Path of the Total Solar Eclipse of 1212 May 02

Fred Espenak

Introduction

The following table delineates the path of the Moon's umbral shadow during the Total Solar Eclipse of 1212 May 02 . 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 1212 May 02
UT1 Northern Limit Southern Limit Central Line M:S Sun Sun Path Central
Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Ratio Alt. Azm. Width Duration
Limits45°34.5'N125°34.6'E42°59.2'N128°23.4'E44°15.5'N127°01.9'E 1.052 - 354 km 02m29.0s
20:16 - - 47°49.7'N141°03.7'E46°35.9'N133°26.9'E 1.053 70° 369 km 02m38.9s
20:1847°16.5'N130°12.2'E49°24.0'N144°31.7'E48°53.4'N138°53.2'E 1.055 10° 74° 381 km 02m48.2s
20:2049°51.9'N136°20.1'E50°44.4'N147°19.4'E50°31.7'N142°25.3'E 1.056 13° 78° 387 km 02m54.4s
20:2251°35.8'N140°00.2'E51°56.6'N149°44.6'E51°54.9'N145°15.0'E 1.057 15° 80° 390 km 02m59.5s
20:2453°02.7'N142°53.6'E53°03.3'N151°55.2'E53°09.5'N147°41.1'E 1.057 17° 83° 392 km 03m03.9s
20:2654°20.2'N145°20.8'E54°05.8'N153°55.4'E54°18.3'N149°52.1'E 1.058 19° 86° 394 km 03m07.7s
20:2855°31.5'N147°32.6'E55°05.2'N155°48.2'E55°22.8'N151°52.6'E 1.058 20° 88° 395 km 03m11.2s
20:3056°38.4'N149°33.5'E56°01.9'N157°35.5'E56°24.1'N153°45.7'E 1.059 21° 90° 395 km 03m14.4s
20:3257°41.8'N151°26.6'E56°56.6'N159°18.6'E57°22.7'N155°33.1'E 1.059 23° 93° 395 km 03m17.4s
20:3458°42.6'N153°14.1'E57°49.4'N160°58.6'E58°19.2'N157°16.5'E 1.059 24° 95° 395 km 03m20.1s
20:3659°41.1'N154°57.4'E58°40.6'N162°36.4'E59°13.8'N158°56.9'E 1.060 25° 97° 394 km 03m22.6s
20:3860°37.8'N156°37.8'E59°30.5'N164°12.7'E60°06.9'N160°35.2'E 1.060 26° 100° 393 km 03m24.9s
20:4061°32.9'N158°16.2'E60°19.1'N165°48.0'E60°58.6'N162°12.1'E 1.060 27° 102° 393 km 03m27.0s
20:4262°26.6'N159°53.5'E61°06.7'N167°23.0'E61°49.0'N163°48.4'E 1.060 27° 104° 392 km 03m29.0s
20:4463°19.1'N161°30.2'E61°53.2'N168°58.0'E62°38.4'N165°24.5'E 1.061 28° 107° 391 km 03m30.8s
20:4664°10.5'N163°07.0'E62°38.7'N170°33.6'E63°26.8'N167°01.0'E 1.061 29° 109° 390 km 03m32.5s
20:4865°01.0'N164°44.5'E63°23.4'N172°10.2'E64°14.2'N168°38.4'E 1.061 29° 112° 388 km 03m34.0s
20:5065°50.5'N166°23.3'E64°07.3'N173°48.2'E65°00.8'N170°17.2'E 1.061 30° 114° 387 km 03m35.4s
20:5266°39.2'N168°03.9'E64°50.3'N175°27.9'E65°46.5'N171°57.9'E 1.061 30° 117° 386 km 03m36.7s
20:5467°27.2'N169°46.9'E65°32.6'N177°09.9'E66°31.5'N173°40.9'E 1.061 31° 119° 385 km 03m37.8s
20:5668°14.3'N171°32.9'E66°14.1'N178°54.5'E67°15.7'N175°26.8'E 1.062 31° 122° 384 km 03m38.9s
20:5869°00.8'N173°22.6'E66°54.8'N179°17.8'W67°59.2'N177°16.0'E 1.062 32° 125° 383 km 03m39.7s
21:0069°46.5'N175°16.5'E67°34.8'N177°26.6'W68°41.9'N179°09.3'E 1.062 32° 128° 382 km 03m40.5s
21:0270°31.5'N177°15.5'E68°13.9'N175°31.4'W69°23.8'N178°53.0'W 1.062 32° 131° 381 km 03m41.2s
21:0471°15.8'N179°20.3'E68°52.3'N173°31.7'W70°04.9'N176°50.1'W 1.062 32° 134° 380 km 03m41.7s
21:0671°59.2'N178°28.3'W69°29.8'N171°27.0'W70°45.2'N174°41.4'W 1.062 32° 137° 379 km 03m42.1s
21:0872°41.8'N176°09.1'W70°06.4'N169°16.7'W71°24.6'N172°26.1'W 1.062 33° 140° 378 km 03m42.4s
21:1073°23.5'N173°41.2'W70°42.1'N167°00.3'W72°03.1'N170°03.5'W 1.062 33° 144° 377 km 03m42.6s
21:1274°04.1'N171°03.4'W71°16.7'N164°37.1'W72°40.5'N167°32.6'W 1.062 33° 148° 376 km 03m42.6s
21:1474°43.7'N168°14.2'W71°50.2'N162°06.5'W73°16.8'N164°52.6'W 1.062 33° 151° 376 km 03m42.6s
21:1675°21.9'N165°12.4'W72°22.4'N159°27.8'W73°51.7'N162°02.6'W 1.062 32° 155° 375 km 03m42.4s
21:1875°58.6'N161°56.3'W72°53.3'N156°40.4'W74°25.2'N159°01.4'W 1.062 32° 159° 374 km 03m42.1s
21:2076°33.6'N158°24.2'W73°22.7'N153°43.6'W74°57.1'N155°48.2'W 1.062 32° 164° 374 km 03m41.6s
21:2277°06.5'N154°34.5'W73°50.4'N150°36.8'W75°27.2'N152°21.8'W 1.062 32° 168° 373 km 03m41.1s
21:2477°37.1'N150°25.6'W74°16.2'N147°19.3'W75°55.2'N148°41.4'W 1.062 32° 173° 373 km 03m40.4s
21:2678°04.9'N145°55.9'W74°40.0'N143°50.6'W76°20.7'N144°46.1'W 1.062 31° 178° 372 km 03m39.6s
21:2878°29.5'N141°04.6'W75°01.4'N140°10.4'W76°43.6'N140°35.4'W 1.062 31° 183° 372 km 03m38.7s
21:3078°50.4'N135°51.1'W75°20.3'N136°18.6'W77°03.4'N136°09.0'W 1.061 30° 188° 372 km 03m37.7s
21:3279°06.9'N130°16.1'W75°36.4'N132°15.0'W77°19.8'N131°27.0'W 1.061 30° 194° 372 km 03m36.5s
21:3479°18.5'N124°21.2'W75°49.3'N128°00.0'W77°32.3'N126°30.2'W 1.061 29° 200° 371 km 03m35.1s
21:3679°24.7'N118°09.4'W75°58.8'N123°34.2'W77°40.5'N121°20.0'W 1.061 29° 206° 371 km 03m33.7s
21:3879°24.9'N111°45.0'W76°04.5'N118°58.6'W77°44.1'N115°58.3'W 1.061 28° 212° 371 km 03m32.1s
21:4079°18.6'N105°13.3'W76°06.2'N114°14.5'W77°42.7'N110°27.6'W 1.061 27° 219° 371 km 03m30.3s
21:4279°05.6'N098°40.0'W76°03.5'N109°23.4'W77°35.9'N104°51.0'W 1.060 27° 225° 371 km 03m28.4s
21:4478°45.5'N092°10.5'W75°56.2'N104°27.0'W77°23.3'N099°11.6'W 1.060 26° 232° 371 km 03m26.3s
21:4678°18.3'N085°49.3'W75°44.0'N099°27.1'W77°04.8'N093°32.3'W 1.060 25° 238° 371 km 03m24.0s
21:4877°43.6'N079°39.3'W75°26.6'N094°25.3'W76°40.1'N087°55.7'W 1.060 24° 245° 371 km 03m21.6s
21:5077°01.4'N073°42.1'W75°03.8'N089°23.3'W76°09.0'N082°23.7'W 1.059 23° 251° 371 km 03m18.9s
21:5276°11.3'N067°57.4'W74°35.1'N084°21.9'W75°31.0'N076°57.2'W 1.059 21° 257° 372 km 03m16.0s
21:5475°12.5'N062°23.0'W74°00.4'N079°21.7'W74°45.7'N071°36.0'W 1.058 20° 263° 372 km 03m12.8s
21:5674°03.9'N056°54.5'W73°18.9'N074°22.3'W73°52.5'N066°18.8'W 1.058 19° 269° 372 km 03m09.3s
21:5872°43.2'N051°25.3'W72°29.9'N069°22.4'W72°50.0'N061°02.3'W 1.057 17° 275° 371 km 03m05.4s
22:0071°05.6'N045°42.6'W71°32.3'N064°19.3'W71°36.2'N055°41.1'W 1.057 15° 281° 371 km 03m01.0s
22:0268°59.9'N039°18.2'W70°24.1'N059°07.8'W70°06.9'N050°04.1'W 1.056 13° 287° 370 km 02m55.9s
22:0465°33.8'N030°07.4'W69°01.4'N053°38.5'W68°12.9'N043°47.7'W 1.055 10° 293° 369 km 02m49.6s
22:06 - - 67°16.0'N047°29.7'W65°18.5'N035°23.3'W 1.054 302° 365 km 02m40.3s
Limits63°00.5'N023°49.7'W60°48.4'N028°53.2'W61°54.0'N026°28.8'W 1.052 - 358 km 02m30.0s

ΔT = 692.3 seconds

Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration
Event Time
TD
Time
UT1
Latitude Longitude Sun
Altitude
Sun
Azimuth
Path Width Central
Duration
Greatest Eclipse21:22:38.921:11:06.572°24.0'N171°34.4'W 32.6° 145.9° 376.8 km03m42.62s
Greatest Duration21:23:27.321:11:54.972°38.9'N167°39.2'W 32.6° 147.4° 376.5 km03m42.63s

Explanation of Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration

Links for the Total Solar Eclipse of 1212 May 02

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Eclipse Predictions

Predictions for the Total Solar Eclipse of 1212 May 02 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 692.3 seconds for this eclipse. The uncertainty in ΔT is 29.5 seconds corresponding to a standard error in longitude of the eclipse path of ± 0.12°.

Acknowledgments

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

Permission is granted to reproduce eclipse data when accompanied by a link to this page and an acknowledgment:

"Eclipse Predictions by Fred Espenak, EclipseWise.com"

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