 05m21.5s
01:4009°27.8'N110°16.3'E07°41.8'N111°39.2'E08°35.1'N110°58.4'E 1.074 48° 73° 244 km 05m26.4s
01:4209°58.3'N111°11.9'E08°11.3'N112°34.0'E09°05.1'N111°53.6'E 1.074 49° 74° 245 km 05m31.2s
01:4410°27.9'N112°05.8'E08°40.0'N113°27.1'E09°34.2'N112°47.1'E 1.075 51° 74° 246 km 05m35.8s
01:4610°56.6'N112°58.2'E09°07.8'N114°18.7'E10°02.5'N113°39.0'E 1.075 52° 74° 247 km 05m40.3s
01:4811°24.6'N113°49.2'E09°34.9'N115°08.9'E10°30.0'N114°29.7'E 1.075 53° 75° 247 km 05m44.6s
01:5011°51.9'N114°39.0'E10°01.2'N115°57.9'E10°56.8'N115°19.0'E 1.075 55° 75° 248 km 05m48.9s
01:5212°18.4'N115°27.7'E10°26.9'N116°45.8'E11°22.9'N116°07.3'E 1.076 56° 76° 249 km 05m53.0s
01:5412°44.3'N116°15.4'E10°51.9'N117°32.6'E11°48.3'N116°54.6'E 1.076 58° 76° 249 km 05m57.0s
01:5613°09.6'N117°02.1'E11°16.3'N118°18.6'E12°13.1'N117°40.9'E 1.076 59° 76° 250 km 06m00.8s
01:5813°34.2'N117°48.1'E11°40.1'N119°03.7'E12°37.4'N118°26.4'E 1.076 60° 77° 250 km 06m04.6s
02:0013°58.2'N118°33.3'E12°03.3'N119°48.0'E13°01.0'N119°11.1'E 1.077 61° 77° 251 km 06m08.2s
02:0214°21.7'N119°17.8'E12°26.0'N120°31.6'E13°24.1'N119°55.2'E 1.077 63° 78° 251 km 06m11.7s
02:0414°44.7'N120°01.7'E12°48.2'N121°14.6'E13°46.6'N120°38.6'E 1.077 64° 78° 251 km 06m15.1s
02:0615°07.1'N120°45.0'E13°09.8'N121°57.0'E14°08.6'N121°21.5'E 1.077 65° 79° 252 km 06m18.3s
02:0815°29.0'N121°27.8'E13°30.9'N122°38.9'E14°30.1'N122°03.8'E 1.077 66° 80° 252 km 06m21.4s
02:1015°50.4'N122°10.2'E13°51.5'N123°20.4'E14°51.1'N122°45.7'E 1.078 68° 80° 252 km 06m24.4s
02:1216°11.3'N122°52.2'E14°11.7'N124°01.4'E15°11.6'N123°27.2'E 1.078 69° 81° 253 km 06m27.3s
02:1416°31.7'N123°33.8'E14°31.4'N124°42.0'E15°31.7'N124°08.3'E 1.078 70° 82° 253 km 06m30.1s
02:1616°51.7'N124°15.1'E14°50.6'N125°22.3'E15°51.3'N124°49.1'E 1.078 71° 82° 253 km 06m32.7s
02:1817°11.2'N124°56.2'E15°09.4'N126°02.3'E16°10.4'N125°29.6'E 1.078 72° 83° 254 km 06m35.2s
02:2017°30.3'N125°37.0'E15°27.8'N126°42.0'E16°29.1'N126°09.9'E 1.078 73° 84° 254 km 06m37.6s
02:2217°48.9'N126°17.6'E15°45.7'N127°21.5'E16°47.4'N126°49.9'E 1.078 75° 85° 254 km 06m39.8s
02:2418°07.1'N126°58.0'E16°03.2'N128°00.8'E17°05.2'N127°29.7'E 1.078 76° 86° 254 km 06m41.9s
02:2618°24.8'N127°38.3'E16°20.3'N128°39.9'E17°22.7'N128°09.4'E 1.078 77° 88° 254 km 06m43.8s
02:2818°42.2'N128°18.5'E16°37.0'N129°18.9'E17°39.6'N128°49.0'E 1.079 78° 89° 254 km 06m45.7s
02:3018°59.1'N128°58.6'E16°53.2'N129°57.8'E17°56.2'N129°28.5'E 1.079 79° 91° 255 km 06m47.4s
02:3219°15.6'N129°38.6'E17°09.1'N130°36.6'E18°12.4'N130°07.9'E 1.079 80° 93° 255 km 06m48.9s
02:3419°31.7'N130°18.7'E17°24.6'N131°15.4'E18°28.2'N130°47.3'E 1.079 81° 95° 255 km 06m50.3s
02:3619°47.3'N130°58.8'E17°39.6'N131°54.1'E18°43.5'N131°26.7'E 1.079 82° 98° 255 km 06m51.6s
02:3820°02.6'N131°38.8'E17°54.3'N132°32.9'E18°58.5'N132°06.1'E 1.079 83° 102° 255 km 06m52.7s
02:4020°17.4'N132°19.0'E18°08.6'N133°11.7'E19°13.0'N132°45.6'E 1.079 84° 107° 255 km 06m53.7s
02:4220°31.8'N132°59.2'E18°22.4'N133°50.5'E19°27.2'N133°25.1'E 1.079 85° 114° 255 km 06m54.5s
02:4420°45.9'N133°39.6'E18°35.9'N134°29.4'E19°40.9'N134°04.7'E 1.079 86° 124° 255 km 06m55.2s
02:4620°59.5'N134°20.0'E18°49.0'N135°08.4'E19°54.3'N134°44.4'E 1.079 87° 139° 255 km 06m55.7s
02:4821°12.7'N135°00.7'E19°01.7'N135°47.5'E20°07.2'N135°24.2'E 1.079 87° 159° 255 km 06m56.1s
02:5021°25.5'N135°41.5'E19°14.0'N136°26.8'E20°19.8'N136°04.3'E 1.079 87° 181° 255 km 06m56.3s
02:5221°37.8'N136°22.5'E19°26.0'N137°06.2'E20°31.9'N136°44.5'E 1.079 87° 201° 255 km 06m56.4s
02:5421°49.8'N137°03.7'E19°37.5'N137°45.9'E20°43.6'N137°24.9'E 1.079 86° 215° 255 km 06m56.3s
02:5622°01.3'N137°45.2'E19°48.6'N138°25.8'E20°55.0'N138°05.6'E 1.079 85° 225° 255 km 06m56.1s
02:5822°12.4'N138°27.0'E19°59.4'N139°05.9'E21°05.9'N138°46.5'E 1.079 84° 232° 255 km 06m55.7s
03:0022°23.1'N139°09.1'E20°09.7'N139°46.2'E21°16.4'N139°27.7'E 1.079 83° 237° 255 km 06m55.1s
03:0222°33.4'N139°51.4'E20°19.6'N140°26.9'E21°26.5'N140°09.2'E 1.079 82° 241° 254 km 06m54.4s
03:0422°43.2'N140°34.2'E20°29.1'N141°07.9'E21°36.1'N140°51.0'E 1.079 81° 244° 254 km 06m53.6s
03:0622°52.6'N141°17.3'E20°38.2'N141°49.2'E21°45.4'N141°33.2'E 1.079 80° 246° 254 km 06m52.6s
03:0823°01.5'N142°00.8'E20°46.9'N142°30.9'E21°54.2'N142°15.8'E 1.079 79° 248° 254 km 06m51.4s
03:1023°10.0'N142°44.7'E20°55.1'N143°12.9'E22°02.5'N142°58.7'E 1.078 78° 250° 254 km 06m50.1s
03:1223°18.0'N143°29.1'E21°03.0'N143°55.4'E22°10.4'N143°42.2'E 1.078 77° 251° 253 km 06m48.6s
03:1423°25.5'N144°14.0'E21°10.3'N144°38.4'E22°17.9'N144°26.0'E 1.078 76° 253° 253 km 06m47.0s
03:1623°32.6'N144°59.4'E21°17.3'N145°21.8'E22°24.9'N145°10.4'E 1.078 74° 254° 253 km 06m45.2s
03:1823°39.2'N145°45.3'E21°23.8'N146°05.7'E22°31.4'N145°55.3'E 1.078 73° 255° 252 km 06m43.3s
03:2023°45.3'N146°31.8'E21°29.8'N146°50.2'E22°37.5'N146°40.8'E 1.078 72° 256° 252 km 06m41.2s
03:2223°50.9'N147°18.9'E21°35.4'N147°35.3'E22°43.1'N147°26.8'E 1.078 71° 257° 252 km 06m38.9s
03:2423°55.9'N148°06.7'E21°40.4'N148°21.0'E22°48.1'N148°13.5'E 1.078 70° 258° 251 km 06m36.5s
03:2624°00.4'N148°55.1'E21°45.0'N149°07.3'E22°52.7'N149°00.8'E 1.078 69° 259° 251 km 06m33.9s
03:2824°04.4'N149°44.2'E21°49.1'N149°54.3'E22°56.7'N149°48.9'E 1.077 67° 260° 250 km 06m31.2s
03:3024°07.9'N150°34.1'E21°52.6'N150°42.0'E23°00.2'N150°37.7'E 1.077 66° 261° 250 km 06m28.4s
03:3224°10.7'N151°24.9'E21°55.7'N151°30.5'E23°03.2'N151°27.3'E 1.077 65° 262° 250 km 06m25.3s
03:3424°13.0'N152°16.4'E21°58.1'N152°19.9'E23°05.5'N152°17.7'E 1.077 64° 263° 249 km 06m22.2s
03:3624°14.6'N153°08.9'E22°00.0'N153°10.1'E23°07.3'N153°09.0'E 1.077 63° 263° 248 km 06m18.9s
03:3824°15.6'N154°02.4'E22°01.3'N154°01.3'E23°08.5'N154°01.3'E 1.077 61° 264° 248 km 06m15.4s
03:4024°16.0'N154°56.9'E22°02.1'N154°53.4'E23°09.0'N154°54.6'E 1.076 60° 265° 247 km 06m11.8s
03:4224°15.7'N155°52.5'E22°02.1'N155°46.7'E23°08.9'N155°49.0'E 1.076 59° 266° 247 km 06m08.0s
03:4424°14.6'N156°49.2'E22°01.6'N156°41.0'E23°08.1'N156°44.5'E 1.076 57° 266° 246 km 06m04.1s
03:4624°12.9'N157°47.2'E22°00.3'N157°36.6'E23°06.6'N157°41.3'E 1.076 56° 267° 245 km 06m00.0s
03:4824°10.3'N158°46.6'E21°58.3'N158°33.5'E23°04.3'N158°39.4'E 1.075 55° 268° 245 km 05m55.8s
03:5024°07.0'N159°47.4'E21°55.6'N159°31.8'E23°01.3'N159°38.9'E 1.075 53° 269° 244 km 05m51.5s
03:5224°02.7'N160°49.8'E21°52.0'N160°31.7'E22°57.4'N160°40.0'E 1.075 52° 269° 243 km 05m46.9s
03:5423°57.6'N161°53.9'E21°47.7'N161°33.2'E22°52.7'N161°42.7'E 1.074 51° 270° 242 km 05m42.3s
03:5623°51.6'N162°59.9'E21°42.4'N162°36.5'E22°47.1'N162°47.3'E 1.074 49° 271° 241 km 05m37.5s
03:5823°44.5'N164°07.8'E21°36.2'N163°41.7'E22°40.4'N163°53.9'E 1.074 48° 271° 240 km 05m32.5s
04:0023°36.3'N165°18.0'E21°29.0'N164°49.1'E22°32.8'N165°02.6'E 1.073 46° 272° 239 km 05m27.3s
04:0223°27.0'N166°30.6'E21°20.7'N165°58.9'E22°24.0'N166°13.8'E 1.073 45° 273° 238 km 05m22.0s
04:0423°16.4'N167°45.9'E21°11.3'N167°11.3'E22°14.0'N167°27.6'E 1.073 43° 274° 237 km 05m16.5s
04:0623°04.4'N169°04.2'E21°00.6'N168°26.6'E22°02.6'N168°44.4'E 1.072 41° 274° 236 km 05m10.8s
04:0822°50.9'N170°26.0'E20°48.4'N169°45.2'E21°49.8'N170°04.5'E 1.072 40° 275° 235 km 05m05.0s
04:1022°35.7'N171°51.6'E20°34.7'N171°07.6'E21°35.4'N171°28.4'E 1.071 38° 276° 234 km 04m58.9s
04:1222°18.7'N173°21.7'E20°19.3'N172°34.2'E21°19.2'N172°56.7'E 1.071 36° 277° 232 km 04m52.6s
04:1421°59.5'N174°56.9'E20°01.9'N174°05.8'E21°01.0'N174°30.1'E 1.070 34° 277° 231 km 04m46.0s
04:1621°37.8'N176°38.4'E19°42.3'N175°43.2'E20°40.3'N176°09.4'E 1.070 32° 278° 229 km 04m39.2s
04:1821°13.2'N178°27.3'E19°20.0'N177°27.7'E20°16.9'N177°56.0'E 1.069 30° 279° 227 km 04m32.0s
04:2020°45.1'N179°34.5'W18°54.5'N179°20.9'E19°50.2'N179°51.6'E 1.069 27° 280° 226 km 04m24.4s
04:2220°12.6'N177°24.3'W18°25.0'N178°34.9'W19°19.2'N178°01.4'W 1.068 25° 281° 223 km 04m16.3s
04:2419°34.2'N174°58.0'W17°50.4'N176°15.9'W18°42.8'N175°39.0'W 1.067 22° 282° 221 km 04m07.6s
04:2618°47.5'N172°08.1'W17°08.6'N173°36.1'W17°58.7'N172°54.4'W 1.066 19° 283° 218 km 03m57.9s
04:2817°47.3'N168°38.9'W16°15.7'N170°23.0'W17°02.5'N169°34.0'W 1.065 15° 284° 215 km 03m46.8s
04:3016°17.9'N163°42.4'W15°01.5'N166°04.3'W15°41.6'N164°58.9'W 1.063 10° 285° 210 km 03m32.7s
Limits13°32.5'N154°59.2'W11°51.9'N155°41.1'W12°42.2'N155°20.4'W 1.060 - 200 km 03m07.1s

ΔT = 5985.9 seconds

Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration
Event Time
TD
Time
UT1
Latitude Longitude Sun
Altitude
Sun
Azimuth
Path Width Central
Duration
Greatest Eclipse04:28:44.702:48:58.820°13.4'N110°43.3'E 87.2° 169.7° 255.1 km06m56.21s
Greatest Duration04:31:45.502:51:59.620°31.9'N136°44.3'E 86.7° 200.8° 255.0 km06m56.38s

Explanation of Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration

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Eclipse Predictions

Predictions for the Total Solar Eclipse of 0468 May 08 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 5985.9 seconds for this eclipse. The uncertainty in ΔT is 146.1 seconds corresponding to a standard error in longitude of the eclipse path of ± 0.61°.

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

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