Path of the Total Solar Eclipse of 1071 May 31

Fred Espenak

Introduction

The following table delineates the path of the Moon's umbral shadow during the Total Solar Eclipse of 1071 May 31 . 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 1071 May 31
UT1 Northern Limit Southern Limit Central Line M:S Sun Sun Path Central
Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Ratio Alt. Azm. Width Duration
Limits57°28.5'S151°10.3'E59°25.8'S154°16.6'E58°27.0'S152°38.7'E 1.056 - 281 km 03m28.1s
22:4048°57.2'S164°54.7'E - - 52°21.5'S162°33.7'E 1.059 34° 288 km 03m53.4s
22:4247°07.0'S167°37.4'E53°31.2'S163°45.4'E49°56.1'S166°13.1'E 1.060 12° 30° 293 km 04m04.8s
22:4445°36.1'S169°49.2'E51°04.6'S167°24.8'E48°07.3'S168°53.0'E 1.061 14° 28° 296 km 04m13.8s
22:4644°17.8'S171°41.8'E49°15.7'S170°04.3'E46°37.6'S171°03.1'E 1.061 17° 26° 300 km 04m21.5s
22:4843°08.3'S173°21.3'E47°46.2'S172°13.8'E45°20.2'S172°54.4'E 1.062 18° 24° 304 km 04m28.3s
22:5042°05.7'S174°50.9'E46°29.2'S174°04.8'E44°11.7'S174°33.0'E 1.062 20° 22° 307 km 04m34.5s
22:5241°08.4'S176°13.0'E45°21.1'S175°43.0'E43°09.9'S176°01.9'E 1.063 22° 20° 311 km 04m40.2s
22:5440°15.6'S177°29.2'E44°19.8'S177°11.8'E42°13.5'S177°23.6'E 1.063 23° 18° 314 km 04m45.5s
22:5639°26.6'S178°40.4'E43°23.9'S178°33.3'E41°21.5'S178°39.3'E 1.064 24° 17° 318 km 04m50.4s
22:5838°40.9'S179°47.7'E42°32.5'S179°49.0'E40°33.3'S179°50.3'E 1.064 25° 15° 321 km 04m55.0s
23:0037°58.1'S179°08.5'W41°44.9'S178°59.9'W39°48.3'S179°02.6'W 1.064 26° 14° 325 km 04m59.3s
23:0237°17.7'S178°07.5'W41°00.6'S177°52.8'W39°06.3'S177°58.8'W 1.065 27° 12° 329 km 05m03.4s
23:0436°39.7'S177°09.0'W40°19.2'S176°48.9'W38°26.7'S176°57.9'W 1.065 28° 11° 332 km 05m07.2s
23:0636°03.8'S176°12.6'W39°40.3'S175°47.8'W37°49.5'S175°59.4'W 1.065 29° 336 km 05m10.7s
23:0835°29.8'S175°18.1'W39°03.8'S174°49.1'W37°14.4'S175°02.9'W 1.065 30° 339 km 05m14.0s
23:1034°57.5'S174°25.2'W38°29.3'S173°52.3'W36°41.1'S174°08.2'W 1.065 30° 342 km 05m17.1s
23:1234°26.9'S173°33.6'W37°56.8'S172°57.3'W36°09.7'S173°15.1'W 1.066 31° 346 km 05m19.9s
23:1433°57.9'S172°43.3'W37°26.1'S172°03.8'W35°39.9'S172°23.2'W 1.066 32° 349 km 05m22.5s
23:1633°30.3'S171°54.0'W36°57.1'S171°11.6'W35°11.7'S171°32.6'W 1.066 32° 353 km 05m25.0s
23:1833°04.1'S171°05.5'W36°29.6'S170°20.4'W34°44.9'S170°42.9'W 1.066 33° 356 km 05m27.2s
23:2032°39.2'S170°17.9'W36°03.6'S169°30.3'W34°19.5'S169°54.1'W 1.066 33° 359° 359 km 05m29.2s
23:2232°15.6'S169°30.9'W35°39.1'S168°40.9'W33°55.5'S169°06.0'W 1.066 33° 358° 362 km 05m31.0s
23:2431°53.1'S168°44.5'W35°15.8'S167°52.2'W33°32.7'S168°18.5'W 1.066 34° 356° 365 km 05m32.6s
23:2631°31.9'S167°58.5'W34°53.9'S167°04.0'W33°11.2'S167°31.5'W 1.067 34° 355° 368 km 05m33.9s
23:2831°11.8'S167°12.8'W34°33.2'S166°16.2'W32°50.8'S166°44.9'W 1.067 34° 353° 371 km 05m35.1s
23:3030°52.8'S166°27.4'W34°13.8'S165°28.8'W32°31.6'S165°58.5'W 1.067 34° 352° 373 km 05m36.1s
23:3230°34.9'S165°42.2'W33°55.5'S164°41.6'W32°13.6'S165°12.4'W 1.067 34° 350° 376 km 05m36.8s
23:3430°18.1'S164°57.0'W33°38.4'S163°54.6'W31°56.6'S164°26.4'W 1.067 35° 349° 378 km 05m37.4s
23:3630°02.3'S164°11.9'W33°22.4'S163°07.5'W31°40.7'S163°40.4'W 1.067 35° 347° 380 km 05m37.7s
23:3829°47.5'S163°26.8'W33°07.5'S162°20.4'W31°26.0'S162°54.3'W 1.067 35° 346° 382 km 05m37.9s
23:4029°33.8'S162°41.4'W32°53.7'S161°33.2'W31°12.2'S162°08.1'W 1.067 34° 345° 383 km 05m37.8s
23:4229°21.1'S161°55.9'W32°41.1'S160°45.7'W30°59.6'S161°21.7'W 1.067 34° 343° 384 km 05m37.5s
23:4429°09.5'S161°10.1'W32°29.5'S159°57.9'W30°48.0'S160°35.0'W 1.067 34° 342° 385 km 05m37.0s
23:4628°58.9'S160°23.8'W32°19.1'S159°09.6'W30°37.5'S159°47.8'W 1.067 34° 340° 386 km 05m36.3s
23:4828°49.3'S159°37.2'W32°09.8'S158°20.8'W30°28.0'S159°00.1'W 1.067 34° 339° 386 km 05m35.3s
23:5028°40.8'S158°49.9'W32°01.6'S157°31.4'W30°19.7'S158°11.9'W 1.067 34° 338° 386 km 05m34.2s
23:5228°33.4'S158°02.0'W31°54.6'S156°41.2'W30°12.5'S157°22.9'W 1.066 33° 336° 386 km 05m32.8s
23:5428°27.1'S157°13.4'W31°48.8'S155°50.1'W30°06.4'S156°33.2'W 1.066 33° 335° 385 km 05m31.2s
23:5628°21.9'S156°23.9'W31°44.2'S154°58.0'W30°01.5'S155°42.5'W 1.066 32° 333° 384 km 05m29.4s
23:5828°17.9'S155°33.4'W31°40.9'S154°04.7'W29°57.8'S154°50.8'W 1.066 32° 332° 382 km 05m27.3s
00:0028°15.1'S154°41.8'W31°38.9'S153°10.1'W29°55.4'S153°57.8'W 1.066 31° 331° 380 km 05m25.0s
00:0228°13.5'S153°49.0'W31°38.3'S152°14.0'W29°54.3'S153°03.5'W 1.066 31° 329° 378 km 05m22.5s
00:0428°13.3'S152°54.7'W31°39.2'S151°16.1'W29°54.5'S152°07.6'W 1.066 30° 328° 376 km 05m19.7s
00:0628°14.5'S151°58.9'W31°41.7'S150°16.3'W29°56.3'S151°10.0'W 1.065 29° 327° 373 km 05m16.7s
00:0828°17.1'S151°01.3'W31°45.8'S149°14.2'W29°59.6'S150°10.3'W 1.065 29° 325° 369 km 05m13.4s
00:1028°21.3'S150°01.6'W31°51.8'S148°09.5'W30°04.6'S149°08.4'W 1.065 28° 324° 366 km 05m09.8s
00:1228°27.3'S148°59.6'W31°59.8'S147°01.7'W30°11.5'S148°03.8'W 1.065 27° 323° 362 km 05m06.0s
00:1428°35.1'S147°54.9'W32°10.1'S145°50.4'W30°20.4'S146°56.2'W 1.064 26° 321° 358 km 05m01.9s
00:1628°44.9'S146°47.1'W32°22.9'S144°35.0'W30°31.5'S145°45.0'W 1.064 25° 320° 353 km 04m57.4s
00:1828°57.0'S145°35.7'W32°38.6'S143°14.4'W30°45.2'S144°29.6'W 1.064 24° 319° 349 km 04m52.7s
00:2029°11.7'S144°20.0'W32°57.7'S141°47.7'W31°01.8'S143°09.2'W 1.063 22° 317° 344 km 04m47.5s
00:2229°29.4'S142°59.2'W33°21.0'S140°13.1'W31°21.9'S141°42.5'W 1.063 21° 316° 338 km 04m42.0s
00:2429°50.6'S141°32.1'W33°49.6'S138°28.5'W31°46.1'S140°08.1'W 1.063 20° 315° 333 km 04m35.9s
00:2630°16.1'S139°57.1'W34°25.1'S136°29.9'W32°15.6'S138°23.6'W 1.062 18° 313° 327 km 04m29.3s
00:2830°46.8'S138°11.9'W35°10.5'S134°10.8'W32°52.0'S136°25.2'W 1.061 16° 311° 320 km 04m21.9s
00:3031°24.7'S136°12.7'W36°12.2'S131°17.0'W33°38.4'S134°06.6'W 1.061 14° 310° 313 km 04m13.5s
00:3232°12.8'S133°52.8'W37°50.9'S127°02.5'W34°40.9'S131°13.8'W 1.060 11° 308° 305 km 04m03.5s
00:3433°17.6'S130°57.9'W - - 36°19.4'S127°03.2'W 1.058 305° 295 km 03m49.9s
Limits38°11.1'S119°23.9'W40°43.2'S120°17.8'W39°25.9'S119°49.7'W 1.056 - 282 km 03m29.4s

ΔT = 1201.0 seconds

Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration
Event Time
TD
Time
UT1
Latitude Longitude Sun
Altitude
Sun
Azimuth
Path Width Central
Duration
Greatest Eclipse23:56:32.823:36:31.831°36.7'S168°29.3'W 34.5° 347.1° 380.5 km05m37.79s
Greatest Duration23:58:16.523:38:15.531°24.1'S162°48.4'W 34.5° 345.8° 382.0 km05m37.87s

Explanation of Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration

Links for the Total Solar Eclipse of 1071 May 31

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Eclipse Predictions

Predictions for the Total Solar Eclipse of 1071 May 31 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 1201.0 seconds for this eclipse. The uncertainty in ΔT is 44.8 seconds corresponding to a standard error in longitude of the eclipse path of ± 0.19°.

Acknowledgments

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

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