Path of the Annular Solar Eclipse of -1386 Jan 18

Fred Espenak

Introduction

The following table delineates the path of the Moon's antumbral shadow during the Annular Solar Eclipse of -1386 Jan 18 . 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 -1386 Jan 18
UT1 Northern Limit Southern Limit Central Line M:S Sun Sun Path Central
Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Ratio Alt. Azm. Width Duration
Limits63°39.1'S173°57.0'E66°36.2'S151°10.0'E65°07.5'S165°14.1'E 0.953 - 1030 km 02m33.2s
14:5273°43.3'S177°10.1'E - - 68°03.3'S167°07.7'E 0.954 156° 1002 km 02m33.5s
14:5475°08.0'S175°43.1'E - - 70°43.5'S166°59.6'E 0.955 155° 959 km 02m33.7s
14:5676°23.7'S173°41.0'E - - 72°31.7'S165°37.3'E 0.955 156° 926 km 02m34.0s
14:5877°31.6'S171°01.7'E - - 73°57.8'S163°29.4'E 0.955 157° 899 km 02m34.1s
15:0078°32.2'S167°41.3'E - - 75°09.1'S160°42.5'E 0.955 159° 877 km 02m34.3s
15:0279°25.4'S163°36.0'E69°30.5'S151°03.5'E76°08.5'S157°18.7'E 0.956 10° 162° 860 km 02m34.4s
15:0480°10.8'S158°42.3'E71°16.5'S148°31.6'E76°57.3'S153°19.5'E 0.956 10° 165° 846 km 02m34.5s
15:0680°47.5'S152°59.4'E72°21.9'S145°17.7'E77°35.8'S148°47.5'E 0.956 11° 169° 835 km 02m34.6s
15:0881°14.7'S146°30.8'E73°05.5'S141°37.9'E78°04.0'S143°47.4'E 0.956 11° 173° 827 km 02m34.7s
15:1081°31.4'S139°26.5'E73°32.4'S137°40.9'E78°21.7'S138°26.3'E 0.956 11° 178° 822 km 02m34.8s
15:1281°37.0'S132°03.2'E73°44.9'S133°34.8'E78°28.7'S132°53.8'E 0.956 11° 182° 820 km 02m34.8s
15:1481°31.4'S124°41.4'E73°43.7'S129°27.3'E78°25.1'S127°21.0'E 0.956 11° 187° 820 km 02m34.9s
15:1681°14.9'S117°41.6'E73°29.4'S125°26.2'E78°11.2'S121°58.8'E 0.956 11° 192° 822 km 02m34.9s
15:1880°48.3'S111°19.1'E73°01.5'S121°38.7'E77°47.2'S116°56.8'E 0.956 11° 196° 828 km 02m34.9s
15:2080°12.9'S105°42.7'E72°19.1'S118°11.7'E77°13.8'S112°21.9'E 0.956 11° 200° 835 km 02m34.9s
15:2279°29.7'S100°54.9'E71°19.3'S115°12.3'E76°31.3'S108°18.6'E 0.956 11° 203° 846 km 02m34.9s
15:2478°39.5'S096°54.1'E69°53.6'S112°51.2'E75°40.0'S104°48.8'E 0.956 10° 206° 860 km 02m34.9s
15:2677°43.2'S093°36.3'E67°02.2'S112°01.1'E74°39.9'S101°53.2'E 0.955 208° 877 km 02m34.9s
15:2876°41.1'S090°57.2'E - - 73°30.2'S099°31.8'E 0.955 210° 897 km 02m34.9s
15:3075°33.2'S088°52.6'E - - 72°09.1'S097°45.5'E 0.955 211° 922 km 02m34.8s
15:3274°19.1'S087°19.1'E - - 70°32.2'S096°37.8'E 0.955 211° 952 km 02m34.7s
15:3472°57.9'S086°14.8'E - - 68°27.3'S096°22.3'E 0.954 211° 989 km 02m34.5s
Limits62°16.4'S091°11.6'E65°56.2'S112°43.9'E64°00.4'S099°22.0'E 0.953 - 1035 km 02m34.1s

ΔT = 32693.1 seconds

Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration
Event Time
TD
Time
UT1
Latitude Longitude Sun
Altitude
Sun
Azimuth
Path Width Central
Duration
Greatest Eclipse00:18:24.815:13:31.778°26.9'S007°56.7'W 11.4° 186.1° 819.6 km02m34.85s
Greatest Duration00:26:03.315:21:10.276°50.0'S109°55.6'E 10.7° 201.7° 841.2 km02m34.94s

Explanation of Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration

Links for the Annular Solar Eclipse of -1386 Jan 18

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Eclipse Predictions

Predictions for the Annular Solar Eclipse of -1386 Jan 18 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 32693.1 seconds for this eclipse. The uncertainty in ΔT is 1558.5 seconds corresponding to a standard error in longitude of the eclipse path of ± 6.51°.

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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