Path of the Total Solar Eclipse of -1273 May 27

Fred Espenak

Introduction

The following table delineates the path of the Moon's umbral shadow during the Total Solar Eclipse of -1273 May 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 -1273 May 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
Limits71°15.7'S155°29.8'E70°44.9'S163°22.2'E71°04.4'S159°19.7'E 1.030 - 292 km 01m58.3s
01:5463°03.9'S156°34.6'E - - 67°30.6'S158°31.6'E 1.031 351° 293 km 02m06.1s
01:5660°55.3'S157°38.5'E - - 64°00.9'S159°08.7'E 1.032 350° 298 km 02m14.1s
01:5859°11.5'S158°39.5'E65°17.9'S162°06.9'E61°46.4'S160°01.5'E 1.033 349° 304 km 02m19.2s
02:0057°42.7'S159°37.8'E62°50.2'S162°41.5'E60°00.2'S160°55.8'E 1.033 11° 347° 309 km 02m23.3s
02:0256°24.5'S160°34.0'E60°58.9'S163°26.5'E58°30.5'S161°49.8'E 1.034 12° 346° 315 km 02m26.6s
02:0455°14.2'S161°28.4'E59°26.7'S164°14.7'E57°11.9'S162°43.0'E 1.034 13° 344° 321 km 02m29.5s
02:0654°10.1'S162°21.5'E58°06.8'S165°04.1'E56°01.6'S163°35.4'E 1.034 14° 343° 327 km 02m32.0s
02:0853°11.2'S163°13.6'E56°56.0'S165°54.0'E54°57.8'S164°27.1'E 1.035 15° 342° 333 km 02m34.1s
02:1052°16.7'S164°04.8'E55°52.2'S166°44.2'E53°59.4'S165°18.4'E 1.035 15° 340° 339 km 02m36.0s
02:1251°25.9'S164°55.6'E54°53.9'S167°34.6'E53°05.5'S166°09.3'E 1.035 16° 339° 346 km 02m37.6s
02:1450°38.5'S165°46.0'E54°00.5'S168°25.3'E52°15.5'S167°00.1'E 1.035 16° 337° 353 km 02m39.0s
02:1649°54.2'S166°36.3'E53°11.1'S169°16.3'E51°29.0'S167°51.0'E 1.035 17° 336° 359 km 02m40.1s
02:1849°12.5'S167°26.6'E52°25.4'S170°08.0'E50°45.6'S168°42.1'E 1.035 17° 335° 366 km 02m41.1s
02:2048°33.4'S168°17.2'E51°43.0'S171°00.3'E50°05.0'S169°33.6'E 1.036 17° 333° 373 km 02m41.8s
02:2247°56.7'S169°08.2'E51°03.5'S171°53.5'E49°27.1'S170°25.7'E 1.036 17° 332° 379 km 02m42.3s
02:2447°22.2'S169°59.8'E50°26.9'S172°47.7'E48°51.6'S171°18.7'E 1.036 17° 330° 385 km 02m42.6s
02:2646°49.9'S170°52.3'E49°52.9'S173°43.3'E48°18.5'S172°12.6'E 1.036 17° 329° 390 km 02m42.8s
02:2846°19.7'S171°45.7'E49°21.4'S174°40.4'E47°47.7'S173°07.7'E 1.036 17° 328° 395 km 02m42.7s
02:3045°51.5'S172°40.3'E48°52.5'S175°39.3'E47°19.2'S174°04.3'E 1.036 17° 326° 400 km 02m42.4s
02:3245°25.3'S173°36.4'E48°26.0'S176°40.5'E46°52.8'S175°02.7'E 1.036 17° 325° 403 km 02m41.9s
02:3445°01.2'S174°34.3'E48°02.0'S177°44.2'E46°28.7'S176°03.1'E 1.035 17° 323° 406 km 02m41.2s
02:3644°39.1'S175°34.2'E47°40.6'S178°51.0'E46°06.9'S177°06.0'E 1.035 16° 322° 407 km 02m40.3s
02:3844°19.1'S176°36.5'E47°22.0'S179°58.4'W45°47.4'S178°11.9'E 1.035 16° 321° 406 km 02m39.2s
02:4044°01.3'S177°41.7'E47°06.3'S178°43.2'W45°30.4'S179°21.3'E 1.035 15° 319° 405 km 02m37.8s
02:4243°46.0'S178°50.3'E46°53.8'S177°22.4'W45°16.2'S179°24.9'W 1.035 15° 318° 401 km 02m36.1s
02:4443°33.2'S179°56.9'W46°45.2'S175°54.3'W45°05.0'S178°06.0'W 1.035 14° 316° 396 km 02m34.2s
02:4643°23.3'S178°39.1'W46°41.1'S174°16.7'W44°57.3'S176°40.3'W 1.034 13° 314° 389 km 02m31.9s
02:4843°16.7'S177°14.9'W46°43.0'S172°25.5'W44°53.9'S175°05.9'W 1.034 12° 313° 381 km 02m29.2s
02:5043°14.1'S175°42.6'W46°53.5'S170°13.6'W44°55.7'S173°19.7'W 1.034 11° 311° 370 km 02m26.1s
02:5243°16.4'S173°59.2'W47°18.8'S167°23.9'W45°04.9'S171°16.0'W 1.033 309° 357 km 02m22.3s
02:5443°25.5'S172°00.1'W48°27.8'S162°36.5'W45°25.8'S168°43.0'W 1.033 307° 341 km 02m17.5s
02:5643°44.8'S169°35.7'W - - 46°11.9'S165°03.7'W 1.032 303° 320 km 02m10.7s
Limits46°48.9'S158°28.7'W49°31.1'S159°21.4'W48°06.9'S158°52.5'W 1.030 - 293 km 01m59.8s

ΔT = 30420.2 seconds

Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration
Event Time
TD
Time
UT1
Latitude Longitude Sun
Altitude
Sun
Azimuth
Path Width Central
Duration
Greatest Eclipse10:52:05.002:25:04.748°33.5'S044°41.7'E 17.5° 329.7° 388.0 km02m42.73s
Greatest Duration10:53:14.902:26:14.748°14.6'S172°19.2'E 17.5° 328.9° 391.1 km02m42.76s

Explanation of Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration

Links for the Total Solar Eclipse of -1273 May 27

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Eclipse Predictions

Predictions for the Total Solar Eclipse of -1273 May 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 30420.2 seconds for this eclipse. The uncertainty in ΔT is 1247.7 seconds corresponding to a standard error in longitude of the eclipse path of ± 5.21°.

Acknowledgments

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

Permission is granted to reproduce eclipse data when accompanied by a link to this page and an acknowledgment:

"Eclipse Predictions by Fred Espenak, EclipseWise.com"

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