Path of the Total Solar Eclipse of 0989 May 08

Fred Espenak

Introduction

The following table delineates the path of the Moon's umbral shadow during the Total Solar Eclipse of 0989 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 0989 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
Limits10°06.4'S109°41.3'E11°05.9'S110°05.1'E10°36.1'S109°53.3'E 1.035 - 118 km 01m55.5s
22:5008°17.5'S114°47.0'E08°53.2'S116°24.8'E08°34.0'S115°39.0'E 1.037 70° 124 km 02m07.4s
22:5205°54.6'S120°50.4'E06°44.2'S121°56.9'E06°18.9'S121°24.7'E 1.039 13° 69° 131 km 02m21.1s
22:5404°24.0'S124°22.9'E05°18.0'S125°23.0'E04°50.6'S124°53.7'E 1.040 17° 69° 135 km 02m30.5s
22:5603°11.1'S127°05.5'E04°07.8'S128°02.7'E03°39.2'S127°34.7'E 1.041 20° 69° 139 km 02m38.3s
22:5802°08.3'S129°20.6'E03°07.0'S130°16.1'E02°37.4'S129°48.9'E 1.042 23° 69° 142 km 02m45.2s
23:0001°12.1'S131°17.8'E02°12.5'S132°12.1'E01°42.0'S131°45.5'E 1.043 26° 69° 144 km 02m51.6s
23:0200°20.8'S133°02.1'E01°22.7'S133°55.6'E00°51.5'S133°29.3'E 1.043 28° 69° 146 km 02m57.5s
23:0400°26.7'N134°36.7'E00°36.5'S135°29.6'E00°04.7'S135°03.6'E 1.044 31° 68° 148 km 03m03.1s
23:0601°11.1'N136°03.7'E00°06.8'N136°56.1'E00°39.2'N136°30.3'E 1.044 33° 68° 150 km 03m08.4s
23:0801°53.0'N137°24.3'E00°47.5'N138°16.3'E01°20.5'N137°50.7'E 1.045 35° 68° 151 km 03m13.5s
23:1002°32.6'N138°39.9'E01°26.2'N139°31.5'E01°59.6'N139°06.0'E 1.045 36° 69° 153 km 03m18.4s
23:1203°10.4'N139°51.0'E02°03.1'N140°42.3'E02°36.9'N140°17.0'E 1.046 38° 69° 154 km 03m23.1s
23:1403°46.6'N140°58.4'E02°38.3'N141°49.4'E03°12.6'N141°24.2'E 1.046 40° 69° 155 km 03m27.6s
23:1604°21.2'N142°02.5'E03°12.0'N142°53.2'E03°46.8'N142°28.2'E 1.047 42° 69° 157 km 03m32.0s
23:1804°54.5'N143°03.9'E03°44.5'N143°54.2'E04°19.7'N143°29.4'E 1.047 43° 69° 158 km 03m36.3s
23:2005°26.5'N144°02.7'E04°15.8'N144°52.7'E04°51.3'N144°28.0'E 1.047 45° 69° 159 km 03m40.4s
23:2205°57.5'N144°59.3'E04°45.9'N145°49.0'E05°21.9'N145°24.5'E 1.048 46° 69° 160 km 03m44.4s
23:2406°27.4'N145°53.9'E05°15.1'N146°43.3'E05°51.4'N146°18.9'E 1.048 48° 69° 161 km 03m48.3s
23:2606°56.4'N146°46.8'E05°43.4'N147°35.9'E06°20.0'N147°11.6'E 1.048 49° 69° 161 km 03m52.1s
23:2807°24.4'N147°38.0'E06°10.7'N148°26.8'E06°47.7'N148°02.7'E 1.049 51° 69° 162 km 03m55.8s
23:3007°51.7'N148°27.9'E06°37.3'N149°16.3'E07°14.6'N148°52.3'E 1.049 52° 69° 163 km 03m59.4s
23:3208°18.1'N149°16.4'E07°03.0'N150°04.4'E07°40.7'N149°40.7'E 1.049 53° 69° 164 km 04m02.9s
23:3408°43.8'N150°03.7'E07°28.1'N150°51.4'E08°06.1'N150°27.8'E 1.049 55° 69° 164 km 04m06.3s
23:3609°08.8'N150°50.0'E07°52.4'N151°37.3'E08°30.7'N151°13.9'E 1.050 56° 70° 165 km 04m09.6s
23:3809°33.1'N151°35.3'E08°16.1'N152°22.2'E08°54.7'N151°59.0'E 1.050 57° 70° 166 km 04m12.8s
23:4009°56.8'N152°19.7'E08°39.1'N153°06.1'E09°18.0'N152°43.2'E 1.050 59° 70° 166 km 04m16.0s
23:4210°19.8'N153°03.3'E09°01.6'N153°49.3'E09°40.8'N153°26.5'E 1.050 60° 70° 167 km 04m19.0s
23:4410°42.2'N153°46.1'E09°23.4'N154°31.7'E10°02.9'N154°09.1'E 1.050 61° 70° 167 km 04m21.9s
23:4611°04.1'N154°28.3'E09°44.7'N155°13.4'E10°24.5'N154°51.1'E 1.051 62° 70° 168 km 04m24.7s
23:4811°25.4'N155°09.8'E10°05.4'N155°54.4'E10°45.5'N155°32.4'E 1.051 64° 70° 168 km 04m27.5s
23:5011°46.2'N155°50.8'E10°25.6'N156°34.9'E11°06.0'N156°13.1'E 1.051 65° 70° 169 km 04m30.1s
23:5212°06.4'N156°31.3'E10°45.3'N157°14.9'E11°26.0'N156°53.3'E 1.051 66° 70° 169 km 04m32.6s
23:5412°26.2'N157°11.3'E11°04.5'N157°54.3'E11°45.5'N157°33.0'E 1.051 67° 70° 170 km 04m35.1s
23:5612°45.4'N157°50.9'E11°23.3'N158°33.4'E12°04.4'N158°12.4'E 1.051 68° 70° 170 km 04m37.4s
23:5813°04.2'N158°30.2'E11°41.5'N159°12.0'E12°22.9'N158°51.3'E 1.051 70° 70° 170 km 04m39.6s
00:0013°22.5'N159°09.1'E11°59.3'N159°50.3'E12°41.0'N159°29.9'E 1.051 71° 70° 171 km 04m41.8s
00:0213°40.3'N159°47.6'E12°16.6'N160°28.3'E12°58.5'N160°08.1'E 1.052 72° 70° 171 km 04m43.8s
00:0413°57.7'N160°26.0'E12°33.5'N161°05.9'E13°15.7'N160°46.1'E 1.052 73° 70° 171 km 04m45.8s
00:0614°14.6'N161°04.1'E12°50.0'N161°43.4'E13°32.3'N161°23.9'E 1.052 74° 70° 171 km 04m47.6s
00:0814°31.1'N161°41.9'E13°06.0'N162°20.6'E13°48.6'N162°01.4'E 1.052 75° 70° 172 km 04m49.3s
00:1014°47.1'N162°19.7'E13°21.6'N162°57.6'E14°04.4'N162°38.8'E 1.052 76° 70° 172 km 04m50.9s
00:1215°02.8'N162°57.2'E13°36.7'N163°34.4'E14°19.8'N163°16.0'E 1.052 77° 70° 172 km 04m52.4s
00:1415°17.9'N163°34.7'E13°51.5'N164°11.1'E14°34.8'N163°53.0'E 1.052 79° 69° 172 km 04m53.8s
00:1615°32.7'N164°12.0'E14°05.9'N164°47.7'E14°49.3'N164°30.0'E 1.052 80° 69° 173 km 04m55.1s
00:1815°47.1'N164°49.3'E14°19.8'N165°24.2'E15°03.5'N165°06.9'E 1.052 81° 68° 173 km 04m56.2s
00:2016°01.0'N165°26.5'E14°33.4'N166°00.6'E15°17.2'N165°43.7'E 1.052 82° 67° 173 km 04m57.3s
00:2216°14.5'N166°03.8'E14°46.5'N166°37.0'E15°30.5'N166°20.5'E 1.052 83° 65° 173 km 04m58.2s
00:2416°27.6'N166°41.0'E14°59.3'N167°13.4'E15°43.5'N166°57.3'E 1.052 84° 63° 173 km 04m59.1s
00:2616°40.3'N167°18.2'E15°11.6'N167°49.8'E15°56.0'N167°34.1'E 1.052 85° 60° 173 km 04m59.8s
00:2816°52.6'N167°55.5'E15°23.6'N168°26.2'E16°08.1'N168°11.0'E 1.052 86° 55° 173 km 05m00.3s
00:3017°04.5'N168°32.9'E15°35.1'N169°02.7'E16°19.8'N168°47.9'E 1.052 87° 47° 173 km 05m00.8s
00:3217°16.0'N169°10.4'E15°46.3'N169°39.2'E16°31.2'N169°24.8'E 1.052 88° 32° 173 km 05m01.2s
00:3417°27.0'N169°47.9'E15°57.1'N170°15.8'E16°42.1'N170°01.9'E 1.052 88° 173 km 05m01.4s
00:3617°37.7'N170°25.6'E16°07.5'N170°52.6'E16°52.6'N170°39.1'E 1.052 88° 328° 173 km 05m01.5s
00:3817°47.9'N171°03.5'E16°17.5'N171°29.5'E17°02.7'N171°16.5'E 1.052 88° 304° 173 km 05m01.4s
00:4017°57.8'N171°41.5'E16°27.1'N172°06.5'E17°12.4'N171°54.0'E 1.052 87° 292° 173 km 05m01.3s
00:4218°07.2'N172°19.7'E16°36.3'N172°43.7'E17°21.8'N172°31.7'E 1.052 86° 285° 173 km 05m01.0s
00:4418°16.2'N172°58.1'E16°45.1'N173°21.1'E17°30.7'N173°09.6'E 1.052 85° 280° 173 km 05m00.6s
00:4618°24.7'N173°36.8'E16°53.5'N173°58.7'E17°39.1'N173°47.7'E 1.052 84° 278° 173 km 05m00.1s
00:4818°32.9'N174°15.7'E17°01.6'N174°36.6'E17°47.2'N174°26.1'E 1.052 83° 276° 173 km 04m59.5s
00:5018°40.6'N174°54.9'E17°09.2'N175°14.7'E17°54.9'N175°04.8'E 1.052 82° 275° 172 km 04m58.7s
00:5218°47.9'N175°34.4'E17°16.3'N175°53.1'E18°02.1'N175°43.7'E 1.052 80° 274° 172 km 04m57.8s
00:5418°54.8'N176°14.3'E17°23.1'N176°31.8'E18°08.9'N176°23.0'E 1.052 79° 273° 172 km 04m56.8s
00:5619°01.2'N176°54.4'E17°29.5'N177°10.9'E18°15.3'N177°02.6'E 1.052 78° 273° 172 km 04m55.6s
00:5819°07.1'N177°35.0'E17°35.4'N177°50.3'E18°21.3'N177°42.5'E 1.052 77° 272° 171 km 04m54.4s
01:0019°12.6'N178°15.9'E17°40.9'N178°30.1'E18°26.8'N178°22.9'E 1.052 76° 272° 171 km 04m53.0s
01:0219°17.7'N178°57.3'E17°46.0'N179°10.3'E18°31.8'N179°03.7'E 1.051 75° 272° 171 km 04m51.4s
01:0419°22.2'N179°39.1'E17°50.6'N179°50.9'E18°36.4'N179°44.9'E 1.051 74° 272° 170 km 04m49.8s
01:0619°26.3'N179°38.6'W17°54.7'N179°28.0'W18°40.5'N179°33.4'W 1.051 73° 272° 170 km 04m48.0s
01:0819°29.9'N178°55.8'W17°58.4'N178°46.4'W18°44.2'N178°51.3'W 1.051 72° 272° 170 km 04m46.2s
01:1019°33.0'N178°12.5'W18°01.6'N178°04.3'W18°47.3'N178°08.5'W 1.051 70° 272° 169 km 04m44.2s
01:1219°35.6'N177°28.6'W18°04.4'N177°21.6'W18°50.0'N177°25.3'W 1.051 69° 272° 169 km 04m42.0s
01:1419°37.7'N176°44.1'W18°06.6'N176°38.4'W18°52.2'N176°41.4'W 1.051 68° 273° 168 km 04m39.8s
01:1619°39.2'N175°58.9'W18°08.4'N175°54.4'W18°53.8'N175°56.9'W 1.051 67° 273° 168 km 04m37.4s
01:1819°40.2'N175°13.1'W18°09.6'N175°09.9'W18°54.9'N175°11.7'W 1.050 66° 273° 167 km 04m35.0s
01:2019°40.6'N174°26.5'W18°10.3'N174°24.6'W18°55.5'N174°25.8'W 1.050 65° 273° 167 km 04m32.4s
01:2219°40.5'N173°39.2'W18°10.4'N173°38.5'W18°55.4'N173°39.1'W 1.050 63° 273° 166 km 04m29.7s
01:2419°39.7'N172°51.0'W18°10.0'N172°51.6'W18°54.9'N172°51.6'W 1.050 62° 274° 166 km 04m26.8s
01:2619°38.3'N172°02.0'W18°09.0'N172°03.9'W18°53.7'N172°03.2'W 1.050 61° 274° 165 km 04m23.9s
01:2819°36.3'N171°12.1'W18°07.4'N171°15.3'W18°51.9'N171°13.9'W 1.049 60° 274° 164 km 04m20.8s
01:3019°33.6'N170°21.1'W18°05.1'N170°25.6'W18°49.4'N170°23.7'W 1.049 58° 275° 163 km 04m17.7s
01:3219°30.2'N169°29.1'W18°02.2'N169°34.9'W18°46.3'N169°32.3'W 1.049 57° 275° 163 km 04m14.4s
01:3419°26.2'N168°36.0'W17°58.6'N168°43.1'W18°42.4'N168°39.8'W 1.049 56° 275° 162 km 04m11.0s
01:3619°21.3'N167°41.6'W17°54.3'N167°50.0'W18°37.9'N167°46.1'W 1.049 54° 276° 161 km 04m07.5s
01:3819°15.7'N166°45.9'W17°49.3'N166°55.6'W18°32.5'N166°51.1'W 1.048 53° 276° 160 km 04m03.9s
01:4019°09.2'N165°48.8'W17°43.5'N165°59.8'W18°26.4'N165°54.6'W 1.048 52° 277° 159 km 04m00.2s
01:4219°01.9'N164°50.1'W17°36.8'N165°02.5'W18°19.4'N164°56.7'W 1.048 50° 277° 159 km 03m56.4s
01:4418°53.6'N163°49.7'W17°29.2'N164°03.5'W18°11.5'N163°57.0'W 1.047 49° 277° 158 km 03m52.4s
01:4618°44.4'N162°47.5'W17°20.8'N163°02.6'W18°02.6'N162°55.5'W 1.047 47° 278° 157 km 03m48.3s
01:4818°34.1'N161°43.3'W17°11.3'N161°59.8'W17°52.7'N161°51.9'W 1.047 46° 278° 155 km 03m44.2s
01:5018°22.7'N160°36.8'W17°00.7'N160°54.7'W17°41.8'N160°46.2'W 1.046 44° 279° 154 km 03m39.8s
01:5218°10.0'N159°27.9'W16°49.0'N159°47.2'W17°29.6'N159°38.0'W 1.046 43° 279° 153 km 03m35.4s
01:5417°56.0'N158°16.2'W16°36.0'N158°36.9'W17°16.1'N158°27.0'W 1.046 41° 280° 152 km 03m30.8s
01:5617°40.6'N157°01.4'W16°21.6'N157°23.5'W17°01.2'N157°13.0'W 1.045 40° 280° 151 km 03m26.1s
01:5817°23.6'N155°43.1'W16°05.7'N156°06.7'W16°44.8'N155°55.4'W 1.045 38° 281° 149 km 03m21.3s
02:0017°04.7'N154°20.8'W15°48.1'N154°45.9'W16°26.6'N154°33.8'W 1.044 36° 281° 148 km 03m16.2s
02:0216°43.9'N152°53.7'W15°28.6'N153°20.4'W16°06.4'N153°07.6'W 1.044 34° 282° 146 km 03m11.0s
02:0416°20.6'N151°21.1'W15°06.8'N151°49.5'W15°43.9'N151°35.8'W 1.043 32° 282° 145 km 03m05.6s
02:0615°54.7'N149°41.8'W14°42.4'N150°12.0'W15°18.7'N149°57.5'W 1.043 30° 283° 143 km 02m59.9s
02:0815°25.4'N147°54.3'W14°14.9'N148°26.5'W14°50.3'N148°11.0'W 1.042 28° 283° 141 km 02m54.0s
02:1014°52.1'N145°56.4'W13°43.5'N146°30.8'W14°18.0'N146°14.3'W 1.041 25° 284° 139 km 02m47.7s
02:1214°13.4'N143°44.7'W13°07.2'N144°21.7'W13°40.5'N144°03.9'W 1.041 23° 285° 136 km 02m40.9s
02:1413°27.5'N141°13.4'W12°24.0'N141°53.8'W12°56.0'N141°34.4'W 1.040 20° 285° 133 km 02m33.5s
02:1612°30.3'N138°11.3'W11°30.6'N138°56.8'W12°00.8'N138°35.0'W 1.039 16° 286° 130 km 02m25.1s
02:1811°12.1'N134°09.9'W10°18.4'N135°05.4'W10°45.7'N134°39.0'W 1.037 12° 287° 126 km 02m14.9s
02:2008°18.1'N125°31.1'W08°01.8'N128°02.5'W08°15.3'N127°01.9'W 1.035 288° 117 km 01m57.6s
Limits07°42.4'N123°46.1'W06°44.9'N124°08.8'W07°13.6'N123°57.5'W 1.034 - 114 km 01m51.4s

ΔT = 1619.4 seconds

Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration
Event Time
TD
Time
UT1
Latitude Longitude Sun
Altitude
Sun
Azimuth
Path Width Central
Duration
Greatest Eclipse01:01:45.700:34:46.316°46.2'N163°30.3'E 88.4° 350.2° 173.2 km05m01.42s
Greatest Duration01:03:35.900:36:36.416°55.7'N170°50.5'E 88.1° 319.4° 173.1 km05m01.48s

Explanation of Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration

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Eclipse Predictions

Predictions for the Total Solar Eclipse of 0989 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 1619.4 seconds for this eclipse. The uncertainty in ΔT is 55.2 seconds corresponding to a standard error in longitude of the eclipse path of ± 0.23°.

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