Path of the Annular Solar Eclipse of 1256 Dec 18

Fred Espenak

Introduction

The following table delineates the path of the Moon's antumbral shadow during the Annular Solar Eclipse of 1256 Dec 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 1256 Dec 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
Limits10°35.8'N068°45.9'W07°33.0'N070°18.1'W09°04.3'N069°31.6'W 0.903 - 376 km 07m00.5s
10:5806°11.2'N059°26.3'W04°13.6'N062°59.1'W05°08.8'N061°03.8'W 0.905 10° 115° 367 km 07m23.4s
11:0004°24.4'N055°58.0'W02°12.4'N058°51.2'W03°16.6'N057°20.0'W 0.906 14° 115° 362 km 07m35.8s
11:0203°02.9'N053°24.2'W00°45.5'N056°00.8'W01°52.9'N054°39.2'W 0.907 18° 115° 359 km 07m45.7s
11:0401°54.6'N051°18.5'W00°25.7'S053°44.9'W00°43.4'N052°29.0'W 0.908 21° 115° 356 km 07m54.5s
11:0600°54.8'N049°30.4'W01°27.3'S051°49.6'W00°17.2'S050°37.7'W 0.909 23° 116° 353 km 08m02.5s
11:0800°01.1'N047°54.8'W02°22.3'S050°08.4'W01°11.4'S048°59.6'W 0.909 26° 116° 351 km 08m10.0s
11:1000°47.8'S046°28.5'W03°12.3'S048°37.6'W02°00.8'S047°31.2'W 0.910 28° 116° 349 km 08m17.1s
11:1201°33.0'S045°09.5'W03°58.3'S047°14.7'W02°46.3'S046°10.5'W 0.910 30° 116° 347 km 08m23.9s
11:1402°15.1'S043°56.4'W04°41.1'S045°58.2'W03°28.7'S044°55.8'W 0.910 32° 115° 345 km 08m30.5s
11:1602°54.5'S042°48.2'W05°21.2'S044°47.0'W04°08.4'S043°46.2'W 0.911 33° 115° 344 km 08m36.9s
11:1803°31.7'S041°44.1'W05°58.9'S043°40.1'W04°45.8'S042°40.8'W 0.911 35° 115° 342 km 08m43.1s
11:2004°06.9'S040°43.6'W06°34.7'S042°37.0'W05°21.2'S041°39.0'W 0.911 37° 115° 340 km 08m49.2s
11:2204°40.2'S039°46.1'W07°08.6'S041°37.0'W05°54.8'S040°40.4'W 0.912 38° 115° 339 km 08m55.2s
11:2405°12.0'S038°51.2'W07°40.9'S040°39.9'W06°26.8'S039°44.4'W 0.912 40° 115° 338 km 09m01.0s
11:2605°42.4'S037°58.7'W08°11.7'S039°45.2'W06°57.4'S038°50.9'W 0.912 41° 115° 336 km 09m06.7s
11:2806°11.4'S037°08.3'W08°41.2'S038°52.7'W07°26.7'S037°59.5'W 0.913 43° 115° 335 km 09m12.4s
11:3006°39.2'S036°19.7'W09°09.5'S038°02.1'W07°54.7'S037°09.9'W 0.913 44° 115° 334 km 09m17.9s
11:3207°05.8'S035°32.9'W09°36.7'S037°13.3'W08°21.6'S036°22.1'W 0.913 45° 115° 333 km 09m23.3s
11:3407°31.4'S034°47.5'W10°02.8'S036°26.0'W08°47.4'S035°35.9'W 0.913 47° 115° 332 km 09m28.7s
11:3607°56.1'S034°03.5'W10°27.9'S035°40.2'W09°12.3'S034°51.0'W 0.914 48° 115° 331 km 09m34.0s
11:3808°19.8'S033°20.8'W10°52.1'S034°55.6'W09°36.2'S034°07.4'W 0.914 49° 115° 330 km 09m39.2s
11:4008°42.6'S032°39.2'W11°15.4'S034°12.2'W09°59.3'S033°24.9'W 0.914 50° 115° 329 km 09m44.3s
11:4209°04.6'S031°58.7'W11°37.9'S033°29.9'W10°21.6'S032°43.5'W 0.914 52° 115° 328 km 09m49.3s
11:4409°25.9'S031°19.1'W11°59.7'S032°48.5'W10°43.0'S032°03.1'W 0.914 53° 115° 327 km 09m54.3s
11:4609°46.3'S030°40.4'W12°20.7'S032°08.1'W11°03.8'S031°23.5'W 0.914 54° 115° 326 km 09m59.2s
11:4810°06.1'S030°02.6'W12°40.9'S031°28.4'W11°23.8'S030°44.8'W 0.915 55° 115° 325 km 10m04.0s
11:5010°25.2'S029°25.4'W13°00.5'S030°49.6'W11°43.1'S030°06.8'W 0.915 56° 115° 325 km 10m08.7s
11:5210°43.6'S028°49.0'W13°19.5'S030°11.4'W12°01.8'S029°29.5'W 0.915 57° 115° 324 km 10m13.3s
11:5411°01.4'S028°13.2'W13°37.8'S029°33.9'W12°19.8'S028°52.9'W 0.915 59° 115° 323 km 10m17.9s
11:5611°18.5'S027°38.0'W13°55.5'S028°56.9'W12°37.2'S028°16.9'W 0.915 60° 115° 323 km 10m22.3s
11:5811°35.1'S027°03.4'W14°12.6'S028°20.6'W12°54.1'S027°41.4'W 0.915 61° 115° 322 km 10m26.7s
12:0011°51.1'S026°29.3'W14°29.1'S027°44.7'W13°10.3'S027°06.4'W 0.916 62° 115° 322 km 10m31.0s
12:0212°06.6'S025°55.6'W14°45.1'S027°09.3'W13°26.0'S026°31.9'W 0.916 63° 116° 321 km 10m35.2s
12:0412°21.5'S025°22.4'W15°00.5'S026°34.3'W13°41.2'S025°57.8'W 0.916 64° 116° 321 km 10m39.2s
12:0612°35.8'S024°49.6'W15°15.4'S025°59.7'W13°55.8'S025°24.1'W 0.916 65° 116° 320 km 10m43.2s
12:0812°49.7'S024°17.2'W15°29.8'S025°25.5'W14°09.9'S024°50.8'W 0.916 66° 116° 320 km 10m47.1s
12:1013°03.0'S023°45.1'W15°43.6'S024°51.6'W14°23.5'S024°17.9'W 0.916 67° 117° 319 km 10m50.8s
12:1213°15.9'S023°13.4'W15°57.0'S024°18.0'W14°36.6'S023°45.2'W 0.916 68° 117° 319 km 10m54.5s
12:1413°28.2'S022°41.9'W16°09.9'S023°44.8'W14°49.3'S023°12.9'W 0.916 69° 117° 319 km 10m58.0s
12:1613°40.1'S022°10.7'W16°22.3'S023°11.7'W15°01.4'S022°40.8'W 0.916 70° 118° 318 km 11m01.4s
12:1813°51.6'S021°39.8'W16°34.2'S022°39.0'W15°13.1'S022°09.0'W 0.916 71° 118° 318 km 11m04.7s
12:2014°02.5'S021°09.1'W16°45.7'S022°06.4'W15°24.3'S021°37.3'W 0.917 72° 119° 318 km 11m07.8s
12:2214°13.1'S020°38.6'W16°56.7'S021°34.0'W15°35.1'S021°05.9'W 0.917 73° 120° 318 km 11m10.8s
12:2414°23.1'S020°08.3'W17°07.3'S021°01.9'W15°45.4'S020°34.7'W 0.917 74° 121° 317 km 11m13.7s
12:2614°32.8'S019°38.2'W17°17.4'S020°29.8'W15°55.3'S020°03.7'W 0.917 75° 122° 317 km 11m16.5s
12:2814°42.0'S019°08.3'W17°27.1'S019°57.9'W16°04.7'S019°32.8'W 0.917 76° 123° 317 km 11m19.1s
12:3014°50.8'S018°38.5'W17°36.3'S019°26.2'W16°13.7'S019°02.0'W 0.917 77° 124° 317 km 11m21.5s
12:3214°59.1'S018°08.8'W17°45.2'S018°54.5'W16°22.3'S018°31.3'W 0.917 77° 126° 317 km 11m23.8s
12:3415°07.1'S017°39.2'W17°53.5'S018°23.0'W16°30.5'S018°00.8'W 0.917 78° 128° 317 km 11m26.0s
12:3615°14.6'S017°09.7'W18°01.5'S017°51.5'W16°38.2'S017°30.3'W 0.917 79° 130° 317 km 11m28.0s
12:3815°21.7'S016°40.3'W18°09.0'S017°20.1'W16°45.5'S017°00.0'W 0.917 80° 133° 317 km 11m29.8s
12:4015°28.4'S016°11.0'W18°16.1'S016°48.8'W16°52.4'S016°29.6'W 0.917 81° 136° 317 km 11m31.4s
12:4215°34.7'S015°41.7'W18°22.8'S016°17.4'W16°58.9'S015°59.4'W 0.917 81° 140° 317 km 11m33.0s
12:4415°40.6'S015°12.5'W18°29.1'S015°46.1'W17°05.0'S015°29.1'W 0.917 82° 144° 317 km 11m34.3s
12:4615°46.1'S014°43.3'W18°34.9'S015°14.9'W17°10.7'S014°58.9'W 0.917 83° 149° 316 km 11m35.4s
12:4815°51.2'S014°14.1'W18°40.3'S014°43.6'W17°15.9'S014°28.7'W 0.917 83° 156° 316 km 11m36.4s
12:5015°55.9'S013°44.9'W18°45.4'S014°12.3'W17°20.8'S013°58.5'W 0.917 84° 163° 316 km 11m37.3s
12:5216°00.1'S013°15.7'W18°50.0'S013°41.0'W17°25.2'S013°28.2'W 0.917 84° 171° 316 km 11m37.9s
12:5416°04.0'S012°46.5'W18°54.1'S013°09.6'W17°29.3'S012°58.0'W 0.917 84° 180° 317 km 11m38.3s
12:5616°07.5'S012°17.3'W18°57.9'S012°38.2'W17°32.9'S012°27.7'W 0.917 84° 188° 317 km 11m38.6s
12:5816°10.6'S011°48.0'W19°01.3'S012°06.8'W17°36.1'S011°57.3'W 0.917 84° 197° 317 km 11m38.7s
13:0016°13.3'S011°18.6'W19°04.2'S011°35.2'W17°38.9'S011°26.9'W 0.917 84° 205° 317 km 11m38.6s
13:0216°15.6'S010°49.2'W19°06.7'S011°03.6'W17°41.3'S010°56.4'W 0.917 83° 212° 317 km 11m38.4s
13:0416°17.5'S010°19.7'W19°08.8'S010°31.9'W17°43.3'S010°25.8'W 0.917 83° 218° 317 km 11m37.9s
13:0616°19.0'S009°50.0'W19°10.4'S010°00.1'W17°44.9'S009°55.1'W 0.917 82° 224° 317 km 11m37.3s
13:0816°20.1'S009°20.3'W19°11.7'S009°28.1'W17°46.0'S009°24.3'W 0.917 81° 228° 317 km 11m36.5s
13:1016°20.8'S008°50.5'W19°12.5'S008°56.1'W17°46.8'S008°53.3'W 0.917 81° 232° 317 km 11m35.5s
13:1216°21.0'S008°20.5'W19°12.9'S008°23.9'W17°47.1'S008°22.3'W 0.917 80° 235° 317 km 11m34.3s
13:1416°20.9'S007°50.3'W19°12.8'S007°51.5'W17°47.0'S007°51.0'W 0.917 79° 237° 317 km 11m33.0s
13:1616°20.3'S007°20.0'W19°12.3'S007°19.0'W17°46.5'S007°19.6'W 0.917 78° 239° 317 km 11m31.4s
13:1816°19.4'S006°49.6'W19°11.4'S006°46.2'W17°45.5'S006°48.0'W 0.917 77° 241° 318 km 11m29.7s
13:2016°18.0'S006°18.9'W19°10.1'S006°13.3'W17°44.2'S006°16.3'W 0.917 76° 243° 318 km 11m27.8s
13:2216°16.1'S005°48.0'W19°08.2'S005°40.2'W17°42.3'S005°44.3'W 0.917 76° 244° 318 km 11m25.8s
13:2416°13.9'S005°16.9'W19°06.0'S005°06.8'W17°40.1'S005°12.1'W 0.917 75° 245° 318 km 11m23.6s
13:2616°11.2'S004°45.6'W19°03.2'S004°33.2'W17°37.4'S004°39.6'W 0.917 74° 246° 318 km 11m21.2s
13:2816°08.0'S004°14.0'W19°00.0'S003°59.4'W17°34.2'S004°06.9'W 0.917 73° 247° 318 km 11m18.6s
13:3016°04.4'S003°42.1'W18°56.4'S003°25.2'W17°30.6'S003°34.0'W 0.917 72° 248° 319 km 11m15.9s
13:3216°00.4'S003°09.9'W18°52.2'S002°50.8'W17°26.5'S003°00.7'W 0.916 71° 248° 319 km 11m13.0s
13:3415°55.8'S002°37.5'W18°47.6'S002°16.1'W17°21.9'S002°27.1'W 0.916 70° 249° 319 km 11m10.0s
13:3615°50.9'S002°04.7'W18°42.5'S001°41.0'W17°16.8'S001°53.2'W 0.916 69° 249° 319 km 11m06.8s
13:3815°45.4'S001°31.5'W18°36.9'S001°05.6'W17°11.3'S001°18.9'W 0.916 68° 250° 320 km 11m03.5s
13:4015°39.4'S000°58.0'W18°30.7'S000°29.8'W17°05.2'S000°44.3'W 0.916 67° 250° 320 km 11m00.0s
13:4215°32.9'S000°24.1'W18°24.1'S000°06.5'E16°58.7'S000°09.2'W 0.916 66° 250° 320 km 10m56.4s
13:4415°26.0'S000°10.3'E18°16.9'S000°43.1'E16°51.6'S000°26.2'E 0.916 65° 251° 321 km 10m52.6s
13:4615°18.4'S000°45.1'E18°09.2'S001°20.2'E16°44.0'S001°02.2'E 0.916 64° 251° 321 km 10m48.7s
13:4815°10.4'S001°20.4'E18°00.9'S001°57.8'E16°35.8'S001°38.6'E 0.916 63° 251° 321 km 10m44.7s
13:5015°01.8'S001°56.2'E17°52.0'S002°35.9'E16°27.1'S002°15.5'E 0.916 62° 251° 322 km 10m40.6s
13:5214°52.6'S002°32.5'E17°42.6'S003°14.5'E16°17.8'S002°52.9'E 0.915 61° 251° 322 km 10m36.3s
13:5414°42.8'S003°09.5'E17°32.5'S003°53.7'E16°07.9'S003°31.0'E 0.915 60° 251° 323 km 10m31.9s
13:5614°32.5'S003°47.0'E17°21.9'S004°33.6'E15°57.4'S004°09.7'E 0.915 59° 251° 323 km 10m27.4s
13:5814°21.5'S004°25.3'E17°10.6'S005°14.1'E15°46.2'S004°49.0'E 0.915 57° 251° 324 km 10m22.8s
14:0014°09.8'S005°04.2'E16°58.6'S005°55.4'E15°34.4'S005°29.1'E 0.915 56° 251° 324 km 10m18.0s
14:0213°57.5'S005°43.9'E16°45.9'S006°37.4'E15°22.0'S006°09.9'E 0.915 55° 251° 325 km 10m13.2s
14:0413°44.5'S006°24.4'E16°32.5'S007°20.2'E15°08.8'S006°51.6'E 0.915 54° 251° 326 km 10m08.2s
14:0613°30.8'S007°05.8'E16°18.4'S008°04.0'E14°54.8'S007°34.1'E 0.914 53° 251° 326 km 10m03.2s
14:0813°16.2'S007°48.1'E16°03.5'S008°48.7'E14°40.2'S008°17.6'E 0.914 52° 251° 327 km 09m58.0s
14:1013°00.9'S008°31.5'E15°47.8'S009°34.5'E14°24.7'S009°02.1'E 0.914 50° 250° 328 km 09m52.8s
14:1212°44.8'S009°16.0'E15°31.3'S010°21.4'E14°08.3'S009°47.8'E 0.914 49° 250° 329 km 09m47.4s
14:1412°27.7'S010°01.7'E15°13.8'S011°09.6'E13°51.1'S010°34.7'E 0.914 48° 250° 330 km 09m41.9s
14:1612°09.8'S010°48.7'E14°55.4'S011°59.1'E13°32.9'S011°22.9'E 0.913 47° 250° 331 km 09m36.4s
14:1811°50.8'S011°37.1'E14°35.9'S012°50.0'E13°13.7'S012°12.5'E 0.913 45° 250° 332 km 09m30.7s
14:2011°30.7'S012°27.1'E14°15.4'S013°42.6'E12°53.4'S013°03.8'E 0.913 44° 250° 333 km 09m25.0s
14:2211°09.6'S013°18.8'E13°53.7'S014°37.1'E12°32.0'S013°56.8'E 0.913 42° 250° 334 km 09m19.1s
14:2410°47.1'S014°12.5'E13°30.7'S015°33.5'E12°09.3'S014°51.8'E 0.912 41° 249° 335 km 09m13.1s
14:2610°23.4'S015°08.3'E13°06.4'S016°32.1'E11°45.3'S015°48.9'E 0.912 40° 249° 336 km 09m07.0s
14:2809°58.2'S016°06.5'E12°40.6'S017°33.3'E11°19.8'S016°48.6'E 0.912 38° 249° 338 km 09m00.8s
14:3009°31.3'S017°07.5'E12°13.1'S018°37.3'E10°52.7'S017°51.0'E 0.912 37° 249° 339 km 08m54.5s
14:3209°02.7'S018°11.5'E11°43.8'S019°44.6'E10°23.8'S018°56.6'E 0.911 35° 249° 340 km 08m48.0s
14:3408°32.1'S019°19.1'E11°12.4'S020°55.7'E09°52.8'S020°05.8'E 0.911 33° 248° 342 km 08m41.3s
14:3607°59.1'S020°30.9'E10°38.7'S022°11.3'E09°19.5'S021°19.4'E 0.910 31° 248° 344 km 08m34.5s
14:3807°23.6'S021°47.7'E10°02.1'S023°32.2'E08°43.5'S022°38.0'E 0.910 30° 248° 346 km 08m27.5s
14:4006°44.8'S023°10.4'E09°22.3'S024°59.5'E08°04.3'S024°02.9'E 0.910 28° 248° 348 km 08m20.2s
14:4206°02.3'S024°40.5'E08°38.4'S026°35.0'E07°21.2'S025°35.5'E 0.909 25° 247° 350 km 08m12.6s
14:4405°15.1'S026°20.0'E07°49.5'S028°21.0'E06°33.2'S027°17.9'E 0.909 23° 247° 352 km 08m04.6s
14:4604°21.7'S028°12.2'E06°53.7'S030°21.4'E05°38.8'S029°13.8'E 0.908 20° 247° 355 km 07m56.0s
14:4803°19.6'S030°22.5'E05°48.1'S032°43.0'E04°35.2'S031°29.0'E 0.907 18° 247° 358 km 07m46.7s
14:5002°04.0'S033°01.6'E04°26.2'S035°40.5'E03°17.1'S034°15.9'E 0.906 14° 247° 362 km 07m36.1s
14:5200°22.1'S036°38.1'E02°27.2'S040°01.8'E01°28.7'S038°09.9'E 0.905 246° 366 km 07m22.8s
Limits03°41.0'N045°31.4'E00°38.1'N047°01.6'E02°09.5'N046°16.0'E 0.903 - 376 km 06m59.9s

ΔT = 578.3 seconds

Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration
Event Time
TD
Time
UT1
Latitude Longitude Sun
Altitude
Sun
Azimuth
Path Width Central
Duration
Greatest Eclipse13:04:33.712:54:55.517°31.0'S015°08.9'W 84.1° 183.7° 316.5 km11m38.50s
Greatest Duration13:07:42.912:58:04.717°36.2'S011°56.1'W 83.9° 197.4° 316.6 km11m38.72s

Explanation of Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration

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Eclipse Predictions

Predictions for the Annular Solar Eclipse of 1256 Dec 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 578.3 seconds for this eclipse. The uncertainty in ΔT is 25.4 seconds corresponding to a standard error in longitude of the eclipse path of ± 0.11°.

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"

The use of diagrams and maps is permitted provided that they are unaltered (except for re-sizing) and the embedded credit line is not removed or covered.