The following table delineates the path of the Moon's antumbral shadow during the Annular Solar Eclipse of 2003 May 31 . The geographic coordinates (WGS 84) of the northern and southern limits and the central line are listed at 60-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).
The global visibility of the eclipse is shown on an Orthographic Map . The features of this map are described in the Key to Solar Eclipse Path Tables. The path of the eclipse is displayed in greater detail on a Google Map .
M:S Central
Universal Northern Limit Southern Limit Central Line Diam. Sun Sun Path Line
------------------ ------------------ ------------------ Ratio Alt Azm Width Durat.
Time Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude
° ´ ° ´ ° ´ ° ´ ° ´ ° ´ ° ° km
Limits 56 47.1N 004 35.5W 56 47.1N 004 35.5W 62 24.8N 021 14.6W 0.000 0 - 0 00m00.0s
03:45 56 48.9N 004 39.9W 57 20.5N 003 36.6W - - - - - - -
03:46 57 10.4N 005 31.8W 59 16.4N 001 00.2W - - - - - - -
03:47 57 31.7N 006 24.5W 60 26.2N 000 05.5E - - - - - - -
03:48 57 52.8N 007 17.8W 61 23.7N 000 46.0E - - - - - - -
03:49 58 13.7N 008 11.9W 62 14.6N 001 12.3E - - - - - - -
03:50 58 34.4N 009 06.7W 63 01.1N 001 28.5E - - - - - - -
03:51 58 54.8N 010 02.2W 63 44.5N 001 37.1E - - - - - - -
03:52 59 15.0N 010 58.6W 64 25.5N 001 39.4E - - - - - - -
03:53 59 35.0N 011 55.7W 65 04.5N 001 36.0E - - - - - - -
03:54 59 54.7N 012 53.6W 65 41.8N 001 27.6E - - - - - - -
03:55 60 14.2N 013 52.4W 66 17.7N 001 14.5E - - - - - - -
03:56 60 33.5N 014 52.0W 66 52.3N 000 56.9E - - - - - - -
03:57 60 52.4N 015 52.5W 67 25.8N 000 34.9E - - - - - - -
03:58 61 11.1N 016 53.8W 67 58.2N 000 08.6E - - - - - - -
03:59 61 29.6N 017 56.1W 68 29.6N 000 22.0W - - - - - - -
04:00 61 47.7N 018 59.3W 69 00.0N 000 56.9W - - - - - - -
04:01 62 05.5N 020 03.4W 69 29.6N 001 36.1W - - - - - - -
04:02 62 23.1N 021 08.4W 69 58.2N 002 19.9W - - - - - - -
04:03 62 40.3N 022 14.4W 70 25.9N 003 08.3W 63 54.6N 020 11.0W 0.938 2 38 5341 03m36.1s
04:04 62 57.2N 023 21.4W 70 52.7N 004 01.5W 64 40.6N 020 29.0W 0.938 2 38 5173 03m36.4s
04:05 63 13.8N 024 29.4W 71 18.6N 004 59.5W 65 15.9N 021 06.8W 0.938 3 37 4996 03m36.6s
04:06 63 30.1N 025 38.4W 71 43.5N 006 02.7W 65 44.8N 021 57.2W 0.938 3 37 4846 03m36.7s
04:07 63 46.0N 026 48.4W 72 07.5N 007 11.2W 66 08.8N 022 57.7W 0.938 3 36 4732 03m36.8s
04:08 64 01.5N 027 59.5W 72 30.3N 008 25.1W 66 28.3N 024 07.1W 0.938 3 35 4656 03m36.8s
04:09 64 16.7N 029 11.5W 72 52.1N 009 44.7W 66 43.5N 025 24.8W 0.938 3 34 4619 03m36.8s
04:10 64 31.5N 030 24.6W 73 12.7N 011 10.1W 66 54.1N 026 50.8W 0.938 3 33 4625 03m36.7s
04:11 64 45.9N 031 38.8W 73 32.1N 012 41.6W 66 59.4N 028 25.6W 0.938 3 32 4681 03m36.6s
04:12 64 59.9N 032 54.0W 73 50.0N 014 19.2W 66 57.8N 030 10.3W 0.938 2 31 4799 03m36.4s
04:13 65 13.6N 034 10.3W 74 06.5N 016 03.0W 66 45.6N 032 08.8W 0.938 2 29 5007 03m36.1s
04:14 65 26.7N 035 27.6W 74 21.4N 017 53.2W 66 04.7N 034 41.0W 0.938 1 27 5393 03m35.5s
04:15 65 39.5N 036 46.0W 74 34.6N 019 49.6W - - - - - - -
04:16 65 51.8N 038 05.4W 74 46.0N 021 52.2W - - - - - - -
04:17 66 03.7N 039 25.8W 74 55.2N 024 00.8W - - - - - - -
04:18 66 15.1N 040 47.3W 75 02.3N 026 15.2W - - - - - - -
04:19 66 26.0N 042 09.8W 75 06.9N 028 34.9W - - - - - - -
04:20 66 36.4N 043 33.3W 75 08.9N 030 59.5W - - - - - - -
04:21 66 46.3N 044 57.7W 75 08.0N 033 28.2W - - - - - - -
04:22 66 55.7N 046 23.1W 75 03.9N 036 00.4W - - - - - - -
04:23 67 04.6N 047 49.4W 74 56.3N 038 35.2W - - - - - - -
04:24 67 13.0N 049 16.7W 74 44.8N 041 11.7W - - - - - - -
04:25 67 20.8N 050 44.7W 74 28.9N 043 48.9W - - - - - - -
04:26 67 28.1N 052 13.6W 74 07.9N 046 25.9W - - - - - - -
04:27 67 34.8N 053 43.3W 73 40.8N 049 01.7W - - - - - - -
04:28 67 40.9N 055 13.7W 73 06.1N 051 35.6W - - - - - - -
04:29 67 46.4N 056 44.7W 72 20.9N 054 07.0W - - - - - - -
04:30 67 51.4N 058 16.4W 71 18.9N 056 36.6W - - - - - - -
M:S Central
Universal Northern Limit Southern Limit Central Line Diam. Sun Sun Path Line
------------------ ------------------ ------------------ Ratio Alt Azm Width Durat.
Time Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude
° ´ ° ´ ° ´ ° ´ ° ´ ° ´ ° ° km
04:31 67 55.7N 059 48.7W 69 35.1N 059 10.2W - - - - - - -
Limits 67 57.1N 060 20.0W 67 57.1N 060 20.0W 65 29.1N 035 41.6W 0.000 0 - 0 00m00.0s
Predictions for the Annular Solar Eclipse of 2003 May 31 were generated using the VSOP87/ELP2000-82 solar and lunar ephemerides and a value of ΔT = 64.4 seconds. The accuracy of the northern and southern edges of the eclipse path are limited to approximately 1-2 kilometers due to the lunar limb profile.
All eclipse calculations are by Fred Espenak, and he assumes full responsibility for their accuracy. Permission is freely granted to reproduce this data when accompanied by an acknowledgment:
"Eclipse Predictions by Fred Espenak, NASA's GSFC"
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