Path of the Total Solar Eclipse of 1059 Feb 15

Fred Espenak

Introduction

The following table delineates the path of the Moon's umbral shadow during the Total Solar Eclipse of 1059 Feb 15 . 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 1059 Feb 15
UT1 Northern Limit Southern Limit Central Line M:S Sun Sun Path Central
Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Ratio Alt. Azm. Width Duration
Limits32°07.7'N037°52.0'E30°03.1'N038°06.7'E31°04.5'N037°59.5'E 1.037 - 219 km 02m09.2s
04:10 - - 28°45.1'N047°20.3'E30°21.6'N042°18.0'E 1.038 105° 231 km 02m17.4s
04:1231°18.6'N043°21.3'E28°35.6'N050°48.8'E29°49.6'N047°46.8'E 1.040 108° 248 km 02m29.0s
04:1430°57.9'N047°59.2'E28°37.3'N053°23.5'E29°44.8'N050°57.7'E 1.041 12° 110° 259 km 02m36.2s
04:1630°56.6'N050°57.6'E28°44.8'N055°30.5'E29°49.0'N053°23.9'E 1.041 14° 112° 268 km 02m41.9s
04:1831°03.0'N053°17.4'E28°56.3'N057°20.0'E29°58.5'N055°25.7'E 1.042 16° 113° 276 km 02m46.8s
04:2031°14.2'N055°15.0'E29°10.6'N058°57.2'E30°11.5'N057°11.4'E 1.043 18° 115° 282 km 02m51.1s
04:2231°28.6'N056°57.8'E29°27.2'N060°25.0'E30°27.1'N058°45.8'E 1.043 20° 116° 288 km 02m54.9s
04:2431°45.5'N058°29.8'E29°45.6'N061°45.5'E30°44.9'N060°11.4'E 1.043 21° 117° 292 km 02m58.4s
04:2632°04.4'N059°53.5'E30°05.7'N063°00.2'E31°04.5'N061°30.1'E 1.044 22° 119° 296 km 03m01.6s
04:2832°25.0'N061°10.7'E30°27.2'N064°10.0'E31°25.6'N062°43.2'E 1.044 23° 120° 300 km 03m04.5s
04:3032°47.2'N062°22.6'E30°49.9'N065°15.6'E31°48.0'N063°51.7'E 1.044 24° 121° 302 km 03m07.1s
04:3233°10.6'N063°30.0'E31°13.8'N066°17.8'E32°11.7'N064°56.3'E 1.045 25° 123° 304 km 03m09.6s
04:3433°35.3'N064°33.7'E31°38.8'N067°17.0'E32°36.6'N065°57.5'E 1.045 26° 124° 306 km 03m11.8s
04:3634°01.1'N065°34.1'E32°04.7'N068°13.5'E33°02.4'N066°55.9'E 1.045 27° 125° 307 km 03m13.8s
04:3834°27.9'N066°31.7'E32°31.7'N069°07.7'E33°29.3'N067°51.7'E 1.045 27° 127° 307 km 03m15.7s
04:4034°55.8'N067°26.9'E32°59.5'N069°59.9'E33°57.2'N068°45.3'E 1.046 28° 128° 307 km 03m17.4s
04:4235°24.6'N068°20.1'E33°28.2'N070°50.4'E34°26.0'N069°37.0'E 1.046 29° 129° 307 km 03m18.9s
04:4435°54.4'N069°11.3'E33°57.8'N071°39.2'E34°55.6'N070°27.0'E 1.046 29° 131° 306 km 03m20.2s
04:4636°25.1'N070°00.9'E34°28.3'N072°26.7'E35°26.2'N071°15.5'E 1.046 30° 132° 305 km 03m21.4s
04:4836°56.6'N070°49.1'E34°59.5'N073°12.9'E35°57.6'N072°02.7'E 1.046 30° 133° 304 km 03m22.5s
04:5037°29.1'N071°36.1'E35°31.6'N073°58.1'E36°29.9'N072°48.7'E 1.046 30° 135° 302 km 03m23.4s
04:5238°02.5'N072°21.9'E36°04.6'N074°42.3'E37°03.0'N073°33.7'E 1.046 31° 136° 301 km 03m24.2s
04:5438°36.8'N073°06.8'E36°38.4'N075°25.7'E37°37.1'N074°17.8'E 1.046 31° 138° 299 km 03m24.8s
04:5639°12.0'N073°50.9'E37°13.0'N076°08.4'E38°12.0'N075°01.1'E 1.046 31° 139° 296 km 03m25.3s
04:5839°48.1'N074°34.2'E37°48.5'N076°50.5'E38°47.7'N075°43.8'E 1.046 31° 140° 294 km 03m25.7s
05:0040°25.2'N075°17.0'E38°24.8'N077°32.1'E39°24.4'N076°26.0'E 1.047 32° 142° 292 km 03m25.9s
05:0241°03.2'N075°59.4'E39°02.1'N078°13.4'E40°02.1'N077°07.8'E 1.047 32° 143° 289 km 03m26.0s
05:0441°42.3'N076°41.3'E39°40.2'N078°54.3'E40°40.6'N077°49.3'E 1.047 32° 145° 287 km 03m25.9s
05:0642°22.4'N077°23.1'E40°19.4'N079°35.1'E41°20.2'N078°30.5'E 1.047 32° 146° 284 km 03m25.8s
05:0843°03.5'N078°04.7'E40°59.4'N080°15.8'E42°00.8'N079°11.7'E 1.046 31° 148° 282 km 03m25.5s
05:1043°45.8'N078°46.2'E41°40.6'N080°56.5'E42°42.5'N079°52.8'E 1.046 31° 149° 279 km 03m25.0s
05:1244°29.2'N079°27.9'E42°22.7'N081°37.3'E43°25.2'N080°34.0'E 1.046 31° 151° 277 km 03m24.5s
05:1445°13.9'N080°09.8'E43°06.0'N082°18.4'E44°09.2'N081°15.5'E 1.046 31° 152° 274 km 03m23.8s
05:1645°59.9'N080°51.9'E43°50.5'N082°59.8'E44°54.4'N081°57.3'E 1.046 31° 154° 271 km 03m22.9s
05:1846°47.3'N081°34.6'E44°36.2'N083°41.6'E45°40.9'N082°39.6'E 1.046 30° 155° 269 km 03m22.0s
05:2047°36.2'N082°17.8'E45°23.2'N084°24.1'E46°28.8'N083°22.4'E 1.046 30° 157° 266 km 03m20.9s
05:2248°26.7'N083°01.8'E46°11.6'N085°07.3'E47°18.2'N084°06.1'E 1.046 29° 158° 264 km 03m19.6s
05:2449°18.9'N083°46.8'E47°01.6'N085°51.4'E48°09.2'N084°50.6'E 1.046 29° 160° 261 km 03m18.3s
05:2650°13.0'N084°32.9'E47°53.1'N086°36.5'E49°02.0'N085°36.3'E 1.046 28° 161° 259 km 03m16.7s
05:2851°09.2'N085°20.3'E48°46.4'N087°23.0'E49°56.6'N086°23.3'E 1.045 28° 163° 256 km 03m15.1s
05:3052°07.6'N086°09.4'E49°41.6'N088°11.0'E50°53.3'N087°11.8'E 1.045 27° 164° 254 km 03m13.2s
05:3253°08.5'N087°00.4'E50°39.0'N089°00.7'E51°52.3'N088°02.2'E 1.045 26° 166° 251 km 03m11.2s
05:3454°12.3'N087°53.7'E51°38.6'N089°52.6'E52°53.9'N088°54.9'E 1.045 26° 168° 249 km 03m09.1s
05:3655°19.2'N088°49.8'E52°40.9'N090°47.0'E53°58.4'N089°50.2'E 1.045 25° 169° 247 km 03m06.7s
05:3856°29.9'N089°49.4'E53°46.1'N091°44.4'E55°06.1'N090°48.7'E 1.044 24° 171° 245 km 03m04.2s
05:4057°44.9'N090°53.0'E54°54.7'N092°45.4'E56°17.6'N091°51.0'E 1.044 23° 173° 242 km 03m01.4s
05:4259°05.0'N092°01.9'E56°07.2'N093°50.7'E57°33.5'N092°58.2'E 1.044 22° 174° 240 km 02m58.4s
05:4460°31.4'N093°17.5'E57°24.2'N095°01.5'E58°54.8'N094°11.3'E 1.043 20° 176° 238 km 02m55.2s
05:4662°05.8'N094°41.7'E58°46.7'N096°19.1'E60°22.5'N095°32.1'E 1.043 19° 178° 236 km 02m51.6s
05:4863°50.6'N096°18.1'E60°16.1'N097°45.6'E61°58.6'N097°03.2'E 1.042 17° 180° 234 km 02m47.6s
05:5065°50.2'N098°12.5'E61°54.2'N099°24.0'E63°45.7'N098°48.7'E 1.042 15° 183° 231 km 02m43.2s
05:5268°13.0'N100°36.6'E63°44.1'N101°19.6'E65°48.7'N100°56.1'E 1.041 13° 185° 229 km 02m38.1s
05:5471°21.1'N104°03.3'E65°51.4'N103°41.9'E68°17.3'N103°41.4'E 1.040 11° 188° 227 km 02m32.0s
05:56 - - 68°27.8'N106°52.7'E71°39.7'N107°53.5'E 1.039 193° 224 km 02m23.8s
Limits78°36.8'N114°20.0'E77°45.6'N122°59.3'E78°13.1'N118°53.5'E 1.037 - 220 km 02m08.7s

ΔT = 1257.6 seconds

Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration
Event Time
TD
Time
UT1
Latitude Longitude Sun
Altitude
Sun
Azimuth
Path Width Central
Duration
Greatest Eclipse05:24:44.105:03:46.540°36.2'N072°29.3'E 31.6° 144.7° 287.3 km03m25.95s
Greatest Duration05:23:19.805:02:22.240°09.1'N077°15.5'E 31.6° 143.6° 289.0 km03m25.98s

Explanation of Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration

Links for the Total Solar Eclipse of 1059 Feb 15

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Eclipse Predictions

Predictions for the Total Solar Eclipse of 1059 Feb 15 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 1257.6 seconds for this eclipse. The uncertainty in ΔT is 46.3 seconds corresponding to a standard error in longitude of the eclipse path of ± 0.19°.

Acknowledgments

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

Permission is granted to reproduce eclipse data when accompanied by a link to this page and an acknowledgment:

"Eclipse Predictions by Fred Espenak, EclipseWise.com"

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