Path of the Total Solar Eclipse of -1481 Feb 17

Fred Espenak

Introduction

The following table delineates the path of the Moon's umbral shadow during the Total Solar Eclipse of -1481 Feb 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 .

Total Solar Eclipse of -1481 Feb 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
Limits30°03.2'S148°48.8'E31°00.4'S148°12.9'E30°31.8'S148°31.0'E 1.031 - 119 km 01m38.9s
19:4632°44.9'S158°09.1'E32°35.0'S153°24.3'E32°46.1'S156°04.9'E 1.034 105° 126 km 01m51.0s
19:4834°14.7'S163°45.4'E34°45.3'S160°57.8'E34°31.3'S162°25.2'E 1.035 13° 101° 132 km 02m02.4s
19:5035°13.9'S167°43.2'E35°57.1'S165°27.3'E35°36.3'S166°37.4'E 1.037 17° 99° 136 km 02m10.5s
19:5235°59.1'S170°57.7'E36°49.9'S168°59.2'E36°25.1'S170°00.1'E 1.038 20° 96° 139 km 02m17.3s
19:5436°35.8'S173°46.4'E37°32.0'S171°59.7'E37°04.3'S172°54.5'E 1.038 23° 94° 142 km 02m23.3s
19:5637°06.4'S176°17.4'E38°06.8'S174°39.8'E37°37.0'S175°29.8'E 1.039 25° 92° 144 km 02m28.8s
19:5837°32.5'S178°35.4'E38°36.4'S177°05.2'E38°04.8'S177°51.4'E 1.040 28° 90° 146 km 02m33.9s
20:0037°54.9'S179°16.8'W39°01.8'S179°19.4'E38°28.6'S179°57.7'W 1.040 30° 88° 147 km 02m38.6s
20:0238°14.2'S177°17.2'W39°23.7'S178°35.3'W38°49.2'S177°55.2'W 1.041 32° 86° 149 km 02m43.2s
20:0438°31.0'S175°24.3'W39°42.8'S176°37.2'W39°07.1'S175°59.8'W 1.041 34° 84° 150 km 02m47.5s
20:0638°45.5'S173°37.2'W39°59.4'S174°45.3'W39°22.6'S174°10.4'W 1.042 35° 83° 151 km 02m51.6s
20:0838°58.0'S171°55.0'W40°13.7'S172°58.6'W39°36.0'S172°26.0'W 1.042 37° 81° 153 km 02m55.6s
20:1039°08.8'S170°17.1'W40°26.2'S171°16.4'W39°47.6'S170°46.0'W 1.043 39° 79° 154 km 02m59.4s
20:1239°18.0'S168°43.0'W40°36.9'S169°38.3'W39°57.5'S169°09.9'W 1.043 40° 77° 155 km 03m03.0s
20:1439°25.7'S167°12.4'W40°45.9'S168°03.7'W40°05.9'S167°37.3'W 1.043 42° 76° 156 km 03m06.5s
20:1639°32.0'S165°44.7'W40°53.5'S166°32.2'W40°12.9'S166°07.8'W 1.044 43° 74° 156 km 03m09.9s
20:1839°37.2'S164°19.9'W40°59.8'S165°03.7'W40°18.5'S164°41.1'W 1.044 44° 72° 157 km 03m13.1s
20:2039°41.1'S162°57.6'W41°04.8'S163°37.8'W40°23.0'S163°17.1'W 1.044 46° 70° 158 km 03m16.3s
20:2239°44.0'S161°37.6'W41°08.6'S162°14.3'W40°26.3'S161°55.4'W 1.045 47° 68° 159 km 03m19.3s
20:2439°45.9'S160°19.8'W41°11.4'S160°53.1'W40°28.6'S160°35.9'W 1.045 48° 67° 160 km 03m22.2s
20:2639°46.8'S159°03.9'W41°13.0'S159°33.9'W40°29.9'S159°18.4'W 1.045 50° 65° 160 km 03m25.0s
20:2839°46.8'S157°50.0'W41°13.7'S158°16.6'W40°30.3'S158°02.8'W 1.045 51° 63° 161 km 03m27.7s
20:3039°45.9'S156°37.7'W41°13.5'S157°01.2'W40°29.7'S156°49.0'W 1.045 52° 61° 161 km 03m30.3s
20:3239°44.3'S155°27.1'W41°12.3'S155°47.4'W40°28.3'S155°36.8'W 1.046 53° 59° 162 km 03m32.7s
20:3439°41.8'S154°18.0'W41°10.4'S154°35.2'W40°26.1'S154°26.2'W 1.046 54° 57° 163 km 03m35.1s
20:3639°38.6'S153°10.3'W41°07.6'S153°24.6'W40°23.1'S153°17.1'W 1.046 55° 55° 163 km 03m37.4s
20:3839°34.7'S152°04.0'W41°04.0'S152°15.3'W40°19.3'S152°09.3'W 1.046 56° 53° 164 km 03m39.6s
20:4039°30.1'S150°59.0'W40°59.7'S151°07.4'W40°14.8'S151°02.9'W 1.046 57° 51° 164 km 03m41.6s
20:4239°24.8'S149°55.2'W40°54.6'S150°00.7'W40°09.7'S149°57.7'W 1.047 58° 49° 164 km 03m43.6s
20:4439°18.9'S148°52.6'W40°48.9'S148°55.3'W40°03.9'S148°53.7'W 1.047 59° 47° 165 km 03m45.4s
20:4639°12.3'S147°51.0'W40°42.5'S147°51.0'W39°57.4'S147°50.8'W 1.047 60° 44° 165 km 03m47.2s
20:4839°05.2'S146°50.5'W40°35.5'S146°47.9'W39°50.3'S146°49.0'W 1.047 61° 42° 166 km 03m48.9s
20:5038°57.5'S145°51.0'W40°27.8'S145°45.7'W39°42.6'S145°48.2'W 1.047 62° 40° 166 km 03m50.4s
20:5238°49.2'S144°52.5'W40°19.5'S144°44.6'W39°34.3'S144°48.4'W 1.047 63° 37° 166 km 03m51.9s
20:5438°40.4'S143°54.8'W40°10.6'S143°44.5'W39°25.4'S143°49.5'W 1.047 64° 34° 167 km 03m53.2s
20:5638°31.0'S142°58.1'W40°01.2'S142°45.2'W39°16.0'S142°51.5'W 1.047 64° 32° 167 km 03m54.5s
20:5838°21.1'S142°02.1'W39°51.2'S141°46.9'W39°06.1'S141°54.4'W 1.048 65° 29° 167 km 03m55.6s
21:0038°10.7'S141°06.9'W39°40.6'S140°49.3'W38°55.6'S140°58.1'W 1.048 66° 26° 168 km 03m56.7s
21:0237°59.8'S140°12.5'W39°29.5'S139°52.6'W38°44.6'S140°02.5'W 1.048 66° 23° 168 km 03m57.6s
21:0437°48.5'S139°18.7'W39°17.9'S138°56.7'W38°33.2'S139°07.7'W 1.048 67° 20° 168 km 03m58.4s
21:0637°36.6'S138°25.7'W39°05.8'S138°01.4'W38°21.2'S138°13.6'W 1.048 67° 17° 168 km 03m59.2s
21:0837°24.3'S137°33.2'W38°53.2'S137°06.9'W38°08.7'S137°20.1'W 1.048 68° 13° 169 km 03m59.8s
21:1037°11.6'S136°41.4'W38°40.1'S136°13.0'W37°55.8'S136°27.3'W 1.048 68° 10° 169 km 04m00.4s
21:1236°58.3'S135°50.2'W38°26.6'S135°19.8'W37°42.4'S135°35.1'W 1.048 69° 169 km 04m00.8s
21:1436°44.7'S134°59.5'W38°12.5'S134°27.1'W37°28.6'S134°43.4'W 1.048 69° 169 km 04m01.2s
21:1636°30.6'S134°09.4'W37°58.0'S133°35.1'W37°14.3'S133°52.3'W 1.048 69° 359° 169 km 04m01.4s
21:1836°16.1'S133°19.7'W37°43.1'S132°43.5'W36°59.5'S133°01.7'W 1.048 70° 356° 170 km 04m01.5s
21:2036°01.1'S132°30.5'W37°27.7'S131°52.5'W36°44.4'S132°11.6'W 1.048 70° 352° 170 km 04m01.6s
21:2235°45.8'S131°41.7'W37°11.8'S131°01.9'W36°28.8'S131°22.0'W 1.048 70° 348° 170 km 04m01.5s
21:2435°30.0'S130°53.3'W36°55.5'S130°11.8'W36°12.8'S130°32.7'W 1.048 70° 344° 170 km 04m01.4s
21:2635°13.8'S130°05.2'W36°38.8'S129°22.2'W35°56.3'S129°43.9'W 1.048 70° 341° 170 km 04m01.1s
21:2834°57.2'S129°17.5'W36°21.7'S128°32.8'W35°39.4'S128°55.4'W 1.048 70° 337° 170 km 04m00.8s
21:3034°40.2'S128°30.1'W36°04.1'S127°43.9'W35°22.2'S128°07.2'W 1.048 69° 333° 170 km 04m00.3s
21:3234°22.8'S127°43.0'W35°46.1'S126°55.3'W35°04.5'S127°19.4'W 1.048 69° 330° 170 km 03m59.8s
21:3434°05.0'S126°56.2'W35°27.7'S126°06.9'W34°46.4'S126°31.8'W 1.048 69° 326° 170 km 03m59.1s
21:3633°46.8'S126°09.5'W35°08.9'S125°18.8'W34°27.9'S125°44.4'W 1.048 68° 323° 170 km 03m58.4s
21:3833°28.2'S125°23.1'W34°49.6'S124°31.0'W34°08.9'S124°57.3'W 1.048 68° 320° 170 km 03m57.6s
21:4033°09.2'S124°36.7'W34°30.0'S123°43.3'W33°49.6'S124°10.3'W 1.048 68° 316° 170 km 03m56.7s
21:4232°49.8'S123°50.6'W34°09.9'S122°55.8'W33°29.9'S123°23.5'W 1.048 67° 313° 170 km 03m55.7s
21:4432°30.0'S123°04.4'W33°49.4'S122°08.5'W33°09.7'S122°36.7'W 1.048 66° 310° 170 km 03m54.6s
21:4632°09.7'S122°18.4'W33°28.4'S121°21.2'W32°49.1'S121°50.1'W 1.047 66° 308° 170 km 03m53.4s
21:4831°49.1'S121°32.4'W33°07.1'S120°33.9'W32°28.1'S121°03.4'W 1.047 65° 305° 170 km 03m52.1s
21:5031°28.1'S120°46.3'W32°45.3'S119°46.7'W32°06.7'S120°16.8'W 1.047 64° 302° 170 km 03m50.7s
21:5231°06.6'S120°00.2'W32°23.1'S118°59.5'W31°44.9'S119°30.1'W 1.047 64° 300° 170 km 03m49.2s
21:5430°44.7'S119°14.0'W32°00.4'S118°12.2'W31°22.6'S118°43.4'W 1.047 63° 297° 170 km 03m47.7s
21:5630°22.4'S118°27.6'W31°37.3'S117°24.7'W30°59.9'S117°56.5'W 1.047 62° 295° 170 km 03m46.0s
21:5829°59.6'S117°41.0'W31°13.7'S116°37.1'W30°36.8'S117°09.4'W 1.047 61° 293° 170 km 03m44.3s
22:0029°36.4'S116°54.2'W30°49.7'S115°49.3'W30°13.2'S116°22.1'W 1.047 60° 291° 169 km 03m42.5s
22:0229°12.7'S116°07.1'W30°25.2'S115°01.2'W29°49.1'S115°34.5'W 1.046 60° 289° 169 km 03m40.6s
22:0428°48.6'S115°19.7'W30°00.3'S114°12.8'W29°24.5'S114°46.6'W 1.046 59° 287° 169 km 03m38.6s
22:0628°24.0'S114°31.9'W29°34.8'S113°24.1'W28°59.5'S113°58.3'W 1.046 58° 285° 169 km 03m36.5s
22:0827°58.9'S113°43.6'W29°08.8'S112°34.8'W28°34.0'S113°09.6'W 1.046 57° 284° 168 km 03m34.4s
22:1027°33.3'S112°54.8'W28°42.3'S111°45.1'W28°07.9'S112°20.3'W 1.046 56° 282° 168 km 03m32.1s
22:1227°07.1'S112°05.4'W28°15.2'S110°54.8'W27°41.3'S111°30.4'W 1.045 54° 280° 168 km 03m29.8s
22:1426°40.5'S111°15.3'W27°47.6'S110°03.8'W27°14.2'S110°39.9'W 1.045 53° 279° 167 km 03m27.3s
22:1626°13.2'S110°24.4'W27°19.4'S109°12.0'W26°46.4'S109°48.6'W 1.045 52° 278° 167 km 03m24.8s
22:1825°45.3'S109°32.7'W26°50.6'S108°19.4'W26°18.1'S108°56.4'W 1.045 51° 276° 166 km 03m22.2s
22:2025°16.9'S108°40.1'W26°21.1'S107°25.9'W25°49.1'S108°03.3'W 1.045 50° 275° 166 km 03m19.5s
22:2224°47.7'S107°46.3'W25°50.9'S106°31.2'W25°19.5'S107°09.1'W 1.044 49° 274° 165 km 03m16.8s
22:2424°17.9'S106°51.3'W25°20.1'S105°35.3'W24°49.1'S106°13.7'W 1.044 47° 272° 164 km 03m13.9s
22:2623°47.3'S105°55.0'W24°48.4'S104°38.0'W24°18.0'S105°16.9'W 1.044 46° 271° 164 km 03m10.9s
22:2823°16.0'S104°57.2'W24°15.9'S103°39.2'W23°46.1'S104°18.6'W 1.043 45° 270° 163 km 03m07.8s
22:3022°43.8'S103°57.6'W23°42.6'S102°38.6'W23°13.4'S103°18.5'W 1.043 43° 269° 162 km 03m04.7s
22:3222°10.7'S102°56.2'W23°08.2'S101°36.0'W22°39.6'S102°16.5'W 1.043 42° 268° 161 km 03m01.4s
22:3421°36.6'S101°52.5'W22°32.9'S100°31.2'W22°04.9'S101°12.3'W 1.042 40° 267° 160 km 02m58.0s
22:3621°01.4'S100°46.3'W21°56.4'S099°23.8'W21°29.1'S100°05.5'W 1.042 39° 266° 159 km 02m54.5s
22:3820°25.0'S099°37.3'W21°18.6'S098°13.3'W20°52.0'S098°55.8'W 1.042 37° 265° 157 km 02m50.8s
22:4019°47.3'S098°25.0'W20°39.4'S096°59.5'W20°13.6'S097°42.7'W 1.041 36° 264° 156 km 02m47.0s
22:4219°08.1'S097°08.8'W19°58.6'S095°41.5'W19°33.6'S096°25.6'W 1.041 34° 263° 155 km 02m43.1s
22:4418°27.2'S095°48.0'W19°16.0'S094°18.7'W18°51.9'S095°03.9'W 1.040 32° 262° 153 km 02m38.9s
22:4617°44.4'S094°21.9'W18°31.1'S092°50.2'W18°08.1'S093°36.6'W 1.040 30° 261° 151 km 02m34.6s
22:4816°59.1'S092°49.1'W17°43.8'S091°14.4'W17°21.8'S092°02.3'W 1.039 28° 260° 149 km 02m30.1s
22:5016°11.1'S091°08.0'W16°53.2'S089°29.6'W16°32.5'S090°19.4'W 1.038 26° 259° 147 km 02m25.2s
22:5215°19.4'S089°16.2'W15°58.5'S087°32.8'W15°39.4'S088°25.3'W 1.038 23° 258° 144 km 02m20.0s
22:5414°23.0'S087°10.0'W14°58.4'S085°19.6'W14°41.2'S086°15.7'W 1.037 21° 258° 141 km 02m14.4s
22:5613°20.0'S084°42.8'W13°50.1'S082°41.5'W13°35.6'S083°43.4'W 1.036 18° 257° 137 km 02m08.0s
22:5812°06.3'S081°41.5'W12°27.9'S079°19.6'W12°18.0'S080°32.8'W 1.035 14° 256° 133 km 02m00.6s
23:0010°30.8'S077°28.9'W10°30.2'S074°03.5'W10°33.4'S075°54.2'W 1.033 255° 126 km 01m50.6s
Limits07°30.1'S068°15.4'W08°26.6'S067°46.2'W07°58.3'S068°00.9'W 1.030 - 115 km 01m36.0s

ΔT = 34659.3 seconds

Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration
Event Time
TD
Time
UT1
Latitude Longitude Sun
Altitude
Sun
Azimuth
Path Width Central
Duration
Greatest Eclipse07:00:48.221:23:08.936°19.6'S084°17.8'E 69.7° 346.1° 169.9 km04m01.44s
Greatest Duration06:57:30.921:19:51.636°45.5'S132°15.1'W 69.6° 352.3° 169.7 km04m01.58s

Explanation of Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration

Links for the Total Solar Eclipse of -1481 Feb 17

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Eclipse Predictions

Predictions for the Total Solar Eclipse of -1481 Feb 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 34659.3 seconds for this eclipse. The uncertainty in ΔT is 1840.8 seconds corresponding to a standard error in longitude of the eclipse path of ± 7.69°.

Acknowledgments

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

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