Path of the Total Solar Eclipse of 1221 May 23

Fred Espenak

Introduction

The following table delineates the path of the Moon's umbral shadow during the Total Solar Eclipse of 1221 May 23 . 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 1221 May 23
UT1 Northern Limit Southern Limit Central Line M:S Sun Sun Path Central
Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Ratio Alt. Azm. Width Duration
Limits08°26.3'N042°15.5'E06°41.4'N043°24.7'E07°33.7'N042°50.4'E 1.059 - 227 km 02m54.7s
02:5411°02.7'N048°10.5'E11°42.4'N054°27.0'E11°32.7'N051°41.9'E 1.062 10° 70° 242 km 03m15.8s
02:5613°35.0'N053°13.7'E13°29.9'N057°48.0'E13°36.0'N055°38.3'E 1.064 15° 71° 249 km 03m26.8s
02:5815°21.1'N056°26.0'E14°58.1'N060°22.7'E15°11.7'N058°28.7'E 1.065 18° 72° 253 km 03m35.4s
03:0016°49.1'N058°56.1'E16°15.3'N062°32.0'E16°33.8'N060°47.2'E 1.066 21° 73° 257 km 03m42.7s
03:0218°06.6'N061°02.5'E17°25.3'N064°24.7'E17°47.3'N062°46.1'E 1.067 24° 73° 260 km 03m49.3s
03:0419°17.1'N062°53.1'E18°29.9'N066°05.5'E18°54.6'N064°31.4'E 1.067 26° 74° 262 km 03m55.3s
03:0620°22.4'N064°32.5'E19°30.3'N067°37.4'E19°57.3'N066°06.8'E 1.068 28° 75° 264 km 04m00.9s
03:0821°23.6'N066°03.3'E20°27.4'N069°02.3'E20°56.4'N067°34.4'E 1.069 31° 76° 266 km 04m06.2s
03:1022°21.5'N067°27.3'E21°21.7'N070°21.5'E21°52.4'N068°55.9'E 1.069 32° 77° 267 km 04m11.2s
03:1223°16.7'N068°46.0'E22°13.7'N071°36.2'E22°45.9'N070°12.5'E 1.070 34° 78° 269 km 04m16.0s
03:1424°09.5'N070°00.2'E23°03.5'N072°46.9'E23°37.2'N071°24.9'E 1.070 36° 79° 270 km 04m20.6s
03:1625°00.3'N071°10.6'E23°51.6'N073°54.4'E24°26.6'N072°33.8'E 1.071 38° 80° 271 km 04m24.9s
03:1825°49.3'N072°18.0'E24°38.0'N074°59.1'E25°14.3'N073°39.8'E 1.071 39° 82° 271 km 04m29.1s
03:2026°36.7'N073°22.7'E25°23.0'N076°01.4'E26°00.4'N074°43.2'E 1.071 41° 83° 272 km 04m33.2s
03:2227°22.7'N074°25.1'E26°06.7'N077°01.6'E26°45.2'N075°44.5'E 1.072 42° 84° 273 km 04m37.1s
03:2428°07.4'N075°25.5'E26°49.2'N078°00.1'E27°28.8'N076°43.9'E 1.072 43° 85° 273 km 04m40.8s
03:2628°50.8'N076°24.2'E27°30.6'N078°57.0'E28°11.2'N077°41.7'E 1.072 45° 86° 273 km 04m44.5s
03:2829°33.2'N077°21.5'E28°10.9'N079°52.5'E28°52.5'N078°38.1'E 1.073 46° 88° 274 km 04m48.0s
03:3030°14.5'N078°17.5'E28°50.2'N080°46.8'E29°32.8'N079°33.3'E 1.073 47° 89° 274 km 04m51.3s
03:3230°54.9'N079°12.4'E29°28.7'N081°40.1'E30°12.2'N080°27.4'E 1.073 49° 91° 274 km 04m54.6s
03:3431°34.4'N080°06.4'E30°06.3'N082°32.6'E30°50.7'N081°20.6'E 1.074 50° 92° 274 km 04m57.8s
03:3632°13.0'N080°59.6'E30°43.1'N083°24.2'E31°28.4'N082°13.0'E 1.074 51° 94° 274 km 05m00.8s
03:3832°50.9'N081°52.2'E31°19.1'N084°15.3'E32°05.3'N083°04.8'E 1.074 52° 95° 274 km 05m03.7s
03:4033°27.9'N082°44.1'E31°54.4'N085°05.7'E32°41.5'N083°56.0'E 1.074 53° 97° 274 km 05m06.6s
03:4234°04.2'N083°35.7'E32°28.9'N085°55.7'E33°16.9'N084°46.8'E 1.074 54° 99° 274 km 05m09.3s
03:4434°39.9'N084°26.8'E33°02.8'N086°45.4'E33°51.6'N085°37.2'E 1.075 55° 100° 274 km 05m11.9s
03:4635°14.8'N085°17.7'E33°36.0'N087°34.8'E34°25.7'N086°27.3'E 1.075 56° 102° 274 km 05m14.4s
03:4835°49.1'N086°08.4'E34°08.6'N088°23.9'E34°59.1'N087°17.2'E 1.075 57° 104° 274 km 05m16.8s
03:5036°22.7'N086°59.1'E34°40.6'N089°12.9'E35°31.9'N088°07.0'E 1.075 58° 106° 274 km 05m19.1s
03:5236°55.7'N087°49.6'E35°11.9'N090°01.8'E36°04.1'N088°56.8'E 1.075 59° 108° 274 km 05m21.3s
03:5437°28.2'N088°40.2'E35°42.7'N090°50.7'E36°35.6'N089°46.5'E 1.076 60° 111° 273 km 05m23.4s
03:5638°00.0'N089°30.9'E36°12.9'N091°39.6'E37°06.6'N090°36.3'E 1.076 60° 113° 273 km 05m25.4s
03:5838°31.2'N090°21.7'E36°42.5'N092°28.7'E37°37.0'N091°26.2'E 1.076 61° 115° 273 km 05m27.3s
04:0039°01.9'N091°12.8'E37°11.6'N093°17.8'E38°06.9'N092°16.3'E 1.076 62° 118° 273 km 05m29.1s
04:0239°32.0'N092°04.1'E37°40.1'N094°07.2'E38°36.1'N093°06.7'E 1.076 63° 120° 273 km 05m30.8s
04:0440°01.5'N092°55.8'E38°08.0'N094°56.8'E39°04.9'N093°57.3'E 1.076 63° 123° 272 km 05m32.3s
04:0640°30.4'N093°47.8'E38°35.4'N095°46.7'E39°33.0'N094°48.2'E 1.076 64° 126° 272 km 05m33.8s
04:0840°58.8'N094°40.2'E39°02.3'N096°36.9'E40°00.6'N095°39.6'E 1.076 64° 129° 272 km 05m35.2s
04:1041°26.7'N095°33.1'E39°28.6'N097°27.5'E40°27.7'N096°31.3'E 1.076 65° 132° 272 km 05m36.4s
04:1241°54.0'N096°26.6'E39°54.4'N098°18.5'E40°54.2'N097°23.5'E 1.076 65° 135° 271 km 05m37.6s
04:1442°20.7'N097°20.6'E40°19.6'N099°10.0'E41°20.2'N098°16.2'E 1.077 66° 138° 271 km 05m38.6s
04:1642°46.8'N098°15.2'E40°44.3'N100°02.0'E41°45.6'N099°09.5'E 1.077 66° 142° 271 km 05m39.5s
04:1843°12.4'N099°10.5'E41°08.5'N100°54.5'E42°10.4'N100°03.4'E 1.077 66° 145° 271 km 05m40.3s
04:2043°37.4'N100°06.5'E41°32.1'N101°47.7'E42°34.7'N100°58.0'E 1.077 67° 148° 270 km 05m41.0s
04:2244°01.9'N101°03.3'E41°55.1'N102°41.4'E42°58.4'N101°53.2'E 1.077 67° 152° 270 km 05m41.6s
04:2444°25.7'N102°00.8'E42°17.6'N103°35.8'E43°21.6'N102°49.1'E 1.077 67° 155° 270 km 05m42.1s
04:2644°48.9'N102°59.2'E42°39.5'N104°30.9'E43°44.1'N103°45.8'E 1.077 67° 159° 269 km 05m42.4s
04:2845°11.6'N103°58.5'E43°00.8'N105°26.7'E44°06.1'N104°43.3'E 1.077 67° 163° 269 km 05m42.7s
04:3045°33.6'N104°58.7'E43°21.6'N106°23.3'E44°27.5'N105°41.7'E 1.077 67° 166° 269 km 05m42.8s
04:3245°55.0'N105°59.9'E43°41.8'N107°20.7'E44°48.2'N106°40.9'E 1.077 67° 170° 269 km 05m42.8s
04:3446°15.7'N107°02.0'E44°01.3'N108°18.9'E45°08.4'N107°41.1'E 1.077 67° 174° 268 km 05m42.7s
04:3646°35.8'N108°05.2'E44°20.3'N109°18.0'E45°27.9'N108°42.2'E 1.077 66° 177° 268 km 05m42.5s
04:3846°55.2'N109°09.5'E44°38.6'N110°18.1'E45°46.7'N109°44.3'E 1.077 66° 181° 268 km 05m42.1s
04:4047°13.9'N110°14.9'E44°56.3'N111°19.0'E46°04.9'N110°47.4'E 1.077 66° 184° 267 km 05m41.6s
04:4247°31.8'N111°21.5'E45°13.3'N112°21.0'E46°22.4'N111°51.6'E 1.077 65° 188° 267 km 05m41.0s
04:4447°49.1'N112°29.2'E45°29.6'N113°24.0'E46°39.2'N112°56.9'E 1.076 65° 191° 267 km 05m40.3s
04:4648°05.6'N113°38.2'E45°45.3'N114°28.0'E46°55.2'N114°03.3'E 1.076 64° 194° 267 km 05m39.5s
04:4848°21.3'N114°48.5'E46°00.2'N115°33.2'E47°10.5'N115°10.9'E 1.076 64° 197° 266 km 05m38.5s
04:5048°36.2'N116°00.1'E46°14.4'N116°39.4'E47°25.1'N116°19.8'E 1.076 63° 201° 266 km 05m37.4s
04:5248°50.3'N117°13.0'E46°27.9'N117°46.9'E47°38.9'N117°29.9'E 1.076 63° 204° 266 km 05m36.2s
04:5449°03.5'N118°27.3'E46°40.6'N118°55.5'E47°51.8'N118°41.3'E 1.076 62° 207° 265 km 05m34.9s
04:5649°15.9'N119°43.1'E46°52.5'N120°05.3'E48°04.0'N119°54.0'E 1.076 61° 210° 265 km 05m33.4s
04:5849°27.3'N121°00.3'E47°03.6'N121°16.5'E48°15.2'N121°08.0'E 1.076 60° 213° 265 km 05m31.8s
05:0049°37.8'N122°19.0'E47°13.8'N122°28.9'E48°25.6'N122°23.5'E 1.076 60° 215° 264 km 05m30.1s
05:0249°47.3'N123°39.3'E47°23.2'N123°42.7'E48°35.0'N123°40.4'E 1.076 59° 218° 264 km 05m28.3s
05:0449°55.8'N125°01.1'E47°31.6'N124°58.0'E48°43.5'N124°58.8'E 1.075 58° 221° 264 km 05m26.3s
05:0650°03.2'N126°24.6'E47°39.1'N126°14.6'E48°50.9'N126°18.7'E 1.075 57° 224° 263 km 05m24.2s
05:0850°09.5'N127°49.7'E47°45.6'N127°32.7'E48°57.4'N127°40.2'E 1.075 56° 226° 263 km 05m22.0s
05:1050°14.7'N129°16.5'E47°51.1'N128°52.4'E49°02.7'N129°03.4'E 1.075 55° 229° 263 km 05m19.6s
05:1250°18.6'N130°45.1'E47°55.6'N130°13.7'E49°06.9'N130°28.1'E 1.075 54° 231° 262 km 05m17.1s
05:1450°21.4'N132°15.4'E47°58.9'N131°36.6'E49°10.0'N131°54.6'E 1.074 53° 234° 262 km 05m14.5s
05:1650°22.8'N133°47.7'E48°01.1'N133°01.2'E49°11.8'N133°22.9'E 1.074 52° 236° 262 km 05m11.8s
05:1850°22.9'N135°21.9'E48°02.1'N134°27.6'E49°12.4'N134°53.1'E 1.074 51° 238° 261 km 05m08.9s
05:2050°21.5'N136°58.0'E48°01.8'N135°55.8'E49°11.6'N136°25.1'E 1.074 50° 241° 261 km 05m05.9s
05:2250°18.6'N138°36.3'E48°00.2'N137°26.0'E49°09.4'N137°59.2'E 1.074 49° 243° 260 km 05m02.7s
05:2450°14.1'N140°16.7'E47°57.2'N138°58.2'E49°05.7'N139°35.4'E 1.073 47° 245° 260 km 04m59.4s
05:2650°08.0'N141°59.5'E47°52.8'N140°32.5'E49°00.5'N141°13.8'E 1.073 46° 248° 259 km 04m55.9s
05:2850°00.1'N143°44.6'E47°46.8'N142°09.2'E48°53.6'N142°54.5'E 1.073 45° 250° 259 km 04m52.3s
05:3049°50.3'N145°32.3'E47°39.2'N143°48.2'E48°44.9'N144°37.8'E 1.072 43° 252° 258 km 04m48.6s
05:3249°38.5'N147°22.8'E47°29.8'N145°29.8'E48°34.4'N146°23.7'E 1.072 42° 255° 258 km 04m44.7s
05:3449°24.6'N149°16.3'E47°18.5'N147°14.3'E48°21.8'N148°12.5'E 1.072 41° 257° 257 km 04m40.6s
05:3649°08.3'N151°13.1'E47°05.2'N149°01.8'E48°07.1'N150°04.5'E 1.071 39° 259° 257 km 04m36.4s
05:3848°49.5'N153°13.5'E46°49.7'N150°52.7'E47°50.0'N152°00.0'E 1.071 38° 261° 256 km 04m32.0s
05:4048°27.9'N155°18.0'E46°31.8'N152°47.3'E47°30.4'N153°59.4'E 1.070 36° 264° 255 km 04m27.3s
05:4248°03.2'N157°27.2'E46°11.3'N154°46.2'E47°07.9'N156°03.3'E 1.070 34° 266° 255 km 04m22.5s
05:4447°35.0'N159°41.7'E45°47.8'N156°49.9'E46°42.2'N158°12.2'E 1.070 32° 268° 254 km 04m17.4s
05:4647°02.9'N162°02.7'E45°21.0'N158°59.2'E46°12.9'N160°27.2'E 1.069 31° 270° 253 km 04m12.1s
05:4846°26.1'N164°31.5'E44°50.4'N161°15.2'E45°39.4'N162°49.3'E 1.068 29° 273° 252 km 04m06.5s
05:5045°43.8'N167°10.0'E44°15.3'N163°39.3'E45°00.8'N165°20.3'E 1.068 26° 275° 250 km 04m00.5s
05:5244°54.5'N170°01.2'E43°34.7'N166°13.7'E44°16.2'N168°02.6'E 1.067 24° 278° 249 km 03m54.0s
05:5443°56.0'N173°10.1'E42°47.3'N169°01.3'E43°23.8'N171°00.1'E 1.066 21° 280° 247 km 03m47.0s
05:5642°44.4'N176°45.4'E41°50.9'N172°07.5'E42°20.5'N174°19.4'E 1.065 19° 283° 245 km 03m39.3s
05:5841°11.0'N178°53.0'W40°41.2'N175°41.7'E41°00.7'N178°13.8'E 1.064 15° 286° 243 km 03m30.3s
06:0038°45.1'N172°34.5'W39°09.0'N179°54.0'W39°09.0'N176°40.7'W 1.063 10° 290° 239 km 03m18.9s
Limits35°29.5'N164°41.5'W33°48.2'N166°10.5'W34°38.8'N165°26.6'W 1.059 - 228 km 02m55.6s

ΔT = 667.6 seconds

Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration
Event Time
TD
Time
UT1
Latitude Longitude Sun
Altitude
Sun
Azimuth
Path Width Central
Duration
Greatest Eclipse04:38:15.204:27:07.643°56.6'N101°30.8'E 66.9° 161.1° 269.3 km05m42.60s
Greatest Duration04:42:13.104:31:05.544°38.9'N106°13.9'E 66.8° 168.3° 268.7 km05m42.83s

Explanation of Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration

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Eclipse Predictions

Predictions for the Total Solar Eclipse of 1221 May 23 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 667.6 seconds for this eclipse. The uncertainty in ΔT is 28.7 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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