Path of the Annular Solar Eclipse of 0579 May 11

Fred Espenak

Introduction

The following table delineates the path of the Moon's antumbral shadow during the Annular Solar Eclipse of 0579 May 11 . 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 0579 May 11
UT1 Northern Limit Southern Limit Central Line M:S Sun Sun Path Central
Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Ratio Alt. Azm. Width Duration
Limits63°51.4'N179°17.6'E56°47.1'N163°55.4'W59°53.9'N170°21.2'W 0.933 - 1128 km 04m01.6s
14:56 - - 65°28.7'N148°58.2'W61°29.2'N166°50.1'W 0.933 54° 1131 km 04m03.5s
14:58 - - 66°43.9'N147°32.6'W64°07.1'N162°21.9'W 0.934 59° 1116 km 04m06.2s
15:00 - - 67°54.8'N146°18.7'W65°52.9'N160°05.0'W 0.935 61° 1096 km 04m07.9s
15:02 - - 69°02.7'N145°14.1'W67°22.4'N158°31.5'W 0.935 63° 1075 km 04m09.1s
15:04 - - 70°08.3'N144°17.1'W68°43.1'N157°23.6'W 0.935 10° 65° 1054 km 04m10.1s
15:06 - - 71°12.0'N143°26.7'W69°58.1'N156°34.2'W 0.936 11° 66° 1035 km 04m11.0s
15:0867°03.1'N175°24.3'W72°14.2'N142°42.2'W71°09.1'N156°00.1'W 0.936 12° 68° 1017 km 04m11.7s
15:1068°54.4'N173°53.8'W73°15.2'N142°03.3'W72°17.0'N155°39.7'W 0.936 13° 69° 1001 km 04m12.4s
15:1270°23.2'N173°25.3'W74°15.3'N141°29.8'W73°22.6'N155°32.4'W 0.936 13° 69° 986 km 04m12.9s
15:1471°40.8'N173°34.0'W75°14.7'N141°02.0'W74°26.3'N155°38.7'W 0.936 14° 70° 973 km 04m13.4s
15:1672°51.0'N174°12.8'W76°13.5'N140°39.9'W75°28.2'N155°59.6'W 0.936 14° 70° 961 km 04m13.8s
15:1873°55.5'N175°19.8'W77°11.9'N140°25.2'W76°28.7'N156°36.7'W 0.936 14° 71° 951 km 04m14.1s
15:2074°55.1'N176°55.5'W78°10.0'N140°17.3'W77°27.9'N157°32.9'W 0.936 15° 70° 942 km 04m14.3s
15:2275°49.9'N179°01.7'W79°07.8'N140°18.5'W78°25.6'N158°51.6'W 0.937 15° 70° 935 km 04m14.5s
15:2476°39.9'N178°18.9'E80°05.6'N140°31.2'W79°21.7'N160°38.2'W 0.937 15° 69° 929 km 04m14.6s
15:2677°24.5'N175°03.2'E81°03.2'N140°58.8'W80°16.1'N162°59.4'W 0.937 15° 67° 925 km 04m14.7s
15:2878°02.9'N171°08.3'E82°00.8'N141°46.2'W81°08.2'N166°04.7'W 0.937 15° 65° 922 km 04m14.6s
15:3078°33.9'N166°32.6'E82°58.2'N143°01.8'W81°57.3'N170°06.3'W 0.937 15° 62° 920 km 04m14.6s
15:3278°56.0'N161°17.1'E83°55.5'N144°56.6'W82°42.1'N175°19.1'W 0.936 15° 57° 920 km 04m14.4s
15:3479°07.4'N155°26.7'E84°52.2'N147°59.5'W83°20.9'N178°00.5'E 0.936 14° 51° 922 km 04m14.2s
15:3679°06.1'N149°11.4'E85°47.5'N152°50.8'W83°51.2'N169°40.5'E 0.936 14° 44° 925 km 04m13.9s
15:3878°49.5'N142°45.9'E86°39.8'N160°56.1'W84°10.0'N159°44.1'E 0.936 14° 35° 929 km 04m13.6s
15:4078°14.6'N136°27.7'E87°24.5'N175°01.8'W84°14.2'N148°42.5'E 0.936 13° 25° 936 km 04m13.1s
15:4277°15.8'N130°34.3'E87°51.7'N161°26.6'E84°01.6'N137°34.5'E 0.936 13° 14° 945 km 04m12.6s
15:4475°37.9'N125°21.8'E87°47.6'N132°27.9'E83°31.7'N127°23.4'E 0.936 12° 955 km 04m12.0s
15:46 - - 87°11.9'N110°21.5'E82°45.5'N118°49.6'E 0.936 11° 357° 969 km 04m11.3s
15:48 - - 86°17.3'N097°27.0'E81°43.9'N112°04.2'E 0.935 10° 351° 985 km 04m10.4s
15:50 - - 85°11.8'N090°10.1'E80°26.6'N107°00.2'E 0.935 347° 1005 km 04m09.4s
15:52 - - 83°58.8'N085°58.8'E78°51.0'N103°26.2'E 0.935 344° 1030 km 04m08.1s
15:54 - - 82°38.7'N083°36.1'E76°47.4'N101°16.8'E 0.934 342° 1062 km 04m06.5s
15:56 - - 81°10.8'N082°23.8'E73°28.4'N101°04.0'E 0.933 343° 1110 km 04m03.8s
Limits71°37.6'N121°54.6'E69°29.0'N089°58.7'E70°52.5'N102°41.0'E 0.933 - 1138 km 04m01.7s

ΔT = 4906.4 seconds

Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration
Event Time
TD
Time
UT1
Latitude Longitude Sun
Altitude
Sun
Azimuth
Path Width Central
Duration
Greatest Eclipse16:47:56.015:26:09.680°20.4'N176°17.5'E 14.8° 67.2° 924.5 km04m14.66s
Greatest Duration16:48:19.915:26:33.680°31.0'N163°46.4'W 14.8° 66.8° 923.8 km04m14.67s

Explanation of Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration

Links for the Annular Solar Eclipse of 0579 May 11

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Eclipse Predictions

Predictions for the Annular Solar Eclipse of 0579 May 11 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 4906.4 seconds for this eclipse. The uncertainty in ΔT is 123.1 seconds corresponding to a standard error in longitude of the eclipse path of ± 0.51°.

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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