Path of the Total Solar Eclipse of -1217 Dec 01

Fred Espenak

Introduction

The following table delineates the path of the Moon's umbral shadow during the Total Solar Eclipse of -1217 Dec 01 . 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 -1217 Dec 01
UT1 Northern Limit Southern Limit Central Line M:S Sun Sun Path Central
Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Ratio Alt. Azm. Width Duration
Limits24°10.7'S176°57.4'E25°13.5'S176°05.5'E24°42.0'S176°31.7'E 1.026 - 140 km 01m17.3s
17:3028°50.0'S172°29.0'W27°53.1'S177°40.6'W28°27.9'S174°49.9'W 1.029 108° 159 km 01m30.2s
17:3230°35.1'S169°17.9'W30°11.1'S173°11.2'W30°25.4'S171°09.8'W 1.030 13° 106° 167 km 01m36.4s
17:3432°03.5'S166°50.7'W31°53.4'S170°14.2'W31°59.9'S168°29.8'W 1.031 16° 104° 172 km 01m41.3s
17:3633°22.5'S164°47.5'W33°21.0'S167°54.6'W33°22.8'S166°19.2'W 1.032 18° 102° 176 km 01m45.4s
17:3834°35.2'S162°59.9'W34°39.9'S165°56.6'W34°38.4'S164°26.8'W 1.033 21° 101° 179 km 01m49.1s
17:4035°43.4'S161°23.4'W35°53.0'S164°12.8'W35°48.9'S162°46.9'W 1.033 23° 99° 182 km 01m52.4s
17:4236°48.1'S159°55.2'W37°01.7'S162°39.3'W36°55.6'S161°16.2'W 1.034 24° 98° 184 km 01m55.4s
17:4437°50.0'S158°33.5'W38°07.1'S161°13.6'W37°59.1'S159°52.6'W 1.034 26° 96° 186 km 01m58.2s
17:4638°49.6'S157°16.8'W39°09.8'S159°53.9'W39°00.3'S158°34.5'W 1.035 27° 94° 187 km 02m00.8s
17:4839°47.3'S156°04.3'W40°10.3'S158°39.0'W39°59.3'S157°20.9'W 1.035 29° 93° 189 km 02m03.3s
17:5040°43.4'S154°55.2'W41°08.9'S157°28.0'W40°56.6'S156°10.8'W 1.035 30° 91° 190 km 02m05.6s
17:5241°38.0'S153°48.9'W42°05.9'S156°20.2'W41°52.4'S155°03.8'W 1.036 31° 90° 190 km 02m07.8s
17:5442°31.4'S152°44.9'W43°01.5'S155°15.0'W42°46.9'S153°59.2'W 1.036 33° 88° 191 km 02m09.9s
17:5643°23.7'S151°42.7'W43°55.9'S154°12.0'W43°40.2'S152°56.6'W 1.036 34° 86° 191 km 02m11.8s
17:5844°15.0'S150°42.2'W44°49.2'S153°10.7'W44°32.5'S151°55.7'W 1.037 35° 85° 192 km 02m13.7s
18:0045°05.4'S149°42.9'W45°41.6'S152°10.9'W45°23.9'S150°56.1'W 1.037 36° 83° 192 km 02m15.4s
18:0245°55.0'S148°44.5'W46°33.1'S151°12.1'W46°14.4'S149°57.6'W 1.037 37° 81° 192 km 02m17.1s
18:0446°43.8'S147°47.0'W47°23.8'S150°14.3'W47°04.2'S148°59.9'W 1.037 37° 79° 192 km 02m18.6s
18:0647°32.0'S146°50.0'W48°13.8'S149°17.1'W47°53.3'S148°02.7'W 1.038 38° 77° 192 km 02m20.1s
18:0848°19.5'S145°53.3'W49°03.2'S148°20.3'W48°41.7'S147°06.0'W 1.038 39° 76° 192 km 02m21.5s
18:1049°06.5'S144°56.9'W49°51.9'S147°23.7'W49°29.5'S146°09.5'W 1.038 40° 74° 192 km 02m22.8s
18:1249°52.9'S144°00.4'W50°40.1'S146°27.2'W50°16.8'S145°12.9'W 1.038 40° 72° 191 km 02m24.0s
18:1450°38.8'S143°03.8'W51°27.8'S145°30.5'W51°03.6'S144°16.2'W 1.038 41° 70° 191 km 02m25.2s
18:1651°24.3'S142°06.8'W52°15.0'S144°33.5'W51°49.9'S143°19.2'W 1.038 41° 68° 191 km 02m26.2s
18:1852°09.3'S141°09.4'W53°01.7'S143°36.0'W52°35.8'S142°21.7'W 1.039 42° 66° 191 km 02m27.2s
18:2052°53.8'S140°11.3'W53°48.1'S142°37.9'W53°21.2'S141°23.6'W 1.039 42° 63° 190 km 02m28.1s
18:2253°38.0'S139°12.4'W54°34.0'S141°38.9'W54°06.2'S140°24.6'W 1.039 43° 61° 190 km 02m28.9s
18:2454°21.7'S138°12.5'W55°19.5'S140°38.9'W54°50.9'S139°24.6'W 1.039 43° 59° 189 km 02m29.7s
18:2655°05.1'S137°11.5'W56°04.6'S139°37.7'W55°35.1'S138°23.5'W 1.039 44° 57° 189 km 02m30.4s
18:2855°48.0'S136°09.3'W56°49.4'S138°35.1'W56°19.0'S137°21.1'W 1.039 44° 54° 189 km 02m31.0s
18:3056°30.6'S135°05.5'W57°33.8'S137°31.0'W57°02.5'S136°17.1'W 1.039 44° 52° 188 km 02m31.5s
18:3257°12.9'S134°00.2'W58°17.9'S136°25.0'W57°45.6'S135°11.4'W 1.039 44° 50° 188 km 02m32.0s
18:3457°54.7'S132°53.0'W59°01.6'S135°17.1'W58°28.4'S134°03.8'W 1.039 44° 47° 187 km 02m32.3s
18:3658°36.2'S131°43.7'W59°45.0'S134°07.0'W59°10.8'S132°54.1'W 1.039 45° 45° 187 km 02m32.6s
18:3859°17.3'S130°32.2'W60°28.0'S132°54.4'W59°52.8'S131°42.0'W 1.039 45° 42° 186 km 02m32.9s
18:4059°58.0'S129°18.3'W61°10.6'S131°39.1'W60°34.5'S130°27.3'W 1.039 45° 39° 186 km 02m33.0s
18:4260°38.3'S128°01.6'W61°52.8'S130°20.8'W61°15.7'S129°09.8'W 1.039 45° 37° 185 km 02m33.1s
18:4461°18.2'S126°42.0'W62°34.6'S128°59.2'W61°56.5'S127°49.2'W 1.039 45° 34° 185 km 02m33.1s
18:4661°57.6'S125°19.2'W63°16.0'S127°34.0'W62°36.9'S126°25.1'W 1.039 45° 31° 184 km 02m33.0s
18:4862°36.5'S123°52.8'W63°56.9'S126°04.8'W63°16.8'S124°57.3'W 1.039 44° 28° 184 km 02m32.9s
18:5063°14.9'S122°22.7'W64°37.3'S124°31.2'W63°56.1'S123°25.4'W 1.039 44° 26° 183 km 02m32.6s
18:5263°52.8'S120°48.3'W65°17.1'S122°52.9'W64°34.9'S121°49.1'W 1.039 44° 23° 183 km 02m32.3s
18:5464°30.0'S119°09.5'W65°56.3'S121°09.4'W65°13.1'S120°07.9'W 1.039 44° 20° 183 km 02m31.9s
18:5665°06.5'S117°25.7'W66°34.8'S119°20.2'W65°50.6'S118°21.5'W 1.039 44° 16° 182 km 02m31.4s
18:5865°42.3'S115°36.7'W67°12.5'S117°24.8'W66°27.4'S116°29.3'W 1.039 43° 13° 182 km 02m30.9s
19:0066°17.3'S113°41.9'W67°49.4'S115°22.7'W67°03.3'S114°30.9'W 1.039 43° 10° 181 km 02m30.3s
19:0266°51.4'S111°41.0'W68°25.4'S113°13.2'W67°38.3'S112°25.8'W 1.039 42° 181 km 02m29.5s
19:0467°24.5'S109°33.4'W69°00.2'S110°55.7'W68°12.2'S110°13.4'W 1.039 42° 180 km 02m28.7s
19:0667°56.4'S107°18.7'W69°33.8'S108°29.7'W68°44.9'S107°53.3'W 1.038 41° 360° 179 km 02m27.9s
19:0868°27.1'S104°56.3'W70°06.0'S105°54.4'W69°16.4'S105°24.7'W 1.038 41° 356° 179 km 02m26.9s
19:1068°56.3'S102°25.8'W70°36.5'S103°09.1'W69°46.3'S102°47.1'W 1.038 40° 352° 178 km 02m25.8s
19:1269°24.0'S099°46.7'W71°05.3'S100°13.3'W70°14.5'S100°00.0'W 1.038 40° 348° 178 km 02m24.7s
19:1469°49.9'S096°58.4'W71°32.0'S097°06.3'W70°40.7'S097°02.8'W 1.038 39° 344° 177 km 02m23.4s
19:1670°13.7'S094°00.5'W71°56.4'S093°47.6'W71°04.9'S093°55.1'W 1.038 38° 340° 177 km 02m22.1s
19:1870°35.4'S090°52.7'W72°18.1'S090°16.8'W71°26.5'S090°36.4'W 1.037 37° 335° 176 km 02m20.7s
19:2070°54.5'S087°34.7'W72°36.8'S086°33.6'W71°45.5'S087°06.5'W 1.037 36° 331° 176 km 02m19.2s
19:2271°10.7'S084°06.3'W72°52.1'S082°38.1'W72°01.3'S083°25.2'W 1.037 36° 326° 175 km 02m17.5s
19:2471°23.9'S080°27.4'W73°03.6'S078°30.3'W72°13.7'S079°32.7'W 1.037 35° 321° 174 km 02m15.8s
19:2671°33.5'S076°38.3'W73°10.9'S074°11.0'W72°22.3'S075°29.2'W 1.037 34° 316° 174 km 02m13.9s
19:2871°39.2'S072°39.1'W73°13.5'S069°40.8'W72°26.6'S071°15.2'W 1.036 32° 311° 173 km 02m12.0s
19:3071°40.7'S068°30.3'W73°10.9'S065°00.9'W72°26.2'S066°51.5'W 1.036 31° 306° 172 km 02m09.9s
19:3271°37.5'S064°12.7'W73°02.7'S060°12.6'W72°20.6'S062°19.1'W 1.036 30° 301° 171 km 02m07.7s
19:3471°29.0'S059°46.9'W72°48.2'S055°17.3'W72°09.3'S057°38.9'W 1.035 29° 295° 171 km 02m05.3s
19:3671°14.9'S055°13.6'W72°27.0'S050°16.5'W71°51.9'S052°52.0'W 1.035 27° 290° 170 km 02m02.8s
19:3870°54.5'S050°33.7'W71°58.3'S045°11.2'W71°27.5'S047°59.3'W 1.034 26° 284° 169 km 02m00.1s
19:4070°27.0'S045°47.4'W71°21.2'S040°02.1'W70°55.6'S043°01.5'W 1.034 24° 279° 167 km 01m57.2s
19:4269°51.7'S040°54.7'W70°34.9'S034°49.0'W70°15.0'S037°58.2'W 1.033 23° 273° 166 km 01m54.1s
19:4469°07.3'S035°54.9'W69°37.5'S029°30.1'W69°24.5'S032°48.5'W 1.033 21° 267° 165 km 01m50.6s
19:4668°12.1'S030°45.4'W68°26.5'S024°01.4'W68°21.9'S027°29.2'W 1.032 18° 262° 163 km 01m46.9s
19:4867°03.1'S025°21.4'W66°57.2'S018°14.0'W67°03.5'S021°53.9'W 1.031 16° 256° 160 km 01m42.6s
19:5065°35.1'S019°32.2'W64°59.0'S011°46.5'W65°22.1'S015°47.6'W 1.030 13° 249° 158 km 01m37.5s
19:5263°35.2'S012°50.9'W61°53.1'S003°18.2'W62°57.1'S008°27.2'W 1.029 242° 153 km 01m30.9s
Limits57°04.5'S004°04.9'E57°57.0'S005°50.2'E57°30.7'S004°56.8'E 1.026 - 142 km 01m17.9s

ΔT = 29317.6 seconds

Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration
Event Time
TD
Time
UT1
Latitude Longitude Sun
Altitude
Sun
Azimuth
Path Width Central
Duration
Greatest Eclipse02:49:43.118:41:05.560°57.0'S107°45.1'E 44.7° 38.0° 185.6 km02m33.07s
Greatest Duration02:51:33.918:42:56.361°34.9'S128°32.4'W 44.7° 35.5° 185.2 km02m33.10s

Explanation of Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration

Links for the Total Solar Eclipse of -1217 Dec 01

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Eclipse Predictions

Predictions for the Total Solar Eclipse of -1217 Dec 01 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 29317.6 seconds for this eclipse. The uncertainty in ΔT is 1103.7 seconds corresponding to a standard error in longitude of the eclipse path of ± 4.61°.

Acknowledgments

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

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