Path of the Total Solar Eclipse of -1204 Mar 16

Fred Espenak

Introduction

The following table delineates the path of the Moon's umbral shadow during the Total Solar Eclipse of -1204 Mar 16 . 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 -1204 Mar 16
UT1 Northern Limit Southern Limit Central Line M:S Sun Sun Path Central
Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Ratio Alt. Azm. Width Duration
Limits26°06.3'N162°02.5'W24°51.1'N161°50.0'W25°28.5'N161°56.1'W 1.030 - 135 km 01m44.8s
17:14 - - 24°04.3'N153°10.8'W24°55.9'N156°08.1'W 1.032 100° 144 km 01m55.4s
17:1625°23.6'N152°33.6'W23°52.6'N148°43.4'W24°37.5'N150°29.5'W 1.034 11° 102° 154 km 02m07.3s
17:1825°17.7'N148°34.5'W23°50.6'N145°36.2'W24°34.0'N147°01.0'W 1.035 14° 104° 160 km 02m15.3s
17:2025°18.8'N145°38.6'W23°53.0'N143°05.5'W24°35.8'N144°19.3'W 1.036 17° 106° 165 km 02m21.9s
17:2225°23.5'N143°14.4'W23°58.3'N140°57.1'W24°40.9'N142°03.7'W 1.036 20° 107° 169 km 02m27.7s
17:2425°30.6'N141°10.3'W24°05.5'N139°03.7'W24°48.1'N140°05.3'W 1.037 22° 108° 173 km 02m33.0s
17:2625°39.4'N139°20.1'W24°14.3'N137°21.6'W24°56.9'N138°19.5'W 1.038 24° 110° 176 km 02m37.8s
17:2825°49.6'N137°40.4'W24°24.2'N135°48.2'W25°06.9'N136°43.1'W 1.038 25° 111° 180 km 02m42.3s
17:3026°00.8'N136°08.8'W24°35.2'N134°21.8'W25°18.0'N135°14.2'W 1.039 27° 112° 182 km 02m46.5s
17:3226°13.0'N134°43.9'W24°47.1'N133°01.1'W25°30.0'N133°51.5'W 1.039 28° 113° 185 km 02m50.4s
17:3426°25.9'N133°24.4'W24°59.7'N131°45.1'W25°42.8'N132°33.9'W 1.039 30° 115° 187 km 02m54.2s
17:3626°39.5'N132°09.5'W25°13.0'N130°33.3'W25°56.3'N131°20.5'W 1.040 31° 116° 189 km 02m57.7s
17:3826°53.8'N130°58.5'W25°26.9'N129°25.0'W26°10.3'N130°10.9'W 1.040 32° 117° 191 km 03m01.1s
17:4027°08.6'N129°50.8'W25°41.3'N128°19.7'W26°24.9'N129°04.5'W 1.040 34° 118° 193 km 03m04.2s
17:4227°23.9'N128°46.1'W25°56.3'N127°17.2'W26°40.1'N128°01.0'W 1.041 35° 120° 195 km 03m07.3s
17:4427°39.7'N127°44.0'W26°11.7'N126°17.0'W26°55.7'N126°59.8'W 1.041 36° 121° 196 km 03m10.2s
17:4627°55.9'N126°44.1'W26°27.6'N125°18.9'W27°11.8'N126°00.9'W 1.041 37° 122° 197 km 03m12.9s
17:4828°12.6'N125°46.3'W26°44.0'N124°22.6'W27°28.3'N125°03.9'W 1.042 38° 124° 198 km 03m15.5s
17:5028°29.7'N124°50.3'W27°00.7'N123°28.1'W27°45.1'N124°08.6'W 1.042 39° 125° 199 km 03m17.9s
17:5228°47.1'N123°55.8'W27°17.8'N122°35.0'W28°02.4'N123°14.9'W 1.042 39° 127° 200 km 03m20.3s
17:5429°04.9'N123°02.8'W27°35.3'N121°43.3'W28°20.1'N122°22.6'W 1.042 40° 128° 201 km 03m22.5s
17:5629°23.1'N122°11.1'W27°53.2'N120°52.8'W28°38.1'N121°31.5'W 1.042 41° 130° 202 km 03m24.5s
17:5829°41.7'N121°20.5'W28°11.4'N120°03.4'W28°56.5'N120°41.5'W 1.043 42° 131° 202 km 03m26.5s
18:0030°00.5'N120°30.9'W28°29.9'N119°15.0'W29°15.2'N119°52.5'W 1.043 42° 133° 202 km 03m28.3s
18:0230°19.7'N119°42.2'W28°48.8'N118°27.4'W29°34.2'N119°04.4'W 1.043 43° 134° 203 km 03m30.0s
18:0430°39.3'N118°54.4'W29°08.0'N117°40.6'W29°53.6'N118°17.1'W 1.043 43° 136° 203 km 03m31.6s
18:0630°59.1'N118°07.2'W29°27.5'N116°54.5'W30°13.3'N117°30.4'W 1.043 44° 137° 203 km 03m33.0s
18:0831°19.3'N117°20.7'W29°47.4'N116°09.0'W30°33.3'N116°44.4'W 1.043 44° 139° 203 km 03m34.3s
18:1031°39.8'N116°34.7'W30°07.6'N115°24.0'W30°53.6'N115°59.0'W 1.043 45° 141° 203 km 03m35.6s
18:1232°00.6'N115°49.2'W30°28.1'N114°39.4'W31°14.2'N115°13.9'W 1.043 45° 142° 203 km 03m36.7s
18:1432°21.7'N115°04.0'W30°48.8'N113°55.3'W31°35.2'N114°29.3'W 1.044 46° 144° 203 km 03m37.7s
18:1632°43.2'N114°19.2'W31°10.0'N113°11.4'W31°56.5'N113°45.0'W 1.044 46° 146° 202 km 03m38.5s
18:1833°04.9'N113°34.7'W31°31.4'N112°27.8'W32°18.0'N113°00.9'W 1.044 46° 148° 202 km 03m39.3s
18:2033°27.0'N112°50.3'W31°53.1'N111°44.4'W32°39.9'N112°17.1'W 1.044 46° 149° 201 km 03m39.9s
18:2233°49.4'N112°06.0'W32°15.2'N111°01.2'W33°02.2'N111°33.3'W 1.044 47° 151° 201 km 03m40.5s
18:2434°12.1'N111°21.8'W32°37.5'N110°18.0'W33°24.7'N110°49.6'W 1.044 47° 153° 200 km 03m40.9s
18:2634°35.2'N110°37.6'W33°00.2'N109°34.8'W33°47.6'N110°05.9'W 1.044 47° 155° 200 km 03m41.2s
18:2834°58.5'N109°53.3'W33°23.3'N108°51.5'W34°10.8'N109°22.2'W 1.044 47° 157° 199 km 03m41.4s
18:3035°22.2'N109°08.9'W33°46.6'N108°08.2'W34°34.3'N108°38.3'W 1.044 47° 159° 199 km 03m41.5s
18:3235°46.3'N108°24.3'W34°10.3'N107°24.7'W34°58.1'N107°54.2'W 1.044 47° 160° 198 km 03m41.4s
18:3436°10.7'N107°39.4'W34°34.3'N106°40.9'W35°22.3'N107°09.9'W 1.044 47° 162° 197 km 03m41.3s
18:3636°35.5'N106°54.1'W34°58.7'N105°56.9'W35°46.9'N106°25.3'W 1.044 47° 164° 196 km 03m41.0s
18:3837°00.6'N106°08.5'W35°23.4'N105°12.4'W36°11.8'N105°40.3'W 1.044 47° 166° 196 km 03m40.7s
18:4037°26.1'N105°22.4'W35°48.5'N104°27.6'W36°37.1'N104°54.9'W 1.044 46° 168° 195 km 03m40.2s
18:4237°52.0'N104°35.8'W36°13.9'N103°42.3'W37°02.7'N104°08.9'W 1.044 46° 170° 194 km 03m39.6s
18:4438°18.2'N103°48.5'W36°39.8'N102°56.4'W37°28.8'N103°22.3'W 1.044 46° 172° 193 km 03m38.9s
18:4638°44.9'N103°00.6'W37°06.0'N102°09.9'W37°55.2'N102°35.1'W 1.044 46° 174° 192 km 03m38.1s
18:4839°12.0'N102°11.8'W37°32.6'N101°22.6'W38°22.1'N101°47.1'W 1.044 45° 176° 191 km 03m37.1s
18:5039°39.5'N101°22.1'W37°59.6'N100°34.5'W38°49.4'N100°58.3'W 1.044 45° 177° 190 km 03m36.1s
18:5240°07.5'N100°31.5'W38°27.1'N099°45.6'W39°17.1'N100°08.5'W 1.044 44° 179° 189 km 03m34.9s
18:5440°35.9'N099°39.8'W38°55.0'N098°55.6'W39°45.2'N099°17.7'W 1.043 44° 181° 188 km 03m33.7s
18:5641°04.9'N098°46.9'W39°23.4'N098°04.6'W40°13.9'N098°25.7'W 1.043 43° 183° 187 km 03m32.3s
18:5841°34.3'N097°52.6'W39°52.3'N097°12.3'W40°43.0'N097°32.5'W 1.043 43° 185° 186 km 03m30.8s
19:0042°04.3'N096°56.9'W40°21.7'N096°18.7'W41°12.7'N096°37.8'W 1.043 42° 187° 185 km 03m29.2s
19:0242°34.8'N095°59.5'W40°51.6'N095°23.6'W41°42.9'N095°41.7'W 1.043 42° 189° 184 km 03m27.4s
19:0443°05.9'N095°00.3'W41°22.0'N094°26.9'W42°13.7'N094°43.8'W 1.043 41° 190° 183 km 03m25.6s
19:0643°37.6'N093°59.2'W41°53.1'N093°28.4'W42°45.0'N093°44.0'W 1.043 40° 192° 182 km 03m23.6s
19:0844°10.0'N092°55.9'W42°24.8'N092°27.9'W43°17.0'N092°42.1'W 1.042 39° 194° 181 km 03m21.5s
19:1044°43.0'N091°50.1'W42°57.1'N091°25.3'W43°49.7'N091°37.9'W 1.042 39° 196° 180 km 03m19.3s
19:1245°16.8'N090°41.6'W43°30.1'N090°20.2'W44°23.1'N090°31.2'W 1.042 38° 198° 179 km 03m17.0s
19:1445°51.4'N089°30.1'W44°03.8'N089°12.3'W44°57.2'N089°21.6'W 1.042 37° 200° 178 km 03m14.5s
19:1646°26.8'N088°15.2'W44°38.3'N088°01.5'W45°32.2'N088°08.8'W 1.042 36° 202° 176 km 03m11.9s
19:1847°03.1'N086°56.5'W45°13.7'N086°47.3'W46°08.0'N086°52.4'W 1.041 35° 204° 175 km 03m09.2s
19:2047°40.4'N085°33.5'W45°50.0'N085°29.2'W46°44.8'N085°32.0'W 1.041 34° 205° 174 km 03m06.3s
19:2248°18.8'N084°05.6'W46°27.4'N084°06.9'W47°22.6'N084°07.0'W 1.041 33° 207° 173 km 03m03.3s
19:2448°58.3'N082°32.0'W47°05.8'N082°39.6'W48°01.6'N082°36.7'W 1.040 31° 210° 171 km 03m00.0s
19:2649°39.2'N080°51.9'W47°45.4'N081°06.7'W48°41.8'N081°00.3'W 1.040 30° 212° 170 km 02m56.7s
19:2850°21.6'N079°04.0'W48°26.4'N079°27.1'W49°23.5'N079°16.8'W 1.040 29° 214° 168 km 02m53.1s
19:3051°05.7'N077°07.0'W49°08.9'N077°39.8'W50°06.7'N077°24.9'W 1.039 27° 216° 167 km 02m49.3s
19:3251°51.7'N074°58.9'W49°53.1'N075°43.3'W50°51.8'N075°22.9'W 1.039 26° 218° 165 km 02m45.3s
19:3452°40.0'N072°37.0'W50°39.4'N073°35.5'W51°39.1'N073°08.5'W 1.038 24° 221° 163 km 02m41.0s
19:3653°31.1'N069°57.6'W51°28.1'N071°13.6'W52°28.9'N070°38.4'W 1.038 22° 224° 162 km 02m36.4s
19:3854°25.7'N066°54.7'W52°19.8'N068°33.8'W53°22.0'N067°47.9'W 1.037 20° 227° 160 km 02m31.4s
19:4055°25.0'N063°18.8'W53°15.2'N065°29.6'W54°19.2'N064°29.3'W 1.037 18° 230° 157 km 02m25.9s
19:4256°31.2'N058°51.6'W54°15.8'N061°50.6'W55°22.3'N060°29.0'W 1.036 15° 234° 155 km 02m19.6s
19:4457°49.4'N052°48.2'W55°24.2'N057°15.9'W56°34.9'N055°17.3'W 1.035 12° 239° 151 km 02m12.1s
19:4659°45.7'N041°12.2'W56°47.2'N050°49.4'W58°08.3'N047°15.7'W 1.033 246° 147 km 02m01.8s
Limits60°35.9'N034°24.8'W59°20.1'N034°14.4'W59°57.8'N034°19.3'W 1.031 - 140 km 01m47.9s

ΔT = 29080.5 seconds

Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration
Event Time
TD
Time
UT1
Latitude Longitude Sun
Altitude
Sun
Azimuth
Path Width Central
Duration
Greatest Eclipse02:35:02.018:30:21.534°38.5'N129°59.6'E 46.9° 158.9° 198.5 km03m41.47s
Greatest Duration02:35:03.718:30:23.234°38.9'N108°29.8'W 46.9° 159.0° 198.4 km03m41.47s

Explanation of Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration

Links for the Total Solar Eclipse of -1204 Mar 16

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Eclipse Predictions

Predictions for the Total Solar Eclipse of -1204 Mar 16 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 29080.5 seconds for this eclipse. The uncertainty in ΔT is 1073.3 seconds corresponding to a standard error in longitude of the eclipse path of ± 4.48°.

Acknowledgments

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

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