Path of the Total Solar Eclipse of 2255 May 07

Fred Espenak

Introduction

The following table delineates the path of the Moon's umbral shadow during the Total Solar Eclipse of 2255 May 07 . 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 2255 May 07
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°16.5'S025°05.4'E11°44.8'S025°37.9'E11°00.6'S025°21.8'E 1.052 - 173 km 02m45.3s
04:3007°49.5'S032°29.1'E08°53.0'S034°26.3'E08°19.8'S033°31.3'E 1.055 72° 183 km 03m05.3s
04:3205°55.9'S037°32.8'E07°09.9'S039°04.4'E06°32.1'S038°20.3'E 1.057 14° 71° 188 km 03m19.2s
04:3404°34.8'S040°53.1'E05°53.2'S042°16.7'E05°13.4'S041°36.2'E 1.058 18° 71° 193 km 03m29.6s
04:3603°27.6'S043°30.7'E04°48.8'S044°50.3'E04°07.7'S044°11.6'E 1.059 22° 70° 196 km 03m38.5s
04:3802°28.5'S045°43.5'E03°51.9'S047°00.6'E03°09.7'S046°23.0'E 1.060 24° 70° 199 km 03m46.5s
04:4001°35.1'S047°39.6'E03°00.2'S048°54.9'E02°17.2'S048°18.1'E 1.060 27° 70° 201 km 03m53.8s
04:4200°45.9'S049°23.5'E02°12.6'S050°37.6'E01°28.8'S050°01.3'E 1.061 29° 70° 203 km 04m00.7s
04:44 - 050°58.0'E01°28.1'S052°11.1'E00°43.7'S051°35.3'E 1.062 32° 70° 205 km 04m07.2s
04:4600°43.1'N052°25.1'E00°46.1'S053°37.4'E00°01.2'S053°02.0'E 1.062 34° 70° 207 km 04m13.4s
04:4801°24.0'N053°46.1'E00°06.4'S054°57.7'E00°39.2'N054°22.6'E 1.063 36° 70° 208 km 04m19.3s
04:5002°02.9'N055°02.1'E00°31.5'N056°13.1'E01°17.6'N055°38.2'E 1.063 37° 70° 210 km 04m25.0s
04:5202°40.2'N056°13.7'E01°07.8'N057°24.2'E01°54.3'N056°49.6'E 1.064 39° 70° 211 km 04m30.5s
04:5403°15.9'N057°21.7'E01°42.6'N058°31.6'E02°29.6'N057°57.2'E 1.064 41° 70° 212 km 04m35.8s
04:5603°50.3'N058°26.4'E02°16.1'N059°35.9'E03°03.5'N059°01.7'E 1.065 43° 70° 214 km 04m40.9s
04:5804°23.5'N059°28.3'E02°48.4'N060°37.3'E03°36.2'N060°03.4'E 1.065 44° 70° 215 km 04m45.8s
05:0004°55.6'N060°27.8'E03°19.7'N061°36.3'E04°07.9'N061°02.6'E 1.065 46° 70° 216 km 04m50.6s
05:0205°26.7'N061°25.0'E03°49.9'N062°33.1'E04°38.6'N061°59.6'E 1.066 47° 70° 217 km 04m55.3s
05:0405°56.8'N062°20.3'E04°19.3'N063°27.9'E05°08.3'N062°54.6'E 1.066 49° 70° 218 km 04m59.9s
05:0606°26.1'N063°13.8'E04°47.8'N064°21.0'E05°37.2'N063°47.9'E 1.066 50° 71° 218 km 05m04.3s
05:0806°54.6'N064°05.7'E05°15.5'N065°12.4'E06°05.2'N064°39.5'E 1.067 52° 71° 219 km 05m08.6s
05:1007°22.3'N064°56.2'E05°42.4'N066°02.5'E06°32.5'N065°29.8'E 1.067 53° 71° 220 km 05m12.7s
05:1207°49.2'N065°45.4'E06°08.6'N066°51.2'E06°59.1'N066°18.7'E 1.067 55° 71° 221 km 05m16.8s
05:1408°15.5'N066°33.4'E06°34.2'N067°38.7'E07°25.1'N067°06.5'E 1.067 56° 71° 221 km 05m20.7s
05:1608°41.2'N067°20.3'E06°59.1'N068°25.1'E07°50.3'N067°53.2'E 1.068 57° 71° 222 km 05m24.5s
05:1809°06.2'N068°06.3'E07°23.5'N069°10.6'E08°15.0'N068°38.9'E 1.068 59° 71° 223 km 05m28.2s
05:2009°30.6'N068°51.4'E07°47.2'N069°55.1'E08°39.1'N069°23.7'E 1.068 60° 72° 223 km 05m31.7s
05:2209°54.5'N069°35.7'E08°10.4'N070°38.9'E09°02.6'N070°07.7'E 1.068 61° 72° 224 km 05m35.2s
05:2410°17.8'N070°19.2'E08°33.0'N071°21.8'E09°25.6'N070°50.9'E 1.069 62° 72° 224 km 05m38.5s
05:2610°40.5'N071°02.1'E08°55.2'N072°04.1'E09°48.0'N071°33.5'E 1.069 64° 72° 225 km 05m41.8s
05:2811°02.8'N071°44.4'E09°16.8'N072°45.8'E10°10.0'N072°15.5'E 1.069 65° 72° 225 km 05m44.9s
05:3011°24.6'N072°26.1'E09°37.9'N073°26.9'E10°31.4'N072°56.9'E 1.069 66° 72° 226 km 05m47.9s
05:3211°45.9'N073°07.4'E09°58.6'N074°07.5'E10°52.4'N073°37.8'E 1.069 67° 73° 226 km 05m50.8s
05:3412°06.7'N073°48.2'E10°18.8'N074°47.6'E11°12.9'N074°18.2'E 1.069 69° 73° 226 km 05m53.5s
05:3612°27.1'N074°28.6'E10°38.6'N075°27.3'E11°33.0'N074°58.3'E 1.069 70° 73° 227 km 05m56.2s
05:3812°47.0'N075°08.6'E10°57.9'N076°06.6'E11°52.6'N075°37.9'E 1.070 71° 73° 227 km 05m58.7s
05:4013°06.5'N075°48.3'E11°16.8'N076°45.6'E12°11.8'N076°17.3'E 1.070 72° 73° 227 km 06m01.1s
05:4213°25.6'N076°27.8'E11°35.3'N077°24.3'E12°30.5'N076°56.3'E 1.070 73° 74° 228 km 06m03.4s
05:4413°44.2'N077°07.0'E11°53.3'N078°02.7'E12°48.9'N077°35.1'E 1.070 74° 74° 228 km 06m05.5s
05:4614°02.4'N077°46.0'E12°11.0'N078°40.9'E13°06.8'N078°13.7'E 1.070 76° 74° 228 km 06m07.5s
05:4814°20.3'N078°24.8'E12°28.2'N079°18.9'E13°24.3'N078°52.1'E 1.070 77° 74° 228 km 06m09.4s
05:5014°37.7'N079°03.5'E12°45.1'N079°56.7'E13°41.5'N079°30.3'E 1.070 78° 74° 229 km 06m11.2s
05:5214°54.7'N079°42.0'E13°01.6'N080°34.3'E13°58.2'N080°08.4'E 1.070 79° 74° 229 km 06m12.8s
05:5415°11.3'N080°20.5'E13°17.7'N081°11.9'E14°14.5'N080°46.4'E 1.070 80° 74° 229 km 06m14.3s
05:5615°27.5'N080°58.9'E13°33.4'N081°49.4'E14°30.5'N081°24.3'E 1.070 81° 74° 229 km 06m15.7s
05:5815°43.3'N081°37.3'E13°48.7'N082°26.8'E14°46.1'N082°02.2'E 1.070 82° 74° 229 km 06m16.9s
06:0015°58.8'N082°15.7'E14°03.7'N083°04.2'E15°01.3'N082°40.1'E 1.071 83° 74° 229 km 06m18.0s
06:0216°13.9'N082°54.1'E14°18.2'N083°41.6'E15°16.1'N083°18.0'E 1.071 85° 74° 230 km 06m19.0s
06:0416°28.5'N083°32.5'E14°32.5'N084°19.0'E15°30.5'N083°55.9'E 1.071 86° 73° 230 km 06m19.8s
06:0616°42.8'N084°11.1'E14°46.3'N084°56.4'E15°44.6'N084°33.9'E 1.071 87° 72° 230 km 06m20.5s
06:0816°56.7'N084°49.7'E14°59.8'N085°33.9'E15°58.3'N085°11.9'E 1.071 88° 69° 230 km 06m21.1s
06:1017°10.2'N085°28.4'E15°12.9'N086°11.5'E16°11.6'N085°50.1'E 1.071 89° 59° 230 km 06m21.5s
06:1217°23.4'N086°07.3'E15°25.6'N086°49.3'E16°24.5'N086°28.4'E 1.071 90° 320° 230 km 06m21.7s
06:1417°36.1'N086°46.3'E15°37.9'N087°27.1'E16°37.0'N087°06.8'E 1.071 89° 274° 230 km 06m21.9s
06:1617°48.5'N087°25.6'E15°49.9'N088°05.2'E16°49.2'N087°45.5'E 1.071 88° 268° 230 km 06m21.8s
06:1818°00.4'N088°05.0'E16°01.6'N088°43.4'E17°01.0'N088°24.3'E 1.071 86° 265° 230 km 06m21.7s
06:2018°12.0'N088°44.7'E16°12.8'N089°21.8'E17°12.4'N089°03.3'E 1.071 85° 264° 230 km 06m21.4s
06:2218°23.2'N089°24.7'E16°23.7'N090°00.5'E17°23.4'N089°42.6'E 1.070 84° 264° 229 km 06m20.9s
06:2418°34.0'N090°05.0'E16°34.1'N090°39.5'E17°34.0'N090°22.2'E 1.070 83° 264° 229 km 06m20.3s
06:2618°44.3'N090°45.5'E16°44.2'N091°18.7'E17°44.3'N091°02.1'E 1.070 82° 264° 229 km 06m19.5s
06:2818°54.3'N091°26.4'E16°54.0'N091°58.2'E17°54.1'N091°42.3'E 1.070 81° 264° 229 km 06m18.6s
06:3019°03.8'N092°07.7'E17°03.3'N092°38.1'E18°03.5'N092°22.8'E 1.070 80° 264° 229 km 06m17.6s
06:3219°13.0'N092°49.3'E17°12.2'N093°18.3'E18°12.6'N093°03.8'E 1.070 79° 264° 229 km 06m16.4s
06:3419°21.7'N093°31.4'E17°20.7'N093°59.0'E18°21.2'N093°45.1'E 1.070 77° 264° 228 km 06m15.0s
06:3619°29.9'N094°13.9'E17°28.9'N094°40.0'E18°29.4'N094°26.9'E 1.070 76° 265° 228 km 06m13.5s
06:3819°37.8'N094°56.9'E17°36.6'N095°21.5'E18°37.1'N095°09.1'E 1.070 75° 265° 228 km 06m11.9s
06:4019°45.1'N095°40.4'E17°43.8'N096°03.5'E18°44.5'N095°51.8'E 1.070 74° 265° 227 km 06m10.1s
06:4219°52.1'N096°24.4'E17°50.7'N096°46.0'E18°51.4'N096°35.0'E 1.070 73° 266° 227 km 06m08.1s
06:4419°58.5'N097°09.1'E17°57.1'N097°29.0'E18°57.8'N097°18.8'E 1.070 72° 266° 227 km 06m06.1s
06:4620°04.5'N097°54.3'E18°03.1'N098°12.6'E19°03.8'N098°03.2'E 1.069 71° 266° 226 km 06m03.8s
06:4820°10.0'N098°40.1'E18°08.6'N098°56.9'E19°09.3'N098°48.3'E 1.069 69° 267° 226 km 06m01.5s
06:5020°15.0'N099°26.7'E18°13.7'N099°41.8'E19°14.3'N099°34.0'E 1.069 68° 267° 225 km 05m58.9s
06:5220°19.5'N100°13.9'E18°18.2'N100°27.4'E19°18.8'N100°20.4'E 1.069 67° 267° 225 km 05m56.3s
06:5420°23.4'N101°02.0'E18°22.3'N101°13.7'E19°22.8'N101°07.5'E 1.069 66° 268° 225 km 05m53.5s
06:5620°26.8'N101°50.8'E18°25.9'N102°00.9'E19°26.3'N101°55.5'E 1.069 64° 268° 224 km 05m50.5s
06:5820°29.7'N102°40.5'E18°28.9'N102°48.9'E19°29.3'N102°44.4'E 1.068 63° 269° 223 km 05m47.4s
07:0020°32.0'N103°31.2'E18°31.4'N103°37.8'E19°31.7'N103°34.1'E 1.068 62° 269° 223 km 05m44.2s
07:0220°33.6'N104°22.8'E18°33.4'N104°27.6'E19°33.5'N104°24.8'E 1.068 61° 269° 222 km 05m40.8s
07:0420°34.7'N105°15.5'E18°34.7'N105°18.5'E19°34.7'N105°16.6'E 1.068 59° 270° 221 km 05m37.3s
07:0620°35.1'N106°09.3'E18°35.5'N106°10.5'E19°35.3'N106°09.5'E 1.068 58° 270° 221 km 05m33.6s
07:0820°34.8'N107°04.3'E18°35.6'N107°03.7'E19°35.2'N107°03.5'E 1.067 57° 271° 220 km 05m29.8s
07:1020°33.8'N108°00.6'E18°35.1'N107°58.1'E19°34.5'N107°58.9'E 1.067 55° 271° 219 km 05m25.9s
07:1220°32.1'N108°58.3'E18°33.8'N108°53.9'E19°33.0'N108°55.6'E 1.067 54° 272° 218 km 05m21.8s
07:1420°29.6'N109°57.5'E18°31.9'N109°51.1'E19°30.8'N109°53.8'E 1.067 53° 272° 218 km 05m17.6s
07:1620°26.3'N110°58.3'E18°29.2'N110°50.0'E19°27.8'N110°53.6'E 1.066 51° 273° 217 km 05m13.2s
07:1820°22.2'N112°00.9'E18°25.6'N111°50.6'E19°23.9'N111°55.1'E 1.066 50° 273° 216 km 05m08.7s
07:2020°17.1'N113°05.4'E18°21.2'N112°53.0'E19°19.2'N112°58.6'E 1.066 48° 274° 215 km 05m04.1s
07:2220°11.0'N114°12.0'E18°15.9'N113°57.6'E19°13.5'N114°04.1'E 1.065 47° 274° 214 km 04m59.3s
07:2420°03.9'N115°20.9'E18°09.6'N115°04.4'E19°06.8'N115°11.9'E 1.065 45° 275° 213 km 04m54.3s
07:2619°55.6'N116°32.3'E18°02.3'N116°13.7'E18°59.0'N116°22.3'E 1.065 44° 275° 212 km 04m49.2s
07:2819°46.1'N117°46.6'E17°53.7'N117°25.7'E18°50.0'N117°35.4'E 1.064 42° 276° 210 km 04m43.9s
07:3019°35.3'N119°04.1'E17°44.0'N118°40.9'E18°39.7'N118°51.7'E 1.064 40° 276° 209 km 04m38.4s
07:3219°22.9'N120°25.2'E17°32.8'N119°59.7'E18°28.0'N120°11.6'E 1.063 39° 277° 208 km 04m32.7s
07:3419°08.9'N121°50.4'E17°20.0'N121°22.4'E18°14.6'N121°35.5'E 1.063 37° 278° 206 km 04m26.9s
07:3618°53.0'N123°20.4'E17°05.5'N122°49.9'E17°59.4'N123°04.2'E 1.062 35° 278° 205 km 04m20.8s
07:3818°35.0'N124°56.0'E16°49.0'N124°22.7'E17°42.2'N124°38.3'E 1.062 33° 279° 203 km 04m14.4s
07:4018°14.5'N126°38.3'E16°30.2'N126°02.0'E17°22.5'N126°19.1'E 1.061 31° 279° 201 km 04m07.8s
07:4217°50.9'N128°28.8'E16°08.5'N127°49.3'E17°00.0'N128°07.9'E 1.061 29° 280° 200 km 04m00.8s
07:4417°23.7'N130°29.6'E15°43.5'N129°46.4'E16°33.9'N130°06.7'E 1.060 26° 281° 197 km 03m53.4s
07:4616°51.8'N132°43.9'E15°14.1'N131°56.4'E16°03.3'N132°18.8'E 1.059 24° 282° 195 km 03m45.5s
07:4816°13.4'N135°17.2'E14°39.0'N134°24.1'E15°26.6'N134°49.1'E 1.058 21° 282° 192 km 03m36.8s
07:5015°25.5'N138°19.3'E13°55.2'N137°18.5'E14°40.9'N137°47.1'E 1.057 17° 283° 189 km 03m27.1s
07:5214°20.5'N142°14.3'E12°56.9'N140°59.5'E13°39.5'N141°34.5'E 1.056 13° 284° 185 km 03m15.5s
07:5412°23.4'N148°54.9'E11°20.8'N146°44.1'E11°54.6'N147°41.9'E 1.054 286° 178 km 02m58.6s
Limits10°52.1'N153°54.8'E09°24.3'N153°22.5'E10°08.2'N153°38.4'E 1.052 - 172 km 02m44.2s

ΔT = 383.4 seconds

Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration
Event Time
TD
Time
UT1
Latitude Longitude Sun
Altitude
Sun
Azimuth
Path Width Central
Duration
Greatest Eclipse06:18:05.606:11:42.216°22.6'N084°46.6'E 89.7° 345.6° 229.8 km06m21.72s
Greatest Duration06:21:02.306:14:38.916°41.0'N087°19.3'E 88.3° 270.8° 229.8 km06m21.87s

Explanation of Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration

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Eclipse Predictions

Predictions for the Total Solar Eclipse of 2255 May 07 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 383.4 seconds for this eclipse. The uncertainty in ΔT is 99.1 seconds corresponding to a standard error in longitude of the eclipse path of ± 0.41°.

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

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