Path of the Total Solar Eclipse of -1220 Aug 07

Fred Espenak

Introduction

The following table delineates the path of the Moon's umbral shadow during the Total Solar Eclipse of -1220 Aug 07 . 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 -1220 Aug 07
UT1 Northern Limit Southern Limit Central Line M:S Sun Sun Path Central
Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Ratio Alt. Azm. Width Duration
Limits47°33.6'N161°58.5'W45°48.0'N159°48.6'W46°40.5'N160°52.2'W 1.050 - 252 km 02m24.0s
15:16 - - 50°55.6'N146°21.0'W49°58.5'N152°28.6'W 1.052 67° 261 km 02m36.8s
15:1851°46.5'N151°26.5'W52°43.9'N141°18.6'W52°29.3'N145°51.1'W 1.054 12° 72° 267 km 02m47.3s
15:2053°58.6'N145°40.6'W54°06.8'N137°14.6'W54°10.0'N141°11.2'W 1.055 15° 77° 270 km 02m54.8s
15:2255°34.3'N141°16.2'W55°15.4'N133°41.0'W55°29.9'N137°16.7'W 1.056 18° 80° 272 km 03m00.9s
15:2456°52.0'N137°28.5'W56°14.4'N130°26.2'W56°37.1'N133°47.5'W 1.056 20° 84° 274 km 03m06.4s
15:2657°58.4'N134°02.1'W57°06.2'N127°24.2'W57°35.4'N130°34.3'W 1.057 22° 87° 275 km 03m11.2s
15:2858°56.4'N130°49.7'W57°52.3'N124°31.5'W58°26.9'N127°32.3'W 1.058 24° 91° 276 km 03m15.7s
15:3059°47.9'N127°46.8'W58°33.6'N121°45.8'W59°13.0'N124°38.4'W 1.058 26° 94° 277 km 03m19.9s
15:3260°34.0'N124°50.9'W59°10.8'N119°05.5'W59°54.3'N121°50.5'W 1.059 27° 97° 278 km 03m23.7s
15:3461°15.6'N122°00.1'W59°44.4'N116°29.6'W60°31.7'N119°07.3'W 1.059 29° 101° 278 km 03m27.4s
15:3661°53.2'N119°13.2'W60°14.8'N113°57.1'W61°05.4'N116°27.7'W 1.059 30° 104° 279 km 03m30.8s
15:3862°27.2'N116°29.3'W60°42.2'N111°27.5'W61°35.9'N113°51.1'W 1.060 32° 107° 279 km 03m34.0s
15:4062°57.9'N113°47.7'W61°06.8'N109°00.3'W62°03.4'N111°16.9'W 1.060 33° 110° 279 km 03m37.1s
15:4263°25.5'N111°08.1'W61°28.9'N106°35.3'W62°28.0'N108°44.7'W 1.060 34° 114° 280 km 03m40.0s
15:4463°50.2'N108°30.0'W61°48.6'N104°12.1'W62°50.1'N106°14.2'W 1.061 35° 117° 280 km 03m42.7s
15:4664°12.3'N105°53.2'W62°06.1'N101°50.6'W63°09.7'N103°45.3'W 1.061 36° 120° 280 km 03m45.3s
15:4864°31.8'N103°17.6'W62°21.3'N099°30.6'W63°27.0'N101°17.8'W 1.061 37° 124° 280 km 03m47.7s
15:5064°48.8'N100°43.2'W62°34.5'N097°12.2'W63°41.9'N098°51.6'W 1.061 38° 127° 281 km 03m50.0s
15:5265°03.5'N098°09.8'W62°45.7'N094°55.2'W63°54.8'N096°26.8'W 1.062 39° 130° 281 km 03m52.2s
15:5465°15.9'N095°37.6'W62°55.0'N092°39.6'W64°05.5'N094°03.2'W 1.062 40° 134° 281 km 03m54.3s
15:5665°26.1'N093°06.6'W63°02.4'N090°25.5'W64°14.2'N091°41.0'W 1.062 41° 137° 281 km 03m56.2s
15:5865°34.2'N090°36.8'W63°08.1'N088°12.8'W64°21.0'N089°20.2'W 1.062 41° 141° 281 km 03m58.0s
16:0065°40.2'N088°08.4'W63°12.0'N086°01.6'W64°25.8'N087°00.9'W 1.062 42° 144° 282 km 03m59.7s
16:0265°44.2'N085°41.5'W63°14.2'N083°51.9'W64°28.9'N084°43.0'W 1.063 43° 148° 282 km 04m01.2s
16:0465°46.2'N083°16.1'W63°14.8'N081°43.8'W64°30.2'N082°26.8'W 1.063 43° 151° 282 km 04m02.7s
16:0665°46.4'N080°52.5'W63°13.9'N079°37.4'W64°29.7'N080°12.3'W 1.063 44° 155° 282 km 04m04.0s
16:0865°44.8'N078°30.8'W63°11.4'N077°32.6'W64°27.6'N077°59.5'W 1.063 44° 158° 282 km 04m05.2s
16:1065°41.3'N076°11.0'W63°07.4'N075°29.5'W64°23.9'N075°48.5'W 1.063 45° 161° 283 km 04m06.3s
16:1265°36.2'N073°53.3'W63°02.0'N073°28.2'W64°18.6'N073°39.5'W 1.063 45° 165° 283 km 04m07.3s
16:1465°29.4'N071°37.8'W62°55.2'N071°28.7'W64°11.8'N071°32.5'W 1.063 45° 168° 283 km 04m08.2s
16:1665°21.0'N069°24.5'W62°47.0'N069°31.0'W64°03.5'N069°27.5'W 1.063 46° 172° 283 km 04m09.0s
16:1865°11.1'N067°13.6'W62°37.6'N067°35.2'W63°53.8'N067°24.5'W 1.063 46° 175° 283 km 04m09.6s
16:2064°59.6'N065°05.1'W62°26.8'N065°41.2'W63°42.8'N065°23.7'W 1.063 46° 179° 284 km 04m10.2s
16:2264°46.8'N062°59.1'W62°14.9'N063°49.1'W63°30.4'N063°25.0'W 1.063 46° 182° 284 km 04m10.6s
16:2464°32.5'N060°55.5'W62°01.7'N061°58.9'W63°16.7'N061°28.5'W 1.064 47° 185° 284 km 04m11.0s
16:2664°16.9'N058°54.3'W61°47.4'N060°10.6'W63°01.7'N059°34.1'W 1.064 47° 189° 284 km 04m11.2s
16:2863°59.9'N056°55.7'W61°31.9'N058°24.2'W62°45.6'N057°41.8'W 1.064 47° 192° 285 km 04m11.3s
16:3063°41.7'N054°59.5'W61°15.4'N056°39.6'W62°28.2'N055°51.7'W 1.064 47° 195° 285 km 04m11.3s
16:3263°22.3'N053°05.7'W60°57.7'N054°56.8'W62°09.8'N054°03.6'W 1.064 47° 198° 285 km 04m11.2s
16:3463°01.8'N051°14.3'W60°39.1'N053°15.8'W61°50.2'N052°17.6'W 1.064 47° 202° 286 km 04m11.0s
16:3662°40.0'N049°25.2'W60°19.4'N051°36.4'W61°29.5'N050°33.6'W 1.064 47° 205° 286 km 04m10.7s
16:3862°17.2'N047°38.4'W59°58.7'N049°58.8'W61°07.8'N048°51.5'W 1.063 47° 208° 286 km 04m10.3s
16:4061°53.3'N045°53.8'W59°37.1'N048°22.8'W60°45.1'N047°11.3'W 1.063 46° 211° 287 km 04m09.8s
16:4261°28.3'N044°11.2'W59°14.5'N046°48.3'W60°21.4'N045°32.9'W 1.063 46° 214° 287 km 04m09.2s
16:4461°02.4'N042°30.6'W58°51.0'N045°15.3'W59°56.7'N043°56.2'W 1.063 46° 217° 287 km 04m08.4s
16:4660°35.4'N040°51.9'W58°26.5'N043°43.7'W59°31.0'N042°21.1'W 1.063 46° 220° 288 km 04m07.6s
16:4860°07.4'N039°14.9'W58°01.1'N042°13.4'W59°04.4'N040°47.6'W 1.063 45° 223° 288 km 04m06.6s
16:5059°38.4'N037°39.6'W57°34.9'N040°44.4'W58°36.8'N039°15.4'W 1.063 45° 226° 288 km 04m05.6s
16:5259°08.5'N036°05.9'W57°07.7'N039°16.5'W58°08.4'N037°44.6'W 1.063 44° 228° 289 km 04m04.4s
16:5458°37.7'N034°33.5'W56°39.7'N037°49.6'W57°39.0'N036°15.0'W 1.063 44° 231° 289 km 04m03.2s
16:5658°05.8'N033°02.4'W56°10.7'N036°23.6'W57°08.6'N034°46.5'W 1.063 43° 234° 289 km 04m01.8s
16:5857°33.0'N031°32.4'W55°40.9'N034°58.4'W56°37.4'N033°18.9'W 1.063 43° 236° 290 km 04m00.3s
17:0056°59.3'N030°03.4'W55°10.1'N033°34.0'W56°05.2'N031°52.1'W 1.062 42° 239° 290 km 03m58.7s
17:0256°24.5'N028°35.1'W54°38.5'N032°10.1'W55°32.0'N030°26.0'W 1.062 41° 241° 290 km 03m57.0s
17:0455°48.8'N027°07.5'W54°05.9'N030°46.6'W54°57.9'N029°00.5'W 1.062 41° 244° 291 km 03m55.2s
17:0655°12.0'N025°40.3'W53°32.3'N029°23.4'W54°22.8'N027°35.3'W 1.062 40° 246° 291 km 03m53.2s
17:0854°34.1'N024°13.4'W52°57.8'N028°00.4'W53°46.6'N026°10.2'W 1.062 39° 249° 291 km 03m51.2s
17:1053°55.2'N022°46.4'W52°22.2'N026°37.2'W53°09.4'N024°45.2'W 1.061 38° 251° 291 km 03m49.0s
17:1253°15.0'N021°19.3'W51°45.6'N025°13.9'W52°31.1'N023°19.9'W 1.061 37° 253° 291 km 03m46.7s
17:1452°33.7'N019°51.6'W51°07.9'N023°50.0'W51°51.6'N021°54.2'W 1.061 36° 255° 291 km 03m44.3s
17:1651°51.0'N018°23.2'W50°29.0'N022°25.5'W51°10.9'N020°27.7'W 1.061 35° 258° 292 km 03m41.7s
17:1851°06.9'N016°53.6'W49°48.8'N021°00.1'W50°28.8'N019°00.2'W 1.060 34° 260° 291 km 03m39.0s
17:2050°21.3'N015°22.6'W49°07.3'N019°33.3'W49°45.3'N017°31.4'W 1.060 33° 262° 291 km 03m36.2s
17:2249°33.9'N013°49.5'W48°24.3'N018°04.9'W49°00.2'N016°00.7'W 1.060 32° 264° 291 km 03m33.2s
17:2448°44.7'N012°13.9'W47°39.7'N016°34.5'W48°13.4'N014°27.8'W 1.059 31° 266° 291 km 03m30.1s
17:2647°53.3'N010°35.1'W46°53.3'N015°01.5'W47°24.7'N012°52.0'W 1.059 29° 268° 290 km 03m26.7s
17:2846°59.5'N008°52.2'W46°04.9'N013°25.4'W46°33.7'N011°12.6'W 1.059 28° 270° 289 km 03m23.2s
17:3046°02.8'N007°04.0'W45°14.2'N011°45.2'W45°40.2'N009°28.7'W 1.058 26° 272° 289 km 03m19.4s
17:3245°02.5'N005°09.1'W44°20.8'N010°00.1'W44°43.6'N007°39.0'W 1.058 25° 274° 287 km 03m15.4s
17:3443°58.0'N003°05.0'W43°24.3'N008°08.5'W43°43.3'N005°41.8'W 1.057 23° 276° 286 km 03m11.1s
17:3642°47.7'N000°48.6'W42°23.8'N006°08.7'W42°38.4'N003°34.6'W 1.056 21° 279° 284 km 03m06.4s
17:3841°29.6'N001°46.0'E41°18.3'N003°57.6'W41°27.4'N001°13.4'W 1.056 18° 281° 281 km 03m01.2s
17:4039°59.2'N004°49.9'E40°06.1'N001°30.7'W40°07.5'N001°28.6'E 1.055 16° 283° 278 km 02m55.4s
17:4238°05.5'N008°51.8'E38°43.8'N001°20.7'E38°33.4'N004°45.8'E 1.054 13° 286° 273 km 02m48.4s
17:4434°10.0'N018°07.9'E37°04.3'N004°55.9'E36°28.7'N009°21.0'E 1.052 289° 266 km 02m39.2s
Limits33°55.4'N018°45.7'E32°04.3'N017°05.4'E32°59.5'N017°54.7'E 1.050 - 250 km 02m23.7s

ΔT = 29381.7 seconds

Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration
Event Time
TD
Time
UT1
Latitude Longitude Sun
Altitude
Sun
Azimuth
Path Width Central
Duration
Greatest Eclipse00:39:52.516:30:10.862°26.6'N178°27.4'W 46.9° 195.5° 285.0 km04m11.34s
Greatest Duration00:38:55.216:29:13.562°35.1'N056°34.1'W 46.8° 194.0° 284.9 km04m11.35s

Explanation of Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration

Links for the Total Solar Eclipse of -1220 Aug 07

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Eclipse Predictions

Predictions for the Total Solar Eclipse of -1220 Aug 07 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 29381.7 seconds for this eclipse. The uncertainty in ΔT is 1111.9 seconds corresponding to a standard error in longitude of the eclipse path of ± 4.65°.

Acknowledgments

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

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