Path of the Total Solar Eclipse of -1238 Jul 27

Fred Espenak

Introduction

The following table delineates the path of the Moon's umbral shadow during the Total Solar Eclipse of -1238 Jul 27 . 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 -1238 Jul 27
UT1 Northern Limit Southern Limit Central Line M:S Sun Sun Path Central
Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Ratio Alt. Azm. Width Duration
Limits46°55.2'N046°27.9'W44°59.7'N043°51.4'W45°57.0'N045°07.7'W 1.052 - 289 km 02m28.5s
07:2448°41.8'N042°38.7'W51°54.3'N028°27.4'W51°02.4'N034°02.8'W 1.055 66° 303 km 02m46.3s
07:2652°24.3'N034°49.4'W53°37.8'N024°33.0'W53°14.9'N029°14.9'W 1.057 13° 70° 307 km 02m54.3s
07:2854°32.9'N030°16.6'W55°03.7'N021°12.4'W54°56.7'N025°28.5'W 1.058 16° 74° 310 km 03m00.6s
07:3056°14.0'N026°36.6'W56°18.5'N018°11.5'W56°22.5'N022°11.9'W 1.058 18° 77° 312 km 03m06.0s
07:3257°40.1'N023°23.1'W57°25.4'N015°23.1'W57°37.7'N019°12.7'W 1.059 20° 81° 313 km 03m10.7s
07:3458°56.2'N020°25.1'W58°26.1'N012°43.4'W58°45.3'N016°24.7'W 1.060 22° 84° 314 km 03m15.1s
07:3660°04.8'N017°37.2'W59°21.7'N010°09.5'W59°46.9'N013°44.3'W 1.060 24° 87° 314 km 03m19.0s
07:3861°07.5'N014°55.8'W60°13.2'N007°39.8'W60°43.5'N011°08.9'W 1.061 26° 90° 315 km 03m22.7s
07:4062°05.3'N012°18.7'W61°00.9'N005°13.0'W61°36.0'N008°37.0'W 1.061 27° 93° 315 km 03m26.2s
07:4262°59.0'N009°44.1'W61°45.3'N002°48.1'W62°24.7'N006°07.1'W 1.061 28° 96° 315 km 03m29.4s
07:4463°49.0'N007°10.8'W62°26.7'N000°24.2'W63°10.2'N003°38.4'W 1.062 30° 99° 315 km 03m32.4s
07:4664°35.6'N004°38.0'W63°05.3'N001°59.0'E63°52.6'N001°10.2'W 1.062 31° 103° 315 km 03m35.2s
07:4865°19.2'N002°04.7'W63°41.3'N004°22.2'E64°32.1'N001°18.2'E 1.062 32° 106° 315 km 03m37.9s
07:5065°59.9'N000°29.4'E64°14.8'N006°45.7'E65°09.0'N003°47.2'E 1.063 33° 109° 315 km 03m40.4s
07:5266°37.8'N003°05.1'E64°46.0'N009°09.7'E65°43.4'N006°17.2'E 1.063 34° 113° 315 km 03m42.8s
07:5467°13.1'N005°42.5'E65°14.8'N011°34.6'E66°15.2'N008°48.4'E 1.063 35° 116° 315 km 03m45.0s
07:5667°45.8'N008°22.0'E65°41.5'N014°00.3'E66°44.7'N011°21.1'E 1.063 36° 119° 315 km 03m47.1s
07:5868°16.0'N011°03.9'E66°05.9'N016°27.1'E67°11.9'N013°55.4'E 1.064 36° 123° 315 km 03m49.0s
08:0068°43.7'N013°48.2'E66°28.2'N018°54.9'E67°36.7'N016°31.3'E 1.064 37° 127° 314 km 03m50.9s
08:0269°09.0'N016°35.0'E66°48.4'N021°23.8'E67°59.2'N019°09.0'E 1.064 38° 130° 314 km 03m52.6s
08:0469°31.8'N019°24.2'E67°06.5'N023°53.7'E68°19.5'N021°48.3'E 1.064 38° 134° 314 km 03m54.2s
08:0669°52.1'N022°15.8'E67°22.5'N026°24.6'E68°37.5'N024°29.1'E 1.064 39° 138° 314 km 03m55.6s
08:0870°10.0'N025°09.6'E67°36.4'N028°56.3'E68°53.2'N027°11.3'E 1.064 40° 142° 314 km 03m57.0s
08:1070°25.4'N028°05.3'E67°48.3'N031°28.7'E69°06.7'N029°54.7'E 1.065 40° 146° 314 km 03m58.2s
08:1270°38.4'N031°02.7'E67°58.1'N034°01.5'E69°18.0'N032°39.1'E 1.065 41° 150° 314 km 03m59.3s
08:1470°48.9'N034°01.3'E68°06.0'N036°34.6'E69°27.0'N035°24.1'E 1.065 41° 154° 314 km 04m00.3s
08:1670°56.9'N037°00.8'E68°11.8'N039°07.8'E69°33.8'N038°09.5'E 1.065 41° 158° 314 km 04m01.2s
08:1871°02.4'N040°00.8'E68°15.6'N041°40.8'E69°38.4'N040°55.0'E 1.065 42° 162° 314 km 04m02.0s
08:2071°05.6'N043°00.6'E68°17.4'N044°13.3'E69°40.9'N043°40.1'E 1.065 42° 166° 314 km 04m02.7s
08:2271°06.3'N045°59.9'E68°17.3'N046°45.2'E69°41.1'N046°24.6'E 1.065 42° 170° 314 km 04m03.2s
08:2471°04.6'N048°58.1'E68°15.3'N049°16.1'E69°39.2'N049°08.1'E 1.065 42° 174° 314 km 04m03.7s
08:2671°00.5'N051°54.9'E68°11.4'N051°45.8'E69°35.3'N051°50.3'E 1.065 42° 178° 314 km 04m04.0s
08:2870°54.2'N054°49.6'E68°05.6'N054°14.1'E69°29.2'N054°30.8'E 1.065 43° 182° 314 km 04m04.3s
08:3070°45.6'N057°41.9'E67°58.0'N056°40.8'E69°21.1'N057°09.3'E 1.065 43° 186° 314 km 04m04.4s
08:3270°34.8'N060°31.5'E67°48.6'N059°05.6'E69°11.1'N059°45.6'E 1.065 43° 190° 314 km 04m04.4s
08:3470°21.9'N063°17.9'E67°37.4'N061°28.5'E68°59.1'N062°19.4'E 1.065 43° 193° 314 km 04m04.3s
08:3670°06.9'N066°01.1'E67°24.6'N063°49.2'E68°45.3'N064°50.6'E 1.065 43° 197° 315 km 04m04.2s
08:3869°49.9'N068°40.6'E67°10.0'N066°07.7'E68°29.6'N067°19.0'E 1.065 42° 201° 315 km 04m03.8s
08:4069°31.0'N071°16.5'E66°53.8'N068°23.8'E68°12.1'N069°44.4'E 1.065 42° 205° 315 km 04m03.4s
08:4269°10.1'N073°48.5'E66°36.0'N070°37.5'E67°52.9'N072°06.8'E 1.065 42° 208° 315 km 04m02.9s
08:4468°47.5'N076°16.8'E66°16.7'N072°48.7'E67°32.0'N074°26.2'E 1.065 42° 212° 316 km 04m02.3s
08:4668°23.1'N078°41.2'E65°55.8'N074°57.5'E67°09.5'N076°42.5'E 1.065 42° 216° 316 km 04m01.6s
08:4867°57.0'N081°01.8'E65°33.4'N077°03.9'E66°45.4'N078°55.8'E 1.065 41° 219° 316 km 04m00.7s
08:5067°29.3'N083°18.8'E65°09.5'N079°07.9'E66°19.7'N081°06.1'E 1.065 41° 222° 317 km 03m59.8s
08:5266°59.9'N085°32.2'E64°44.3'N081°09.5'E65°52.5'N083°13.6'E 1.065 40° 226° 317 km 03m58.7s
08:5466°29.0'N087°42.2'E64°17.6'N083°08.8'E65°23.8'N085°18.3'E 1.064 40° 229° 317 km 03m57.5s
08:5665°56.6'N089°49.1'E63°49.4'N085°06.0'E64°53.6'N087°20.3'E 1.064 40° 232° 318 km 03m56.2s
08:5865°22.6'N091°52.9'E63°19.9'N087°01.2'E64°22.0'N089°19.9'E 1.064 39° 235° 318 km 03m54.9s
09:0064°47.1'N093°54.0'E62°49.0'N088°54.5'E63°48.9'N091°17.2'E 1.064 38° 238° 318 km 03m53.3s
09:0264°10.1'N095°52.7'E62°16.8'N090°46.1'E63°14.4'N093°12.4'E 1.064 38° 241° 319 km 03m51.7s
09:0463°31.6'N097°49.1'E61°43.1'N092°36.1'E62°38.4'N095°05.7'E 1.064 37° 244° 319 km 03m50.0s
09:0662°51.5'N099°43.6'E61°08.0'N094°24.8'E62°00.9'N096°57.5'E 1.063 36° 247° 319 km 03m48.1s
09:0862°09.9'N101°36.5'E60°31.5'N096°12.4'E61°22.0'N098°47.9'E 1.063 36° 250° 320 km 03m46.1s
09:1061°26.6'N103°28.1'E59°53.5'N097°59.1'E60°41.5'N100°37.2'E 1.063 35° 253° 320 km 03m44.0s
09:1260°41.7'N105°18.9'E59°14.0'N099°45.1'E59°59.3'N102°25.7'E 1.063 34° 255° 320 km 03m41.7s
09:1459°54.9'N107°09.3'E58°32.8'N101°30.9'E59°15.5'N104°13.9'E 1.062 33° 258° 321 km 03m39.4s
09:1659°06.2'N108°59.7'E57°50.0'N103°16.6'E58°29.9'N106°02.1'E 1.062 32° 261° 321 km 03m36.8s
09:1858°15.5'N110°50.7'E57°05.4'N105°02.8'E57°42.4'N107°50.7'E 1.062 31° 263° 321 km 03m34.1s
09:2057°22.4'N112°42.8'E56°18.9'N106°49.8'E56°52.7'N109°40.3'E 1.062 29° 266° 321 km 03m31.3s
09:2256°26.9'N114°36.9'E55°30.2'N108°38.2'E56°00.8'N111°31.5'E 1.061 28° 268° 321 km 03m28.3s
09:2455°28.4'N116°33.9'E54°39.2'N110°28.5'E55°06.3'N113°25.1'E 1.061 27° 271° 321 km 03m25.0s
09:2654°26.5'N118°34.9'E53°45.6'N112°21.6'E54°08.8'N115°21.9'E 1.060 25° 273° 320 km 03m21.6s
09:2853°20.6'N120°41.5'E52°49.0'N114°18.5'E53°07.9'N117°23.3'E 1.060 24° 275° 320 km 03m17.9s
09:3052°09.7'N122°56.0'E51°48.9'N116°20.3'E52°02.9'N119°30.8'E 1.059 22° 278° 319 km 03m13.9s
09:3250°52.4'N125°21.6'E50°44.5'N118°28.9'E50°52.7'N121°46.9'E 1.059 20° 280° 318 km 03m09.6s
09:3449°26.1'N128°04.0'E49°34.7'N120°46.9'E49°35.7'N124°15.1'E 1.058 18° 283° 316 km 03m04.8s
09:3647°46.1'N131°13.7'E48°17.9'N123°18.1'E48°09.4'N127°01.5'E 1.057 16° 286° 314 km 02m59.5s
09:3845°40.7'N135°17.3'E46°51.1'N126°09.4'E46°28.4'N130°18.2'E 1.056 13° 289° 310 km 02m53.1s
09:4041°54.7'N143°03.5'E45°08.1'N129°35.1'E44°18.4'N134°37.9'E 1.055 292° 304 km 02m45.0s
Limits40°45.3'N145°37.3'E38°45.8'N143°20.7'E39°45.1'N144°27.5'E 1.052 - 287 km 02m28.0s

ΔT = 29731.7 seconds

Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration
Event Time
TD
Time
UT1
Latitude Longitude Sun
Altitude
Sun
Azimuth
Path Width Central
Duration
Greatest Eclipse16:47:26.208:31:54.569°11.6'N064°34.8'W 42.7° 189.4° 314.3 km04m04.43s
Greatest Duration16:46:55.108:31:23.469°14.4'N058°58.1'E 42.7° 188.4° 314.2 km04m04.44s

Explanation of Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration

Links for the Total Solar Eclipse of -1238 Jul 27

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Eclipse Predictions

Predictions for the Total Solar Eclipse of -1238 Jul 27 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 29731.7 seconds for this eclipse. The uncertainty in ΔT is 1157.2 seconds corresponding to a standard error in longitude of the eclipse path of ± 4.84°.

Acknowledgments

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

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