Path of the Total Solar Eclipse of -0779 May 24

Fred Espenak

Introduction

The following table delineates the path of the Moon's umbral shadow during the Total Solar Eclipse of -0779 May 24 . 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 -0779 May 24
UT1 Northern Limit Southern Limit Central Line M:S Sun Sun Path Central
Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Ratio Alt. Azm. Width Duration
Limits38°29.1'S139°08.7'W40°29.5'S138°21.8'W39°29.0'S138°45.6'W 1.063 - 230 km 03m36.0s
16:1433°42.1'S127°13.5'W38°10.5'S132°12.7'W35°41.8'S129°04.0'W 1.066 59° 238 km 04m01.5s
16:1631°56.0'S123°16.7'W35°29.5'S125°42.0'W33°38.1'S124°17.8'W 1.068 14° 56° 243 km 04m16.7s
16:1830°33.2'S120°19.6'W33°48.4'S121°53.2'W32°07.9'S120°59.8'W 1.069 17° 53° 246 km 04m28.3s
16:2029°23.0'S117°54.3'W32°28.4'S118°59.3'W30°53.5'S118°22.2'W 1.070 20° 52° 249 km 04m38.4s
16:2228°21.3'S115°49.5'W31°20.3'S116°35.7'W29°49.0'S116°09.0'W 1.071 22° 50° 252 km 04m47.4s
16:2427°25.7'S113°59.2'W30°20.3'S114°31.8'W28°51.4'S114°12.6'W 1.071 25° 48° 254 km 04m55.7s
16:2626°34.8'S112°19.7'W29°26.1'S112°42.1'W27°59.1'S112°28.4'W 1.072 27° 47° 257 km 05m03.4s
16:2825°47.8'S110°48.8'W28°36.5'S111°03.0'W27°10.9'S110°53.8'W 1.072 29° 46° 259 km 05m10.7s
16:3025°03.9'S109°24.8'W27°50.6'S109°32.3'W26°26.1'S109°26.7'W 1.073 30° 44° 261 km 05m17.6s
16:3224°22.7'S108°06.4'W27°07.8'S108°08.5'W25°44.1'S108°05.8'W 1.073 32° 43° 263 km 05m24.2s
16:3423°43.8'S106°52.9'W26°27.6'S106°50.2'W25°04.7'S106°50.1'W 1.074 34° 42° 265 km 05m30.5s
16:3623°07.0'S105°43.5'W25°49.7'S105°36.8'W24°27.4'S105°38.8'W 1.074 35° 41° 266 km 05m36.5s
16:3822°32.0'S104°37.6'W25°13.9'S104°27.4'W23°52.0'S104°31.2'W 1.075 36° 40° 268 km 05m42.3s
16:4021°58.6'S103°34.8'W24°39.8'S103°21.5'W23°18.3'S103°27.0'W 1.075 38° 38° 270 km 05m47.9s
16:4221°26.7'S102°34.7'W24°07.4'S102°18.7'W22°46.2'S102°25.6'W 1.075 39° 37° 272 km 05m53.3s
16:4420°56.2'S101°37.0'W23°36.4'S101°18.6'W22°15.5'S101°26.8'W 1.076 40° 36° 273 km 05m58.5s
16:4620°27.0'S100°41.4'W23°06.8'S100°20.9'W21°46.1'S100°30.2'W 1.076 41° 35° 275 km 06m03.5s
16:4819°59.0'S099°47.7'W22°38.4'S099°25.3'W21°17.9'S099°35.7'W 1.076 43° 33° 276 km 06m08.3s
16:5019°32.0'S098°55.8'W22°11.2'S098°31.6'W20°50.9'S098°42.9'W 1.076 44° 32° 278 km 06m12.9s
16:5219°06.1'S098°05.3'W21°45.1'S097°39.7'W20°24.9'S097°51.7'W 1.077 45° 31° 280 km 06m17.4s
16:5418°41.1'S097°16.3'W21°20.0'S096°49.2'W19°59.8'S097°02.1'W 1.077 46° 29° 281 km 06m21.7s
16:5618°17.0'S096°28.5'W20°55.8'S096°00.2'W19°35.8'S096°13.7'W 1.077 47° 28° 282 km 06m25.8s
16:5817°53.8'S095°41.8'W20°32.6'S095°12.4'W19°12.6'S095°26.5'W 1.077 47° 27° 284 km 06m29.7s
17:0017°31.5'S094°56.2'W20°10.2'S094°25.7'W18°50.2'S094°40.4'W 1.078 48° 25° 285 km 06m33.5s
17:0217°09.9'S094°11.5'W19°48.7'S093°40.1'W18°28.7'S093°55.3'W 1.078 49° 24° 287 km 06m37.1s
17:0416°49.1'S093°27.7'W19°27.9'S092°55.4'W18°07.9'S093°11.0'W 1.078 50° 22° 288 km 06m40.5s
17:0616°29.0'S092°44.6'W19°07.9'S092°11.6'W17°47.9'S092°27.6'W 1.078 51° 21° 289 km 06m43.7s
17:0816°09.6'S092°02.2'W18°48.6'S091°28.5'W17°28.6'S091°44.9'W 1.078 51° 19° 291 km 06m46.8s
17:1015°51.0'S091°20.5'W18°30.0'S090°46.1'W17°09.9'S091°02.9'W 1.078 52° 18° 292 km 06m49.7s
17:1215°32.9'S090°39.3'W18°12.1'S090°04.4'W16°52.0'S090°21.5'W 1.078 53° 16° 293 km 06m52.5s
17:1415°15.5'S089°58.6'W17°54.9'S089°23.2'W16°34.7'S089°40.6'W 1.079 53° 14° 295 km 06m55.0s
17:1614°58.8'S089°18.4'W17°38.3'S088°42.5'W16°18.0'S089°00.1'W 1.079 54° 13° 296 km 06m57.4s
17:1814°42.7'S088°38.6'W17°22.3'S088°02.3'W16°02.0'S088°20.1'W 1.079 54° 11° 297 km 06m59.6s
17:2014°27.1'S087°59.1'W17°06.9'S087°22.4'W15°46.5'S087°40.5'W 1.079 55° 298 km 07m01.6s
17:2214°12.2'S087°19.9'W16°52.2'S086°42.9'W15°31.7'S087°01.2'W 1.079 55° 299 km 07m03.5s
17:2413°57.8'S086°41.0'W16°38.0'S086°03.7'W15°17.4'S086°22.2'W 1.079 55° 300 km 07m05.1s
17:2613°44.0'S086°02.3'W16°24.4'S085°24.8'W15°03.7'S085°43.4'W 1.079 56° 301 km 07m06.6s
17:2813°30.8'S085°23.9'W16°11.3'S084°46.1'W14°50.6'S085°04.8'W 1.079 56° 302 km 07m07.9s
17:3013°18.1'S084°45.5'W15°58.8'S084°07.6'W14°38.0'S084°26.4'W 1.079 56° 360° 303 km 07m09.0s
17:3213°06.0'S084°07.3'W15°46.9'S083°29.1'W14°26.0'S083°48.1'W 1.079 56° 358° 303 km 07m09.9s
17:3412°54.4'S083°29.1'W15°35.5'S082°50.8'W14°14.5'S083°09.9'W 1.079 57° 356° 304 km 07m10.6s
17:3612°43.4'S082°51.0'W15°24.6'S082°12.6'W14°03.6'S082°31.7'W 1.079 57° 354° 305 km 07m11.1s
17:3812°32.9'S082°12.8'W15°14.3'S081°34.3'W13°53.2'S081°53.6'W 1.079 57° 352° 305 km 07m11.5s
17:4012°23.0'S081°34.6'W15°04.5'S080°56.0'W13°43.3'S081°15.4'W 1.079 57° 350° 306 km 07m11.6s
17:4212°13.6'S080°56.4'W14°55.3'S080°17.7'W13°34.0'S080°37.1'W 1.079 57° 348° 306 km 07m11.6s
17:4412°04.7'S080°18.0'W14°46.6'S079°39.3'W13°25.2'S079°58.8'W 1.079 56° 346° 306 km 07m11.3s
17:4611°56.4'S079°39.5'W14°38.4'S079°00.7'W13°17.0'S079°20.3'W 1.079 56° 344° 307 km 07m10.8s
17:4811°48.6'S079°00.9'W14°30.8'S078°22.0'W13°09.3'S078°41.6'W 1.079 56° 342° 307 km 07m10.2s
17:5011°41.4'S078°22.0'W14°23.7'S077°43.1'W13°02.1'S078°02.7'W 1.079 56° 340° 307 km 07m09.3s
17:5211°34.7'S077°42.8'W14°17.2'S077°03.9'W12°55.5'S077°23.6'W 1.079 56° 338° 307 km 07m08.3s
17:5411°28.6'S077°03.4'W14°11.2'S076°24.4'W12°49.5'S076°44.1'W 1.079 55° 336° 307 km 07m07.0s
17:5611°23.0'S076°23.6'W14°05.7'S075°44.5'W12°44.0'S076°04.4'W 1.079 55° 335° 306 km 07m05.6s
17:5811°18.0'S075°43.5'W14°00.8'S075°04.3'W12°39.1'S075°24.2'W 1.079 54° 333° 306 km 07m03.9s
18:0011°13.6'S075°02.9'W13°56.5'S074°23.7'W12°34.7'S074°43.7'W 1.079 54° 331° 306 km 07m02.1s
18:0211°09.8'S074°21.9'W13°52.8'S073°42.6'W12°30.9'S074°02.6'W 1.079 53° 330° 305 km 07m00.0s
18:0411°06.6'S073°40.4'W13°49.7'S073°01.0'W12°27.8'S073°21.1'W 1.078 53° 328° 305 km 06m57.8s
18:0611°04.0'S072°58.4'W13°47.1'S072°18.8'W12°25.2'S072°39.0'W 1.078 52° 326° 304 km 06m55.3s
18:0811°02.0'S072°15.7'W13°45.2'S071°35.9'W12°23.3'S071°56.3'W 1.078 52° 325° 303 km 06m52.7s
18:1011°00.7'S071°32.4'W13°44.0'S070°52.4'W12°22.0'S071°12.9'W 1.078 51° 323° 302 km 06m49.9s
18:1211°00.0'S070°48.3'W13°43.4'S070°08.1'W12°21.3'S070°28.8'W 1.078 50° 322° 301 km 06m46.8s
18:1411°00.1'S070°03.4'W13°43.4'S069°23.0'W12°21.4'S069°43.8'W 1.078 49° 320° 300 km 06m43.6s
18:1611°00.8'S069°17.7'W13°44.2'S068°36.9'W12°22.1'S068°58.0'W 1.078 49° 319° 299 km 06m40.1s
18:1811°02.2'S068°31.1'W13°45.7'S067°49.9'W12°23.6'S068°11.2'W 1.077 48° 318° 298 km 06m36.5s
18:2011°04.5'S067°43.4'W13°47.9'S067°01.8'W12°25.8'S067°23.3'W 1.077 47° 317° 297 km 06m32.7s
18:2211°07.5'S066°54.6'W13°51.0'S066°12.4'W12°28.8'S066°34.3'W 1.077 46° 315° 295 km 06m28.7s
18:2411°11.3'S066°04.6'W13°54.9'S065°21.8'W12°32.7'S065°44.0'W 1.077 45° 314° 294 km 06m24.4s
18:2611°16.0'S065°13.3'W13°59.7'S064°29.7'W12°37.4'S064°52.4'W 1.076 44° 313° 292 km 06m20.0s
18:2811°21.6'S064°20.5'W14°05.4'S063°36.0'W12°43.0'S063°59.2'W 1.076 43° 312° 290 km 06m15.4s
18:3011°28.2'S063°26.0'W14°12.1'S062°40.6'W12°49.7'S063°04.3'W 1.076 42° 311° 289 km 06m10.5s
18:3211°35.8'S062°29.8'W14°19.8'S061°43.2'W12°57.4'S062°07.6'W 1.076 41° 310° 287 km 06m05.5s
18:3411°44.6'S061°31.6'W14°28.7'S060°43.7'W13°06.2'S061°08.8'W 1.075 39° 309° 285 km 06m00.2s
18:3611°54.5'S060°31.2'W14°38.8'S059°41.7'W13°16.2'S060°07.7'W 1.075 38° 308° 283 km 05m54.7s
18:3812°05.7'S059°28.4'W14°50.3'S058°37.0'W13°27.5'S059°04.0'W 1.075 37° 307° 281 km 05m49.0s
18:4012°18.4'S058°22.7'W15°03.3'S057°29.2'W13°40.3'S057°57.4'W 1.074 35° 306° 279 km 05m43.1s
18:4212°32.6'S057°13.9'W15°17.9'S056°17.7'W13°54.7'S056°47.3'W 1.074 34° 305° 276 km 05m36.9s
18:4412°48.5'S056°01.4'W15°34.4'S055°02.2'W14°10.8'S055°33.5'W 1.073 32° 304° 274 km 05m30.4s
18:4613°06.4'S054°44.7'W15°53.0'S053°41.7'W14°29.0'S054°15.1'W 1.073 31° 303° 271 km 05m23.6s
18:4813°26.5'S053°23.0'W16°14.1'S052°15.5'W14°49.6'S052°51.3'W 1.073 29° 302° 269 km 05m16.5s
18:5013°49.2'S051°55.4'W16°38.2'S050°42.2'W15°12.9'S051°21.1'W 1.072 27° 301° 266 km 05m09.0s
18:5214°15.0'S050°20.5'W17°05.8'S048°59.9'W15°39.5'S049°42.9'W 1.071 25° 301° 263 km 05m01.1s
18:5414°44.6'S048°36.5'W17°37.9'S047°06.2'W16°10.2'S047°54.5'W 1.071 23° 300° 260 km 04m52.6s
18:5615°19.0'S046°40.5'W18°16.1'S044°56.8'W16°46.2'S045°52.6'W 1.070 21° 299° 256 km 04m43.4s
18:5815°59.9'S044°28.2'W19°03.0'S042°24.2'W17°29.7'S043°31.5'W 1.069 18° 298° 253 km 04m33.3s
19:0016°50.3'S041°51.2'W20°04.3'S039°12.3'W18°24.5'S040°40.1'W 1.068 15° 296° 248 km 04m21.8s
19:0217°56.7'S038°31.6'W21°38.6'S034°28.3'W19°40.9'S036°50.0'W 1.067 10° 295° 243 km 04m07.5s
19:0419°43.1'S033°23.2'W - - 22°41.2'S028°09.3'W 1.064 291° 232 km 03m39.9s
Limits22°08.6'S026°33.4'W24°13.1'S026°59.0'W23°10.5'S026°46.2'W 1.063 - 230 km 03m36.0s

ΔT = 21470.4 seconds

Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration
Event Time
TD
Time
UT1
Latitude Longitude Sun
Altitude
Sun
Azimuth
Path Width Central
Duration
Greatest Eclipse23:36:04.717:38:14.313°52.0'S171°31.3'W 56.6° 351.5° 305.2 km07m11.50s
Greatest Duration23:38:13.117:40:22.713°41.5'S081°08.1'W 56.6° 349.4° 305.7 km07m11.62s

Explanation of Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration

Links for the Total Solar Eclipse of -0779 May 24

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Eclipse Predictions

Predictions for the Total Solar Eclipse of -0779 May 24 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 21470.4 seconds for this eclipse. The uncertainty in ΔT is 537.9 seconds corresponding to a standard error in longitude of the eclipse path of ± 2.25°.

Acknowledgments

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

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