Path of the Total Solar Eclipse of -1172 Dec 12

Fred Espenak

Introduction

The following table delineates the path of the Moon's umbral shadow during the Total Solar Eclipse of -1172 Dec 12 . 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 -1172 Dec 12
UT1 Northern Limit Southern Limit Central Line M:S Sun Sun Path Central
Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Ratio Alt. Azm. Width Duration
Limits34°33.0'S081°50.6'W35°11.0'S082°29.4'W34°51.9'S082°09.9'W 1.018 - 89 km 00m52.9s
10:2038°22.3'S073°20.0'W36°57.7'S078°34.0'W37°49.9'S075°36.4'W 1.020 114° 99 km 01m01.0s
10:2240°41.8'S068°28.4'W40°15.6'S071°42.7'W40°30.5'S070°02.6'W 1.021 12° 110° 108 km 01m08.6s
10:2442°23.7'S065°00.5'W42°13.9'S067°47.0'W42°19.9'S066°22.3'W 1.022 15° 107° 113 km 01m13.8s
10:2643°48.5'S062°09.1'W43°48.3'S064°42.1'W43°49.1'S063°24.6'W 1.023 18° 104° 117 km 01m18.1s
10:2845°02.8'S059°38.9'W45°09.4'S062°03.8'W45°06.7'S060°50.5'W 1.024 20° 102° 120 km 01m21.9s
10:3046°09.9'S057°22.8'W46°21.7'S059°42.1'W46°16.4'S058°31.8'W 1.025 22° 100° 122 km 01m25.4s
10:3247°11.4'S055°16.7'W47°27.7'S057°32.0'W47°20.0'S056°23.7'W 1.025 24° 97° 124 km 01m28.5s
10:3448°08.5'S053°17.9'W48°28.7'S055°30.1'W48°19.0'S054°23.4'W 1.026 26° 95° 126 km 01m31.5s
10:3649°02.0'S051°24.8'W49°25.6'S053°34.5'W49°14.2'S052°29.0'W 1.026 28° 93° 128 km 01m34.2s
10:3849°52.3'S049°36.1'W50°19.1'S051°43.6'W50°06.1'S050°39.2'W 1.027 29° 91° 129 km 01m36.8s
10:4050°40.0'S047°50.8'W51°09.8'S049°56.4'W50°55.3'S048°52.9'W 1.027 31° 88° 131 km 01m39.2s
10:4251°25.3'S046°08.1'W51°57.8'S048°12.0'W51°41.9'S047°09.4'W 1.027 32° 86° 132 km 01m41.6s
10:4452°08.5'S044°27.6'W52°43.6'S046°29.7'W52°26.4'S045°28.0'W 1.028 33° 84° 133 km 01m43.8s
10:4652°49.7'S042°48.6'W53°27.2'S044°49.1'W53°08.8'S043°48.2'W 1.028 35° 82° 134 km 01m45.9s
10:4853°29.0'S041°10.9'W54°09.0'S043°09.7'W53°49.3'S042°09.6'W 1.028 36° 79° 135 km 01m47.9s
10:5054°06.7'S039°34.0'W54°48.9'S041°31.1'W54°28.1'S040°31.9'W 1.029 37° 77° 135 km 01m49.8s
10:5254°42.8'S037°57.8'W55°27.2'S039°53.1'W55°05.3'S038°54.7'W 1.029 38° 74° 136 km 01m51.6s
10:5455°17.4'S036°21.9'W56°04.0'S038°15.3'W55°40.9'S037°17.8'W 1.029 39° 72° 137 km 01m53.3s
10:5655°50.5'S034°46.2'W56°39.2'S036°37.5'W56°15.1'S035°41.1'W 1.029 40° 69° 137 km 01m54.9s
10:5856°22.3'S033°10.4'W57°12.9'S034°59.6'W56°47.8'S034°04.2'W 1.030 41° 67° 138 km 01m56.5s
11:0056°52.7'S031°34.4'W57°45.2'S033°21.2'W57°19.2'S032°27.0'W 1.030 42° 64° 138 km 01m58.0s
11:0257°21.8'S029°58.1'W58°16.2'S031°42.3'W57°49.2'S030°49.4'W 1.030 42° 62° 139 km 01m59.4s
11:0457°49.6'S028°21.3'W58°45.8'S030°02.8'W58°17.9'S029°11.2'W 1.030 43° 59° 139 km 02m00.7s
11:0658°16.1'S026°43.9'W59°14.1'S028°22.5'W58°45.3'S027°32.4'W 1.030 44° 56° 139 km 02m01.9s
11:0858°41.4'S025°05.9'W59°41.1'S026°41.2'W59°11.4'S025°52.7'W 1.031 44° 53° 140 km 02m03.1s
11:1059°05.5'S023°27.1'W60°06.8'S024°59.0'W59°36.3'S024°12.2'W 1.031 45° 50° 140 km 02m04.2s
11:1259°28.3'S021°47.5'W60°31.2'S023°15.7'W59°59.8'S022°30.8'W 1.031 46° 47° 140 km 02m05.2s
11:1459°49.9'S020°07.0'W60°54.3'S021°31.3'W60°22.2'S020°48.3'W 1.031 46° 45° 140 km 02m06.2s
11:1660°10.3'S018°25.5'W61°16.1'S019°45.7'W60°43.3'S019°04.8'W 1.031 47° 41° 141 km 02m07.0s
11:1860°29.4'S016°43.2'W61°36.6'S017°58.9'W61°03.1'S017°20.2'W 1.031 47° 38° 141 km 02m07.9s
11:2060°47.3'S014°59.8'W61°55.8'S016°10.8'W61°21.6'S015°34.5'W 1.031 47° 35° 141 km 02m08.6s
11:2261°04.0'S013°15.4'W62°13.6'S014°21.4'W61°38.9'S013°47.7'W 1.031 48° 32° 141 km 02m09.2s
11:2461°19.4'S011°30.1'W62°30.2'S012°30.8'W61°54.8'S011°59.8'W 1.031 48° 29° 141 km 02m09.8s
11:2661°33.6'S009°43.7'W62°45.4'S010°39.0'W62°09.5'S010°10.7'W 1.032 48° 26° 141 km 02m10.4s
11:2861°46.5'S007°56.4'W62°59.2'S008°45.9'W62°22.9'S008°20.6'W 1.032 49° 22° 141 km 02m10.8s
11:3061°58.1'S006°08.1'W63°11.6'S006°51.6'W62°34.9'S006°29.4'W 1.032 49° 19° 141 km 02m11.2s
11:3262°08.5'S004°18.9'W63°22.7'S004°56.2'W62°45.6'S004°37.1'W 1.032 49° 16° 141 km 02m11.5s
11:3462°17.5'S002°28.8'W63°32.4'S002°59.8'W62°54.9'S002°44.0'W 1.032 49° 12° 141 km 02m11.7s
11:3662°25.3'S000°38.0'W63°40.6'S001°02.3'W63°02.9'S000°49.9'W 1.032 49° 142 km 02m11.9s
11:3862°31.7'S001°13.7'E63°47.4'S000°56.0'E63°09.5'S001°05.1'E 1.032 49° 142 km 02m12.0s
11:4062°36.7'S003°06.0'E63°52.7'S002°55.2'E63°14.7'S003°00.7'E 1.032 49° 142 km 02m12.0s
11:4262°40.4'S004°59.0'E63°56.6'S004°55.2'E63°18.5'S004°57.1'E 1.032 49° 359° 141 km 02m11.9s
11:4462°42.8'S006°52.5'E63°59.0'S006°55.7'E63°20.8'S006°54.0'E 1.032 49° 355° 141 km 02m11.8s
11:4662°43.8'S008°46.5'E63°59.8'S008°56.8'E63°21.8'S008°51.5'E 1.032 49° 352° 141 km 02m11.6s
11:4862°43.3'S010°40.9'E63°59.2'S010°58.2'E63°21.3'S010°49.3'E 1.032 49° 348° 141 km 02m11.3s
11:5062°41.5'S012°35.6'E63°57.1'S013°00.0'E63°19.3'S012°47.4'E 1.032 49° 345° 141 km 02m11.0s
11:5262°38.3'S014°30.5'E63°53.4'S015°01.9'E63°15.8'S014°45.7'E 1.032 48° 341° 141 km 02m10.6s
11:5462°33.7'S016°25.5'E63°48.2'S017°03.9'E63°10.9'S016°44.2'E 1.032 48° 338° 141 km 02m10.1s
11:5662°27.6'S018°20.7'E63°41.4'S019°05.8'E63°04.5'S018°42.7'E 1.031 48° 335° 141 km 02m09.5s
11:5862°20.1'S020°15.8'E63°33.0'S021°07.6'E62°56.6'S020°41.1'E 1.031 47° 331° 141 km 02m08.9s
12:0062°11.2'S022°10.9'E63°23.1'S023°09.2'E62°47.2'S022°39.3'E 1.031 47° 328° 141 km 02m08.2s
12:0262°00.8'S024°05.9'E63°11.7'S025°10.5'E62°36.3'S024°37.4'E 1.031 46° 325° 140 km 02m07.4s
12:0461°48.9'S026°00.7'E62°58.6'S027°11.3'E62°23.8'S026°35.2'E 1.031 46° 321° 140 km 02m06.6s
12:0661°35.6'S027°55.3'E62°43.9'S029°11.8'E62°09.8'S028°32.6'E 1.031 45° 318° 140 km 02m05.6s
12:0861°20.7'S029°49.6'E62°27.7'S031°11.8'E61°54.3'S030°29.8'E 1.031 45° 315° 140 km 02m04.6s
12:1061°04.4'S031°43.7'E62°09.8'S033°11.2'E61°37.2'S032°26.5'E 1.031 44° 312° 139 km 02m03.6s
12:1260°46.5'S033°37.6'E61°50.3'S035°10.2'E61°18.5'S034°22.9'E 1.031 43° 309° 139 km 02m02.4s
12:1460°27.1'S035°31.3'E61°29.1'S037°08.6'E60°58.3'S036°19.0'E 1.030 43° 306° 139 km 02m01.2s
12:1660°06.1'S037°24.7'E61°06.3'S039°06.6'E60°36.4'S038°14.7'E 1.030 42° 303° 138 km 01m59.9s
12:1859°43.5'S039°18.0'E60°41.7'S041°04.2'E60°12.8'S040°10.1'E 1.030 41° 300° 138 km 01m58.5s
12:2059°19.2'S041°11.2'E60°15.4'S043°01.5'E59°47.6'S042°05.4'E 1.030 40° 297° 138 km 01m57.0s
12:2258°53.3'S043°04.5'E59°47.4'S044°58.5'E59°20.6'S044°00.5'E 1.030 39° 294° 137 km 01m55.4s
12:2458°25.6'S044°57.9'E59°17.4'S046°55.5'E58°51.8'S045°55.7'E 1.029 38° 291° 136 km 01m53.8s
12:2657°56.2'S046°51.6'E58°45.6'S048°52.5'E58°21.2'S047°51.1'E 1.029 37° 288° 136 km 01m52.1s
12:2857°24.8'S048°45.9'E58°11.8'S050°49.9'E57°48.6'S049°46.9'E 1.029 36° 286° 135 km 01m50.2s
12:3056°51.5'S050°40.8'E57°35.9'S052°47.8'E57°14.0'S051°43.4'E 1.029 35° 283° 134 km 01m48.3s
12:3256°16.1'S052°36.8'E56°57.7'S054°46.6'E56°37.3'S053°40.8'E 1.028 34° 280° 134 km 01m46.3s
12:3455°38.4'S054°34.1'E56°17.2'S056°46.8'E55°58.2'S055°39.6'E 1.028 33° 278° 133 km 01m44.1s
12:3654°58.3'S056°33.3'E55°34.0'S058°48.6'E55°16.6'S057°40.1'E 1.028 31° 275° 132 km 01m41.9s
12:3854°15.6'S058°34.8'E54°48.0'S060°52.9'E54°32.2'S059°43.0'E 1.027 30° 272° 131 km 01m39.5s
12:4053°29.9'S060°39.3'E53°58.8'S063°00.4'E53°44.8'S061°49.0'E 1.027 28° 270° 129 km 01m37.0s
12:4252°40.9'S062°47.8'E53°06.0'S065°12.0'E52°53.9'S063°59.1'E 1.026 27° 267° 128 km 01m34.3s
12:4451°48.0'S065°01.3'E52°08.8'S067°29.2'E51°59.0'S066°14.4'E 1.026 25° 265° 126 km 01m31.5s
12:4650°50.5'S067°21.7'E51°06.5'S069°54.0'E50°59.1'S068°36.9'E 1.025 23° 262° 124 km 01m28.4s
12:4849°47.4'S069°51.1'E49°57.7'S072°29.1'E49°53.2'S071°09.2'E 1.025 21° 260° 122 km 01m25.0s
12:5048°37.0'S072°33.3'E48°40.2'S075°19.4'E48°39.5'S073°55.3'E 1.024 19° 257° 119 km 01m21.4s
12:5247°16.5'S075°34.6'E47°10.2'S078°33.3'E47°14.5'S077°02.5'E 1.023 16° 254° 116 km 01m17.2s
12:5445°40.5'S079°07.3'E45°18.8'S082°29.9'E45°31.4'S080°46.0'E 1.022 13° 251° 112 km 01m12.2s
12:5643°34.0'S083°44.8'E42°34.1'S088°19.6'E43°09.3'S085°52.4'E 1.021 247° 105 km 01m05.6s
Limits38°47.9'S094°24.4'E39°26.6'S095°07.7'E39°07.2'S094°45.9'E 1.018 - 93 km 00m54.9s

ΔT = 28453.6 seconds

Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration
Event Time
TD
Time
UT1
Latitude Longitude Sun
Altitude
Sun
Azimuth
Path Width Central
Duration
Greatest Eclipse19:32:31.011:38:17.463°10.3'S117°31.0'W 49.3° 4.9° 141.5 km02m11.98s
Greatest Duration19:33:44.011:39:30.563°13.6'S002°32.2'E 49.3° 2.8° 141.5 km02m11.99s

Explanation of Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration

Links for the Total Solar Eclipse of -1172 Dec 12

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Eclipse Predictions

Predictions for the Total Solar Eclipse of -1172 Dec 12 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 28453.6 seconds for this eclipse. The uncertainty in ΔT is 994.2 seconds corresponding to a standard error in longitude of the eclipse path of ± 4.15°.

Acknowledgments

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

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