Path of the Total Solar Eclipse of 1072 May 20

Fred Espenak

Introduction

The following table delineates the path of the Moon's umbral shadow during the Total Solar Eclipse of 1072 May 20 . 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 1072 May 20
UT1 Northern Limit Southern Limit Central Line M:S Sun Sun Path Central
Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Ratio Alt. Azm. Width Duration
Limits19°11.9'S095°13.4'W19°32.0'S095°03.6'W19°21.9'S095°08.5'W 1.012 - 41 km 00m41.3s
12:4816°21.0'S088°37.6'W16°34.8'S088°04.5'W16°27.7'S088°20.7'W 1.014 65° 48 km 00m51.4s
12:5013°49.0'S083°29.5'W14°07.7'S083°01.0'W13°58.2'S083°15.1'W 1.016 13° 64° 55 km 01m00.4s
12:5212°03.8'S080°15.5'W12°24.7'S079°47.4'W12°14.1'S080°01.3'W 1.017 17° 63° 59 km 01m06.8s
12:5410°37.1'S077°45.6'W10°59.6'S077°17.4'W10°48.2'S077°31.3'W 1.018 21° 62° 62 km 01m12.2s
12:5609°21.3'S075°40.8'W09°45.1'S075°12.4'W09°33.1'S075°26.5'W 1.019 23° 62° 65 km 01m17.0s
12:5808°13.0'S073°52.8'W08°37.8'S073°24.0'W08°25.3'S073°38.3'W 1.019 26° 61° 67 km 01m21.5s
13:0007°10.1'S072°17.0'W07°35.8'S071°47.8'W07°22.8'S072°02.2'W 1.020 28° 61° 69 km 01m25.6s
13:0206°11.5'S070°50.3'W06°38.1'S070°20.8'W06°24.7'S070°35.4'W 1.021 30° 61° 71 km 01m29.5s
13:0405°16.3'S069°31.0'W05°43.7'S069°01.1'W05°29.9'S069°15.9'W 1.021 32° 61° 73 km 01m33.2s
13:0604°24.1'S068°17.6'W04°52.2'S067°47.4'W04°38.1'S068°02.4'W 1.022 34° 60° 75 km 01m36.7s
13:0803°34.3'S067°09.2'W04°03.2'S066°38.6'W03°48.6'S066°53.8'W 1.022 36° 60° 76 km 01m40.1s
13:1002°46.7'S066°04.9'W03°16.2'S065°34.1'W03°01.4'S065°49.4'W 1.023 38° 60° 78 km 01m43.4s
13:1202°01.0'S065°04.3'W02°31.1'S064°33.2'W02°16.0'S064°48.6'W 1.023 40° 60° 79 km 01m46.6s
13:1401°17.0'S064°06.7'W01°47.7'S063°35.3'W01°32.3'S063°50.9'W 1.023 41° 60° 80 km 01m49.6s
13:1600°34.5'S063°11.9'W01°05.8'S062°40.3'W00°50.0'S062°56.0'W 1.024 43° 60° 81 km 01m52.6s
13:1800°06.7'N062°19.4'W00°25.2'S061°47.6'W00°09.2'S062°03.4'W 1.024 44° 59° 83 km 01m55.5s
13:2000°46.5'N061°29.0'W00°14.1'N060°57.0'W00°30.4'N061°12.9'W 1.024 46° 59° 84 km 01m58.3s
13:2201°25.2'N060°40.6'W00°52.2'N060°08.4'W01°08.8'N060°24.4'W 1.025 47° 59° 85 km 02m01.1s
13:2402°02.9'N059°53.8'W01°29.3'N059°21.4'W01°46.2'N059°37.5'W 1.025 49° 59° 86 km 02m03.8s
13:2602°39.5'N059°08.5'W02°05.4'N058°36.0'W02°22.5'N058°52.1'W 1.025 50° 59° 87 km 02m06.4s
13:2803°15.2'N058°24.5'W02°40.6'N057°51.9'W02°58.0'N058°08.2'W 1.026 51° 59° 87 km 02m08.9s
13:3003°50.0'N057°41.8'W03°14.9'N057°09.1'W03°32.5'N057°25.4'W 1.026 53° 59° 88 km 02m11.4s
13:3204°24.0'N057°00.2'W03°48.4'N056°27.4'W04°06.3'N056°43.7'W 1.026 54° 59° 89 km 02m13.8s
13:3404°57.1'N056°19.6'W04°21.1'N055°46.8'W04°39.2'N056°03.1'W 1.026 55° 59° 90 km 02m16.2s
13:3605°29.6'N055°39.9'W04°53.1'N055°07.0'W05°11.4'N055°23.4'W 1.027 57° 58° 91 km 02m18.4s
13:3806°01.3'N055°01.0'W05°24.3'N054°28.1'W05°42.9'N054°44.5'W 1.027 58° 58° 91 km 02m20.7s
13:4006°32.4'N054°22.9'W05°54.9'N053°50.0'W06°13.7'N054°06.4'W 1.027 59° 58° 92 km 02m22.8s
13:4207°02.8'N053°45.5'W06°24.8'N053°12.5'W06°43.8'N053°28.9'W 1.027 60° 58° 93 km 02m25.0s
13:4407°32.5'N053°08.6'W06°54.1'N052°35.7'W07°13.4'N052°52.1'W 1.027 62° 58° 93 km 02m27.0s
13:4608°01.7'N052°32.3'W07°22.8'N051°59.4'W07°42.3'N052°15.8'W 1.028 63° 58° 94 km 02m29.0s
13:4808°30.3'N051°56.5'W07°50.9'N051°23.6'W08°10.7'N051°40.0'W 1.028 64° 57° 94 km 02m30.9s
13:5008°58.3'N051°21.1'W08°18.5'N050°48.4'W08°38.4'N051°04.7'W 1.028 65° 57° 95 km 02m32.8s
13:5209°25.7'N050°46.2'W08°45.5'N050°13.5'W09°05.7'N050°29.8'W 1.028 66° 57° 95 km 02m34.6s
13:5409°52.6'N050°11.6'W09°12.0'N049°39.0'W09°32.4'N049°55.2'W 1.028 67° 57° 96 km 02m36.4s
13:5610°19.1'N049°37.3'W09°38.0'N049°04.8'W09°58.6'N049°21.0'W 1.028 68° 56° 96 km 02m38.1s
13:5810°45.0'N049°03.3'W10°03.4'N048°30.9'W10°24.2'N048°47.0'W 1.029 70° 56° 97 km 02m39.7s
14:0011°10.4'N048°29.5'W10°28.4'N047°57.3'W10°49.4'N048°13.3'W 1.029 71° 55° 97 km 02m41.3s
14:0211°35.3'N047°55.9'W10°52.9'N047°23.9'W11°14.1'N047°39.8'W 1.029 72° 55° 97 km 02m42.8s
14:0411°59.7'N047°22.5'W11°16.9'N046°50.6'W11°38.3'N047°06.5'W 1.029 73° 54° 98 km 02m44.2s
14:0612°23.7'N046°49.2'W11°40.5'N046°17.6'W12°02.1'N046°33.3'W 1.029 74° 53° 98 km 02m45.6s
14:0812°47.2'N046°16.0'W12°03.5'N045°44.6'W12°25.4'N046°00.3'W 1.029 75° 53° 99 km 02m46.9s
14:1013°10.2'N045°42.9'W12°26.2'N045°11.8'W12°48.3'N045°27.3'W 1.029 76° 51° 99 km 02m48.1s
14:1213°32.8'N045°09.9'W12°48.4'N044°39.0'W13°10.6'N044°54.4'W 1.029 77° 50° 99 km 02m49.3s
14:1413°55.0'N044°36.9'W13°10.1'N044°06.3'W13°32.6'N044°21.5'W 1.029 78° 49° 99 km 02m50.4s
14:1614°16.7'N044°03.9'W13°31.5'N043°33.6'W13°54.1'N043°48.7'W 1.029 79° 47° 100 km 02m51.4s
14:1814°38.0'N043°30.9'W13°52.4'N043°00.9'W14°15.2'N043°15.8'W 1.030 80° 45° 100 km 02m52.4s
14:2014°58.8'N042°57.8'W14°12.8'N042°28.1'W14°35.9'N042°42.9'W 1.030 81° 42° 100 km 02m53.3s
14:2215°19.3'N042°24.6'W14°32.9'N041°55.3'W14°56.1'N042°09.9'W 1.030 82° 39° 100 km 02m54.1s
14:2415°39.3'N041°51.4'W14°52.5'N041°22.4'W15°15.9'N041°36.9'W 1.030 83° 34° 101 km 02m54.9s
14:2615°58.8'N041°18.0'W15°11.7'N040°49.5'W15°35.3'N041°03.7'W 1.030 84° 29° 101 km 02m55.5s
14:2816°17.9'N040°44.5'W15°30.5'N040°16.4'W15°54.2'N040°30.4'W 1.030 84° 22° 101 km 02m56.1s
14:3016°36.7'N040°10.9'W15°48.9'N039°43.2'W16°12.8'N039°57.0'W 1.030 85° 13° 101 km 02m56.7s
14:3216°54.9'N039°37.0'W16°06.8'N039°09.8'W16°30.9'N039°23.4'W 1.030 85° 101 km 02m57.1s
14:3417°12.8'N039°03.0'W16°24.3'N038°36.2'W16°48.6'N038°49.6'W 1.030 85° 349° 101 km 02m57.5s
14:3617°30.2'N038°28.7'W16°41.4'N038°02.4'W17°05.8'N038°15.5'W 1.030 85° 336° 101 km 02m57.7s
14:3817°47.2'N037°54.2'W16°58.1'N037°28.4'W17°22.7'N037°41.3'W 1.030 85° 324° 101 km 02m57.9s
14:4018°03.8'N037°19.5'W17°14.4'N036°54.2'W17°39.1'N037°06.8'W 1.030 85° 314° 101 km 02m58.1s
14:4218°19.9'N036°44.4'W17°30.2'N036°19.7'W17°55.1'N036°32.0'W 1.030 84° 305° 102 km 02m58.1s
14:4418°35.6'N036°09.0'W17°45.7'N035°44.9'W18°10.6'N035°56.9'W 1.030 83° 299° 102 km 02m58.1s
14:4618°50.8'N035°33.4'W18°00.6'N035°09.8'W18°25.7'N035°21.5'W 1.030 83° 293° 101 km 02m57.9s
14:4819°05.6'N034°57.3'W18°15.2'N034°34.3'W18°40.4'N034°45.8'W 1.030 82° 289° 101 km 02m57.7s
14:5019°19.9'N034°20.9'W18°29.3'N033°58.5'W18°54.6'N034°09.7'W 1.030 81° 286° 101 km 02m57.4s
14:5219°33.8'N033°44.1'W18°43.0'N033°22.4'W19°08.4'N033°33.2'W 1.030 80° 284° 101 km 02m57.0s
14:5419°47.2'N033°06.9'W18°56.2'N032°45.8'W19°21.7'N032°56.3'W 1.030 79° 282° 101 km 02m56.6s
14:5620°00.2'N032°29.2'W19°08.9'N032°08.8'W19°34.6'N032°19.0'W 1.030 78° 280° 101 km 02m56.0s
14:5820°12.6'N031°51.1'W19°21.3'N031°31.4'W19°46.9'N031°41.3'W 1.030 77° 279° 101 km 02m55.4s
15:0020°24.6'N031°12.5'W19°33.1'N030°53.5'W19°58.8'N031°03.0'W 1.030 76° 278° 101 km 02m54.7s
15:0220°36.1'N030°33.4'W19°44.4'N030°15.1'W20°10.3'N030°24.3'W 1.030 75° 277° 100 km 02m53.8s
15:0420°47.1'N029°53.7'W19°55.3'N029°36.2'W20°21.2'N029°45.0'W 1.029 74° 276° 100 km 02m52.9s
15:0620°57.5'N029°13.5'W20°05.7'N028°56.8'W20°31.6'N029°05.2'W 1.029 73° 276° 100 km 02m51.9s
15:0821°07.5'N028°32.7'W20°15.6'N028°16.8'W20°41.5'N028°24.8'W 1.029 72° 275° 100 km 02m50.9s
15:1021°16.9'N027°51.3'W20°24.9'N027°36.2'W20°50.9'N027°43.8'W 1.029 70° 275° 99 km 02m49.7s
15:1221°25.8'N027°09.2'W20°33.8'N026°54.9'W20°59.8'N027°02.1'W 1.029 69° 275° 99 km 02m48.5s
15:1421°34.1'N026°26.5'W20°42.1'N026°13.0'W21°08.1'N026°19.8'W 1.029 68° 275° 99 km 02m47.1s
15:1621°41.8'N025°43.0'W20°49.8'N025°30.3'W21°15.8'N025°36.7'W 1.029 67° 274° 98 km 02m45.7s
15:1821°48.9'N024°58.8'W20°57.0'N024°47.0'W21°22.9'N024°52.9'W 1.029 66° 274° 98 km 02m44.2s
15:2021°55.4'N024°13.8'W21°03.6'N024°02.8'W21°29.5'N024°08.4'W 1.029 65° 274° 97 km 02m42.6s
15:2222°01.3'N023°27.9'W21°09.6'N023°17.9'W21°35.4'N023°23.0'W 1.028 64° 275° 97 km 02m40.9s
15:2422°06.6'N022°41.2'W21°15.0'N022°32.0'W21°40.7'N022°36.7'W 1.028 62° 275° 96 km 02m39.1s
15:2622°11.1'N021°53.5'W21°19.7'N021°45.3'W21°45.4'N021°49.5'W 1.028 61° 275° 96 km 02m37.3s
15:2822°15.0'N021°04.9'W21°23.8'N020°57.6'W21°49.4'N021°01.3'W 1.028 60° 275° 95 km 02m35.4s
15:3022°18.2'N020°15.3'W21°27.1'N020°08.9'W21°52.6'N020°12.2'W 1.028 59° 275° 95 km 02m33.3s
15:3222°20.6'N019°24.5'W21°29.8'N019°19.0'W21°55.2'N019°21.9'W 1.028 58° 275° 94 km 02m31.2s
15:3422°22.2'N018°32.6'W21°31.7'N018°28.1'W21°56.9'N018°30.5'W 1.027 56° 276° 93 km 02m29.0s
15:3622°23.0'N017°39.5'W21°32.8'N017°35.9'W21°57.9'N017°37.8'W 1.027 55° 276° 93 km 02m26.7s
15:3822°23.0'N016°45.1'W21°33.2'N016°42.4'W21°58.1'N016°43.8'W 1.027 54° 276° 92 km 02m24.4s
15:4022°22.1'N015°49.2'W21°32.6'N015°47.5'W21°57.3'N015°48.5'W 1.027 53° 277° 91 km 02m21.9s
15:4222°20.2'N014°51.9'W21°31.2'N014°51.1'W21°55.7'N014°51.6'W 1.027 51° 277° 90 km 02m19.4s
15:4422°17.3'N013°52.9'W21°28.8'N013°53.1'W21°53.1'N013°53.2'W 1.026 50° 277° 90 km 02m16.8s
15:4622°13.4'N012°52.2'W21°25.4'N012°53.4'W21°49.4'N012°52.9'W 1.026 48° 278° 89 km 02m14.1s
15:4822°08.4'N011°49.6'W21°20.9'N011°51.8'W21°44.7'N011°50.8'W 1.026 47° 278° 88 km 02m11.3s
15:5022°02.2'N010°45.0'W21°15.3'N010°48.1'W21°38.8'N010°46.7'W 1.025 46° 279° 87 km 02m08.4s
15:5221°54.7'N009°38.1'W21°08.4'N009°42.2'W21°31.6'N009°40.3'W 1.025 44° 279° 86 km 02m05.4s
15:5421°45.8'N008°28.7'W21°00.2'N008°33.8'W21°23.0'N008°31.4'W 1.025 43° 280° 85 km 02m02.3s
15:5621°35.4'N007°16.6'W20°50.6'N007°22.7'W21°13.0'N007°19.8'W 1.025 41° 280° 83 km 01m59.1s
15:5821°23.4'N006°01.4'W20°39.4'N006°08.5'W21°01.4'N006°05.1'W 1.024 39° 281° 82 km 01m55.8s
16:0021°09.6'N004°42.8'W20°26.4'N004°50.8'W20°48.0'N004°47.0'W 1.024 38° 281° 81 km 01m52.4s
16:0220°53.7'N003°20.3'W20°11.5'N003°29.2'W20°32.6'N003°24.9'W 1.023 36° 282° 79 km 01m48.8s
16:0420°35.6'N001°53.2'W19°54.4'N002°03.1'W20°15.0'N001°58.3'W 1.023 34° 283° 78 km 01m45.2s
16:0620°14.8'N000°20.8'W19°34.7'N000°31.7'W19°54.8'N000°26.4'W 1.022 32° 283° 76 km 01m41.3s
16:0819°51.0'N001°17.9'E19°12.1'N001°06.0'E19°31.6'N001°11.7'E 1.022 30° 284° 75 km 01m37.3s
16:1019°23.6'N003°04.3'E18°46.1'N002°51.3'E19°04.9'N002°57.6'E 1.021 28° 285° 73 km 01m33.1s
16:1218°51.7'N005°00.4'E18°15.7'N004°46.3'E18°33.8'N004°53.1'E 1.021 26° 285° 71 km 01m28.6s
16:1418°14.1'N007°09.1'E17°39.8'N006°53.8'E17°57.1'N007°01.3'E 1.020 23° 286° 68 km 01m23.8s
16:1617°28.9'N009°35.4'E16°56.6'N009°18.8'E17°12.8'N009°26.8'E 1.019 20° 287° 66 km 01m18.6s
16:1816°32.2'N012°28.3'E16°02.3'N012°09.9'E16°17.4'N012°18.9'E 1.018 17° 288° 63 km 01m12.7s
16:2015°15.3'N016°09.3'E14°49.0'N015°48.0'E15°02.3'N015°58.4'E 1.017 13° 289° 59 km 01m05.6s
16:2213°00.7'N022°12.2'E12°42.8'N021°39.6'E12°52.1'N021°55.2'E 1.015 291° 52 km 00m55.1s
Limits10°57.1'N027°28.5'E10°34.2'N027°18.2'E10°45.7'N027°23.3'E 1.013 - 46 km 00m46.7s

ΔT = 1196.6 seconds

Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration
Event Time
TD
Time
UT1
Latitude Longitude Sun
Altitude
Sun
Azimuth
Path Width Central
Duration
Greatest Eclipse14:54:47.014:34:50.516°55.9'N043°35.3'W 85.5° 344.0° 101.3 km02m57.59s
Greatest Duration15:01:52.814:41:56.217°54.6'N036°33.1'W 84.1° 305.4° 101.5 km02m58.10s

Explanation of Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration

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Eclipse Predictions

Predictions for the Total Solar Eclipse of 1072 May 20 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 1196.6 seconds for this eclipse. The uncertainty in ΔT is 44.7 seconds corresponding to a standard error in longitude of the eclipse path of ± 0.19°.

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