Path of the Annular Solar Eclipse of 2012 May 20

Fred Espenak

The following table delineates the path of the Moon's antumbral shadow during the Annular Solar Eclipse of 2012 May 20 . 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).

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 .


Annular Solar Eclipse of 2012 May 20

  
                                                                      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  22 23.2N 107 44.8E  19 56.0N 109 37.7E  21 09.2N 108 42.1E  0.931   0   -  324  04m22.7s
 22:10      -         -      24 19.3N 120 11.2E  23 46.8N 115 19.9E  0.933   7  71  318  04m29.3s
 22:12   25 24.7N 115 25.7E  25 50.4N 123 28.3E  25 49.7N 120 02.8E  0.934  12  73  313  04m34.8s
 22:14   27 17.6N 119 46.0E  27 04.3N 126 02.1E  27 16.1N 123 10.7E  0.935  16  75  309  04m38.8s
 22:16   28 40.4N 122 47.3E  28 08.3N 128 11.7E  28 27.3N 125 40.2E  0.936  18  76  305  04m42.2s
 22:18   29 49.6N 125 13.8E  29 05.6N 130 05.6E  29 29.6N 127 47.5E  0.936  21  78  302  04m45.3s
 22:20   30 50.5N 127 19.5E  29 58.2N 131 48.2E  30 25.8N 129 40.1E  0.937  23  79  299  04m48.1s

 22:22   31 45.6N 129 11.2E  30 46.9N 133 22.3E  31 17.4N 131 22.0E  0.937  25  81  296  04m50.7s
 22:24   32 36.4N 130 52.7E  31 32.6N 134 49.7E  32 05.3N 132 55.7E  0.938  27  82  293  04m53.2s
 22:26   33 23.8N 132 26.3E  32 15.7N 136 11.8E  32 50.4N 134 23.0E  0.938  29  83  291  04m55.5s
 22:28   34 08.3N 133 53.8E  32 56.7N 137 29.4E  33 33.0N 135 45.2E  0.938  30  85  288  04m57.8s
 22:30   34 50.4N 135 16.2E  33 35.7N 138 43.4E  34 13.5N 137 03.1E  0.939  32  86  286  05m00.0s
 22:32   35 30.6N 136 34.5E  34 13.1N 139 54.1E  34 52.1N 138 17.4E  0.939  33  87  283  05m02.1s
 22:34   36 08.9N 137 49.3E  34 48.9N 141 02.3E  35 29.2N 139 28.6E  0.939  35  89  281  05m04.1s
 22:36   36 45.7N 139 01.2E  35 23.4N 142 08.0E  36 04.7N 140 37.3E  0.940  36  90  279  05m06.1s
 22:38   37 21.0N 140 10.5E  35 56.7N 143 11.8E  36 39.0N 141 43.7E  0.940  37  91  276  05m08.0s
 22:40   37 55.0N 141 17.7E  36 28.8N 144 13.8E  37 12.0N 142 48.1E  0.940  39  93  274  05m09.9s

 22:42   38 27.9N 142 23.0E  36 59.8N 145 14.3E  37 43.9N 143 50.9E  0.940  40  94  272  05m11.7s
 22:44   38 59.7N 143 26.6E  37 29.9N 146 13.5E  38 14.8N 144 52.2E  0.941  41  96  270  05m13.4s
 22:46   39 30.4N 144 28.8E  37 59.0N 147 11.4E  38 44.7N 145 52.2E  0.941  42  97  269  05m15.2s
 22:48   40 00.2N 145 29.8E  38 27.3N 148 08.4E  39 13.7N 146 51.1E  0.941  43  99  267  05m16.8s
 22:50   40 29.1N 146 29.7E  38 54.7N 149 04.4E  39 41.9N 147 49.0E  0.941  44 100  265  05m18.4s
 22:52   40 57.2N 147 28.7E  39 21.4N 149 59.6E  40 09.2N 148 46.0E  0.941  45 102  263  05m20.0s
 22:54   41 24.4N 148 26.8E  39 47.3N 150 54.1E  40 35.8N 149 42.3E  0.942  46 104  262  05m21.6s
 22:56   41 50.9N 149 24.3E  40 12.5N 151 48.0E  41 01.6N 150 37.9E  0.942  47 105  260  05m23.1s
 22:58   42 16.7N 150 21.1E  40 37.0N 152 41.4E  41 26.7N 151 33.0E  0.942  48 107  259  05m24.5s
 23:00   42 41.7N 151 17.4E  41 00.8N 153 34.3E  41 51.1N 152 27.6E  0.942  49 109  257  05m25.9s

 23:02   43 06.1N 152 13.3E  41 23.9N 154 26.9E  42 14.8N 153 21.7E  0.942  50 110  256  05m27.3s
 23:04   43 29.8N 153 08.8E  41 46.5N 155 19.1E  42 37.9N 154 15.5E  0.942  50 112  254  05m28.6s
 23:06   43 52.8N 154 04.0E  42 08.4N 156 11.0E  43 00.4N 155 09.1E  0.942  51 114  253  05m29.9s
 23:08   44 15.3N 154 59.0E  42 29.7N 157 02.8E  43 22.3N 156 02.4E  0.943  52 116  252  05m31.1s
 23:10   44 37.1N 155 53.8E  42 50.4N 157 54.3E  43 43.5N 156 55.5E  0.943  53 118  251  05m32.3s
 23:12   44 58.3N 156 48.5E  43 10.6N 158 45.7E  44 04.2N 157 48.5E  0.943  53 120  250  05m33.5s
 23:14   45 18.9N 157 43.1E  43 30.2N 159 37.1E  44 24.3N 158 41.5E  0.943  54 122  249  05m34.6s
 23:16   45 39.0N 158 37.6E  43 49.2N 160 28.4E  44 43.8N 159 34.3E  0.943  55 124  247  05m35.7s
 23:18   45 58.5N 159 32.2E  44 07.7N 161 19.6E  45 02.8N 160 27.2E  0.943  55 126  246  05m36.7s
 23:20   46 17.4N 160 26.8E  44 25.6N 162 10.9E  45 21.2N 161 20.2E  0.943  56 128  246  05m37.6s

 23:22   46 35.7N 161 21.5E  44 43.0N 163 02.3E  45 39.0N 162 13.2E  0.943  57 131  245  05m38.5s
 23:24   46 53.5N 162 16.3E  44 59.8N 163 53.8E  45 56.3N 163 06.2E  0.943  57 133  244  05m39.4s
 23:26   47 10.7N 163 11.3E  45 16.1N 164 45.3E  46 13.1N 163 59.5E  0.943  58 135  243  05m40.2s
 23:28   47 27.4N 164 06.5E  45 31.9N 165 37.0E  46 29.3N 164 52.8E  0.943  58 138  242  05m41.0s
 23:30   47 43.6N 165 01.8E  45 47.2N 166 28.8E  46 45.0N 165 46.4E  0.944  58 140  242  05m41.7s
 23:32   47 59.2N 165 57.5E  46 01.9N 167 20.9E  47 00.2N 166 40.2E  0.944  59 143  241  05m42.4s
 23:34   48 14.2N 166 53.3E  46 16.1N 168 13.1E  47 14.8N 167 34.2E  0.944  59 145  240  05m43.0s
 23:36   48 28.7N 167 49.5E  46 29.8N 169 05.6E  47 28.9N 168 28.5E  0.944  60 148  240  05m43.6s
 23:38   48 42.7N 168 45.9E  46 43.0N 169 58.3E  47 42.4N 169 23.0E  0.944  60 151  239  05m44.1s
 23:40   48 56.1N 169 42.7E  46 55.6N 170 51.3E  47 55.4N 170 17.8E  0.944  60 153  239  05m44.6s

 23:42   49 08.9N 170 39.8E  47 07.7N 171 44.6E  48 07.9N 171 13.0E  0.944  60 156  238  05m45.0s
 23:44   49 21.2N 171 37.3E  47 19.3N 172 38.1E  48 19.8N 172 08.5E  0.944  61 159  238  05m45.4s
 23:46   49 32.9N 172 35.2E  47 30.3N 173 32.0E  48 31.2N 173 04.3E  0.944  61 161  238  05m45.7s
 23:48   49 44.1N 173 33.5E  47 40.8N 174 26.2E  48 42.0N 174 00.5E  0.944  61 164  237  05m45.9s
 23:50   49 54.7N 174 32.2E  47 50.8N 175 20.7E  48 52.3N 174 57.0E  0.944  61 167  237  05m46.1s
 23:52   50 04.7N 175 31.3E  48 00.2N 176 15.7E  49 02.0N 175 54.0E  0.944  61 170  237  05m46.2s
 23:54   50 14.2N 176 30.9E  48 09.1N 177 10.9E  49 11.2N 176 51.3E  0.944  61 173  237  05m46.3s
 23:56   50 23.0N 177 30.9E  48 17.4N 178 06.6E  49 19.7N 177 49.1E  0.944  61 176  237  05m46.3s
 23:58   50 31.3N 178 31.4E  48 25.2N 179 02.6E  49 27.8N 178 47.3E  0.944  61 178  237  05m46.3s
 00:00   50 39.0N 179 32.4E  48 32.4N 179 59.1E  49 35.2N 179 45.9E  0.944  61 181  237  05m46.2s

 00:02   50 46.1N 179 26.1W  48 39.0N 179 04.1W  49 42.0N 179 15.0W  0.944  60 184  237  05m46.1s
 00:04   50 52.5N 178 24.2W  48 45.1N 178 06.8W  49 48.3N 178 15.4W  0.944  60 187  237  05m45.9s
 00:06   50 58.4N 177 21.7W  48 50.6N 177 09.1W  49 54.0N 177 15.4W  0.944  60 190  237  05m45.6s
 00:08   51 03.6N 176 18.7W  48 55.5N 176 10.9W  49 59.0N 176 14.9W  0.944  60 192  237  05m45.3s
 00:10   51 08.1N 175 15.2W  48 59.8N 175 12.3W  50 03.4N 175 13.9W  0.944  59 195  237  05m44.9s
 00:12   51 12.1N 174 11.1W  49 03.5N 174 13.2W  50 07.3N 174 12.4W  0.944  59 198  237  05m44.5s
 00:14   51 15.3N 173 06.5W  49 06.5N 173 13.6W  50 10.4N 173 10.4W  0.944  59 201  238  05m44.0s
 00:16   51 18.0N 172 01.3W  49 09.0N 172 13.5W  50 13.0N 172 07.9W  0.944  58 203  238  05m43.5s
 00:18   51 19.9N 170 55.6W  49 10.8N 171 13.0W  50 14.9N 171 04.8W  0.944  58 206  238  05m42.8s
 00:20   51 21.1N 169 49.3W  49 12.0N 170 11.9W  50 16.1N 170 01.2W  0.943  57 208  239  05m42.2s

 00:22   51 21.7N 168 42.4W  49 12.6N 169 10.3W  50 16.6N 168 57.0W  0.943  57 211  239  05m41.5s
 00:24   51 21.5N 167 34.8W  49 12.4N 168 08.2W  50 16.5N 167 52.3W  0.943  56 213  240  05m40.7s
 00:26   51 20.6N 166 26.7W  49 11.6N 167 05.5W  50 15.6N 166 47.0W  0.943  56 216  240  05m39.9s
 00:28   51 18.9N 165 17.9W  49 10.1N 166 02.3W  50 14.1N 165 41.1W  0.943  55 218  241  05m39.0s
 00:30   51 16.5N 164 08.5W  49 08.0N 164 58.4W  50 11.8N 164 34.6W  0.943  55 221  242  05m38.0s
 00:32   51 13.3N 162 58.4W  49 05.1N 163 54.0W  50 08.7N 163 27.4W  0.943  54 223  242  05m37.0s
 00:34   51 09.4N 161 47.6W  49 01.4N 162 49.0W  50 05.0N 162 19.6W  0.943  53 225  243  05m36.0s
 00:36   51 04.6N 160 36.2W  48 57.1N 161 43.3W  50 00.4N 161 11.1W  0.943  53 228  244  05m34.9s
 00:38   50 59.0N 159 23.9W  48 51.9N 160 36.9W  49 55.0N 160 01.9W  0.943  52 230  245  05m33.7s
 00:40   50 52.5N 158 10.9W  48 46.0N 159 29.9W  49 48.9N 158 52.0W  0.943  51 232  246  05m32.5s

 00:42   50 45.2N 156 57.1W  48 39.3N 158 22.1W  49 41.8N 157 41.3W  0.942  50 234  247  05m31.2s
 00:44   50 37.0N 155 42.5W  48 31.7N 157 13.6W  49 34.0N 156 29.8W  0.942  49 237  248  05m29.9s
 00:46   50 27.8N 154 26.9W  48 23.3N 156 04.2W  49 25.2N 155 17.5W  0.942  49 239  249  05m28.5s
 00:48   50 17.7N 153 10.4W  48 14.1N 154 54.0W  49 15.5N 154 04.3W  0.942  48 241  250  05m27.0s
 00:50   50 06.5N 151 53.0W  48 03.9N 153 42.9W  49 04.9N 152 50.1W  0.942  47 243  251  05m25.6s
 00:52   49 54.4N 150 34.4W  47 52.8N 152 30.9W  48 53.3N 151 34.9W  0.942  46 245  253  05m24.0s
 00:54   49 41.2N 149 14.7W  47 40.7N 151 17.8W  48 40.7N 150 18.7W  0.941  45 247  254  05m22.4s
 00:56   49 26.8N 147 53.7W  47 27.6N 150 03.6W  48 27.0N 149 01.2W  0.941  44 249  255  05m20.8s
 00:58   49 11.3N 146 31.4W  47 13.4N 148 48.3W  48 12.2N 147 42.5W  0.941  43 251  257  05m19.0s
 01:00   48 54.6N 145 07.5W  46 58.2N 147 31.6W  47 56.3N 146 22.4W  0.941  42 253  259  05m17.3s

 01:02   48 36.6N 143 42.1W  46 41.8N 146 13.5W  47 39.1N 145 00.8W  0.941  41 255  260  05m15.5s
 01:04   48 17.2N 142 14.8W  46 24.1N 144 53.9W  47 20.6N 143 37.5W  0.940  39 257  262  05m13.6s
 01:06   47 56.3N 140 45.5W  46 05.2N 143 32.6W  47 00.7N 142 12.4W  0.940  38 259  264  05m11.6s
 01:08   47 33.8N 139 13.9W  45 44.9N 142 09.3W  46 39.4N 140 45.1W  0.940  37 260  266  05m09.6s
 01:10   47 09.6N 137 39.8W  45 23.1N 140 44.0W  46 16.5N 139 15.6W  0.940  36 262  268  05m07.6s
 01:12   46 43.6N 136 02.7W  44 59.7N 139 16.3W  45 51.9N 137 43.4W  0.939  34 264  270  05m05.4s
 01:14   46 15.5N 134 22.1W  44 34.6N 137 45.8W  45 25.4N 136 08.2W  0.939  33 266  273  05m03.2s
 01:16   45 45.0N 132 37.6W  44 07.5N 136 12.3W  44 56.8N 134 29.5W  0.939  31 268  275  05m00.9s
 01:18   45 12.0N 130 48.3W  43 38.4N 134 35.1W  44 25.8N 132 46.7W  0.938  30 270  278  04m58.5s
 01:20   44 36.0N 128 53.3W  43 06.9N 132 53.7W  43 52.2N 130 59.0W  0.938  28 272  280  04m56.1s

 01:22   43 56.4N 126 51.1W  42 32.6N 131 07.3W  43 15.6N 129 05.4W  0.938  26 274  283  04m53.5s
 01:24   43 12.5N 124 39.9W  41 55.2N 129 14.7W  42 35.3N 127 04.4W  0.937  25 276  286  04m50.7s
 01:26   42 23.2N 122 16.9W  41 14.0N 127 14.5W  41 50.5N 124 54.1W  0.937  22 278  290  04m47.9s
 01:28   41 26.6N 119 37.1W  40 28.2N 125 04.6W  41 00.0N 122 31.3W  0.936  20 280  294  04m44.8s
 01:30   40 19.3N 116 32.2W  39 36.3N 122 41.5W  40 01.9N 119 51.0W  0.936  18 282  298  04m41.4s
 01:32   38 53.8N 112 42.5W  38 36.3N 119 59.7W  38 52.2N 116 43.6W  0.935  15 284  303  04m37.6s
 01:34   36 41.8N 106 53.4W  37 23.7N 116 48.2W  37 22.3N 112 46.4W  0.934  11 287  308  04m33.0s
 01:36      -         -      35 47.7N 112 39.6W  34 51.8N 106 14.6W  0.932   5 291  317  04m26.1s

 Limits  34 07.1N 100 05.3W  31 43.6N 102 12.4W  32 54.9N 101 10.1W  0.931   0   -  323  04m21.3s

ΔT = 66.7 seconds



   Instant of 
Greatest Eclipse:       Time =  23:52:47.0 UT       Lat = 49°05.6'N      Long = 176°16.4'E
      (GE)               Sun Altitude =  60.9°          Path Width = 236.9 km
                          Sun Azimuth = 171.0°    Central Duration =   05m46.3s


   Instant of 
Greatest Duration:      Time =    23:55:53 UT       Lat =   49°19'N      Long =   177°46'E
      (GD)               Sun Altitude =  60.8°          Path Width = 236.7 km
                          Sun Azimuth = 175.4°    Central Duration =   05m46.3s


Additional Links: Annular Solar Eclipse of 2012 May 20


Eclipse Predictions

Predictions for the Annular Solar Eclipse of 2012 May 20 were generated using the JPL DE405 solar and lunar ephemerides and a value of ΔT = 66.7 seconds.

The eclipse predictions presented here DO NOT include the effects of mountains and valleys along the edge of the Moon. Such corrections for the lunar limb profile may shift the limits of the eclipse path north or south by ~1-3 kilometers, and change the eclipse duration by ~1-3 seconds. More detailed predictions including the effects of the lunar limb profile are normally posted 12-18 months before each eclipse,

Acknowledgments

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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