Path of the Total Solar Eclipse of -1178 Apr 27

Fred Espenak

Introduction

The following table delineates the path of the Moon's umbral shadow during the Total Solar Eclipse of -1178 Apr 27 . 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 -1178 Apr 27
UT1 Northern Limit Southern Limit Central Line M:S Sun Sun Path Central
Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Ratio Alt. Azm. Width Duration
Limits39°14.4'S132°50.8'W41°02.5'S132°27.1'W40°08.4'S132°38.9'W 1.061 - 203 km 03m16.3s
15:2236°15.7'S119°55.6'W38°27.3'S120°31.5'W37°20.0'S120°07.5'W 1.064 10° 69° 212 km 03m41.9s
15:2434°42.2'S115°03.1'W36°45.9'S114°54.0'W35°43.0'S114°55.5'W 1.066 15° 66° 217 km 03m54.7s
15:2633°23.7'S111°31.4'W35°23.5'S111°01.9'W34°22.8'S111°14.5'W 1.067 19° 63° 220 km 04m04.6s
15:2832°13.4'S108°41.2'W34°10.4'S107°59.1'W33°11.1'S108°18.5'W 1.068 22° 61° 223 km 04m13.1s
15:3031°08.3'S106°17.4'W33°03.3'S105°26.4'W32°05.1'S105°50.6'W 1.069 25° 60° 225 km 04m20.8s
15:3230°07.2'S104°12.3'W32°00.4'S103°14.5'W31°03.2'S103°42.3'W 1.070 27° 58° 227 km 04m27.7s
15:3429°09.1'S102°21.1'W31°00.8'S101°17.9'W30°04.4'S101°48.6'W 1.070 30° 57° 229 km 04m34.2s
15:3628°13.5'S100°40.8'W30°03.9'S099°33.3'W29°08.1'S100°06.2'W 1.071 32° 55° 231 km 04m40.3s
15:3827°19.9'S099°09.5'W29°09.1'S097°58.2'W28°14.0'S098°33.1'W 1.071 34° 54° 233 km 04m46.0s
15:4026°28.1'S097°45.4'W28°16.2'S096°31.0'W27°21.7'S097°07.5'W 1.072 36° 53° 234 km 04m51.4s
15:4225°37.9'S096°27.5'W27°25.0'S095°10.3'W26°30.9'S095°48.3'W 1.072 37° 52° 236 km 04m56.6s
15:4424°49.0'S095°14.8'W26°35.2'S093°55.3'W25°41.6'S094°34.6'W 1.073 39° 51° 237 km 05m01.5s
15:4624°01.3'S094°06.8'W25°46.7'S092°45.1'W24°53.5'S093°25.5'W 1.073 41° 50° 238 km 05m06.3s
15:4823°14.7'S093°02.7'W24°59.3'S091°39.2'W24°06.6'S092°20.5'W 1.074 42° 49° 239 km 05m10.8s
15:5022°29.0'S092°02.1'W24°13.0'S090°37.0'W23°20.6'S091°19.2'W 1.074 44° 48° 240 km 05m15.2s
15:5221°44.3'S091°04.7'W23°27.6'S089°38.0'W22°35.6'S090°21.0'W 1.074 45° 47° 242 km 05m19.4s
15:5421°00.5'S090°10.0'W22°43.1'S088°42.0'W21°51.4'S089°25.7'W 1.075 47° 46° 243 km 05m23.4s
15:5620°17.4'S089°17.8'W21°59.5'S087°48.6'W21°08.0'S088°32.9'W 1.075 48° 45° 244 km 05m27.3s
15:5819°35.0'S088°27.9'W21°16.6'S086°57.6'W20°25.4'S087°42.5'W 1.075 50° 45° 244 km 05m31.0s
16:0018°53.3'S087°40.0'W20°34.4'S086°08.7'W19°43.5'S086°54.1'W 1.076 51° 44° 245 km 05m34.6s
16:0218°12.2'S086°54.0'W19°52.8'S085°21.7'W19°02.2'S086°07.6'W 1.076 52° 43° 246 km 05m38.1s
16:0417°31.7'S086°09.6'W19°11.9'S084°36.5'W18°21.5'S085°22.8'W 1.076 54° 42° 247 km 05m41.5s
16:0616°51.7'S085°26.7'W18°31.6'S083°52.9'W17°41.3'S084°39.6'W 1.076 55° 41° 248 km 05m44.7s
16:0816°12.3'S084°45.2'W17°51.9'S083°10.7'W17°01.8'S083°57.8'W 1.077 56° 40° 249 km 05m47.8s
16:1015°33.4'S084°05.1'W17°12.6'S082°29.9'W16°22.7'S083°17.3'W 1.077 57° 39° 249 km 05m50.8s
16:1214°54.9'S083°26.0'W16°33.9'S081°50.3'W15°44.1'S082°38.0'W 1.077 59° 38° 250 km 05m53.7s
16:1414°16.9'S082°48.1'W15°55.6'S081°11.8'W15°06.0'S081°59.8'W 1.077 60° 37° 251 km 05m56.4s
16:1613°39.3'S082°11.1'W15°17.9'S080°34.3'W14°28.3'S081°22.5'W 1.077 61° 35° 251 km 05m59.1s
16:1813°02.2'S081°35.0'W14°40.5'S079°57.8'W13°51.1'S080°46.2'W 1.078 62° 34° 252 km 06m01.6s
16:2012°25.4'S080°59.7'W14°03.6'S079°22.1'W13°14.2'S080°10.8'W 1.078 63° 33° 253 km 06m04.1s
16:2211°49.0'S080°25.2'W13°27.1'S078°47.2'W12°37.8'S079°36.1'W 1.078 64° 31° 253 km 06m06.4s
16:2411°13.0'S079°51.4'W12°50.9'S078°13.0'W12°01.7'S079°02.1'W 1.078 65° 30° 254 km 06m08.6s
16:2610°37.3'S079°18.1'W12°15.2'S077°39.5'W11°26.0'S078°28.7'W 1.078 66° 28° 254 km 06m10.7s
16:2810°01.9'S078°45.5'W11°39.8'S077°06.5'W10°50.6'S077°55.9'W 1.078 67° 27° 255 km 06m12.8s
16:3009°26.9'S078°13.3'W11°04.7'S076°34.1'W10°15.6'S077°23.6'W 1.079 68° 25° 255 km 06m14.7s
16:3208°52.2'S077°41.6'W10°30.0'S076°02.2'W09°40.9'S076°51.8'W 1.079 69° 23° 256 km 06m16.5s
16:3408°17.8'S077°10.4'W09°55.6'S075°30.7'W09°06.5'S076°20.4'W 1.079 70° 21° 256 km 06m18.2s
16:3607°43.6'S076°39.4'W09°21.6'S074°59.6'W08°32.4'S075°49.5'W 1.079 71° 19° 257 km 06m19.8s
16:3807°09.8'S076°08.8'W08°47.8'S074°28.9'W07°58.6'S075°18.8'W 1.079 72° 16° 257 km 06m21.3s
16:4006°36.3'S075°38.5'W08°14.4'S073°58.5'W07°25.1'S074°48.4'W 1.079 73° 13° 258 km 06m22.7s
16:4206°03.0'S075°08.5'W07°41.2'S073°28.3'W06°51.9'S074°18.3'W 1.079 73° 10° 258 km 06m24.0s
16:4405°30.0'S074°38.6'W07°08.4'S072°58.3'W06°18.9'S073°48.4'W 1.079 74° 259 km 06m25.2s
16:4604°57.2'S074°08.9'W06°35.8'S072°28.6'W05°46.3'S073°18.7'W 1.079 75° 259 km 06m26.2s
16:4804°24.7'S073°39.3'W06°03.5'S071°58.9'W05°13.9'S072°49.1'W 1.079 75° 260 km 06m27.2s
16:5003°52.4'S073°09.8'W05°31.4'S071°29.4'W04°41.7'S072°19.6'W 1.079 76° 356° 260 km 06m28.1s
16:5203°20.4'S072°40.4'W04°59.6'S071°00.0'W04°09.8'S071°50.1'W 1.079 76° 352° 261 km 06m28.9s
16:5402°48.6'S072°11.0'W04°28.1'S070°30.6'W03°38.2'S071°20.7'W 1.079 76° 348° 261 km 06m29.5s
16:5602°17.1'S071°41.6'W03°56.8'S070°01.2'W03°06.8'S070°51.4'W 1.079 77° 343° 261 km 06m30.1s
16:5801°45.8'S071°12.1'W03°25.8'S069°31.9'W02°35.6'S070°21.9'W 1.079 77° 338° 262 km 06m30.5s
17:0001°14.7'S070°42.6'W02°55.1'S069°02.4'W02°04.7'S069°52.5'W 1.079 77° 333° 262 km 06m30.9s
17:0200°43.8'S070°12.9'W02°24.5'S068°32.9'W01°34.0'S069°22.9'W 1.079 77° 329° 262 km 06m31.1s
17:0400°13.2'S069°43.2'W01°54.3'S068°03.2'W01°03.5'S068°53.2'W 1.079 77° 324° 263 km 06m31.2s
17:0600°17.2'N069°13.2'W01°24.2'S067°33.4'W00°33.3'S068°23.3'W 1.079 77° 319° 263 km 06m31.2s
17:0800°47.4'N068°43.0'W00°54.4'S067°03.4'W00°03.3'S067°53.2'W 1.079 76° 315° 263 km 06m31.1s
17:1001°17.4'N068°12.7'W00°24.8'S066°33.2'W00°26.4'N067°22.9'W 1.079 76° 311° 264 km 06m30.9s
17:1201°47.2'N067°42.0'W00°04.5'N066°02.7'W00°56.0'N066°52.4'W 1.079 75° 307° 264 km 06m30.6s
17:1402°16.7'N067°11.0'W00°33.6'N065°32.0'W01°25.3'N066°21.5'W 1.079 75° 303° 264 km 06m30.1s
17:1602°46.0'N066°39.7'W01°02.5'N065°00.9'W01°54.4'N065°50.3'W 1.079 74° 300° 264 km 06m29.5s
17:1803°15.1'N066°08.0'W01°31.1'N064°29.5'W02°23.3'N065°18.8'W 1.079 73° 296° 265 km 06m28.9s
17:2003°44.0'N065°35.9'W01°59.5'N063°57.7'W02°51.9'N064°46.8'W 1.079 73° 294° 265 km 06m28.1s
17:2204°12.7'N065°03.3'W02°27.7'N063°25.5'W03°20.3'N064°14.4'W 1.079 72° 291° 265 km 06m27.1s
17:2404°41.1'N064°30.3'W02°55.6'N062°52.8'W03°48.5'N063°41.6'W 1.079 71° 289° 265 km 06m26.1s
17:2605°09.3'N063°56.7'W03°23.3'N062°19.6'W04°16.5'N063°08.2'W 1.079 70° 287° 265 km 06m24.9s
17:2805°37.3'N063°22.6'W03°50.8'N061°45.8'W04°44.2'N062°34.3'W 1.079 69° 285° 265 km 06m23.6s
17:3006°05.1'N062°47.8'W04°18.0'N061°11.5'W05°11.7'N061°59.7'W 1.078 68° 283° 265 km 06m22.2s
17:3206°32.6'N062°12.4'W04°45.0'N060°36.5'W05°38.9'N061°24.5'W 1.078 67° 281° 265 km 06m20.7s
17:3406°59.9'N061°36.3'W05°11.7'N060°00.9'W06°05.9'N060°48.7'W 1.078 67° 280° 265 km 06m19.0s
17:3607°26.9'N060°59.4'W05°38.2'N059°24.5'W06°32.6'N060°12.0'W 1.078 65° 279° 265 km 06m17.2s
17:3807°53.7'N060°21.7'W06°04.4'N058°47.4'W06°59.1'N059°34.6'W 1.078 64° 278° 265 km 06m15.3s
17:4008°20.2'N059°43.1'W06°30.4'N058°09.4'W07°25.4'N058°56.4'W 1.078 63° 277° 264 km 06m13.2s
17:4208°46.5'N059°03.7'W06°56.1'N057°30.5'W07°51.3'N058°17.2'W 1.078 62° 276° 264 km 06m11.0s
17:4409°12.4'N058°23.2'W07°21.5'N056°50.6'W08°17.0'N057°37.0'W 1.077 61° 275° 264 km 06m08.6s
17:4609°38.1'N057°41.6'W07°46.6'N056°09.8'W08°42.4'N056°55.8'W 1.077 60° 274° 263 km 06m06.1s
17:4810°03.5'N056°58.9'W08°11.4'N055°27.8'W09°07.5'N056°13.5'W 1.077 59° 273° 263 km 06m03.5s
17:5010°28.6'N056°15.0'W08°35.9'N054°44.6'W09°32.3'N055°30.0'W 1.077 58° 273° 262 km 06m00.7s
17:5210°53.4'N055°29.8'W09°00.1'N054°00.2'W09°56.8'N054°45.2'W 1.077 56° 272° 262 km 05m57.8s
17:5411°17.8'N054°43.2'W09°24.0'N053°14.3'W10°20.9'N053°59.0'W 1.076 55° 272° 261 km 05m54.7s
17:5611°41.9'N053°55.1'W09°47.5'N052°27.1'W10°44.7'N053°11.3'W 1.076 54° 272° 260 km 05m51.5s
17:5812°05.6'N053°05.4'W10°10.7'N051°38.2'W11°08.1'N052°22.1'W 1.076 53° 271° 259 km 05m48.1s
18:0012°28.9'N052°13.9'W10°33.4'N050°47.6'W11°31.2'N051°31.1'W 1.076 51° 271° 258 km 05m44.6s
18:0212°51.8'N051°20.6'W10°55.8'N049°55.2'W11°53.8'N050°38.2'W 1.075 50° 271° 257 km 05m40.9s
18:0413°14.2'N050°25.2'W11°17.7'N049°00.7'W12°15.9'N049°43.3'W 1.075 49° 271° 256 km 05m37.0s
18:0613°36.1'N049°27.5'W11°39.2'N048°04.1'W12°37.6'N048°46.2'W 1.075 47° 271° 255 km 05m33.0s
18:0813°57.6'N048°27.5'W12°00.1'N047°05.0'W12°58.8'N047°46.6'W 1.074 46° 270° 254 km 05m28.8s
18:1014°18.4'N047°24.7'W12°20.5'N046°03.3'W13°19.4'N046°44.4'W 1.074 44° 270° 252 km 05m24.3s
18:1214°38.7'N046°19.0'W12°40.3'N044°58.6'W13°39.5'N045°39.3'W 1.074 43° 271° 251 km 05m19.7s
18:1414°58.3'N045°10.1'W12°59.5'N043°50.8'W13°58.9'N044°30.9'W 1.073 41° 271° 249 km 05m14.9s
18:1615°17.1'N043°57.5'W13°18.0'N042°39.2'W14°17.5'N043°18.9'W 1.073 40° 271° 248 km 05m09.9s
18:1815°35.1'N042°40.8'W13°35.6'N041°23.6'W14°35.3'N042°02.8'W 1.072 38° 271° 246 km 05m04.6s
18:2015°52.2'N041°19.4'W13°52.4'N040°03.2'W14°52.3'N040°42.0'W 1.072 36° 271° 244 km 04m59.1s
18:2216°08.3'N039°52.7'W14°08.1'N038°37.5'W15°08.2'N039°15.8'W 1.071 34° 271° 242 km 04m53.2s
18:2416°23.1'N038°19.8'W14°22.7'N037°05.4'W15°22.9'N037°43.4'W 1.071 32° 272° 240 km 04m47.1s
18:2616°36.5'N036°39.5'W14°35.8'N035°25.7'W15°36.1'N036°03.5'W 1.070 30° 272° 237 km 04m40.6s
18:2816°48.2'N034°50.2'W14°47.3'N033°36.8'W15°47.7'N034°14.5'W 1.070 28° 273° 235 km 04m33.7s
18:3016°57.7'N032°49.7'W14°56.6'N031°36.2'W15°57.2'N032°14.2'W 1.069 26° 273° 232 km 04m26.3s
18:3217°04.6'N030°34.7'W15°03.3'N029°20.4'W16°03.9'N029°59.0'W 1.068 23° 274° 229 km 04m18.3s
18:3417°07.7'N027°59.8'W15°06.1'N026°43.1'W16°06.9'N027°23.1'W 1.067 20° 275° 225 km 04m09.4s
18:3617°05.3'N024°54.9'W15°03.0'N023°32.4'W16°04.3'N024°15.8'W 1.066 16° 276° 221 km 03m59.2s
18:3816°53.3'N020°56.5'W14°49.0'N019°18.1'W15°51.5'N020°10.8'W 1.065 12° 277° 216 km 03m46.7s
18:4016°14.0'N014°24.2'W13°45.7'N010°12.3'W15°05.3'N012°53.2'W 1.062 279° 207 km 03m26.6s
Limits15°17.9'N008°15.6'W13°29.0'N008°27.7'W14°23.5'N008°21.9'W 1.061 - 202 km 03m15.4s

ΔT = 28580.0 seconds

Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration
Event Time
TD
Time
UT1
Latitude Longitude Sun
Altitude
Sun
Azimuth
Path Width Central
Duration
Greatest Eclipse00:56:33.017:00:13.102°01.3'S170°46.2'E 76.9° 332.9° 262.1 km06m30.89s
Greatest Duration01:01:28.617:05:08.600°46.2'S068°36.1'W 76.7° 321.1° 263.0 km06m31.22s

Explanation of Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration

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Eclipse Predictions

Predictions for the Total Solar Eclipse of -1178 Apr 27 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 28580.0 seconds for this eclipse. The uncertainty in ΔT is 1010.0 seconds corresponding to a standard error in longitude of the eclipse path of ± 4.22°.

Acknowledgments

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

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