Path of the Total Solar Eclipse of -1356 May 13

Fred Espenak

Introduction

The following table delineates the path of the Moon's umbral shadow during the Total Solar Eclipse of -1356 May 13 . 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 -1356 May 13
UT1 Northern Limit Southern Limit Central Line M:S Sun Sun Path Central
Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Ratio Alt. Azm. Width Duration
Limits43°48.0'N093°58.6'W42°33.0'N092°46.8'W43°10.2'N093°22.1'W 1.023 - 164 km 01m11.3s
11:08 - - 45°06.6'N084°28.8'W44°05.2'N090°13.2'W 1.024 72° 170 km 01m14.7s
11:1046°02.2'N087°00.3'W46°49.7'N079°54.7'W46°33.5'N083°03.8'W 1.025 77° 186 km 01m23.5s
11:1247°52.9'N082°13.5'W48°10.0'N076°42.6'W48°04.6'N079°19.0'W 1.026 11° 80° 193 km 01m28.5s
11:1449°17.2'N078°58.5'W49°20.0'N074°06.7'W49°20.7'N076°27.2'W 1.027 14° 83° 198 km 01m32.4s
11:1650°30.3'N076°21.6'W50°23.9'N071°52.0'W50°28.7'N074°02.8'W 1.028 16° 86° 201 km 01m35.7s
11:1851°36.8'N074°06.5'W51°23.5'N069°51.4'W51°31.5'N071°55.8'W 1.028 18° 88° 204 km 01m38.5s
11:2052°38.9'N072°05.9'W52°20.1'N068°00.8'W52°30.6'N070°00.6'W 1.029 19° 90° 206 km 01m41.1s
11:2253°37.7'N070°15.6'W53°14.2'N066°17.7'W53°26.9'N068°14.1'W 1.029 20° 92° 208 km 01m43.5s
11:2454°34.0'N068°32.7'W54°06.4'N064°40.3'W54°21.1'N066°34.2'W 1.029 22° 94° 209 km 01m45.6s
11:2655°28.3'N066°55.7'W54°57.0'N063°07.3'W55°13.5'N064°59.3'W 1.030 23° 97° 210 km 01m47.6s
11:2856°20.9'N065°23.0'W55°46.3'N061°37.9'W56°04.4'N063°28.3'W 1.030 24° 99° 211 km 01m49.4s
11:3057°12.2'N063°53.7'W56°34.4'N060°11.0'W56°54.1'N062°00.2'W 1.030 25° 101° 211 km 01m51.1s
11:3258°02.3'N062°27.0'W57°21.6'N058°46.2'W57°42.7'N060°34.5'W 1.030 26° 103° 211 km 01m52.6s
11:3458°51.5'N061°02.2'W58°07.9'N057°22.9'W58°30.3'N059°10.5'W 1.030 26° 105° 211 km 01m54.0s
11:3659°39.8'N059°38.8'W58°53.4'N056°00.6'W59°17.2'N057°47.6'W 1.031 27° 107° 211 km 01m55.3s
11:3860°27.3'N058°16.3'W59°38.3'N054°39.0'W60°03.4'N056°25.4'W 1.031 28° 109° 211 km 01m56.5s
11:4061°14.2'N056°54.1'W60°22.5'N053°17.5'W60°48.9'N055°03.6'W 1.031 28° 111° 211 km 01m57.6s
11:4262°00.5'N055°32.0'W61°06.2'N051°55.9'W61°33.9'N053°41.6'W 1.031 29° 114° 210 km 01m58.6s
11:4462°46.2'N054°09.5'W61°49.4'N050°33.8'W62°18.4'N052°19.2'W 1.031 29° 116° 210 km 01m59.5s
11:4663°31.5'N052°46.3'W62°32.2'N049°10.9'W63°02.3'N050°56.1'W 1.031 30° 118° 209 km 02m00.3s
11:4864°16.4'N051°21.8'W63°14.5'N047°46.9'W63°45.9'N049°31.7'W 1.031 30° 120° 209 km 02m01.0s
11:5065°00.8'N049°55.9'W63°56.4'N046°21.3'W64°29.1'N048°05.9'W 1.032 30° 123° 208 km 02m01.6s
11:5265°44.9'N048°28.0'W64°37.9'N044°54.0'W65°11.8'N046°38.1'W 1.032 31° 125° 208 km 02m02.2s
11:5466°28.6'N046°57.8'W65°19.1'N043°24.4'W65°54.2'N045°08.1'W 1.032 31° 128° 207 km 02m02.6s
11:5667°12.0'N045°24.7'W65°59.9'N041°52.3'W66°36.3'N043°35.4'W 1.032 31° 130° 206 km 02m03.0s
11:5867°55.1'N043°48.4'W66°40.3'N040°17.3'W67°18.0'N041°59.6'W 1.032 31° 133° 206 km 02m03.2s
12:0068°37.8'N042°08.3'W67°20.4'N038°38.8'W67°59.4'N040°20.1'W 1.032 31° 135° 205 km 02m03.4s
12:0269°20.2'N040°23.8'W68°00.1'N036°56.5'W68°40.4'N038°36.6'W 1.032 32° 138° 204 km 02m03.5s
12:0470°02.2'N038°34.3'W68°39.4'N035°09.8'W69°21.0'N036°48.4'W 1.032 32° 141° 204 km 02m03.5s
12:0670°43.9'N036°39.1'W69°18.3'N033°18.2'W70°01.2'N034°54.8'W 1.032 32° 144° 203 km 02m03.4s
12:0871°25.1'N034°37.4'W69°56.7'N031°21.0'W70°41.0'N032°55.2'W 1.032 31° 147° 202 km 02m03.3s
12:1072°05.8'N032°28.2'W70°34.6'N029°17.7'W71°20.3'N030°48.9'W 1.032 31° 150° 201 km 02m03.0s
12:1272°46.0'N030°10.6'W71°12.0'N027°07.3'W71°59.0'N028°34.9'W 1.032 31° 153° 201 km 02m02.7s
12:1473°25.6'N027°43.4'W71°48.7'N024°49.2'W72°37.1'N026°12.2'W 1.031 31° 156° 200 km 02m02.3s
12:1674°04.5'N025°05.3'W72°24.7'N022°22.4'W73°14.5'N023°39.8'W 1.031 31° 160° 199 km 02m01.8s
12:1874°42.4'N022°14.9'W72°59.9'N019°46.0'W73°51.0'N020°56.6'W 1.031 30° 164° 198 km 02m01.2s
12:2075°19.3'N019°10.5'W73°34.0'N016°58.7'W74°26.5'N018°01.0'W 1.031 30° 168° 198 km 02m00.5s
12:2275°55.0'N015°50.3'W74°07.1'N013°59.5'W75°00.7'N014°51.8'W 1.031 30° 172° 197 km 01m59.7s
12:2476°29.0'N012°12.3'W74°38.8'N010°47.0'W75°33.6'N011°27.3'W 1.031 29° 176° 196 km 01m58.8s
12:2677°01.2'N008°14.5'W75°08.9'N007°20.0'W76°04.7'N007°46.0'W 1.031 29° 181° 195 km 01m57.9s
12:2877°31.1'N003°54.8'W75°37.1'N003°37.1'W76°33.7'N003°46.0'W 1.031 28° 186° 195 km 01m56.8s
12:3077°58.2'N000°48.8'E76°03.2'N000°22.9'E77°00.3'N000°34.0'E 1.030 28° 191° 194 km 01m55.6s
12:3278°22.0'N005°58.0'E76°26.7'N004°41.4'E77°23.9'N005°15.5'E 1.030 27° 197° 193 km 01m54.3s
12:3478°41.7'N011°33.5'E76°47.1'N009°19.0'E77°44.0'N010°19.5'E 1.030 26° 203° 192 km 01m53.0s
12:3678°56.6'N017°35.4'E77°04.0'N014°16.6'E78°00.1'N015°46.3'E 1.030 26° 209° 191 km 01m51.5s
12:3879°05.8'N024°02.3'E77°16.7'N019°33.9'E78°11.3'N021°35.4'E 1.030 25° 215° 190 km 01m49.8s
12:4079°08.6'N030°51.1'E77°24.7'N025°10.5'E78°17.0'N027°45.3'E 1.029 24° 222° 189 km 01m48.1s
12:4279°04.0'N037°57.3'E77°27.2'N031°04.9'E78°16.4'N034°13.4'E 1.029 23° 230° 188 km 01m46.2s
12:4478°51.1'N045°15.3'E77°23.5'N037°15.0'E78°08.6'N040°56.2'E 1.029 22° 237° 187 km 01m44.1s
12:4678°29.1'N052°39.3'E77°12.9'N043°38.3'E77°52.9'N047°49.6'E 1.028 20° 245° 186 km 01m41.9s
12:4877°57.0'N060°04.4'E76°54.5'N050°12.1'E77°28.2'N054°49.8'E 1.028 19° 252° 185 km 01m39.5s
12:5077°13.6'N067°28.0'E76°27.3'N056°54.1'E76°53.6'N061°54.1'E 1.027 18° 260° 183 km 01m36.8s
12:5276°17.0'N074°50.9'E75°49.9'N063°43.5'E76°07.4'N069°02.2'E 1.027 16° 268° 181 km 01m33.8s
12:5475°04.0'N082°20.5'E75°00.6'N070°42.1'E75°07.3'N076°17.4'E 1.026 14° 276° 179 km 01m30.4s
12:5673°26.8'N090°16.3'E73°55.9'N077°56.6'E73°48.4'N083°51.4'E 1.026 12° 284° 176 km 01m26.5s
12:5871°00.9'N099°46.1'E72°28.8'N085°45.4'E71°58.7'N092°16.8'E 1.025 292° 172 km 01m21.5s
13:00 - - 70°17.7'N095°11.2'E68°34.9'N104°36.0'E 1.023 304° 164 km 01m13.2s
Limits67°03.5'N112°10.0'E66°04.6'N109°32.2'E66°34.0'N110°49.1'E 1.022 - 159 km 01m08.7s

ΔT = 32077.2 seconds

Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration
Event Time
TD
Time
UT1
Latitude Longitude Sun
Altitude
Sun
Azimuth
Path Width Central
Duration
Greatest Eclipse20:58:48.212:04:11.069°24.7'N170°39.4'W 31.6° 141.1° 203.5 km02m03.52s
Greatest Duration20:57:51.812:03:14.669°05.7'N037°29.9'W 31.6° 139.8° 203.8 km02m03.53s

Explanation of Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration

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Eclipse Predictions

Predictions for the Total Solar Eclipse of -1356 May 13 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 32077.2 seconds for this eclipse. The uncertainty in ΔT is 1472.5 seconds corresponding to a standard error in longitude of the eclipse path of ± 6.15°.

Acknowledgments

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

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