Path of the Total Solar Eclipse of 1159 Mar 21

Fred Espenak

Introduction

The following table delineates the path of the Moon's umbral shadow during the Total Solar Eclipse of 1159 Mar 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 .

Total Solar Eclipse of 1159 Mar 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
Limits20°54.4'S075°54.3'W21°08.0'S075°53.7'W21°01.2'S075°54.0'W 1.007 - 25 km 00m25.5s
11:1420°25.7'S069°12.6'W20°43.2'S069°13.8'W20°34.4'S069°12.9'W 1.009 85° 32 km 00m33.8s
11:1619°43.9'S062°58.3'W20°04.5'S062°55.3'W19°54.2'S062°56.6'W 1.011 13° 82° 38 km 00m43.0s
11:1819°09.9'S059°07.0'W19°32.5'S059°02.1'W19°21.1'S059°04.4'W 1.012 17° 81° 43 km 00m49.3s
11:2018°38.7'S056°08.1'W19°02.9'S056°01.8'W18°50.7'S056°04.8'W 1.013 20° 80° 46 km 00m54.6s
11:2218°09.2'S053°38.9'W18°34.7'S053°31.4'W18°21.9'S053°35.1'W 1.014 23° 79° 49 km 00m59.4s
11:2417°40.9'S051°29.5'W18°07.5'S051°20.9'W17°54.2'S051°25.1'W 1.015 26° 78° 51 km 01m03.7s
11:2617°13.5'S049°34.3'W17°41.0'S049°24.8'W17°27.2'S049°29.5'W 1.016 28° 77° 53 km 01m07.8s
11:2816°46.8'S047°50.2'W17°15.2'S047°39.8'W17°00.9'S047°44.9'W 1.016 30° 76° 55 km 01m11.6s
11:3016°20.6'S046°14.8'W16°49.8'S046°03.6'W16°35.2'S046°09.1'W 1.017 32° 76° 57 km 01m15.3s
11:3215°54.9'S044°46.6'W16°24.8'S044°34.6'W16°09.8'S044°40.5'W 1.017 34° 75° 59 km 01m18.7s
11:3415°29.7'S043°24.4'W16°00.2'S043°11.7'W15°44.9'S043°18.0'W 1.018 36° 74° 61 km 01m22.1s
11:3615°04.8'S042°07.4'W15°35.9'S041°54.0'W15°20.3'S042°00.6'W 1.018 38° 74° 62 km 01m25.3s
11:3814°40.2'S040°54.8'W15°11.9'S040°40.7'W14°56.0'S040°47.7'W 1.019 40° 73° 64 km 01m28.4s
11:4014°15.9'S039°46.1'W14°48.1'S039°31.4'W14°32.0'S039°38.6'W 1.019 41° 73° 65 km 01m31.4s
11:4213°51.9'S038°40.8'W14°24.5'S038°25.5'W14°08.2'S038°33.1'W 1.019 43° 72° 66 km 01m34.4s
11:4413°28.1'S037°38.6'W14°01.2'S037°22.7'W13°44.6'S037°30.6'W 1.020 44° 72° 67 km 01m37.2s
11:4613°04.5'S036°39.1'W13°38.1'S036°22.7'W13°21.3'S036°30.8'W 1.020 46° 72° 68 km 01m39.9s
11:4812°41.2'S035°42.0'W13°15.1'S035°25.1'W12°58.1'S035°33.5'W 1.020 47° 71° 70 km 01m42.6s
11:5012°18.0'S034°47.2'W12°52.3'S034°29.8'W12°35.1'S034°38.4'W 1.021 49° 71° 71 km 01m45.2s
11:5211°55.1'S033°54.4'W12°29.7'S033°36.6'W12°12.3'S033°45.4'W 1.021 50° 70° 72 km 01m47.7s
11:5411°32.3'S033°03.5'W12°07.2'S032°45.2'W11°49.7'S032°54.2'W 1.021 52° 70° 72 km 01m50.2s
11:5611°09.6'S032°14.2'W11°44.9'S031°55.5'W11°27.2'S032°04.8'W 1.021 53° 70° 73 km 01m52.5s
11:5810°47.1'S031°26.5'W11°22.7'S031°07.4'W11°04.9'S031°16.9'W 1.022 54° 69° 74 km 01m54.8s
12:0010°24.8'S030°40.2'W11°00.6'S030°20.7'W10°42.7'S030°30.4'W 1.022 56° 69° 75 km 01m57.1s
12:0210°02.6'S029°55.3'W10°38.7'S029°35.4'W10°20.6'S029°45.3'W 1.022 57° 68° 76 km 01m59.2s
12:0409°40.5'S029°11.6'W10°16.8'S028°51.3'W09°58.6'S029°01.4'W 1.022 58° 68° 76 km 02m01.3s
12:0609°18.6'S028°28.9'W09°55.1'S028°08.3'W09°36.8'S028°18.6'W 1.023 59° 68° 77 km 02m03.3s
12:0808°56.7'S027°47.4'W09°33.5'S027°26.4'W09°15.1'S027°36.9'W 1.023 61° 67° 78 km 02m05.3s
12:1008°35.0'S027°06.8'W09°12.0'S026°45.5'W08°53.5'S026°56.1'W 1.023 62° 67° 78 km 02m07.2s
12:1208°13.4'S026°27.1'W08°50.6'S026°05.5'W08°32.0'S026°16.3'W 1.023 63° 66° 79 km 02m09.0s
12:1407°51.9'S025°48.2'W08°29.3'S025°26.4'W08°10.6'S025°37.3'W 1.023 64° 66° 80 km 02m10.8s
12:1607°30.5'S025°10.1'W08°08.1'S024°48.0'W07°49.3'S024°59.0'W 1.024 65° 65° 80 km 02m12.5s
12:1807°09.2'S024°32.8'W07°46.9'S024°10.4'W07°28.0'S024°21.5'W 1.024 66° 65° 81 km 02m14.1s
12:2006°48.0'S023°56.0'W07°25.9'S023°33.5'W07°06.9'S023°44.7'W 1.024 68° 65° 81 km 02m15.7s
12:2206°26.9'S023°20.0'W07°04.9'S022°57.1'W06°45.9'S023°08.5'W 1.024 69° 64° 82 km 02m17.1s
12:2406°05.9'S022°44.4'W06°44.1'S022°21.4'W06°25.0'S022°32.9'W 1.024 70° 63° 82 km 02m18.6s
12:2605°45.0'S022°09.4'W06°23.3'S021°46.2'W06°04.1'S021°57.8'W 1.024 71° 63° 83 km 02m19.9s
12:2805°24.1'S021°34.9'W06°02.5'S021°11.5'W05°43.3'S021°23.2'W 1.024 72° 62° 83 km 02m21.2s
12:3005°03.4'S021°00.9'W05°41.9'S020°37.3'W05°22.6'S020°49.0'W 1.025 73° 61° 83 km 02m22.4s
12:3204°42.7'S020°27.2'W05°21.3'S020°03.5'W05°02.0'S020°15.3'W 1.025 74° 61° 84 km 02m23.6s
12:3404°22.1'S019°54.0'W05°00.8'S019°30.1'W04°41.4'S019°42.0'W 1.025 75° 60° 84 km 02m24.7s
12:3604°01.6'S019°21.0'W04°40.4'S018°57.0'W04°21.0'S019°09.0'W 1.025 76° 59° 84 km 02m25.7s
12:3803°41.1'S018°48.4'W04°20.1'S018°24.3'W04°00.6'S018°36.3'W 1.025 78° 57° 85 km 02m26.6s
12:4003°20.7'S018°16.1'W03°59.8'S017°51.8'W03°40.2'S018°03.9'W 1.025 79° 56° 85 km 02m27.5s
12:4203°00.4'S017°44.0'W03°39.6'S017°19.6'W03°20.0'S017°31.8'W 1.025 80° 54° 85 km 02m28.3s
12:4402°40.2'S017°12.1'W03°19.4'S016°47.7'W02°59.8'S016°59.9'W 1.025 81° 52° 85 km 02m29.0s
12:4602°20.0'S016°40.4'W02°59.3'S016°15.9'W02°39.6'S016°28.2'W 1.025 82° 50° 86 km 02m29.7s
12:4801°59.9'S016°08.9'W02°39.3'S015°44.3'W02°19.6'S015°56.6'W 1.025 83° 46° 86 km 02m30.3s
12:5001°39.8'S015°37.6'W02°19.3'S015°12.9'W01°59.6'S015°25.2'W 1.025 84° 42° 86 km 02m30.8s
12:5201°19.9'S015°06.3'W01°59.4'S014°41.6'W01°39.6'S014°53.9'W 1.025 85° 37° 86 km 02m31.3s
12:5401°00.0'S014°35.1'W01°39.6'S014°10.4'W01°19.8'S014°22.7'W 1.025 85° 29° 86 km 02m31.6s
12:5600°40.1'S014°04.0'W01°19.8'S013°39.2'W00°59.9'S013°51.6'W 1.025 86° 18° 86 km 02m31.9s
12:5800°20.3'S013°32.9'W01°00.1'S013°08.1'W00°40.2'S013°20.5'W 1.025 87° 86 km 02m32.2s
13:0000°00.6'S013°01.8'W00°40.4'S012°37.0'W00°20.5'S012°49.4'W 1.025 87° 345° 87 km 02m32.3s
13:0200°19.1'N012°30.7'W00°20.8'S012°05.9'W00°00.9'S012°18.3'W 1.025 87° 327° 87 km 02m32.4s
13:0400°38.7'N011°59.5'W00°01.2'S011°34.8'W00°18.7'N011°47.2'W 1.025 86° 311° 87 km 02m32.4s
13:0600°58.2'N011°28.3'W00°18.3'N011°03.6'W00°38.2'N011°16.0'W 1.025 86° 299° 87 km 02m32.4s
13:0801°17.7'N010°57.0'W00°37.7'N010°32.3'W00°57.7'N010°44.7'W 1.025 85° 290° 87 km 02m32.2s
13:1001°37.1'N010°25.6'W00°57.1'N010°01.0'W01°17.1'N010°13.3'W 1.025 84° 284° 87 km 02m32.0s
13:1201°56.5'N009°54.0'W01°16.5'N009°29.5'W01°36.5'N009°41.7'W 1.025 83° 280° 87 km 02m31.8s
13:1402°15.8'N009°22.3'W01°35.7'N008°57.8'W01°55.8'N009°10.0'W 1.025 82° 276° 87 km 02m31.4s
13:1602°35.0'N008°50.3'W01°55.0'N008°25.9'W02°15.0'N008°38.1'W 1.025 81° 273° 87 km 02m31.0s
13:1802°54.2'N008°18.1'W02°14.2'N007°53.8'W02°34.2'N008°06.0'W 1.025 80° 271° 86 km 02m30.5s
13:2003°13.3'N007°45.7'W02°33.3'N007°21.5'W02°53.3'N007°33.6'W 1.025 79° 270° 86 km 02m29.9s
13:2203°32.4'N007°13.0'W02°52.3'N006°48.9'W03°12.4'N007°01.0'W 1.025 78° 268° 86 km 02m29.3s
13:2403°51.4'N006°39.9'W03°11.4'N006°16.1'W03°31.4'N006°28.0'W 1.025 77° 267° 86 km 02m28.6s
13:2604°10.4'N006°06.6'W03°30.3'N005°42.8'W03°50.3'N005°54.7'W 1.025 76° 266° 86 km 02m27.8s
13:2804°29.2'N005°32.8'W03°49.2'N005°09.2'W04°09.2'N005°21.0'W 1.025 75° 265° 86 km 02m26.9s
13:3004°48.1'N004°58.7'W04°08.1'N004°35.3'W04°28.1'N004°47.0'W 1.025 74° 265° 85 km 02m26.0s
13:3205°06.8'N004°24.1'W04°26.9'N004°00.8'W04°46.8'N004°12.5'W 1.025 73° 264° 85 km 02m25.0s
13:3405°25.5'N003°49.0'W04°45.6'N003°26.0'W05°05.6'N003°37.5'W 1.025 71° 264° 85 km 02m23.9s
13:3605°44.2'N003°13.4'W05°04.3'N002°50.6'W05°24.2'N003°02.0'W 1.025 70° 263° 85 km 02m22.7s
13:3806°02.7'N002°37.3'W05°22.9'N002°14.7'W05°42.8'N002°26.0'W 1.025 69° 263° 84 km 02m21.5s
13:4006°21.2'N002°00.5'W05°41.5'N001°38.2'W06°01.4'N001°49.4'W 1.024 68° 262° 84 km 02m20.2s
13:4206°39.7'N001°23.2'W06°00.0'N001°01.0'W06°19.8'N001°12.1'W 1.024 67° 262° 84 km 02m18.8s
13:4406°58.0'N000°45.1'W06°18.5'N000°23.2'W06°38.2'N000°34.2'W 1.024 66° 262° 83 km 02m17.4s
13:4607°16.3'N000°06.3'W06°36.9'N000°15.3'E06°56.6'N000°04.5'E 1.024 65° 262° 83 km 02m15.8s
13:4807°34.6'N000°33.3'E06°55.2'N000°54.6'E07°14.9'N000°43.9'E 1.024 63° 262° 82 km 02m14.2s
13:5007°52.7'N001°13.8'E07°13.5'N001°34.8'E07°33.1'N001°24.2'E 1.024 62° 262° 82 km 02m12.6s
13:5208°10.8'N001°55.1'E07°31.7'N002°15.8'E07°51.2'N002°05.4'E 1.024 61° 261° 81 km 02m10.8s
13:5408°28.7'N002°37.4'E07°49.8'N002°57.8'E08°09.2'N002°47.6'E 1.023 60° 261° 81 km 02m09.0s
13:5608°46.6'N003°20.8'E08°07.9'N003°40.9'E08°27.2'N003°30.8'E 1.023 59° 261° 80 km 02m07.1s
13:5809°04.4'N004°05.3'E08°25.8'N004°25.0'E08°45.1'N004°15.1'E 1.023 57° 261° 79 km 02m05.2s
14:0009°22.2'N004°51.0'E08°43.8'N005°10.4'E09°02.9'N005°00.7'E 1.023 56° 261° 79 km 02m03.1s
14:0209°39.8'N005°38.1'E09°01.6'N005°57.0'E09°20.6'N005°47.5'E 1.023 55° 262° 78 km 02m01.0s
14:0409°57.3'N006°26.5'E09°19.3'N006°45.1'E09°38.3'N006°35.7'E 1.022 53° 262° 77 km 01m58.9s
14:0610°14.7'N007°16.5'E09°37.0'N007°34.6'E09°55.8'N007°25.5'E 1.022 52° 262° 77 km 01m56.6s
14:0810°32.0'N008°08.1'E09°54.5'N008°25.8'E10°13.2'N008°16.9'E 1.022 51° 262° 76 km 01m54.3s
14:1010°49.1'N009°01.5'E10°12.0'N009°18.8'E10°30.5'N009°10.1'E 1.022 49° 262° 75 km 01m51.8s
14:1211°06.1'N009°56.9'E10°29.3'N010°13.7'E10°47.7'N010°05.2'E 1.021 48° 262° 74 km 01m49.3s
14:1411°23.0'N010°54.4'E10°46.5'N011°10.8'E11°04.7'N011°02.5'E 1.021 46° 262° 73 km 01m46.7s
14:1611°39.7'N011°54.3'E11°03.6'N012°10.2'E11°21.6'N012°02.2'E 1.021 45° 263° 72 km 01m44.1s
14:1811°56.3'N012°56.8'E11°20.6'N013°12.3'E11°38.4'N013°04.5'E 1.021 43° 263° 71 km 01m41.3s
14:2012°12.6'N014°02.3'E11°37.4'N014°17.2'E11°55.0'N014°09.6'E 1.020 42° 263° 70 km 01m38.5s
14:2212°28.8'N015°11.0'E11°54.0'N015°25.3'E12°11.4'N015°18.1'E 1.020 40° 263° 68 km 01m35.5s
14:2412°44.7'N016°23.3'E12°10.5'N016°37.2'E12°27.6'N016°30.1'E 1.019 38° 264° 67 km 01m32.5s
14:2613°00.4'N017°39.9'E12°26.7'N017°53.1'E12°43.5'N017°46.4'E 1.019 37° 264° 66 km 01m29.3s
14:2813°15.8'N019°01.2'E12°42.7'N019°13.9'E12°59.2'N019°07.4'E 1.019 35° 264° 64 km 01m26.0s
14:3013°30.8'N020°28.1'E12°58.5'N020°40.2'E13°14.6'N020°34.0'E 1.018 33° 265° 63 km 01m22.5s
14:3213°45.5'N022°01.6'E13°13.9'N022°13.1'E13°29.6'N022°07.2'E 1.018 31° 265° 61 km 01m18.9s
14:3413°59.6'N023°43.1'E13°28.9'N023°53.9'E13°44.2'N023°48.4'E 1.017 29° 266° 59 km 01m15.1s
14:3614°13.3'N025°34.5'E13°43.4'N025°44.6'E13°58.3'N025°39.4'E 1.016 27° 266° 57 km 01m11.1s
14:3814°26.1'N027°38.5'E13°57.4'N027°48.0'E14°11.7'N027°43.1'E 1.016 24° 267° 54 km 01m06.8s
14:4014°38.0'N029°59.6'E14°10.5'N030°08.4'E14°24.2'N030°03.9'E 1.015 21° 267° 52 km 01m02.2s
14:4214°48.5'N032°45.5'E14°22.5'N032°53.6'E14°35.5'N032°49.4'E 1.014 18° 268° 49 km 00m57.0s
14:4414°56.8'N036°12.2'E14°32.6'N036°19.7'E14°44.7'N036°15.8'E 1.013 14° 269° 45 km 00m51.0s
14:4615°00.1'N041°08.5'E14°38.6'N041°16.0'E14°49.3'N041°12.0'E 1.012 270° 40 km 00m43.1s
Limits14°43.7'N050°15.5'E14°27.3'N050°15.0'E14°35.5'N050°15.2'E 1.009 - 30 km 00m30.7s

ΔT = 855.4 seconds

Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration
Event Time
TD
Time
UT1
Latitude Longitude Sun
Altitude
Sun
Azimuth
Path Width Central
Duration
Greatest Eclipse13:14:35.213:00:19.800°17.2'S016°18.7'W 86.8° 342.3° 86.6 km02m32.35s
Greatest Duration13:17:40.313:03:24.900°13.0'N011°56.3'W 86.4° 315.0° 86.6 km02m32.43s

Explanation of Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration

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Eclipse Predictions

Predictions for the Total Solar Eclipse of 1159 Mar 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 855.4 seconds for this eclipse. The uncertainty in ΔT is 34.9 seconds corresponding to a standard error in longitude of the eclipse path of ± 0.15°.

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