Path of the Annular Solar Eclipse of 1218 Jul 24

Fred Espenak

Introduction

The following table delineates the path of the Moon's antumbral shadow during the Annular Solar Eclipse of 1218 Jul 24 . 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 1218 Jul 24
UT1 Northern Limit Southern Limit Central Line M:S Sun Sun Path Central
Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Ratio Alt. Azm. Width Duration
Limits60°35.8'N000°32.3'W57°32.5'N005°54.3'E59°03.1'N002°52.5'E 0.934 - 494 km 03m59.0s
03:38 - - 64°08.0'N023°10.0'E61°24.2'N008°44.0'E 0.935 57° 484 km 04m02.1s
03:40 - - 65°40.3'N027°46.1'E64°31.0'N016°52.0'E 0.937 65° 468 km 04m06.4s
03:4264°00.0'N007°53.4'E66°56.2'N031°52.8'E66°24.3'N022°13.5'E 0.937 12° 70° 457 km 04m09.2s
03:4466°44.1'N015°05.6'E68°01.3'N035°43.4'E67°52.6'N026°46.7'E 0.938 14° 75° 448 km 04m11.4s
03:4668°33.5'N020°20.9'E68°58.3'N039°25.2'E69°06.5'N030°57.4'E 0.938 16° 80° 440 km 04m13.3s
03:4870°00.7'N024°57.1'E69°48.9'N043°01.7'E70°10.4'N034°56.2'E 0.939 18° 84° 433 km 04m15.1s
03:5071°14.5'N029°15.7'E70°33.9'N046°35.5'E71°06.6'N038°49.2'E 0.939 19° 89° 427 km 04m16.7s
03:5272°18.6'N033°25.8'E71°14.1'N050°08.2'E71°56.4'N042°39.8'E 0.939 20° 93° 421 km 04m18.1s
03:5473°15.1'N037°34.9'E71°49.9'N053°41.1'E72°40.8'N046°30.3'E 0.940 22° 97° 416 km 04m19.5s
03:5674°05.2'N041°44.5'E72°21.8'N057°14.6'E73°20.2'N050°22.3'E 0.940 23° 102° 412 km 04m20.7s
03:5874°49.7'N045°57.5'E72°49.8'N060°49.3'E73°55.2'N054°16.6'E 0.940 24° 107° 407 km 04m21.9s
04:0075°29.0'N050°15.5'E73°14.2'N064°25.1'E74°25.8'N058°13.7'E 0.940 25° 111° 403 km 04m23.0s
04:0276°03.5'N054°39.2'E73°35.2'N068°02.0'E74°52.4'N062°13.8'E 0.941 26° 116° 400 km 04m24.0s
04:0476°33.3'N059°09.1'E73°52.8'N071°39.6'E75°15.1'N066°16.6'E 0.941 27° 121° 397 km 04m25.0s
04:0676°58.5'N063°44.7'E74°07.2'N075°17.6'E75°34.0'N070°21.6'E 0.941 27° 126° 394 km 04m25.9s
04:0877°19.4'N068°25.4'E74°18.5'N078°55.3'E75°49.1'N074°28.1'E 0.941 28° 131° 391 km 04m26.7s
04:1077°35.8'N073°09.8'E74°26.8'N082°31.9'E76°00.7'N078°35.0'E 0.941 29° 136° 389 km 04m27.5s
04:1277°48.0'N077°56.3'E74°32.1'N086°06.9'E76°08.7'N082°41.4'E 0.942 30° 141° 386 km 04m28.2s
04:1477°56.1'N082°43.0'E74°34.5'N089°39.5'E76°13.4'N086°45.8'E 0.942 30° 146° 384 km 04m28.9s
04:1678°00.0'N087°27.7'E74°34.3'N093°08.8'E76°14.8'N090°47.2'E 0.942 31° 151° 383 km 04m29.5s
04:1878°00.1'N092°08.3'E74°31.5'N096°34.2'E76°13.0'N094°44.3'E 0.942 31° 155° 381 km 04m30.1s
04:2077°56.5'N096°42.8'E74°26.1'N099°55.1'E76°08.3'N098°36.1'E 0.942 32° 160° 380 km 04m30.7s
04:2277°49.4'N101°09.3'E74°18.5'N103°11.0'E76°00.8'N102°21.5'E 0.942 32° 165° 378 km 04m31.2s
04:2477°39.1'N105°26.4'E74°08.6'N106°21.3'E75°50.6'N105°59.9'E 0.942 32° 170° 377 km 04m31.6s
04:2677°25.8'N109°33.0'E73°56.6'N109°25.7'E75°38.0'N109°30.5'E 0.942 33° 174° 376 km 04m32.0s
04:2877°09.7'N113°28.4'E73°42.6'N112°24.0'E75°23.0'N112°53.1'E 0.942 33° 178° 376 km 04m32.4s
04:3076°51.2'N117°12.2'E73°26.8'N115°16.1'E75°06.0'N116°07.4'E 0.942 33° 183° 375 km 04m32.7s
04:3276°30.3'N120°44.3'E73°09.3'N118°01.8'E74°47.0'N119°13.3'E 0.942 34° 187° 375 km 04m32.9s
04:3476°07.4'N124°04.9'E72°50.2'N120°41.3'E74°26.2'N122°10.9'E 0.942 34° 191° 375 km 04m33.1s
04:3675°42.7'N127°14.4'E72°29.6'N123°14.5'E74°03.8'N125°00.3'E 0.942 34° 195° 375 km 04m33.3s
04:3875°16.3'N130°13.2'E72°07.7'N125°41.7'E73°39.9'N127°41.9'E 0.942 34° 198° 375 km 04m33.5s
04:4074°48.4'N133°02.1'E71°44.4'N128°03.0'E73°14.5'N130°15.9'E 0.942 34° 202° 375 km 04m33.6s
04:4274°19.2'N135°41.5'E71°19.9'N130°18.7'E72°47.9'N132°42.8'E 0.942 34° 205° 376 km 04m33.6s
04:4473°48.7'N138°12.3'E70°54.3'N132°29.0'E72°20.2'N135°02.8'E 0.942 34° 209° 376 km 04m33.6s
04:4673°17.2'N140°35.0'E70°27.7'N134°34.2'E71°51.3'N137°16.5'E 0.942 34° 212° 377 km 04m33.6s
04:4872°44.6'N142°50.3'E70°00.1'N136°34.6'E71°21.4'N139°24.3'E 0.942 34° 215° 378 km 04m33.5s
04:5072°11.1'N144°58.8'E69°31.5'N138°30.4'E70°50.6'N141°26.6'E 0.942 34° 218° 379 km 04m33.4s
04:5271°36.7'N147°01.2'E69°02.1'N140°22.0'E70°18.9'N143°23.8'E 0.942 34° 221° 380 km 04m33.2s
04:5471°01.5'N148°58.1'E68°31.8'N142°09.6'E69°46.3'N145°16.3'E 0.942 34° 224° 382 km 04m33.0s
04:5670°25.5'N150°50.0'E68°00.7'N143°53.6'E69°13.0'N147°04.4'E 0.942 34° 227° 383 km 04m32.8s
04:5869°48.8'N152°37.3'E67°28.9'N145°34.1'E68°38.9'N148°48.7'E 0.942 33° 230° 385 km 04m32.5s
05:0069°11.4'N154°20.6'E66°56.3'N147°11.6'E68°04.1'N150°29.4'E 0.942 33° 232° 387 km 04m32.2s
05:0268°33.3'N156°00.3'E66°23.0'N148°46.1'E67°28.5'N152°06.9'E 0.942 33° 235° 389 km 04m31.8s
05:0467°54.5'N157°36.9'E65°49.0'N150°18.1'E66°52.2'N153°41.5'E 0.942 33° 237° 391 km 04m31.4s
05:0667°15.0'N159°10.8'E65°14.2'N151°47.8'E66°15.3'N155°13.5'E 0.942 32° 240° 393 km 04m31.0s
05:0866°34.8'N160°42.3'E64°38.8'N153°15.4'E65°37.6'N156°43.4'E 0.942 32° 242° 396 km 04m30.5s
05:1065°53.9'N162°11.8'E64°02.7'N154°41.2'E64°59.3'N158°11.3'E 0.942 31° 245° 398 km 04m30.0s
05:1265°12.2'N163°39.8'E63°25.8'N156°05.4'E64°20.2'N159°37.5'E 0.942 31° 247° 401 km 04m29.4s
05:1464°29.8'N165°06.5'E62°48.3'N157°28.3'E63°40.3'N161°02.5'E 0.942 30° 249° 404 km 04m28.8s
05:1663°46.5'N166°32.4'E62°09.9'N158°50.1'E62°59.7'N162°26.4'E 0.941 30° 251° 408 km 04m28.1s
05:1863°02.3'N167°57.8'E61°30.8'N160°11.1'E62°18.2'N163°49.6'E 0.941 29° 254° 411 km 04m27.4s
05:2062°17.2'N169°23.1'E60°50.9'N161°31.5'E61°35.9'N165°12.5'E 0.941 28° 256° 415 km 04m26.6s
05:2261°31.0'N170°48.8'E60°10.2'N162°51.6'E60°52.6'N166°35.3'E 0.941 28° 258° 418 km 04m25.8s
05:2460°43.7'N172°15.4'E59°28.5'N164°11.8'E60°08.4'N167°58.4'E 0.941 27° 260° 422 km 04m25.0s
05:2659°55.0'N173°43.3'E58°45.8'N165°32.2'E59°23.0'N169°22.2'E 0.941 26° 262° 426 km 04m24.1s
05:2859°04.9'N175°13.2'E58°02.0'N166°53.4'E58°36.3'N170°47.2'E 0.940 25° 264° 431 km 04m23.1s
05:3058°13.0'N176°45.9'E57°17.1'N168°15.6'E57°48.3'N172°14.0'E 0.940 24° 266° 435 km 04m22.1s
05:3257°19.1'N178°22.3'E56°30.8'N169°39.4'E56°58.7'N173°43.0'E 0.940 23° 268° 440 km 04m21.0s
05:3456°22.9'N179°56.5'W55°43.1'N171°05.1'E56°07.4'N175°15.1'E 0.940 22° 270° 445 km 04m19.9s
05:3655°23.6'N178°08.8'W54°53.7'N172°33.6'E55°13.8'N176°51.2'E 0.939 21° 273° 450 km 04m18.6s
05:3854°20.6'N176°12.2'W54°02.4'N174°05.5'E54°17.7'N178°32.6'E 0.939 20° 275° 455 km 04m17.3s
05:4053°12.5'N174°03.2'W53°08.7'N175°41.9'E53°18.5'N179°39.1'W 0.939 18° 277° 460 km 04m15.9s
05:4251°57.2'N171°35.7'W52°12.4'N177°24.1'E52°15.3'N177°41.2'W 0.938 17° 279° 466 km 04m14.3s
05:4450°30.2'N168°37.0'W51°12.6'N179°13.9'E51°06.5'N175°30.0'W 0.938 15° 281° 472 km 04m12.6s
05:4648°38.7'N164°30.9'W50°08.3'N178°45.7'W49°49.9'N172°58.5'W 0.937 13° 284° 477 km 04m10.6s
05:48 - - 48°58.0'N176°30.2'W48°20.1'N169°52.0'W 0.937 10° 287° 483 km 04m08.2s
05:50 - - 47°38.5'N173°51.4'W46°20.1'N165°23.0'W 0.936 291° 490 km 04m05.0s
Limits45°17.2'N155°54.6'W41°46.0'N160°02.2'W43°29.3'N158°03.9'W 0.934 - 495 km 04m00.2s

ΔT = 675.3 seconds

Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration
Event Time
TD
Time
UT1
Latitude Longitude Sun
Altitude
Sun
Azimuth
Path Width Central
Duration
Greatest Eclipse04:55:31.504:44:16.372°16.3'N132°32.0'E 34.3° 209.3° 376.3 km04m33.61s
Greatest Duration04:54:40.204:43:24.972°28.4'N134°22.6'E 34.3° 207.8° 376.0 km04m33.61s

Explanation of Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration

Links for the Annular Solar Eclipse of 1218 Jul 24

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Eclipse Predictions

Predictions for the Annular Solar Eclipse of 1218 Jul 24 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 675.3 seconds for this eclipse. The uncertainty in ΔT is 28.9 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.

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