Path of the Total Solar Eclipse of 1230 May 14

Fred Espenak

Introduction

The following table delineates the path of the Moon's umbral shadow during the Total Solar Eclipse of 1230 May 14 . 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 1230 May 14
UT1 Northern Limit Southern Limit Central Line M:S Sun Sun Path Central
Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Ratio Alt. Azm. Width Duration
Limits54°57.9'N004°13.3'W51°55.0'N000°59.8'E53°24.0'N001°26.9'W 1.052 - 473 km 02m26.0s
04:04 - - 59°11.8'N015°48.5'E57°21.8'N006°50.1'E 1.054 62° 495 km 02m37.7s
04:0656°19.1'N001°19.0'W60°50.0'N018°35.9'E59°40.6'N010°55.8'E 1.055 66° 502 km 02m44.0s
04:0859°45.0'N004°59.7'E62°17.6'N020°59.8'E61°29.3'N013°53.1'E 1.056 12° 69° 504 km 02m48.7s
04:1061°51.7'N008°20.0'E63°38.2'N023°09.4'E63°04.0'N016°19.3'E 1.056 14° 72° 505 km 02m52.5s
04:1263°36.6'N010°51.9'E64°53.7'N025°09.3'E64°30.1'N018°27.2'E 1.057 15° 75° 504 km 02m55.8s
04:1465°09.9'N012°58.6'E66°05.4'N027°03.0'E65°50.4'N020°23.3'E 1.057 16° 77° 503 km 02m58.7s
04:1666°35.9'N014°49.3'E67°14.1'N028°52.4'E67°06.3'N022°11.4'E 1.057 18° 80° 501 km 03m01.2s
04:1867°56.6'N016°29.2'E68°20.4'N030°39.3'E68°18.9'N023°54.1'E 1.058 19° 82° 499 km 03m03.5s
04:2069°13.6'N018°01.3'E69°24.5'N032°25.1'E69°28.8'N025°32.9'E 1.058 19° 84° 497 km 03m05.5s
04:2270°27.6'N019°27.7'E70°27.0'N034°11.1'E70°36.7'N027°09.7'E 1.058 20° 87° 495 km 03m07.4s
04:2471°39.3'N020°49.8'E71°28.0'N035°58.4'E71°42.7'N028°45.8'E 1.059 21° 89° 493 km 03m09.0s
04:2672°49.1'N022°08.5'E72°27.7'N037°48.2'E72°47.4'N030°22.2'E 1.059 22° 91° 491 km 03m10.5s
04:2873°57.4'N023°26.0'E73°26.2'N039°41.9'E73°50.8'N032°00.2'E 1.059 22° 94° 489 km 03m11.8s
04:3075°04.6'N024°42.1'E74°23.6'N041°40.7'E74°53.1'N033°41.1'E 1.059 23° 97° 487 km 03m13.0s
04:3276°10.7'N025°58.0'E75°20.1'N043°46.2'E75°54.5'N035°26.5'E 1.059 23° 99° 485 km 03m14.0s
04:3477°16.1'N027°14.8'E76°15.6'N046°00.5'E76°55.2'N037°18.0'E 1.059 23° 102° 483 km 03m14.9s
04:3678°21.0'N028°33.4'E77°10.2'N048°25.6'E77°55.1'N039°17.7'E 1.059 24° 105° 481 km 03m15.6s
04:3879°25.3'N029°55.4'E78°03.8'N051°04.5'E78°54.4'N041°28.6'E 1.060 24° 108° 480 km 03m16.2s
04:4080°29.4'N031°22.6'E78°56.4'N054°00.6'E79°53.0'N043°54.4'E 1.060 24° 111° 479 km 03m16.6s
04:4281°33.3'N032°57.6'E79°47.7'N057°18.6'E80°51.0'N046°40.1'E 1.060 24° 115° 478 km 03m17.0s
04:4482°37.0'N034°44.4'E80°37.6'N061°04.1'E81°48.2'N049°53.2'E 1.060 24° 119° 477 km 03m17.1s
04:4683°40.8'N036°49.5'E81°25.7'N065°24.6'E82°44.3'N053°44.4'E 1.060 24° 124° 476 km 03m17.2s
04:4884°44.6'N039°24.8'E82°11.5'N070°29.7'E83°39.1'N058°30.3'E 1.060 24° 130° 475 km 03m17.1s
04:5085°48.3'N042°53.5'E82°54.2'N076°31.1'E84°31.7'N064°36.4'E 1.060 24° 137° 475 km 03m16.9s
04:5286°51.7'N048°11.0'E83°32.7'N083°42.2'E85°20.7'N072°42.5'E 1.060 24° 146° 474 km 03m16.6s
04:5487°53.4'N057°58.4'E84°05.4'N092°15.9'E86°03.7'N083°47.3'E 1.060 24° 158° 474 km 03m16.1s
04:5688°47.4'N082°52.2'E84°30.5'N102°18.8'E86°36.3'N098°55.4'E 1.059 24° 174° 474 km 03m15.5s
04:5889°00.3'N144°50.5'E84°45.8'N113°42.4'E86°52.3'N118°08.5'E 1.059 23° 194° 474 km 03m14.7s
05:0088°13.4'N176°50.7'W84°49.3'N125°55.2'E86°46.6'N138°42.7'E 1.059 23° 216° 475 km 03m13.8s
05:0287°09.0'N163°22.9'W84°40.2'N138°07.8'E86°19.9'N156°37.6'E 1.059 22° 234° 475 km 03m12.8s
05:0485°59.2'N156°43.7'W84°18.9'N149°31.4'E85°37.6'N170°16.1'E 1.059 22° 249° 476 km 03m11.6s
05:0684°46.0'N152°30.6'W83°46.8'N159°36.1'E84°44.8'N179°43.4'W 1.059 21° 260° 477 km 03m10.2s
05:0883°29.8'N149°22.0'W83°05.5'N168°14.9'E83°44.7'N172°14.2'W 1.059 20° 268° 477 km 03m08.7s
05:1082°10.1'N146°46.0'W82°16.8'N175°35.4'E82°39.1'N166°24.2'W 1.058 20° 275° 479 km 03m06.9s
05:1280°46.4'N144°26.1'W81°21.6'N178°09.2'W81°28.6'N161°39.3'W 1.058 19° 281° 480 km 03m05.0s
05:1479°17.7'N142°13.0'W80°20.7'N172°44.9'W80°13.3'N157°36.6'W 1.058 18° 285° 481 km 03m02.8s
05:1677°42.5'N139°59.5'W79°14.5'N167°59.3'W78°52.8'N154°00.9'W 1.057 17° 290° 483 km 03m00.4s
05:1875°58.2'N137°38.8'W78°02.7'N163°41.9'W77°26.3'N150°41.0'W 1.057 15° 294° 485 km 02m57.6s
05:2074°00.5'N135°01.7'W76°44.8'N159°43.7'W75°52.1'N147°27.6'W 1.057 14° 298° 486 km 02m54.5s
05:2271°39.1'N131°50.4'W75°19.7'N155°56.7'W74°07.3'N144°11.0'W 1.056 12° 302° 488 km 02m50.9s
05:2468°17.1'N127°02.6'W73°45.4'N152°12.4'W72°06.4'N140°37.9'W 1.055 10° 306° 489 km 02m46.6s
05:26 - - 71°58.2'N148°20.0'W69°34.9'N136°20.4'W 1.055 310° 488 km 02m40.9s
05:28 - - 69°49.9'N144°01.1'W65°01.0'N128°29.5'W 1.053 318° 482 km 02m30.4s
Limits64°42.5'N121°25.8'W62°19.9'N129°33.4'W63°30.9'N125°46.8'W 1.052 - 478 km 02m26.9s

ΔT = 643.9 seconds

Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration
Event Time
TD
Time
UT1
Latitude Longitude Sun
Altitude
Sun
Azimuth
Path Width Central
Duration
Greatest Eclipse04:56:06.404:45:22.582°26.9'N049°45.8'E 24.4° 122.4° 476.0 km03m17.19s
Greatest Duration04:56:35.804:45:51.982°40.6'N053°27.2'E 24.4° 123.7° 475.8 km03m17.20s

Explanation of Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration

Links for the Total Solar Eclipse of 1230 May 14

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Eclipse Predictions

Predictions for the Total Solar Eclipse of 1230 May 14 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 643.9 seconds for this eclipse. The uncertainty in ΔT is 27.8 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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