Path of the Annular Solar Eclipse of -1278 Sep 17

Fred Espenak

Introduction

The following table delineates the path of the Moon's antumbral shadow during the Annular Solar Eclipse of -1278 Sep 17 . 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 .

Annular Solar Eclipse of -1278 Sep 17
UT1 Northern Limit Southern Limit Central Line M:S Sun Sun Path Central
Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Ratio Alt. Azm. Width Duration
Limits70°33.0'N014°09.9'E67°35.2'N018°30.9'E69°02.9'N016°29.3'E 0.943 - 370 km 03m37.1s
03:38 - - 69°49.0'N043°23.2'E69°45.2'N022°19.8'E 0.943 75° 363 km 03m38.5s
03:40 - - 70°05.7'N052°09.0'E71°12.5'N040°35.8'E 0.945 93° 344 km 03m43.0s
03:4272°34.3'N036°07.5'E70°07.6'N059°11.7'E71°32.4'N050°40.7'E 0.946 12° 103° 334 km 03m45.4s
03:4473°01.7'N048°18.3'E70°00.9'N065°11.8'E71°34.0'N058°33.4'E 0.947 14° 111° 326 km 03m47.3s
03:4673°04.3'N057°21.9'E69°48.4'N070°27.4'E71°25.8'N065°10.0'E 0.947 16° 118° 320 km 03m49.0s
03:4872°54.8'N064°48.3'E69°31.7'N075°08.6'E71°11.2'N070°53.8'E 0.948 18° 125° 315 km 03m50.4s
03:5072°38.0'N071°09.4'E69°12.0'N079°22.1'E70°52.0'N075°57.4'E 0.948 20° 130° 311 km 03m51.7s
03:5272°16.1'N076°41.7'E68°49.8'N083°12.5'E70°29.6'N080°28.7'E 0.948 21° 135° 307 km 03m52.8s
03:5471°50.9'N081°35.5'E68°25.8'N086°43.4'E70°04.8'N084°33.4'E 0.949 23° 140° 303 km 03m53.9s
03:5671°23.1'N085°57.9'E68°00.3'N089°57.3'E69°38.2'N088°15.8'E 0.949 24° 144° 300 km 03m54.9s
03:5870°53.5'N089°54.1'E67°33.7'N092°56.6'E69°10.1'N091°39.1'E 0.949 25° 148° 297 km 03m55.8s
04:0070°22.5'N093°28.4'E67°06.1'N095°43.0'E68°40.9'N094°45.9'E 0.950 26° 152° 295 km 03m56.7s
04:0269°50.5'N096°43.8'E66°37.8'N098°18.0'E68°10.9'N097°38.4'E 0.950 27° 156° 293 km 03m57.5s
04:0469°17.8'N099°43.1'E66°08.9'N100°42.9'E67°40.3'N100°18.2'E 0.950 28° 159° 291 km 03m58.2s
04:0668°44.6'N102°28.3'E65°39.5'N102°58.8'E67°09.1'N102°47.1'E 0.950 29° 162° 289 km 03m58.9s
04:0868°11.0'N105°01.3'E65°09.7'N105°06.6'E66°37.6'N105°06.1'E 0.951 30° 165° 288 km 03m59.5s
04:1067°37.2'N107°23.6'E64°39.7'N107°07.1'E66°05.7'N107°16.3'E 0.951 31° 168° 286 km 04m00.1s
04:1267°03.1'N109°36.4'E64°09.3'N109°01.1'E65°33.7'N109°18.9'E 0.951 31° 171° 285 km 04m00.7s
04:1466°29.0'N111°40.8'E63°38.8'N110°49.2'E65°01.5'N111°14.4'E 0.951 32° 174° 284 km 04m01.2s
04:1665°54.8'N113°37.8'E63°08.2'N112°31.9'E64°29.2'N113°03.7'E 0.951 33° 177° 283 km 04m01.6s
04:1865°20.7'N115°28.2'E62°37.4'N114°09.7'E63°56.9'N114°47.3'E 0.951 33° 179° 283 km 04m02.0s
04:2064°46.5'N117°12.6'E62°06.6'N115°43.2'E63°24.5'N116°25.8'E 0.951 34° 182° 282 km 04m02.4s
04:2264°12.5'N118°51.7'E61°35.7'N117°12.5'E62°52.1'N117°59.7'E 0.952 34° 184° 282 km 04m02.8s
04:2463°38.5'N120°26.0'E61°04.7'N118°38.2'E62°19.8'N119°29.5'E 0.952 35° 187° 281 km 04m03.1s
04:2663°04.6'N121°56.0'E60°33.8'N120°00.5'E61°47.4'N120°55.4'E 0.952 35° 189° 281 km 04m03.3s
04:2862°30.8'N123°22.1'E60°02.8'N121°19.7'E61°15.1'N122°18.0'E 0.952 35° 192° 281 km 04m03.5s
04:3061°57.1'N124°44.7'E59°31.8'N122°36.1'E60°42.9'N123°37.3'E 0.952 36° 194° 281 km 04m03.7s
04:3261°23.5'N126°04.2'E59°00.9'N123°50.0'E60°10.7'N124°53.9'E 0.952 36° 196° 281 km 04m03.9s
04:3460°50.1'N127°20.7'E58°29.9'N125°01.5'E59°38.5'N126°07.8'E 0.952 36° 198° 282 km 04m04.0s
04:3660°16.7'N128°34.7'E57°59.0'N126°10.8'E59°06.5'N127°19.4'E 0.952 36° 200° 282 km 04m04.1s
04:3859°43.5'N129°46.4'E57°28.1'N127°18.2'E58°34.5'N128°28.9'E 0.952 37° 203° 283 km 04m04.2s
04:4059°10.3'N130°55.9'E56°57.2'N128°23.8'E58°02.5'N129°36.4'E 0.952 37° 205° 283 km 04m04.2s
04:4258°37.3'N132°03.6'E56°26.3'N129°27.7'E57°30.6'N130°42.2'E 0.952 37° 207° 284 km 04m04.2s
04:4458°04.4'N133°09.5'E55°55.5'N130°30.2'E56°58.8'N131°46.4'E 0.952 37° 209° 285 km 04m04.2s
04:4657°31.6'N134°13.9'E55°24.6'N131°31.4'E56°27.0'N132°49.1'E 0.952 37° 211° 286 km 04m04.1s
04:4856°58.9'N135°17.0'E54°53.8'N132°31.4'E55°55.3'N133°50.6'E 0.952 37° 213° 287 km 04m04.0s
04:5056°26.2'N136°18.9'E54°23.0'N133°30.3'E55°23.6'N134°51.0'E 0.952 37° 215° 288 km 04m03.8s
04:5255°53.7'N137°19.8'E53°52.2'N134°28.2'E54°52.0'N135°50.4'E 0.952 37° 217° 289 km 04m03.7s
04:5455°21.2'N138°19.8'E53°21.5'N135°25.4'E54°20.4'N136°49.0'E 0.952 37° 219° 291 km 04m03.5s
04:5654°48.7'N139°19.1'E52°50.7'N136°21.8'E53°48.8'N137°46.8'E 0.952 37° 221° 292 km 04m03.3s
04:5854°16.4'N140°17.7'E52°19.9'N137°17.7'E53°17.2'N138°44.0'E 0.952 36° 223° 294 km 04m03.0s
05:0053°44.0'N141°15.9'E51°49.1'N138°13.0'E52°45.7'N139°40.7'E 0.952 36° 225° 295 km 04m02.7s
05:0253°11.7'N142°13.7'E51°18.3'N139°08.0'E52°14.2'N140°37.1'E 0.952 36° 227° 297 km 04m02.4s
05:0452°39.4'N143°11.3'E50°47.4'N140°02.8'E51°42.6'N141°33.2'E 0.952 36° 228° 299 km 04m02.0s
05:0652°07.1'N144°08.9'E50°16.6'N140°57.3'E51°11.1'N142°29.2'E 0.952 35° 230° 301 km 04m01.7s
05:0851°34.8'N145°06.5'E49°45.6'N141°51.9'E50°39.5'N143°25.3'E 0.952 35° 232° 303 km 04m01.3s
05:1051°02.5'N146°04.4'E49°14.6'N142°46.5'E50°07.8'N144°21.4'E 0.952 35° 234° 305 km 04m00.8s
05:1250°30.1'N147°02.6'E48°43.6'N143°41.3'E49°36.2'N145°17.8'E 0.952 34° 236° 307 km 04m00.3s
05:1449°57.7'N148°01.3'E48°12.5'N144°36.4'E49°04.4'N146°14.6'E 0.952 34° 237° 309 km 03m59.8s
05:1649°25.2'N149°00.7'E47°41.2'N145°31.9'E48°32.6'N147°12.0'E 0.952 33° 239° 312 km 03m59.3s
05:1848°52.7'N150°01.0'E47°09.9'N146°28.0'E48°00.6'N148°10.1'E 0.952 32° 241° 314 km 03m58.7s
05:2048°20.0'N151°02.3'E46°38.4'N147°24.9'E47°28.6'N149°09.0'E 0.951 32° 242° 316 km 03m58.1s
05:2247°47.1'N152°04.9'E46°06.8'N148°22.6'E46°56.4'N150°09.0'E 0.951 31° 244° 319 km 03m57.5s
05:2447°14.1'N153°09.0'E45°35.0'N149°21.4'E46°24.0'N151°10.2'E 0.951 30° 246° 321 km 03m56.8s
05:2646°40.9'N154°15.0'E45°03.0'N150°21.5'E45°51.4'N152°13.0'E 0.951 30° 247° 324 km 03m56.1s
05:2846°07.4'N155°23.1'E44°30.8'N151°23.1'E45°18.6'N153°17.5'E 0.951 29° 249° 326 km 03m55.4s
05:3045°33.6'N156°33.7'E43°58.3'N152°26.4'E44°45.5'N154°24.2'E 0.951 28° 251° 329 km 03m54.6s
05:3244°59.5'N157°47.3'E43°25.5'N153°31.7'E44°12.1'N155°33.2'E 0.950 27° 252° 332 km 03m53.8s
05:3444°24.9'N159°04.5'E42°52.4'N154°39.4'E43°38.4'N156°45.2'E 0.950 26° 254° 334 km 03m52.9s
05:3643°49.9'N160°25.9'E42°18.9'N155°50.0'E43°04.1'N158°00.5'E 0.950 25° 256° 337 km 03m51.9s
05:3843°14.2'N161°52.6'E41°44.9'N157°03.8'E42°29.4'N159°19.9'E 0.950 24° 257° 339 km 03m51.0s
05:4042°37.7'N163°25.8'E41°10.4'N158°21.6'E41°54.0'N160°44.3'E 0.949 23° 259° 342 km 03m49.9s
05:4242°00.2'N165°07.2'E40°35.2'N159°44.1'E41°17.8'N162°14.7'E 0.949 21° 260° 344 km 03m48.8s
05:4441°21.4'N166°59.2'E39°59.3'N161°12.4'E40°40.6'N163°52.8'E 0.949 20° 262° 347 km 03m47.6s
05:4640°40.8'N169°06.1'E39°22.3'N162°47.8'E40°02.2'N165°40.7'E 0.948 18° 264° 349 km 03m46.3s
05:4839°57.6'N171°35.0'E38°44.1'N164°32.5'E39°22.0'N167°41.9'E 0.948 16° 266° 352 km 03m44.9s
05:5039°09.8'N174°41.1'E38°04.2'N166°29.6'E38°39.4'N170°02.3'E 0.947 14° 268° 354 km 03m43.3s
05:5238°11.5'N179°14.0'E37°21.9'N168°44.1'E37°52.9'N172°53.8'E 0.946 11° 270° 356 km 03m41.4s
05:54 - - 36°36.0'N171°25.8'E36°58.3'N176°48.2'E 0.946 273° 359 km 03m39.0s
Limits37°01.8'N173°07.9'W33°56.5'N174°59.0'W35°27.5'N174°05.1'W 0.943 - 362 km 03m34.0s

ΔT = 30512.7 seconds

Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration
Event Time
TD
Time
UT1
Latitude Longitude Sun
Altitude
Sun
Azimuth
Path Width Central
Duration
Greatest Eclipse13:15:12.004:46:39.356°16.6'N005°40.4'E 37.0° 211.7° 286.2 km04m04.05s
Greatest Duration13:09:06.204:40:33.557°53.6'N129°55.0'E 36.8° 205.4° 283.5 km04m04.20s

Explanation of Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration

Links for the Annular Solar Eclipse of -1278 Sep 17

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Eclipse Predictions

Predictions for the Annular Solar Eclipse of -1278 Sep 17 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 30512.7 seconds for this eclipse. The uncertainty in ΔT is 1260.0 seconds corresponding to a standard error in longitude of the eclipse path of ± 5.26°.

Acknowledgments

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

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