Path of the Annular Solar Eclipse of 2887 May 14

Fred Espenak

Introduction

The following table delineates the path of the Moon's antumbral shadow during the Annular Solar Eclipse of 2887 May 14 . 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 2887 May 14
UT1 Northern Limit Southern Limit Central Line M:S Sun Sun Path Central
Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Ratio Alt. Azm. Width Duration
Limits41°40.4'N000°52.0'E38°52.3'N003°53.0'E40°15.1'N002°25.3'E 0.942 - 389 km 03m27.1s
04:42 - - 43°54.0'N016°03.6'E42°40.2'N008°45.1'E 0.943 69° 383 km 03m29.9s
04:4442°47.2'N003°56.6'E45°21.4'N019°07.5'E44°50.9'N013°48.8'E 0.945 10° 73° 376 km 03m32.4s
04:4645°41.7'N011°06.6'E46°36.0'N021°38.2'E46°23.5'N017°08.2'E 0.945 13° 76° 370 km 03m34.1s
04:4847°22.4'N014°49.9'E47°42.8'N023°49.3'E47°41.0'N019°47.7'E 0.946 15° 79° 365 km 03m35.5s
04:5048°44.1'N017°41.4'E48°44.1'N025°47.3'E48°49.8'N022°04.7'E 0.947 17° 81° 360 km 03m36.8s
04:5249°55.5'N020°06.1'E49°41.3'N027°35.8'E49°52.6'N024°07.1'E 0.947 19° 83° 356 km 03m37.9s
04:5451°00.3'N022°14.0'E50°35.3'N029°17.2'E50°51.1'N025°59.2'E 0.947 21° 85° 351 km 03m39.0s
04:5652°00.4'N024°10.5'E51°26.6'N030°53.2'E51°46.1'N027°43.8'E 0.948 22° 88° 347 km 03m39.9s
04:5852°56.8'N025°58.7'E52°15.7'N032°24.9'E52°38.4'N029°22.5'E 0.948 24° 90° 343 km 03m40.8s
05:0053°50.3'N027°40.6'E53°02.8'N033°53.3'E53°28.4'N030°56.8'E 0.948 25° 92° 339 km 03m41.7s
05:0254°41.4'N029°17.8'E53°48.3'N035°19.1'E54°16.4'N032°27.6'E 0.949 26° 94° 335 km 03m42.4s
05:0455°30.4'N030°51.2'E54°32.3'N036°42.9'E55°02.7'N033°55.7'E 0.949 27° 96° 331 km 03m43.2s
05:0656°17.7'N032°21.8'E55°15.0'N038°05.0'E55°47.5'N035°21.7'E 0.949 28° 98° 328 km 03m43.9s
05:0857°03.5'N033°50.3'E55°56.5'N039°26.0'E56°31.0'N036°46.1'E 0.949 29° 100° 324 km 03m44.6s
05:1057°47.8'N035°17.1'E56°36.9'N040°46.2'E57°13.2'N038°09.4'E 0.950 30° 102° 321 km 03m45.2s
05:1258°31.0'N036°42.9'E57°16.2'N042°05.8'E57°54.3'N039°31.9'E 0.950 31° 104° 318 km 03m45.8s
05:1459°12.9'N038°07.8'E57°54.5'N043°25.1'E58°34.4'N040°53.9'E 0.950 31° 106° 315 km 03m46.4s
05:1659°53.9'N039°32.4'E58°32.0'N044°44.4'E59°13.5'N042°15.8'E 0.950 32° 108° 312 km 03m46.9s
05:1860°33.9'N040°57.0'E59°08.6'N046°04.0'E59°51.6'N043°37.8'E 0.950 33° 110° 310 km 03m47.4s
05:2061°12.9'N042°21.9'E59°44.3'N047°24.0'E60°28.9'N045°00.2'E 0.951 33° 113° 307 km 03m47.9s
05:2261°51.1'N043°47.2'E60°19.2'N048°44.6'E61°05.4'N046°23.1'E 0.951 34° 115° 305 km 03m48.4s
05:2462°28.4'N045°13.4'E60°53.4'N050°06.1'E61°41.1'N047°46.9'E 0.951 35° 117° 303 km 03m48.8s
05:2663°04.9'N046°40.6'E61°26.8'N051°28.5'E62°16.0'N049°11.8'E 0.951 35° 120° 301 km 03m49.2s
05:2863°40.6'N048°09.2'E61°59.4'N052°52.2'E62°50.1'N050°37.9'E 0.951 36° 122° 299 km 03m49.5s
05:3064°15.6'N049°39.2'E62°31.3'N054°17.2'E63°23.4'N052°05.4'E 0.951 36° 124° 297 km 03m49.9s
05:3264°49.8'N051°11.1'E63°02.5'N055°43.7'E63°56.0'N053°34.6'E 0.951 36° 127° 295 km 03m50.2s
05:3465°23.2'N052°45.0'E63°32.9'N057°12.0'E64°27.8'N055°05.7'E 0.951 37° 129° 293 km 03m50.4s
05:3665°55.9'N054°21.1'E64°02.5'N058°42.1'E64°58.9'N056°38.8'E 0.951 37° 132° 292 km 03m50.7s
05:3866°27.7'N055°59.7'E64°31.4'N060°14.2'E65°29.2'N058°14.2'E 0.951 37° 135° 290 km 03m50.9s
05:4066°58.8'N057°41.1'E64°59.5'N061°48.5'E65°58.7'N059°52.0'E 0.952 38° 137° 289 km 03m51.1s
05:4267°29.1'N059°25.5'E65°26.9'N063°25.2'E66°27.4'N061°32.4'E 0.952 38° 140° 288 km 03m51.3s
05:4467°58.5'N061°13.0'E65°53.4'N065°04.3'E66°55.3'N063°15.7'E 0.952 38° 143° 287 km 03m51.4s
05:4668°27.1'N063°04.0'E66°19.0'N066°46.1'E67°22.3'N065°02.0'E 0.952 38° 146° 286 km 03m51.5s
05:4868°54.7'N064°58.8'E66°43.8'N068°30.8'E67°48.4'N066°51.5'E 0.952 38° 149° 285 km 03m51.6s
05:5069°21.4'N066°57.4'E67°07.7'N070°18.3'E68°13.6'N068°44.4'E 0.952 38° 152° 284 km 03m51.7s
05:5269°47.1'N069°00.2'E67°30.6'N072°09.0'E68°37.9'N070°40.9'E 0.952 38° 155° 284 km 03m51.7s
05:5470°11.7'N071°07.4'E67°52.6'N074°02.8'E69°01.0'N072°41.1'E 0.952 38° 158° 283 km 03m51.7s
05:5670°35.2'N073°19.2'E68°13.5'N075°59.9'E69°23.2'N074°45.2'E 0.952 38° 161° 283 km 03m51.7s
05:5870°57.5'N075°35.8'E68°33.3'N078°00.5'E69°44.2'N076°53.3'E 0.952 38° 164° 282 km 03m51.6s
06:0071°18.5'N077°57.4'E68°52.0'N080°04.6'E70°04.0'N079°05.5'E 0.952 38° 168° 282 km 03m51.5s
06:0271°38.2'N080°24.0'E69°09.6'N082°12.2'E70°22.5'N081°22.0'E 0.952 38° 171° 282 km 03m51.4s
06:0471°56.5'N082°55.9'E69°25.8'N084°23.5'E70°39.7'N083°42.7'E 0.952 38° 174° 282 km 03m51.3s
06:0672°13.2'N085°33.0'E69°40.8'N086°38.4'E70°55.5'N086°07.8'E 0.952 38° 178° 282 km 03m51.1s
06:0872°28.4'N088°15.3'E69°54.4'N088°57.0'E71°09.8'N088°37.3'E 0.952 38° 181° 283 km 03m50.9s
06:1072°41.8'N091°02.9'E70°06.6'N091°19.2'E71°22.5'N091°11.0'E 0.952 37° 185° 283 km 03m50.7s
06:1272°53.4'N093°55.6'E70°17.2'N093°44.9'E71°33.6'N093°49.0'E 0.952 37° 189° 283 km 03m50.4s
06:1473°03.0'N096°53.1'E70°26.3'N096°14.0'E71°43.0'N096°31.0'E 0.952 37° 193° 284 km 03m50.1s
06:1673°10.7'N099°55.4'E70°33.7'N098°46.5'E71°50.5'N099°17.0'E 0.951 36° 196° 285 km 03m49.8s
06:1873°16.1'N103°02.0'E70°39.3'N101°22.2'E71°56.2'N102°06.6'E 0.951 36° 200° 286 km 03m49.4s
06:2073°19.4'N106°12.6'E70°43.2'N104°00.8'E71°59.8'N104°59.7'E 0.951 35° 204° 287 km 03m49.1s
06:2273°20.2'N109°26.6'E70°45.2'N106°42.2'E72°01.3'N107°55.8'E 0.951 35° 208° 288 km 03m48.6s
06:2473°18.7'N112°43.7'E70°45.2'N109°26.2'E72°00.7'N110°54.8'E 0.951 34° 212° 289 km 03m48.2s
06:2673°14.5'N116°03.3'E70°43.3'N112°12.4'E71°57.8'N113°56.1'E 0.951 34° 216° 290 km 03m47.7s
06:2873°07.7'N119°24.8'E70°39.2'N115°00.5'E71°52.5'N116°59.5'E 0.951 33° 220° 292 km 03m47.2s
06:3072°58.2'N122°47.7'E70°32.9'N117°50.5'E71°44.8'N120°04.6'E 0.951 33° 224° 293 km 03m46.7s
06:3272°45.9'N126°11.6'E70°24.4'N120°41.8'E71°34.6'N123°10.9'E 0.951 32° 228° 295 km 03m46.1s
06:3472°30.6'N129°35.9'E70°13.6'N123°34.5'E71°21.9'N126°18.3'E 0.950 31° 232° 297 km 03m45.5s
06:3672°12.3'N133°00.3'E70°00.4'N126°28.1'E71°06.4'N129°26.3'E 0.950 30° 236° 299 km 03m44.8s
06:3871°50.8'N136°24.7'E69°44.6'N129°22.5'E70°48.1'N132°34.8'E 0.950 29° 240° 302 km 03m44.1s
06:4071°26.1'N139°48.7'E69°26.3'N132°17.7'E70°27.0'N135°43.6'E 0.950 29° 244° 304 km 03m43.4s
06:4270°57.9'N143°12.5'E69°05.3'N135°13.5'E70°02.8'N138°52.7'E 0.950 28° 248° 307 km 03m42.6s
06:4470°26.1'N146°36.4'E68°41.5'N138°10.1'E69°35.5'N142°02.3'E 0.949 27° 252° 310 km 03m41.8s
06:4669°50.4'N150°00.7'E68°14.7'N141°07.5'E69°04.8'N145°12.5'E 0.949 25° 255° 313 km 03m41.0s
06:4869°10.5'N153°26.3'E67°44.7'N144°06.0'E68°30.4'N148°23.9'E 0.949 24° 259° 317 km 03m40.1s
06:5068°25.8'N156°54.3'E67°11.4'N147°06.1'E67°52.1'N151°37.0'E 0.949 23° 263° 321 km 03m39.1s
06:5267°35.7'N160°26.5'E66°34.3'N150°08.4'E67°09.4'N154°53.1'E 0.948 22° 267° 325 km 03m38.1s
06:5466°39.0'N164°05.5'E65°53.0'N153°14.0'E66°21.6'N158°13.6'E 0.948 20° 271° 330 km 03m37.0s
06:5665°34.1'N167°55.9'E65°07.0'N156°24.1'E65°27.8'N161°40.8'E 0.947 19° 275° 335 km 03m35.8s
06:5864°18.0'N172°05.0'E64°15.4'N159°40.9'E64°26.6'N165°18.3'E 0.947 17° 279° 340 km 03m34.5s
07:0062°44.4'N176°48.4'E63°16.8'N163°07.6'E63°15.4'N169°12.5'E 0.946 15° 283° 347 km 03m33.0s
07:0260°35.3'N177°08.1'W62°09.3'N166°49.2'E61°49.5'N173°35.0'E 0.946 12° 287° 354 km 03m31.3s
07:04 - - 60°48.8'N170°55.6'E59°57.0'N178°55.8'E 0.945 293° 364 km 03m29.3s
07:06 - - 59°06.5'N175°49.0'E56°24.6'N171°39.5'W 0.943 301° 379 km 03m25.7s
Limits56°18.6'N165°53.6'W53°47.5'N170°10.4'W55°02.3'N168°07.2'W 0.943 - 385 km 03m24.4s

ΔT = 3397.3 seconds

Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration
Event Time
TD
Time
UT1
Latitude Longitude Sun
Altitude
Sun
Azimuth
Path Width Central
Duration
Greatest Eclipse06:50:21.805:53:44.568°58.1'N058°13.7'E 38.5° 157.4° 283.2 km03m51.71s
Greatest Duration06:49:38.305:53:01.068°49.8'N071°41.5'E 38.5° 156.3° 283.4 km03m51.71s

Explanation of Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration

Links for the Annular Solar Eclipse of 2887 May 14

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Eclipse Predictions

Predictions for the Annular Solar Eclipse of 2887 May 14 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 3397.3 seconds for this eclipse. The uncertainty in ΔT is 759.9 seconds corresponding to a standard error in longitude of the eclipse path of ± 3.17°.

Acknowledgments

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

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