Path of the Annular Solar Eclipse of -1242 Oct 09

Fred Espenak

Introduction

The following table delineates the path of the Moon's antumbral shadow during the Annular Solar Eclipse of -1242 Oct 09 . 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 .

Annular Solar Eclipse of -1242 Oct 09
UT1 Northern Limit Southern Limit Central Line M:S Sun Sun Path Central
Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Ratio Alt. Azm. Width Duration
Limits69°54.1'N158°48.9'E66°23.9'N159°22.5'E68°07.1'N159°04.7'E 0.933 - 387 km 04m35.9s
19:36 - - 64°27.5'N174°59.9'W67°20.2'N173°16.4'E 0.934 108° 372 km 04m42.6s
19:3869°42.0'N163°42.3'E63°35.7'N168°59.9'W66°11.9'N175°41.5'W 0.935 10° 119° 359 km 04m48.6s
19:4068°07.8'N177°22.3'W62°47.1'N164°18.1'W65°13.5'N168°53.7'W 0.936 13° 126° 351 km 04m52.7s
19:4267°00.2'N169°14.7'W62°00.8'N160°24.3'W64°19.8'N163°45.6'W 0.937 16° 131° 345 km 04m56.2s
19:4466°00.1'N163°27.6'W61°16.5'N157°03.4'W63°29.3'N159°34.9'W 0.937 18° 135° 340 km 04m59.1s
19:4665°04.4'N158°53.4'W60°33.7'N154°06.9'W62°41.4'N156°02.4'W 0.938 20° 139° 336 km 05m01.8s
19:4864°12.0'N155°05.2'W59°52.3'N151°29.4'W61°55.4'N152°57.4'W 0.938 21° 143° 332 km 05m04.2s
19:5063°22.3'N151°49.2'W59°12.0'N149°06.9'W61°11.1'N150°13.5'W 0.939 23° 146° 329 km 05m06.5s
19:5262°34.7'N148°57.1'W58°32.9'N146°56.8'W60°28.3'N147°46.1'W 0.939 24° 149° 326 km 05m08.6s
19:5461°49.0'N146°23.7'W57°54.6'N144°57.1'W59°46.8'N145°32.2'W 0.939 25° 152° 324 km 05m10.5s
19:5661°04.8'N144°05.2'W57°17.3'N143°06.1'W59°06.5'N143°29.5'W 0.940 26° 154° 322 km 05m12.4s
19:5860°22.1'N141°58.8'W56°40.8'N141°22.7'W58°27.2'N141°36.1'W 0.940 28° 157° 320 km 05m14.1s
20:0059°40.6'N140°02.5'W56°05.0'N139°45.8'W57°48.8'N139°50.7'W 0.940 29° 159° 319 km 05m15.7s
20:0259°00.3'N138°14.8'W55°29.9'N138°14.7'W57°11.4'N138°12.3'W 0.940 30° 161° 317 km 05m17.2s
20:0458°21.0'N136°34.5'W54°55.4'N136°48.6'W56°34.8'N136°39.8'W 0.941 31° 164° 316 km 05m18.7s
20:0657°42.7'N135°00.5'W54°21.6'N135°26.9'W55°58.9'N135°12.6'W 0.941 31° 166° 315 km 05m20.0s
20:0857°05.3'N133°32.0'W53°48.3'N134°09.3'W55°23.7'N133°50.0'W 0.941 32° 168° 314 km 05m21.3s
20:1056°28.7'N132°08.4'W53°15.6'N132°55.2'W54°49.2'N132°31.6'W 0.941 33° 170° 314 km 05m22.5s
20:1255°52.9'N130°49.0'W52°43.3'N131°44.3'W54°15.3'N131°16.8'W 0.941 34° 172° 313 km 05m23.6s
20:1455°17.7'N129°33.5'W52°11.6'N130°36.4'W53°42.0'N130°05.4'W 0.941 34° 174° 313 km 05m24.7s
20:1654°43.3'N128°21.4'W51°40.3'N129°31.0'W53°09.2'N128°56.9'W 0.942 35° 176° 312 km 05m25.7s
20:1854°09.4'N127°12.3'W51°09.4'N128°28.1'W52°37.0'N127°51.0'W 0.942 36° 178° 312 km 05m26.6s
20:2053°36.2'N126°05.9'W50°39.0'N127°27.2'W52°05.3'N126°47.6'W 0.942 36° 180° 312 km 05m27.5s
20:2253°03.5'N125°02.0'W50°09.0'N126°28.4'W51°34.0'N125°46.4'W 0.942 37° 182° 313 km 05m28.3s
20:2452°31.4'N124°00.3'W49°39.3'N125°31.4'W51°03.2'N124°47.1'W 0.942 37° 183° 313 km 05m29.0s
20:2651°59.8'N123°00.6'W49°10.0'N124°35.9'W50°32.8'N123°49.7'W 0.942 38° 185° 313 km 05m29.7s
20:2851°28.6'N122°02.7'W48°41.1'N123°42.0'W50°02.8'N122°53.9'W 0.942 38° 187° 314 km 05m30.3s
20:3050°57.9'N121°06.4'W48°12.5'N122°49.4'W49°33.2'N121°59.5'W 0.942 38° 189° 314 km 05m30.8s
20:3250°27.7'N120°11.5'W47°44.2'N121°58.1'W49°04.0'N121°06.5'W 0.942 39° 191° 315 km 05m31.3s
20:3449°57.9'N119°18.0'W47°16.2'N121°07.8'W48°35.2'N120°14.7'W 0.942 39° 193° 315 km 05m31.8s
20:3649°28.4'N118°25.7'W46°48.5'N120°18.6'W48°06.7'N119°24.0'W 0.943 39° 194° 316 km 05m32.1s
20:3848°59.4'N117°34.4'W46°21.1'N119°30.3'W47°38.5'N118°34.3'W 0.943 39° 196° 317 km 05m32.5s
20:4048°30.8'N116°44.1'W45°54.0'N118°42.8'W47°10.7'N117°45.4'W 0.943 40° 198° 318 km 05m32.7s
20:4248°02.5'N115°54.6'W45°27.2'N117°56.0'W46°43.1'N116°57.3'W 0.943 40° 200° 319 km 05m32.9s
20:4447°34.5'N115°05.9'W45°00.6'N117°09.9'W46°15.9'N116°10.0'W 0.943 40° 202° 320 km 05m33.0s
20:4647°06.9'N114°17.8'W44°34.3'N116°24.4'W45°49.0'N115°23.2'W 0.943 40° 203° 322 km 05m33.1s
20:4846°39.6'N113°30.2'W44°08.2'N115°39.3'W45°22.4'N114°37.0'W 0.943 40° 205° 323 km 05m33.1s
20:5046°12.7'N112°43.2'W43°42.4'N114°54.7'W44°56.0'N113°51.1'W 0.943 40° 207° 324 km 05m33.1s
20:5245°46.0'N111°56.4'W43°16.8'N114°10.4'W44°29.9'N113°05.7'W 0.943 40° 208° 326 km 05m33.0s
20:5445°19.7'N111°10.0'W42°51.5'N113°26.5'W44°04.0'N112°20.6'W 0.943 40° 210° 327 km 05m32.9s
20:5644°53.6'N110°23.8'W42°26.3'N112°42.7'W43°38.5'N111°35.6'W 0.943 40° 212° 329 km 05m32.6s
20:5844°27.8'N109°37.8'W42°01.4'N111°59.0'W43°13.1'N110°50.8'W 0.943 40° 214° 331 km 05m32.4s
21:0044°02.3'N108°51.7'W41°36.7'N111°15.5'W42°48.0'N110°06.1'W 0.943 39° 215° 332 km 05m32.0s
21:0243°37.0'N108°05.7'W41°12.2'N110°32.0'W42°23.2'N109°21.4'W 0.943 39° 217° 334 km 05m31.7s
21:0443°12.1'N107°19.5'W40°47.9'N109°48.4'W41°58.6'N108°36.6'W 0.943 39° 218° 336 km 05m31.2s
21:0642°47.4'N106°33.2'W40°23.8'N109°04.7'W41°34.2'N107°51.6'W 0.943 39° 220° 338 km 05m30.7s
21:0842°22.9'N105°46.6'W39°59.9'N108°20.7'W41°10.0'N107°06.4'W 0.943 38° 222° 339 km 05m30.1s
21:1041°58.7'N104°59.6'W39°36.2'N107°36.6'W40°46.0'N106°20.9'W 0.943 38° 223° 341 km 05m29.5s
21:1241°34.7'N104°12.1'W39°12.6'N106°52.0'W40°22.3'N105°35.0'W 0.942 38° 225° 343 km 05m28.8s
21:1441°11.0'N103°24.1'W38°49.3'N106°07.1'W39°58.8'N104°48.6'W 0.942 37° 226° 345 km 05m28.1s
21:1640°47.5'N102°35.5'W38°26.2'N105°21.7'W39°35.5'N104°01.7'W 0.942 37° 228° 347 km 05m27.3s
21:1840°24.3'N101°46.0'W38°03.2'N104°35.6'W39°12.3'N103°14.1'W 0.942 36° 229° 349 km 05m26.4s
21:2040°01.3'N100°55.7'W37°40.4'N103°48.9'W38°49.4'N102°25.7'W 0.942 36° 231° 351 km 05m25.4s
21:2239°38.5'N100°04.4'W37°17.8'N103°01.4'W38°26.8'N101°36.4'W 0.942 35° 232° 353 km 05m24.4s
21:2439°16.0'N099°11.9'W36°55.3'N102°13.0'W38°04.3'N100°46.1'W 0.942 35° 234° 355 km 05m23.4s
21:2638°53.7'N098°18.0'W36°33.1'N101°23.6'W37°42.0'N099°54.6'W 0.942 34° 235° 357 km 05m22.2s
21:2838°31.6'N097°22.7'W36°11.0'N100°33.0'W37°19.9'N099°01.9'W 0.942 33° 237° 358 km 05m21.0s
21:3038°09.8'N096°25.6'W35°49.1'N099°41.2'W36°58.1'N098°07.6'W 0.941 32° 238° 360 km 05m19.7s
21:3237°48.3'N095°26.6'W35°27.4'N098°47.9'W36°36.4'N097°11.7'W 0.941 32° 240° 362 km 05m18.4s
21:3437°27.0'N094°25.3'W35°05.9'N097°52.9'W36°15.0'N096°13.9'W 0.941 31° 241° 363 km 05m16.9s
21:3637°05.9'N093°21.5'W34°44.5'N096°56.1'W35°53.8'N095°14.0'W 0.941 30° 243° 365 km 05m15.4s
21:3836°45.2'N092°14.8'W34°23.3'N095°57.2'W35°32.8'N094°11.5'W 0.941 29° 244° 367 km 05m13.8s
21:4036°24.7'N091°04.6'W34°02.4'N094°55.9'W35°12.0'N093°06.3'W 0.940 28° 245° 368 km 05m12.1s
21:4236°04.5'N089°50.4'W33°41.6'N093°51.8'W34°51.5'N091°57.8'W 0.940 27° 247° 369 km 05m10.3s
21:4435°44.7'N088°31.4'W33°21.1'N092°44.6'W34°31.3'N090°45.5'W 0.940 26° 248° 371 km 05m08.4s
21:4635°25.2'N087°06.7'W33°00.7'N091°33.7'W34°11.3'N089°28.6'W 0.940 24° 249° 372 km 05m06.4s
21:4835°06.2'N085°34.9'W32°40.6'N090°18.5'W33°51.7'N088°06.4'W 0.939 23° 251° 373 km 05m04.3s
21:5034°47.6'N083°54.1'W32°20.8'N088°58.2'W33°32.4'N086°37.6'W 0.939 22° 252° 374 km 05m02.0s
21:5234°29.7'N082°01.6'W32°01.2'N087°31.7'W33°13.4'N085°00.6'W 0.939 20° 254° 374 km 04m59.5s
21:5434°12.5'N079°52.7'W31°42.0'N085°57.4'W32°55.0'N083°13.0'W 0.938 18° 255° 375 km 04m56.8s
21:5633°56.3'N077°18.9'W31°23.1'N084°13.3'W32°37.2'N081°10.9'W 0.938 16° 257° 376 km 04m53.9s
21:5833°42.0'N074°01.0'W31°04.7'N082°16.0'W32°20.1'N078°47.8'W 0.937 14° 259° 377 km 04m50.5s
22:0033°32.3'N068°41.0'W30°46.9'N080°00.0'W32°04.3'N075°49.8'W 0.936 11° 261° 377 km 04m46.6s
22:02 - - 30°30.1'N077°14.3'W31°51.1'N071°35.7'W 0.935 263° 378 km 04m41.3s
Limits33°38.1'N062°53.7'W30°09.0'N064°04.2'W31°51.6'N063°30.0'W 0.933 - 381 km 04m32.5s

ΔT = 29805.7 seconds

Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration
Event Time
TD
Time
UT1
Latitude Longitude Sun
Altitude
Sun
Azimuth
Path Width Central
Duration
Greatest Eclipse05:05:52.620:49:06.945°07.6'N121°16.8'E 40.0° 206.0° 323.8 km05m33.13s
Greatest Duration05:04:28.520:47:42.845°26.1'N114°43.5'W 39.9° 204.7° 322.8 km05m33.14s

Explanation of Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration

Links for the Annular Solar Eclipse of -1242 Oct 09

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Eclipse Predictions

Predictions for the Annular Solar Eclipse of -1242 Oct 09 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 29805.7 seconds for this eclipse. The uncertainty in ΔT is 1166.9 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.

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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