Path of the Total Solar Eclipse of -1242 Apr 14

Fred Espenak

Introduction

The following table delineates the path of the Moon's umbral shadow during the Total Solar Eclipse of -1242 Apr 14 . 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 -1242 Apr 14
UT1 Northern Limit Southern Limit Central Line M:S Sun Sun Path Central
Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Ratio Alt. Azm. Width Duration
Limits52°35.4'S060°04.1'E52°40.6'S060°03.9'E52°38.0'S060°04.0'E 1.002 - 10 km 00m08.4s
02:2851°03.1'S073°06.5'E51°20.4'S072°20.2'E51°11.9'S072°43.5'E 1.005 72° 19 km 00m18.2s
02:3049°55.8'S079°43.4'E50°15.4'S079°11.0'E50°05.7'S079°27.3'E 1.006 13° 66° 24 km 00m24.3s
02:3249°00.4'S084°15.8'E49°21.7'S083°50.2'E49°11.1'S084°03.2'E 1.007 16° 62° 28 km 00m29.0s
02:3448°10.8'S087°51.2'E48°33.5'S087°30.2'E48°22.2'S087°40.8'E 1.008 19° 59° 31 km 00m33.0s
02:3647°24.9'S090°51.9'E47°48.7'S090°34.5'E47°36.8'S090°43.3'E 1.008 21° 56° 33 km 00m36.5s
02:3846°41.6'S093°28.7'E47°06.4'S093°14.4'E46°54.1'S093°21.6'E 1.009 23° 53° 36 km 00m39.7s
02:4046°00.5'S095°47.8'E46°26.1'S095°36.1'E46°13.3'S095°42.1'E 1.009 25° 51° 38 km 00m42.7s
02:4245°21.1'S097°53.3'E45°47.4'S097°43.9'E45°34.3'S097°48.7'E 1.010 27° 49° 39 km 00m45.5s
02:4444°43.1'S099°47.7'E45°10.0'S099°40.4'E44°56.6'S099°44.1'E 1.010 29° 47° 41 km 00m48.1s
02:4644°06.3'S101°33.1'E44°33.8'S101°27.6'E44°20.1'S101°30.5'E 1.011 31° 45° 42 km 00m50.6s
02:4843°30.6'S103°10.9'E43°58.6'S103°07.1'E43°44.6'S103°09.1'E 1.011 32° 43° 44 km 00m53.0s
02:5042°55.9'S104°42.2'E43°24.2'S104°40.0'E43°10.1'S104°41.2'E 1.011 33° 41° 45 km 00m55.2s
02:5242°22.0'S106°07.9'E42°50.7'S106°07.1'E42°36.4'S106°07.6'E 1.012 35° 39° 46 km 00m57.4s
02:5441°48.9'S107°28.6'E42°18.0'S107°29.2'E42°03.4'S107°29.0'E 1.012 36° 37° 48 km 00m59.5s
02:5641°16.5'S108°45.1'E41°45.9'S108°46.9'E41°31.2'S108°46.1'E 1.012 37° 36° 49 km 01m01.5s
02:5840°44.8'S109°57.7'E41°14.4'S110°00.8'E40°59.6'S109°59.3'E 1.013 38° 34° 50 km 01m03.4s
03:0040°13.7'S111°07.0'E40°43.6'S111°11.1'E40°28.6'S111°09.1'E 1.013 40° 32° 51 km 01m05.2s
03:0239°43.1'S112°13.1'E40°13.2'S112°18.3'E39°58.2'S112°15.7'E 1.013 41° 30° 52 km 01m06.9s
03:0439°13.1'S113°16.5'E39°43.4'S113°22.6'E39°28.3'S113°19.6'E 1.013 42° 29° 52 km 01m08.6s
03:0638°43.6'S114°17.4'E39°14.1'S114°24.4'E38°58.8'S114°20.9'E 1.014 43° 27° 53 km 01m10.2s
03:0838°14.6'S115°16.0'E38°45.2'S115°23.9'E38°29.9'S115°20.0'E 1.014 44° 25° 54 km 01m11.7s
03:1037°46.0'S116°12.5'E38°16.7'S116°21.2'E38°01.3'S116°16.9'E 1.014 44° 24° 55 km 01m13.2s
03:1237°17.8'S117°07.1'E37°48.6'S117°16.6'E37°33.2'S117°11.9'E 1.014 45° 22° 55 km 01m14.5s
03:1436°50.0'S118°00.0'E37°21.0'S118°10.3'E37°05.5'S118°05.2'E 1.014 46° 20° 56 km 01m15.9s
03:1636°22.7'S118°51.3'E36°53.7'S119°02.3'E36°38.2'S118°56.8'E 1.014 47° 18° 57 km 01m17.1s
03:1835°55.6'S119°41.2'E36°26.7'S119°52.8'E36°11.2'S119°47.0'E 1.014 48° 17° 57 km 01m18.3s
03:2035°29.0'S120°29.7'E36°00.1'S120°41.9'E35°44.6'S120°35.8'E 1.015 48° 15° 58 km 01m19.4s
03:2235°02.7'S121°16.9'E35°33.9'S121°29.8'E35°18.3'S121°23.4'E 1.015 49° 13° 59 km 01m20.5s
03:2434°36.7'S122°03.1'E35°07.9'S122°16.5'E34°52.3'S122°09.8'E 1.015 50° 11° 59 km 01m21.5s
03:2634°11.0'S122°48.2'E34°42.2'S123°02.1'E34°26.6'S122°55.1'E 1.015 50° 60 km 01m22.4s
03:2833°45.6'S123°32.3'E34°16.9'S123°46.7'E34°01.3'S123°39.5'E 1.015 51° 60 km 01m23.3s
03:3033°20.5'S124°15.5'E33°51.8'S124°30.5'E33°36.2'S124°23.0'E 1.015 51° 61 km 01m24.1s
03:3232°55.7'S124°58.0'E33°27.0'S125°13.4'E33°11.4'S125°05.7'E 1.015 52° 61 km 01m24.8s
03:3432°31.2'S125°39.7'E33°02.4'S125°55.5'E32°46.8'S125°47.6'E 1.015 52° 62 km 01m25.5s
03:3632°06.9'S126°20.7'E32°38.2'S126°36.9'E32°22.6'S126°28.8'E 1.015 53° 62 km 01m26.1s
03:3831°42.9'S127°01.1'E32°14.1'S127°17.7'E31°58.5'S127°09.4'E 1.015 53° 358° 62 km 01m26.6s
03:4031°19.2'S127°40.9'E31°50.3'S127°57.9'E31°34.8'S127°49.4'E 1.015 54° 356° 63 km 01m27.1s
03:4230°55.7'S128°20.2'E31°26.8'S128°37.6'E31°11.3'S128°28.9'E 1.015 54° 354° 63 km 01m27.5s
03:4430°32.4'S128°59.1'E31°03.5'S129°16.8'E30°48.0'S129°08.0'E 1.016 54° 352° 63 km 01m27.9s
03:4630°09.4'S129°37.6'E30°40.4'S129°55.6'E30°24.9'S129°46.6'E 1.016 54° 350° 64 km 01m28.2s
03:4829°46.6'S130°15.7'E30°17.5'S130°34.0'E30°02.1'S130°24.9'E 1.016 55° 348° 64 km 01m28.4s
03:5029°24.1'S130°53.5'E29°54.9'S131°12.1'E29°39.5'S131°02.8'E 1.016 55° 346° 64 km 01m28.6s
03:5229°01.7'S131°31.0'E29°32.5'S131°49.9'E29°17.1'S131°40.5'E 1.016 55° 344° 64 km 01m28.7s
03:5428°39.6'S132°08.3'E29°10.3'S132°27.5'E28°54.9'S132°17.9'E 1.016 55° 342° 64 km 01m28.7s
03:5628°17.7'S132°45.4'E28°48.3'S133°04.8'E28°33.0'S132°55.1'E 1.016 55° 340° 65 km 01m28.7s
03:5827°56.0'S133°22.4'E28°26.5'S133°42.1'E28°11.2'S133°32.2'E 1.016 55° 338° 65 km 01m28.6s
04:0027°34.5'S133°59.3'E28°04.9'S134°19.2'E27°49.7'S134°09.2'E 1.016 55° 336° 65 km 01m28.4s
04:0227°13.2'S134°36.1'E27°43.5'S134°56.2'E27°28.4'S134°46.2'E 1.015 55° 334° 65 km 01m28.2s
04:0426°52.1'S135°13.0'E27°22.2'S135°33.2'E27°07.2'S135°23.1'E 1.015 55° 332° 65 km 01m27.9s
04:0626°31.3'S135°49.8'E27°01.2'S136°10.2'E26°46.3'S136°00.0'E 1.015 54° 330° 65 km 01m27.6s
04:0826°10.6'S136°26.7'E26°40.4'S136°47.3'E26°25.5'S136°37.0'E 1.015 54° 328° 65 km 01m27.2s
04:1025°50.1'S137°03.7'E26°19.8'S137°24.5'E26°05.0'S137°14.1'E 1.015 54° 326° 65 km 01m26.7s
04:1225°29.8'S137°40.9'E25°59.4'S138°01.8'E25°44.6'S137°51.3'E 1.015 54° 324° 65 km 01m26.2s
04:1425°09.8'S138°18.3'E25°39.1'S138°39.3'E25°24.5'S138°28.7'E 1.015 53° 322° 64 km 01m25.6s
04:1624°49.9'S138°55.9'E25°19.1'S139°17.0'E25°04.5'S139°06.4'E 1.015 53° 321° 64 km 01m24.9s
04:1824°30.2'S139°33.7'E24°59.2'S139°55.0'E24°44.7'S139°44.3'E 1.015 53° 319° 64 km 01m24.2s
04:2024°10.7'S140°11.9'E24°39.5'S140°33.3'E24°25.2'S140°22.6'E 1.015 52° 317° 64 km 01m23.4s
04:2223°51.5'S140°50.5'E24°20.0'S141°12.0'E24°05.8'S141°01.2'E 1.015 52° 315° 64 km 01m22.5s
04:2423°32.4'S141°29.6'E24°00.7'S141°51.1'E23°46.6'S141°40.3'E 1.015 51° 314° 63 km 01m21.6s
04:2623°13.5'S142°09.1'E23°41.6'S142°30.6'E23°27.6'S142°19.8'E 1.015 50° 312° 63 km 01m20.6s
04:2822°54.8'S142°49.1'E23°22.7'S143°10.8'E23°08.8'S142°59.9'E 1.014 50° 310° 62 km 01m19.5s
04:3022°36.4'S143°29.8'E23°04.0'S143°51.5'E22°50.2'S143°40.6'E 1.014 49° 309° 62 km 01m18.4s
04:3222°18.1'S144°11.1'E22°45.5'S144°32.8'E22°31.8'S144°21.9'E 1.014 49° 307° 61 km 01m17.2s
04:3422°00.1'S144°53.1'E22°27.1'S145°14.9'E22°13.6'S145°04.0'E 1.014 48° 306° 61 km 01m16.0s
04:3621°42.3'S145°36.0'E22°09.0'S145°57.8'E21°55.7'S145°46.8'E 1.014 47° 304° 60 km 01m14.7s
04:3821°24.6'S146°19.7'E21°51.1'S146°41.5'E21°37.9'S146°30.6'E 1.014 46° 303° 60 km 01m13.3s
04:4021°07.3'S147°04.4'E21°33.4'S147°26.3'E21°20.4'S147°15.3'E 1.013 45° 302° 59 km 01m11.9s
04:4220°50.1'S147°50.2'E21°15.9'S148°12.1'E21°03.1'S148°01.1'E 1.013 45° 300° 58 km 01m10.3s
04:4420°33.2'S148°37.2'E20°58.7'S148°59.0'E20°46.0'S148°48.1'E 1.013 44° 299° 57 km 01m08.8s
04:4620°16.6'S149°25.4'E20°41.6'S149°47.3'E20°29.2'S149°36.3'E 1.013 43° 298° 56 km 01m07.1s
04:4820°00.2'S150°15.1'E20°24.8'S150°36.9'E20°12.6'S150°26.0'E 1.013 42° 297° 55 km 01m05.4s
04:5019°44.1'S151°06.3'E20°08.3'S151°28.2'E19°56.2'S151°17.2'E 1.012 41° 295° 54 km 01m03.6s
04:5219°28.3'S151°59.3'E19°52.0'S152°21.1'E19°40.2'S152°10.2'E 1.012 40° 294° 53 km 01m01.8s
04:5419°12.8'S152°54.2'E19°36.0'S153°16.0'E19°24.4'S153°05.1'E 1.012 39° 293° 52 km 00m59.8s
04:5618°57.6'S153°51.3'E19°20.3'S154°13.1'E19°09.0'S154°02.2'E 1.012 37° 292° 51 km 00m57.8s
04:5818°42.7'S154°50.8'E19°05.0'S155°12.5'E18°53.9'S155°01.6'E 1.011 36° 291° 49 km 00m55.7s
05:0018°28.2'S155°53.0'E18°49.9'S156°14.7'E18°39.1'S156°03.8'E 1.011 35° 290° 48 km 00m53.5s
05:0218°14.1'S156°58.2'E18°35.2'S157°19.9'E18°24.7'S157°09.0'E 1.011 34° 289° 46 km 00m51.3s
05:0418°00.5'S158°07.0'E18°21.0'S158°28.7'E18°10.8'S158°17.8'E 1.010 32° 288° 45 km 00m48.9s
05:0617°47.4'S159°19.9'E18°07.1'S159°41.5'E17°57.3'S159°30.6'E 1.010 31° 287° 43 km 00m46.4s
05:0817°34.8'S160°37.5'E17°53.8'S160°59.1'E17°44.4'S160°48.2'E 1.009 29° 286° 41 km 00m43.8s
05:1017°22.8'S162°00.7'E17°41.1'S162°22.3'E17°32.0'S162°11.5'E 1.009 27° 285° 39 km 00m41.1s
05:1217°11.6'S163°30.8'E17°29.0'S163°52.4'E17°20.4'S163°41.6'E 1.008 26° 284° 36 km 00m38.3s
05:1417°01.3'S165°09.4'E17°17.8'S165°31.1'E17°09.6'S165°20.2'E 1.008 24° 283° 34 km 00m35.2s
05:1616°52.2'S166°58.8'E17°07.5'S167°20.6'E16°59.9'S167°09.7'E 1.007 22° 282° 31 km 00m32.0s
05:1816°44.4'S169°02.9'E16°58.6'S169°24.9'E16°51.6'S169°13.9'E 1.007 19° 281° 28 km 00m28.4s
05:2016°38.8'S171°28.2'E16°51.5'S171°50.5'E16°45.2'S171°39.4'E 1.006 16° 280° 25 km 00m24.5s
05:2216°36.3'S174°27.8'E16°47.4'S174°50.9'E16°41.9'S174°39.4'E 1.005 13° 279° 21 km 00m19.9s
05:2416°40.5'S178°39.9'E16°49.4'S179°05.2'E16°45.0'S178°52.6'E 1.004 278° 15 km 00m14.0s
Limits17°14.1'S172°24.7'W17°16.4'S172°24.3'W17°15.3'S172°24.5'W 1.001 - 4 km 00m03.7s

ΔT = 29815.2 seconds

Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration
Event Time
TD
Time
UT1
Latitude Longitude Sun
Altitude
Sun
Azimuth
Path Width Central
Duration
Greatest Eclipse12:12:53.503:55:58.328°33.3'S008°20.4'E 54.9° 339.9° 64.5 km01m28.69s
Greatest Duration12:11:04.403:54:09.228°53.3'S132°20.7'E 54.9° 341.8° 64.4 km01m28.71s

Explanation of Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration

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Eclipse Predictions

Predictions for the Total Solar Eclipse of -1242 Apr 14 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 29815.2 seconds for this eclipse. The uncertainty in ΔT is 1168.1 seconds corresponding to a standard error in longitude of the eclipse path of ± 4.88°.

Acknowledgments

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

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