Path of the Total Solar Eclipse of 1178 Sep 13

Fred Espenak

Introduction

The following table delineates the path of the Moon's umbral shadow during the Total Solar Eclipse of 1178 Sep 13 . 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 1178 Sep 13
UT1 Northern Limit Southern Limit Central Line M:S Sun Sun Path Central
Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Ratio Alt. Azm. Width Duration
Limits57°06.6'N072°22.8'W55°43.5'N071°53.1'W56°24.9'N072°07.7'W 1.036 - 155 km 01m57.3s
10:3657°07.1'N059°21.3'W55°18.0'N051°54.1'W56°13.4'N055°06.1'W 1.039 10° 102° 165 km 02m16.7s
10:3856°44.0'N050°41.0'W54°49.6'N045°54.2'W55°46.9'N048°04.8'W 1.040 14° 109° 169 km 02m25.9s
10:4056°16.7'N044°50.5'W54°20.0'N041°15.6'W55°18.2'N042°55.1'W 1.041 17° 114° 172 km 02m33.1s
10:4255°47.8'N040°13.4'W53°49.9'N037°23.7'W54°48.6'N038°42.8'W 1.042 20° 118° 174 km 02m39.3s
10:4455°18.2'N036°20.4'W53°19.6'N034°03.0'W54°18.6'N035°07.2'W 1.043 22° 121° 176 km 02m44.9s
10:4654°48.1'N032°57.7'W52°49.3'N031°05.1'W53°48.4'N031°57.8'W 1.043 24° 125° 178 km 02m50.0s
10:4854°17.8'N029°57.4'W52°19.0'N028°25.0'W53°18.0'N029°08.2'W 1.044 26° 128° 180 km 02m54.7s
10:5053°47.4'N027°14.7'W51°48.8'N025°59.0'W52°47.7'N026°34.4'W 1.044 28° 130° 181 km 02m59.1s
10:5253°17.0'N024°46.1'W51°18.7'N023°44.7'W52°17.5'N024°13.3'W 1.045 29° 133° 182 km 03m03.2s
10:5452°46.7'N022°29.3'W50°48.7'N021°40.1'W51°47.3'N022°02.9'W 1.045 31° 136° 184 km 03m07.1s
10:5652°16.4'N020°22.4'W50°18.9'N019°44.0'W51°17.3'N020°01.6'W 1.046 32° 138° 185 km 03m10.8s
10:5851°46.3'N018°23.9'W49°49.2'N017°55.1'W50°47.4'N018°08.2'W 1.046 34° 141° 186 km 03m14.3s
11:0051°16.2'N016°32.8'W49°19.7'N016°12.5'W50°17.6'N016°21.5'W 1.046 35° 143° 187 km 03m17.6s
11:0250°46.3'N014°48.1'W48°50.4'N014°35.5'W49°48.0'N014°40.8'W 1.047 36° 145° 188 km 03m20.8s
11:0450°16.6'N013°09.1'W48°21.3'N013°03.5'W49°18.6'N013°05.5'W 1.047 37° 147° 190 km 03m23.8s
11:0649°47.0'N011°35.2'W47°52.3'N011°35.9'W48°49.3'N011°34.9'W 1.047 38° 150° 191 km 03m26.6s
11:0849°17.6'N010°05.9'W47°23.6'N010°12.4'W48°20.2'N010°08.5'W 1.047 39° 152° 192 km 03m29.4s
11:1048°48.3'N008°40.6'W46°55.0'N008°52.4'W47°51.3'N008°46.0'W 1.048 40° 154° 192 km 03m32.0s
11:1248°19.2'N007°19.0'W46°26.5'N007°35.7'W47°22.5'N007°26.9'W 1.048 41° 156° 193 km 03m34.4s
11:1447°50.3'N006°00.8'W45°58.3'N006°22.0'W46°54.0'N006°11.0'W 1.048 42° 158° 194 km 03m36.8s
11:1647°21.5'N004°45.6'W45°30.2'N005°11.0'W46°25.5'N004°58.0'W 1.048 43° 160° 195 km 03m39.0s
11:1846°52.9'N003°33.2'W45°02.2'N004°02.5'W45°57.3'N003°47.6'W 1.048 44° 162° 196 km 03m41.1s
11:2046°24.5'N002°23.3'W44°34.5'N002°56.2'W45°29.2'N002°39.6'W 1.049 45° 164° 197 km 03m43.0s
11:2245°56.2'N001°15.8'W44°06.9'N001°52.1'W45°01.3'N001°33.9'W 1.049 45° 167° 198 km 03m44.9s
11:2445°28.1'N000°10.4'W43°39.4'N000°49.9'W44°33.5'N000°30.1'W 1.049 46° 169° 199 km 03m46.6s
11:2645°00.1'N000°53.0'E43°12.1'N000°10.5'E44°05.8'N000°31.8'E 1.049 47° 171° 199 km 03m48.2s
11:2844°32.3'N001°54.6'E42°45.0'N001°09.4'E43°38.4'N001°32.0'E 1.049 47° 173° 200 km 03m49.7s
11:3044°04.6'N002°54.5'E42°17.9'N002°06.7'E43°11.0'N002°30.5'E 1.049 48° 175° 201 km 03m51.1s
11:3243°37.1'N003°52.9'E41°51.1'N003°02.6'E42°43.8'N003°27.7'E 1.049 48° 177° 202 km 03m52.4s
11:3443°09.7'N004°49.9'E41°24.3'N003°57.3'E42°16.8'N004°23.5'E 1.050 49° 179° 203 km 03m53.6s
11:3642°42.4'N005°45.6'E40°57.7'N004°50.7'E41°49.9'N005°18.1'E 1.050 49° 182° 203 km 03m54.6s
11:3842°15.3'N006°40.2'E40°31.3'N005°43.2'E41°23.1'N006°11.5'E 1.050 50° 184° 204 km 03m55.6s
11:4041°48.3'N007°33.6'E40°04.9'N006°34.6'E40°56.4'N007°03.9'E 1.050 50° 186° 205 km 03m56.4s
11:4241°21.4'N008°26.0'E39°38.7'N007°25.1'E40°29.9'N007°55.3'E 1.050 50° 188° 206 km 03m57.2s
11:4440°54.7'N009°17.5'E39°12.6'N008°14.8'E40°03.5'N008°45.9'E 1.050 51° 190° 206 km 03m57.8s
11:4640°28.1'N010°08.2'E38°46.6'N009°03.8'E39°37.2'N009°35.7'E 1.050 51° 192° 207 km 03m58.3s
11:4840°01.6'N010°58.2'E38°20.7'N009°52.1'E39°11.0'N010°24.9'E 1.050 51° 195° 208 km 03m58.7s
11:5039°35.2'N011°47.4'E37°55.0'N010°39.8'E38°44.9'N011°13.3'E 1.050 51° 197° 208 km 03m59.0s
11:5239°09.0'N012°36.1'E37°29.3'N011°26.9'E38°19.0'N012°01.2'E 1.050 51° 199° 209 km 03m59.2s
11:5438°42.8'N013°24.3'E37°03.8'N012°13.6'E37°53.1'N012°48.6'E 1.050 51° 201° 209 km 03m59.3s
11:5638°16.7'N014°11.9'E36°38.3'N012°59.9'E37°27.4'N013°35.6'E 1.050 51° 203° 210 km 03m59.3s
11:5837°50.8'N014°59.2'E36°13.0'N013°45.8'E37°01.7'N014°22.2'E 1.050 51° 205° 211 km 03m59.1s
12:0037°24.9'N015°46.2'E35°47.7'N014°31.4'E36°36.2'N015°08.4'E 1.050 51° 208° 211 km 03m58.9s
12:0236°59.2'N016°32.9'E35°22.5'N015°16.8'E36°10.7'N015°54.5'E 1.050 51° 210° 212 km 03m58.5s
12:0436°33.5'N017°19.4'E34°57.4'N016°02.1'E35°45.4'N016°40.3'E 1.050 51° 212° 212 km 03m58.1s
12:0636°07.9'N018°05.7'E34°32.5'N016°47.2'E35°20.1'N017°26.0'E 1.050 51° 214° 213 km 03m57.5s
12:0835°42.4'N018°52.0'E34°07.5'N017°32.3'E34°54.9'N018°11.7'E 1.050 51° 216° 213 km 03m56.9s
12:1035°17.0'N019°38.2'E33°42.7'N018°17.4'E34°29.8'N018°57.3'E 1.050 50° 218° 213 km 03m56.1s
12:1234°51.7'N020°24.5'E33°18.0'N019°02.5'E34°04.8'N019°43.1'E 1.050 50° 220° 214 km 03m55.2s
12:1434°26.5'N021°10.9'E32°53.3'N019°47.8'E33°39.8'N020°28.9'E 1.049 50° 222° 214 km 03m54.2s
12:1634°01.3'N021°57.5'E32°28.7'N020°33.2'E33°14.9'N021°14.9'E 1.049 49° 224° 214 km 03m53.1s
12:1833°36.2'N022°44.4'E32°04.2'N021°19.0'E32°50.1'N022°01.2'E 1.049 49° 226° 215 km 03m51.9s
12:2033°11.1'N023°31.5'E31°39.7'N022°05.0'E32°25.4'N022°47.8'E 1.049 48° 228° 215 km 03m50.6s
12:2232°46.1'N024°19.1'E31°15.3'N022°51.4'E32°00.7'N023°34.8'E 1.049 48° 229° 215 km 03m49.2s
12:2432°21.2'N025°07.1'E30°50.9'N023°38.3'E31°36.1'N024°22.2'E 1.049 47° 231° 215 km 03m47.6s
12:2631°56.3'N025°55.7'E30°26.7'N024°25.8'E31°11.5'N025°10.2'E 1.049 47° 233° 215 km 03m46.0s
12:2831°31.5'N026°45.0'E30°02.4'N025°13.9'E30°47.0'N025°58.9'E 1.049 46° 235° 215 km 03m44.2s
12:3031°06.7'N027°35.0'E29°38.3'N026°02.7'E30°22.5'N026°48.3'E 1.048 45° 236° 215 km 03m42.3s
12:3230°42.0'N028°25.8'E29°14.1'N026°52.3'E29°58.1'N027°38.5'E 1.048 44° 238° 215 km 03m40.3s
12:3430°17.3'N029°17.6'E28°50.0'N027°42.8'E29°33.7'N028°29.6'E 1.048 44° 240° 214 km 03m38.2s
12:3629°52.6'N030°10.5'E28°26.0'N028°34.4'E29°09.4'N029°21.8'E 1.048 43° 241° 214 km 03m36.0s
12:3829°28.0'N031°04.6'E28°02.0'N029°27.1'E28°45.0'N030°15.2'E 1.048 42° 243° 213 km 03m33.7s
12:4029°03.4'N032°00.1'E27°38.0'N030°21.1'E28°20.8'N031°09.9'E 1.047 41° 244° 213 km 03m31.2s
12:4228°38.8'N032°57.1'E27°14.1'N031°16.5'E27°56.5'N032°06.1'E 1.047 40° 246° 212 km 03m28.6s
12:4428°14.2'N033°55.9'E26°50.2'N032°13.6'E27°32.3'N033°04.0'E 1.047 39° 247° 211 km 03m25.9s
12:4627°49.6'N034°56.6'E26°26.3'N033°12.5'E27°08.0'N034°03.8'E 1.047 38° 248° 210 km 03m23.1s
12:4827°25.0'N035°59.5'E26°02.4'N034°13.4'E26°43.8'N035°05.7'E 1.046 37° 250° 209 km 03m20.1s
12:5027°00.4'N037°05.0'E25°38.5'N035°16.7'E26°19.6'N036°10.0'E 1.046 36° 251° 208 km 03m16.9s
12:5226°35.8'N038°13.3'E25°14.7'N036°22.6'E25°55.3'N037°17.1'E 1.046 34° 252° 206 km 03m13.6s
12:5426°11.1'N039°25.0'E24°50.8'N037°31.6'E25°31.1'N038°27.4'E 1.045 33° 254° 205 km 03m10.2s
12:5625°46.3'N040°40.5'E24°26.9'N038°43.9'E25°06.8'N039°41.2'E 1.045 32° 255° 203 km 03m06.6s
12:5825°21.5'N042°00.5'E24°03.0'N040°00.4'E24°42.4'N040°59.4'E 1.044 30° 256° 201 km 03m02.7s
13:0024°56.6'N043°25.9'E23°39.0'N041°21.5'E24°18.0'N042°22.5'E 1.044 29° 257° 199 km 02m58.7s
13:0224°31.6'N044°57.8'E23°15.0'N042°48.3'E23°53.5'N043°51.7'E 1.044 27° 259° 196 km 02m54.4s
13:0424°06.3'N046°37.7'E22°50.9'N044°21.9'E23°28.8'N045°28.3'E 1.043 25° 260° 194 km 02m49.9s
13:0623°40.9'N048°27.9'E22°26.7'N046°04.1'E23°04.0'N047°14.3'E 1.042 23° 261° 190 km 02m45.0s
13:0823°15.1'N050°31.8'E22°02.3'N047°57.2'E22°39.0'N049°12.4'E 1.042 21° 262° 187 km 02m39.7s
13:1022°48.8'N052°55.0'E21°37.7'N050°05.1'E22°13.6'N051°27.2'E 1.041 18° 264° 183 km 02m33.8s
13:1222°21.8'N055°48.6'E21°12.8'N052°34.3'E21°47.7'N054°07.2'E 1.040 15° 265° 178 km 02m27.1s
13:1421°53.3'N059°40.5'E20°47.3'N055°38.0'E21°20.9'N057°30.8'E 1.039 12° 267° 172 km 02m19.2s
13:1621°18.2'N067°49.0'E20°20.5'N059°53.5'E20°51.6'N062°45.6'E 1.037 269° 163 km 02m07.9s
Limits21°14.2'N069°45.9'E19°52.3'N069°20.7'E20°33.1'N069°33.2'E 1.035 - 152 km 01m55.1s

ΔT = 791.9 seconds

Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration
Event Time
TD
Time
UT1
Latitude Longitude Sun
Altitude
Sun
Azimuth
Path Width Central
Duration
Greatest Eclipse12:08:33.411:55:21.537°35.6'N010°02.0'E 51.5° 202.6° 209.9 km03m59.28s
Greatest Duration12:07:44.511:54:32.737°46.1'N013°01.4'E 51.5° 201.7° 209.6 km03m59.29s

Explanation of Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration

Links for the Total Solar Eclipse of 1178 Sep 13

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Eclipse Predictions

Predictions for the Total Solar Eclipse of 1178 Sep 13 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 791.9 seconds for this eclipse. The uncertainty in ΔT is 32.9 seconds corresponding to a standard error in longitude of the eclipse path of ± 0.14°.

Acknowledgments

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

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