Path of the Total Solar Eclipse of 2999 May 06

Fred Espenak

Introduction

The following table delineates the path of the Moon's umbral shadow during the Total Solar Eclipse of 2999 May 06 . 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 2999 May 06
UT1 Northern Limit Southern Limit Central Line M:S Sun Sun Path Central
Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Ratio Alt. Azm. Width Duration
Limits45°13.1'N111°54.1'E42°51.8'N114°21.3'E44°01.4'N113°10.0'E 1.046 - 317 km 02m14.6s
21:18 - - 47°29.4'N127°02.4'E46°32.4'N120°21.0'E 1.048 72° 334 km 02m25.3s
21:2047°33.9'N118°26.9'E49°01.1'N130°32.4'E48°38.5'N125°29.7'E 1.050 10° 76° 344 km 02m33.6s
21:2249°44.6'N123°40.0'E50°19.2'N133°21.5'E50°11.8'N128°57.7'E 1.051 13° 79° 350 km 02m39.5s
21:2451°20.4'N127°08.4'E51°29.5'N135°47.6'E51°31.5'N131°45.6'E 1.051 15° 82° 354 km 02m44.3s
21:2652°42.2'N129°56.0'E52°34.5'N137°58.8'E52°43.3'N134°10.8'E 1.052 17° 84° 357 km 02m48.4s
21:2853°55.9'N132°20.6'E53°35.5'N139°59.5'E53°49.8'N136°21.2'E 1.052 19° 87° 358 km 02m52.1s
21:3055°04.1'N134°30.5'E54°33.4'N141°52.5'E54°52.3'N138°21.3'E 1.053 20° 89° 359 km 02m55.4s
21:3256°08.3'N136°30.1'E55°28.9'N143°39.8'E55°51.7'N140°14.0'E 1.053 22° 92° 360 km 02m58.5s
21:3457°09.4'N138°22.4'E56°22.4'N145°22.7'E56°48.7'N142°01.1'E 1.054 23° 94° 360 km 03m01.2s
21:3658°08.1'N140°09.1'E57°14.1'N147°02.5'E57°43.6'N143°44.0'E 1.054 24° 96° 360 km 03m03.8s
21:3859°04.7'N141°51.9'E58°04.4'N148°39.9'E58°36.9'N145°23.9'E 1.054 25° 99° 360 km 03m06.2s
21:4059°59.6'N143°31.8'E58°53.3'N150°15.5'E59°28.6'N147°01.6'E 1.055 26° 101° 359 km 03m08.4s
21:4260°53.0'N145°09.6'E59°41.1'N151°50.1'E60°19.1'N148°37.9'E 1.055 27° 103° 359 km 03m10.4s
21:4461°45.2'N146°46.2'E60°27.8'N153°24.2'E61°08.4'N150°13.3'E 1.055 28° 106° 358 km 03m12.3s
21:4662°36.2'N148°22.2'E61°13.5'N154°58.1'E61°56.6'N151°48.5'E 1.055 28° 108° 357 km 03m14.0s
21:4863°26.3'N149°58.2'E61°58.4'N156°32.4'E62°44.0'N153°23.9'E 1.055 29° 110° 357 km 03m15.6s
21:5064°15.4'N151°34.8'E62°42.5'N158°07.5'E63°30.5'N154°59.9'E 1.056 29° 113° 356 km 03m17.0s
21:5265°03.6'N153°12.4'E63°25.7'N159°43.8'E64°16.1'N156°37.2'E 1.056 30° 115° 355 km 03m18.4s
21:5465°51.2'N154°51.6'E64°08.2'N161°21.6'E65°01.0'N158°16.0'E 1.056 31° 118° 354 km 03m19.6s
21:5666°37.9'N156°32.9'E64°50.0'N163°01.3'E65°45.2'N159°56.9'E 1.056 31° 121° 353 km 03m20.6s
21:5867°24.0'N158°16.9'E65°31.1'N164°43.4'E66°28.7'N161°40.4'E 1.056 31° 123° 352 km 03m21.6s
22:0068°09.4'N160°04.1'E66°11.5'N166°28.3'E67°11.5'N163°26.8'E 1.056 32° 126° 351 km 03m22.4s
22:0268°54.1'N161°55.2'E66°51.2'N168°16.3'E67°53.6'N165°16.8'E 1.056 32° 129° 350 km 03m23.2s
22:0469°38.2'N163°50.7'E67°30.2'N170°07.9'E68°35.0'N167°10.8'E 1.056 32° 132° 349 km 03m23.8s
22:0670°21.5'N165°51.4'E68°08.4'N172°03.6'E69°15.6'N169°09.5'E 1.056 32° 135° 348 km 03m24.2s
22:0871°04.2'N167°58.0'E68°45.9'N174°03.9'E69°55.5'N171°13.3'E 1.057 32° 138° 347 km 03m24.6s
22:1071°46.1'N170°11.4'E69°22.5'N176°09.3'E70°34.7'N173°23.1'E 1.057 33° 141° 346 km 03m24.9s
22:1272°27.1'N172°32.4'E69°58.3'N178°20.3'E71°12.9'N175°39.5'E 1.057 33° 144° 346 km 03m25.0s
22:1473°07.2'N175°02.3'E70°33.2'N179°22.5'W71°50.2'N178°03.2'E 1.057 33° 148° 345 km 03m25.1s
22:1673°46.3'N177°41.9'E71°07.1'N176°58.5'W72°26.5'N179°24.9'W 1.057 33° 152° 344 km 03m25.0s
22:1874°24.3'N179°27.3'W71°39.8'N174°27.0'W73°01.7'N176°43.9'W 1.057 32° 155° 343 km 03m24.8s
22:2075°01.0'N176°24.1'W72°11.4'N171°47.4'W73°35.6'N173°53.0'W 1.057 32° 159° 343 km 03m24.5s
22:2275°36.1'N173°07.1'W72°41.6'N168°59.1'W74°08.1'N170°51.1'W 1.056 32° 163° 342 km 03m24.0s
22:2476°09.6'N169°34.7'W73°10.4'N166°01.3'W74°39.0'N167°37.3'W 1.056 32° 168° 342 km 03m23.5s
22:2676°40.9'N165°45.5'W73°37.5'N162°53.4'W75°08.0'N164°10.7'W 1.056 32° 172° 341 km 03m22.8s
22:2877°10.0'N161°38.1'W74°02.7'N159°34.8'W75°35.0'N160°30.3'W 1.056 31° 177° 341 km 03m22.0s
22:3077°36.2'N157°11.2'W74°25.9'N156°04.9'W75°59.6'N156°35.4'W 1.056 31° 182° 340 km 03m21.1s
22:3277°59.3'N152°24.1'W74°46.8'N152°23.5'W76°21.5'N152°25.4'W 1.056 30° 187° 340 km 03m20.1s
22:3478°18.6'N147°16.4'W75°05.1'N148°30.2'W76°40.3'N148°00.2'W 1.056 30° 192° 339 km 03m18.9s
22:3678°33.7'N141°48.8'W75°20.6'N144°25.1'W76°55.7'N143°19.8'W 1.056 29° 198° 339 km 03m17.6s
22:3878°44.0'N136°02.7'W75°32.9'N140°08.3'W77°07.3'N138°24.8'W 1.056 29° 204° 339 km 03m16.2s
22:4078°49.0'N130°00.8'W75°41.7'N135°40.4'W77°14.6'N133°16.6'W 1.055 28° 210° 338 km 03m14.6s
22:4278°48.0'N123°46.8'W75°46.6'N131°02.3'W77°17.2'N127°56.8'W 1.055 27° 216° 338 km 03m12.9s
22:4478°40.8'N117°25.0'W75°47.5'N126°15.1'W77°14.7'N122°27.7'W 1.055 26° 222° 338 km 03m11.1s
22:4678°26.7'N111°00.3'W75°43.8'N121°20.2'W77°06.8'N116°51.9'W 1.055 26° 229° 338 km 03m09.0s
22:4878°05.6'N104°37.1'W75°35.3'N116°19.2'W76°53.0'N111°12.2'W 1.054 25° 235° 338 km 03m06.8s
22:5077°37.0'N098°19.1'W75°21.7'N111°13.6'W76°33.0'N105°31.1'W 1.054 24° 242° 337 km 03m04.4s
22:5277°00.7'N092°08.9'W75°02.5'N106°04.9'W76°06.4'N099°50.8'W 1.054 22° 248° 337 km 03m01.8s
22:5476°16.1'N086°07.2'W74°37.4'N100°54.2'W75°32.9'N094°12.6'W 1.053 21° 255° 337 km 02m59.0s
22:5675°22.6'N080°13.1'W74°06.0'N095°42.3'W74°51.8'N088°36.9'W 1.053 20° 261° 337 km 02m55.9s
22:5874°18.9'N074°23.0'W73°27.5'N090°28.8'W74°02.3'N083°02.7'W 1.052 18° 267° 336 km 02m52.5s
23:0073°02.6'N068°30.9'W72°41.1'N085°12.6'W73°03.1'N077°27.1'W 1.052 17° 273° 336 km 02m48.7s
23:0271°29.0'N062°23.5'W71°45.4'N079°50.7'W71°51.8'N071°44.0'W 1.051 15° 279° 335 km 02m44.4s
23:0469°26.4'N055°30.8'W70°38.1'N074°17.3'W70°23.9'N065°41.6'W 1.051 12° 286° 334 km 02m39.3s
23:0665°57.9'N045°29.7'W69°14.7'N068°20.6'W68°28.6'N058°51.0'W 1.050 293° 332 km 02m33.0s
23:08 - - 67°24.4'N061°31.6'W65°15.8'N049°01.7'W 1.048 303° 326 km 02m23.0s
Limits63°40.9'N039°30.6'W61°40.8'N044°05.0'W62°40.5'N041°54.0'W 1.047 - 320 km 02m15.4s

ΔT = 4261.1 seconds

Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration
Event Time
TD
Time
UT1
Latitude Longitude Sun
Altitude
Sun
Azimuth
Path Width Central
Duration
Greatest Eclipse23:23:52.422:12:51.371°29.0'N158°51.7'E 32.6° 146.0° 345.3 km03m25.05s
Greatest Duration23:24:35.022:13:33.971°42.2'N177°31.2'E 32.6° 147.2° 345.0 km03m25.06s

Explanation of Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration

Links for the Total Solar Eclipse of 2999 May 06

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Eclipse Predictions

Predictions for the Total Solar Eclipse of 2999 May 06 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 4261.1 seconds for this eclipse. The uncertainty in ΔT is 925.8 seconds corresponding to a standard error in longitude of the eclipse path of ± 3.87°.

Acknowledgments

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

Permission is granted to reproduce eclipse data when accompanied by a link to this page and an acknowledgment:

"Eclipse Predictions by Fred Espenak, EclipseWise.com"

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