Path of the Total Solar Eclipse of 1172 Dec 17

Fred Espenak

Introduction

The following table delineates the path of the Moon's umbral shadow during the Total Solar Eclipse of 1172 Dec 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 1172 Dec 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
Limits42°50.6'S009°23.5'E43°49.0'S008°07.1'E43°19.8'S008°45.7'E 1.029 - 147 km 01m23.6s
03:5047°08.2'S018°28.0'E - - 45°53.4'S014°04.7'E 1.030 119° 154 km 01m30.4s
03:5249°44.1'S024°02.8'E48°42.0'S018°03.6'E49°19.4'S021°13.9'E 1.032 11° 114° 162 km 01m40.1s
03:5451°34.3'S028°07.6'E51°08.4'S023°07.3'E51°24.6'S025°42.4'E 1.033 14° 110° 167 km 01m46.3s
03:5653°03.9'S031°34.7'E52°57.1'S027°01.0'E53°02.7'S029°21.2'E 1.034 17° 106° 170 km 01m51.4s
03:5854°20.6'S034°40.4'E54°27.0'S030°22.4'E54°25.6'S032°34.2'E 1.035 20° 103° 173 km 01m55.7s
04:0055°28.3'S037°32.5'E55°44.9'S033°25.3'E55°38.1'S035°31.4'E 1.036 22° 100° 175 km 01m59.7s
04:0256°29.1'S040°15.2'E56°54.0'S036°16.2'E56°42.8'S038°18.1'E 1.036 24° 97° 176 km 02m03.2s
04:0457°24.2'S042°51.3'E57°56.3'S038°59.1'E57°41.4'S040°57.6'E 1.037 26° 94° 178 km 02m06.5s
04:0658°14.6'S045°22.6'E58°53.1'S041°36.4'E58°34.9'S043°31.9'E 1.037 27° 91° 179 km 02m09.6s
04:0859°00.9'S047°50.4'E59°45.2'S044°09.8'E59°24.0'S046°02.5'E 1.038 29° 88° 180 km 02m12.5s
04:1059°43.5'S050°15.7'E60°33.1'S046°40.6'E60°09.1'S048°30.6'E 1.038 30° 85° 181 km 02m15.3s
04:1260°22.7'S052°39.2'E61°17.4'S049°09.6'E60°50.8'S050°56.9'E 1.038 32° 81° 182 km 02m17.8s
04:1460°58.9'S055°01.3'E61°58.2'S051°37.6'E61°29.3'S053°22.1'E 1.039 33° 78° 182 km 02m20.3s
04:1661°32.3'S057°22.6'E62°35.9'S054°05.0'E62°04.7'S055°46.5'E 1.039 34° 75° 183 km 02m22.6s
04:1862°03.0'S059°43.3'E63°10.7'S056°32.3'E62°37.4'S058°10.5'E 1.039 35° 72° 184 km 02m24.8s
04:2062°31.1'S062°03.7'E63°42.7'S058°59.7'E63°07.4'S060°34.4'E 1.040 36° 69° 184 km 02m26.9s
04:2262°56.8'S064°23.8'E64°12.0'S061°27.3'E63°34.8'S062°58.3'E 1.040 38° 65° 185 km 02m28.8s
04:2463°20.1'S066°43.8'E64°38.7'S063°55.5'E63°59.8'S065°22.4'E 1.040 38° 62° 185 km 02m30.7s
04:2663°41.1'S069°03.8'E65°02.9'S066°24.1'E64°22.3'S067°46.6'E 1.040 39° 59° 185 km 02m32.4s
04:2863°59.9'S071°23.7'E65°24.7'S068°53.3'E64°42.6'S070°11.1'E 1.041 40° 55° 186 km 02m34.1s
04:3064°16.6'S073°43.6'E65°44.1'S071°23.0'E65°00.5'S072°35.8'E 1.041 41° 52° 186 km 02m35.7s
04:3264°31.1'S076°03.3'E66°01.1'S073°53.0'E65°16.3'S075°00.6'E 1.041 42° 48° 187 km 02m37.2s
04:3464°43.6'S078°22.8'E66°15.9'S076°23.4'E65°29.8'S077°25.4'E 1.041 43° 45° 187 km 02m38.5s
04:3664°54.0'S080°42.0'E66°28.4'S078°53.8'E65°41.3'S079°50.1'E 1.041 43° 41° 187 km 02m39.8s
04:3865°02.4'S083°00.7'E66°38.7'S081°24.2'E65°50.6'S082°14.5'E 1.042 44° 38° 187 km 02m41.0s
04:4065°08.9'S085°18.9'E66°46.7'S083°54.3'E65°57.8'S084°38.4'E 1.042 44° 34° 188 km 02m42.2s
04:4265°13.5'S087°36.3'E66°52.7'S086°24.0'E66°03.0'S087°01.7'E 1.042 45° 30° 188 km 02m43.2s
04:4465°16.2'S089°52.8'E66°56.5'S088°52.8'E66°06.3'S089°24.2'E 1.042 46° 27° 188 km 02m44.1s
04:4665°17.0'S092°08.2'E66°58.2'S091°20.8'E66°07.5'S091°45.6'E 1.042 46° 23° 188 km 02m45.0s
04:4865°16.1'S094°22.4'E66°57.9'S093°47.5'E66°06.9'S094°05.8'E 1.042 46° 19° 189 km 02m45.8s
04:5065°13.4'S096°35.3'E66°55.7'S096°12.7'E66°04.4'S096°24.6'E 1.042 47° 15° 189 km 02m46.5s
04:5265°08.9'S098°46.7'E66°51.4'S098°36.3'E66°00.1'S098°41.9'E 1.042 47° 12° 189 km 02m47.1s
04:5465°02.8'S100°56.4'E66°45.3'S100°58.0'E65°53.9'S100°57.4'E 1.042 47° 189 km 02m47.6s
04:5664°55.1'S103°04.3'E66°37.4'S103°17.7'E65°46.1'S103°10.9'E 1.042 48° 189 km 02m48.0s
04:5864°45.8'S105°10.3'E66°27.6'S105°35.1'E65°36.6'S105°22.4'E 1.042 48° 190 km 02m48.4s
05:0064°34.9'S107°14.4'E66°16.2'S107°50.1'E65°25.4'S107°31.8'E 1.043 48° 357° 190 km 02m48.7s
05:0264°22.5'S109°16.5'E66°03.0'S110°02.7'E65°12.7'S109°38.9'E 1.043 48° 353° 190 km 02m48.9s
05:0464°08.6'S111°16.4'E65°48.2'S112°12.6'E64°58.4'S111°43.6'E 1.043 48° 350° 190 km 02m49.0s
05:0663°53.4'S113°14.1'E65°31.9'S114°19.9'E64°42.5'S113°46.0'E 1.043 48° 346° 190 km 02m49.0s
05:0863°36.7'S115°09.7'E65°14.0'S116°24.4'E64°25.3'S115°45.9'E 1.043 48° 343° 190 km 02m49.0s
05:1063°18.7'S117°03.0'E64°54.6'S118°26.2'E64°06.6'S117°43.4'E 1.043 48° 339° 191 km 02m48.8s
05:1262°59.4'S118°54.2'E64°33.8'S120°25.3'E63°46.6'S119°38.4'E 1.043 48° 336° 191 km 02m48.6s
05:1462°38.8'S120°43.1'E64°11.6'S122°21.7'E63°25.2'S121°31.0'E 1.042 48° 333° 191 km 02m48.3s
05:1662°17.0'S122°29.9'E63°48.1'S124°15.3'E63°02.6'S123°21.1'E 1.042 48° 329° 191 km 02m47.9s
05:1861°54.0'S124°14.6'E63°23.3'S126°06.4'E62°38.7'S125°08.9'E 1.042 48° 326° 191 km 02m47.5s
05:2061°29.7'S125°57.2'E62°57.2'S127°54.9'E62°13.6'S126°54.5'E 1.042 47° 323° 191 km 02m47.0s
05:2261°04.4'S127°37.9'E62°29.9'S129°40.9'E61°47.3'S128°37.7'E 1.042 47° 320° 191 km 02m46.3s
05:2460°37.9'S129°16.6'E62°01.4'S131°24.5'E61°19.8'S130°18.9'E 1.042 47° 317° 192 km 02m45.6s
05:2660°10.3'S130°53.4'E61°31.7'S133°05.9'E60°51.2'S131°58.0'E 1.042 46° 314° 192 km 02m44.9s
05:2859°41.5'S132°28.5'E61°00.8'S134°45.1'E60°21.4'S133°35.2'E 1.042 46° 311° 192 km 02m44.0s
05:3059°11.8'S134°02.0'E60°28.9'S136°22.3'E59°50.5'S135°10.6'E 1.042 45° 308° 192 km 02m43.1s
05:3258°40.9'S135°33.9'E59°55.8'S137°57.7'E59°18.6'S136°44.2'E 1.042 45° 305° 192 km 02m42.0s
05:3458°08.9'S137°04.5'E59°21.5'S139°31.3'E58°45.5'S138°16.3'E 1.042 44° 302° 192 km 02m40.9s
05:3657°35.9'S138°33.7'E58°46.2'S141°03.3'E58°11.4'S139°47.0'E 1.042 44° 299° 192 km 02m39.7s
05:3857°01.8'S140°01.8'E58°09.7'S142°34.0'E57°36.1'S141°16.3'E 1.041 43° 297° 192 km 02m38.5s
05:4056°26.6'S141°28.8'E57°32.1'S144°03.4'E56°59.7'S142°44.6'E 1.041 42° 294° 192 km 02m37.1s
05:4255°50.3'S142°55.0'E56°53.3'S145°31.7'E56°22.2'S144°11.9'E 1.041 42° 292° 192 km 02m35.7s
05:4455°12.9'S144°20.5'E56°13.4'S146°59.1'E55°43.5'S145°38.4'E 1.041 41° 289° 192 km 02m34.1s
05:4654°34.3'S145°45.5'E55°32.2'S148°25.9'E55°03.7'S147°04.3'E 1.041 40° 287° 192 km 02m32.5s
05:4853°54.5'S147°10.1'E54°49.8'S149°52.2'E54°22.6'S148°29.8'E 1.040 39° 284° 191 km 02m30.8s
05:5053°13.4'S148°34.7'E54°06.0'S151°18.4'E53°40.2'S149°55.2'E 1.040 38° 282° 191 km 02m29.0s
05:5252°31.0'S149°59.3'E53°20.9'S152°44.5'E52°56.5'S151°20.6'E 1.040 37° 280° 191 km 02m27.1s
05:5451°47.3'S151°24.2'E52°34.3'S154°11.0'E52°11.3'S152°46.4'E 1.040 36° 278° 190 km 02m25.1s
05:5651°02.1'S152°49.8'E51°46.1'S155°38.2'E51°24.7'S154°12.8'E 1.039 35° 275° 190 km 02m23.0s
05:5850°15.3'S154°16.3'E50°56.3'S157°06.4'E50°36.3'S155°40.1'E 1.039 34° 273° 189 km 02m20.8s
06:0049°26.7'S155°44.1'E50°04.5'S158°36.1'E49°46.2'S157°08.9'E 1.039 33° 271° 189 km 02m18.4s
06:0248°36.3'S157°13.7'E49°10.6'S160°07.7'E48°54.1'S158°39.5'E 1.038 31° 269° 188 km 02m15.9s
06:0447°43.7'S158°45.6'E48°14.4'S161°41.9'E47°59.8'S160°12.5'E 1.038 30° 267° 187 km 02m13.3s
06:0646°48.8'S160°20.4'E47°15.6'S163°19.5'E47°03.0'S161°48.7'E 1.038 28° 265° 186 km 02m10.6s
06:0845°51.2'S161°58.9'E46°13.6'S165°01.5'E46°03.2'S163°28.9'E 1.037 27° 263° 185 km 02m07.7s
06:1044°50.3'S163°42.2'E45°07.9'S166°49.1'E45°00.0'S165°14.3'E 1.037 25° 261° 183 km 02m04.5s
06:1243°45.7'S165°31.7'E43°57.6'S168°44.2'E43°52.7'S167°06.4'E 1.036 23° 259° 182 km 02m01.2s
06:1442°36.3'S167°29.3'E42°41.5'S170°49.7'E42°40.1'S169°07.8'E 1.035 21° 257° 179 km 01m57.5s
06:1641°20.8'S169°38.3'E41°17.5'S173°09.8'E41°20.6'S171°21.8'E 1.035 19° 255° 177 km 01m53.5s
06:1839°56.9'S172°03.4'E39°41.8'S175°52.6'E39°51.3'S173°54.9'E 1.034 16° 253° 173 km 01m49.0s
06:2038°20.4'S174°54.2'E37°46.0'S179°16.1'E38°06.4'S176°59.6'E 1.033 13° 250° 169 km 01m43.6s
06:2236°20.9'S178°33.1'E34°58.9'S175°32.6'W35°49.3'S178°48.1'W 1.032 247° 162 km 01m36.6s
Limits31°00.1'S170°32.6'W32°01.9'S169°30.6'W31°30.9'S170°01.9'W 1.029 - 146 km 01m23.6s

ΔT = 810.1 seconds

Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration
Event Time
TD
Time
UT1
Latitude Longitude Sun
Altitude
Sun
Azimuth
Path Width Central
Duration
Greatest Eclipse05:20:02.005:06:31.964°38.1'S110°55.1'E 48.3° 345.4° 190.4 km02m49.00s
Greatest Duration05:19:16.305:05:46.264°44.4'S113°32.1'E 48.3° 346.7° 190.3 km02m49.01s

Explanation of Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration

Links for the Total Solar Eclipse of 1172 Dec 17

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Eclipse Predictions

Predictions for the Total Solar Eclipse of 1172 Dec 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 810.1 seconds for this eclipse. The uncertainty in ΔT is 33.5 seconds corresponding to a standard error in longitude of the eclipse path of ± 0.14°.

Acknowledgments

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

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