Path of the Total Solar Eclipse of 1185 May 01

Fred Espenak

Introduction

The following table delineates the path of the Moon's umbral shadow during the Total Solar Eclipse of 1185 May 01 . 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 1185 May 01
UT1 Northern Limit Southern Limit Central Line M:S Sun Sun Path Central
Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Ratio Alt. Azm. Width Duration
Limits10°16.9'N092°18.8'W08°22.4'N091°09.6'W09°19.3'N091°43.8'W 1.057 - 239 km 02m49.9s
11:5211°17.8'N089°16.2'W12°22.0'N080°25.7'W12°09.4'N083°51.5'W 1.060 74° 255 km 03m07.4s
11:5413°57.8'N082°38.2'W13°57.8'N077°03.7'W14°02.3'N079°38.3'W 1.062 13° 75° 264 km 03m18.3s
11:5615°37.1'N079°10.8'W15°18.2'N074°30.4'W15°30.1'N076°43.9'W 1.063 17° 76° 270 km 03m26.4s
11:5816°59.6'N076°35.3'W16°29.9'N072°23.4'W16°46.5'N074°24.9'W 1.064 20° 77° 275 km 03m33.2s
12:0018°13.0'N074°27.4'W17°35.9'N070°33.7'W17°55.8'N072°27.1'W 1.065 22° 78° 278 km 03m39.2s
12:0219°20.4'N072°37.1'W18°37.8'N068°56.1'W19°00.2'N070°43.8'W 1.065 25° 79° 281 km 03m44.7s
12:0420°23.6'N070°59.2'W19°36.6'N067°27.8'W20°01.0'N069°11.1'W 1.066 27° 80° 284 km 03m49.8s
12:0621°23.5'N069°30.7'W20°32.8'N066°06.6'W20°59.0'N067°46.6'W 1.066 29° 81° 286 km 03m54.5s
12:0822°20.8'N068°09.4'W21°26.9'N064°51.3'W21°54.6'N066°28.5'W 1.067 31° 83° 288 km 03m59.0s
12:1023°16.0'N066°54.0'W22°19.1'N063°40.8'W22°48.2'N065°15.7'W 1.067 32° 84° 289 km 04m03.2s
12:1224°09.3'N065°43.4'W23°09.9'N062°34.3'W23°40.2'N064°07.3'W 1.068 34° 85° 290 km 04m07.2s
12:1425°01.1'N064°36.9'W23°59.3'N061°31.2'W24°30.8'N063°02.5'W 1.068 35° 86° 291 km 04m11.0s
12:1625°51.6'N063°33.7'W24°47.6'N060°31.0'W25°20.1'N062°00.9'W 1.069 37° 87° 292 km 04m14.6s
12:1826°40.8'N062°33.4'W25°34.8'N059°33.3'W26°08.3'N061°02.0'W 1.069 38° 88° 292 km 04m18.1s
12:2027°29.1'N061°35.6'W26°21.0'N058°37.7'W26°55.5'N060°05.3'W 1.069 39° 89° 293 km 04m21.4s
12:2228°16.3'N060°39.9'W27°06.4'N057°44.1'W27°41.8'N059°10.7'W 1.070 41° 91° 293 km 04m24.5s
12:2429°02.8'N059°46.0'W27°51.1'N056°52.1'W28°27.3'N058°17.8'W 1.070 42° 92° 293 km 04m27.6s
12:2629°48.4'N058°53.8'W28°34.9'N056°01.5'W29°12.1'N057°26.4'W 1.070 43° 94° 293 km 04m30.5s
12:2830°33.4'N058°02.9'W29°18.2'N055°12.1'W29°56.1'N056°36.4'W 1.071 44° 95° 293 km 04m33.3s
12:3031°17.6'N057°13.3'W30°00.8'N054°23.9'W30°39.6'N055°47.4'W 1.071 45° 96° 293 km 04m36.0s
12:3232°01.3'N056°24.7'W30°42.8'N053°36.5'W31°22.4'N054°59.4'W 1.071 46° 98° 293 km 04m38.6s
12:3432°44.5'N055°36.9'W31°24.3'N052°50.0'W32°04.7'N054°12.3'W 1.071 47° 100° 292 km 04m41.0s
12:3633°27.1'N054°49.9'W32°05.3'N052°04.1'W32°46.5'N053°25.9'W 1.072 48° 101° 292 km 04m43.4s
12:3834°09.2'N054°03.6'W32°45.9'N051°18.8'W33°27.8'N052°40.0'W 1.072 49° 103° 292 km 04m45.6s
12:4034°50.9'N053°17.7'W33°26.0'N050°34.0'W34°08.7'N051°54.7'W 1.072 50° 105° 291 km 04m47.8s
12:4235°32.1'N052°32.2'W34°05.6'N049°49.5'W34°49.1'N051°09.7'W 1.072 51° 106° 291 km 04m49.8s
12:4436°12.9'N051°47.0'W34°44.9'N049°05.3'W35°29.1'N050°25.0'W 1.072 51° 108° 290 km 04m51.8s
12:4636°53.3'N051°02.1'W35°23.7'N048°21.3'W36°08.8'N049°40.6'W 1.072 52° 110° 290 km 04m53.6s
12:4837°33.4'N050°17.2'W36°02.2'N047°37.5'W36°48.0'N048°56.2'W 1.073 53° 112° 289 km 04m55.4s
12:5038°13.1'N049°32.4'W36°40.4'N046°53.6'W37°26.9'N048°11.8'W 1.073 54° 114° 288 km 04m57.0s
12:5238°52.5'N048°47.5'W37°18.2'N046°09.7'W38°05.5'N047°27.4'W 1.073 54° 117° 288 km 04m58.5s
12:5439°31.6'N048°02.4'W37°55.6'N045°25.7'W38°43.8'N046°42.9'W 1.073 55° 119° 287 km 05m00.0s
12:5640°10.3'N047°17.2'W38°32.8'N044°41.5'W39°21.7'N045°58.2'W 1.073 55° 121° 287 km 05m01.3s
12:5840°48.7'N046°31.6'W39°09.6'N043°57.1'W39°59.3'N045°13.2'W 1.073 56° 123° 286 km 05m02.6s
13:0041°26.9'N045°45.7'W39°46.1'N043°12.3'W40°36.6'N044°27.8'W 1.073 56° 126° 285 km 05m03.8s
13:0242°04.7'N044°59.4'W40°22.4'N042°27.1'W41°13.6'N043°42.1'W 1.073 57° 128° 285 km 05m04.8s
13:0442°42.3'N044°12.5'W40°58.3'N041°41.5'W41°50.4'N042°55.8'W 1.073 57° 131° 284 km 05m05.8s
13:0643°19.6'N043°25.0'W41°33.9'N040°55.3'W42°26.8'N042°09.0'W 1.073 57° 133° 283 km 05m06.6s
13:0843°56.6'N042°36.8'W42°09.2'N040°08.6'W43°02.9'N041°21.5'W 1.073 57° 136° 283 km 05m07.4s
13:1044°33.3'N041°47.9'W42°44.3'N039°21.2'W43°38.8'N040°33.3'W 1.073 58° 138° 282 km 05m08.0s
13:1245°09.7'N040°58.1'W43°19.1'N038°33.0'W44°14.4'N039°44.3'W 1.074 58° 141° 282 km 05m08.6s
13:1445°45.9'N040°07.4'W43°53.5'N037°44.0'W44°49.7'N038°54.5'W 1.074 58° 144° 281 km 05m09.1s
13:1646°21.8'N039°15.6'W44°27.7'N036°54.2'W45°24.7'N038°03.7'W 1.074 58° 146° 280 km 05m09.4s
13:1846°57.4'N038°22.8'W45°01.6'N036°03.4'W45°59.5'N037°11.9'W 1.074 58° 149° 280 km 05m09.7s
13:2047°32.7'N037°28.8'W45°35.2'N035°11.5'W46°33.9'N036°19.0'W 1.074 58° 152° 279 km 05m09.8s
13:2248°07.8'N036°33.5'W46°08.5'N034°18.5'W47°08.0'N035°24.8'W 1.074 58° 155° 278 km 05m09.8s
13:2448°42.5'N035°36.8'W46°41.4'N033°24.4'W47°41.8'N034°29.4'W 1.074 58° 158° 278 km 05m09.8s
13:2649°16.9'N034°38.6'W47°14.1'N032°28.9'W48°15.3'N033°32.6'W 1.074 58° 160° 277 km 05m09.6s
13:2849°51.0'N033°38.9'W47°46.4'N031°32.1'W48°48.5'N032°34.4'W 1.073 57° 163° 277 km 05m09.3s
13:3050°24.7'N032°37.4'W48°18.4'N030°33.8'W49°21.3'N031°34.5'W 1.073 57° 166° 276 km 05m09.0s
13:3250°58.1'N031°34.1'W48°50.0'N029°33.9'W49°53.8'N030°33.0'W 1.073 57° 169° 275 km 05m08.5s
13:3451°31.1'N030°28.9'W49°21.2'N028°32.4'W50°25.9'N029°29.6'W 1.073 56° 172° 275 km 05m07.9s
13:3652°03.7'N029°21.6'W49°52.1'N027°29.1'W50°57.6'N028°24.4'W 1.073 56° 174° 274 km 05m07.1s
13:3852°35.9'N028°12.1'W50°22.5'N026°24.0'W51°28.9'N027°17.1'W 1.073 56° 177° 274 km 05m06.3s
13:4053°07.6'N027°00.3'W50°52.5'N025°16.8'W51°59.8'N026°07.7'W 1.073 55° 180° 273 km 05m05.4s
13:4253°38.9'N025°46.0'W51°22.1'N024°07.5'W52°30.2'N024°56.0'W 1.073 55° 183° 273 km 05m04.3s
13:4454°09.6'N024°29.0'W51°51.2'N022°56.0'W53°00.0'N023°41.8'W 1.073 54° 186° 272 km 05m03.2s
13:4654°39.8'N023°09.2'W52°19.8'N021°42.2'W53°29.4'N022°25.1'W 1.073 53° 188° 272 km 05m01.9s
13:4855°09.4'N021°46.4'W52°47.8'N020°25.8'W53°58.2'N021°05.6'W 1.073 53° 191° 271 km 05m00.5s
13:5055°38.4'N020°20.5'W53°15.2'N019°06.8'W54°26.4'N019°43.3'W 1.072 52° 194° 270 km 04m59.0s
13:5256°06.7'N018°51.2'W53°42.0'N017°44.9'W54°53.9'N018°17.9'W 1.072 51° 197° 270 km 04m57.3s
13:5456°34.3'N017°18.4'W54°08.2'N016°20.1'W55°20.8'N016°49.2'W 1.072 51° 200° 269 km 04m55.5s
13:5657°01.0'N015°41.7'W54°33.6'N014°52.2'W55°46.8'N015°17.1'W 1.072 50° 202° 269 km 04m53.7s
13:5857°26.9'N014°01.1'W54°58.3'N013°20.9'W56°12.1'N013°41.4'W 1.072 49° 205° 268 km 04m51.6s
14:0057°51.8'N012°16.2'W55°22.1'N011°46.1'W56°36.4'N012°01.8'W 1.072 48° 208° 268 km 04m49.5s
14:0258°15.7'N010°26.9'W55°45.0'N010°07.7'W56°59.8'N010°18.2'W 1.071 47° 211° 267 km 04m47.2s
14:0458°38.4'N008°32.9'W56°06.9'N008°25.3'W57°22.1'N008°30.2'W 1.071 46° 214° 267 km 04m44.8s
14:0658°59.8'N006°33.8'W56°27.8'N006°38.7'W57°43.3'N006°37.7'W 1.071 45° 216° 266 km 04m42.3s
14:0859°19.9'N004°29.4'W56°47.5'N004°47.8'W58°03.2'N004°40.5'W 1.071 44° 219° 266 km 04m39.6s
14:1059°38.5'N002°19.5'W57°05.9'N002°52.2'W58°21.7'N002°38.1'W 1.070 43° 222° 265 km 04m36.8s
14:1259°55.4'N000°03.6'W57°23.0'N000°51.7'W58°38.7'N000°30.3'W 1.070 42° 225° 265 km 04m33.8s
14:1460°10.4'N002°18.5'E57°38.5'N001°14.0'E58°54.0'N001°43.1'E 1.070 40° 228° 264 km 04m30.6s
14:1660°23.4'N004°47.3'E57°52.3'N003°25.3'E59°07.5'N004°02.7'E 1.070 39° 231° 264 km 04m27.4s
14:1860°34.1'N007°23.0'E58°04.3'N005°42.4'E59°19.0'N006°28.6'E 1.069 38° 234° 263 km 04m23.9s
14:2060°42.3'N010°06.3'E58°14.3'N008°05.9'E59°28.1'N009°01.4'E 1.069 37° 238° 263 km 04m20.3s
14:2260°47.6'N012°57.6'E58°21.9'N010°36.1'E59°34.7'N011°41.5'E 1.068 35° 241° 262 km 04m16.4s
14:2460°49.8'N015°57.5'E58°27.1'N013°13.6'E59°38.5'N014°29.6'E 1.068 34° 244° 261 km 04m12.4s
14:2660°48.3'N019°06.8'E58°29.4'N015°59.0'E59°39.1'N017°26.3'E 1.068 32° 248° 261 km 04m08.1s
14:2860°42.7'N022°26.3'E58°28.4'N018°53.1'E59°36.0'N020°32.4'E 1.067 30° 251° 260 km 04m03.6s
14:3060°32.2'N025°57.5'E58°23.7'N021°56.9'E59°28.7'N023°49.2'E 1.067 29° 255° 259 km 03m58.9s
14:3260°16.0'N029°42.0'E58°14.7'N025°11.8'E59°16.5'N027°18.0'E 1.066 27° 259° 258 km 03m53.8s
14:3459°52.9'N033°42.5'E58°00.6'N028°39.5'E58°58.3'N031°01.1'E 1.065 25° 262° 257 km 03m48.3s
14:3659°21.1'N038°03.2'E57°40.3'N032°22.6'E58°32.9'N035°01.8'E 1.065 22° 267° 256 km 03m42.4s
14:3858°37.7'N042°51.3'E57°12.2'N036°25.3'E57°58.0'N039°25.2'E 1.064 20° 271° 255 km 03m35.8s
14:4057°37.1'N048°21.4'E56°33.7'N040°54.5'E57°10.1'N044°21.3'E 1.063 17° 276° 253 km 03m28.4s
14:4256°05.4'N055°11.7'E55°39.9'N046°03.5'E56°01.4'N050°11.0'E 1.062 13° 281° 251 km 03m19.6s
14:4452°18.1'N068°23.5'E54°19.3'N052°26.0'E54°07.7'N058°04.0'E 1.060 288° 247 km 03m07.6s
Limits51°33.3'N070°38.0'E49°47.1'N068°36.8'E50°40.0'N069°36.1'E 1.058 - 241 km 02m50.4s

ΔT = 771.3 seconds

Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration
Event Time
TD
Time
UT1
Latitude Longitude Sun
Altitude
Sun
Azimuth
Path Width Central
Duration
Greatest Eclipse13:30:53.313:18:02.146°00.0'N040°24.3'W 58.0° 149.2° 279.6 km05m09.66s
Greatest Duration13:34:39.813:21:48.547°04.8'N035°30.1'W 57.9° 154.4° 278.4 km05m09.85s

Explanation of Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration

Links for the Total Solar Eclipse of 1185 May 01

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Eclipse Predictions

Predictions for the Total Solar Eclipse of 1185 May 01 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 771.3 seconds for this eclipse. The uncertainty in ΔT is 32.2 seconds corresponding to a standard error in longitude of the eclipse path of ± 0.13°.

Acknowledgments

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

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