Path of the Annular Solar Eclipse of 2031 May 21

Fred Espenak

Introduction

The following table delineates the path of the Moon's antumbral shadow during the Annular Solar Eclipse of 2031 May 21 . 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 2031 May 21
UT1 Northern Limit Southern Limit Central Line M:S Sun Sun Path Central
Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Ratio Alt. Azm. Width Duration
Limits15°57.0'S015°02.5'E17°40.8'S015°43.0'E16°48.9'S015°22.8'E 0.945 - 205 km 03m48.7s
05:2212°42.9'S023°19.3'E14°21.4'S023°59.2'E13°31.4'S023°41.0'E 0.947 67° 195 km 03m55.7s
05:2410°57.1'S027°26.0'E12°30.7'S028°10.4'E11°43.4'S027°49.2'E 0.948 14° 66° 190 km 04m00.0s
05:2609°39.0'S030°18.9'E11°10.0'S031°04.4'E10°24.2'S030°42.4'E 0.949 17° 65° 187 km 04m03.4s
05:2808°34.3'S032°37.5'E10°03.4'S033°23.2'E09°18.5'S033°00.9'E 0.950 20° 64° 184 km 04m06.4s
05:3007°37.8'S034°35.0'E09°05.4'S035°20.7'E08°21.3'S034°58.3'E 0.950 23° 64° 182 km 04m09.2s
05:3206°47.1'S036°18.1'E08°13.5'S037°03.6'E07°30.1'S036°41.3'E 0.951 25° 63° 180 km 04m11.7s
05:3406°00.8'S037°50.6'E07°26.0'S038°35.7'E06°43.3'S038°13.5'E 0.951 27° 63° 178 km 04m14.2s
05:3605°18.0'S039°14.8'E06°42.3'S039°59.5'E06°00.0'S039°37.5'E 0.952 30° 63° 176 km 04m16.5s
05:3804°38.0'S040°32.3'E06°01.5'S041°16.6'E05°19.6'S040°54.8'E 0.952 31° 62° 174 km 04m18.8s
05:4004°00.4'S041°44.4'E05°23.2'S042°28.3'E04°41.7'S042°06.6'E 0.953 33° 62° 173 km 04m21.0s
05:4203°24.9'S042°51.9'E04°47.1'S043°35.3'E04°05.9'S043°13.8'E 0.953 35° 62° 171 km 04m23.1s
05:4402°51.2'S043°55.5'E04°12.8'S044°38.4'E03°31.9'S044°17.1'E 0.953 37° 62° 170 km 04m25.2s
05:4602°19.1'S044°55.6'E03°40.2'S045°38.1'E02°59.5'S045°17.0'E 0.954 38° 61° 169 km 04m27.3s
05:4801°48.4'S045°52.9'E03°09.1'S046°34.8'E02°28.6'S046°14.0'E 0.954 40° 61° 168 km 04m29.3s
05:5001°19.0'S046°47.5'E02°39.3'S047°28.9'E01°59.0'S047°08.4'E 0.954 41° 61° 167 km 04m31.3s
05:5200°50.8'S047°39.8'E02°10.7'S048°20.8'E01°30.7'S048°00.5'E 0.955 43° 61° 166 km 04m33.2s
05:5400°23.7'S048°30.1'E01°43.2'S049°10.5'E01°03.4'S048°50.5'E 0.955 44° 60° 165 km 04m35.2s
05:5600°02.4'N049°18.5'E01°16.8'S049°58.4'E00°37.1'S049°38.6'E 0.955 45° 60° 164 km 04m37.1s
05:5800°27.6'N050°05.2'E00°51.3'S050°44.7'E00°11.8'S050°25.1'E 0.955 47° 60° 163 km 04m38.9s
06:0000°51.9'N050°50.4'E00°26.8'S051°29.4'E00°12.7'N051°10.0'E 0.956 48° 59° 162 km 04m40.8s
06:0201°15.4'N051°34.3'E00°03.1'S052°12.7'E00°36.3'N051°53.6'E 0.956 49° 59° 161 km 04m42.6s
06:0401°38.2'N052°16.9'E00°19.9'N052°54.8'E00°59.1'N052°36.0'E 0.956 50° 59° 160 km 04m44.4s
06:0602°00.2'N052°58.3'E00°42.0'N053°35.7'E01°21.2'N053°17.1'E 0.956 52° 58° 160 km 04m46.2s
06:0802°21.5'N053°38.7'E01°03.5'N054°15.6'E01°42.6'N053°57.3'E 0.956 53° 58° 159 km 04m47.9s
06:1002°42.2'N054°18.1'E01°24.3'N054°54.5'E02°03.3'N054°36.4'E 0.957 54° 58° 158 km 04m49.7s
06:1203°02.2'N054°56.7'E01°44.4'N055°32.5'E02°23.4'N055°14.7'E 0.957 55° 57° 158 km 04m51.4s
06:1403°21.7'N055°34.4'E02°03.9'N056°09.7'E02°42.9'N055°52.1'E 0.957 56° 57° 157 km 04m53.0s
06:1603°40.5'N056°11.3'E02°22.8'N056°46.1'E03°01.8'N056°28.8'E 0.957 57° 56° 157 km 04m54.7s
06:1803°58.8'N056°47.6'E02°41.2'N057°21.8'E03°20.1'N057°04.8'E 0.957 58° 56° 156 km 04m56.3s
06:2004°16.6'N057°23.2'E02°59.0'N057°56.9'E03°37.9'N057°40.1'E 0.957 59° 55° 156 km 04m57.9s
06:2204°33.8'N057°58.2'E03°16.3'N058°31.4'E03°55.1'N058°14.9'E 0.957 60° 55° 155 km 04m59.4s
06:2404°50.6'N058°32.6'E03°33.0'N059°05.3'E04°11.9'N058°49.0'E 0.958 61° 54° 155 km 05m01.0s
06:2605°06.8'N059°06.6'E03°49.2'N059°38.7'E04°28.1'N059°22.7'E 0.958 62° 53° 155 km 05m02.5s
06:2805°22.6'N059°40.0'E04°05.0'N060°11.6'E04°43.9'N059°55.9'E 0.958 63° 53° 154 km 05m03.9s
06:3005°37.9'N060°13.1'E04°20.3'N060°44.1'E04°59.2'N060°28.7'E 0.958 64° 52° 154 km 05m05.4s
06:3205°52.8'N060°45.7'E04°35.1'N061°16.2'E05°14.1'N061°01.0'E 0.958 65° 51° 154 km 05m06.8s
06:3406°07.2'N061°18.0'E04°49.5'N061°47.9'E05°28.5'N061°33.0'E 0.958 66° 50° 153 km 05m08.1s
06:3606°21.2'N061°49.9'E05°03.4'N062°19.3'E05°42.4'N062°04.7'E 0.958 67° 49° 153 km 05m09.4s
06:3806°34.8'N062°21.5'E05°16.9'N062°50.3'E05°56.0'N062°36.0'E 0.958 68° 48° 153 km 05m10.7s
06:4006°48.0'N062°52.8'E05°30.0'N063°21.1'E06°09.1'N063°07.0'E 0.958 69° 47° 153 km 05m11.9s
06:4207°00.7'N063°23.9'E05°42.6'N063°51.6'E06°21.8'N063°37.8'E 0.958 70° 45° 153 km 05m13.1s
06:4407°13.1'N063°54.7'E05°54.9'N064°21.8'E06°34.1'N064°08.3'E 0.959 71° 44° 152 km 05m14.3s
06:4607°25.1'N064°25.4'E06°06.7'N064°51.9'E06°46.0'N064°38.7'E 0.959 72° 42° 152 km 05m15.4s
06:4807°36.6'N064°55.8'E06°18.2'N065°21.7'E06°57.5'N065°08.8'E 0.959 72° 40° 152 km 05m16.5s
06:5007°47.8'N065°26.0'E06°29.2'N065°51.4'E07°08.6'N065°38.8'E 0.959 73° 38° 152 km 05m17.5s
06:5207°58.6'N065°56.2'E06°39.9'N066°20.9'E07°19.3'N066°08.6'E 0.959 74° 36° 152 km 05m18.4s
06:5408°09.0'N066°26.1'E06°50.2'N066°50.2'E07°29.7'N066°38.2'E 0.959 75° 34° 152 km 05m19.4s
06:5608°19.1'N066°56.0'E07°00.1'N067°19.5'E07°39.7'N067°07.8'E 0.959 75° 31° 152 km 05m20.2s
06:5808°28.8'N067°25.8'E07°09.6'N067°48.6'E07°49.3'N067°37.2'E 0.959 76° 28° 152 km 05m21.0s
07:0008°38.1'N067°55.5'E07°18.7'N068°17.7'E07°58.5'N068°06.6'E 0.959 76° 25° 152 km 05m21.8s
07:0208°47.1'N068°25.1'E07°27.5'N068°46.7'E08°07.4'N068°36.0'E 0.959 77° 22° 152 km 05m22.5s
07:0408°55.6'N068°54.7'E07°35.9'N069°15.6'E08°15.9'N069°05.2'E 0.959 77° 18° 152 km 05m23.1s
07:0609°03.9'N069°24.3'E07°44.0'N069°44.6'E08°24.0'N069°34.5'E 0.959 78° 14° 152 km 05m23.7s
07:0809°11.7'N069°53.8'E07°51.6'N070°13.5'E08°31.8'N070°03.7'E 0.959 78° 10° 152 km 05m24.2s
07:1009°19.2'N070°23.4'E07°59.0'N070°42.4'E08°39.2'N070°32.9'E 0.959 78° 152 km 05m24.7s
07:1209°26.4'N070°53.0'E08°05.9'N071°11.3'E08°46.2'N071°02.2'E 0.959 79° 152 km 05m25.1s
07:1409°33.2'N071°22.6'E08°12.5'N071°40.3'E08°52.9'N071°31.5'E 0.959 79° 356° 152 km 05m25.4s
07:1609°39.6'N071°52.3'E08°18.7'N072°09.3'E08°59.3'N072°00.8'E 0.959 79° 351° 152 km 05m25.7s
07:1809°45.6'N072°22.1'E08°24.6'N072°38.3'E09°05.2'N072°30.2'E 0.959 79° 346° 152 km 05m25.9s
07:2009°51.3'N072°51.9'E08°30.1'N073°07.5'E09°10.8'N072°59.7'E 0.959 78° 342° 152 km 05m26.0s
07:2209°56.7'N073°21.8'E08°35.2'N073°36.7'E09°16.1'N073°29.3'E 0.959 78° 337° 153 km 05m26.1s
07:2410°01.7'N073°51.9'E08°40.0'N074°06.0'E09°20.9'N073°59.0'E 0.959 78° 333° 153 km 05m26.1s
07:2610°06.3'N074°22.1'E08°44.4'N074°35.5'E09°25.4'N074°28.8'E 0.959 77° 329° 153 km 05m26.0s
07:2810°10.5'N074°52.4'E08°48.5'N075°05.1'E09°29.6'N074°58.8'E 0.959 77° 326° 153 km 05m25.9s
07:3010°14.4'N075°22.9'E08°52.1'N075°34.9'E09°33.4'N075°28.9'E 0.959 76° 322° 153 km 05m25.7s
07:3210°17.9'N075°53.5'E08°55.4'N076°04.8'E09°36.7'N075°59.2'E 0.959 76° 319° 153 km 05m25.4s
07:3410°21.0'N076°24.4'E08°58.3'N076°34.9'E09°39.8'N076°29.7'E 0.959 75° 316° 154 km 05m25.1s
07:3610°23.8'N076°55.5'E09°00.9'N077°05.3'E09°42.4'N077°00.4'E 0.959 75° 314° 154 km 05m24.7s
07:3810°26.1'N077°26.8'E09°03.0'N077°35.8'E09°44.7'N077°31.3'E 0.959 74° 311° 154 km 05m24.3s
07:4010°28.1'N077°58.3'E09°04.8'N078°06.6'E09°46.5'N078°02.5'E 0.958 73° 309° 154 km 05m23.7s
07:4210°29.7'N078°30.1'E09°06.2'N078°37.7'E09°48.0'N078°33.9'E 0.958 72° 307° 154 km 05m23.1s
07:4410°30.9'N079°02.2'E09°07.1'N079°09.0'E09°49.1'N079°05.6'E 0.958 71° 306° 155 km 05m22.5s
07:4610°31.7'N079°34.7'E09°07.7'N079°40.6'E09°49.8'N079°37.7'E 0.958 71° 304° 155 km 05m21.8s
07:4810°32.1'N080°07.4'E09°07.9'N080°12.6'E09°50.1'N080°10.0'E 0.958 70° 303° 155 km 05m21.0s
07:5010°32.0'N080°40.5'E09°07.6'N080°44.9'E09°49.9'N080°42.7'E 0.958 69° 302° 156 km 05m20.1s
07:5210°31.6'N081°14.0'E09°06.9'N081°17.6'E09°49.3'N081°15.8'E 0.958 68° 300° 156 km 05m19.2s
07:5410°30.7'N081°47.8'E09°05.8'N081°50.7'E09°48.3'N081°49.2'E 0.958 67° 299° 156 km 05m18.2s
07:5610°29.4'N082°22.1'E09°04.3'N082°24.2'E09°46.9'N082°23.1'E 0.958 66° 298° 156 km 05m17.2s
07:5810°27.6'N082°56.8'E09°02.3'N082°58.1'E09°45.0'N082°57.4'E 0.958 65° 298° 157 km 05m16.1s
08:0010°25.4'N083°32.0'E08°59.8'N083°32.5'E09°42.7'N083°32.2'E 0.958 64° 297° 157 km 05m14.9s
08:0210°22.7'N084°07.7'E08°56.9'N084°07.4'E09°39.9'N084°07.6'E 0.957 63° 296° 158 km 05m13.7s
08:0410°19.5'N084°44.0'E08°53.5'N084°42.9'E09°36.6'N084°43.4'E 0.957 62° 295° 158 km 05m12.5s
08:0610°15.8'N085°20.8'E08°49.6'N085°18.9'E09°32.8'N085°19.8'E 0.957 61° 295° 158 km 05m11.1s
08:0810°11.6'N085°58.3'E08°45.2'N085°55.5'E09°28.5'N085°56.9'E 0.957 60° 294° 159 km 05m09.8s
08:1010°06.9'N086°36.4'E08°40.2'N086°32.8'E09°23.7'N086°34.5'E 0.957 59° 294° 159 km 05m08.3s
08:1210°01.7'N087°15.2'E08°34.7'N087°10.8'E09°18.3'N087°12.9'E 0.957 58° 293° 160 km 05m06.8s
08:1409°55.9'N087°54.7'E08°28.7'N087°49.5'E09°12.4'N087°52.1'E 0.957 57° 293° 160 km 05m05.3s
08:1609°49.6'N088°35.1'E08°22.1'N088°29.0'E09°05.9'N088°32.0'E 0.956 56° 293° 161 km 05m03.7s
08:1809°42.6'N089°16.3'E08°14.8'N089°09.3'E08°58.8'N089°12.7'E 0.956 55° 292° 161 km 05m02.1s
08:2009°35.0'N089°58.4'E08°07.0'N089°50.6'E08°51.1'N089°54.4'E 0.956 54° 292° 162 km 05m00.4s
08:2209°26.8'N090°41.5'E07°58.5'N090°32.8'E08°42.7'N090°37.1'E 0.956 53° 292° 163 km 04m58.7s
08:2409°17.9'N091°25.6'E07°49.3'N091°16.1'E08°33.7'N091°20.8'E 0.956 51° 292° 163 km 04m56.9s
08:2609°08.3'N092°10.9'E07°39.4'N092°00.6'E08°23.9'N092°05.6'E 0.955 50° 292° 164 km 04m55.1s
08:2808°57.9'N092°57.5'E07°28.7'N092°46.2'E08°13.4'N092°51.7'E 0.955 49° 291° 165 km 04m53.2s
08:3008°46.7'N093°45.3'E07°17.2'N093°33.2'E08°02.1'N093°39.2'E 0.955 48° 291° 166 km 04m51.3s
08:3208°34.7'N094°34.7'E07°04.9'N094°21.7'E07°49.9'N094°28.0'E 0.955 46° 291° 166 km 04m49.3s
08:3408°21.9'N095°25.6'E06°51.7'N095°11.7'E07°36.9'N095°18.5'E 0.954 45° 291° 167 km 04m47.3s
08:3608°08.0'N096°18.2'E06°37.5'N096°03.5'E07°22.9'N096°10.7'E 0.954 44° 291° 168 km 04m45.3s
08:3807°53.2'N097°12.8'E06°22.3'N096°57.2'E07°07.8'N097°04.8'E 0.954 42° 291° 169 km 04m43.2s
08:4007°37.3'N098°09.6'E06°05.9'N097°53.0'E06°51.7'N098°01.1'E 0.954 41° 291° 170 km 04m41.0s
08:4207°20.1'N099°08.7'E05°48.3'N098°51.2'E06°34.3'N098°59.7'E 0.953 39° 291° 171 km 04m38.8s
08:4407°01.7'N100°10.4'E05°29.4'N099°52.0'E06°15.7'N100°01.0'E 0.953 38° 291° 172 km 04m36.6s
08:4606°41.8'N101°15.2'E05°09.0'N100°55.9'E05°55.5'N101°05.4'E 0.953 36° 291° 174 km 04m34.3s
08:4806°20.3'N102°23.5'E04°47.0'N102°03.2'E05°33.8'N102°13.1'E 0.952 35° 291° 175 km 04m31.9s
08:5005°56.9'N103°35.7'E04°23.1'N103°14.5'E05°10.2'N103°24.9'E 0.952 33° 291° 176 km 04m29.5s
08:5205°31.5'N104°52.6'E03°57.1'N104°30.5'E04°44.5'N104°41.3'E 0.951 31° 291° 178 km 04m27.0s
08:5405°03.7'N106°15.1'E03°28.6'N105°52.0'E04°16.3'N106°03.2'E 0.951 29° 291° 180 km 04m24.4s
08:5604°33.0'N107°44.3'E02°57.1'N107°20.3'E03°45.2'N107°31.9'E 0.951 27° 291° 181 km 04m21.7s
08:5803°58.8'N109°21.9'E02°22.0'N108°57.0'E03°10.6'N109°09.0'E 0.950 25° 291° 183 km 04m18.9s
09:0003°20.1'N111°10.4'E01°42.4'N110°44.6'E02°31.5'N110°57.0'E 0.949 23° 291° 186 km 04m16.0s
09:0202°35.5'N113°13.7'E00°56.6'N112°47.2'E01°46.3'N112°59.8'E 0.949 20° 291° 188 km 04m12.8s
09:0401°42.4'N115°38.8'E00°02.0'N115°11.7'E00°52.5'N115°24.5'E 0.948 17° 291° 191 km 04m09.3s
09:0600°35.3'N118°40.6'E01°07.4'S118°13.7'E00°15.6'S118°26.1'E 0.947 13° 291° 195 km 04m05.3s
09:0801°03.6'S123°07.0'E02°50.8'S122°44.1'E01°56.4'S122°53.5'E 0.946 291° 200 km 04m00.0s
Limits03°46.0'S130°27.9'E05°32.3'S129°49.8'E04°39.1'S130°08.7'E 0.944 - 208 km 03m52.8s

ΔT = 74.6 seconds

Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration
Event Time
TD
Time
UT1
Latitude Longitude Sun
Altitude
Sun
Azimuth
Path Width Central
Duration
Greatest Eclipse07:16:04.307:14:49.708°55.6'N071°24.9'E 78.7° 353.8° 152.2 km05m25.50s
Greatest Duration07:24:28.807:23:14.309°19.1'N073°47.6'E 77.9° 334.7° 152.7 km05m26.09s

Explanation of Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration

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Eclipse Predictions

Predictions for the Annular Solar Eclipse of 2031 May 21 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 74.6 seconds for this eclipse.

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Some of the content on this website is based on the book Thousand Year Canon of Solar Eclipses 1501 to 2500. All eclipse calculations are by Fred Espenak, and he assumes full responsibility for their accuracy.

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