Path of the Total Solar Eclipse of -1202 Aug 18

Fred Espenak

Introduction

The following table delineates the path of the Moon's umbral shadow during the Total Solar Eclipse of -1202 Aug 18 . 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 -1202 Aug 18
UT1 Northern Limit Southern Limit Central Line M:S Sun Sun Path Central
Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Ratio Alt. Azm. Width Duration
Limits48°35.9'N080°32.3'E46°58.0'N082°18.6'E47°46.8'N081°26.4'E 1.047 - 221 km 02m18.5s
23:18 - - 50°56.8'N095°14.7'E50°14.7'N089°06.2'E 1.049 70° 228 km 02m29.5s
23:2052°16.2'N091°54.9'E52°35.0'N101°11.6'E52°36.2'N097°02.2'E 1.051 11° 76° 234 km 02m41.4s
23:2254°08.6'N098°20.5'E53°44.7'N105°48.4'E54°01.9'N102°19.3'E 1.052 15° 81° 238 km 02m49.4s
23:2455°26.3'N103°12.9'E54°39.6'N109°46.0'E55°06.5'N106°40.2'E 1.053 18° 85° 240 km 02m56.0s
23:2656°27.2'N107°22.8'E55°24.8'N113°19.4'E55°58.6'N110°29.9'E 1.053 20° 89° 242 km 03m01.8s
23:2857°17.1'N111°07.3'E56°02.8'N116°35.9'E56°42.0'N113°59.4'E 1.054 23° 93° 244 km 03m07.1s
23:3057°59.2'N114°34.5'E56°35.2'N119°40.0'E57°18.8'N117°14.4'E 1.055 25° 96° 245 km 03m11.8s
23:3258°35.0'N117°49.2'E57°02.9'N122°34.2'E57°50.3'N120°18.4'E 1.055 26° 100° 246 km 03m16.3s
23:3459°05.8'N120°54.1'E57°26.7'N125°20.5'E58°17.3'N123°13.6'E 1.056 28° 103° 247 km 03m20.4s
23:3659°32.2'N123°51.1'E57°47.1'N128°00.2'E58°40.5'N126°01.6'E 1.056 30° 106° 248 km 03m24.3s
23:3859°54.9'N126°41.6'E58°04.5'N130°34.1'E59°00.4'N128°43.5'E 1.057 31° 110° 249 km 03m28.0s
23:4060°14.2'N129°26.5'E58°19.1'N133°03.0'E59°17.2'N131°20.1'E 1.057 33° 113° 249 km 03m31.5s
23:4260°30.5'N132°06.4'E58°31.2'N135°27.4'E59°31.3'N133°52.0'E 1.057 34° 116° 250 km 03m34.8s
23:4460°44.0'N134°42.0'E58°41.0'N137°47.7'E59°42.8'N136°19.7'E 1.058 35° 119° 251 km 03m38.0s
23:4660°55.0'N137°13.5'E58°48.8'N140°04.3'E59°52.1'N138°43.4'E 1.058 36° 122° 251 km 03m40.9s
23:4861°03.6'N139°41.3'E58°54.5'N142°17.5'E59°59.1'N141°03.6'E 1.058 37° 125° 252 km 03m43.8s
23:5061°10.0'N142°05.5'E58°58.4'N144°27.3'E60°04.2'N143°20.3'E 1.059 38° 128° 252 km 03m46.5s
23:5261°14.4'N144°26.4'E59°00.6'N146°34.1'E60°07.4'N145°33.9'E 1.059 39° 132° 253 km 03m49.0s
23:5461°16.8'N146°44.1'E59°01.1'N148°37.9'E60°08.8'N147°44.3'E 1.059 40° 135° 253 km 03m51.4s
23:5661°17.4'N148°58.7'E59°00.1'N150°38.9'E60°08.6'N149°51.8'E 1.059 41° 138° 253 km 03m53.7s
23:5861°16.3'N151°10.3'E58°57.7'N152°37.2'E60°06.8'N151°56.4'E 1.060 42° 141° 254 km 03m55.9s
00:0061°13.5'N153°19.0'E58°53.9'N154°32.9'E60°03.4'N153°58.3'E 1.060 43° 144° 254 km 03m57.9s
00:0261°09.2'N155°24.8'E58°48.7'N156°26.0'E59°58.6'N155°57.5'E 1.060 44° 147° 255 km 03m59.8s
00:0461°03.4'N157°27.8'E58°42.3'N158°16.7'E59°52.5'N157°54.0'E 1.060 44° 150° 255 km 04m01.6s
00:0660°56.2'N159°28.0'E58°34.7'N160°05.0'E59°45.1'N159°48.0'E 1.060 45° 153° 255 km 04m03.3s
00:0860°47.6'N161°25.5'E58°25.9'N161°51.0'E59°36.4'N161°39.4'E 1.060 46° 156° 256 km 04m04.8s
00:1060°37.8'N163°20.4'E58°16.1'N163°34.7'E59°26.6'N163°28.5'E 1.061 46° 159° 256 km 04m06.3s
00:1260°26.8'N165°12.7'E58°05.2'N165°16.2'E59°15.6'N165°15.1'E 1.061 47° 162° 256 km 04m07.6s
00:1460°14.6'N167°02.5'E57°53.3'N166°55.6'E59°03.6'N166°59.5'E 1.061 47° 165° 257 km 04m08.8s
00:1660°01.3'N168°49.8'E57°40.5'N168°32.9'E58°50.5'N168°41.6'E 1.061 48° 168° 257 km 04m09.9s
00:1859°47.0'N170°34.7'E57°26.7'N170°08.3'E58°36.5'N170°21.5'E 1.061 48° 172° 258 km 04m10.9s
00:2059°31.6'N172°17.3'E57°12.1'N171°41.7'E58°21.5'N171°59.3'E 1.061 49° 175° 258 km 04m11.8s
00:2259°15.3'N173°57.6'E56°56.6'N173°13.2'E58°05.6'N173°35.0'E 1.061 49° 178° 258 km 04m12.5s
00:2458°58.0'N175°35.7'E56°40.3'N174°42.9'E57°48.8'N175°08.7'E 1.061 49° 181° 259 km 04m13.2s
00:2658°39.9'N177°11.6'E56°23.2'N176°10.8'E57°31.2'N176°40.5'E 1.061 50° 184° 259 km 04m13.7s
00:2858°20.9'N178°45.5'E56°05.3'N177°37.1'E57°12.8'N178°10.4'E 1.061 50° 187° 259 km 04m14.2s
00:3058°01.0'N179°42.6'W55°46.7'N179°01.8'E56°53.6'N179°38.6'E 1.061 50° 190° 260 km 04m14.5s
00:3257°40.4'N178°12.6'W55°27.3'N179°35.1'W56°33.6'N178°55.0'W 1.061 50° 192° 260 km 04m14.7s
00:3457°19.0'N176°44.4'W55°07.3'N178°13.5'W56°12.9'N177°30.2'W 1.061 50° 195° 261 km 04m14.8s
00:3656°56.8'N175°17.9'W54°46.6'N176°53.3'W55°51.5'N176°06.9'W 1.061 50° 198° 261 km 04m14.9s
00:3856°34.0'N173°53.1'W54°25.2'N175°34.4'W55°29.4'N174°45.2'W 1.061 50° 201° 261 km 04m14.8s
00:4056°10.4'N172°29.9'W54°03.2'N174°16.8'W55°06.7'N173°24.9'W 1.061 50° 204° 262 km 04m14.5s
00:4255°46.1'N171°08.2'W53°40.6'N173°00.4'W54°43.2'N172°05.9'W 1.061 50° 207° 262 km 04m14.2s
00:4455°21.2'N169°47.9'W53°17.3'N171°45.1'W54°19.2'N170°48.2'W 1.061 50° 210° 263 km 04m13.8s
00:4654°55.6'N168°28.9'W52°53.4'N170°30.9'W53°54.5'N169°31.6'W 1.061 50° 212° 263 km 04m13.3s
00:4854°29.4'N167°11.2'W52°29.0'N169°17.7'W53°29.2'N168°16.2'W 1.061 50° 215° 263 km 04m12.7s
00:5054°02.6'N165°54.6'W52°03.9'N168°05.4'W53°03.2'N167°01.7'W 1.061 49° 218° 264 km 04m11.9s
00:5253°35.1'N164°39.0'W51°38.2'N166°53.9'W52°36.7'N165°48.3'W 1.061 49° 220° 264 km 04m11.1s
00:5453°07.0'N163°24.4'W51°12.0'N165°43.2'W52°09.5'N164°35.6'W 1.061 49° 223° 264 km 04m10.1s
00:5652°38.3'N162°10.6'W50°45.2'N164°33.2'W51°41.8'N163°23.7'W 1.061 48° 226° 265 km 04m09.1s
00:5852°08.9'N160°57.6'W50°17.8'N163°23.7'W51°13.5'N162°12.5'W 1.061 48° 228° 265 km 04m07.9s
01:0051°39.0'N159°45.3'W49°49.8'N162°14.8'W50°44.5'N161°01.9'W 1.061 47° 230° 266 km 04m06.7s
01:0251°08.4'N158°33.5'W49°21.2'N161°06.2'W50°15.0'N159°51.7'W 1.061 47° 233° 266 km 04m05.3s
01:0450°37.2'N157°22.1'W48°52.1'N159°58.0'W49°44.8'N158°42.0'W 1.060 46° 235° 266 km 04m03.8s
01:0650°05.4'N156°11.1'W48°22.3'N158°50.1'W49°14.0'N157°32.5'W 1.060 46° 238° 266 km 04m02.3s
01:0849°32.9'N155°00.3'W47°51.9'N157°42.2'W48°42.6'N156°23.2'W 1.060 45° 240° 267 km 04m00.6s
01:1048°59.7'N153°49.6'W47°20.9'N156°34.4'W48°10.6'N155°14.0'W 1.060 44° 242° 267 km 03m58.8s
01:1248°25.8'N152°38.9'W46°49.2'N155°26.5'W47°37.8'N154°04.6'W 1.060 43° 244° 267 km 03m56.9s
01:1447°51.3'N151°28.0'W46°16.9'N154°18.4'W47°04.4'N152°55.1'W 1.060 43° 246° 267 km 03m54.9s
01:1647°15.9'N150°16.7'W45°43.8'N153°09.9'W46°30.3'N151°45.3'W 1.059 42° 248° 267 km 03m52.8s
01:1846°39.8'N149°05.0'W45°10.1'N152°01.0'W45°55.3'N150°34.9'W 1.059 41° 251° 267 km 03m50.5s
01:2046°02.9'N147°52.6'W44°35.5'N150°51.4'W45°19.7'N149°23.9'W 1.059 40° 253° 267 km 03m48.2s
01:2245°25.1'N146°39.2'W44°00.2'N149°41.0'W44°43.1'N148°12.1'W 1.059 39° 254° 267 km 03m45.7s
01:2444°46.3'N145°24.8'W43°24.0'N148°29.5'W44°05.7'N146°59.2'W 1.058 38° 256° 267 km 03m43.1s
01:2644°06.6'N144°08.9'W42°46.9'N147°16.9'W43°27.3'N145°44.9'W 1.058 37° 258° 267 km 03m40.3s
01:2843°25.7'N142°51.4'W42°08.8'N146°02.7'W42°47.9'N144°29.2'W 1.058 36° 260° 267 km 03m37.5s
01:3042°43.7'N141°31.9'W41°29.7'N144°46.8'W42°07.3'N143°11.5'W 1.057 35° 262° 266 km 03m34.5s
01:3242°00.3'N140°09.8'W40°49.4'N143°28.8'W41°25.5'N141°51.5'W 1.057 33° 264° 266 km 03m31.3s
01:3441°15.4'N138°44.8'W40°07.8'N142°08.3'W40°42.4'N140°28.8'W 1.057 32° 266° 265 km 03m28.0s
01:3640°28.9'N137°16.3'W39°24.7'N140°44.7'W39°57.6'N139°02.9'W 1.056 31° 267° 264 km 03m24.5s
01:3839°40.4'N135°43.3'W38°40.1'N139°17.5'W39°11.1'N137°32.9'W 1.056 29° 269° 263 km 03m20.8s
01:4038°49.6'N134°04.8'W37°53.5'N137°46.0'W38°22.6'N135°58.1'W 1.055 27° 271° 262 km 03m16.9s
01:4237°56.1'N132°19.5'W37°04.8'N136°09.0'W37°31.6'N134°17.3'W 1.055 26° 273° 260 km 03m12.7s
01:4436°59.2'N130°25.4'W36°13.5'N134°25.3'W36°37.7'N132°28.8'W 1.054 24° 274° 258 km 03m08.2s
01:4635°57.9'N128°19.4'W35°19.0'N132°33.1'W35°40.1'N130°30.3'W 1.054 22° 276° 256 km 03m03.4s
01:4834°50.6'N125°56.7'W34°20.4'N130°29.3'W34°37.6'N128°18.2'W 1.053 19° 278° 253 km 02m58.1s
01:5033°34.5'N123°08.2'W33°16.2'N128°09.7'W33°28.2'N125°46.2'W 1.052 17° 280° 249 km 02m52.1s
01:5232°02.5'N119°32.8'W32°04.0'N125°25.9'W32°07.9'N122°41.9'W 1.051 14° 282° 244 km 02m45.2s
01:5429°45.7'N113°40.4'W30°37.8'N121°59.7'W30°25.9'N118°31.3'W 1.050 285° 237 km 02m36.2s
Limits27°58.1'N108°26.6'W26°15.2'N109°42.0'W27°06.4'N109°04.8'W 1.047 - 220 km 02m18.4s

ΔT = 29033.9 seconds

Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration
Event Time
TD
Time
UT1
Latitude Longitude Sun
Altitude
Sun
Azimuth
Path Width Central
Duration
Greatest Eclipse08:40:21.800:36:27.955°46.4'N062°53.9'E 50.3° 199.0° 261.1 km04m14.84s
Greatest Duration08:39:02.400:35:08.556°00.8'N176°42.5'W 50.2° 197.1° 260.9 km04m14.86s

Explanation of Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration

Links for the Total Solar Eclipse of -1202 Aug 18

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Eclipse Predictions

Predictions for the Total Solar Eclipse of -1202 Aug 18 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 29033.9 seconds for this eclipse. The uncertainty in ΔT is 1067.4 seconds corresponding to a standard error in longitude of the eclipse path of ± 4.46°.

Acknowledgments

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

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