Path of the Total Solar Eclipse of -1215 Apr 15

Fred Espenak

Introduction

The following table delineates the path of the Moon's umbral shadow during the Total Solar Eclipse of -1215 Apr 15 . 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 -1215 Apr 15
UT1 Northern Limit Southern Limit Central Line M:S Sun Sun Path Central
Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Ratio Alt. Azm. Width Duration
Limits83°49.0'S011°57.0'E84°18.8'S022°32.1'E84°05.4'S016°57.9'E 1.021 - 134 km 01m15.4s
09:2075°01.0'S033°29.9'E79°50.6'S032°27.0'E77°05.3'S033°18.7'E 1.023 142 km 01m28.0s
09:2272°13.7'S037°05.0'E75°35.0'S038°05.0'E73°48.1'S037°34.3'E 1.024 11° 145 km 01m34.0s
09:2469°59.2'S039°35.2'E72°46.8'S041°03.3'E71°19.6'S040°16.9'E 1.025 13° 359° 147 km 01m38.6s
09:2668°03.5'S041°33.0'E70°31.6'S043°11.8'E69°15.3'S042°20.0'E 1.026 15° 356° 150 km 01m42.5s
09:2866°20.4'S043°10.9'E68°35.4'S044°54.6'E67°26.3'S044°00.5'E 1.026 17° 354° 152 km 01m45.8s
09:3064°46.5'S044°35.4'E66°51.8'S046°21.5'E65°47.9'S045°26.5'E 1.027 19° 352° 153 km 01m48.8s
09:3263°19.7'S045°50.3'E65°17.6'S047°37.5'E64°17.7'S046°42.1'E 1.027 20° 350° 155 km 01m51.5s
09:3461°58.6'S046°57.8'E63°50.4'S048°45.4'E62°53.7'S047°50.0'E 1.027 21° 348° 157 km 01m53.9s
09:3660°42.2'S047°59.6'E62°29.0'S049°47.3'E61°34.9'S048°51.9'E 1.028 22° 346° 158 km 01m56.1s
09:3859°29.7'S048°56.8'E61°12.4'S050°44.4'E60°20.4'S049°49.2'E 1.028 23° 345° 160 km 01m58.2s
09:4058°20.6'S049°50.2'E59°59.7'S051°37.7'E59°09.6'S050°42.7'E 1.028 24° 343° 162 km 02m00.1s
09:4257°14.5'S050°40.6'E58°50.4'S052°27.8'E58°02.0'S051°33.0'E 1.028 25° 342° 163 km 02m01.8s
09:4456°11.0'S051°28.4'E57°44.1'S053°15.3'E56°57.2'S052°20.7'E 1.029 26° 340° 165 km 02m03.4s
09:4655°09.8'S052°14.0'E56°40.5'S054°00.6'E55°54.8'S053°06.3'E 1.029 27° 338° 167 km 02m04.9s
09:4854°10.7'S052°57.8'E55°39.2'S054°44.1'E54°54.6'S053°50.0'E 1.029 27° 337° 168 km 02m06.2s
09:5053°13.5'S053°40.1'E54°39.9'S055°26.1'E53°56.4'S054°32.1'E 1.029 28° 335° 170 km 02m07.4s
09:5252°18.0'S054°21.0'E53°42.6'S056°06.8'E53°00.1'S055°13.0'E 1.029 28° 334° 171 km 02m08.5s
09:5451°24.1'S055°00.8'E52°47.0'S056°46.4'E52°05.3'S055°52.7'E 1.029 29° 332° 173 km 02m09.5s
09:5650°31.6'S055°39.7'E51°53.0'S057°25.1'E51°12.1'S056°31.6'E 1.030 29° 331° 175 km 02m10.4s
09:5849°40.5'S056°17.9'E51°00.5'S058°03.1'E50°20.3'S057°09.7'E 1.030 30° 329° 176 km 02m11.2s
10:0048°50.6'S056°55.4'E50°09.3'S058°40.5'E49°29.8'S057°47.2'E 1.030 30° 328° 178 km 02m11.9s
10:0248°01.9'S057°32.4'E49°19.4'S059°17.4'E48°40.5'S058°24.2'E 1.030 30° 326° 179 km 02m12.5s
10:0447°14.3'S058°09.0'E48°30.6'S059°54.0'E47°52.3'S059°00.8'E 1.030 31° 325° 181 km 02m12.9s
10:0646°27.7'S058°45.4'E47°43.0'S060°30.4'E47°05.2'S059°37.2'E 1.030 31° 324° 183 km 02m13.3s
10:0845°42.1'S059°21.6'E46°56.4'S061°06.6'E46°19.1'S060°13.4'E 1.030 31° 322° 184 km 02m13.6s
10:1044°57.4'S059°57.8'E46°10.8'S061°42.9'E45°34.0'S060°49.6'E 1.030 31° 321° 186 km 02m13.8s
10:1244°13.6'S060°33.9'E45°26.1'S062°19.2'E44°49.7'S061°25.9'E 1.030 31° 319° 187 km 02m13.9s
10:1443°30.6'S061°10.2'E44°42.3'S062°55.7'E44°06.3'S062°02.3'E 1.030 31° 318° 189 km 02m13.9s
10:1642°48.4'S061°46.8'E43°59.3'S063°32.4'E43°23.8'S062°38.9'E 1.030 31° 316° 191 km 02m13.8s
10:1842°07.0'S062°23.6'E43°17.1'S064°09.6'E42°42.0'S063°15.9'E 1.030 31° 315° 192 km 02m13.6s
10:2041°26.3'S063°00.8'E42°35.8'S064°47.2'E42°01.0'S063°53.3'E 1.030 31° 314° 193 km 02m13.3s
10:2240°46.4'S063°38.6'E41°55.1'S065°25.3'E41°20.7'S064°31.3'E 1.030 31° 312° 195 km 02m12.9s
10:2440°07.1'S064°16.9'E41°15.2'S066°04.2'E40°41.1'S065°09.9'E 1.030 31° 311° 196 km 02m12.4s
10:2639°28.5'S064°56.0'E40°36.0'S066°43.8'E40°02.2'S065°49.2'E 1.030 30° 309° 197 km 02m11.9s
10:2838°50.5'S065°35.9'E39°57.5'S067°24.3'E39°24.0'S066°29.4'E 1.029 30° 308° 198 km 02m11.2s
10:3038°13.2'S066°16.7'E39°19.7'S068°05.9'E38°46.4'S067°10.6'E 1.029 30° 307° 199 km 02m10.4s
10:3237°36.6'S066°58.5'E38°42.5'S068°48.7'E38°09.5'S067°52.9'E 1.029 29° 305° 200 km 02m09.5s
10:3437°00.5'S067°41.6'E38°05.9'S069°32.7'E37°33.2'S068°36.5'E 1.029 29° 304° 201 km 02m08.5s
10:3636°25.1'S068°26.1'E37°30.0'S070°18.3'E36°57.5'S069°21.5'E 1.029 28° 303° 201 km 02m07.4s
10:3835°50.3'S069°12.1'E36°54.7'S071°05.6'E36°22.5'S070°08.1'E 1.029 28° 301° 202 km 02m06.2s
10:4035°16.1'S069°59.9'E36°20.1'S071°54.9'E35°48.1'S070°56.6'E 1.029 27° 300° 202 km 02m04.8s
10:4234°42.5'S070°49.6'E35°46.1'S072°46.3'E35°14.3'S071°47.2'E 1.028 27° 299° 201 km 02m03.3s
10:4434°09.6'S071°41.6'E35°12.8'S073°40.3'E34°41.2'S072°40.1'E 1.028 26° 298° 201 km 02m01.8s
10:4633°37.3'S072°36.1'E34°40.2'S074°37.1'E34°08.8'S073°35.7'E 1.028 25° 296° 200 km 02m00.0s
10:4833°05.7'S073°33.6'E34°08.3'S075°37.3'E33°37.0'S074°34.5'E 1.028 24° 295° 198 km 01m58.2s
10:5032°34.9'S074°34.5'E33°37.1'S076°41.4'E33°06.0'S075°36.9'E 1.027 23° 294° 196 km 01m56.1s
10:5232°04.7'S075°39.3'E33°06.7'S077°50.1'E32°35.8'S076°43.6'E 1.027 22° 292° 194 km 01m53.9s
10:5431°35.5'S076°48.9'E32°37.3'S079°04.4'E32°06.4'S077°55.4'E 1.027 21° 291° 191 km 01m51.5s
10:5631°07.1'S078°04.2'E32°08.8'S080°25.6'E31°38.0'S079°13.4'E 1.026 20° 290° 188 km 01m48.9s
10:5830°39.8'S079°26.5'E31°41.4'S081°55.5'E31°10.6'S080°39.2'E 1.026 18° 288° 184 km 01m46.0s
11:0030°13.7'S080°57.7'E31°15.5'S083°36.9'E30°44.6'S082°15.1'E 1.025 17° 287° 179 km 01m42.9s
11:0229°49.1'S082°40.7'E30°51.4'S085°34.5'E30°20.2'S084°04.7'E 1.025 15° 286° 173 km 01m39.3s
11:0429°26.5'S084°40.3'E30°30.0'S087°57.0'E29°58.1'S086°14.2'E 1.024 13° 284° 166 km 01m35.2s
11:0629°06.8'S087°05.6'E30°13.2'S091°05.9'E29°39.5'S088°57.2'E 1.023 10° 282° 158 km 01m30.2s
11:0828°52.3'S090°19.7'E30°11.5'S096°54.5'E29°28.6'S092°55.6'E 1.022 280° 146 km 01m23.4s
Limits29°11.8'S099°42.6'E30°23.9'S100°01.9'E29°47.5'S099°52.2'E 1.020 - 128 km 01m12.7s

ΔT = 29291.1 seconds

Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration
Event Time
TD
Time
UT1
Latitude Longitude Sun
Altitude
Sun
Azimuth
Path Width Central
Duration
Greatest Eclipse18:21:40.710:13:29.644°17.3'S060°29.8'W 31.2° 318.2° 188.6 km02m13.90s
Greatest Duration18:21:08.610:12:57.544°28.8'S061°43.3'E 31.2° 318.6° 188.2 km02m13.90s

Explanation of Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration

Links for the Total Solar Eclipse of -1215 Apr 15

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Eclipse Predictions

Predictions for the Total Solar Eclipse of -1215 Apr 15 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 29291.1 seconds for this eclipse. The uncertainty in ΔT is 1100.3 seconds corresponding to a standard error in longitude of the eclipse path of ± 4.60°.

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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