Path of the Annular Solar Eclipse of 1156 May 21

Fred Espenak

Introduction

The following table delineates the path of the Moon's antumbral shadow during the Annular Solar Eclipse of 1156 May 21 . 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 1156 May 21
UT1 Northern Limit Southern Limit Central Line M:S Sun Sun Path Central
Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Ratio Alt. Azm. Width Duration
Limits29°22.7'S090°03.5'E30°10.8'S090°21.1'E29°46.7'S090°12.3'E 0.975 - 92 km 01m40.4s
00:4825°30.2'S099°14.2'E26°47.5'S098°13.5'E26°07.5'S098°46.4'E 0.978 61° 83 km 01m37.4s
00:5023°41.7'S103°12.9'E24°41.8'S102°45.7'E24°11.3'S103°00.0'E 0.979 13° 59° 78 km 01m35.7s
00:5222°21.2'S106°04.0'E23°14.0'S105°48.6'E22°47.3'S105°56.6'E 0.980 17° 57° 74 km 01m34.4s
00:5421°14.7'S108°22.1'E22°03.0'S108°12.8'E21°38.6'S108°17.6'E 0.981 20° 56° 72 km 01m33.4s
00:5620°17.1'S110°19.7'E21°02.2'S110°14.3'E20°39.5'S110°17.1'E 0.981 22° 55° 69 km 01m32.4s
00:5819°25.8'S112°03.1'E20°08.4'S112°00.3'E19°47.0'S112°01.8'E 0.982 24° 54° 67 km 01m31.6s
01:0018°39.3'S113°35.9'E19°19.9'S113°34.9'E18°59.5'S113°35.5'E 0.982 26° 53° 65 km 01m30.8s
01:0217°56.6'S115°00.5'E18°35.5'S115°00.9'E18°16.0'S115°00.8'E 0.983 28° 52° 64 km 01m30.1s
01:0417°17.1'S116°18.6'E17°54.6'S116°19.9'E17°35.7'S116°19.3'E 0.983 30° 51° 62 km 01m29.4s
01:0616°40.2'S117°31.1'E17°16.4'S117°33.3'E16°58.2'S117°32.2'E 0.984 32° 50° 61 km 01m28.7s
01:0816°05.7'S118°39.1'E16°40.8'S118°41.8'E16°23.1'S118°40.5'E 0.984 33° 50° 59 km 01m28.1s
01:1015°33.1'S119°43.1'E16°07.2'S119°46.4'E15°50.1'S119°44.8'E 0.984 35° 49° 58 km 01m27.6s
01:1215°02.3'S120°43.8'E15°35.5'S120°47.4'E15°18.9'S120°45.6'E 0.985 36° 48° 57 km 01m27.0s
01:1414°33.2'S121°41.5'E15°05.5'S121°45.4'E14°49.3'S121°43.5'E 0.985 38° 47° 56 km 01m26.5s
01:1614°05.5'S122°36.7'E14°37.1'S122°40.8'E14°21.2'S122°38.7'E 0.985 39° 46° 55 km 01m26.0s
01:1813°39.1'S123°29.5'E14°10.0'S123°33.8'E13°54.5'S123°31.7'E 0.986 40° 45° 54 km 01m25.5s
01:2013°13.9'S124°20.3'E13°44.2'S124°24.7'E13°29.0'S124°22.5'E 0.986 41° 45° 53 km 01m25.1s
01:2212°49.8'S125°09.2'E13°19.5'S125°13.7'E13°04.6'S125°11.5'E 0.986 43° 44° 53 km 01m24.7s
01:2412°26.8'S125°56.4'E12°56.0'S126°01.1'E12°41.4'S125°58.8'E 0.986 44° 43° 52 km 01m24.3s
01:2612°04.8'S126°42.2'E12°33.5'S126°46.9'E12°19.1'S126°44.5'E 0.986 45° 42° 51 km 01m23.9s
01:2811°43.7'S127°26.6'E12°11.9'S127°31.3'E11°57.7'S127°28.9'E 0.987 46° 41° 50 km 01m23.5s
01:3011°23.5'S128°09.7'E11°51.2'S128°14.4'E11°37.3'S128°12.0'E 0.987 47° 40° 50 km 01m23.2s
01:3211°04.1'S128°51.7'E11°31.4'S128°56.4'E11°17.7'S128°54.0'E 0.987 48° 39° 49 km 01m22.9s
01:3410°45.4'S129°32.6'E11°12.4'S129°37.3'E10°58.9'S129°35.0'E 0.987 49° 38° 49 km 01m22.6s
01:3610°27.5'S130°12.6'E10°54.2'S130°17.3'E10°40.8'S130°14.9'E 0.987 50° 37° 48 km 01m22.3s
01:3810°10.4'S130°51.7'E10°36.7'S130°56.4'E10°23.5'S130°54.0'E 0.987 51° 36° 48 km 01m22.0s
01:4009°53.9'S131°30.0'E10°19.9'S131°34.6'E10°06.9'S131°32.3'E 0.988 52° 35° 47 km 01m21.8s
01:4209°38.1'S132°07.6'E10°03.8'S132°12.1'E09°50.9'S132°09.9'E 0.988 52° 34° 47 km 01m21.6s
01:4409°22.9'S132°44.5'E09°48.4'S132°49.0'E09°35.6'S132°46.7'E 0.988 53° 32° 47 km 01m21.4s
01:4609°08.3'S133°20.7'E09°33.6'S133°25.2'E09°20.9'S133°22.9'E 0.988 54° 31° 46 km 01m21.2s
01:4808°54.4'S133°56.4'E09°19.4'S134°00.8'E09°06.8'S133°58.6'E 0.988 55° 30° 46 km 01m21.0s
01:5008°41.0'S134°31.5'E09°05.8'S134°35.9'E08°53.4'S134°33.7'E 0.988 55° 28° 46 km 01m20.8s
01:5208°28.1'S135°06.2'E08°52.8'S135°10.4'E08°40.4'S135°08.3'E 0.988 56° 27° 45 km 01m20.7s
01:5408°15.9'S135°40.4'E08°40.3'S135°44.6'E08°28.1'S135°42.5'E 0.988 57° 25° 45 km 01m20.6s
01:5608°04.1'S136°14.2'E08°28.5'S136°18.3'E08°16.2'S136°16.2'E 0.988 57° 24° 45 km 01m20.4s
01:5807°52.9'S136°47.6'E08°17.1'S136°51.6'E08°05.0'S136°49.6'E 0.989 58° 22° 45 km 01m20.4s
02:0007°42.2'S137°20.7'E08°06.3'S137°24.7'E07°54.2'S137°22.7'E 0.989 59° 21° 44 km 01m20.3s
02:0207°32.0'S137°53.5'E07°55.9'S137°57.4'E07°43.9'S137°55.4'E 0.989 59° 19° 44 km 01m20.2s
02:0407°22.3'S138°26.0'E07°46.1'S138°29.8'E07°34.2'S138°27.9'E 0.989 60° 17° 44 km 01m20.2s
02:0607°13.0'S138°58.2'E07°36.8'S139°02.0'E07°24.9'S139°00.1'E 0.989 60° 16° 44 km 01m20.1s
02:0807°04.3'S139°30.2'E07°28.0'S139°33.9'E07°16.1'S139°32.1'E 0.989 60° 14° 44 km 01m20.1s
02:1006°56.0'S140°02.1'E07°19.7'S140°05.7'E07°07.8'S140°03.9'E 0.989 61° 12° 44 km 01m20.1s
02:1206°48.2'S140°33.8'E07°11.9'S140°37.3'E07°00.0'S140°35.5'E 0.989 61° 10° 44 km 01m20.1s
02:1406°40.9'S141°05.3'E07°04.5'S141°08.7'E06°52.6'S141°07.0'E 0.989 61° 44 km 01m20.2s
02:1606°34.0'S141°36.7'E06°57.6'S141°40.1'E06°45.8'S141°38.4'E 0.989 62° 44 km 01m20.2s
02:1806°27.6'S142°08.0'E06°51.2'S142°11.3'E06°39.3'S142°09.7'E 0.989 62° 44 km 01m20.3s
02:2006°21.6'S142°39.3'E06°45.2'S142°42.5'E06°33.4'S142°40.9'E 0.989 62° 44 km 01m20.4s
02:2206°16.1'S143°10.5'E06°39.7'S143°13.6'E06°27.9'S143°12.0'E 0.989 62° 44 km 01m20.4s
02:2406°11.0'S143°41.7'E06°34.7'S143°44.7'E06°22.8'S143°43.2'E 0.989 62° 358° 44 km 01m20.6s
02:2606°06.4'S144°12.9'E06°30.1'S144°15.8'E06°18.2'S144°14.3'E 0.989 62° 356° 44 km 01m20.7s
02:2806°02.2'S144°44.0'E06°26.0'S144°46.9'E06°14.0'S144°45.5'E 0.989 62° 354° 44 km 01m20.8s
02:3005°58.5'S145°15.3'E06°22.3'S145°18.1'E06°10.4'S145°16.7'E 0.989 62° 352° 44 km 01m21.0s
02:3205°55.2'S145°46.6'E06°19.1'S145°49.3'E06°07.1'S145°47.9'E 0.989 62° 350° 44 km 01m21.1s
02:3405°52.4'S146°18.0'E06°16.4'S146°20.6'E06°04.3'S146°19.3'E 0.989 62° 348° 44 km 01m21.3s
02:3605°50.0'S146°49.5'E06°14.1'S146°52.0'E06°02.0'S146°50.8'E 0.989 62° 346° 45 km 01m21.5s
02:3805°48.1'S147°21.1'E06°12.3'S147°23.6'E06°00.1'S147°22.4'E 0.989 61° 344° 45 km 01m21.7s
02:4005°46.6'S147°52.9'E06°10.9'S147°55.3'E05°58.7'S147°54.1'E 0.989 61° 342° 45 km 01m21.9s
02:4205°45.6'S148°24.9'E06°10.1'S148°27.2'E05°57.8'S148°26.0'E 0.989 61° 340° 45 km 01m22.1s
02:4405°45.0'S148°57.1'E06°09.7'S148°59.3'E05°57.3'S148°58.2'E 0.989 61° 339° 45 km 01m22.4s
02:4605°45.0'S149°29.5'E06°09.8'S149°31.6'E05°57.3'S149°30.5'E 0.989 60° 337° 46 km 01m22.6s
02:4805°45.4'S150°02.1'E06°10.3'S150°04.2'E05°57.8'S150°03.2'E 0.988 60° 335° 46 km 01m22.9s
02:5005°46.2'S150°35.1'E06°11.4'S150°37.1'E05°58.8'S150°36.1'E 0.988 59° 333° 46 km 01m23.1s
02:5205°47.6'S151°08.3'E06°13.0'S151°10.3'E06°00.2'S151°09.3'E 0.988 59° 332° 47 km 01m23.4s
02:5405°49.5'S151°41.9'E06°15.1'S151°43.8'E06°02.2'S151°42.9'E 0.988 58° 330° 47 km 01m23.7s
02:5605°51.8'S152°15.9'E06°17.7'S152°17.7'E06°04.7'S152°16.8'E 0.988 58° 329° 47 km 01m24.0s
02:5805°54.7'S152°50.2'E06°20.8'S152°52.0'E06°07.7'S152°51.1'E 0.988 57° 327° 48 km 01m24.3s
03:0005°58.1'S153°25.0'E06°24.4'S153°26.7'E06°11.2'S153°25.9'E 0.988 56° 326° 48 km 01m24.7s
03:0206°02.0'S154°00.3'E06°28.7'S154°01.9'E06°15.3'S154°01.1'E 0.988 56° 324° 48 km 01m25.0s
03:0406°06.5'S154°36.1'E06°33.4'S154°37.7'E06°19.9'S154°36.9'E 0.988 55° 323° 49 km 01m25.4s
03:0606°11.6'S155°12.4'E06°38.8'S155°14.0'E06°25.1'S155°13.2'E 0.987 54° 322° 49 km 01m25.7s
03:0806°17.2'S155°49.4'E06°44.8'S155°50.9'E06°30.9'S155°50.1'E 0.987 53° 321° 50 km 01m26.1s
03:1006°23.4'S156°27.0'E06°51.3'S156°28.4'E06°37.3'S156°27.7'E 0.987 53° 319° 50 km 01m26.5s
03:1206°30.3'S157°05.2'E06°58.5'S157°06.7'E06°44.3'S157°06.0'E 0.987 52° 318° 51 km 01m26.9s
03:1406°37.7'S157°44.3'E07°06.4'S157°45.7'E06°52.0'S157°45.0'E 0.987 51° 317° 51 km 01m27.3s
03:1606°45.9'S158°24.1'E07°14.9'S158°25.5'E07°00.4'S158°24.8'E 0.987 50° 316° 52 km 01m27.7s
03:1806°54.7'S159°04.8'E07°24.2'S159°06.2'E07°09.4'S159°05.5'E 0.987 49° 315° 52 km 01m28.1s
03:2007°04.3'S159°46.5'E07°34.2'S159°47.9'E07°19.2'S159°47.2'E 0.986 48° 314° 53 km 01m28.6s
03:2207°14.5'S160°29.2'E07°45.0'S160°30.6'E07°29.7'S160°29.9'E 0.986 47° 313° 54 km 01m29.0s
03:2407°25.6'S161°13.0'E07°56.5'S161°14.5'E07°41.0'S161°13.7'E 0.986 46° 312° 54 km 01m29.5s
03:2607°37.5'S161°58.1'E08°09.0'S161°59.5'E07°53.2'S161°58.8'E 0.986 45° 311° 55 km 01m29.9s
03:2807°50.3'S162°44.4'E08°22.3'S162°46.0'E08°06.3'S162°45.2'E 0.985 44° 311° 56 km 01m30.4s
03:3008°04.0'S163°32.3'E08°36.6'S163°33.9'E08°20.3'S163°33.1'E 0.985 43° 310° 57 km 01m30.9s
03:3208°18.7'S164°21.7'E08°52.0'S164°23.5'E08°35.3'S164°22.6'E 0.985 42° 309° 58 km 01m31.4s
03:3408°34.5'S165°13.0'E09°08.4'S165°14.9'E08°51.4'S165°13.9'E 0.985 41° 308° 58 km 01m31.9s
03:3608°51.4'S166°06.1'E09°26.1'S166°08.3'E09°08.6'S166°07.2'E 0.984 39° 308° 59 km 01m32.5s
03:3809°09.5'S167°01.5'E09°45.0'S167°03.9'E09°27.2'S167°02.7'E 0.984 38° 307° 60 km 01m33.0s
03:4009°28.9'S167°59.4'E10°05.3'S168°02.1'E09°47.1'S168°00.7'E 0.984 37° 306° 62 km 01m33.6s
03:4209°49.9'S169°00.0'E10°27.2'S169°03.1'E10°08.5'S169°01.5'E 0.983 35° 305° 63 km 01m34.1s
03:4410°12.5'S170°03.7'E10°50.8'S170°07.4'E10°31.6'S170°05.6'E 0.983 34° 305° 64 km 01m34.7s
03:4610°36.9'S171°11.2'E11°16.3'S171°15.4'E10°56.5'S171°13.3'E 0.983 32° 304° 65 km 01m35.3s
03:4811°03.4'S172°22.8'E11°44.1'S172°27.9'E11°23.7'S172°25.3'E 0.982 30° 303° 67 km 01m36.0s
03:5011°32.3'S173°39.4'E12°14.4'S173°45.5'E11°53.3'S173°42.4'E 0.982 29° 303° 68 km 01m36.6s
03:5212°04.0'S175°02.1'E12°47.8'S175°09.5'E12°25.8'S175°05.7'E 0.981 27° 302° 70 km 01m37.3s
03:5412°39.2'S176°32.1'E13°24.8'S176°41.3'E13°01.9'S176°36.6'E 0.981 25° 301° 72 km 01m38.1s
03:5613°18.5'S178°11.5'E14°06.5'S178°23.1'E13°42.3'S178°17.2'E 0.980 23° 301° 74 km 01m38.8s
03:5814°03.3'S179°56.6'W14°54.2'S179°41.6'W14°28.5'S179°49.3'W 0.980 20° 300° 76 km 01m39.7s
04:0014°55.5'S177°47.5'W15°50.3'S177°27.0'W15°22.6'S177°37.5'W 0.979 18° 299° 79 km 01m40.6s
04:0215°59.0'S175°11.4'W16°59.8'S174°41.4'W16°29.0'S174°57.0'W 0.978 14° 298° 82 km 01m41.6s
04:0417°23.0'S171°45.6'W18°35.8'S170°52.6'W17°58.5'S171°20.7'W 0.977 10° 297° 86 km 01m42.9s
04:0619°54.0'S165°32.7'W - - 21°14.9'S163°20.7'W 0.975 294° 96 km 01m45.3s
Limits21°28.1'S161°36.4'W22°19.5'S161°51.5'W21°53.7'S161°43.9'W 0.974 - 97 km 01m45.8s

ΔT = 865.0 seconds

Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration
Event Time
TD
Time
UT1
Latitude Longitude Sun
Altitude
Sun
Azimuth
Path Width Central
Duration
Greatest Eclipse02:40:40.902:26:15.906°17.6'S140°41.6'E 62.2° 356.0° 44.0 km01m20.69s
Greatest Duration01:00:57.000:46:32.029°46.7'S090°12.3'E 0.0° 65.1° 92.4 km01m40.35s

Explanation of Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration

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Eclipse Predictions

Predictions for the Annular Solar Eclipse of 1156 May 21 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 865.0 seconds for this eclipse. The uncertainty in ΔT is 35.2 seconds corresponding to a standard error in longitude of the eclipse path of ± 0.15°.

Acknowledgments

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

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