Path of the Annular Solar Eclipse of 1278 Apr 23

Fred Espenak

Introduction

The following table delineates the path of the Moon's antumbral shadow during the Annular Solar Eclipse of 1278 Apr 23 . 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 1278 Apr 23
UT1 Northern Limit Southern Limit Central Line M:S Sun Sun Path Central
Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Ratio Alt. Azm. Width Duration
Limits36°52.3'S072°45.8'W39°06.5'S071°57.0'W37°59.2'S072°21.6'W 0.932 - 258 km 04m52.2s
11:3435°13.4'S067°10.3'W - - 36°52.9'S068°33.4'W 0.933 69° 254 km 04m55.7s
11:3632°50.3'S060°30.3'W35°16.2'S060°27.3'W34°01.2'S060°24.1'W 0.934 11° 64° 246 km 05m04.3s
11:3831°14.1'S056°41.9'W33°25.2'S056°05.4'W32°18.4'S056°21.4'W 0.935 15° 61° 241 km 05m09.3s
11:4029°54.2'S053°50.9'W31°56.9'S052°59.4'W30°54.6'S053°23.7'W 0.936 18° 59° 238 km 05m13.3s
11:4228°43.4'S051°31.6'W30°40.3'S050°31.4'W29°41.1'S051°00.4'W 0.937 21° 58° 235 km 05m16.8s
11:4427°38.9'S049°32.9'W29°31.2'S048°27.1'W28°34.4'S048°59.2'W 0.938 23° 56° 233 km 05m19.9s
11:4626°38.9'S047°49.1'W28°27.4'S046°39.3'W27°32.6'S047°13.6'W 0.938 26° 55° 230 km 05m22.8s
11:4825°42.5'S046°16.5'W27°27.8'S045°03.8'W26°34.7'S045°39.7'W 0.938 28° 54° 229 km 05m25.6s
11:5024°49.0'S044°52.9'W26°31.5'S043°38.0'W25°39.8'S044°15.0'W 0.939 30° 53° 227 km 05m28.1s
11:5223°57.9'S043°36.4'W25°37.9'S042°19.9'W24°47.5'S042°57.8'W 0.939 32° 52° 225 km 05m30.6s
11:5423°08.8'S042°26.0'W24°46.7'S041°08.2'W23°57.4'S041°46.8'W 0.940 33° 51° 224 km 05m32.9s
11:5622°21.5'S041°20.7'W23°57.5'S040°01.8'W23°09.2'S040°41.0'W 0.940 35° 50° 222 km 05m35.1s
11:5821°35.8'S040°19.7'W23°10.0'S039°00.0'W22°22.6'S039°39.6'W 0.940 36° 49° 221 km 05m37.3s
12:0020°51.5'S039°22.5'W22°24.0'S038°02.2'W21°37.5'S038°42.2'W 0.941 38° 49° 220 km 05m39.4s
12:0220°08.4'S038°28.6'W21°39.5'S037°07.9'W20°53.7'S037°48.1'W 0.941 39° 48° 219 km 05m41.5s
12:0419°26.5'S037°37.7'W20°56.2'S036°16.6'W20°11.1'S036°57.0'W 0.941 41° 47° 218 km 05m43.4s
12:0618°45.6'S036°49.4'W20°14.0'S035°28.0'W19°29.6'S036°08.5'W 0.941 42° 46° 217 km 05m45.4s
12:0818°05.6'S036°03.4'W19°33.0'S034°41.8'W18°49.1'S035°22.5'W 0.942 44° 46° 216 km 05m47.2s
12:1017°26.5'S035°19.5'W18°52.8'S033°57.7'W18°09.5'S034°38.5'W 0.942 45° 45° 215 km 05m49.1s
12:1216°48.3'S034°37.5'W18°13.6'S033°15.7'W17°30.7'S033°56.5'W 0.942 46° 44° 214 km 05m50.9s
12:1416°10.8'S033°57.2'W17°35.2'S032°35.3'W16°52.8'S033°16.2'W 0.942 47° 43° 213 km 05m52.6s
12:1615°34.0'S033°18.5'W16°57.6'S031°56.6'W16°15.6'S032°37.5'W 0.943 49° 43° 212 km 05m54.3s
12:1814°57.9'S032°41.2'W16°20.8'S031°19.3'W15°39.1'S032°00.2'W 0.943 50° 42° 212 km 05m56.0s
12:2014°22.4'S032°05.3'W15°44.6'S030°43.4'W15°03.3'S031°24.3'W 0.943 51° 41° 211 km 05m57.7s
12:2213°47.5'S031°30.5'W15°09.1'S030°08.7'W14°28.1'S030°49.5'W 0.943 52° 40° 210 km 05m59.3s
12:2413°13.2'S030°56.8'W14°34.1'S029°35.1'W13°53.5'S030°15.9'W 0.943 53° 40° 210 km 06m00.9s
12:2612°39.4'S030°24.1'W13°59.8'S029°02.5'W13°19.4'S029°43.3'W 0.943 54° 39° 209 km 06m02.4s
12:2812°06.1'S029°52.4'W13°26.1'S028°30.9'W12°45.9'S029°11.6'W 0.944 55° 38° 208 km 06m04.0s
12:3011°33.4'S029°21.5'W12°52.8'S028°00.1'W12°12.9'S028°40.8'W 0.944 56° 37° 208 km 06m05.5s
12:3211°01.0'S028°51.4'W12°20.1'S027°30.1'W11°40.4'S028°10.7'W 0.944 57° 36° 207 km 06m07.0s
12:3410°29.2'S028°22.1'W11°47.9'S027°00.9'W11°08.3'S027°41.4'W 0.944 58° 35° 207 km 06m08.4s
12:3609°57.7'S027°53.4'W11°16.2'S026°32.3'W10°36.7'S027°12.8'W 0.944 59° 34° 207 km 06m09.8s
12:3809°26.7'S027°25.3'W10°44.9'S026°04.4'W10°05.6'S026°44.8'W 0.944 60° 33° 206 km 06m11.2s
12:4008°56.1'S026°57.8'W10°14.0'S025°37.0'W09°34.8'S026°17.4'W 0.944 61° 32° 206 km 06m12.6s
12:4208°25.8'S026°30.8'W09°43.6'S025°10.2'W09°04.5'S025°50.5'W 0.945 62° 31° 205 km 06m13.9s
12:4407°55.9'S026°04.3'W09°13.5'S024°43.9'W08°34.5'S025°24.0'W 0.945 63° 30° 205 km 06m15.3s
12:4607°26.4'S025°38.2'W08°43.9'S024°18.0'W08°05.0'S024°58.0'W 0.945 64° 28° 205 km 06m16.6s
12:4806°57.3'S025°12.5'W08°14.7'S023°52.5'W07°35.8'S024°32.5'W 0.945 65° 27° 205 km 06m17.8s
12:5006°28.4'S024°47.2'W07°45.8'S023°27.3'W07°06.9'S024°07.2'W 0.945 66° 26° 205 km 06m19.1s
12:5206°00.0'S024°22.3'W07°17.3'S023°02.5'W06°38.4'S023°42.4'W 0.945 66° 24° 204 km 06m20.3s
12:5405°31.8'S023°57.6'W06°49.1'S022°38.0'W06°10.2'S023°17.8'W 0.945 67° 23° 204 km 06m21.5s
12:5605°03.9'S023°33.2'W06°21.3'S022°13.8'W05°42.4'S022°53.5'W 0.945 68° 21° 204 km 06m22.6s
12:5804°36.4'S023°09.0'W05°53.8'S021°49.8'W05°14.9'S022°29.4'W 0.945 69° 19° 204 km 06m23.8s
13:0004°09.1'S022°45.1'W05°26.7'S021°26.1'W04°47.7'S022°05.5'W 0.945 69° 17° 204 km 06m24.9s
13:0203°42.2'S022°21.3'W04°59.9'S021°02.5'W04°20.8'S021°41.9'W 0.945 70° 15° 204 km 06m26.0s
13:0403°15.5'S021°57.7'W04°33.4'S020°39.1'W03°54.2'S021°18.4'W 0.945 71° 13° 204 km 06m27.0s
13:0602°49.2'S021°34.3'W04°07.2'S020°15.8'W03°27.9'S020°55.0'W 0.945 71° 11° 204 km 06m28.0s
13:0802°23.1'S021°10.9'W03°41.3'S019°52.6'W03°01.9'S020°31.7'W 0.945 72° 204 km 06m29.0s
13:1001°57.2'S020°47.6'W03°15.7'S019°29.6'W02°36.2'S020°08.6'W 0.946 72° 204 km 06m29.9s
13:1201°31.7'S020°24.4'W02°50.4'S019°06.5'W02°10.8'S019°45.5'W 0.946 73° 204 km 06m30.9s
13:1401°06.4'S020°01.3'W02°25.4'S018°43.6'W01°45.7'S019°22.4'W 0.946 73° 360° 205 km 06m31.7s
13:1600°41.4'S019°38.1'W02°00.7'S018°20.7'W01°20.8'S018°59.4'W 0.946 74° 357° 205 km 06m32.6s
13:1800°16.6'S019°15.0'W01°36.3'S017°57.7'W00°56.2'S018°36.3'W 0.946 74° 354° 205 km 06m33.4s
13:2000°07.9'N018°51.8'W01°12.2'S017°34.8'W00°31.9'S018°13.3'W 0.946 74° 350° 205 km 06m34.2s
13:2200°32.2'N018°28.6'W00°48.3'S017°11.8'W00°07.8'S017°50.2'W 0.946 75° 347° 206 km 06m34.9s
13:2400°56.1'N018°05.4'W00°24.7'S016°48.7'W00°16.0'N017°27.0'W 0.946 75° 343° 206 km 06m35.6s
13:2601°19.9'N017°42.0'W00°01.4'S016°25.6'W00°39.5'N017°03.8'W 0.946 75° 340° 206 km 06m36.2s
13:2801°43.4'N017°18.6'W00°21.6'N016°02.4'W01°02.8'N016°40.5'W 0.946 75° 336° 207 km 06m36.9s
13:3002°06.6'N016°55.0'W00°44.3'N015°39.1'W01°25.8'N016°17.0'W 0.946 75° 333° 207 km 06m37.4s
13:3202°29.6'N016°31.3'W01°06.8'N015°15.6'W01°48.5'N015°53.4'W 0.946 75° 329° 207 km 06m37.9s
13:3402°52.3'N016°07.4'W01°29.0'N014°52.0'W02°11.0'N015°29.6'W 0.946 75° 326° 208 km 06m38.4s
13:3603°14.8'N015°43.4'W01°51.0'N014°28.1'W02°33.2'N015°05.7'W 0.946 74° 323° 208 km 06m38.8s
13:3803°37.1'N015°19.1'W02°12.6'N014°04.1'W02°55.2'N014°41.6'W 0.946 74° 319° 209 km 06m39.2s
13:4003°59.1'N014°54.6'W02°34.0'N013°39.9'W03°16.8'N014°17.2'W 0.946 74° 316° 209 km 06m39.5s
13:4204°20.8'N014°29.9'W02°55.1'N013°15.5'W03°38.3'N013°52.6'W 0.946 73° 313° 210 km 06m39.8s
13:4404°42.3'N014°04.9'W03°16.0'N012°50.7'W03°59.4'N013°27.8'W 0.945 73° 310° 210 km 06m40.0s
13:4605°03.5'N013°39.6'W03°36.5'N012°25.7'W04°20.3'N013°02.6'W 0.945 72° 308° 211 km 06m40.1s
13:4805°24.5'N013°14.0'W03°56.8'N012°00.4'W04°41.0'N012°37.2'W 0.945 72° 305° 211 km 06m40.2s
13:5005°45.2'N012°48.0'W04°16.8'N011°34.8'W05°01.3'N012°11.4'W 0.945 71° 303° 212 km 06m40.3s
13:5206°05.7'N012°21.7'W04°36.6'N011°08.9'W05°21.4'N011°45.3'W 0.945 71° 301° 212 km 06m40.3s
13:5406°25.8'N011°55.0'W04°56.0'N010°42.5'W05°41.3'N011°18.8'W 0.945 70° 299° 213 km 06m40.2s
13:5606°45.8'N011°28.0'W05°15.2'N010°15.8'W06°00.8'N010°51.9'W 0.945 69° 297° 213 km 06m40.0s
13:5807°05.4'N011°00.5'W05°34.0'N009°48.7'W06°20.1'N010°24.5'W 0.945 69° 295° 214 km 06m39.8s
14:0007°24.8'N010°32.5'W05°52.6'N009°21.1'W06°39.0'N009°56.8'W 0.945 68° 294° 214 km 06m39.5s
14:0207°43.9'N010°04.1'W06°10.9'N008°53.0'W06°57.7'N009°28.5'W 0.945 67° 292° 215 km 06m39.2s
14:0408°02.7'N009°35.1'W06°28.9'N008°24.5'W07°16.1'N008°59.8'W 0.945 66° 291° 216 km 06m38.7s
14:0608°21.2'N009°05.6'W06°46.5'N007°55.4'W07°34.2'N008°30.5'W 0.945 65° 290° 216 km 06m38.3s
14:0808°39.4'N008°35.5'W07°03.9'N007°25.8'W07°52.0'N008°00.6'W 0.945 65° 288° 217 km 06m37.7s
14:1008°57.3'N008°04.8'W07°20.9'N006°55.6'W08°09.4'N007°30.2'W 0.945 64° 287° 217 km 06m37.0s
14:1209°14.9'N007°33.5'W07°37.6'N006°24.8'W08°26.6'N006°59.1'W 0.944 63° 286° 218 km 06m36.3s
14:1409°32.2'N007°01.6'W07°53.9'N005°53.3'W08°43.4'N006°27.4'W 0.944 62° 285° 219 km 06m35.5s
14:1609°49.1'N006°28.9'W08°09.9'N005°21.1'W08°59.8'N005°55.0'W 0.944 61° 285° 219 km 06m34.7s
14:1810°05.7'N005°55.4'W08°25.6'N004°48.2'W09°16.0'N005°21.8'W 0.944 60° 284° 220 km 06m33.7s
14:2010°22.0'N005°21.2'W08°40.9'N004°14.5'W09°31.7'N004°47.8'W 0.944 59° 283° 220 km 06m32.7s
14:2210°37.8'N004°46.1'W08°55.8'N003°40.0'W09°47.1'N004°13.0'W 0.944 58° 283° 221 km 06m31.5s
14:2410°53.4'N004°10.1'W09°10.3'N003°04.6'W10°02.1'N003°37.4'W 0.944 57° 282° 221 km 06m30.3s
14:2611°08.5'N003°33.2'W09°24.4'N002°28.3'W10°16.8'N003°00.7'W 0.944 56° 282° 222 km 06m29.1s
14:2811°23.2'N002°55.3'W09°38.1'N001°51.0'W10°31.0'N002°23.2'W 0.943 55° 281° 223 km 06m27.7s
14:3011°37.5'N002°16.3'W09°51.3'N001°12.7'W10°44.7'N001°44.5'W 0.943 54° 281° 223 km 06m26.2s
14:3211°51.4'N001°36.2'W10°04.1'N000°33.2'W10°58.1'N001°04.7'W 0.943 53° 280° 224 km 06m24.7s
14:3412°04.8'N000°54.9'W10°16.4'N000°07.4'E11°10.9'N000°23.8'W 0.943 52° 280° 224 km 06m23.0s
14:3612°17.7'N000°12.3'W10°28.3'N000°49.3'E11°23.3'N000°18.4'E 0.943 51° 280° 225 km 06m21.3s
14:3812°30.1'N000°31.7'E10°39.6'N001°32.5'E11°35.1'N001°02.0'E 0.943 50° 280° 225 km 06m19.5s
14:4012°42.0'N001°17.1'E10°50.3'N002°17.2'E11°46.4'N001°47.1'E 0.942 48° 279° 226 km 06m17.6s
14:4212°53.3'N002°04.1'E11°00.5'N003°03.5'E11°57.2'N002°33.7'E 0.942 47° 279° 227 km 06m15.6s
14:4413°04.0'N002°52.8'E11°10.0'N003°51.4'E12°07.3'N003°22.0'E 0.942 46° 279° 227 km 06m13.5s
14:4613°14.0'N003°43.3'E11°18.9'N004°41.2'E12°16.8'N004°12.1'E 0.942 45° 279° 228 km 06m11.3s
14:4813°23.4'N004°35.8'E11°27.0'N005°32.9'E12°25.5'N005°04.2'E 0.941 43° 279° 228 km 06m09.0s
14:5013°32.1'N005°30.5'E11°34.4'N006°26.8'E12°33.6'N005°58.5'E 0.941 42° 279° 229 km 06m06.6s
14:5213°39.9'N006°27.6'E11°41.0'N007°23.1'E12°40.8'N006°55.2'E 0.941 41° 279° 230 km 06m04.1s
14:5413°46.9'N007°27.3'E11°46.7'N008°22.1'E12°47.1'N007°54.4'E 0.941 39° 279° 230 km 06m01.4s
14:5613°53.0'N008°29.9'E11°51.4'N009°23.9'E12°52.5'N008°56.6'E 0.940 38° 279° 231 km 05m58.7s
14:5813°58.0'N009°35.7'E11°55.0'N010°29.0'E12°56.8'N010°02.0'E 0.940 36° 279° 232 km 05m55.8s
15:0014°01.9'N010°45.2'E11°57.4'N011°37.8'E13°00.0'N011°11.1'E 0.940 35° 279° 233 km 05m52.8s
15:0214°04.4'N011°58.8'E11°58.4'N012°50.9'E13°01.8'N012°24.4'E 0.939 33° 280° 234 km 05m49.7s
15:0414°05.5'N013°17.1'E11°57.9'N014°08.8'E13°02.1'N013°42.5'E 0.939 31° 280° 235 km 05m46.4s
15:0614°05.0'N014°41.1'E11°55.6'N015°32.5'E13°00.6'N015°06.2'E 0.938 29° 280° 236 km 05m43.0s
15:0814°02.4'N016°11.6'E11°51.1'N017°03.0'E12°57.1'N016°36.7'E 0.938 28° 280° 237 km 05m39.3s
15:1013°57.4'N017°50.3'E11°44.1'N018°42.0'E12°51.2'N018°15.4'E 0.938 25° 281° 239 km 05m35.5s
15:1213°49.5'N019°39.0'E11°33.8'N020°31.8'E12°42.1'N020°04.5'E 0.937 23° 281° 240 km 05m31.4s
15:1413°37.8'N021°41.1'E11°19.2'N022°35.9'E12°29.0'N022°07.3'E 0.936 21° 281° 242 km 05m26.9s
15:1613°20.9'N024°01.6'E10°58.7'N025°00.6'E12°10.4'N024°29.6'E 0.936 18° 282° 244 km 05m21.9s
15:1812°56.1'N026°50.5'E10°28.7'N027°58.3'E11°43.2'N027°22.1'E 0.935 15° 283° 247 km 05m16.3s
15:2012°16.9'N030°31.9'E09°39.4'N032°04.2'E10°59.6'N031°13.6'E 0.934 10° 283° 250 km 05m09.2s
Limits09°49.7'N041°09.7'E07°31.5'N040°41.6'E08°40.8'N040°55.3'E 0.931 - 260 km 04m54.1s

ΔT = 530.2 seconds

Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration
Event Time
TD
Time
UT1
Latitude Longitude Sun
Altitude
Sun
Azimuth
Path Width Central
Duration
Greatest Eclipse13:36:39.013:27:48.801°00.6'N018°55.5'W 74.8° 336.7° 206.5 km06m36.80s
Greatest Duration13:59:04.913:50:14.705°03.8'N012°08.2'W 71.1° 302.8° 211.7 km06m40.28s

Explanation of Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration

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Eclipse Predictions

Predictions for the Annular Solar Eclipse of 1278 Apr 23 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 530.2 seconds for this eclipse. The uncertainty in ΔT is 23.5 seconds corresponding to a standard error in longitude of the eclipse path of ± 0.10°.

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