Path of the Total Solar Eclipse of 1458 Feb 13

Fred Espenak

Introduction

The following table delineates the path of the Moon's umbral shadow during the Total Solar Eclipse of 1458 Feb 13 . 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 1458 Feb 13
UT1 Northern Limit Southern Limit Central Line M:S Sun Sun Path Central
Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Ratio Alt. Azm. Width Duration
Limits54°33.6'N157°20.5'E51°48.7'N157°09.0'E53°08.4'N157°13.4'E 1.032 - 294 km 01m54.1s
20:42 - - 50°00.6'N171°45.3'E51°48.8'N166°44.8'E 1.034 115° 324 km 02m07.2s
20:4453°30.4'N164°58.1'E49°56.4'N174°41.3'E51°32.4'N170°52.3'E 1.035 119° 339 km 02m13.3s
20:4653°10.7'N169°36.7'E49°58.4'N177°08.1'E51°28.8'N173°55.1'E 1.036 11° 122° 350 km 02m17.9s
20:4853°06.8'N172°51.5'E50°04.6'N179°16.4'E51°31.8'N176°26.1'E 1.036 12° 124° 359 km 02m21.6s
20:5053°10.4'N175°29.4'E50°14.0'N178°48.2'W51°39.1'N178°37.5'E 1.037 14° 127° 366 km 02m24.8s
20:5253°18.8'N177°45.6'E50°26.0'N177°02.3'W51°49.8'N179°24.6'W 1.037 15° 129° 372 km 02m27.5s
20:5453°30.7'N179°47.2'E50°40.1'N175°23.7'W52°03.1'N177°36.6'W 1.037 16° 131° 377 km 02m29.9s
20:5653°45.4'N178°21.7'W50°56.1'N173°50.9'W52°18.6'N175°56.1'W 1.037 16° 133° 381 km 02m32.0s
20:5854°02.4'N176°38.6'W51°13.9'N172°22.8'W52°36.1'N174°21.5'W 1.038 17° 135° 383 km 02m33.9s
21:0054°21.5'N175°01.7'W51°33.2'N170°58.4'W52°55.4'N172°51.7'W 1.038 18° 137° 385 km 02m35.5s
21:0254°42.5'N173°29.6'W51°54.0'N169°37.2'W53°16.4'N171°25.7'W 1.038 18° 139° 386 km 02m36.8s
21:0455°05.3'N172°01.5'W52°16.3'N168°18.4'W53°39.0'N170°02.7'W 1.038 19° 141° 386 km 02m38.0s
21:0655°29.8'N170°36.4'W52°39.9'N167°01.7'W54°03.0'N168°42.2'W 1.038 19° 142° 385 km 02m39.0s
21:0855°56.0'N169°13.8'W53°04.9'N165°46.6'W54°28.6'N167°23.7'W 1.038 19° 144° 384 km 02m39.7s
21:1056°23.9'N167°53.1'W53°31.3'N164°32.7'W54°55.7'N166°06.6'W 1.038 20° 146° 382 km 02m40.3s
21:1256°53.4'N166°33.9'W53°59.1'N163°19.8'W55°24.3'N164°50.7'W 1.039 20° 148° 380 km 02m40.7s
21:1457°24.6'N165°15.7'W54°28.4'N162°07.4'W55°54.4'N163°35.6'W 1.039 20° 150° 377 km 02m41.0s
21:1657°57.5'N163°58.0'W54°59.0'N160°55.3'W56°26.2'N162°20.9'W 1.039 20° 152° 374 km 02m41.0s
21:1858°32.3'N162°40.6'W55°31.2'N159°43.2'W56°59.6'N161°06.2'W 1.039 20° 154° 371 km 02m40.9s
21:2059°09.1'N161°23.0'W56°05.0'N158°30.7'W57°34.7'N159°51.2'W 1.039 20° 155° 367 km 02m40.6s
21:2259°47.9'N160°04.7'W56°40.4'N157°17.6'W58°11.7'N158°35.6'W 1.038 20° 157° 363 km 02m40.1s
21:2460°29.0'N158°45.5'W57°17.6'N156°03.5'W58°50.6'N157°19.0'W 1.038 19° 159° 359 km 02m39.4s
21:2661°12.6'N157°24.7'W57°56.8'N154°48.1'W59°31.8'N156°00.9'W 1.038 19° 161° 355 km 02m38.5s
21:2861°58.9'N156°01.8'W58°38.0'N153°30.8'W60°15.3'N154°40.8'W 1.038 19° 163° 351 km 02m37.5s
21:3062°48.4'N154°36.3'W59°21.6'N152°11.3'W61°01.5'N153°18.3'W 1.038 18° 165° 347 km 02m36.2s
21:3263°41.5'N153°07.1'W60°07.7'N150°49.0'W61°50.6'N151°52.6'W 1.038 17° 167° 343 km 02m34.8s
21:3464°38.9'N151°33.4'W60°56.7'N149°23.1'W62°43.2'N150°22.8'W 1.038 17° 169° 338 km 02m33.1s
21:3665°41.3'N149°53.7'W61°49.0'N147°52.7'W63°39.9'N148°47.9'W 1.037 16° 171° 334 km 02m31.1s
21:3866°50.2'N148°06.1'W62°45.2'N146°16.8'W64°41.3'N147°06.5'W 1.037 15° 174° 330 km 02m28.9s
21:4068°07.3'N146°07.5'W63°46.1'N144°33.8'W65°48.8'N145°16.3'W 1.037 14° 176° 326 km 02m26.3s
21:4269°36.1'N143°53.1'W64°52.6'N142°41.5'W67°03.9'N143°14.2'W 1.036 13° 179° 321 km 02m23.4s
21:4471°22.8'N141°13.2'W66°06.5'N140°36.5'W68°29.6'N140°55.1'W 1.036 11° 182° 317 km 02m20.0s
21:4673°43.3'N137°44.0'W67°30.2'N138°13.7'W70°10.9'N138°09.3'W 1.035 10° 185° 313 km 02m15.9s
21:4878°25.1'N130°43.7'W69°08.4'N135°23.0'W72°19.9'N134°33.9'W 1.035 189° 308 km 02m10.7s
21:50 - - 71°11.1'N131°42.4'W75°45.4'N128°32.2'W 1.034 195° 303 km 02m02.5s
Limits79°37.7'N128°54.7'W78°34.3'N115°52.1'W79°09.8'N121°49.4'W 1.032 - 299 km 01m54.8s

ΔT = 241.4 seconds

Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration
Event Time
TD
Time
UT1
Latitude Longitude Sun
Altitude
Sun
Azimuth
Path Width Central
Duration
Greatest Eclipse21:19:36.921:15:35.556°19.6'N163°36.6'W 19.9° 151.3° 374.5 km02m41.01s
Greatest Duration21:19:32.721:15:31.356°18.4'N162°38.7'W 19.9° 151.3° 374.6 km02m41.01s

Explanation of Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration

Links for the Total Solar Eclipse of 1458 Feb 13

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Eclipse Predictions

Predictions for the Total Solar Eclipse of 1458 Feb 13 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 241.4 seconds for this eclipse. The uncertainty in ΔT is 20.0 seconds corresponding to a standard error in longitude of the eclipse path of ± 0.08°.

Acknowledgments

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

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