Path of the Total Solar Eclipse of -1197 Apr 27

Fred Espenak

Introduction

The following table delineates the path of the Moon's umbral shadow during the Total Solar Eclipse of -1197 Apr 27 . 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 -1197 Apr 27
UT1 Northern Limit Southern Limit Central Line M:S Sun Sun Path Central
Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Ratio Alt. Azm. Width Duration
Limits79°39.6'S049°12.2'W78°39.6'S040°23.1'W79°12.5'S044°39.9'W 1.026 - 217 km 01m34.9s
16:5470°51.0'S056°36.8'W - - 73°42.2'S052°38.6'W 1.028 339° 220 km 01m45.7s
16:5668°22.1'S056°26.1'W73°14.3'S049°21.8'W70°29.9'S053°41.7'W 1.029 339° 223 km 01m51.8s
16:5866°19.9'S056°00.2'W70°13.6'S050°43.4'W68°07.9'S053°44.8'W 1.029 11° 338° 225 km 01m56.2s
17:0064°33.8'S055°28.5'W67°57.0'S050°59.9'W66°09.9'S053°28.8'W 1.030 13° 337° 227 km 01m59.7s
17:0262°59.0'S054°54.2'W66°02.4'S050°53.7'W64°26.8'S053°04.6'W 1.030 14° 336° 230 km 02m02.8s
17:0461°32.4'S054°18.8'W64°21.8'S050°36.8'W62°54.1'S052°36.1'W 1.031 15° 335° 233 km 02m05.4s
17:0660°12.4'S053°42.8'W62°51.1'S050°14.0'W61°29.4'S052°05.1'W 1.031 16° 334° 235 km 02m07.7s
17:0858°57.7'S053°06.5'W61°28.0'S049°47.5'W60°10.9'S051°32.8'W 1.031 17° 333° 238 km 02m09.8s
17:1057°47.4'S052°30.2'W60°10.8'S049°18.8'W58°57.4'S050°59.5'W 1.031 18° 332° 241 km 02m11.6s
17:1256°40.9'S051°53.9'W58°58.6'S048°48.3'W57°48.3'S050°25.6'W 1.032 19° 330° 244 km 02m13.2s
17:1455°37.6'S051°17.5'W57°50.5'S048°16.7'W56°42.8'S049°51.1'W 1.032 20° 329° 247 km 02m14.7s
17:1654°37.3'S050°41.1'W56°46.0'S047°44.0'W55°40.5'S049°16.3'W 1.032 20° 328° 250 km 02m15.9s
17:1853°39.5'S050°04.5'W55°44.6'S047°10.5'W54°41.0'S048°41.0'W 1.032 21° 327° 253 km 02m17.0s
17:2052°44.0'S049°27.8'W54°46.0'S046°36.2'W53°44.1'S048°05.3'W 1.032 21° 325° 257 km 02m18.0s
17:2251°50.6'S048°50.8'W53°49.8'S046°01.2'W52°49.4'S047°29.1'W 1.032 21° 324° 260 km 02m18.8s
17:2450°59.2'S048°13.5'W52°55.9'S045°25.4'W51°56.7'S046°52.4'W 1.032 22° 323° 263 km 02m19.4s
17:2650°09.5'S047°35.8'W52°04.0'S044°48.7'W51°06.0'S046°15.1'W 1.032 22° 321° 267 km 02m19.9s
17:2849°21.5'S046°57.6'W51°14.0'S044°11.3'W50°17.1'S045°37.2'W 1.032 22° 320° 270 km 02m20.3s
17:3048°35.1'S046°18.8'W50°25.7'S043°32.9'W49°29.8'S044°58.5'W 1.032 22° 319° 273 km 02m20.5s
17:3247°50.1'S045°39.2'W49°39.1'S042°53.5'W48°44.0'S044°19.0'W 1.032 22° 317° 277 km 02m20.7s
17:3447°06.4'S044°58.9'W48°54.1'S042°12.9'W47°59.7'S043°38.5'W 1.032 22° 316° 280 km 02m20.6s
17:3646°24.2'S044°17.7'W48°10.5'S041°31.2'W47°16.8'S042°57.0'W 1.032 22° 315° 283 km 02m20.5s
17:3845°43.1'S043°35.4'W47°28.3'S040°48.0'W46°35.2'S042°14.3'W 1.032 22° 313° 286 km 02m20.2s
17:4045°03.3'S042°51.9'W46°47.5'S040°03.4'W45°54.9'S041°30.2'W 1.032 22° 312° 289 km 02m19.7s
17:4244°24.8'S042°07.0'W46°08.1'S039°17.0'W45°15.9'S040°44.6'W 1.032 22° 311° 292 km 02m19.2s
17:4443°47.3'S041°20.7'W45°29.9'S038°28.7'W44°38.1'S039°57.3'W 1.032 21° 309° 294 km 02m18.4s
17:4643°11.1'S040°32.5'W44°53.0'S037°38.2'W44°01.6'S039°08.1'W 1.032 21° 308° 296 km 02m17.6s
17:4842°36.0'S039°42.4'W44°17.4'S036°45.2'W43°26.2'S038°16.7'W 1.032 21° 307° 298 km 02m16.6s
17:5042°02.1'S038°50.1'W43°43.1'S035°49.3'W42°52.1'S037°22.7'W 1.032 20° 305° 299 km 02m15.4s
17:5241°29.4'S037°55.1'W43°10.1'S034°50.1'W42°19.2'S036°25.8'W 1.031 20° 304° 299 km 02m14.1s
17:5440°57.9'S036°57.2'W42°38.5'S033°47.1'W41°47.7'S035°25.6'W 1.031 19° 303° 299 km 02m12.6s
17:5640°27.6'S035°55.8'W42°08.5'S032°39.4'W41°17.5'S034°21.4'W 1.031 18° 301° 298 km 02m10.8s
17:5839°58.8'S034°50.3'W41°40.0'S031°26.2'W40°48.8'S033°12.4'W 1.031 17° 300° 295 km 02m08.9s
18:0039°31.4'S033°40.0'W41°13.3'S030°06.0'W40°21.7'S031°57.7'W 1.030 16° 298° 292 km 02m06.8s
18:0239°05.7'S032°23.6'W40°48.8'S028°37.0'W39°56.5'S030°35.9'W 1.030 15° 297° 287 km 02m04.4s
18:0438°41.8'S030°59.9'W40°26.9'S026°56.1'W39°33.4'S029°04.9'W 1.030 14° 295° 282 km 02m01.6s
18:0638°20.2'S029°26.5'W40°08.3'S024°58.3'W39°13.0'S027°21.6'W 1.029 13° 294° 274 km 01m58.5s
18:0838°01.5'S027°40.0'W39°54.9'S022°33.3'W38°56.2'S025°20.4'W 1.029 11° 292° 265 km 01m54.9s
18:1037°46.6'S025°34.2'W39°51.3'S019°13.4'W38°45.0'S022°50.0'W 1.028 290° 253 km 01m50.4s
18:1237°37.8'S022°56.3'W - - 38°44.7'S019°18.0'W 1.027 287° 238 km 01m44.3s
Limits38°32.7'S012°10.9'W40°32.5'S011°52.7'W39°31.3'S012°01.9'W 1.025 - 210 km 01m33.0s

ΔT = 28943.7 seconds

Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration
Event Time
TD
Time
UT1
Latitude Longitude Sun
Altitude
Sun
Azimuth
Path Width Central
Duration
Greatest Eclipse01:35:10.917:32:47.148°26.4'S164°58.9'W 22.3° 316.9° 278.1 km02m20.66s
Greatest Duration01:34:59.117:32:35.448°30.8'S044°07.2'W 22.3° 317.0° 277.8 km02m20.66s

Explanation of Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration

Links for the Total Solar Eclipse of -1197 Apr 27

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Eclipse Predictions

Predictions for the Total Solar Eclipse of -1197 Apr 27 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 28943.7 seconds for this eclipse. The uncertainty in ΔT is 1055.9 seconds corresponding to a standard error in longitude of the eclipse path of ± 4.41°.

Acknowledgments

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

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