Path of the Total Solar Eclipse of 2487 May 23

Fred Espenak

Introduction

The following table delineates the path of the Moon's umbral shadow during the Total Solar Eclipse of 2487 May 23 . 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 2487 May 23
UT1 Northern Limit Southern Limit Central Line M:S Sun Sun Path Central
Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Ratio Alt. Azm. Width Duration
Limits05°41.9'N037°51.8'W04°47.7'N037°17.6'W05°14.8'N037°34.6'W 1.029 - 116 km 01m32.3s
08:20 - - 06°52.5'N032°06.7'W05°58.4'N035°42.6'W 1.030 69° 118 km 01m35.4s
08:2209°19.5'N029°29.6'W09°29.2'N026°28.6'W09°26.4'N027°54.8'W 1.033 11° 71° 131 km 01m50.2s
08:2411°19.8'N025°33.2'W11°12.7'N023°09.6'W11°17.2'N024°19.7'W 1.034 15° 71° 137 km 01m58.0s
08:2612°53.1'N022°44.8'W12°37.8'N020°37.2'W12°46.1'N021°39.9'W 1.035 19° 72° 141 km 02m04.3s
08:2814°13.3'N020°28.8'W13°52.7'N018°30.4'W14°03.5'N019°28.8'W 1.036 22° 73° 144 km 02m09.8s
08:3015°25.2'N018°32.6'W15°00.7'N016°40.4'W15°13.4'N017°35.8'W 1.037 24° 74° 147 km 02m14.7s
08:3216°31.3'N016°50.0'W16°03.7'N015°02.2'W16°17.9'N015°55.6'W 1.038 26° 75° 150 km 02m19.3s
08:3417°33.1'N015°17.6'W17°02.8'N013°33.1'W17°18.3'N014°24.8'W 1.038 29° 75° 152 km 02m23.5s
08:3618°31.3'N013°52.9'W17°58.7'N012°11.0'W18°15.4'N013°01.5'W 1.039 31° 76° 154 km 02m27.5s
08:3819°26.7'N012°34.4'W18°52.1'N010°54.6'W19°09.7'N011°44.1'W 1.039 32° 77° 156 km 02m31.3s
08:4020°19.7'N011°21.0'W19°43.3'N009°42.9'W20°01.8'N010°31.5'W 1.040 34° 78° 157 km 02m34.9s
08:4221°10.7'N010°11.7'W20°32.5'N008°35.1'W20°51.9'N009°23.0'W 1.040 36° 79° 159 km 02m38.4s
08:4421°59.8'N009°06.0'W21°20.1'N007°30.6'W21°40.2'N008°18.0'W 1.041 37° 80° 160 km 02m41.7s
08:4622°47.4'N008°03.4'W22°06.2'N006°29.0'W22°27.1'N007°15.8'W 1.041 39° 81° 161 km 02m44.9s
08:4823°33.6'N007°03.3'W22°50.9'N005°29.9'W23°12.5'N006°16.2'W 1.041 40° 82° 162 km 02m48.0s
08:5024°18.4'N006°05.4'W23°34.5'N004°32.9'W23°56.7'N005°18.8'W 1.042 42° 83° 163 km 02m50.9s
08:5225°02.2'N005°09.5'W24°16.9'N003°37.8'W24°39.7'N004°23.3'W 1.042 43° 84° 164 km 02m53.8s
08:5425°44.8'N004°15.2'W24°58.3'N002°44.3'W25°21.7'N003°29.4'W 1.042 45° 85° 165 km 02m56.6s
08:5626°26.5'N003°22.5'W25°38.7'N001°52.3'W26°02.8'N002°37.0'W 1.043 46° 87° 165 km 02m59.2s
08:5827°07.2'N002°31.0'W26°18.3'N001°01.4'W26°42.9'N001°45.9'W 1.043 47° 88° 166 km 03m01.8s
09:0027°47.1'N001°40.7'W26°57.0'N000°11.7'W27°22.3'N000°55.9'W 1.043 48° 89° 166 km 03m04.4s
09:0228°26.2'N000°51.3'W27°35.0'N000°37.0'E28°00.8'N000°06.8'W 1.043 49° 90° 167 km 03m06.8s
09:0429°04.6'N000°02.8'W28°12.2'N001°24.9'E28°38.6'N000°41.4'E 1.044 51° 92° 167 km 03m09.1s
09:0629°42.2'N000°45.0'E28°48.7'N002°12.1'E29°15.7'N001°28.9'E 1.044 52° 93° 168 km 03m11.4s
09:0830°19.2'N001°32.1'E29°24.6'N002°58.7'E29°52.1'N002°15.8'E 1.044 53° 95° 168 km 03m13.6s
09:1030°55.5'N002°18.8'E29°59.9'N003°44.7'E30°27.8'N003°02.1'E 1.044 54° 96° 168 km 03m15.7s
09:1231°31.2'N003°05.0'E30°34.5'N004°30.3'E31°03.0'N003°48.0'E 1.045 55° 98° 168 km 03m17.7s
09:1432°06.3'N003°50.8'E31°08.5'N005°15.5'E31°37.6'N004°33.5'E 1.045 56° 100° 169 km 03m19.7s
09:1632°40.8'N004°36.4'E31°42.0'N006°00.4'E32°11.6'N005°18.7'E 1.045 57° 101° 169 km 03m21.6s
09:1833°14.8'N005°21.7'E32°15.0'N006°45.1'E32°45.0'N006°03.7'E 1.045 58° 103° 169 km 03m23.4s
09:2033°48.2'N006°06.9'E32°47.4'N007°29.6'E33°17.9'N006°48.6'E 1.045 59° 105° 169 km 03m25.1s
09:2234°21.1'N006°52.0'E33°19.3'N008°14.0'E33°50.3'N007°33.4'E 1.045 59° 107° 169 km 03m26.8s
09:2434°53.5'N007°37.2'E33°50.7'N008°58.4'E34°22.2'N008°18.1'E 1.045 60° 109° 169 km 03m28.4s
09:2635°25.4'N008°22.3'E34°21.6'N009°42.8'E34°53.6'N009°02.9'E 1.046 61° 112° 169 km 03m29.9s
09:2835°56.8'N009°07.5'E34°52.0'N010°27.2'E35°24.5'N009°47.7'E 1.046 62° 114° 169 km 03m31.3s
09:3036°27.8'N009°52.9'E35°22.0'N011°11.7'E35°55.0'N010°32.7'E 1.046 62° 116° 169 km 03m32.7s
09:3236°58.2'N010°38.5'E35°51.4'N011°56.4'E36°24.9'N011°17.8'E 1.046 63° 119° 169 km 03m34.0s
09:3437°28.2'N011°24.4'E36°20.4'N012°41.3'E36°54.4'N012°03.2'E 1.046 64° 122° 169 km 03m35.2s
09:3637°57.7'N012°10.5'E36°49.0'N013°26.5'E37°23.4'N012°48.8'E 1.046 64° 124° 169 km 03m36.3s
09:3838°26.8'N012°57.0'E37°17.1'N014°11.9'E37°52.0'N013°34.8'E 1.046 65° 127° 169 km 03m37.4s
09:4038°55.4'N013°43.9'E37°44.7'N014°57.6'E38°20.1'N014°21.1'E 1.046 65° 130° 169 km 03m38.3s
09:4239°23.5'N014°31.2'E38°11.9'N015°43.8'E38°47.8'N015°07.8'E 1.046 66° 133° 169 km 03m39.2s
09:4439°51.1'N015°18.9'E38°38.7'N016°30.4'E39°15.0'N015°55.0'E 1.046 66° 136° 169 km 03m40.0s
09:4640°18.3'N016°07.3'E39°04.9'N017°17.4'E39°41.7'N016°42.6'E 1.047 66° 139° 169 km 03m40.8s
09:4840°45.1'N016°56.1'E39°30.8'N018°04.9'E40°08.0'N017°30.8'E 1.047 67° 143° 169 km 03m41.4s
09:5041°11.3'N017°45.6'E39°56.1'N018°53.0'E40°33.8'N018°19.6'E 1.047 67° 146° 169 km 03m42.0s
09:5241°37.1'N018°35.7'E40°21.0'N019°41.6'E40°59.1'N019°09.0'E 1.047 67° 149° 168 km 03m42.5s
09:5442°02.4'N019°26.6'E40°45.5'N020°30.9'E41°24.0'N019°59.0'E 1.047 67° 153° 168 km 03m42.9s
09:5642°27.3'N020°18.2'E41°09.4'N021°20.8'E41°48.4'N020°49.8'E 1.047 67° 156° 168 km 03m43.2s
09:5842°51.6'N021°10.5'E41°32.9'N022°11.4'E42°12.3'N021°41.2'E 1.047 67° 160° 168 km 03m43.5s
10:0043°15.4'N022°03.7'E41°55.9'N023°02.7'E42°35.7'N022°33.5'E 1.047 67° 163° 168 km 03m43.6s
10:0243°38.7'N022°57.7'E42°18.4'N023°54.9'E42°58.6'N023°26.5'E 1.047 67° 167° 168 km 03m43.7s
10:0444°01.5'N023°52.7'E42°40.5'N024°47.8'E43°21.0'N024°20.5'E 1.047 67° 170° 167 km 03m43.7s
10:0644°23.8'N024°48.6'E43°02.0'N025°41.6'E43°42.9'N025°15.3'E 1.047 67° 174° 167 km 03m43.6s
10:0844°45.5'N025°45.5'E43°22.9'N026°36.3'E44°04.2'N026°11.1'E 1.047 67° 177° 167 km 03m43.4s
10:1045°06.7'N026°43.4'E43°43.4'N027°31.9'E44°25.0'N027°07.8'E 1.047 66° 181° 167 km 03m43.1s
10:1245°27.2'N027°42.4'E44°03.3'N028°28.5'E44°45.2'N028°05.6'E 1.047 66° 184° 167 km 03m42.8s
10:1445°47.2'N028°42.5'E44°22.6'N029°26.1'E45°04.9'N029°04.5'E 1.047 65° 187° 166 km 03m42.3s
10:1646°06.6'N029°43.8'E44°41.4'N030°24.8'E45°23.9'N030°04.4'E 1.047 65° 190° 166 km 03m41.8s
10:1846°25.3'N030°46.3'E44°59.5'N031°24.6'E45°42.4'N031°05.5'E 1.046 64° 194° 166 km 03m41.1s
10:2046°43.4'N031°50.1'E45°17.1'N032°25.5'E46°00.2'N032°07.8'E 1.046 64° 197° 166 km 03m40.4s
10:2247°00.9'N032°55.1'E45°34.0'N033°27.6'E46°17.4'N033°11.4'E 1.046 63° 200° 165 km 03m39.6s
10:2447°17.6'N034°01.5'E45°50.3'N034°30.9'E46°33.9'N034°16.2'E 1.046 63° 203° 165 km 03m38.7s
10:2647°33.6'N035°09.3'E46°05.9'N035°35.5'E46°49.7'N035°22.4'E 1.046 62° 205° 165 km 03m37.7s
10:2847°48.9'N036°18.6'E46°20.8'N036°41.4'E47°04.8'N036°29.9'E 1.046 61° 208° 164 km 03m36.6s
10:3048°03.4'N037°29.3'E46°35.0'N037°48.7'E47°19.2'N037°38.9'E 1.046 60° 211° 164 km 03m35.4s
10:3248°17.1'N038°41.6'E46°48.5'N038°57.4'E47°32.7'N038°49.3'E 1.046 60° 214° 164 km 03m34.1s
10:3448°30.0'N039°55.4'E47°01.2'N040°07.5'E47°45.5'N040°01.3'E 1.046 59° 216° 163 km 03m32.7s
10:3648°42.0'N041°10.9'E47°13.1'N041°19.2'E47°57.4'N041°14.8'E 1.046 58° 219° 163 km 03m31.3s
10:3848°53.1'N042°28.1'E47°24.1'N042°32.4'E48°08.5'N042°30.0'E 1.045 57° 221° 163 km 03m29.7s
10:4049°03.2'N043°47.0'E47°34.3'N043°47.3'E48°18.7'N043°46.8'E 1.045 56° 224° 162 km 03m28.0s
10:4249°12.4'N045°07.7'E47°43.5'N045°03.8'E48°27.9'N045°05.4'E 1.045 55° 226° 162 km 03m26.3s
10:4449°20.5'N046°30.3'E47°51.9'N046°22.1'E48°36.1'N046°25.8'E 1.045 54° 229° 161 km 03m24.4s
10:4649°27.5'N047°54.8'E47°59.2'N047°42.2'E48°43.3'N047°48.1'E 1.045 53° 231° 161 km 03m22.5s
10:4849°33.5'N049°21.4'E48°05.5'N049°04.2'E48°49.4'N049°12.3'E 1.045 52° 233° 160 km 03m20.4s
10:5049°38.2'N050°50.0'E48°10.7'N050°28.2'E48°54.4'N050°38.5'E 1.044 51° 236° 160 km 03m18.3s
10:5249°41.7'N052°20.8'E48°14.7'N051°54.2'E48°58.2'N052°06.9'E 1.044 50° 238° 159 km 03m16.0s
10:5449°43.8'N053°53.8'E48°17.6'N053°22.3'E49°00.7'N053°37.4'E 1.044 49° 240° 159 km 03m13.7s
10:5649°44.6'N055°29.2'E48°19.1'N054°52.7'E49°01.9'N055°10.3'E 1.044 48° 243° 158 km 03m11.2s
10:5849°43.9'N057°07.0'E48°19.4'N056°25.5'E49°01.6'N056°45.5'E 1.043 46° 245° 158 km 03m08.7s
11:0049°41.6'N058°47.5'E48°18.1'N058°00.8'E48°59.9'N058°23.3'E 1.043 45° 247° 157 km 03m06.0s
11:0249°37.7'N060°30.7'E48°15.4'N059°38.7'E48°56.6'N060°03.9'E 1.043 44° 249° 156 km 03m03.2s
11:0449°31.9'N062°16.9'E48°11.0'N061°19.5'E48°51.6'N061°47.3'E 1.043 42° 251° 155 km 03m00.3s
11:0649°24.3'N064°06.2'E48°04.9'N063°03.3'E48°44.7'N063°33.8'E 1.042 41° 254° 155 km 02m57.3s
11:0849°14.6'N065°59.0'E47°56.9'N064°50.4'E48°35.9'N065°23.7'E 1.042 40° 256° 154 km 02m54.2s
11:1049°02.6'N067°55.5'E47°46.9'N066°41.1'E48°24.9'N067°17.2'E 1.042 38° 258° 153 km 02m50.9s
11:1248°48.2'N069°56.1'E47°34.6'N068°35.7'E48°11.6'N069°14.8'E 1.041 37° 260° 152 km 02m47.5s
11:1448°31.1'N072°01.3'E47°19.9'N070°34.8'E47°55.7'N071°16.9'E 1.041 35° 263° 151 km 02m43.9s
11:1648°10.9'N074°11.7'E47°02.4'N072°38.8'E47°37.0'N073°24.0'E 1.040 33° 265° 150 km 02m40.2s
11:1847°47.4'N076°28.2'E46°41.9'N074°48.5'E47°14.9'N075°37.1'E 1.040 31° 267° 149 km 02m36.3s
11:2047°19.8'N078°51.8'E46°17.9'N077°04.9'E46°49.2'N077°57.0'E 1.039 29° 269° 147 km 02m32.1s
11:2246°47.7'N081°24.1'E45°49.7'N079°29.3'E46°19.1'N080°25.3'E 1.039 27° 272° 146 km 02m27.7s
11:2446°09.9'N084°07.2'E45°16.7'N082°03.4'E45°43.8'N083°03.8'E 1.038 25° 274° 144 km 02m23.1s
11:2645°25.1'N087°04.5'E44°37.6'N084°50.1'E45°02.0'N085°55.6'E 1.038 23° 277° 142 km 02m18.0s
11:2844°30.8'N090°21.4'E43°50.6'N087°53.7'E44°11.5'N089°05.6'E 1.037 20° 280° 140 km 02m12.5s
11:3043°22.7'N094°08.6'E42°52.6'N091°21.7'E43°08.8'N092°42.6'E 1.036 17° 283° 138 km 02m06.3s
11:3241°50.4'N098°50.7'E41°37.3'N095°30.0'E41°45.8'N097°06.2'E 1.035 13° 286° 134 km 01m58.8s
11:3439°08.7'N106°19.0'E39°45.9'N101°05.7'E39°35.0'N103°24.6'E 1.033 291° 128 km 01m48.6s
Limits36°51.1'N112°11.8'E35°57.0'N111°24.8'E36°24.0'N111°48.1'E 1.031 - 120 km 01m35.9s

ΔT = 1122.5 seconds

Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration
Event Time
TD
Time
UT1
Latitude Longitude Sun
Altitude
Sun
Azimuth
Path Width Central
Duration
Greatest Eclipse10:16:14.009:57:31.542°06.6'N016°47.5'E 67.4° 158.9° 168.1 km03m43.43s
Greatest Duration10:21:21.910:02:39.443°06.0'N023°44.2'E 67.2° 167.9° 167.6 km03m43.71s

Explanation of Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration

Links for the Total Solar Eclipse of 2487 May 23

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Eclipse Predictions

Predictions for the Total Solar Eclipse of 2487 May 23 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 1122.5 seconds for this eclipse. The uncertainty in ΔT is 284.3 seconds corresponding to a standard error in longitude of the eclipse path of ± 1.19°.

Acknowledgments

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

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