Path of the Total Solar Eclipse of -1280 Oct 08

Fred Espenak

Introduction

The following table delineates the path of the Moon's umbral shadow during the Total Solar Eclipse of -1280 Oct 08 . 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 -1280 Oct 08
UT1 Northern Limit Southern Limit Central Line M:S Sun Sun Path Central
Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Ratio Alt. Azm. Width Duration
Limits20°44.1'S016°17.6'E21°53.4'S015°55.3'E21°18.6'S016°06.6'E 1.029 - 129 km 01m35.1s
04:4821°14.2'S025°19.6'E22°00.2'S018°33.0'E21°39.3'S022°43.5'E 1.031 89° 139 km 01m46.4s
04:5021°43.6'S029°44.6'E22°38.3'S026°10.3'E22°11.5'S028°03.9'E 1.033 12° 87° 148 km 01m56.9s
04:5222°11.1'S032°52.2'E23°09.0'S029°59.9'E22°40.5'S031°29.2'E 1.034 15° 85° 155 km 02m04.2s
04:5422°37.8'S035°23.6'E23°37.9'S032°52.5'E23°08.2'S034°10.2'E 1.035 18° 84° 159 km 02m10.2s
04:5623°04.0'S037°33.1'E24°05.8'S035°15.2'E23°35.2'S036°25.7'E 1.036 21° 82° 163 km 02m15.6s
04:5823°29.9'S039°27.4'E24°33.1'S037°18.8'E24°01.7'S038°24.4'E 1.036 23° 81° 167 km 02m20.4s
05:0023°55.5'S041°10.6'E25°00.0'S039°08.9'E24°28.0'S040°10.8'E 1.037 25° 80° 170 km 02m24.8s
05:0224°20.9'S042°45.1'E25°26.6'S040°48.8'E24°54.0'S041°47.9'E 1.037 27° 79° 173 km 02m28.9s
05:0424°46.2'S044°12.6'E25°53.0'S042°20.8'E25°19.8'S043°17.6'E 1.038 28° 77° 175 km 02m32.8s
05:0625°11.4'S045°34.4'E26°19.2'S043°46.3'E25°45.5'S044°41.2'E 1.038 30° 76° 177 km 02m36.4s
05:0825°36.6'S046°51.5'E26°45.3'S045°06.4'E26°11.1'S045°59.7'E 1.039 31° 75° 179 km 02m39.9s
05:1026°01.7'S048°04.5'E27°11.2'S046°22.1'E26°36.6'S047°14.0'E 1.039 33° 73° 181 km 02m43.2s
05:1226°26.7'S049°14.1'E27°37.1'S047°34.0'E27°02.0'S048°24.7'E 1.040 34° 72° 183 km 02m46.2s
05:1426°51.7'S050°20.6'E28°02.9'S048°42.7'E27°27.4'S049°32.2'E 1.040 35° 71° 184 km 02m49.2s
05:1627°16.7'S051°24.5'E28°28.7'S049°48.4'E27°52.8'S050°37.0'E 1.040 36° 69° 185 km 02m52.0s
05:1827°41.7'S052°26.0'E28°54.4'S050°51.7'E28°18.2'S051°39.4'E 1.040 38° 68° 187 km 02m54.7s
05:2028°06.7'S053°25.5'E29°20.1'S051°52.8'E28°43.5'S052°39.7'E 1.041 39° 67° 187 km 02m57.2s
05:2228°31.8'S054°23.2'E29°45.8'S052°52.0'E29°08.9'S053°38.1'E 1.041 40° 65° 188 km 02m59.6s
05:2428°56.8'S055°19.3'E30°11.5'S053°49.4'E29°34.2'S054°34.9'E 1.041 41° 64° 189 km 03m01.9s
05:2629°21.8'S056°14.0'E30°37.2'S054°45.4'E29°59.6'S055°30.2'E 1.041 41° 62° 190 km 03m04.1s
05:2829°46.9'S057°07.4'E31°02.9'S055°40.0'E30°25.0'S056°24.1'E 1.042 42° 61° 190 km 03m06.2s
05:3030°12.0'S057°59.6'E31°28.7'S056°33.4'E30°50.4'S057°17.0'E 1.042 43° 59° 191 km 03m08.1s
05:3230°37.2'S058°50.9'E31°54.4'S057°25.8'E31°15.8'S058°08.8'E 1.042 44° 57° 191 km 03m10.0s
05:3431°02.4'S059°41.2'E32°20.2'S058°17.3'E31°41.3'S058°59.7'E 1.042 45° 56° 191 km 03m11.7s
05:3631°27.6'S060°30.8'E32°46.0'S059°07.9'E32°06.8'S059°49.8'E 1.042 45° 54° 191 km 03m13.3s
05:3831°52.9'S061°19.7'E33°11.9'S059°57.9'E32°32.4'S060°39.2'E 1.043 46° 52° 191 km 03m14.9s
05:4032°18.2'S062°08.0'E33°37.8'S060°47.2'E32°58.0'S061°28.0'E 1.043 47° 51° 191 km 03m16.3s
05:4232°43.6'S062°55.8'E34°03.8'S061°36.0'E33°23.7'S062°16.3'E 1.043 47° 49° 191 km 03m17.6s
05:4433°09.1'S063°43.2'E34°29.9'S062°24.4'E33°49.5'S063°04.2'E 1.043 48° 47° 191 km 03m18.8s
05:4633°34.6'S064°30.2'E34°55.9'S063°12.5'E34°15.3'S063°51.7'E 1.043 48° 45° 191 km 03m19.9s
05:4834°00.2'S065°17.0'E35°22.1'S064°00.2'E34°41.1'S064°39.0'E 1.043 49° 43° 191 km 03m21.0s
05:5034°25.8'S066°03.5'E35°48.3'S064°47.8'E35°07.1'S065°26.0'E 1.043 49° 41° 190 km 03m21.9s
05:5234°51.6'S066°49.9'E36°14.6'S065°35.3'E35°33.1'S066°13.0'E 1.043 49° 39° 190 km 03m22.7s
05:5435°17.4'S067°36.2'E36°41.0'S066°22.7'E35°59.2'S066°59.8'E 1.043 50° 37° 190 km 03m23.4s
05:5635°43.3'S068°22.6'E37°07.5'S067°10.1'E36°25.3'S067°46.7'E 1.043 50° 35° 189 km 03m24.0s
05:5836°09.3'S069°09.0'E37°34.0'S067°57.6'E36°51.6'S068°33.6'E 1.043 50° 33° 189 km 03m24.6s
06:0036°35.3'S069°55.5'E38°00.6'S068°45.3'E37°17.9'S069°20.7'E 1.043 50° 31° 189 km 03m25.0s
06:0237°01.5'S070°42.2'E38°27.4'S069°33.2'E37°44.4'S070°08.0'E 1.044 50° 29° 188 km 03m25.3s
06:0437°27.7'S071°29.1'E38°54.2'S070°21.3'E38°10.9'S070°55.5'E 1.044 50° 27° 188 km 03m25.5s
06:0637°54.1'S072°16.4'E39°21.1'S071°09.9'E38°37.5'S071°43.4'E 1.044 50° 24° 187 km 03m25.6s
06:0838°20.5'S073°04.0'E39°48.1'S071°58.8'E39°04.3'S072°31.7'E 1.044 50° 22° 186 km 03m25.7s
06:1038°47.1'S073°52.1'E40°15.3'S072°48.3'E39°31.1'S073°20.4'E 1.044 50° 20° 186 km 03m25.6s
06:1239°13.8'S074°40.7'E40°42.5'S073°38.3'E39°58.0'S074°09.7'E 1.044 50° 18° 185 km 03m25.4s
06:1439°40.5'S075°29.9'E41°09.9'S074°28.9'E40°25.1'S074°59.6'E 1.044 50° 16° 185 km 03m25.1s
06:1640°07.4'S076°19.7'E41°37.3'S075°20.3'E40°52.3'S075°50.2'E 1.043 50° 14° 184 km 03m24.8s
06:1840°34.4'S077°10.3'E42°04.9'S076°12.5'E41°19.6'S076°41.6'E 1.043 50° 11° 183 km 03m24.3s
06:2041°01.5'S078°01.6'E42°32.7'S077°05.5'E41°47.0'S077°33.8'E 1.043 49° 183 km 03m23.7s
06:2241°28.8'S078°53.9'E43°00.5'S077°59.6'E42°14.5'S078°26.9'E 1.043 49° 182 km 03m23.1s
06:2441°56.2'S079°47.1'E43°28.5'S078°54.7'E42°42.2'S079°21.1'E 1.043 49° 181 km 03m22.3s
06:2642°23.7'S080°41.4'E43°56.6'S079°51.0'E43°10.0'S080°16.3'E 1.043 48° 181 km 03m21.4s
06:2842°51.3'S081°36.9'E44°24.8'S080°48.6'E43°37.9'S081°12.9'E 1.043 48° 180 km 03m20.4s
06:3043°19.1'S082°33.7'E44°53.2'S081°47.6'E44°06.0'S082°10.7'E 1.043 48° 358° 179 km 03m19.3s
06:3243°47.1'S083°31.8'E45°21.8'S082°48.1'E44°34.2'S083°10.0'E 1.043 47° 356° 178 km 03m18.2s
06:3444°15.1'S084°31.5'E45°50.5'S083°50.3'E45°02.6'S084°10.9'E 1.043 46° 354° 177 km 03m16.9s
06:3644°43.4'S085°32.8'E46°19.3'S084°54.2'E45°31.1'S085°13.5'E 1.043 46° 352° 177 km 03m15.5s
06:3845°11.8'S086°35.9'E46°48.3'S086°00.2'E45°59.8'S086°18.0'E 1.042 45° 350° 176 km 03m14.0s
06:4045°40.3'S087°40.9'E47°17.5'S087°08.3'E46°28.7'S087°24.5'E 1.042 44° 348° 175 km 03m12.4s
06:4246°09.0'S088°48.1'E47°46.8'S088°18.7'E46°57.7'S088°33.2'E 1.042 44° 345° 174 km 03m10.7s
06:4446°37.9'S089°57.6'E48°16.2'S089°31.6'E47°26.8'S089°44.4'E 1.042 43° 343° 173 km 03m08.8s
06:4647°06.9'S091°09.5'E48°45.9'S090°47.4'E47°56.2'S090°58.2'E 1.042 42° 341° 172 km 03m06.9s
06:4847°36.1'S092°24.3'E49°15.7'S092°06.2'E48°25.6'S092°15.0'E 1.042 41° 339° 171 km 03m04.9s
06:5048°05.5'S093°42.1'E49°45.6'S093°28.4'E48°55.3'S093°34.9'E 1.041 40° 337° 170 km 03m02.7s
06:5248°35.0'S095°03.2'E50°15.7'S094°54.3'E49°25.1'S094°58.3'E 1.041 39° 334° 170 km 03m00.4s
06:5449°04.8'S096°27.9'E50°46.0'S096°24.2'E49°55.1'S096°25.5'E 1.041 38° 332° 168 km 02m58.0s
06:5649°34.7'S097°56.7'E51°16.4'S097°58.7'E50°25.3'S097°57.1'E 1.041 37° 330° 167 km 02m55.5s
06:5850°04.7'S099°30.1'E51°47.0'S099°38.3'E50°55.6'S099°33.4'E 1.040 36° 328° 166 km 02m52.8s
07:0050°35.0'S101°08.4'E52°17.7'S101°23.5'E51°26.1'S101°15.1'E 1.040 35° 325° 165 km 02m50.0s
07:0251°05.4'S102°52.4'E52°48.6'S103°15.1'E51°56.7'S103°02.8'E 1.040 34° 323° 164 km 02m47.1s
07:0451°36.0'S104°42.8'E53°19.6'S105°14.1'E52°27.5'S104°57.3'E 1.039 32° 321° 163 km 02m43.9s
07:0652°06.7'S106°40.6'E53°50.6'S107°21.4'E52°58.4'S106°59.6'E 1.039 31° 318° 162 km 02m40.7s
07:0852°37.6'S108°46.7'E54°21.7'S109°38.4'E53°29.4'S109°11.0'E 1.039 30° 315° 160 km 02m37.2s
07:1053°08.5'S111°02.7'E54°52.8'S112°06.9'E54°00.4'S111°32.9'E 1.038 28° 313° 159 km 02m33.5s
07:1253°39.6'S113°30.3'E55°23.9'S114°49.1'E54°31.5'S114°07.5'E 1.038 26° 310° 157 km 02m29.6s
07:1454°10.7'S116°11.9'E55°54.8'S117°48.1'E55°02.5'S116°57.4'E 1.037 24° 307° 155 km 02m25.5s
07:1654°41.7'S119°11.0'E56°25.4'S121°08.4'E55°33.4'S120°06.4'E 1.037 22° 303° 154 km 02m21.0s
07:1855°12.6'S122°32.3'E56°55.5'S124°56.6'E56°04.0'S123°40.3'E 1.036 20° 300° 151 km 02m16.1s
07:2055°43.2'S126°23.4'E57°24.8'S129°24.1'E56°34.0'S127°48.2'E 1.035 18° 296° 149 km 02m10.7s
07:2256°13.1'S130°57.9'E57°52.4'S134°53.2'E57°02.9'S132°47.2'E 1.034 15° 291° 146 km 02m04.4s
07:2456°41.6'S136°43.9'E58°16.4'S142°22.2'E57°29.6'S139°16.6'E 1.033 11° 285° 142 km 01m56.8s
07:2657°06.6'S145°10.7'E - - 57°49.1'S150°06.6'E 1.031 275° 136 km 01m45.2s
Limits57°08.2'S159°16.4'E58°17.9'S159°43.7'E57°42.9'S159°29.9'E 1.030 - 131 km 01m36.2s

ΔT = 30550.9 seconds

Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration
Event Time
TD
Time
UT1
Latitude Longitude Sun
Altitude
Sun
Azimuth
Path Width Central
Duration
Greatest Eclipse14:36:09.906:06:59.038°50.6'S055°31.6'W 50.4° 23.4° 186.8 km03m25.67s
Greatest Duration14:36:39.806:07:28.938°57.3'S072°19.1'E 50.4° 22.9° 186.6 km03m25.68s

Explanation of Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration

Links for the Total Solar Eclipse of -1280 Oct 08

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Eclipse Predictions

Predictions for the Total Solar Eclipse of -1280 Oct 08 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 30550.9 seconds for this eclipse. The uncertainty in ΔT is 1265.1 seconds corresponding to a standard error in longitude of the eclipse path of ± 5.29°.

Acknowledgments

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

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"Eclipse Predictions by Fred Espenak, EclipseWise.com"

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