Path of the Total Solar Eclipse of -1157 Aug 31

Fred Espenak

Introduction

The following table delineates the path of the Moon's umbral shadow during the Total Solar Eclipse of -1157 Aug 31 . 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 -1157 Aug 31
UT1 Northern Limit Southern Limit Central Line M:S Sun Sun Path Central
Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Ratio Alt. Azm. Width Duration
Limits70°53.0'N170°06.7'E69°31.0'N174°29.5'E70°12.2'N172°23.1'E 1.040 - 224 km 02m00.8s
15:50 - - 74°32.7'N162°17.0'W72°59.2'N177°17.1'W 1.042 57° 228 km 02m08.5s
15:5275°09.0'N173°15.2'W76°07.3'N148°14.9'W76°05.8'N159°24.0'W 1.043 10° 75° 232 km 02m19.2s
15:5477°32.5'N157°05.7'W76°51.3'N136°08.3'W77°25.1'N145°31.3'W 1.045 13° 89° 234 km 02m25.9s
15:5678°41.0'N142°54.6'W77°05.9'N125°20.0'W78°00.9'N133°02.7'W 1.045 16° 102° 235 km 02m31.4s
15:5879°09.5'N129°48.4'W77°00.5'N115°44.5'W78°08.8'N121°48.1'W 1.046 18° 114° 236 km 02m36.0s
16:0079°10.8'N117°57.8'W76°41.0'N107°19.1'W77°57.4'N111°51.3'W 1.047 20° 125° 237 km 02m40.2s
16:0278°52.8'N107°35.0'W76°11.4'N099°58.8'W77°32.1'N103°12.3'W 1.047 22° 134° 238 km 02m43.9s
16:0478°21.4'N098°41.5'W75°34.7'N093°36.7'W76°57.2'N095°45.5'W 1.048 24° 142° 239 km 02m47.3s
16:0677°40.8'N091°09.6'W74°53.0'N088°04.8'W76°15.7'N089°22.4'W 1.048 25° 149° 240 km 02m50.5s
16:0876°54.3'N084°48.0'W74°07.8'N083°15.8'W75°29.7'N083°53.4'W 1.049 27° 155° 241 km 02m53.4s
16:1076°03.8'N079°24.3'W73°20.2'N079°02.7'W74°40.6'N079°09.4'W 1.049 28° 161° 241 km 02m56.1s
16:1275°10.8'N074°47.9'W72°30.9'N075°19.7'W73°49.6'N075°02.7'W 1.049 29° 166° 242 km 02m58.6s
16:1474°16.3'N070°49.7'W71°40.6'N072°02.1'W72°57.3'N071°26.7'W 1.050 30° 170° 243 km 03m01.0s
16:1673°20.9'N067°22.5'W70°49.6'N069°05.7'W72°04.3'N068°16.2'W 1.050 31° 175° 244 km 03m03.2s
16:1872°25.2'N064°20.7'W69°58.2'N066°27.3'W71°10.8'N065°26.8'W 1.050 32° 178° 245 km 03m05.3s
16:2071°29.3'N061°39.6'W69°06.7'N064°04.1'W70°17.2'N062°55.2'W 1.050 33° 182° 245 km 03m07.2s
16:2270°33.5'N059°15.8'W68°15.2'N061°53.8'W69°23.7'N060°38.4'W 1.051 34° 185° 246 km 03m09.0s
16:2469°38.0'N057°06.3'W67°23.7'N059°54.8'W68°30.3'N058°34.3'W 1.051 35° 188° 247 km 03m10.7s
16:2668°42.8'N055°08.9'W66°32.4'N058°05.4'W67°37.1'N056°40.9'W 1.051 35° 191° 248 km 03m12.2s
16:2867°48.0'N053°21.8'W65°41.3'N056°24.3'W66°44.2'N054°56.7'W 1.051 36° 194° 249 km 03m13.6s
16:3066°53.5'N051°43.4'W64°50.4'N054°50.5'W65°51.6'N053°20.5'W 1.051 37° 197° 250 km 03m14.9s
16:3265°59.5'N050°12.5'W63°59.8'N053°23.0'W64°59.4'N051°51.3'W 1.052 37° 199° 250 km 03m16.1s
16:3465°06.0'N048°48.1'W63°09.5'N052°01.1'W64°07.5'N050°28.0'W 1.052 38° 202° 251 km 03m17.2s
16:3664°12.8'N047°29.4'W62°19.5'N050°44.2'W63°16.0'N049°10.0'W 1.052 38° 204° 252 km 03m18.2s
16:3863°20.1'N046°15.5'W61°29.7'N049°31.6'W62°24.8'N047°56.6'W 1.052 39° 207° 253 km 03m19.1s
16:4062°27.7'N045°05.9'W60°40.2'N048°22.8'W61°33.9'N046°47.3'W 1.052 39° 209° 254 km 03m19.9s
16:4261°35.8'N044°00.1'W59°51.0'N047°17.4'W60°43.3'N045°41.6'W 1.052 39° 211° 255 km 03m20.6s
16:4460°44.2'N042°57.5'W59°02.1'N046°15.1'W59°53.1'N044°39.1'W 1.052 40° 213° 256 km 03m21.2s
16:4659°52.9'N041°57.9'W58°13.4'N045°15.4'W59°03.2'N043°39.3'W 1.052 40° 216° 257 km 03m21.7s
16:4859°02.0'N041°00.8'W57°24.9'N044°18.2'W58°13.5'N042°42.1'W 1.052 40° 218° 259 km 03m22.1s
16:5058°11.4'N040°06.0'W56°36.6'N043°23.1'W57°24.1'N041°47.0'W 1.052 40° 220° 260 km 03m22.4s
16:5257°21.1'N039°13.1'W55°48.6'N042°29.9'W56°34.9'N040°53.8'W 1.052 40° 222° 261 km 03m22.6s
16:5456°31.0'N038°22.0'W55°00.7'N041°38.3'W55°46.0'N040°02.4'W 1.052 40° 224° 262 km 03m22.7s
16:5655°41.2'N037°32.4'W54°13.0'N040°48.2'W54°57.2'N039°12.5'W 1.052 40° 226° 263 km 03m22.7s
16:5854°51.6'N036°44.0'W53°25.5'N039°59.4'W54°08.7'N038°23.8'W 1.052 40° 228° 264 km 03m22.6s
17:0054°02.1'N035°56.8'W52°38.0'N039°11.7'W53°20.3'N037°36.3'W 1.052 40° 230° 265 km 03m22.5s
17:0253°12.9'N035°10.5'W51°50.8'N038°25.0'W52°32.0'N036°49.7'W 1.052 40° 232° 267 km 03m22.2s
17:0452°23.7'N034°25.0'W51°03.5'N037°39.1'W51°43.8'N036°04.0'W 1.052 40° 234° 268 km 03m21.9s
17:0651°34.7'N033°40.2'W50°16.4'N036°53.8'W50°55.8'N035°18.9'W 1.052 40° 236° 269 km 03m21.4s
17:0850°45.8'N032°55.8'W49°29.4'N036°09.1'W50°07.8'N034°34.3'W 1.052 40° 238° 270 km 03m20.9s
17:1049°57.0'N032°11.8'W48°42.3'N035°24.8'W49°19.9'N033°50.0'W 1.052 40° 240° 272 km 03m20.3s
17:1249°08.2'N031°27.9'W47°55.3'N034°40.7'W48°32.0'N033°06.1'W 1.052 39° 241° 273 km 03m19.6s
17:1448°19.4'N030°44.1'W47°08.3'N033°56.8'W47°44.1'N032°22.2'W 1.052 39° 243° 274 km 03m18.8s
17:1647°30.6'N030°00.3'W46°21.2'N033°13.0'W46°56.2'N031°38.3'W 1.052 38° 245° 275 km 03m17.9s
17:1846°41.7'N029°16.2'W45°34.1'N032°29.0'W46°08.2'N030°54.3'W 1.052 38° 247° 276 km 03m16.9s
17:2045°52.8'N028°31.8'W44°46.9'N031°44.7'W45°20.2'N030°09.9'W 1.052 38° 248° 278 km 03m15.8s
17:2245°03.8'N027°46.9'W43°59.5'N031°00.2'W44°32.0'N029°25.2'W 1.052 37° 250° 279 km 03m14.6s
17:2444°14.6'N027°01.3'W43°12.1'N030°15.1'W43°43.7'N028°39.8'W 1.051 36° 252° 280 km 03m13.3s
17:2643°25.2'N026°15.0'W42°24.4'N029°29.3'W42°55.2'N027°53.7'W 1.051 36° 253° 281 km 03m11.9s
17:2842°35.6'N025°27.6'W41°36.5'N028°42.7'W42°06.5'N027°06.8'W 1.051 35° 255° 282 km 03m10.4s
17:3041°45.7'N024°39.0'W40°48.4'N027°55.2'W41°17.5'N026°18.7'W 1.051 34° 257° 282 km 03m08.8s
17:3240°55.5'N023°49.0'W40°00.0'N027°06.4'W40°28.2'N025°29.3'W 1.051 34° 258° 283 km 03m07.1s
17:3440°04.8'N022°57.3'W39°11.2'N026°16.3'W39°38.5'N024°38.5'W 1.050 33° 260° 284 km 03m05.3s
17:3639°13.7'N022°03.6'W38°22.0'N025°24.5'W38°48.3'N023°45.8'W 1.050 32° 261° 284 km 03m03.3s
17:3838°22.0'N021°07.7'W37°32.3'N024°30.9'W37°57.7'N022°51.1'W 1.050 31° 263° 284 km 03m01.2s
17:4037°29.7'N020°09.1'W36°42.1'N023°35.0'W37°06.4'N021°53.9'W 1.050 30° 264° 284 km 02m59.0s
17:4236°36.5'N019°07.3'W35°51.2'N022°36.5'W36°14.5'N020°53.9'W 1.049 29° 266° 284 km 02m56.6s
17:4435°42.5'N018°01.7'W34°59.5'N021°35.0'W35°21.7'N019°50.5'W 1.049 27° 267° 284 km 02m54.1s
17:4634°47.2'N016°51.6'W34°07.0'N020°29.9'W34°27.9'N018°43.0'W 1.049 26° 268° 283 km 02m51.4s
17:4833°50.7'N015°35.9'W33°13.4'N019°20.4'W33°32.8'N017°30.8'W 1.048 25° 270° 281 km 02m48.5s
17:5032°52.3'N014°13.4'W32°18.5'N018°05.8'W32°36.3'N016°12.5'W 1.048 23° 271° 279 km 02m45.4s
17:5231°51.8'N012°42.1'W31°21.9'N016°44.7'W31°38.0'N014°46.8'W 1.047 22° 273° 277 km 02m42.0s
17:5430°48.4'N010°59.0'W30°23.4'N015°15.4'W30°37.2'N013°11.5'W 1.047 20° 274° 274 km 02m38.2s
17:5629°40.9'N008°59.4'W29°22.3'N013°35.5'W29°33.3'N011°23.1'W 1.046 18° 275° 270 km 02m34.1s
17:5828°27.0'N006°34.2'W28°17.6'N011°40.9'W28°24.7'N009°15.8'W 1.045 15° 277° 265 km 02m29.4s
18:0027°01.5'N003°21.2'W27°07.6'N009°24.3'W27°08.7'N006°38.0'W 1.044 12° 279° 258 km 02m23.8s
18:0224°56.3'N002°34.9'E25°48.6'N006°29.9'W25°37.4'N002°57.0'W 1.043 281° 247 km 02m16.4s
Limits24°01.3'N005°57.8'E22°12.1'N004°47.0'E23°06.2'N005°21.8'E 1.041 - 225 km 02m01.8s

ΔT = 28174.0 seconds

Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration
Event Time
TD
Time
UT1
Latitude Longitude Sun
Altitude
Sun
Azimuth
Path Width Central
Duration
Greatest Eclipse00:45:59.216:56:25.254°47.0'N156°44.9'W 40.5° 226.5° 263.3 km03m22.69s
Greatest Duration00:45:00.416:55:26.355°10.9'N039°26.3'W 40.5° 225.5° 262.8 km03m22.70s

Explanation of Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration

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Eclipse Predictions

Predictions for the Total Solar Eclipse of -1157 Aug 31 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 28174.0 seconds for this eclipse. The uncertainty in ΔT is 959.4 seconds corresponding to a standard error in longitude of the eclipse path of ± 4.01°.

Acknowledgments

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

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