Path of the Annular Solar Eclipse of 1228 Dec 28

Fred Espenak

Introduction

The following table delineates the path of the Moon's antumbral shadow during the Annular Solar Eclipse of 1228 Dec 28 . 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 .

Annular Solar Eclipse of 1228 Dec 28
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°30.2'N003°40.0'E30°10.8'N003°04.4'E31°19.8'N003°21.8'E 0.945 - 255 km 04m07.2s
06:54 - - 25°52.8'N013°29.0'E28°14.7'N010°36.1'E 0.947 121° 247 km 04m14.7s
06:5628°56.2'N011°55.6'E24°44.3'N016°27.8'E26°37.7'N014°36.3'E 0.948 11° 123° 243 km 04m19.6s
06:5827°28.0'N015°32.8'E23°53.3'N018°47.8'E25°34.0'N017°22.2'E 0.949 15° 125° 241 km 04m23.3s
07:0026°27.6'N018°09.3'E23°12.4'N020°45.6'E24°45.5'N019°34.9'E 0.950 17° 126° 239 km 04m26.5s
07:0225°41.0'N020°16.5'E22°38.6'N022°28.5'E24°06.3'N021°27.8'E 0.950 19° 127° 238 km 04m29.4s
07:0425°03.1'N022°05.5'E22°09.8'N024°00.7'E23°33.6'N023°07.1'E 0.951 21° 128° 237 km 04m32.0s
07:0624°31.4'N023°41.8'E21°45.2'N025°24.7'E23°05.9'N024°36.4'E 0.951 23° 129° 237 km 04m34.5s
07:0824°04.5'N025°08.7'E21°23.8'N026°42.1'E22°42.0'N025°58.1'E 0.952 24° 130° 236 km 04m36.8s
07:1023°41.2'N026°28.4'E21°05.3'N027°54.1'E22°21.3'N027°13.5'E 0.952 26° 131° 236 km 04m38.9s
07:1223°21.1'N027°42.1'E20°49.1'N029°01.7'E22°03.4'N028°23.8'E 0.952 27° 133° 236 km 04m41.0s
07:1423°03.7'N028°51.0'E20°35.0'N030°05.4'E21°47.7'N029°29.9'E 0.953 28° 134° 236 km 04m42.9s
07:1622°48.5'N029°55.8'E20°22.8'N031°05.9'E21°34.1'N030°32.3'E 0.953 30° 135° 236 km 04m44.7s
07:1822°35.4'N030°57.1'E20°12.2'N032°03.5'E21°22.4'N031°31.6'E 0.953 31° 136° 236 km 04m46.4s
07:2022°24.0'N031°55.4'E20°03.2'N032°58.7'E21°12.2'N032°28.2'E 0.953 32° 137° 236 km 04m48.1s
07:2222°14.3'N032°51.0'E19°55.5'N033°51.6'E21°03.6'N033°22.4'E 0.954 33° 138° 236 km 04m49.6s
07:2422°06.0'N033°44.4'E19°49.1'N034°42.5'E20°56.3'N034°14.4'E 0.954 34° 139° 236 km 04m51.1s
07:2621°59.1'N034°35.6'E19°43.9'N035°31.7'E20°50.4'N035°04.5'E 0.954 35° 140° 236 km 04m52.5s
07:2821°53.5'N035°25.1'E19°39.8'N036°19.2'E20°45.5'N035°53.0'E 0.954 35° 141° 236 km 04m53.8s
07:3021°49.1'N036°12.8'E19°36.8'N037°05.4'E20°41.8'N036°39.8'E 0.954 36° 142° 236 km 04m55.1s
07:3221°45.8'N036°59.1'E19°34.8'N037°50.2'E20°39.2'N037°25.3'E 0.955 37° 143° 236 km 04m56.2s
07:3421°43.5'N037°44.1'E19°33.7'N038°33.8'E20°37.5'N038°09.6'E 0.955 38° 144° 236 km 04m57.3s
07:3621°42.2'N038°27.8'E19°33.5'N039°16.4'E20°36.8'N038°52.7'E 0.955 38° 145° 236 km 04m58.3s
07:3821°41.8'N039°10.5'E19°34.2'N039°58.0'E20°37.0'N039°34.8'E 0.955 39° 147° 236 km 04m59.2s
07:4021°42.4'N039°52.2'E19°35.7'N040°38.7'E20°38.1'N040°15.9'E 0.955 40° 148° 236 km 05m00.0s
07:4221°43.8'N040°32.9'E19°38.0'N041°18.5'E20°39.9'N040°56.2'E 0.955 40° 149° 236 km 05m00.8s
07:4421°46.1'N041°12.8'E19°41.1'N041°57.7'E20°42.6'N041°35.7'E 0.956 41° 150° 236 km 05m01.5s
07:4621°49.2'N041°52.0'E19°44.9'N042°36.1'E20°46.1'N042°14.5'E 0.956 41° 151° 236 km 05m02.1s
07:4821°53.1'N042°30.5'E19°49.5'N043°13.9'E20°50.3'N042°52.6'E 0.956 41° 153° 235 km 05m02.7s
07:5021°57.7'N043°08.4'E19°54.8'N043°51.2'E20°55.3'N043°30.2'E 0.956 42° 154° 235 km 05m03.1s
07:5222°03.1'N043°45.8'E20°00.8'N044°28.0'E21°01.0'N044°07.2'E 0.956 42° 155° 234 km 05m03.5s
07:5422°09.2'N044°22.6'E20°07.5'N045°04.3'E21°07.4'N044°43.8'E 0.956 43° 157° 234 km 05m03.8s
07:5622°16.1'N044°59.0'E20°14.8'N045°40.2'E21°14.5'N045°19.9'E 0.956 43° 158° 233 km 05m04.1s
07:5822°23.7'N045°35.1'E20°22.9'N046°15.7'E21°22.4'N045°55.6'E 0.956 43° 159° 233 km 05m04.3s
08:0022°31.9'N046°10.7'E20°31.6'N046°50.9'E21°30.9'N046°31.1'E 0.956 43° 161° 232 km 05m04.4s
08:0222°40.9'N046°46.1'E20°40.9'N047°25.9'E21°40.0'N047°06.2'E 0.956 43° 162° 231 km 05m04.4s
08:0422°50.6'N047°21.2'E20°50.9'N048°00.6'E21°49.9'N047°41.1'E 0.956 44° 163° 230 km 05m04.4s
08:0623°01.0'N047°56.2'E21°01.6'N048°35.1'E22°00.4'N048°15.8'E 0.956 44° 165° 230 km 05m04.2s
08:0823°12.0'N048°30.9'E21°12.9'N049°09.4'E22°11.6'N048°50.4'E 0.956 44° 166° 229 km 05m04.1s
08:1023°23.8'N049°05.6'E21°24.9'N049°43.7'E22°23.4'N049°24.8'E 0.956 44° 167° 228 km 05m03.8s
08:1223°36.2'N049°40.1'E21°37.5'N050°17.9'E22°35.9'N049°59.1'E 0.956 44° 169° 227 km 05m03.5s
08:1423°49.4'N050°14.6'E21°50.7'N050°52.0'E22°49.1'N050°33.5'E 0.956 44° 170° 226 km 05m03.1s
08:1624°03.2'N050°49.2'E22°04.6'N051°26.1'E23°03.0'N051°07.8'E 0.956 44° 172° 225 km 05m02.7s
08:1824°17.8'N051°23.7'E22°19.2'N052°00.3'E23°17.6'N051°42.1'E 0.956 44° 173° 224 km 05m02.2s
08:2024°33.1'N051°58.4'E22°34.5'N052°34.6'E23°32.8'N052°16.6'E 0.956 44° 174° 223 km 05m01.7s
08:2224°49.1'N052°33.2'E22°50.4'N053°08.9'E23°48.8'N052°51.2'E 0.956 43° 176° 222 km 05m01.0s
08:2425°05.8'N053°08.2'E23°07.0'N053°43.5'E24°05.5'N053°25.9'E 0.956 43° 177° 221 km 05m00.4s
08:2625°23.3'N053°43.4'E23°24.3'N054°18.2'E24°22.9'N054°00.9'E 0.956 43° 178° 220 km 04m59.6s
08:2825°41.6'N054°18.9'E23°42.3'N054°53.3'E24°41.0'N054°36.1'E 0.956 43° 180° 219 km 04m58.8s
08:3026°00.6'N054°54.7'E24°01.1'N055°28.6'E24°59.9'N055°11.7'E 0.956 42° 181° 218 km 04m58.0s
08:3226°20.5'N055°30.9'E24°20.6'N056°04.3'E25°19.6'N055°47.6'E 0.956 42° 183° 218 km 04m57.1s
08:3426°41.2'N056°07.6'E24°40.9'N056°40.3'E25°40.0'N056°24.0'E 0.956 41° 184° 217 km 04m56.1s
08:3627°02.8'N056°44.8'E25°01.9'N057°16.9'E26°01.3'N057°00.8'E 0.956 41° 185° 216 km 04m55.1s
08:3827°25.2'N057°22.5'E25°23.8'N057°54.0'E26°23.5'N057°38.2'E 0.956 41° 187° 215 km 04m54.1s
08:4027°48.6'N058°00.9'E25°46.5'N058°31.6'E26°46.5'N058°16.2'E 0.956 40° 188° 215 km 04m53.0s
08:4228°13.0'N058°40.1'E26°10.1'N059°09.9'E27°10.5'N058°54.9'E 0.956 40° 189° 214 km 04m51.9s
08:4428°38.4'N059°20.0'E26°34.7'N059°49.0'E27°35.4'N059°34.4'E 0.956 39° 190° 213 km 04m50.7s
08:4629°04.8'N060°00.9'E27°00.1'N060°28.9'E28°01.3'N060°14.7'E 0.955 38° 192° 213 km 04m49.4s
08:4829°32.4'N060°42.8'E27°26.6'N061°09.7'E28°28.3'N060°56.1'E 0.955 38° 193° 212 km 04m48.2s
08:5030°01.2'N061°25.8'E27°54.1'N061°51.6'E28°56.4'N061°38.5'E 0.955 37° 194° 212 km 04m46.8s
08:5230°31.2'N062°10.1'E28°22.8'N062°34.5'E29°25.7'N062°22.1'E 0.955 36° 196° 212 km 04m45.5s
08:5431°02.6'N062°55.9'E28°52.6'N063°18.8'E29°56.3'N063°07.0'E 0.955 35° 197° 211 km 04m44.1s
08:5631°35.4'N063°43.3'E29°23.7'N064°04.5'E30°28.2'N063°53.5'E 0.955 35° 198° 211 km 04m42.6s
08:5832°09.8'N064°32.5'E29°56.1'N064°51.7'E31°01.5'N064°41.7'E 0.955 34° 199° 211 km 04m41.1s
09:0032°46.0'N065°23.8'E30°30.0'N065°40.8'E31°36.5'N065°31.8'E 0.954 33° 201° 211 km 04m39.6s
09:0233°23.9'N066°17.4'E31°05.5'N066°31.9'E32°13.1'N066°24.0'E 0.954 32° 202° 211 km 04m38.0s
09:0434°04.0'N067°13.7'E31°42.6'N067°25.2'E32°51.6'N067°18.8'E 0.954 31° 203° 212 km 04m36.3s
09:0634°46.4'N068°13.1'E32°21.7'N068°21.2'E33°32.2'N068°16.3'E 0.954 30° 205° 212 km 04m34.6s
09:0835°31.3'N069°16.2'E33°02.9'N069°20.2'E34°15.1'N069°17.2'E 0.953 28° 206° 213 km 04m32.9s
09:1036°19.3'N070°23.6'E33°46.5'N070°22.6'E35°00.7'N070°21.9'E 0.953 27° 207° 213 km 04m31.1s
09:1237°10.7'N071°36.1'E34°32.7'N071°29.1'E35°49.3'N071°31.1'E 0.953 26° 209° 214 km 04m29.2s
09:1438°06.1'N072°54.9'E35°22.0'N072°40.4'E36°41.4'N072°45.8'E 0.952 24° 210° 215 km 04m27.3s
09:1639°06.6'N074°21.6'E36°14.9'N073°57.6'E37°37.7'N074°07.2'E 0.952 23° 211° 217 km 04m25.3s
09:1840°13.4'N075°58.5'E37°12.1'N075°22.0'E38°39.1'N075°37.0'E 0.952 21° 213° 218 km 04m23.2s
09:2041°28.3'N077°49.2'E38°14.7'N076°55.5'E39°47.0'N077°17.8'E 0.951 19° 215° 220 km 04m20.9s
09:2242°54.8'N079°59.8'E39°24.1'N078°41.0'E41°03.5'N079°13.7'E 0.951 17° 216° 223 km 04m18.5s
09:2444°39.5'N082°42.6'E40°42.7'N080°43.2'E42°32.3'N081°31.7'E 0.950 15° 219° 226 km 04m15.8s
09:2646°59.9'N086°31.0'E42°14.7'N083°10.5'E44°21.2'N084°26.6'E 0.949 12° 221° 230 km 04m12.7s
09:28 - - 44°09.6'N086°21.7'E46°52.7'N088°43.2'E 0.948 225° 237 km 04m08.8s
Limits52°34.1'N096°35.4'E50°34.3'N098°22.0'E51°33.9'N097°30.6'E 0.946 - 250 km 04m02.4s

ΔT = 647.5 seconds

Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration
Event Time
TD
Time
UT1
Latitude Longitude Sun
Altitude
Sun
Azimuth
Path Width Central
Duration
Greatest Eclipse08:21:57.108:11:09.622°30.6'N047°02.4'E 43.9° 168.2° 227.4 km05m03.66s
Greatest Duration08:12:41.808:01:54.321°39.6'N047°04.6'E 43.5° 161.8° 231.3 km05m04.39s

Explanation of Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration

Links for the Annular Solar Eclipse of 1228 Dec 28

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Eclipse Predictions

Predictions for the Annular Solar Eclipse of 1228 Dec 28 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 647.5 seconds for this eclipse. The uncertainty in ΔT is 27.9 seconds corresponding to a standard error in longitude of the eclipse path of ± 0.12°.

Acknowledgments

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

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