Path of the Total Solar Eclipse of -1168 Apr 06

Fred Espenak

Introduction

The following table delineates the path of the Moon's umbral shadow during the Total Solar Eclipse of -1168 Apr 06 . 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 -1168 Apr 06
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°28.2'N042°28.7'W34°55.7'N041°48.6'W35°41.5'N042°08.3'W 1.030 - 173 km 01m39.1s
08:48 - - 35°43.6'N031°20.6'W36°09.1'N035°16.9'W 1.032 91° 187 km 01m49.5s
08:5037°14.2'N033°24.6'W36°17.5'N027°27.4'W36°47.1'N030°07.8'W 1.033 10° 95° 198 km 01m58.4s
08:5237°51.2'N029°16.6'W36°49.4'N024°32.9'W37°21.0'N026°45.9'W 1.034 13° 97° 206 km 02m04.5s
08:5438°25.3'N026°15.7'W37°20.3'N022°08.7'W37°53.4'N024°06.5'W 1.035 16° 100° 211 km 02m09.6s
08:5638°58.2'N023°47.7'W37°50.6'N020°03.6'W38°24.9'N021°51.3'W 1.035 18° 102° 216 km 02m14.1s
08:5839°30.3'N021°39.9'W38°20.6'N018°11.9'W38°55.8'N019°52.4'W 1.036 19° 103° 220 km 02m18.0s
09:0040°01.8'N019°46.2'W38°50.3'N016°30.1'W39°26.4'N018°05.2'W 1.036 21° 105° 223 km 02m21.6s
09:0240°33.1'N018°02.8'W39°19.9'N014°56.2'W39°56.8'N016°26.9'W 1.037 22° 107° 226 km 02m24.9s
09:0441°04.1'N016°27.4'W39°49.3'N013°28.4'W40°26.9'N014°55.6'W 1.037 24° 109° 229 km 02m28.0s
09:0641°34.9'N014°58.4'W40°18.7'N012°05.8'W40°57.0'N013°30.0'W 1.038 25° 110° 231 km 02m30.9s
09:0842°05.7'N013°34.6'W40°48.1'N010°47.4'W41°27.1'N012°09.0'W 1.038 26° 112° 232 km 02m33.5s
09:1042°36.4'N012°15.0'W41°17.4'N009°32.5'W41°57.1'N010°51.9'W 1.038 27° 114° 234 km 02m36.0s
09:1243°07.0'N010°59.1'W41°46.8'N008°20.7'W42°27.1'N009°38.1'W 1.038 28° 115° 235 km 02m38.3s
09:1443°37.7'N009°46.1'W42°16.2'N007°11.4'W42°57.1'N008°27.1'W 1.039 29° 117° 236 km 02m40.5s
09:1644°08.4'N008°35.7'W42°45.7'N006°04.3'W43°27.1'N007°18.4'W 1.039 30° 119° 236 km 02m42.5s
09:1844°39.1'N007°27.5'W43°15.2'N004°59.1'W43°57.3'N006°11.7'W 1.039 31° 121° 237 km 02m44.4s
09:2045°10.0'N006°21.2'W43°44.9'N003°55.5'W44°27.5'N005°06.8'W 1.039 31° 122° 237 km 02m46.2s
09:2245°40.9'N005°16.4'W44°14.6'N002°53.3'W44°57.8'N004°03.3'W 1.040 32° 124° 237 km 02m47.8s
09:2446°11.9'N004°12.9'W44°44.5'N001°52.2'W45°28.2'N003°01.1'W 1.040 33° 126° 237 km 02m49.4s
09:2646°43.0'N003°10.5'W45°14.4'N000°52.1'W45°58.8'N001°59.9'W 1.040 33° 127° 237 km 02m50.8s
09:2847°14.3'N002°09.0'W45°44.5'N000°07.2'E46°29.4'N000°59.5'W 1.040 34° 129° 237 km 02m52.0s
09:3047°45.7'N001°08.2'W46°14.8'N001°05.9'E47°00.3'N000°00.2'E 1.040 34° 131° 236 km 02m53.2s
09:3248°17.3'N000°08.0'W46°45.2'N002°04.1'E47°31.2'N000°59.4'E 1.040 34° 133° 236 km 02m54.3s
09:3448°49.1'N000°51.9'E47°15.8'N003°02.0'E48°02.4'N001°58.3'E 1.040 35° 135° 235 km 02m55.2s
09:3649°21.0'N001°51.6'E47°46.5'N003°59.6'E48°33.7'N002°56.9'E 1.041 35° 137° 235 km 02m56.0s
09:3849°53.2'N002°51.1'E48°17.4'N004°57.3'E49°05.2'N003°55.5'E 1.041 35° 138° 234 km 02m56.8s
09:4050°25.5'N003°50.8'E48°48.6'N005°54.9'E49°37.0'N004°54.2'E 1.041 36° 140° 233 km 02m57.4s
09:4250°58.1'N004°50.6'E49°19.9'N006°52.8'E50°08.9'N005°53.0'E 1.041 36° 142° 233 km 02m57.9s
09:4451°30.9'N005°50.8'E49°51.5'N007°50.9'E50°41.1'N006°52.2'E 1.041 36° 144° 232 km 02m58.3s
09:4652°04.0'N006°51.5'E50°23.3'N008°49.5'E51°13.5'N007°51.8'E 1.041 36° 146° 231 km 02m58.6s
09:4852°37.3'N007°52.9'E50°55.3'N009°48.7'E51°46.1'N008°52.1'E 1.041 36° 148° 230 km 02m58.8s
09:5053°10.9'N008°55.0'E51°27.6'N010°48.6'E52°19.0'N009°53.1'E 1.041 36° 150° 229 km 02m58.9s
09:5253°44.8'N009°58.1'E52°00.1'N011°49.4'E52°52.2'N010°55.0'E 1.041 36° 152° 228 km 02m58.9s
09:5454°19.0'N011°02.4'E52°32.9'N012°51.1'E53°25.7'N011°57.9'E 1.041 36° 154° 227 km 02m58.8s
09:5654°53.5'N012°07.9'E53°06.0'N013°53.9'E53°59.5'N013°02.1'E 1.041 36° 156° 226 km 02m58.5s
09:5855°28.4'N013°14.9'E53°39.4'N014°58.1'E54°33.6'N014°07.7'E 1.041 36° 158° 225 km 02m58.2s
10:0056°03.6'N014°23.6'E54°13.1'N016°03.8'E55°08.1'N015°14.8'E 1.041 36° 160° 224 km 02m57.8s
10:0256°39.2'N015°34.2'E54°47.2'N017°11.1'E55°42.9'N016°23.8'E 1.041 35° 162° 223 km 02m57.2s
10:0457°15.1'N016°47.0'E55°21.6'N018°20.3'E56°18.0'N017°34.7'E 1.041 35° 165° 222 km 02m56.6s
10:0657°51.5'N018°02.2'E55°56.3'N019°31.6'E56°53.6'N018°47.9'E 1.041 35° 167° 220 km 02m55.8s
10:0858°28.3'N019°20.1'E56°31.5'N020°45.3'E57°29.5'N020°03.7'E 1.041 34° 169° 219 km 02m54.9s
10:1059°05.6'N020°41.0'E57°07.0'N022°01.6'E58°05.9'N021°22.2'E 1.040 34° 171° 218 km 02m53.9s
10:1259°43.3'N022°05.4'E57°43.0'N023°20.8'E58°42.7'N022°43.9'E 1.040 33° 173° 217 km 02m52.8s
10:1460°21.5'N023°33.7'E58°19.3'N024°43.2'E59°19.9'N024°09.2'E 1.040 33° 176° 216 km 02m51.6s
10:1661°00.3'N025°06.3'E58°56.2'N026°09.4'E59°57.7'N025°38.4'E 1.040 32° 178° 215 km 02m50.2s
10:1861°39.6'N026°43.8'E59°33.5'N027°39.6'E60°35.9'N027°12.2'E 1.040 32° 181° 214 km 02m48.7s
10:2062°19.4'N028°26.9'E60°11.3'N029°14.5'E61°14.7'N028°51.0'E 1.040 31° 183° 213 km 02m47.2s
10:2262°59.8'N030°16.4'E60°49.6'N030°54.6'E61°54.0'N030°35.6'E 1.040 30° 186° 211 km 02m45.4s
10:2463°40.9'N032°13.1'E61°28.4'N032°40.7'E62°33.9'N032°26.7'E 1.039 29° 188° 210 km 02m43.6s
10:2664°22.6'N034°18.3'E62°07.8'N034°33.4'E63°14.4'N034°25.3'E 1.039 29° 191° 209 km 02m41.5s
10:2865°04.9'N036°33.2'E62°47.8'N036°33.9'E63°55.5'N036°32.6'E 1.039 28° 194° 208 km 02m39.4s
10:3065°48.0'N038°59.6'E63°28.4'N038°43.4'E64°37.3'N038°49.9'E 1.039 27° 197° 207 km 02m37.1s
10:3266°31.7'N041°39.6'E64°09.7'N041°03.2'E65°19.7'N041°19.1'E 1.038 26° 200° 205 km 02m34.6s
10:3467°16.1'N044°35.8'E64°51.5'N043°35.3'E66°02.8'N044°02.3'E 1.038 24° 204° 204 km 02m31.9s
10:3668°01.1'N047°51.8'E65°34.0'N046°22.0'E66°46.5'N047°02.3'E 1.038 23° 207° 202 km 02m29.0s
10:3868°46.8'N051°32.5'E66°17.1'N049°26.2'E67°30.8'N050°23.0'E 1.037 22° 211° 201 km 02m25.9s
10:4069°32.9'N055°44.4'E67°00.8'N052°52.1'E68°15.7'N054°09.5'E 1.037 20° 215° 199 km 02m22.5s
10:4270°19.2'N060°37.5'E67°45.0'N056°45.3'E69°01.0'N058°29.2'E 1.036 19° 220° 198 km 02m18.8s
10:4471°05.2'N066°27.3'E68°29.6'N061°13.9'E69°46.4'N063°33.0'E 1.036 17° 226° 196 km 02m14.7s
10:4671°49.9'N073°41.3'E69°14.2'N066°30.7'E70°31.3'N069°39.1'E 1.035 15° 232° 194 km 02m10.0s
10:4872°30.9'N083°18.5'E69°58.2'N072°57.8'E71°14.6'N077°22.0'E 1.034 12° 240° 191 km 02m04.5s
10:5072°58.8'N098°53.0'E70°40.0'N081°20.9'E71°53.0'N088°06.9'E 1.033 251° 188 km 01m57.4s
Limits72°41.0'N115°39.5'E71°07.1'N114°25.8'E71°53.6'N115°01.4'E 1.031 - 179 km 01m41.6s

ΔT = 28390.5 seconds

Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration
Event Time
TD
Time
UT1
Latitude Longitude Sun
Altitude
Sun
Azimuth
Path Width Central
Duration
Greatest Eclipse17:42:52.109:49:41.752°14.0'N108°53.3'W 36.1° 149.7° 229.0 km02m58.90s
Greatest Duration17:43:52.709:50:42.352°30.7'N010°14.8'E 36.1° 150.7° 228.5 km02m58.92s

Explanation of Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration

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Eclipse Predictions

Predictions for the Total Solar Eclipse of -1168 Apr 06 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 28390.5 seconds for this eclipse. The uncertainty in ΔT is 986.3 seconds corresponding to a standard error in longitude of the eclipse path of ± 4.12°.

Acknowledgments

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

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