Path of the Total Solar Eclipse of -1397 Aug 14

Fred Espenak

Introduction

The following table delineates the path of the Moon's umbral shadow during the Total Solar Eclipse of -1397 Aug 14 . 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 -1397 Aug 14
UT1 Northern Limit Southern Limit Central Line M:S Sun Sun Path Central
Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Ratio Alt. Azm. Width Duration
Limits34°41.7'S064°00.4'E37°07.6'S064°20.4'E35°53.3'S064°09.9'E 1.046 - 259 km 02m48.2s
02:4431°26.6'S074°42.4'E - - 33°55.8'S070°15.6'E 1.048 63° 274 km 03m02.6s
02:4630°47.2'S077°43.3'E35°18.3'S070°07.7'E32°45.9'S074°44.3'E 1.049 10° 60° 288 km 03m14.5s
02:4830°22.2'S080°05.5'E34°10.8'S074°34.0'E32°09.2'S077°41.0'E 1.050 13° 58° 299 km 03m22.8s
02:5030°05.8'S082°05.6'E33°35.8'S077°29.6'E31°46.2'S080°00.9'E 1.051 15° 56° 308 km 03m29.6s
02:5229°55.3'S083°51.0'E33°14.2'S079°48.6'E31°31.3'S081°59.3'E 1.051 17° 55° 315 km 03m35.4s
02:5429°49.2'S085°25.7'E33°00.6'S081°46.5'E31°22.2'S083°43.5'E 1.052 18° 53° 322 km 03m40.6s
02:5629°46.6'S086°52.2'E32°52.6'S083°30.1'E31°17.3'S085°17.2'E 1.052 20° 52° 329 km 03m45.3s
02:5829°46.9'S088°12.3'E32°48.8'S085°03.5'E31°15.9'S086°43.0'E 1.052 21° 50° 335 km 03m49.6s
03:0029°49.7'S089°27.1'E32°48.4'S086°28.9'E31°17.3'S088°02.4'E 1.053 22° 49° 340 km 03m53.5s
03:0229°54.6'S090°37.5'E32°50.8'S087°48.1'E31°21.1'S089°16.7'E 1.053 23° 48° 344 km 03m57.0s
03:0430°01.5'S091°44.2'E32°55.7'S089°02.1'E31°27.1'S090°26.7'E 1.053 24° 46° 348 km 04m00.3s
03:0630°10.1'S092°47.7'E33°02.6'S090°11.9'E31°34.9'S091°33.0'E 1.054 25° 45° 352 km 04m03.3s
03:0830°20.3'S093°48.4'E33°11.5'S091°18.1'E31°44.5'S092°36.2'E 1.054 26° 44° 354 km 04m06.0s
03:1030°32.0'S094°46.8'E33°22.0'S092°21.3'E31°55.7'S093°36.7'E 1.054 27° 43° 357 km 04m08.5s
03:1230°45.0'S095°43.0'E33°34.2'S093°21.8'E32°08.3'S094°34.9'E 1.054 27° 41° 358 km 04m10.8s
03:1430°59.4'S096°37.4'E33°47.8'S094°20.0'E32°22.4'S095°31.1'E 1.055 28° 40° 360 km 04m12.8s
03:1631°15.1'S097°30.2'E34°02.9'S095°16.2'E32°37.7'S096°25.4'E 1.055 29° 39° 360 km 04m14.7s
03:1831°31.9'S098°21.6'E34°19.3'S096°10.7'E32°54.4'S097°18.2'E 1.055 29° 37° 361 km 04m16.3s
03:2031°49.9'S099°11.7'E34°36.9'S097°03.7'E33°12.2'S098°09.7'E 1.055 29° 36° 361 km 04m17.7s
03:2232°09.0'S100°00.7'E34°55.8'S097°55.3'E33°31.3'S098°59.9'E 1.055 30° 34° 360 km 04m19.0s
03:2432°29.3'S100°48.7'E35°16.0'S098°45.8'E33°51.4'S099°49.1'E 1.055 30° 33° 359 km 04m20.0s
03:2632°50.6'S101°35.9'E35°37.3'S099°35.3'E34°12.8'S100°37.3'E 1.055 30° 32° 358 km 04m20.9s
03:2833°13.1'S102°22.4'E35°59.8'S100°23.9'E34°35.2'S101°24.8'E 1.055 31° 30° 356 km 04m21.6s
03:3033°36.6'S103°08.2'E36°23.5'S101°11.8'E34°58.8'S102°11.6'E 1.055 31° 29° 354 km 04m22.1s
03:3234°01.2'S103°53.5'E36°48.4'S101°59.1'E35°23.5'S102°57.8'E 1.055 31° 28° 352 km 04m22.4s
03:3434°26.9'S104°38.5'E37°14.5'S102°46.0'E35°49.4'S103°43.7'E 1.055 31° 26° 349 km 04m22.5s
03:3634°53.6'S105°23.1'E37°41.7'S103°32.4'E36°16.4'S104°29.2'E 1.055 31° 25° 347 km 04m22.5s
03:3835°21.5'S106°07.5'E38°10.2'S104°18.6'E36°44.5'S105°14.4'E 1.055 31° 23° 344 km 04m22.3s
03:4035°50.5'S106°51.7'E38°39.9'S105°04.7'E37°13.9'S105°59.5'E 1.055 31° 22° 341 km 04m21.9s
03:4236°20.7'S107°36.0'E39°10.9'S105°50.8'E37°44.4'S106°44.6'E 1.055 31° 20° 338 km 04m21.4s
03:4436°52.1'S108°20.3'E39°43.3'S106°36.9'E38°16.2'S107°29.8'E 1.055 31° 19° 335 km 04m20.7s
03:4637°24.7'S109°04.8'E40°17.0'S107°23.2'E38°49.4'S108°15.2'E 1.055 31° 18° 331 km 04m19.8s
03:4837°58.6'S109°49.6'E40°52.2'S108°09.9'E39°23.8'S109°00.9'E 1.055 30° 16° 328 km 04m18.7s
03:5038°33.8'S110°34.8'E41°28.8'S108°57.0'E39°59.7'S109°47.0'E 1.055 30° 15° 325 km 04m17.5s
03:5239°10.5'S111°20.6'E42°07.1'S109°44.7'E40°37.1'S110°33.7'E 1.055 30° 13° 321 km 04m16.1s
03:5439°48.6'S112°06.9'E42°47.1'S110°33.2'E41°16.1'S111°21.1'E 1.055 29° 12° 318 km 04m14.5s
03:5640°28.3'S112°54.1'E43°28.9'S111°22.7'E41°56.7'S112°09.4'E 1.055 29° 10° 315 km 04m12.7s
03:5841°09.6'S113°42.3'E44°12.6'S112°13.2'E42°39.1'S112°58.7'E 1.054 28° 311 km 04m10.8s
04:0041°52.7'S114°31.6'E44°58.5'S113°05.2'E43°23.5'S113°49.2'E 1.054 28° 308 km 04m08.7s
04:0242°37.8'S115°22.2'E45°46.7'S113°58.7'E44°10.0'S114°41.2'E 1.054 27° 305 km 04m06.4s
04:0443°25.0'S116°14.5'E46°37.4'S114°54.2'E44°58.8'S115°35.0'E 1.054 26° 301 km 04m03.8s
04:0644°14.5'S117°08.6'E47°31.1'S115°52.0'E45°50.2'S116°30.9'E 1.054 25° 298 km 04m01.1s
04:0845°06.5'S118°04.9'E48°27.9'S116°52.6'E46°44.4'S117°29.2'E 1.053 25° 295 km 03m58.2s
04:1046°01.4'S119°03.9'E49°28.5'S117°56.5'E47°41.8'S118°30.5'E 1.053 24° 360° 292 km 03m55.0s
04:1246°59.5'S120°06.0'E50°33.4'S119°04.5'E48°42.9'S119°35.3'E 1.053 23° 358° 288 km 03m51.5s
04:1448°01.4'S121°11.9'E51°43.4'S120°17.6'E49°48.4'S120°44.5'E 1.052 21° 356° 285 km 03m47.8s
04:1649°07.6'S122°22.4'E52°59.7'S121°37.2'E50°58.9'S121°59.0'E 1.052 20° 355° 282 km 03m43.8s
04:1850°18.9'S123°38.6'E54°24.0'S123°05.3'E52°15.8'S123°20.5'E 1.052 19° 353° 279 km 03m39.3s
04:2051°36.6'S125°02.2'E55°58.8'S124°45.2'E53°40.6'S124°51.0'E 1.051 17° 351° 276 km 03m34.5s
04:2253°02.4'S126°35.5'E57°48.7'S126°42.4'E55°15.9'S126°34.1'E 1.051 15° 349° 273 km 03m29.1s
04:2454°38.8'S128°22.2'E60°02.7'S129°08.6'E57°06.3'S128°35.6'E 1.050 13° 347° 270 km 03m22.9s
04:2656°30.7'S130°28.8'E63°06.9'S132°37.0'E59°20.9'S131°08.0'E 1.049 11° 344° 267 km 03m15.5s
04:2858°47.6'S133°09.4'E - - 62°26.0'S134°47.7'E 1.048 340° 264 km 03m05.7s
Limits68°02.4'S145°40.7'E69°16.3'S140°15.4'E68°40.4'S143°06.2'E 1.046 - 259 km 02m47.5s

ΔT = 32906.4 seconds

Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration
Event Time
TD
Time
UT1
Latitude Longitude Sun
Altitude
Sun
Azimuth
Path Width Central
Duration
Greatest Eclipse12:44:56.003:36:29.736°23.2'S032°48.8'W 31.1° 24.4° 346.1 km04m22.47s
Greatest Duration12:43:07.203:34:40.935°58.4'S103°59.2'E 31.1° 25.7° 348.5 km04m22.54s

Explanation of Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration

Links for the Total Solar Eclipse of -1397 Aug 14

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Eclipse Predictions

Predictions for the Total Solar Eclipse of -1397 Aug 14 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 32906.4 seconds for this eclipse. The uncertainty in ΔT is 1588.5 seconds corresponding to a standard error in longitude of the eclipse path of ± 6.64°.

Acknowledgments

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

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