Path of the Total Solar Eclipse of -1240 Feb 23

Fred Espenak

Introduction

The following table delineates the path of the Moon's umbral shadow during the Total Solar Eclipse of -1240 Feb 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 .

Total Solar Eclipse of -1240 Feb 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
Limits21°48.7'N082°26.4'E20°45.7'N082°23.1'E21°17.1'N082°24.8'E 1.029 - 114 km 01m43.1s
01:12 - - 19°12.6'N088°36.4'E20°26.0'N085°49.9'E 1.030 106° 118 km 01m49.7s
01:1419°42.0'N091°31.8'E17°58.9'N094°03.9'E18°49.3'N092°53.4'E 1.032 11° 109° 128 km 02m05.3s
01:1618°52.4'N095°38.0'E17°17.7'N097°29.0'E18°04.6'N096°36.0'E 1.034 15° 111° 133 km 02m14.7s
01:1818°20.3'N098°36.4'E16°48.7'N100°08.7'E17°34.3'N099°24.2'E 1.035 18° 112° 138 km 02m22.4s
01:2017°56.9'N101°01.7'E16°26.9'N102°22.9'E17°11.8'N101°43.6'E 1.035 20° 113° 141 km 02m29.1s
01:2217°39.2'N103°06.4'E16°09.9'N104°20.2'E16°54.4'N103°44.3'E 1.036 23° 114° 145 km 02m35.2s
01:2417°25.3'N104°56.8'E15°56.5'N106°05.1'E16°40.9'N105°31.8'E 1.037 25° 115° 148 km 02m40.8s
01:2617°14.6'N106°36.5'E15°46.0'N107°40.6'E16°30.2'N107°09.3'E 1.037 27° 116° 151 km 02m46.0s
01:2817°06.2'N108°07.9'E15°37.7'N109°08.7'E16°21.9'N108°39.0'E 1.038 28° 117° 153 km 02m51.0s
01:3016°59.9'N109°32.5'E15°31.3'N110°30.6'E16°15.5'N110°02.2'E 1.038 30° 118° 156 km 02m55.7s
01:3216°55.2'N110°51.5'E15°26.6'N111°47.5'E16°10.8'N111°20.1'E 1.039 32° 119° 158 km 03m00.2s
01:3416°52.1'N112°05.9'E15°23.3'N112°59.9'E16°07.6'N112°33.5'E 1.039 33° 120° 160 km 03m04.4s
01:3616°50.3'N113°16.2'E15°21.3'N114°08.7'E16°05.7'N113°43.0'E 1.039 35° 121° 162 km 03m08.5s
01:3816°49.6'N114°23.1'E15°20.4'N115°14.2'E16°05.0'N114°49.1'E 1.040 36° 122° 164 km 03m12.4s
01:4016°50.0'N115°26.9'E15°20.7'N116°16.8'E16°05.3'N115°52.3'E 1.040 37° 123° 166 km 03m16.2s
01:4216°51.3'N116°28.0'E15°21.8'N117°16.9'E16°06.5'N116°52.8'E 1.040 38° 124° 167 km 03m19.7s
01:4416°53.6'N117°26.7'E15°23.9'N118°14.7'E16°08.7'N117°51.1'E 1.041 40° 125° 169 km 03m23.2s
01:4616°56.6'N118°23.3'E15°26.8'N119°10.5'E16°11.6'N118°47.2'E 1.041 41° 126° 170 km 03m26.5s
01:4817°00.4'N119°17.9'E15°30.4'N120°04.4'E16°15.4'N119°41.5'E 1.041 42° 127° 172 km 03m29.6s
01:5017°05.0'N120°10.9'E15°34.8'N120°56.7'E16°19.8'N120°34.1'E 1.042 43° 128° 173 km 03m32.6s
01:5217°10.2'N121°02.2'E15°39.9'N121°47.5'E16°25.0'N121°25.2'E 1.042 44° 129° 174 km 03m35.5s
01:5417°16.1'N121°52.2'E15°45.6'N122°36.9'E16°30.8'N122°14.8'E 1.042 45° 130° 175 km 03m38.2s
01:5617°22.5'N122°40.8'E15°51.9'N123°25.0'E16°37.2'N123°03.2'E 1.042 45° 132° 177 km 03m40.8s
01:5817°29.6'N123°28.3'E15°58.9'N124°12.1'E16°44.2'N123°50.4'E 1.042 46° 133° 177 km 03m43.3s
02:0017°37.2'N124°14.6'E16°06.4'N124°58.0'E16°51.8'N124°36.6'E 1.043 47° 134° 178 km 03m45.6s
02:0217°45.4'N125°00.1'E16°14.4'N125°43.0'E16°59.9'N125°21.8'E 1.043 48° 136° 179 km 03m47.8s
02:0417°54.1'N125°44.6'E16°23.0'N126°27.2'E17°08.5'N126°06.1'E 1.043 49° 137° 180 km 03m49.9s
02:0618°03.3'N126°28.2'E16°32.2'N127°10.5'E17°17.7'N126°49.6'E 1.043 49° 139° 180 km 03m51.8s
02:0818°13.0'N127°11.2'E16°41.8'N127°53.1'E17°27.3'N127°32.4'E 1.043 50° 140° 181 km 03m53.6s
02:1018°23.2'N127°53.4'E16°51.9'N128°35.1'E17°37.5'N128°14.4'E 1.043 50° 142° 181 km 03m55.3s
02:1218°33.9'N128°35.1'E17°02.5'N129°16.4'E17°48.1'N128°55.9'E 1.043 51° 143° 182 km 03m56.9s
02:1418°45.0'N129°16.2'E17°13.6'N129°57.2'E17°59.2'N129°36.8'E 1.044 51° 145° 182 km 03m58.3s
02:1618°56.6'N129°56.8'E17°25.1'N130°37.5'E18°10.8'N130°17.3'E 1.044 52° 147° 182 km 03m59.6s
02:1819°08.6'N130°36.9'E17°37.1'N131°17.3'E18°22.8'N130°57.3'E 1.044 52° 148° 182 km 04m00.8s
02:2019°21.1'N131°16.6'E17°49.5'N131°56.8'E18°35.2'N131°36.8'E 1.044 53° 150° 182 km 04m01.8s
02:2219°34.0'N131°56.0'E18°02.4'N132°35.9'E18°48.1'N132°16.1'E 1.044 53° 152° 182 km 04m02.8s
02:2419°47.3'N132°35.1'E18°15.7'N133°14.7'E19°01.4'N132°55.0'E 1.044 53° 154° 182 km 04m03.6s
02:2620°01.1'N133°13.9'E18°29.5'N133°53.2'E19°15.2'N133°33.7'E 1.044 54° 156° 182 km 04m04.2s
02:2820°15.3'N133°52.5'E18°43.7'N134°31.5'E19°29.4'N134°12.1'E 1.044 54° 157° 182 km 04m04.8s
02:3020°29.9'N134°31.0'E18°58.3'N135°09.6'E19°44.0'N134°50.4'E 1.044 54° 159° 182 km 04m05.2s
02:3220°45.0'N135°09.3'E19°13.3'N135°47.6'E19°59.1'N135°28.5'E 1.044 54° 161° 182 km 04m05.5s
02:3421°00.4'N135°47.5'E19°28.8'N136°25.5'E20°14.5'N136°06.6'E 1.044 54° 163° 181 km 04m05.6s
02:3621°16.4'N136°25.7'E19°44.7'N137°03.3'E20°30.5'N136°44.5'E 1.044 54° 165° 181 km 04m05.7s
02:3821°32.7'N137°03.9'E20°01.1'N137°41.1'E20°46.8'N137°22.5'E 1.044 54° 167° 180 km 04m05.6s
02:4021°49.5'N137°42.1'E20°17.9'N138°18.9'E21°03.6'N138°00.5'E 1.044 54° 169° 180 km 04m05.4s
02:4222°06.7'N138°20.4'E20°35.1'N138°56.8'E21°20.8'N138°38.6'E 1.044 54° 171° 179 km 04m05.1s
02:4422°24.4'N138°58.8'E20°52.8'N139°34.8'E21°38.5'N139°16.8'E 1.044 54° 173° 179 km 04m04.6s
02:4622°42.5'N139°37.3'E21°10.9'N140°12.9'E21°56.6'N139°55.1'E 1.044 54° 175° 178 km 04m04.0s
02:4823°01.1'N140°16.1'E21°29.5'N140°51.2'E22°15.2'N140°33.7'E 1.044 54° 176° 178 km 04m03.3s
02:5023°20.1'N140°55.1'E21°48.6'N141°29.8'E22°34.2'N141°12.4'E 1.044 53° 178° 177 km 04m02.5s
02:5223°39.6'N141°34.5'E22°08.1'N142°08.6'E22°53.7'N141°51.5'E 1.044 53° 180° 176 km 04m01.6s
02:5423°59.6'N142°14.2'E22°28.1'N142°47.7'E23°13.7'N142°30.9'E 1.044 53° 182° 175 km 04m00.5s
02:5624°20.1'N142°54.3'E22°48.5'N143°27.3'E23°34.2'N143°10.7'E 1.044 52° 184° 175 km 03m59.4s
02:5824°41.1'N143°34.8'E23°09.5'N144°07.2'E23°55.1'N143°50.9'E 1.044 52° 186° 174 km 03m58.1s
03:0025°02.6'N144°15.9'E23°31.0'N144°47.6'E24°16.6'N144°31.7'E 1.044 51° 187° 173 km 03m56.7s
03:0225°24.6'N144°57.6'E23°53.0'N145°28.6'E24°38.7'N145°13.0'E 1.044 51° 189° 172 km 03m55.2s
03:0425°47.2'N145°39.9'E24°15.6'N146°10.1'E25°01.2'N145°54.9'E 1.044 50° 191° 171 km 03m53.5s
03:0626°10.3'N146°22.9'E24°38.7'N146°52.4'E25°24.3'N146°37.5'E 1.044 50° 193° 170 km 03m51.8s
03:0826°34.1'N147°06.7'E25°02.4'N147°35.3'E25°48.1'N147°20.9'E 1.043 49° 194° 169 km 03m49.9s
03:1026°58.4'N147°51.3'E25°26.7'N148°19.1'E26°12.4'N148°05.1'E 1.043 48° 196° 169 km 03m48.0s
03:1227°23.4'N148°37.0'E25°51.6'N149°03.8'E26°37.3'N148°50.2'E 1.043 48° 198° 168 km 03m45.9s
03:1427°49.0'N149°23.7'E26°17.2'N149°49.4'E27°02.9'N149°36.4'E 1.043 47° 199° 167 km 03m43.7s
03:1628°15.3'N150°11.5'E26°43.4'N150°36.2'E27°29.2'N150°23.6'E 1.043 46° 201° 165 km 03m41.3s
03:1828°42.4'N151°00.6'E27°10.4'N151°24.1'E27°56.2'N151°12.2'E 1.043 45° 202° 164 km 03m38.9s
03:2029°10.2'N151°51.2'E27°38.0'N152°13.4'E28°23.9'N152°02.1'E 1.042 44° 204° 163 km 03m36.3s
03:2229°38.8'N152°43.3'E28°06.5'N153°04.1'E28°52.5'N152°53.5'E 1.042 43° 205° 162 km 03m33.7s
03:2430°08.3'N153°37.1'E28°35.8'N153°56.5'E29°21.8'N153°46.5'E 1.042 42° 207° 161 km 03m30.9s
03:2630°38.7'N154°32.9'E29°06.0'N154°50.6'E29°52.1'N154°41.4'E 1.042 41° 208° 160 km 03m28.0s
03:2831°10.1'N155°30.7'E29°37.2'N155°46.7'E30°23.4'N155°38.4'E 1.042 40° 210° 159 km 03m24.9s
03:3031°42.5'N156°31.0'E30°09.4'N156°45.0'E30°55.7'N156°37.6'E 1.041 39° 211° 157 km 03m21.7s
03:3232°16.1'N157°33.8'E30°42.6'N157°45.7'E31°29.1'N157°39.4'E 1.041 38° 213° 156 km 03m18.4s
03:3432°50.9'N158°39.7'E31°17.1'N158°49.3'E32°03.7'N158°44.1'E 1.041 37° 214° 155 km 03m15.0s
03:3633°27.0'N159°49.0'E31°52.9'N159°55.9'E32°39.7'N159°52.0'E 1.040 36° 215° 153 km 03m11.4s
03:3834°04.7'N161°02.2'E32°30.1'N161°06.2'E33°17.1'N161°03.7'E 1.040 34° 217° 152 km 03m07.7s
03:4034°44.0'N162°19.9'E33°08.9'N162°20.5'E33°56.1'N162°19.6'E 1.040 33° 218° 151 km 03m03.7s
03:4235°25.3'N163°42.8'E33°49.4'N163°39.5'E34°37.0'N163°40.5'E 1.039 31° 220° 149 km 02m59.6s
03:4436°08.7'N165°11.8'E34°32.1'N165°04.1'E35°20.0'N165°07.2'E 1.039 30° 222° 147 km 02m55.3s
03:4636°54.6'N166°48.2'E35°17.0'N166°35.3'E36°05.5'N166°40.9'E 1.038 28° 223° 146 km 02m50.8s
03:4837°43.6'N168°33.7'E36°04.8'N168°14.5'E36°53.8'N168°23.1'E 1.038 26° 225° 144 km 02m46.0s
03:5038°36.2'N170°30.6'E36°55.8'N170°03.6'E37°45.6'N170°15.9'E 1.037 24° 227° 142 km 02m41.0s
03:5239°33.4'N172°42.2'E37°51.0'N172°05.4'E38°41.7'N172°22.4'E 1.037 22° 228° 140 km 02m35.5s
03:5440°36.7'N175°14.2'E38°51.4'N174°24.0'E39°43.5'N174°47.3'E 1.036 20° 231° 137 km 02m29.5s
03:5641°48.8'N178°16.3'E39°59.2'N177°06.4'E40°53.3'N177°38.8'E 1.035 17° 233° 134 km 02m22.9s
03:5843°15.3'N177°50.7'W41°18.0'N179°33.9'W42°15.5'N178°46.6'W 1.034 14° 236° 131 km 02m15.2s
04:0045°13.9'N171°59.9'W42°57.0'N175°03.7'W44°02.6'N173°43.1'W 1.033 240° 127 km 02m05.4s
Limits48°08.8'N161°52.0'W47°06.3'N161°31.5'W47°37.5'N161°41.6'W 1.030 - 117 km 01m46.3s

ΔT = 29778.9 seconds

Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration
Event Time
TD
Time
UT1
Latitude Longitude Sun
Altitude
Sun
Azimuth
Path Width Central
Duration
Greatest Eclipse10:53:09.602:36:50.720°37.3'N012°35.5'E 54.3° 165.8° 180.6 km04m05.65s
Greatest Duration10:51:57.802:35:38.920°27.6'N136°37.9'E 54.3° 164.6° 180.9 km04m05.67s

Explanation of Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration

Links for the Total Solar Eclipse of -1240 Feb 23

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Eclipse Predictions

Predictions for the Total Solar Eclipse of -1240 Feb 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 29778.9 seconds for this eclipse. The uncertainty in ΔT is 1163.4 seconds corresponding to a standard error in longitude of the eclipse path of ± 4.86°.

Acknowledgments

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

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