Path of the Total Solar Eclipse of -1142 May 18

Fred Espenak

Introduction

The following table delineates the path of the Moon's umbral shadow during the Total Solar Eclipse of -1142 May 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 .

Total Solar Eclipse of -1142 May 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
Limits41°49.7'S006°30.1'E43°40.0'S007°19.8'E42°44.7'S006°54.7'E 1.063 - 215 km 03m28.9s
06:2839°28.2'S013°17.8'E - - 41°35.6'S010°25.6'E 1.064 65° 217 km 03m36.0s
06:3036°34.9'S020°13.1'E39°24.7'S019°02.0'E37°56.3'S019°46.5'E 1.067 11° 58° 224 km 03m58.2s
06:3234°38.6'S024°14.2'E37°10.1'S023°59.6'E35°52.4'S024°11.2'E 1.068 16° 55° 228 km 04m10.7s
06:3433°02.9'S027°15.0'E35°25.7'S027°26.4'E34°12.8'S027°23.5'E 1.069 19° 53° 231 km 04m20.7s
06:3631°39.0'S029°42.5'E33°56.3'S030°09.7'E32°46.3'S029°58.2'E 1.070 22° 51° 233 km 04m29.4s
06:3830°23.0'S031°48.3'E32°36.4'S032°26.3'E31°28.5'S032°09.0'E 1.071 25° 49° 236 km 04m37.3s
06:4029°12.9'S033°38.6'E31°23.3'S034°24.6'E30°17.0'S034°03.0'E 1.072 27° 48° 238 km 04m44.6s
06:4228°07.3'S035°17.1'E30°15.4'S036°09.4'E29°10.4'S035°44.5'E 1.073 29° 47° 240 km 04m51.3s
06:4427°05.4'S036°46.4'E29°11.6'S037°43.7'E28°07.6'S037°16.1'E 1.073 31° 45° 241 km 04m57.7s
06:4626°06.6'S038°08.2'E28°11.2'S039°09.7'E27°08.1'S038°39.9'E 1.074 33° 44° 243 km 05m03.7s
06:4825°10.5'S039°23.9'E27°13.8'S040°28.8'E26°11.3'S039°57.1'E 1.074 35° 43° 244 km 05m09.4s
06:5024°16.6'S040°34.3'E26°18.8'S041°42.1'E25°16.9'S041°09.0'E 1.075 36° 42° 246 km 05m14.9s
06:5223°24.8'S041°40.3'E25°26.0'S042°50.7'E24°24.6'S042°16.1'E 1.075 38° 41° 247 km 05m20.2s
06:5422°34.7'S042°42.4'E24°35.1'S043°55.0'E23°34.2'S043°19.3'E 1.075 40° 40° 249 km 05m25.3s
06:5621°46.3'S043°41.2'E23°45.9'S044°55.8'E22°45.4'S044°19.0'E 1.076 41° 39° 250 km 05m30.1s
06:5820°59.3'S044°37.0'E22°58.3'S045°53.3'E21°58.1'S045°15.7'E 1.076 43° 38° 251 km 05m34.8s
07:0020°13.7'S045°30.3'E22°12.1'S046°48.1'E21°12.2'S046°09.7'E 1.076 44° 37° 252 km 05m39.4s
07:0219°29.2'S046°21.2'E21°27.2'S047°40.4'E20°27.6'S047°01.3'E 1.077 45° 36° 253 km 05m43.8s
07:0418°45.9'S047°10.1'E20°43.5'S048°30.5'E19°44.1'S047°50.7'E 1.077 47° 35° 254 km 05m48.0s
07:0618°03.7'S047°57.2'E20°01.0'S049°18.6'E19°01.7'S048°38.3'E 1.077 48° 33° 255 km 05m52.1s
07:0817°22.4'S048°42.5'E19°19.4'S050°05.0'E18°20.4'S049°24.1'E 1.078 49° 32° 257 km 05m56.0s
07:1016°42.1'S049°26.4'E18°38.9'S050°49.8'E17°39.9'S050°08.4'E 1.078 50° 31° 258 km 05m59.8s
07:1216°02.6'S050°08.9'E17°59.2'S051°33.1'E17°00.4'S050°51.3'E 1.078 51° 30° 259 km 06m03.5s
07:1415°23.9'S050°50.2'E17°20.5'S052°15.1'E16°21.7'S051°33.0'E 1.078 53° 29° 260 km 06m07.1s
07:1614°46.1'S051°30.4'E16°42.5'S052°55.9'E15°43.8'S052°13.5'E 1.079 54° 28° 261 km 06m10.5s
07:1814°08.9'S052°09.6'E16°05.3'S053°35.7'E15°06.6'S052°52.9'E 1.079 55° 26° 261 km 06m13.8s
07:2013°32.4'S052°47.9'E15°28.9'S054°14.5'E14°30.2'S053°31.5'E 1.079 56° 25° 262 km 06m17.0s
07:2212°56.7'S053°25.3'E14°53.2'S054°52.4'E13°54.4'S054°09.1'E 1.079 57° 23° 263 km 06m20.1s
07:2412°21.5'S054°02.0'E14°18.1'S055°29.5'E13°19.3'S054°46.0'E 1.079 58° 22° 264 km 06m23.0s
07:2611°47.0'S054°38.0'E13°43.7'S056°05.9'E12°44.9'S055°22.2'E 1.080 59° 21° 265 km 06m25.9s
07:2811°13.1'S055°13.4'E13°09.9'S056°41.7'E12°11.0'S055°57.8'E 1.080 60° 19° 266 km 06m28.6s
07:3010°39.7'S055°48.3'E12°36.7'S057°16.8'E11°37.8'S056°32.8'E 1.080 60° 17° 267 km 06m31.2s
07:3210°06.9'S056°22.7'E12°04.1'S057°51.4'E11°05.1'S057°07.3'E 1.080 61° 15° 268 km 06m33.6s
07:3409°34.6'S056°56.6'E11°32.1'S058°25.6'E10°32.9'S057°41.3'E 1.080 62° 14° 269 km 06m36.0s
07:3609°02.9'S057°30.2'E11°00.6'S058°59.3'E10°01.3'S058°14.9'E 1.080 63° 12° 270 km 06m38.2s
07:3808°31.6'S058°03.4'E10°29.7'S059°32.6'E09°30.2'S058°48.2'E 1.080 63° 10° 270 km 06m40.3s
07:4008°00.9'S058°36.3'E09°59.2'S060°05.7'E08°59.6'S059°21.2'E 1.080 64° 271 km 06m42.3s
07:4207°30.6'S059°09.0'E09°29.3'S060°38.4'E08°29.5'S059°53.9'E 1.080 65° 272 km 06m44.2s
07:4407°00.8'S059°41.5'E08°59.8'S061°10.9'E07°59.9'S060°26.3'E 1.081 65° 273 km 06m45.9s
07:4606°31.5'S060°13.8'E08°30.9'S061°43.2'E07°30.8'S060°58.6'E 1.081 66° 274 km 06m47.5s
07:4806°02.6'S060°45.9'E08°02.4'S062°15.4'E07°02.1'S061°30.8'E 1.081 66° 358° 274 km 06m49.0s
07:5005°34.1'S061°18.0'E07°34.3'S062°47.4'E06°33.9'S062°02.8'E 1.081 67° 356° 275 km 06m50.4s
07:5205°06.1'S061°50.0'E07°06.8'S063°19.3'E06°06.1'S062°34.8'E 1.081 67° 353° 276 km 06m51.6s
07:5404°38.6'S062°22.0'E06°39.6'S063°51.2'E05°38.7'S063°06.7'E 1.081 67° 351° 277 km 06m52.8s
07:5604°11.4'S062°54.0'E06°12.9'S064°23.1'E05°11.8'S063°38.6'E 1.081 68° 348° 277 km 06m53.7s
07:5803°44.7'S063°26.1'E05°46.7'S064°55.0'E04°45.4'S064°10.6'E 1.081 68° 345° 278 km 06m54.6s
08:0003°18.4'S063°58.2'E05°20.9'S065°26.9'E04°19.3'S064°42.6'E 1.081 68° 342° 279 km 06m55.3s
08:0202°52.5'S064°30.4'E04°55.5'S065°58.9'E03°53.7'S065°14.7'E 1.081 68° 339° 279 km 06m55.8s
08:0402°27.0'S065°02.8'E04°30.5'S066°31.0'E03°28.5'S065°46.9'E 1.081 68° 337° 280 km 06m56.3s
08:0602°02.0'S065°35.3'E04°06.0'S067°03.3'E03°03.7'S066°19.3'E 1.081 68° 334° 281 km 06m56.6s
08:0801°37.4'S066°08.0'E03°41.9'S067°35.7'E02°39.3'S066°51.9'E 1.081 68° 331° 281 km 06m56.7s
08:1001°13.1'S066°41.0'E03°18.2'S068°08.3'E02°15.4'S067°24.7'E 1.081 68° 328° 282 km 06m56.7s
08:1200°49.3'S067°14.2'E02°54.9'S068°41.2'E01°51.8'S067°57.7'E 1.081 67° 326° 282 km 06m56.6s
08:1400°25.9'S067°47.7'E02°32.1'S069°14.4'E01°28.7'S068°31.1'E 1.081 67° 323° 283 km 06m56.3s
08:1600°02.9'S068°21.6'E02°09.7'S069°47.8'E01°06.0'S069°04.7'E 1.081 67° 320° 283 km 06m55.9s
08:1800°19.6'N068°55.8'E01°47.7'S070°21.6'E00°43.8'S069°38.7'E 1.081 66° 318° 283 km 06m55.3s
08:2000°41.8'N069°30.4'E01°26.1'S070°55.8'E00°21.9'S070°13.1'E 1.081 66° 316° 284 km 06m54.6s
08:2201°03.5'N070°05.5'E01°04.9'S071°30.3'E00°00.5'S070°47.9'E 1.081 65° 313° 284 km 06m53.7s
08:2401°24.7'N070°41.0'E00°44.2'S072°05.4'E00°20.5'N071°23.1'E 1.080 65° 311° 284 km 06m52.7s
08:2601°45.6'N071°17.0'E00°23.9'S072°40.8'E00°41.1'N071°58.9'E 1.080 64° 309° 284 km 06m51.5s
08:2802°06.0'N071°53.5'E00°04.1'S073°16.9'E01°01.2'N072°35.1'E 1.080 63° 307° 284 km 06m50.1s
08:3002°25.9'N072°30.7'E00°15.3'N073°53.4'E01°20.8'N073°12.0'E 1.080 63° 306° 284 km 06m48.6s
08:3202°45.4'N073°08.4'E00°34.2'N074°30.6'E01°40.0'N073°49.4'E 1.080 62° 304° 284 km 06m46.9s
08:3403°04.4'N073°46.9'E00°52.7'N075°08.4'E01°58.7'N074°27.5'E 1.080 61° 302° 284 km 06m45.1s
08:3603°22.9'N074°26.0'E01°10.7'N075°46.9'E02°17.0'N075°06.3'E 1.080 60° 301° 284 km 06m43.1s
08:3803°40.9'N075°05.9'E01°28.2'N076°26.2'E02°34.7'N075°45.9'E 1.080 60° 299° 284 km 06m40.9s
08:4003°58.5'N075°46.7'E01°45.2'N077°06.2'E02°52.0'N076°26.3'E 1.079 59° 298° 283 km 06m38.6s
08:4204°15.4'N076°28.3'E02°01.6'N077°47.2'E03°08.7'N077°07.5'E 1.079 58° 297° 283 km 06m36.1s
08:4404°31.9'N077°10.8'E02°17.6'N078°29.0'E03°24.9'N077°49.7'E 1.079 57° 296° 282 km 06m33.4s
08:4604°47.8'N077°54.3'E02°33.0'N079°11.8'E03°40.6'N078°32.8'E 1.079 56° 295° 282 km 06m30.6s
08:4805°03.1'N078°38.9'E02°47.9'N079°55.6'E03°55.6'N079°17.0'E 1.079 55° 294° 281 km 06m27.6s
08:5005°17.8'N079°24.7'E03°02.1'N080°40.6'E04°10.1'N080°02.3'E 1.079 54° 293° 280 km 06m24.4s
08:5205°31.9'N080°11.6'E03°15.8'N081°26.8'E04°24.0'N080°48.9'E 1.078 53° 292° 280 km 06m21.0s
08:5405°45.4'N080°59.9'E03°28.8'N082°14.3'E04°37.2'N081°36.8'E 1.078 52° 291° 279 km 06m17.5s
08:5605°58.1'N081°49.6'E03°41.2'N083°03.3'E04°49.8'N082°26.0'E 1.078 50° 290° 277 km 06m13.7s
08:5806°10.1'N082°40.8'E03°52.8'N083°53.7'E05°01.6'N083°16.8'E 1.078 49° 290° 276 km 06m09.8s
09:0006°21.4'N083°33.6'E04°03.7'N084°45.8'E05°12.7'N084°09.3'E 1.077 48° 289° 275 km 06m05.7s
09:0206°31.9'N084°28.3'E04°13.8'N085°39.7'E05°23.0'N085°03.5'E 1.077 47° 289° 274 km 06m01.4s
09:0406°41.5'N085°24.9'E04°23.1'N086°35.6'E05°32.4'N085°59.7'E 1.077 45° 288° 272 km 05m56.9s
09:0606°50.2'N086°23.5'E04°31.5'N087°33.6'E05°41.0'N086°58.0'E 1.076 44° 288° 271 km 05m52.2s
09:0806°57.9'N087°24.6'E04°38.9'N088°34.1'E05°48.5'N087°58.7'E 1.076 43° 287° 269 km 05m47.3s
09:1007°04.5'N088°28.1'E04°45.3'N089°37.1'E05°55.1'N089°01.9'E 1.076 41° 287° 267 km 05m42.2s
09:1207°10.0'N089°34.6'E04°50.6'N090°43.1'E06°00.4'N090°08.1'E 1.075 40° 287° 265 km 05m36.9s
09:1407°14.3'N090°44.2'E04°54.6'N091°52.3'E06°04.6'N091°17.4'E 1.075 38° 286° 263 km 05m31.3s
09:1607°17.1'N091°57.3'E04°57.2'N093°05.3'E06°07.3'N092°30.4'E 1.074 36° 286° 261 km 05m25.5s
09:1807°18.4'N093°14.6'E04°58.2'N094°22.6'E06°08.5'N093°47.6'E 1.074 35° 286° 259 km 05m19.3s
09:2007°17.9'N094°36.6'E04°57.5'N095°44.8'E06°07.9'N095°09.6'E 1.074 33° 286° 257 km 05m12.9s
09:2207°15.5'N096°04.0'E04°54.7'N097°12.8'E06°05.3'N096°37.3'E 1.073 31° 286° 254 km 05m06.2s
09:2407°10.6'N097°37.9'E04°49.5'N098°47.9'E06°00.3'N098°11.6'E 1.072 29° 286° 251 km 04m59.1s
09:2607°03.0'N099°19.8'E04°41.4'N100°31.6'E05°52.5'N099°54.2'E 1.072 27° 286° 248 km 04m51.5s
09:2806°52.0'N101°11.6'E04°29.6'N102°26.2'E05°41.1'N101°47.2'E 1.071 25° 286° 245 km 04m43.4s
09:3006°36.5'N103°16.2'E04°13.1'N104°35.6'E05°25.2'N103°53.9'E 1.070 22° 286° 242 km 04m34.6s
09:3206°15.2'N105°38.7'E03°49.9'N107°05.9'E05°03.0'N106°19.8'E 1.069 19° 286° 238 km 04m24.9s
09:3405°45.0'N108°28.0'E03°16.1'N110°09.8'E04°31.4'N109°15.4'E 1.068 16° 286° 233 km 04m13.8s
09:3604°59.6'N112°05.2'E02°21.1'N114°22.9'E03°42.0'N113°07.3'E 1.067 11° 286° 228 km 04m00.2s
09:3803°31.5'N117°58.9'E - - 01°44.3'N120°42.9'E 1.064 287° 218 km 03m36.3s
Limits01°51.5'N123°44.1'E00°03.5'S123°24.5'E00°54.2'N123°33.5'E 1.063 - 214 km 03m28.5s

ΔT = 27895.9 seconds

Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration
Event Time
TD
Time
UT1
Latitude Longitude Sun
Altitude
Sun
Azimuth
Path Width Central
Duration
Greatest Eclipse15:47:51.208:02:55.203°42.0'S051°03.5'W 68.0° 338.1° 279.7 km06m56.07s
Greatest Duration15:54:04.208:09:08.302°25.6'S067°10.5'E 67.7° 329.4° 281.4 km06m56.75s

Explanation of Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration

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Eclipse Predictions

Predictions for the Total Solar Eclipse of -1142 May 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 27895.9 seconds for this eclipse. The uncertainty in ΔT is 925.2 seconds corresponding to a standard error in longitude of the eclipse path of ± 3.87°.

Acknowledgments

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

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