Path of the Total Solar Eclipse of 1397 May 26

Fred Espenak

Introduction

The following table delineates the path of the Moon's umbral shadow during the Total Solar Eclipse of 1397 May 26 . 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 1397 May 26
UT1 Northern Limit Southern Limit Central Line M:S Sun Sun Path Central
Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Ratio Alt. Azm. Width Duration
Limits27°45.6'N100°46.7'E26°05.9'N102°11.1'E26°55.6'N101°29.4'E 1.053 - 226 km 02m36.9s
22:2429°52.8'N105°33.1'E31°18.4'N113°56.1'E30°55.1'N110°27.3'E 1.056 69° 239 km 02m55.2s
22:2632°51.0'N111°54.7'E33°04.1'N117°41.7'E33°03.3'N114°59.9'E 1.058 14° 72° 244 km 03m05.7s
22:2834°41.5'N115°43.6'E34°28.5'N120°39.7'E34°38.4'N118°18.4'E 1.059 17° 74° 248 km 03m13.8s
22:3036°09.5'N118°43.7'E35°40.8'N123°11.7'E35°57.6'N121°02.6'E 1.060 20° 76° 251 km 03m20.7s
22:3237°24.9'N121°17.4'E36°45.0'N125°26.8'E37°06.9'N123°26.1'E 1.061 23° 78° 253 km 03m26.8s
22:3438°31.7'N123°34.3'E37°43.2'N127°30.1'E38°09.1'N125°35.6'E 1.061 25° 80° 255 km 03m32.5s
22:3639°32.4'N125°39.3'E38°36.7'N129°24.6'E39°05.9'N127°35.0'E 1.062 27° 82° 257 km 03m37.7s
22:3840°28.2'N127°35.5'E39°26.3'N131°12.2'E39°58.5'N129°26.7'E 1.062 29° 84° 258 km 03m42.6s
22:4041°20.1'N129°24.9'E40°12.7'N132°54.3'E40°47.5'N131°12.3'E 1.063 31° 86° 259 km 03m47.2s
22:4242°08.6'N131°09.0'E40°56.4'N134°32.0'E41°33.5'N132°53.1'E 1.063 32° 88° 260 km 03m51.6s
22:4442°54.3'N132°48.8'E41°37.6'N136°06.0'E42°16.8'N134°29.9'E 1.064 34° 89° 261 km 03m55.8s
22:4643°37.4'N134°25.1'E42°16.7'N137°37.0'E42°57.9'N136°03.5'E 1.064 36° 91° 261 km 03m59.8s
22:4844°18.3'N135°58.6'E42°53.7'N139°05.5'E43°36.8'N137°34.4'E 1.065 37° 93° 262 km 04m03.6s
22:5044°57.2'N137°29.6'E43°29.1'N140°31.8'E44°13.8'N139°03.0'E 1.065 38° 95° 262 km 04m07.3s
22:5245°34.3'N138°58.6'E44°02.7'N141°56.2'E44°49.1'N140°29.7'E 1.065 40° 97° 263 km 04m10.8s
22:5446°09.6'N140°26.0'E44°34.8'N143°19.2'E45°22.8'N141°54.9'E 1.066 41° 99° 263 km 04m14.2s
22:5646°43.3'N141°52.0'E45°05.5'N144°40.8'E45°54.9'N143°18.7'E 1.066 42° 101° 263 km 04m17.4s
22:5847°15.5'N143°16.9'E45°34.8'N146°01.3'E46°25.7'N144°41.3'E 1.066 43° 103° 263 km 04m20.5s
23:0047°46.4'N144°40.8'E46°02.8'N147°20.9'E46°55.0'N146°03.0'E 1.066 44° 105° 264 km 04m23.5s
23:0248°15.8'N146°04.0'E46°29.6'N148°39.6'E47°23.1'N147°24.0'E 1.067 46° 107° 264 km 04m26.4s
23:0448°44.0'N147°26.5'E46°55.2'N149°57.7'E47°50.0'N148°44.2'E 1.067 47° 110° 264 km 04m29.1s
23:0649°10.9'N148°48.6'E47°19.7'N151°15.3'E48°15.6'N150°04.0'E 1.067 48° 112° 264 km 04m31.7s
23:0849°36.7'N150°10.3'E47°43.1'N152°32.3'E48°40.2'N151°23.4'E 1.067 48° 114° 264 km 04m34.2s
23:1050°01.2'N151°31.7'E48°05.4'N153°49.0'E49°03.6'N152°42.4'E 1.067 49° 117° 264 km 04m36.6s
23:1250°24.7'N152°52.9'E48°26.7'N155°05.4'E49°25.9'N154°01.1'E 1.068 50° 119° 264 km 04m38.9s
23:1450°47.0'N154°14.0'E48°46.9'N156°21.6'E49°47.1'N155°19.7'E 1.068 51° 122° 264 km 04m41.0s
23:1651°08.2'N155°35.1'E49°06.2'N157°37.6'E50°07.3'N156°38.2'E 1.068 52° 124° 264 km 04m43.1s
23:1851°28.4'N156°56.2'E49°24.4'N158°53.5'E50°26.5'N157°56.7'E 1.068 53° 127° 264 km 04m45.0s
23:2051°47.5'N158°17.3'E49°41.8'N160°09.3'E50°44.7'N159°15.1'E 1.068 53° 129° 264 km 04m46.8s
23:2252°05.6'N159°38.6'E49°58.1'N161°25.1'E51°01.9'N160°33.6'E 1.068 54° 132° 264 km 04m48.5s
23:2452°22.7'N161°00.0'E50°13.5'N162°40.9'E51°18.1'N161°52.1'E 1.069 55° 135° 264 km 04m50.1s
23:2652°38.7'N162°21.5'E50°28.0'N163°56.8'E51°33.3'N163°10.7'E 1.069 55° 138° 264 km 04m51.6s
23:2852°53.7'N163°43.3'E50°41.6'N165°12.7'E51°47.6'N164°29.5'E 1.069 56° 140° 264 km 04m53.0s
23:3053°07.7'N165°05.3'E50°54.3'N166°28.7'E52°00.9'N165°48.4'E 1.069 56° 143° 264 km 04m54.2s
23:3253°20.7'N166°27.5'E51°06.0'N167°44.8'E52°13.3'N167°07.4'E 1.069 57° 146° 263 km 04m55.4s
23:3453°32.7'N167°50.0'E51°16.9'N169°01.0'E52°24.7'N168°26.7'E 1.069 57° 149° 263 km 04m56.4s
23:3653°43.7'N169°12.8'E51°26.8'N170°17.3'E52°35.1'N169°46.1'E 1.069 58° 153° 263 km 04m57.3s
23:3853°53.7'N170°35.7'E51°35.9'N171°33.8'E52°44.6'N171°05.8'E 1.069 58° 156° 263 km 04m58.1s
23:4054°02.7'N171°59.0'E51°44.0'N172°50.5'E52°53.2'N172°25.6'E 1.069 58° 159° 263 km 04m58.8s
23:4254°10.7'N173°22.5'E51°51.2'N174°07.3'E53°00.8'N173°45.6'E 1.069 59° 162° 263 km 04m59.4s
23:4454°17.6'N174°46.3'E51°57.6'N175°24.2'E53°07.4'N175°05.9'E 1.069 59° 165° 263 km 04m59.9s
23:4654°23.6'N176°10.3'E52°03.0'N176°41.4'E53°13.1'N176°26.3'E 1.069 59° 169° 263 km 05m00.2s
23:4854°28.6'N177°34.5'E52°07.6'N177°58.6'E53°17.9'N177°47.0'E 1.069 59° 172° 263 km 05m00.5s
23:5054°32.6'N178°59.0'E52°11.3'N179°16.1'E53°21.7'N179°07.8'E 1.069 59° 175° 263 km 05m00.6s
23:5254°35.5'N179°36.4'W52°14.0'N179°26.3'W53°24.5'N179°31.2'W 1.069 59° 179° 263 km 05m00.6s
23:5454°37.5'N178°11.5'W52°15.9'N178°08.5'W53°26.4'N178°10.0'W 1.069 59° 182° 263 km 05m00.5s
23:5654°38.4'N176°46.4'W52°16.8'N176°50.6'W53°27.4'N176°48.7'W 1.069 59° 185° 263 km 05m00.3s
23:5854°38.3'N175°21.2'W52°16.8'N175°32.5'W53°27.3'N175°27.2'W 1.069 59° 189° 263 km 05m00.0s
00:0054°37.2'N173°55.9'W52°16.0'N174°14.3'W53°26.4'N174°05.5'W 1.069 59° 192° 263 km 04m59.5s
00:0254°35.1'N172°30.4'W52°14.2'N172°55.9'W53°24.4'N172°43.7'W 1.069 58° 195° 262 km 04m59.0s
00:0454°31.9'N171°04.7'W52°11.4'N171°37.4'W53°21.4'N171°21.8'W 1.069 58° 198° 262 km 04m58.3s
00:0654°27.6'N169°39.0'W52°07.8'N170°18.8'W53°17.5'N169°59.7'W 1.069 58° 202° 262 km 04m57.5s
00:0854°22.3'N168°13.2'W52°03.2'N169°00.0'W53°12.6'N168°37.5'W 1.069 57° 205° 262 km 04m56.6s
00:1054°16.0'N166°47.3'W51°57.7'N167°41.0'W53°06.7'N167°15.2'W 1.069 57° 208° 262 km 04m55.6s
00:1254°08.6'N165°21.3'W51°51.2'N166°21.9'W52°59.8'N165°52.8'W 1.069 57° 211° 262 km 04m54.5s
00:1454°00.2'N163°55.2'W51°43.7'N165°02.7'W52°51.8'N164°30.3'W 1.069 56° 214° 262 km 04m53.2s
00:1653°50.6'N162°29.1'W51°35.3'N163°43.3'W52°42.9'N163°07.6'W 1.068 56° 217° 262 km 04m51.9s
00:1853°40.0'N161°02.9'W51°26.0'N162°23.7'W52°32.9'N161°44.8'W 1.068 55° 220° 262 km 04m50.4s
00:2053°28.3'N159°36.6'W51°15.6'N161°03.9'W52°21.9'N160°21.9'W 1.068 54° 223° 262 km 04m48.8s
00:2253°15.4'N158°10.2'W51°04.3'N159°44.0'W52°09.8'N158°58.8'W 1.068 54° 226° 262 km 04m47.1s
00:2453°01.5'N156°43.7'W50°51.9'N158°23.8'W51°56.7'N157°35.5'W 1.068 53° 228° 262 km 04m45.3s
00:2652°46.4'N155°17.0'W50°38.5'N157°03.3'W51°42.5'N156°12.1'W 1.068 52° 231° 262 km 04m43.4s
00:2852°30.1'N153°50.2'W50°24.0'N155°42.6'W51°27.2'N154°48.4'W 1.068 51° 234° 262 km 04m41.4s
00:3052°12.7'N152°23.2'W50°08.5'N154°21.6'W51°10.7'N153°24.4'W 1.067 51° 236° 261 km 04m39.2s
00:3251°54.1'N150°55.9'W49°51.9'N153°00.1'W50°53.2'N152°00.1'W 1.067 50° 239° 261 km 04m37.0s
00:3451°34.2'N149°28.4'W49°34.2'N151°38.3'W50°34.4'N150°35.5'W 1.067 49° 241° 261 km 04m34.6s
00:3651°13.1'N148°00.5'W49°15.4'N150°16.0'W50°14.5'N149°10.4'W 1.067 48° 244° 261 km 04m32.1s
00:3850°50.7'N146°32.1'W48°55.3'N148°53.2'W49°53.3'N147°44.9'W 1.067 47° 246° 261 km 04m29.5s
00:4050°27.0'N145°03.2'W48°34.1'N147°29.7'W49°30.9'N146°18.7'W 1.066 46° 249° 261 km 04m26.7s
00:4250°01.8'N143°33.6'W48°11.6'N146°05.4'W49°07.1'N144°51.9'W 1.066 45° 251° 260 km 04m23.9s
00:4449°35.3'N142°03.2'W47°47.8'N144°40.4'W48°42.0'N143°24.2'W 1.066 44° 253° 260 km 04m20.9s
00:4649°07.2'N140°32.0'W47°22.7'N143°14.4'W48°15.4'N141°55.6'W 1.066 43° 255° 260 km 04m17.8s
00:4848°37.6'N138°59.6'W46°56.1'N141°47.2'W47°47.4'N140°25.9'W 1.065 42° 258° 260 km 04m14.6s
00:5048°06.3'N137°25.9'W46°28.0'N140°18.8'W47°17.7'N138°54.9'W 1.065 40° 260° 259 km 04m11.2s
00:5247°33.2'N135°50.7'W45°58.3'N138°48.9'W46°46.4'N137°22.4'W 1.065 39° 262° 259 km 04m07.7s
00:5446°58.2'N134°13.6'W45°26.9'N137°17.2'W46°13.3'N135°48.0'W 1.064 38° 264° 258 km 04m04.1s
00:5646°21.1'N132°34.3'W44°53.7'N135°43.5'W45°38.2'N134°11.6'W 1.064 36° 266° 258 km 04m00.3s
00:5845°41.7'N130°52.4'W44°18.5'N134°07.4'W45°01.0'N132°32.6'W 1.064 35° 268° 257 km 03m56.3s
01:0044°59.9'N129°07.2'W43°41.1'N132°28.4'W44°21.4'N130°50.6'W 1.063 33° 270° 256 km 03m52.2s
01:0244°15.2'N127°18.1'W43°01.2'N130°46.0'W43°39.3'N129°05.0'W 1.063 32° 272° 256 km 03m47.8s
01:0443°27.2'N125°24.2'W42°18.7'N128°59.6'W42°54.1'N127°14.9'W 1.062 30° 274° 255 km 03m43.3s
01:0642°35.4'N123°24.3'W41°33.0'N127°08.1'W42°05.6'N125°19.4'W 1.062 28° 276° 253 km 03m38.4s
01:0841°39.1'N121°16.5'W40°43.6'N125°10.5'W41°12.9'N123°17.0'W 1.061 26° 278° 252 km 03m33.3s
01:1040°37.0'N118°58.4'W39°49.8'N123°04.9'W40°15.2'N121°05.5'W 1.060 24° 280° 250 km 03m27.8s
01:1239°27.5'N116°26.1'W38°50.4'N120°48.8'W39°11.2'N118°42.1'W 1.060 21° 282° 248 km 03m21.9s
01:1438°07.3'N113°32.4'W37°43.9'N118°18.4'W37°58.5'N116°01.4'W 1.059 19° 284° 246 km 03m15.3s
01:1636°30.0'N110°03.1'W36°27.1'N115°26.8'W36°33.0'N112°53.8'W 1.058 16° 287° 243 km 03m07.9s
01:1834°16.5'N105°14.4'W34°54.0'N111°59.8'W34°44.6'N108°56.6'W 1.056 12° 289° 238 km 02m58.7s
01:20 - - 32°46.7'N107°15.7'W31°47.7'N102°24.1'W 1.054 293° 230 km 02m44.7s
Limits30°22.9'N096°33.7'W28°45.0'N097°59.8'W29°33.8'N097°17.3'W 1.053 - 223 km 02m35.0s

ΔT = 320.6 seconds

Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration
Event Time
TD
Time
UT1
Latitude Longitude Sun
Altitude
Sun
Azimuth
Path Width Central
Duration
Greatest Eclipse23:56:49.323:51:28.753°23.9'N178°47.3'E 59.1° 177.8° 262.8 km05m00.61s
Greatest Duration23:56:32.923:51:12.353°23.5'N179°56.6'E 59.1° 177.3° 262.8 km05m00.62s

Explanation of Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration

Links for the Total Solar Eclipse of 1397 May 26

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Eclipse Predictions

Predictions for the Total Solar Eclipse of 1397 May 26 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 320.6 seconds for this eclipse. The uncertainty in ΔT is 20.0 seconds corresponding to a standard error in longitude of the eclipse path of ± 0.08°.

Acknowledgments

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

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