Path of the Annular Solar Eclipse of 1471 Dec 11

Fred Espenak

Introduction

The following table delineates the path of the Moon's antumbral shadow during the Annular Solar Eclipse of 1471 Dec 11 . 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 1471 Dec 11
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°37.6'N179°02.9'E62°04.7'N174°23.2'E62°48.9'N176°25.7'E 0.985 - 284 km 01m08.3s
22:06 - - 57°39.4'N177°16.3'W60°00.0'N179°13.5'W 0.986 155° 274 km 01m05.8s
22:0862°30.3'N179°39.5'W56°57.3'N175°08.6'W58°44.2'N176°24.0'W 0.986 158° 275 km 01m04.5s
22:1060°16.5'N175°48.3'W56°28.6'N173°17.1'W58°00.2'N174°13.3'W 0.986 160° 278 km 01m03.7s
22:1259°24.3'N173°27.6'W56°09.0'N171°35.8'W57°31.9'N172°20.5'W 0.987 162° 281 km 01m03.1s
22:1458°54.3'N171°30.1'W55°56.5'N170°01.4'W57°14.0'N170°38.1'W 0.987 164° 285 km 01m02.7s
22:1658°37.5'N169°44.8'W55°49.9'N168°31.8'W57°04.0'N169°02.6'W 0.987 166° 287 km 01m02.4s
22:1858°30.3'N168°06.7'W55°48.5'N167°05.6'W57°00.6'N167°31.7'W 0.987 168° 289 km 01m02.2s
22:2058°31.1'N166°33.3'W55°52.0'N165°41.7'W57°03.2'N166°03.9'W 0.987 170° 289 km 01m02.2s
22:2258°39.3'N165°02.6'W56°00.0'N164°19.2'W57°11.3'N164°37.9'W 0.987 172° 287 km 01m02.2s
22:2458°54.9'N163°33.2'W56°12.7'N162°57.2'W57°25.1'N163°12.7'W 0.987 174° 285 km 01m02.4s
22:2659°18.4'N162°03.7'W56°30.3'N161°35.1'W57°44.8'N161°47.4'W 0.987 175° 281 km 01m02.6s
22:2859°51.1'N160°32.9'W56°53.1'N160°11.9'W58°11.1'N160°20.9'W 0.987 177° 278 km 01m03.0s
22:3060°35.9'N158°58.7'W57°21.8'N158°46.8'W58°45.2'N158°51.9'W 0.987 179° 274 km 01m03.4s
22:3261°39.1'N157°18.2'W57°57.5'N157°18.5'W59°29.1'N157°18.9'W 0.986 181° 270 km 01m04.0s
22:3463°21.7'N155°24.0'W58°42.0'N155°45.4'W60°26.9'N155°39.0'W 0.986 183° 268 km 01m04.9s
22:36 - - 59°38.8'N154°04.8'W61°48.6'N153°46.5'W 0.986 185° 269 km 01m06.0s
22:38 - - 60°55.1'N152°11.3'W64°22.8'N151°18.7'W 0.985 188° 278 km 01m08.0s
Limits66°24.6'N153°51.1'W65°56.0'N147°23.9'W66°12.1'N150°18.0'W 0.984 - 290 km 01m09.3s

ΔT = 225.3 seconds

Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration
Event Time
TD
Time
UT1
Latitude Longitude Sun
Altitude
Sun
Azimuth
Path Width Central
Duration
Greatest Eclipse22:25:18.722:21:33.357°09.0'N165°53.4'W 9.0° 171.4° 287.8 km01m02.20s
Greatest Duration22:08:23.222:04:37.862°48.9'N176°25.7'E 0.0° 150.8° 284.5 km01m08.26s

Explanation of Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration

Links for the Annular Solar Eclipse of 1471 Dec 11

Links to Additional Solar Eclipse Predictions

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Eclipse Predictions

Predictions for the Annular Solar Eclipse of 1471 Dec 11 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 225.3 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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"Eclipse Predictions by Fred Espenak, EclipseWise.com"

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