Path of the Total Solar Eclipse of 1236 Feb 08

Fred Espenak

Introduction

The following table delineates the path of the Moon's umbral shadow during the Total Solar Eclipse of 1236 Feb 08 . 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 1236 Feb 08
UT1 Northern Limit Southern Limit Central Line M:S Sun Sun Path Central
Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Ratio Alt. Azm. Width Duration
Limits52°14.0'S157°26.2'W53°33.7'S158°44.9'W52°53.7'S158°04.9'W 1.036 - 170 km 01m50.0s
15:4055°36.3'S140°40.1'W55°13.9'S151°26.9'W55°39.0'S145°09.8'W 1.039 101° 179 km 02m04.7s
15:4256°35.2'S134°18.9'W57°10.9'S141°27.6'W56°57.1'S137°37.3'W 1.040 13° 94° 184 km 02m13.8s
15:4457°14.4'S129°14.9'W58°11.9'S135°06.8'W57°45.5'S132°00.8'W 1.041 16° 88° 187 km 02m20.6s
15:4657°42.6'S124°53.0'W58°53.5'S129°57.8'W58°19.6'S127°17.6'W 1.042 19° 84° 190 km 02m26.4s
15:4858°03.1'S120°58.7'W59°23.6'S125°28.9'W58°44.5'S123°07.3'W 1.043 21° 79° 192 km 02m31.5s
15:5058°18.0'S117°24.5'W59°45.9'S121°26.8'W59°02.8'S119°19.9'W 1.043 23° 75° 194 km 02m36.1s
15:5258°28.4'S114°06.0'W60°02.2'S117°44.2'W59°15.9'S115°49.9'W 1.044 25° 72° 195 km 02m40.4s
15:5458°35.2'S111°00.2'W60°13.8'S114°17.1'W59°24.9'S112°34.0'W 1.044 27° 68° 196 km 02m44.4s
15:5658°38.9'S108°05.1'W60°21.4'S111°02.6'W59°30.5'S109°29.6'W 1.045 29° 64° 198 km 02m48.1s
15:5858°39.9'S105°19.3'W60°25.7'S107°58.9'W59°33.0'S106°35.2'W 1.045 30° 61° 199 km 02m51.6s
16:0058°38.5'S102°41.6'W60°27.2'S105°04.6'W59°32.9'S103°49.6'W 1.046 31° 58° 200 km 02m54.9s
16:0258°35.1'S100°11.1'W60°26.1'S102°18.5'W59°30.6'S101°11.6'W 1.046 33° 55° 201 km 02m58.0s
16:0458°29.8'S097°47.2'W60°22.7'S099°39.8'W59°26.2'S098°40.6'W 1.046 34° 51° 202 km 03m01.0s
16:0658°22.9'S095°29.2'W60°17.3'S097°08.0'W59°20.0'S096°16.0'W 1.047 35° 48° 203 km 03m03.8s
16:0858°14.4'S093°16.7'W60°10.1'S094°42.3'W59°12.1'S093°57.2'W 1.047 36° 45° 203 km 03m06.5s
16:1058°04.6'S091°09.3'W60°01.3'S092°22.4'W59°02.8'S091°43.8'W 1.047 37° 42° 204 km 03m09.0s
16:1257°53.5'S089°06.6'W59°51.0'S090°07.9'W58°52.0'S089°35.4'W 1.048 39° 39° 205 km 03m11.4s
16:1457°41.2'S087°08.2'W59°39.3'S087°58.3'W58°40.0'S087°31.7'W 1.048 39° 36° 206 km 03m13.7s
16:1657°27.9'S085°14.0'W59°26.3'S085°53.5'W58°26.9'S085°32.4'W 1.048 40° 33° 206 km 03m15.8s
16:1857°13.6'S083°23.5'W59°12.2'S083°53.0'W58°12.6'S083°37.1'W 1.048 41° 30° 207 km 03m17.8s
16:2056°58.3'S081°36.8'W58°57.0'S081°56.7'W57°57.4'S081°45.8'W 1.048 42° 28° 208 km 03m19.8s
16:2256°42.3'S079°53.4'W58°40.8'S080°04.3'W57°41.3'S079°58.1'W 1.049 43° 25° 208 km 03m21.6s
16:2456°25.4'S078°13.2'W58°23.7'S078°15.6'W57°24.3'S078°13.8'W 1.049 44° 22° 209 km 03m23.2s
16:2656°07.8'S076°36.0'W58°05.7'S076°30.3'W57°06.5'S076°32.7'W 1.049 44° 19° 209 km 03m24.8s
16:2855°49.5'S075°01.7'W57°47.0'S074°48.4'W56°47.9'S074°54.7'W 1.049 45° 16° 210 km 03m26.3s
16:3055°30.5'S073°30.1'W57°27.5'S073°09.5'W56°28.7'S073°19.7'W 1.049 46° 14° 211 km 03m27.6s
16:3255°10.9'S072°01.0'W57°07.3'S071°33.6'W56°08.8'S071°47.3'W 1.049 46° 11° 211 km 03m28.9s
16:3454°50.8'S070°34.4'W56°46.4'S070°00.5'W55°48.3'S070°17.5'W 1.050 47° 212 km 03m30.0s
16:3654°30.1'S069°10.0'W56°24.9'S068°30.1'W55°27.3'S068°50.2'W 1.050 47° 212 km 03m31.1s
16:3854°08.8'S067°47.8'W56°02.9'S067°02.0'W55°05.6'S067°25.2'W 1.050 48° 213 km 03m32.0s
16:4053°47.1'S066°27.6'W55°40.3'S065°36.4'W54°43.5'S066°02.3'W 1.050 48° 360° 213 km 03m32.9s
16:4253°24.9'S065°09.3'W55°17.2'S064°12.9'W54°20.9'S064°41.5'W 1.050 48° 357° 214 km 03m33.6s
16:4453°02.3'S063°52.7'W54°53.6'S062°51.6'W53°57.7'S063°22.6'W 1.050 49° 354° 214 km 03m34.2s
16:4652°39.2'S062°37.9'W54°29.5'S061°32.1'W53°34.2'S062°05.6'W 1.050 49° 352° 215 km 03m34.8s
16:4852°15.8'S061°24.7'W54°05.0'S060°14.6'W53°10.2'S060°50.2'W 1.050 49° 349° 215 km 03m35.2s
16:5051°51.9'S060°13.0'W53°40.0'S058°58.7'W52°45.8'S059°36.5'W 1.050 49° 346° 216 km 03m35.5s
16:5251°27.6'S059°02.6'W53°14.7'S057°44.5'W52°21.0'S058°24.3'W 1.050 49° 344° 216 km 03m35.8s
16:5451°03.0'S057°53.6'W52°48.9'S056°31.8'W51°55.8'S057°13.4'W 1.050 49° 341° 217 km 03m35.9s
16:5650°38.0'S056°45.8'W52°22.7'S055°20.4'W51°30.3'S056°03.9'W 1.050 50° 339° 217 km 03m35.9s
16:5850°12.7'S055°39.1'W51°56.2'S054°10.4'W51°04.4'S054°55.6'W 1.050 50° 336° 218 km 03m35.9s
17:0049°47.0'S054°33.4'W51°29.3'S053°01.6'W50°38.1'S053°48.4'W 1.050 49° 333° 218 km 03m35.7s
17:0249°21.0'S053°28.7'W51°02.1'S051°53.9'W50°11.5'S052°42.2'W 1.050 49° 331° 219 km 03m35.5s
17:0448°54.6'S052°24.8'W50°34.5'S050°47.3'W49°44.5'S051°36.9'W 1.050 49° 328° 219 km 03m35.1s
17:0648°27.9'S051°21.8'W50°06.6'S049°41.5'W49°17.2'S050°32.5'W 1.050 49° 326° 219 km 03m34.7s
17:0848°00.9'S050°19.4'W49°38.3'S048°36.6'W48°49.6'S049°28.9'W 1.050 49° 323° 220 km 03m34.1s
17:1047°33.6'S049°17.7'W49°09.7'S047°32.4'W48°21.7'S048°26.0'W 1.050 49° 321° 220 km 03m33.5s
17:1247°06.0'S048°16.5'W48°40.7'S046°28.8'W47°53.4'S047°23.6'W 1.050 48° 319° 221 km 03m32.7s
17:1446°38.0'S047°15.8'W48°11.5'S045°25.8'W47°24.8'S046°21.8'W 1.050 48° 316° 221 km 03m31.9s
17:1646°09.7'S046°15.4'W47°41.8'S044°23.3'W46°55.8'S045°20.3'W 1.050 48° 314° 221 km 03m30.9s
17:1845°41.0'S045°15.3'W47°11.8'S043°21.1'W46°26.5'S044°19.2'W 1.050 47° 312° 222 km 03m29.9s
17:2045°12.0'S044°15.5'W46°41.5'S042°19.2'W45°56.9'S043°18.3'W 1.049 47° 310° 222 km 03m28.8s
17:2244°42.7'S043°15.7'W46°10.8'S041°17.5'W45°26.9'S042°17.6'W 1.049 46° 307° 222 km 03m27.5s
17:2444°13.0'S042°16.0'W45°39.8'S040°15.8'W44°56.5'S041°16.9'W 1.049 46° 305° 222 km 03m26.2s
17:2643°43.0'S041°16.2'W45°08.3'S039°14.1'W44°25.8'S040°16.2'W 1.049 45° 303° 222 km 03m24.8s
17:2843°12.6'S040°16.3'W44°36.5'S038°12.2'W43°54.7'S039°15.3'W 1.049 44° 301° 223 km 03m23.2s
17:3042°41.8'S039°16.0'W44°04.3'S037°10.1'W43°23.2'S038°14.1'W 1.049 44° 299° 223 km 03m21.6s
17:3242°10.6'S038°15.4'W43°31.6'S036°07.6'W42°51.3'S037°12.5'W 1.049 43° 297° 223 km 03m19.9s
17:3441°39.0'S037°14.2'W42°58.5'S035°04.5'W42°18.9'S036°10.4'W 1.048 42° 295° 223 km 03m18.0s
17:3641°06.9'S036°12.4'W42°24.9'S034°00.8'W41°46.1'S035°07.7'W 1.048 41° 293° 223 km 03m16.1s
17:3840°34.3'S035°09.8'W41°50.8'S032°56.2'W41°12.8'S034°04.1'W 1.048 40° 291° 222 km 03m14.0s
17:4040°01.3'S034°06.2'W41°16.1'S031°50.6'W40°39.0'S032°59.5'W 1.048 40° 290° 222 km 03m11.9s
17:4239°27.7'S033°01.5'W40°40.9'S030°43.8'W40°04.6'S031°53.8'W 1.048 39° 288° 222 km 03m09.6s
17:4438°53.6'S031°55.5'W40°05.0'S029°35.5'W39°29.6'S030°46.7'W 1.047 38° 286° 221 km 03m07.2s
17:4638°18.8'S030°48.0'W39°28.5'S028°25.6'W38°54.0'S029°37.9'W 1.047 36° 284° 221 km 03m04.7s
17:4837°43.3'S029°38.6'W38°51.2'S027°13.6'W38°17.6'S028°27.3'W 1.047 35° 283° 220 km 03m02.1s
17:5037°07.1'S028°27.1'W38°13.1'S025°59.2'W37°40.5'S027°14.4'W 1.046 34° 281° 219 km 02m59.3s
17:5236°30.1'S027°13.1'W37°34.1'S024°42.1'W37°02.5'S025°58.9'W 1.046 33° 279° 218 km 02m56.4s
17:5435°52.2'S025°56.2'W36°54.0'S023°21.7'W36°23.5'S024°40.3'W 1.046 32° 278° 217 km 02m53.3s
17:5635°13.2'S024°35.9'W36°12.7'S021°57.4'W35°43.4'S023°18.0'W 1.045 30° 276° 216 km 02m50.1s
17:5834°33.1'S023°11.5'W35°30.1'S020°28.4'W35°02.1'S021°51.4'W 1.045 29° 274° 214 km 02m46.7s
18:0033°51.6'S021°42.2'W34°45.8'S018°53.5'W34°19.3'S020°19.5'W 1.044 27° 273° 213 km 02m43.0s
18:0233°08.5'S020°06.9'W33°59.6'S017°11.5'W33°34.6'S018°41.0'W 1.044 25° 271° 211 km 02m39.2s
18:0432°23.4'S018°24.1'W33°10.9'S015°20.2'W32°47.9'S016°54.3'W 1.043 23° 270° 208 km 02m35.0s
18:0631°35.9'S016°31.8'W32°19.0'S013°16.6'W31°58.3'S014°56.7'W 1.043 21° 268° 205 km 02m30.5s
18:0830°45.2'S014°26.6'W31°22.8'S010°55.8'W31°05.1'S012°44.4'W 1.042 19° 266° 202 km 02m25.5s
18:1029°50.2'S012°03.3'W30°20.0'S008°08.4'W30°06.5'S010°10.5'W 1.041 16° 265° 197 km 02m19.9s
18:1228°48.5'S009°11.9'W29°05.6'S004°32.7'W28°59.5'S007°00.8'W 1.040 13° 263° 192 km 02m13.3s
18:1427°34.6'S005°28.0'W27°17.5'S001°26.0'E27°34.2'S002°33.0'W 1.039 260° 184 km 02m04.6s
Limits24°36.9'S005°41.3'E26°00.0'S006°31.2'E25°18.2'S006°06.0'E 1.036 - 169 km 01m49.7s

ΔT = 629.2 seconds

Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration
Event Time
TD
Time
UT1
Latitude Longitude Sun
Altitude
Sun
Azimuth
Path Width Central
Duration
Greatest Eclipse17:07:24.716:56:55.551°18.3'S058°09.9'W 49.5° 337.4° 217.5 km03m35.93s
Greatest Duration17:06:12.416:55:43.251°33.9'S056°13.5'W 49.5° 338.9° 217.2 km03m35.95s

Explanation of Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration

Links for the Total Solar Eclipse of 1236 Feb 08

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Eclipse Predictions

Predictions for the Total Solar Eclipse of 1236 Feb 08 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 629.2 seconds for this eclipse. The uncertainty in ΔT is 27.3 seconds corresponding to a standard error in longitude of the eclipse path of ± 0.11°.

Acknowledgments

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

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