Path of the Annular Solar Eclipse of -1228 Dec 31

Fred Espenak

Introduction

The following table delineates the path of the Moon's antumbral shadow during the Annular Solar Eclipse of -1228 Dec 31 . 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 -1228 Dec 31
UT1 Northern Limit Southern Limit Central Line M:S Sun Sun Path Central
Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Ratio Alt. Azm. Width Duration
Limits42°19.3'N136°05.0'W40°19.3'N136°58.7'W41°18.7'N136°32.7'W 0.955 - 227 km 03m24.6s
16:44 - - 36°19.0'N128°27.7'W39°39.9'N133°07.4'W 0.956 125° 222 km 03m26.5s
16:4639°43.2'N130°46.9'W34°39.6'N124°51.8'W36°44.5'N126°59.6'W 0.957 129° 215 km 03m30.5s
16:4837°17.5'N125°45.2'W33°28.9'N122°14.4'W35°13.1'N123°43.1'W 0.958 12° 131° 212 km 03m33.0s
16:5035°51.5'N122°42.1'W32°32.8'N120°06.0'W34°06.0'N121°14.8'W 0.959 15° 133° 209 km 03m35.1s
16:5234°47.0'N120°20.8'W31°46.0'N118°15.8'W33°12.1'N119°12.2'W 0.959 17° 135° 208 km 03m37.0s
16:5433°54.7'N118°22.7'W31°05.8'N116°38.2'W32°26.8'N117°26.0'W 0.960 19° 136° 207 km 03m38.7s
16:5633°10.7'N116°39.8'W30°30.8'N115°10.0'W31°47.9'N115°51.5'W 0.960 21° 138° 206 km 03m40.3s
16:5832°32.8'N115°07.8'W29°59.8'N113°49.1'W31°13.9'N114°25.7'W 0.961 22° 139° 205 km 03m41.8s
17:0031°59.6'N113°44.0'W29°32.3'N112°34.1'W30°43.8'N113°06.8'W 0.961 24° 140° 205 km 03m43.2s
17:0231°30.3'N112°26.9'W29°07.6'N111°23.9'W30°17.0'N111°53.5'W 0.961 25° 142° 205 km 03m44.6s
17:0431°04.1'N111°15.0'W28°45.3'N110°17.8'W29°53.0'N110°44.8'W 0.961 26° 143° 205 km 03m45.9s
17:0630°40.8'N110°07.5'W28°25.3'N109°15.1'W29°31.4'N109°39.9'W 0.962 27° 144° 205 km 03m47.1s
17:0830°19.8'N109°03.7'W28°07.2'N108°15.5'W29°12.0'N108°38.4'W 0.962 28° 145° 205 km 03m48.2s
17:1030°01.0'N108°03.1'W27°50.9'N107°18.4'W28°54.5'N107°39.7'W 0.962 29° 147° 205 km 03m49.4s
17:1229°44.1'N107°05.3'W27°36.2'N106°23.6'W28°38.8'N106°43.5'W 0.962 30° 148° 205 km 03m50.4s
17:1429°28.9'N106°09.8'W27°23.0'N105°30.8'W28°24.7'N105°49.4'W 0.963 31° 149° 206 km 03m51.5s
17:1629°15.3'N105°16.4'W27°11.2'N104°39.8'W28°12.0'N104°57.3'W 0.963 32° 150° 206 km 03m52.4s
17:1829°03.2'N104°24.9'W27°00.7'N103°50.4'W28°00.8'N104°06.9'W 0.963 32° 151° 206 km 03m53.3s
17:2028°52.5'N103°35.0'W26°51.3'N103°02.4'W27°50.8'N103°18.0'W 0.963 33° 153° 207 km 03m54.2s
17:2228°43.1'N102°46.6'W26°43.1'N102°15.6'W27°42.0'N102°30.5'W 0.963 34° 154° 207 km 03m55.0s
17:2428°34.8'N101°59.4'W26°36.0'N101°30.0'W27°34.3'N101°44.2'W 0.963 34° 155° 207 km 03m55.8s
17:2628°27.8'N101°13.5'W26°29.9'N100°45.4'W27°27.8'N100°58.9'W 0.963 35° 156° 208 km 03m56.5s
17:2828°21.8'N100°28.5'W26°24.8'N100°01.7'W27°22.3'N100°14.7'W 0.964 35° 158° 208 km 03m57.2s
17:3028°16.9'N099°44.5'W26°20.7'N099°18.9'W27°17.8'N099°31.3'W 0.964 36° 159° 208 km 03m57.8s
17:3228°12.9'N099°01.3'W26°17.5'N098°36.8'W27°14.2'N098°48.7'W 0.964 36° 160° 209 km 03m58.4s
17:3428°10.0'N098°18.8'W26°15.2'N097°55.3'W27°11.6'N098°06.7'W 0.964 37° 162° 209 km 03m59.0s
17:3628°08.0'N097°37.0'W26°13.8'N097°14.4'W27°09.9'N097°25.4'W 0.964 37° 163° 209 km 03m59.4s
17:3828°06.9'N096°55.8'W26°13.2'N096°34.1'W27°09.1'N096°44.6'W 0.964 37° 164° 209 km 03m59.9s
17:4028°06.8'N096°15.0'W26°13.4'N095°54.1'W27°09.2'N096°04.3'W 0.964 38° 165° 209 km 04m00.3s
17:4228°07.5'N095°34.7'W26°14.5'N095°14.6'W27°10.1'N095°24.4'W 0.964 38° 167° 209 km 04m00.6s
17:4428°09.1'N094°54.8'W26°16.4'N094°35.4'W27°11.8'N094°44.9'W 0.964 38° 168° 209 km 04m00.9s
17:4628°11.5'N094°15.1'W26°19.0'N093°56.5'W27°14.3'N094°05.6'W 0.964 38° 169° 209 km 04m01.1s
17:4828°14.8'N093°35.7'W26°22.5'N093°17.8'W27°17.7'N093°26.6'W 0.964 38° 171° 209 km 04m01.3s
17:5028°18.9'N092°56.5'W26°26.7'N092°39.2'W27°21.9'N092°47.7'W 0.964 38° 172° 209 km 04m01.4s
17:5228°23.9'N092°17.4'W26°31.7'N092°00.8'W27°26.9'N092°09.0'W 0.964 38° 173° 208 km 04m01.5s
17:5428°29.7'N091°38.4'W26°37.5'N091°22.5'W27°32.7'N091°30.3'W 0.964 38° 175° 208 km 04m01.5s
17:5628°36.4'N090°59.4'W26°44.1'N090°44.1'W27°39.3'N090°51.6'W 0.964 38° 176° 208 km 04m01.5s
17:5828°43.9'N090°20.3'W26°51.5'N090°05.7'W27°46.8'N090°13.0'W 0.964 38° 177° 207 km 04m01.5s
18:0028°52.2'N089°41.2'W26°59.7'N089°27.3'W27°55.0'N089°34.2'W 0.964 38° 179° 207 km 04m01.4s
18:0229°01.5'N089°01.9'W27°08.6'N088°48.7'W28°04.1'N088°55.2'W 0.964 38° 180° 206 km 04m01.2s
18:0429°11.5'N088°22.4'W27°18.4'N088°09.9'W28°14.0'N088°16.1'W 0.964 38° 181° 206 km 04m01.0s
18:0629°22.5'N087°42.6'W27°29.0'N087°30.8'W28°24.8'N087°36.7'W 0.964 38° 183° 205 km 04m00.7s
18:0829°34.4'N087°02.5'W27°40.4'N086°51.5'W28°36.5'N086°57.0'W 0.964 37° 184° 204 km 04m00.4s
18:1029°47.2'N086°21.9'W27°52.7'N086°11.7'W28°49.0'N086°16.9'W 0.964 37° 185° 204 km 04m00.1s
18:1230°01.0'N085°40.9'W28°05.9'N085°31.6'W29°02.4'N085°36.3'W 0.964 37° 187° 203 km 03m59.7s
18:1430°15.8'N084°59.3'W28°19.9'N084°50.9'W29°16.8'N084°55.2'W 0.963 36° 188° 203 km 03m59.3s
18:1630°31.5'N084°17.1'W28°34.9'N084°09.7'W29°32.2'N084°13.5'W 0.963 36° 189° 202 km 03m58.8s
18:1830°48.4'N083°34.2'W28°50.9'N083°27.8'W29°48.6'N083°31.2'W 0.963 36° 191° 201 km 03m58.3s
18:2031°06.3'N082°50.4'W29°07.8'N082°45.2'W30°06.0'N082°48.0'W 0.963 35° 192° 201 km 03m57.7s
18:2231°25.4'N082°05.7'W29°25.8'N082°01.8'W30°24.5'N082°04.0'W 0.963 35° 193° 200 km 03m57.1s
18:2431°45.7'N081°20.0'W29°44.9'N081°17.4'W30°44.2'N081°19.0'W 0.963 34° 195° 200 km 03m56.4s
18:2632°07.4'N080°33.1'W30°05.1'N080°32.0'W31°05.0'N080°32.8'W 0.963 33° 196° 199 km 03m55.7s
18:2832°30.3'N079°44.8'W30°26.5'N079°45.4'W31°27.2'N079°45.5'W 0.963 33° 197° 199 km 03m55.0s
18:3032°54.8'N078°55.0'W30°49.2'N078°57.5'W31°50.7'N078°56.7'W 0.962 32° 198° 199 km 03m54.2s
18:3233°20.8'N078°03.5'W31°13.3'N078°08.2'W32°15.7'N078°06.3'W 0.962 31° 200° 199 km 03m53.4s
18:3433°48.5'N077°10.1'W31°38.8'N077°17.1'W32°42.2'N077°14.2'W 0.962 30° 201° 198 km 03m52.6s
18:3634°18.1'N076°14.4'W32°05.9'N076°24.2'W33°10.5'N076°20.0'W 0.962 30° 202° 198 km 03m51.6s
18:3834°49.7'N075°16.1'W32°34.7'N075°29.1'W33°40.6'N075°23.4'W 0.962 29° 204° 198 km 03m50.7s
18:4035°23.6'N074°15.0'W33°05.4'N074°31.6'W34°12.8'N074°24.2'W 0.961 28° 205° 199 km 03m49.7s
18:4236°00.1'N073°10.3'W33°38.2'N073°31.3'W34°47.2'N073°21.9'W 0.961 27° 206° 199 km 03m48.7s
18:4436°39.5'N072°01.6'W34°13.2'N072°27.8'W35°24.3'N072°16.0'W 0.961 25° 208° 199 km 03m47.6s
18:4637°22.3'N070°47.9'W34°50.9'N071°20.4'W36°04.3'N071°05.8'W 0.960 24° 209° 200 km 03m46.4s
18:4838°09.2'N069°28.2'W35°31.7'N070°08.5'W36°47.8'N069°50.4'W 0.960 23° 210° 201 km 03m45.2s
18:5039°00.9'N068°01.0'W36°15.9'N068°51.1'W37°35.4'N068°28.7'W 0.960 21° 212° 202 km 03m44.0s
18:5239°58.9'N066°24.0'W37°04.3'N067°27.0'W38°28.0'N066°59.0'W 0.959 20° 213° 203 km 03m42.6s
18:5441°04.9'N064°33.7'W37°58.0'N065°54.3'W39°26.9'N065°18.8'W 0.959 18° 215° 205 km 03m41.1s
18:5642°22.5'N062°24.1'W38°58.2'N064°10.4'W40°34.3'N063°24.4'W 0.958 16° 217° 207 km 03m39.6s
18:5843°58.6'N059°42.8'W40°07.4'N062°11.0'W41°53.9'N061°08.9'W 0.958 14° 219° 210 km 03m37.8s
19:0046°12.4'N055°54.5'W41°29.6'N059°48.0'W43°33.4'N058°17.9'W 0.957 11° 221° 214 km 03m35.8s
19:02 - - 43°14.2'N056°44.0'W45°56.8'N054°06.5'W 0.956 225° 220 km 03m33.1s
Limits51°07.9'N047°06.5'W49°15.3'N045°32.7'W50°11.2'N046°17.9'W 0.954 - 232 km 03m29.0s

ΔT = 29529.0 seconds

Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration
Event Time
TD
Time
UT1
Latitude Longitude Sun
Altitude
Sun
Azimuth
Path Width Central
Duration
Greatest Eclipse02:05:42.817:53:33.827°31.4'N144°58.8'E 38.4° 174.4° 208.0 km04m01.54s
Greatest Duration02:06:35.817:54:26.927°34.1'N091°21.7'W 38.4° 175.0° 207.8 km04m01.54s

Explanation of Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration

Links for the Annular Solar Eclipse of -1228 Dec 31

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Eclipse Predictions

Predictions for the Annular Solar Eclipse of -1228 Dec 31 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 29529.0 seconds for this eclipse. The uncertainty in ΔT is 1130.9 seconds corresponding to a standard error in longitude of the eclipse path of ± 4.73°.

Acknowledgments

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

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