Path of the Total Solar Eclipse of 1202 May 23

Fred Espenak

Introduction

The following table delineates the path of the Moon's umbral shadow during the Total Solar Eclipse of 1202 May 23 . 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 1202 May 23
UT1 Northern Limit Southern Limit Central Line M:S Sun Sun Path Central
Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Ratio Alt. Azm. Width Duration
Limits28°14.9'S067°51.7'E29°33.7'S068°29.0'E28°54.2'S068°10.4'E 1.047 - 158 km 02m39.0s
02:1426°44.1'S071°22.4'E - - 28°02.1'S070°14.6'E 1.048 64° 160 km 02m43.4s
02:1623°10.2'S078°46.4'E24°49.4'S078°56.5'E23°58.7'S078°53.8'E 1.051 11° 60° 169 km 03m04.7s
02:1821°08.7'S082°31.9'E22°42.5'S082°59.1'E21°54.8'S082°46.9'E 1.052 16° 58° 173 km 03m16.1s
02:2019°32.7'S085°19.1'E21°04.4'S085°54.3'E20°17.9'S085°37.8'E 1.053 19° 57° 176 km 03m25.3s
02:2218°10.6'S087°35.6'E19°41.2'S088°15.7'E18°55.3'S087°56.6'E 1.054 22° 56° 179 km 03m33.3s
02:2416°57.5'S089°32.3'E18°27.5'S090°16.0'E17°42.0'S089°55.0'E 1.055 25° 55° 181 km 03m40.5s
02:2615°50.9'S091°15.2'E17°20.7'S092°01.6'E16°35.3'S091°39.1'E 1.055 27° 54° 183 km 03m47.3s
02:2814°49.4'S092°47.7'E16°19.1'S093°36.1'E15°33.8'S093°12.6'E 1.056 29° 53° 185 km 03m53.6s
02:3013°52.0'S094°12.0'E15°21.6'S095°02.1'E14°36.4'S094°37.7'E 1.057 31° 53° 187 km 03m59.6s
02:3212°57.9'S095°29.8'E14°27.7'S096°21.3'E13°42.4'S095°56.1'E 1.057 33° 52° 189 km 04m05.3s
02:3412°06.7'S096°42.1'E13°36.6'S097°34.8'E12°51.2'S097°09.0'E 1.058 35° 51° 190 km 04m10.7s
02:3611°17.9'S097°49.8'E12°48.1'S098°43.5'E12°02.6'S098°17.2'E 1.058 37° 51° 192 km 04m16.0s
02:3810°31.4'S098°53.7'E12°01.7'S099°48.2'E11°16.2'S099°21.4'E 1.058 39° 50° 193 km 04m21.0s
02:4009°46.7'S099°54.2'E11°17.4'S100°49.5'E10°31.7'S100°22.3'E 1.059 40° 49° 194 km 04m25.9s
02:4209°03.8'S100°51.8'E10°34.8'S101°47.7'E09°48.9'S101°20.2'E 1.059 42° 49° 196 km 04m30.6s
02:4408°22.4'S101°46.8'E09°53.7'S102°43.3'E09°07.7'S102°15.5'E 1.060 43° 48° 197 km 04m35.2s
02:4607°42.5'S102°39.6'E09°14.2'S103°36.5'E08°28.0'S103°08.4'E 1.060 45° 48° 198 km 04m39.7s
02:4807°03.8'S103°30.4'E08°35.9'S104°27.6'E07°49.6'S103°59.4'E 1.060 46° 47° 199 km 04m44.0s
02:5006°26.4'S104°19.3'E07°58.9'S105°16.9'E07°12.4'S104°48.5'E 1.061 48° 46° 200 km 04m48.2s
02:5205°50.2'S105°06.7'E07°23.1'S106°04.5'E06°36.3'S105°36.0'E 1.061 49° 46° 201 km 04m52.2s
02:5405°14.9'S105°52.6'E06°48.3'S106°50.7'E06°01.3'S106°22.0'E 1.061 50° 45° 202 km 04m56.2s
02:5604°40.7'S106°37.2'E06°14.5'S107°35.4'E05°27.3'S107°06.6'E 1.061 51° 44° 203 km 05m00.0s
02:5804°07.4'S107°20.6'E05°41.7'S108°19.0'E04°54.3'S107°50.1'E 1.062 53° 43° 204 km 05m03.8s
03:0003°35.1'S108°03.0'E05°09.8'S109°01.4'E04°22.1'S108°32.5'E 1.062 54° 43° 204 km 05m07.4s
03:0203°03.5'S108°44.4'E04°38.7'S109°42.9'E03°50.8'S109°13.9'E 1.062 55° 42° 205 km 05m10.9s
03:0402°32.8'S109°24.9'E04°08.4'S110°23.4'E03°20.3'S109°54.4'E 1.062 56° 41° 206 km 05m14.3s
03:0602°02.8'S110°04.7'E03°38.9'S111°03.1'E02°50.6'S110°34.1'E 1.062 57° 40° 207 km 05m17.6s
03:0801°33.5'S110°43.7'E03°10.2'S111°42.0'E02°21.6'S111°13.1'E 1.063 59° 39° 208 km 05m20.8s
03:1001°05.0'S111°22.0'E02°42.2'S112°20.3'E01°53.4'S111°51.4'E 1.063 60° 38° 208 km 05m23.9s
03:1200°37.2'S111°59.8'E02°14.8'S112°57.9'E01°25.8'S112°29.1'E 1.063 61° 37° 209 km 05m26.8s
03:1400°10.0'S112°37.1'E01°48.2'S113°35.0'E00°58.9'S113°06.3'E 1.063 62° 36° 210 km 05m29.7s
03:1600°16.6'N113°13.9'E01°22.2'S114°11.6'E00°32.6'S113°43.0'E 1.063 63° 34° 210 km 05m32.4s
03:1800°42.5'N113°50.2'E00°56.8'S114°47.7'E00°06.9'S114°19.2'E 1.063 64° 33° 211 km 05m35.1s
03:2001°07.8'N114°26.2'E00°32.0'S115°23.4'E00°18.1'N114°55.0'E 1.063 65° 32° 212 km 05m37.6s
03:2201°32.5'N115°01.8'E00°07.8'S115°58.7'E00°42.6'N115°30.5'E 1.064 65° 30° 212 km 05m40.0s
03:2401°56.7'N115°37.2'E00°15.8'N116°33.7'E01°06.5'N116°05.7'E 1.064 66° 28° 213 km 05m42.3s
03:2602°20.3'N116°12.2'E00°38.9'N117°08.5'E01°29.8'N116°40.6'E 1.064 67° 27° 213 km 05m44.5s
03:2802°43.3'N116°47.1'E01°01.4'N117°42.9'E01°52.5'N117°15.2'E 1.064 68° 25° 214 km 05m46.6s
03:3003°05.8'N117°21.8'E01°23.4'N118°17.2'E02°14.8'N117°49.7'E 1.064 69° 23° 214 km 05m48.6s
03:3203°27.8'N117°56.3'E01°44.8'N118°51.3'E02°36.4'N118°24.0'E 1.064 70° 20° 215 km 05m50.4s
03:3403°49.2'N118°30.7'E02°05.7'N119°25.2'E02°57.6'N118°58.1'E 1.064 70° 18° 215 km 05m52.1s
03:3604°10.1'N119°05.0'E02°26.1'N119°59.0'E03°18.3'N119°32.2'E 1.064 71° 15° 216 km 05m53.7s
03:3804°30.5'N119°39.2'E02°45.9'N120°32.7'E03°38.4'N120°06.2'E 1.064 71° 13° 216 km 05m55.1s
03:4004°50.4'N120°13.4'E03°05.3'N121°06.4'E03°58.0'N120°40.1'E 1.064 72° 10° 217 km 05m56.5s
03:4205°09.8'N120°47.6'E03°24.2'N121°40.0'E04°17.1'N121°14.0'E 1.064 72° 217 km 05m57.7s
03:4405°28.7'N121°21.9'E03°42.6'N122°13.6'E04°35.8'N121°47.9'E 1.064 73° 218 km 05m58.8s
03:4605°47.1'N121°56.1'E04°00.5'N122°47.2'E04°53.9'N122°21.8'E 1.064 73° 218 km 05m59.7s
03:4806°05.0'N122°30.4'E04°17.9'N123°20.9'E05°11.6'N122°55.8'E 1.064 73° 357° 218 km 06m00.5s
03:5006°22.4'N123°04.9'E04°34.8'N123°54.6'E05°28.7'N123°29.9'E 1.064 74° 353° 219 km 06m01.2s
03:5206°39.3'N123°39.4'E04°51.2'N124°28.5'E05°45.4'N124°04.0'E 1.064 74° 350° 219 km 06m01.7s
03:5406°55.7'N124°14.1'E05°07.2'N125°02.4'E06°01.6'N124°38.3'E 1.064 74° 346° 219 km 06m02.1s
03:5607°11.6'N124°48.9'E05°22.7'N125°36.5'E06°17.3'N125°12.8'E 1.064 74° 342° 219 km 06m02.3s
03:5807°27.1'N125°24.0'E05°37.6'N126°10.7'E06°32.5'N125°47.4'E 1.064 74° 339° 219 km 06m02.4s
04:0007°42.0'N125°59.2'E05°52.2'N126°45.2'E06°47.2'N126°22.2'E 1.064 73° 335° 220 km 06m02.4s
04:0207°56.4'N126°34.7'E06°06.2'N127°19.8'E07°01.4'N126°57.3'E 1.064 73° 332° 220 km 06m02.2s
04:0408°10.4'N127°10.4'E06°19.7'N127°54.7'E07°15.1'N127°32.6'E 1.064 73° 328° 220 km 06m01.9s
04:0608°23.8'N127°46.5'E06°32.8'N128°29.9'E07°28.4'N128°08.2'E 1.064 72° 325° 220 km 06m01.4s
04:0808°36.7'N128°22.8'E06°45.3'N129°05.3'E07°41.1'N128°44.1'E 1.064 72° 322° 220 km 06m00.8s
04:1008°49.1'N128°59.5'E06°57.4'N129°41.0'E07°53.3'N129°20.3'E 1.064 71° 319° 220 km 06m00.0s
04:1209°01.0'N129°36.5'E07°08.9'N130°17.1'E08°05.0'N129°56.8'E 1.064 71° 317° 220 km 05m59.1s
04:1409°12.3'N130°14.0'E07°20.0'N130°53.6'E08°16.2'N130°33.7'E 1.064 70° 314° 219 km 05m58.0s
04:1609°23.2'N130°51.8'E07°30.5'N131°30.4'E08°26.9'N131°11.1'E 1.064 69° 312° 219 km 05m56.7s
04:1809°33.4'N131°30.1'E07°40.5'N132°07.7'E08°37.0'N131°48.8'E 1.064 69° 310° 219 km 05m55.4s
04:2009°43.2'N132°08.9'E07°50.0'N132°45.4'E08°46.6'N132°27.1'E 1.064 68° 308° 219 km 05m53.8s
04:2209°52.3'N132°48.1'E07°58.9'N133°23.7'E08°55.7'N133°05.8'E 1.063 67° 306° 218 km 05m52.1s
04:2410°00.9'N133°27.9'E08°07.3'N134°02.4'E09°04.2'N133°45.1'E 1.063 66° 305° 218 km 05m50.3s
04:2610°08.9'N134°08.3'E08°15.2'N134°41.7'E09°12.1'N134°24.9'E 1.063 65° 303° 217 km 05m48.3s
04:2810°16.3'N134°49.3'E08°22.4'N135°21.5'E09°19.4'N135°05.3'E 1.063 65° 302° 217 km 05m46.2s
04:3010°23.1'N135°30.9'E08°29.1'N136°02.0'E09°26.2'N135°46.3'E 1.063 64° 301° 216 km 05m43.9s
04:3210°29.2'N136°13.2'E08°35.2'N136°43.2'E09°32.3'N136°28.0'E 1.063 63° 299° 216 km 05m41.4s
04:3410°34.8'N136°56.2'E08°40.7'N137°25.1'E09°37.8'N137°10.5'E 1.063 62° 298° 215 km 05m38.8s
04:3610°39.6'N137°40.0'E08°45.5'N138°07.7'E09°42.6'N137°53.6'E 1.062 61° 298° 215 km 05m36.1s
04:3810°43.8'N138°24.6'E08°49.7'N138°51.2'E09°46.8'N138°37.7'E 1.062 60° 297° 214 km 05m33.2s
04:4010°47.2'N139°10.1'E08°53.2'N139°35.5'E09°50.3'N139°22.5'E 1.062 58° 296° 213 km 05m30.1s
04:4210°50.0'N139°56.5'E08°56.0'N140°20.7'E09°53.1'N140°08.3'E 1.062 57° 295° 212 km 05m26.9s
04:4410°52.0'N140°43.9'E08°58.1'N141°06.9'E09°55.1'N140°55.1'E 1.062 56° 295° 211 km 05m23.6s
04:4610°53.1'N141°32.3'E08°59.5'N141°54.2'E09°56.3'N141°42.9'E 1.061 55° 294° 210 km 05m20.1s
04:4810°53.5'N142°21.9'E09°00.0'N142°42.6'E09°56.8'N142°31.9'E 1.061 54° 293° 209 km 05m16.4s
04:5010°53.0'N143°12.7'E08°59.7'N143°32.2'E09°56.4'N143°22.1'E 1.061 53° 293° 208 km 05m12.6s
04:5210°51.6'N144°04.8'E08°58.6'N144°23.1'E09°55.2'N144°13.6'E 1.061 51° 293° 207 km 05m08.7s
04:5410°49.3'N144°58.3'E08°56.6'N145°15.4'E09°53.0'N145°06.5'E 1.060 50° 292° 206 km 05m04.6s
04:5610°46.0'N145°53.4'E08°53.6'N146°09.3'E09°49.8'N146°00.9'E 1.060 49° 292° 205 km 05m00.3s
04:5810°41.6'N146°50.0'E08°49.6'N147°04.8'E09°45.7'N146°57.0'E 1.060 48° 292° 204 km 04m56.0s
05:0010°36.1'N147°48.5'E08°44.5'N148°02.2'E09°40.4'N147°54.9'E 1.060 46° 291° 202 km 04m51.4s
05:0210°29.4'N148°49.0'E08°38.2'N149°01.6'E09°33.9'N148°54.8'E 1.059 45° 291° 201 km 04m46.7s
05:0410°21.4'N149°51.6'E08°30.7'N150°03.1'E09°26.2'N149°56.8'E 1.059 43° 291° 200 km 04m41.8s
05:0610°12.0'N150°56.7'E08°21.9'N151°07.1'E09°17.1'N151°01.3'E 1.058 42° 291° 198 km 04m36.8s
05:0810°01.1'N152°04.4'E08°11.6'N152°13.8'E09°06.5'N152°08.5'E 1.058 40° 291° 196 km 04m31.5s
05:1009°48.6'N153°15.1'E07°59.6'N153°23.6'E08°54.2'N153°18.7'E 1.058 39° 291° 195 km 04m26.1s
05:1209°34.2'N154°29.2'E07°45.9'N154°36.9'E08°40.2'N154°32.4'E 1.057 37° 291° 193 km 04m20.5s
05:1409°17.8'N155°47.2'E07°30.2'N155°54.1'E08°24.2'N155°50.0'E 1.057 35° 291° 191 km 04m14.7s
05:1608°59.1'N157°09.8'E07°12.2'N157°16.0'E08°05.8'N157°12.1'E 1.056 33° 291° 189 km 04m08.7s
05:1808°37.7'N158°37.6'E06°51.5'N158°43.3'E07°44.8'N158°39.7'E 1.056 31° 291° 187 km 04m02.3s
05:2008°13.2'N160°11.9'E06°27.8'N160°17.1'E07°20.7'N160°13.7'E 1.055 29° 291° 185 km 03m55.7s
05:2207°44.9'N161°53.9'E06°00.4'N161°59.1'E06°52.9'N161°55.6'E 1.055 27° 291° 183 km 03m48.8s
05:2407°12.0'N163°45.9'E05°28.3'N163°51.4'E06°20.4'N163°47.7'E 1.054 25° 291° 180 km 03m41.3s
05:2606°33.2'N165°51.0'E04°50.1'N165°57.4'E05°42.0'N165°53.1'E 1.053 22° 291° 178 km 03m33.4s
05:2805°46.1'N168°14.6'E04°03.6'N168°23.0'E04°55.2'N168°17.5'E 1.052 19° 291° 175 km 03m24.6s
05:3004°46.5'N171°07.0'E03°03.9'N171°19.7'E03°55.7'N171°11.8'E 1.051 16° 291° 171 km 03m14.6s
05:3203°23.6'N174°54.1'E01°38.6'N175°18.7'E02°31.9'N175°04.1'E 1.050 11° 292° 166 km 03m02.3s
05:3400°30.0'N177°39.0'W - - 01°00.9'S175°46.1'W 1.046 292° 155 km 02m37.4s
Limits00°38.0'S174°50.7'W01°57.3'S175°17.9'W01°17.6'S175°04.4'W 1.046 - 154 km 02m35.7s

ΔT = 720.5 seconds

Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration
Event Time
TD
Time
UT1
Latitude Longitude Sun
Altitude
Sun
Azimuth
Path Width Central
Duration
Greatest Eclipse04:05:56.003:53:55.506°01.0'N121°36.4'E 73.8° 346.1° 219.0 km06m02.06s
Greatest Duration04:10:27.103:58:26.606°35.8'N125°55.1'E 73.6° 337.9° 219.4 km06m02.43s

Explanation of Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration

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Eclipse Predictions

Predictions for the Total Solar Eclipse of 1202 May 23 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 720.5 seconds for this eclipse. The uncertainty in ΔT is 30.5 seconds corresponding to a standard error in longitude of the eclipse path of ± 0.13°.

Acknowledgments

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

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