Path of the Annular Solar Eclipse of 2208 May 15

Fred Espenak

Introduction

The following table delineates the path of the Moon's antumbral shadow during the Annular Solar Eclipse of 2208 May 15 . 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 2208 May 15
UT1 Northern Limit Southern Limit Central Line M:S Sun Sun Path Central
Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Ratio Alt. Azm. Width Duration
Limits18°21.7'S142°28.6'W19°58.0'S141°43.3'W19°09.9'S142°05.9'W 0.948 - 194 km 03m26.8s
15:5415°20.7'S134°37.2'W16°05.1'S132°07.9'W15°42.1'S133°19.3'W 0.950 67° 186 km 03m30.6s
15:5613°20.6'S130°13.7'W14°13.1'S128°17.6'W13°46.6'S129°14.4'W 0.952 14° 66° 181 km 03m32.8s
15:5811°50.6'S127°15.7'W12°45.1'S125°32.7'W12°17.7'S126°23.4'W 0.952 18° 65° 178 km 03m34.4s
16:0010°34.2'S124°55.6'W11°29.4'S123°20.2'W11°01.8'S124°07.3'W 0.953 21° 65° 176 km 03m35.9s
16:0209°26.2'S122°58.2'W10°21.6'S121°28.0'W09°53.9'S122°12.6'W 0.954 23° 64° 173 km 03m37.2s
16:0408°24.0'S121°16.2'W09°19.3'S119°50.0'W08°51.6'S120°32.7'W 0.954 26° 64° 171 km 03m38.4s
16:0607°26.2'S119°45.6'W08°21.2'S118°22.5'W07°53.7'S119°03.7'W 0.955 28° 64° 169 km 03m39.6s
16:0806°31.8'S118°23.8'W07°26.6'S117°03.2'W06°59.2'S117°43.2'W 0.955 30° 63° 167 km 03m40.7s
16:1005°40.2'S117°08.9'W06°34.7'S115°50.5'W06°07.5'S116°29.4'W 0.956 32° 63° 166 km 03m41.8s
16:1204°51.0'S115°59.8'W05°45.2'S114°43.3'W05°18.2'S115°21.3'W 0.956 34° 63° 164 km 03m42.8s
16:1404°03.8'S114°55.5'W04°57.8'S113°40.6'W04°30.8'S114°17.9'W 0.957 36° 63° 163 km 03m43.8s
16:1603°18.4'S113°55.3'W04°12.1'S112°41.9'W03°45.3'S113°18.4'W 0.957 37° 63° 161 km 03m44.8s
16:1802°34.6'S112°58.7'W03°27.9'S111°46.6'W03°01.3'S112°22.4'W 0.957 39° 63° 160 km 03m45.7s
16:2001°52.1'S112°05.0'W02°45.2'S110°54.2'W02°18.7'S111°29.4'W 0.958 40° 63° 159 km 03m46.7s
16:2201°10.8'S111°14.1'W02°03.7'S110°04.4'W01°37.3'S110°39.1'W 0.958 42° 63° 157 km 03m47.6s
16:2400°30.8'S110°25.6'W01°23.4'S109°16.8'W00°57.1'S109°51.0'W 0.958 43° 62° 156 km 03m48.5s
16:2600°08.3'N109°39.1'W00°44.2'S108°31.4'W00°18.0'S109°05.1'W 0.958 45° 62° 155 km 03m49.4s
16:2800°46.4'N108°54.6'W00°05.9'S107°47.7'W00°20.2'N108°21.0'W 0.959 46° 62° 154 km 03m50.3s
16:3001°23.6'N108°11.7'W00°31.5'N107°05.7'W00°57.5'N107°38.6'W 0.959 47° 62° 153 km 03m51.1s
16:3202°00.0'N107°30.4'W01°08.0'N106°25.2'W01°34.0'N106°57.7'W 0.959 49° 62° 152 km 03m52.0s
16:3402°35.7'N106°50.5'W01°43.8'N105°46.1'W02°09.7'N106°18.2'W 0.959 50° 62° 151 km 03m52.9s
16:3603°10.6'N106°11.8'W02°18.8'N105°08.1'W02°44.7'N105°39.9'W 0.960 51° 63° 150 km 03m53.7s
16:3803°44.8'N105°34.3'W02°53.1'N104°31.3'W03°18.9'N105°02.7'W 0.960 53° 63° 149 km 03m54.6s
16:4004°18.4'N104°57.8'W03°26.7'N103°55.5'W03°52.6'N104°26.5'W 0.960 54° 63° 148 km 03m55.4s
16:4204°51.4'N104°22.3'W03°59.8'N103°20.6'W04°25.6'N103°51.3'W 0.960 55° 63° 147 km 03m56.2s
16:4405°23.9'N103°47.6'W04°32.2'N102°46.5'W04°58.0'N103°16.9'W 0.960 56° 63° 147 km 03m57.1s
16:4605°55.7'N103°13.7'W05°04.1'N102°13.2'W05°29.9'N102°43.4'W 0.960 57° 63° 146 km 03m57.9s
16:4806°27.1'N102°40.5'W05°35.4'N101°40.6'W06°01.2'N102°10.5'W 0.961 59° 63° 145 km 03m58.7s
16:5006°57.9'N102°08.0'W06°06.2'N101°08.7'W06°32.0'N101°38.2'W 0.961 60° 63° 144 km 03m59.5s
16:5207°28.2'N101°36.1'W06°36.5'N100°37.3'W07°02.4'N101°06.6'W 0.961 61° 63° 144 km 04m00.3s
16:5407°58.1'N101°04.7'W07°06.3'N100°06.4'W07°32.2'N100°35.5'W 0.961 62° 63° 143 km 04m01.1s
16:5608°27.6'N100°33.9'W07°35.7'N099°36.1'W08°01.6'N100°04.9'W 0.961 63° 63° 143 km 04m01.9s
16:5808°56.6'N100°03.4'W08°04.6'N099°06.2'W08°30.6'N099°34.7'W 0.961 64° 63° 142 km 04m02.7s
17:0009°25.2'N099°33.4'W08°33.0'N098°36.6'W08°59.1'N099°04.9'W 0.961 65° 64° 141 km 04m03.5s
17:0209°53.3'N099°03.8'W09°01.1'N098°07.5'W09°27.2'N098°35.5'W 0.961 66° 64° 141 km 04m04.2s
17:0410°21.1'N098°34.5'W09°28.7'N097°38.6'W09°54.9'N098°06.4'W 0.962 68° 64° 140 km 04m05.0s
17:0610°48.5'N098°05.4'W09°55.9'N097°10.0'W10°22.2'N097°37.6'W 0.962 69° 64° 140 km 04m05.7s
17:0811°15.5'N097°36.6'W10°22.8'N096°41.7'W10°49.1'N097°09.1'W 0.962 70° 64° 139 km 04m06.5s
17:1011°42.2'N097°08.1'W10°49.2'N096°13.6'W11°15.7'N096°40.8'W 0.962 71° 64° 139 km 04m07.2s
17:1212°08.5'N096°39.7'W11°15.3'N095°45.7'W11°41.9'N096°12.6'W 0.962 72° 64° 139 km 04m08.0s
17:1412°34.4'N096°11.5'W11°41.0'N095°18.0'W12°07.7'N095°44.7'W 0.962 73° 65° 138 km 04m08.7s
17:1613°00.0'N095°43.5'W12°06.3'N094°50.4'W12°33.2'N095°16.9'W 0.962 74° 65° 138 km 04m09.4s
17:1813°25.2'N095°15.5'W12°31.3'N094°22.9'W12°58.3'N094°49.1'W 0.962 75° 65° 138 km 04m10.1s
17:2013°50.2'N094°47.7'W12°56.0'N093°55.5'W13°23.1'N094°21.5'W 0.962 76° 65° 137 km 04m10.8s
17:2214°14.7'N094°19.9'W13°20.3'N093°28.1'W13°47.5'N093°53.9'W 0.962 77° 65° 137 km 04m11.5s
17:2414°39.0'N093°52.1'W13°44.2'N093°00.8'W14°11.6'N093°26.4'W 0.962 78° 65° 137 km 04m12.1s
17:2615°02.9'N093°24.4'W14°07.9'N092°33.5'W14°35.4'N092°58.9'W 0.962 79° 65° 137 km 04m12.8s
17:2815°26.6'N092°56.6'W14°31.2'N092°06.2'W14°58.9'N092°31.3'W 0.962 80° 65° 136 km 04m13.4s
17:3015°49.9'N092°28.8'W14°54.1'N091°38.8'W15°22.0'N092°03.7'W 0.962 81° 65° 136 km 04m14.0s
17:3216°12.9'N092°01.0'W15°16.8'N091°11.4'W15°44.8'N091°36.1'W 0.962 82° 65° 136 km 04m14.6s
17:3416°35.5'N091°33.0'W15°39.1'N090°44.0'W16°07.3'N091°08.4'W 0.962 83° 65° 136 km 04m15.2s
17:3616°57.9'N091°05.0'W16°01.1'N090°16.4'W16°29.5'N090°40.6'W 0.962 84° 65° 136 km 04m15.8s
17:3817°20.0'N090°36.9'W16°22.7'N089°48.8'W16°51.4'N090°12.7'W 0.962 85° 65° 136 km 04m16.3s
17:4017°41.7'N090°08.6'W16°44.1'N089°21.0'W17°12.9'N089°44.7'W 0.963 86° 64° 136 km 04m16.9s
17:4218°03.2'N089°40.1'W17°05.1'N088°53.0'W17°34.2'N089°16.5'W 0.963 87° 63° 136 km 04m17.4s
17:4418°24.3'N089°11.5'W17°25.8'N088°24.9'W17°55.1'N088°48.2'W 0.963 88° 60° 136 km 04m17.9s
17:4618°45.1'N088°42.7'W17°46.2'N087°56.6'W18°15.7'N088°19.6'W 0.963 89° 53° 136 km 04m18.4s
17:4819°05.7'N088°13.7'W18°06.3'N087°28.1'W18°36.0'N087°50.8'W 0.963 90° 136 km 04m18.8s
17:5019°25.9'N087°44.4'W18°26.0'N086°59.4'W18°56.0'N087°21.8'W 0.962 89° 272° 136 km 04m19.2s
17:5219°45.8'N087°14.9'W18°45.5'N086°30.4'W19°15.7'N086°52.6'W 0.962 88° 261° 136 km 04m19.6s
17:5420°05.4'N086°45.1'W19°04.6'N086°01.2'W19°35.0'N086°23.1'W 0.962 87° 258° 136 km 04m20.0s
17:5620°24.7'N086°15.0'W19°23.4'N085°31.7'W19°54.0'N085°53.3'W 0.962 86° 257° 136 km 04m20.3s
17:5820°43.6'N085°44.6'W19°41.8'N085°01.9'W20°12.8'N085°23.2'W 0.962 85° 256° 136 km 04m20.7s
18:0021°02.3'N085°13.8'W19°59.9'N084°31.7'W20°31.1'N084°52.7'W 0.962 84° 256° 136 km 04m21.0s
18:0221°20.6'N084°42.7'W20°17.7'N084°01.3'W20°49.2'N084°21.9'W 0.962 83° 255° 137 km 04m21.2s
18:0421°38.6'N084°11.2'W20°35.2'N083°30.4'W21°06.9'N083°50.8'W 0.962 82° 255° 137 km 04m21.5s
18:0621°56.2'N083°39.3'W20°52.3'N082°59.2'W21°24.3'N083°19.2'W 0.962 81° 256° 137 km 04m21.7s
18:0822°13.6'N083°07.0'W21°09.1'N082°27.6'W21°41.3'N082°47.2'W 0.962 80° 256° 137 km 04m21.8s
18:1022°30.5'N082°34.3'W21°25.5'N081°55.6'W21°58.1'N082°14.9'W 0.962 79° 256° 137 km 04m22.0s
18:1222°47.2'N082°01.1'W21°41.6'N081°23.1'W22°14.4'N081°42.0'W 0.962 78° 256° 138 km 04m22.1s
18:1423°03.5'N081°27.4'W21°57.3'N080°50.2'W22°30.4'N081°08.7'W 0.962 77° 256° 138 km 04m22.1s
18:1623°19.4'N080°53.1'W22°12.6'N080°16.8'W22°46.0'N080°34.9'W 0.962 76° 257° 138 km 04m22.1s
18:1823°34.9'N080°18.4'W22°27.6'N079°42.8'W23°01.3'N080°00.5'W 0.962 75° 257° 138 km 04m22.1s
18:2023°50.1'N079°43.1'W22°42.2'N079°08.4'W23°16.2'N079°25.6'W 0.962 74° 257° 139 km 04m22.1s
18:2224°04.9'N079°07.2'W22°56.4'N078°33.3'W23°30.7'N078°50.2'W 0.962 73° 258° 139 km 04m22.0s
18:2424°19.4'N078°30.7'W23°10.2'N077°57.7'W23°44.8'N078°14.1'W 0.962 72° 258° 140 km 04m21.9s
18:2624°33.4'N077°53.5'W23°23.6'N077°21.5'W23°58.5'N077°37.4'W 0.961 71° 259° 140 km 04m21.7s
18:2824°47.0'N077°15.7'W23°36.6'N076°44.6'W24°11.8'N077°00.1'W 0.961 70° 259° 140 km 04m21.5s
18:3025°00.2'N076°37.1'W23°49.1'N076°07.1'W24°24.7'N076°22.1'W 0.961 69° 259° 141 km 04m21.3s
18:3225°13.0'N075°57.9'W24°01.3'N075°28.9'W24°37.2'N075°43.3'W 0.961 68° 260° 141 km 04m21.0s
18:3425°25.3'N075°17.8'W24°13.0'N074°49.9'W24°49.2'N075°03.8'W 0.961 67° 260° 142 km 04m20.7s
18:3625°37.1'N074°37.0'W24°24.2'N074°10.2'W25°00.7'N074°23.6'W 0.961 66° 261° 142 km 04m20.3s
18:3825°48.5'N073°55.3'W24°35.0'N073°29.7'W25°11.8'N073°42.5'W 0.961 65° 261° 143 km 04m19.9s
18:4025°59.4'N073°12.8'W24°45.2'N072°48.3'W25°22.4'N073°00.5'W 0.961 63° 262° 143 km 04m19.4s
18:4226°09.9'N072°29.3'W24°55.0'N072°06.0'W25°32.5'N072°17.6'W 0.961 62° 262° 144 km 04m18.9s
18:4426°19.7'N071°44.8'W25°04.3'N071°22.9'W25°42.0'N071°33.8'W 0.960 61° 263° 144 km 04m18.4s
18:4626°29.1'N070°59.3'W25°13.0'N070°38.7'W25°51.0'N070°49.0'W 0.960 60° 263° 145 km 04m17.8s
18:4826°37.9'N070°12.8'W25°21.1'N069°53.6'W25°59.5'N070°03.2'W 0.960 59° 264° 145 km 04m17.2s
18:5026°46.1'N069°25.1'W25°28.7'N069°07.3'W26°07.4'N069°16.2'W 0.960 58° 264° 146 km 04m16.5s
18:5226°53.7'N068°36.3'W25°35.6'N068°19.9'W26°14.7'N068°28.1'W 0.960 57° 265° 147 km 04m15.8s
18:5427°00.6'N067°46.1'W25°42.0'N067°31.4'W26°21.3'N067°38.8'W 0.959 55° 265° 147 km 04m15.0s
18:5627°06.9'N066°54.7'W25°47.7'N066°41.5'W26°27.3'N066°48.1'W 0.959 54° 266° 148 km 04m14.2s
18:5827°12.5'N066°01.8'W25°52.6'N065°50.3'W26°32.6'N065°56.1'W 0.959 53° 267° 149 km 04m13.4s
19:0027°17.4'N065°07.5'W25°56.9'N064°57.7'W26°37.1'N065°02.7'W 0.959 52° 267° 150 km 04m12.5s
19:0227°21.5'N064°11.5'W26°00.4'N064°03.6'W26°40.9'N064°07.6'W 0.959 51° 268° 150 km 04m11.5s
19:0427°24.7'N063°13.9'W26°03.0'N063°07.8'W26°43.9'N063°10.9'W 0.958 49° 268° 151 km 04m10.5s
19:0627°27.1'N062°14.4'W26°04.9'N062°10.3'W26°46.0'N062°12.4'W 0.958 48° 269° 152 km 04m09.5s
19:0827°28.6'N061°12.9'W26°05.8'N061°10.9'W26°47.2'N061°12.0'W 0.958 47° 270° 153 km 04m08.4s
19:1027°29.1'N060°09.3'W26°05.7'N060°09.5'W26°47.4'N060°09.6'W 0.958 45° 271° 154 km 04m07.3s
19:1227°28.5'N059°03.5'W26°04.6'N059°05.9'W26°46.6'N059°04.8'W 0.957 44° 271° 155 km 04m06.1s
19:1427°26.8'N057°55.1'W26°02.4'N057°59.9'W26°44.6'N057°57.6'W 0.957 42° 272° 156 km 04m04.9s
19:1627°23.9'N056°43.9'W25°58.9'N056°51.3'W26°41.4'N056°47.8'W 0.957 41° 273° 157 km 04m03.6s
19:1827°19.6'N055°29.6'W25°54.1'N055°39.7'W26°36.9'N055°34.9'W 0.956 39° 273° 159 km 04m02.2s
19:2027°13.8'N054°12.0'W25°47.9'N054°24.9'W26°30.9'N054°18.7'W 0.956 38° 274° 160 km 04m00.9s
19:2227°06.4'N052°50.5'W25°40.1'N053°06.5'W26°23.2'N052°58.8'W 0.956 36° 275° 161 km 03m59.4s
19:2426°57.1'N051°24.7'W25°30.4'N051°44.0'W26°13.8'N051°34.7'W 0.955 34° 276° 163 km 03m57.9s
19:2626°45.7'N049°53.8'W25°18.8'N050°16.8'W26°02.3'N050°05.7'W 0.955 33° 277° 165 km 03m56.3s
19:2826°31.9'N048°17.1'W25°04.8'N048°44.0'W25°48.4'N048°31.0'W 0.955 31° 278° 166 km 03m54.6s
19:3026°15.3'N046°33.4'W24°48.0'N047°04.7'W25°31.7'N046°49.6'W 0.954 29° 279° 168 km 03m52.9s
19:3225°55.3'N044°41.1'W24°28.1'N045°17.5'W25°11.7'N044°59.9'W 0.954 27° 280° 170 km 03m51.1s
19:3425°31.1'N042°38.0'W24°04.1'N043°20.4'W24°47.7'N042°59.9'W 0.953 24° 281° 173 km 03m49.1s
19:3625°01.4'N040°20.5'W23°35.0'N041°10.3'W24°18.3'N040°46.2'W 0.952 22° 282° 175 km 03m47.0s
19:3824°24.2'N037°42.9'W22°59.0'N038°42.3'W23°41.8'N038°13.7'W 0.952 19° 283° 178 km 03m44.6s
19:4023°35.3'N034°33.5'W22°12.8'N035°47.2'W22°54.3'N035°11.9'W 0.951 16° 284° 182 km 03m42.0s
19:4222°24.3'N030°22.2'W21°08.4'N032°03.3'W21°47.0'N031°15.6'W 0.950 11° 286° 186 km 03m38.8s
19:44 - - 19°11.8'N025°54.9'W19°30.4'N024°03.9'W 0.948 289° 194 km 03m33.6s
Limits19°04.4'N020°00.2'W17°25.9'N020°46.4'W18°15.1'N020°23.5'W 0.947 - 198 km 03m31.3s

ΔT = 285.7 seconds

Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration
Event Time
TD
Time
UT1
Latitude Longitude Sun
Altitude
Sun
Azimuth
Path Width Central
Duration
Greatest Eclipse17:53:06.017:48:20.318°39.4'N088°57.6'W 89.7° 333.9° 135.8 km04m18.88s
Greatest Duration18:21:20.718:16:35.022°50.5'N080°24.9'W 75.9° 256.8° 138.3 km04m22.15s

Explanation of Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration

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Eclipse Predictions

Predictions for the Annular Solar Eclipse of 2208 May 15 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 285.7 seconds for this eclipse. The uncertainty in ΔT is 70.9 seconds corresponding to a standard error in longitude of the eclipse path of ± 0.30°.

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