Path of the Total Solar Eclipse of -1258 Feb 12

Fred Espenak

Introduction

The following table delineates the path of the Moon's umbral shadow during the Total Solar Eclipse of -1258 Feb 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 -1258 Feb 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
Limits21°35.7'N152°58.9'W20°38.0'N153°07.8'W21°06.8'N153°03.3'W 1.028 - 106 km 01m40.3s
17:0021°13.7'N151°48.6'W18°30.5'N146°27.4'W19°36.2'N148°15.5'W 1.030 110° 112 km 01m49.9s
17:0218°36.2'N143°06.8'W16°56.5'N141°17.2'W17°45.5'N142°08.5'W 1.032 11° 113° 120 km 02m04.0s
17:0417°31.6'N139°17.5'W15°59.3'N137°57.6'W16°45.1'N138°35.7'W 1.033 15° 114° 124 km 02m13.3s
17:0616°46.1'N136°26.7'W15°16.7'N135°21.0'W16°01.1'N135°52.6'W 1.034 18° 115° 128 km 02m21.0s
17:0816°10.6'N134°06.1'W14°42.7'N133°09.0'W15°26.5'N133°36.6'W 1.035 21° 116° 132 km 02m27.7s
17:1015°41.8'N132°04.7'W14°14.5'N131°13.5'W14°58.0'N131°38.3'W 1.035 23° 117° 135 km 02m33.9s
17:1215°17.6'N130°16.9'W13°50.7'N129°29.9'W14°34.0'N129°52.7'W 1.036 26° 118° 138 km 02m39.7s
17:1414°57.1'N128°39.2'W13°30.3'N127°55.5'W14°13.6'N128°16.7'W 1.037 27° 119° 140 km 02m45.1s
17:1614°39.5'N127°09.5'W13°12.7'N126°28.4'W13°56.0'N126°48.4'W 1.037 29° 120° 143 km 02m50.2s
17:1814°24.4'N125°46.3'W12°57.4'N125°07.3'W13°40.8'N125°26.2'W 1.038 31° 120° 145 km 02m55.0s
17:2014°11.3'N124°28.5'W12°44.2'N123°51.1'W13°27.7'N124°09.3'W 1.038 33° 121° 147 km 02m59.7s
17:2214°00.0'N123°15.2'W12°32.7'N122°39.3'W13°16.3'N122°56.7'W 1.038 34° 122° 149 km 03m04.1s
17:2413°50.3'N122°05.8'W12°22.8'N121°31.0'W13°06.5'N121°48.0'W 1.039 36° 123° 151 km 03m08.3s
17:2613°42.0'N120°59.8'W12°14.3'N120°26.0'W12°58.1'N120°42.5'W 1.039 37° 124° 153 km 03m12.4s
17:2813°35.1'N119°56.7'W12°07.1'N119°23.8'W12°51.0'N119°39.9'W 1.039 38° 125° 155 km 03m16.4s
17:3013°29.2'N118°56.3'W12°01.0'N118°24.1'W12°45.1'N118°39.8'W 1.040 39° 126° 156 km 03m20.1s
17:3213°24.5'N117°58.2'W11°56.0'N117°26.6'W12°40.2'N117°42.0'W 1.040 41° 127° 158 km 03m23.8s
17:3413°20.7'N117°02.2'W11°52.1'N116°31.1'W12°36.3'N116°46.3'W 1.040 42° 128° 159 km 03m27.3s
17:3613°17.9'N116°08.1'W11°49.0'N115°37.4'W12°33.4'N115°52.4'W 1.041 43° 129° 161 km 03m30.6s
17:3813°15.9'N115°15.7'W11°46.8'N114°45.4'W12°31.3'N115°00.2'W 1.041 44° 130° 162 km 03m33.8s
17:4013°14.8'N114°24.8'W11°45.5'N113°54.9'W12°30.1'N114°09.5'W 1.041 45° 131° 163 km 03m36.9s
17:4213°14.4'N113°35.3'W11°44.9'N113°05.7'W12°29.6'N113°20.2'W 1.041 46° 132° 165 km 03m39.8s
17:4413°14.7'N112°47.1'W11°45.1'N112°17.7'W12°29.9'N112°32.2'W 1.042 47° 133° 166 km 03m42.7s
17:4613°15.8'N112°00.1'W11°46.0'N111°30.9'W12°30.9'N111°45.3'W 1.042 48° 135° 167 km 03m45.3s
17:4813°17.5'N111°14.2'W11°47.6'N110°45.2'W12°32.5'N110°59.4'W 1.042 49° 136° 168 km 03m47.9s
17:5013°19.9'N110°29.2'W11°49.8'N110°00.3'W12°34.8'N110°14.6'W 1.042 49° 137° 169 km 03m50.3s
17:5213°22.9'N109°45.2'W11°52.7'N109°16.4'W12°37.8'N109°30.6'W 1.042 50° 139° 170 km 03m52.6s
17:5413°26.5'N109°01.9'W11°56.2'N108°33.3'W12°41.3'N108°47.4'W 1.042 51° 140° 170 km 03m54.8s
17:5613°30.7'N108°19.5'W12°00.3'N107°50.9'W12°45.4'N108°05.0'W 1.043 52° 141° 171 km 03m56.8s
17:5813°35.4'N107°37.7'W12°05.0'N107°09.2'W12°50.2'N107°23.3'W 1.043 52° 143° 172 km 03m58.7s
18:0013°40.7'N106°56.6'W12°10.2'N106°28.2'W12°55.4'N106°42.2'W 1.043 53° 144° 172 km 04m00.4s
18:0213°46.6'N106°16.0'W12°16.0'N105°47.7'W13°01.2'N106°01.7'W 1.043 53° 146° 173 km 04m02.1s
18:0413°52.9'N105°36.0'W12°22.3'N105°07.7'W13°07.6'N105°21.7'W 1.043 54° 148° 173 km 04m03.6s
18:0613°59.8'N104°56.4'W12°29.1'N104°28.2'W13°14.4'N104°42.2'W 1.043 54° 149° 174 km 04m05.0s
18:0814°07.2'N104°17.3'W12°36.5'N103°49.1'W13°21.8'N104°03.1'W 1.043 55° 151° 174 km 04m06.2s
18:1014°15.1'N103°38.6'W12°44.4'N103°10.5'W13°29.7'N103°24.4'W 1.043 55° 153° 174 km 04m07.3s
18:1214°23.5'N103°00.2'W12°52.8'N102°32.1'W13°38.1'N102°46.1'W 1.043 56° 155° 174 km 04m08.3s
18:1414°32.4'N102°22.2'W13°01.7'N101°54.1'W13°47.0'N102°08.1'W 1.044 56° 157° 174 km 04m09.1s
18:1614°41.7'N101°44.4'W13°11.1'N101°16.4'W13°56.3'N101°30.3'W 1.044 56° 158° 174 km 04m09.8s
18:1814°51.6'N101°06.8'W13°20.9'N100°38.8'W14°06.2'N100°52.8'W 1.044 57° 160° 174 km 04m10.4s
18:2015°01.9'N100°29.4'W13°31.3'N100°01.5'W14°16.5'N100°15.4'W 1.044 57° 162° 174 km 04m10.9s
18:2215°12.7'N099°52.2'W13°42.2'N099°24.4'W14°27.4'N099°38.2'W 1.044 57° 164° 174 km 04m11.2s
18:2415°24.0'N099°15.0'W13°53.5'N098°47.3'W14°38.7'N099°01.2'W 1.044 57° 166° 174 km 04m11.4s
18:2615°35.8'N098°38.0'W14°05.3'N098°10.4'W14°50.5'N098°24.2'W 1.044 57° 168° 174 km 04m11.4s
18:2815°48.0'N098°01.0'W14°17.6'N097°33.5'W15°02.7'N097°47.3'W 1.044 57° 170° 173 km 04m11.4s
18:3016°00.7'N097°24.0'W14°30.4'N096°56.6'W15°15.5'N097°10.3'W 1.044 57° 172° 173 km 04m11.2s
18:3216°13.9'N096°47.0'W14°43.7'N096°19.8'W15°28.7'N096°33.4'W 1.044 57° 174° 173 km 04m10.8s
18:3416°27.6'N096°10.0'W14°57.5'N095°42.8'W15°42.4'N095°56.4'W 1.044 57° 176° 172 km 04m10.4s
18:3616°41.7'N095°32.8'W15°11.8'N095°05.8'W15°56.7'N095°19.4'W 1.044 57° 178° 172 km 04m09.8s
18:3816°56.4'N094°55.5'W15°26.5'N094°28.7'W16°11.4'N094°42.1'W 1.044 56° 180° 171 km 04m09.1s
18:4017°11.6'N094°18.0'W15°41.8'N093°51.4'W16°26.6'N094°04.8'W 1.044 56° 182° 171 km 04m08.3s
18:4217°27.2'N093°40.3'W15°57.6'N093°13.9'W16°42.3'N093°27.2'W 1.044 56° 184° 170 km 04m07.3s
18:4417°43.4'N093°02.3'W16°13.9'N092°36.2'W16°58.5'N092°49.4'W 1.044 55° 186° 169 km 04m06.3s
18:4618°00.1'N092°24.1'W16°30.7'N091°58.2'W17°15.3'N092°11.2'W 1.044 55° 187° 169 km 04m05.1s
18:4818°17.4'N091°45.5'W16°48.1'N091°19.9'W17°32.6'N091°32.8'W 1.043 55° 189° 168 km 04m03.7s
18:5018°35.2'N091°06.5'W17°06.0'N090°41.2'W17°50.5'N090°53.9'W 1.043 54° 191° 167 km 04m02.3s
18:5218°53.5'N090°27.0'W17°24.5'N090°02.1'W18°08.9'N090°14.7'W 1.043 54° 193° 167 km 04m00.7s
18:5419°12.4'N089°47.1'W17°43.6'N089°22.5'W18°27.9'N089°34.9'W 1.043 53° 194° 166 km 03m59.1s
18:5619°31.9'N089°06.6'W18°03.2'N088°42.4'W18°47.4'N088°54.6'W 1.043 52° 196° 165 km 03m57.3s
18:5819°52.1'N088°25.4'W18°23.5'N088°01.8'W19°07.6'N088°13.8'W 1.043 52° 198° 164 km 03m55.4s
19:0020°12.8'N087°43.6'W18°44.3'N087°20.5'W19°28.4'N087°32.2'W 1.043 51° 199° 163 km 03m53.3s
19:0220°34.2'N087°01.1'W19°05.9'N086°38.5'W19°49.9'N086°49.9'W 1.043 50° 201° 162 km 03m51.2s
19:0420°56.3'N086°17.7'W19°28.0'N085°55.7'W20°12.0'N086°06.9'W 1.043 50° 202° 161 km 03m49.0s
19:0621°19.1'N085°33.4'W19°50.9'N085°12.0'W20°34.9'N085°22.9'W 1.042 49° 204° 160 km 03m46.6s
19:0821°42.6'N084°48.2'W20°14.6'N084°27.4'W20°58.4'N084°38.0'W 1.042 48° 205° 159 km 03m44.1s
19:1022°06.9'N084°01.8'W20°38.9'N083°41.8'W21°22.8'N083°52.0'W 1.042 47° 207° 158 km 03m41.5s
19:1222°32.0'N083°14.2'W21°04.1'N082°55.0'W21°47.9'N083°04.8'W 1.042 46° 208° 157 km 03m38.8s
19:1422°57.9'N082°25.3'W21°30.1'N082°07.0'W22°13.9'N082°16.4'W 1.042 45° 210° 156 km 03m36.0s
19:1623°24.8'N081°34.9'W21°57.0'N081°17.6'W22°40.7'N081°26.5'W 1.041 44° 211° 155 km 03m33.0s
19:1823°52.6'N080°42.8'W22°24.9'N080°26.6'W23°08.5'N080°35.0'W 1.041 43° 212° 154 km 03m30.0s
19:2024°21.4'N079°49.0'W22°53.7'N079°34.0'W23°37.4'N079°41.8'W 1.041 42° 213° 152 km 03m26.8s
19:2224°51.3'N078°53.2'W23°23.6'N078°39.4'W24°07.3'N078°46.6'W 1.041 41° 215° 151 km 03m23.5s
19:2425°22.4'N077°55.1'W23°54.7'N077°42.7'W24°38.4'N077°49.2'W 1.040 40° 216° 150 km 03m20.0s
19:2625°54.8'N076°54.4'W24°27.0'N076°43.7'W25°10.7'N076°49.4'W 1.040 38° 217° 149 km 03m16.5s
19:2826°28.6'N075°51.0'W25°00.7'N075°42.0'W25°44.4'N075°46.9'W 1.040 37° 219° 147 km 03m12.8s
19:3027°03.9'N074°44.3'W25°35.8'N074°37.2'W26°19.6'N074°41.2'W 1.039 36° 220° 146 km 03m08.9s
19:3227°41.0'N073°33.8'W26°12.6'N073°29.0'W26°56.6'N073°31.9'W 1.039 34° 221° 144 km 03m04.9s
19:3428°19.9'N072°19.1'W26°51.3'N072°16.9'W27°35.3'N072°18.5'W 1.039 33° 222° 143 km 03m00.7s
19:3629°01.0'N070°59.3'W27°32.0'N071°00.0'W28°16.3'N071°00.2'W 1.038 31° 224° 141 km 02m56.4s
19:3829°44.7'N069°33.6'W28°15.2'N069°37.7'W28°59.7'N069°36.3'W 1.038 30° 225° 139 km 02m51.8s
19:4030°31.3'N068°00.6'W29°01.1'N068°08.9'W29°45.9'N068°05.4'W 1.037 28° 226° 138 km 02m47.0s
19:4231°21.5'N066°18.7'W29°50.3'N066°31.9'W30°35.6'N066°26.1'W 1.037 26° 228° 136 km 02m41.9s
19:4432°16.0'N064°25.3'W30°43.6'N064°44.9'W31°29.5'N064°36.1'W 1.036 24° 229° 133 km 02m36.5s
19:4633°16.3'N062°16.9'W31°42.1'N062°44.7'W32°28.7'N062°31.9'W 1.036 21° 231° 131 km 02m30.7s
19:4834°24.3'N059°47.2'W32°47.3'N060°26.4'W33°35.3'N060°08.3'W 1.035 19° 233° 128 km 02m24.3s
19:5035°44.1'N056°44.4'W34°02.5'N057°41.5'W34°52.6'N057°15.0'W 1.034 16° 235° 125 km 02m17.1s
19:5237°25.2'N052°39.9'W35°33.9'N054°11.2'W36°28.3'N053°29.5'W 1.033 12° 237° 122 km 02m08.4s
19:5440°14.9'N045°09.4'W37°41.9'N048°55.6'W38°51.5'N047°24.7'W 1.031 241° 116 km 01m56.1s
Limits41°56.7'N040°08.9'W40°59.2'N039°48.0'W41°27.9'N039°58.4'W 1.029 - 109 km 01m43.4s

ΔT = 30131.2 seconds

Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration
Event Time
TD
Time
UT1
Latitude Longitude Sun
Altitude
Sun
Azimuth
Path Width Central
Duration
Greatest Eclipse02:49:25.118:27:13.914°58.0'N136°05.1'E 57.0° 169.3° 173.5 km04m11.41s
Greatest Duration02:48:06.718:25:55.514°50.0'N098°25.6'W 57.0° 168.0° 173.7 km04m11.44s

Explanation of Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration

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Eclipse Predictions

Predictions for the Total Solar Eclipse of -1258 Feb 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 30131.2 seconds for this eclipse. The uncertainty in ΔT is 1209.5 seconds corresponding to a standard error in longitude of the eclipse path of ± 5.05°.

Acknowledgments

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

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