Path of the Total Solar Eclipse of 1271 Mar 12

Fred Espenak

Introduction

The following table delineates the path of the Moon's umbral shadow during the Total Solar Eclipse of 1271 Mar 12 . 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 1271 Mar 12
UT1 Northern Limit Southern Limit Central Line M:S Sun Sun Path Central
Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Ratio Alt. Azm. Width Duration
Limits11°33.5'S151°57.7'W12°14.4'S151°56.1'W11°53.9'S151°56.9'W 1.022 - 75 km 01m14.3s
16:1611°31.0'S147°37.8'W12°13.4'S146°37.9'W11°52.0'S147°05.6'W 1.023 89° 80 km 01m22.3s
16:1811°11.6'S140°24.4'W11°57.4'S139°51.7'W11°34.4'S140°07.5'W 1.026 12° 88° 88 km 01m35.4s
16:2010°51.8'S136°26.0'W11°39.5'S135°56.7'W11°15.5'S136°10.9'W 1.027 17° 87° 93 km 01m43.7s
16:2210°31.8'S133°25.1'W11°21.0'S132°56.9'W10°56.3'S133°10.6'W 1.028 20° 86° 96 km 01m50.6s
16:2410°11.8'S130°55.4'W11°02.2'S130°27.5'W10°36.9'S130°41.1'W 1.029 23° 86° 99 km 01m56.7s
16:2609°51.8'S128°45.9'W10°43.2'S128°18.0'W10°17.4'S128°31.7'W 1.030 26° 85° 102 km 02m02.2s
16:2809°31.7'S126°51.0'W10°24.0'S126°22.8'W09°57.8'S126°36.6'W 1.030 28° 85° 104 km 02m07.4s
16:3009°11.7'S125°07.1'W10°04.7'S124°38.6'W09°38.1'S124°52.6'W 1.031 30° 85° 106 km 02m12.2s
16:3208°51.6'S123°31.9'W09°45.3'S123°03.1'W09°18.4'S123°17.2'W 1.031 32° 85° 108 km 02m16.8s
16:3408°31.5'S122°03.9'W09°25.9'S121°34.6'W08°58.6'S121°49.0'W 1.032 34° 84° 110 km 02m21.1s
16:3608°11.4'S120°41.8'W09°06.3'S120°12.2'W08°38.8'S120°26.8'W 1.032 36° 84° 111 km 02m25.3s
16:3807°51.4'S119°24.9'W08°46.8'S118°54.7'W08°19.0'S119°09.6'W 1.033 38° 84° 113 km 02m29.3s
16:4007°31.3'S118°12.3'W08°27.2'S117°41.7'W07°59.2'S117°56.8'W 1.033 40° 84° 114 km 02m33.1s
16:4207°11.2'S117°03.5'W08°07.5'S116°32.5'W07°39.3'S116°47.8'W 1.034 41° 84° 116 km 02m36.8s
16:4406°51.2'S115°58.1'W07°47.8'S115°26.7'W07°19.4'S115°42.2'W 1.034 43° 84° 117 km 02m40.4s
16:4606°31.1'S114°55.7'W07°28.1'S114°23.9'W06°59.6'S114°39.6'W 1.034 44° 84° 118 km 02m43.8s
16:4806°11.1'S113°56.0'W07°08.4'S113°23.8'W06°39.7'S113°39.7'W 1.035 46° 84° 119 km 02m47.2s
16:5005°51.0'S112°58.7'W06°48.7'S112°26.0'W06°19.8'S112°42.2'W 1.035 47° 84° 120 km 02m50.4s
16:5205°31.0'S112°03.6'W06°28.9'S111°30.5'W05°59.9'S111°46.9'W 1.035 49° 84° 121 km 02m53.5s
16:5405°10.9'S111°10.4'W06°09.1'S110°37.0'W05°39.9'S110°53.6'W 1.036 50° 84° 122 km 02m56.5s
16:5604°50.9'S110°19.1'W05°49.3'S109°45.3'W05°20.0'S110°02.1'W 1.036 52° 84° 123 km 02m59.4s
16:5804°30.8'S109°29.4'W05°29.5'S108°55.3'W05°00.1'S109°12.2'W 1.036 53° 84° 124 km 03m02.3s
17:0004°10.8'S108°41.2'W05°09.6'S108°06.8'W04°40.1'S108°23.9'W 1.036 54° 84° 125 km 03m05.0s
17:0203°50.7'S107°54.4'W04°49.8'S107°19.7'W04°20.2'S107°36.9'W 1.037 56° 84° 125 km 03m07.6s
17:0403°30.7'S107°08.9'W04°29.9'S106°33.9'W04°00.3'S106°51.3'W 1.037 57° 84° 126 km 03m10.1s
17:0603°10.7'S106°24.6'W04°10.0'S105°49.3'W03°40.3'S106°06.9'W 1.037 58° 85° 127 km 03m12.6s
17:0802°50.6'S105°41.4'W03°50.1'S105°05.8'W03°20.3'S105°23.5'W 1.037 59° 85° 127 km 03m14.9s
17:1002°30.6'S104°59.2'W03°30.2'S104°23.4'W03°00.4'S104°41.2'W 1.037 61° 85° 128 km 03m17.2s
17:1202°10.6'S104°18.0'W03°10.3'S103°41.9'W02°40.4'S103°59.8'W 1.037 62° 86° 128 km 03m19.3s
17:1401°50.5'S103°37.6'W02°50.4'S103°01.3'W02°20.4'S103°19.4'W 1.038 63° 86° 129 km 03m21.4s
17:1601°30.5'S102°58.0'W02°30.4'S102°21.5'W02°00.4'S102°39.7'W 1.038 64° 87° 129 km 03m23.4s
17:1801°10.4'S102°19.2'W02°10.5'S101°42.5'W01°40.4'S102°00.8'W 1.038 65° 87° 130 km 03m25.3s
17:2000°50.4'S101°41.1'W01°50.5'S101°04.2'W01°20.4'S101°22.6'W 1.038 67° 88° 130 km 03m27.1s
17:2200°30.3'S101°03.6'W01°30.5'S100°26.5'W01°00.4'S100°45.0'W 1.038 68° 88° 130 km 03m28.8s
17:2400°10.3'S100°26.7'W01°10.6'S099°49.4'W00°40.4'S100°08.0'W 1.038 69° 89° 131 km 03m30.4s
17:2600°09.8'N099°50.4'W00°50.6'S099°13.0'W00°20.3'S099°31.6'W 1.038 70° 90° 131 km 03m31.9s
17:2800°29.9'N099°14.5'W00°30.5'S098°37.0'W00°00.3'S098°55.7'W 1.039 71° 91° 131 km 03m33.4s
17:3000°50.0'N098°39.2'W00°10.5'S098°01.5'W00°19.7'N098°20.3'W 1.039 72° 92° 131 km 03m34.7s
17:3201°10.0'N098°04.2'W00°09.5'N097°26.4'W00°39.8'N097°45.3'W 1.039 73° 93° 132 km 03m36.0s
17:3401°30.1'N097°29.7'W00°29.6'N096°51.8'W00°59.9'N097°10.7'W 1.039 74° 95° 132 km 03m37.2s
17:3601°50.2'N096°55.4'W00°49.6'N096°17.5'W01°19.9'N096°36.4'W 1.039 75° 96° 132 km 03m38.2s
17:3802°10.3'N096°21.6'W01°09.7'N095°43.6'W01°40.0'N096°02.5'W 1.039 76° 98° 132 km 03m39.2s
17:4002°30.5'N095°48.0'W01°29.8'N095°09.9'W02°00.1'N095°28.9'W 1.039 77° 101° 132 km 03m40.1s
17:4202°50.6'N095°14.6'W01°49.9'N094°36.5'W02°20.3'N094°55.5'W 1.039 78° 103° 132 km 03m40.9s
17:4403°10.8'N094°41.5'W02°10.0'N094°03.4'W02°40.4'N094°22.4'W 1.039 79° 106° 132 km 03m41.7s
17:4603°30.9'N094°08.6'W02°30.1'N093°30.4'W03°00.5'N093°49.5'W 1.039 80° 110° 132 km 03m42.3s
17:4803°51.1'N093°35.8'W02°50.3'N092°57.7'W03°20.7'N093°16.7'W 1.039 81° 114° 132 km 03m42.8s
17:5004°11.3'N093°03.1'W03°10.4'N092°25.0'W03°40.8'N092°44.1'W 1.039 82° 119° 132 km 03m43.3s
17:5204°31.5'N092°30.6'W03°30.6'N091°52.5'W04°01.0'N092°11.6'W 1.039 82° 125° 132 km 03m43.6s
17:5404°51.7'N091°58.2'W03°50.8'N091°20.1'W04°21.2'N091°39.2'W 1.039 83° 132° 132 km 03m43.9s
17:5605°11.9'N091°25.8'W04°11.0'N090°47.8'W04°41.5'N091°06.8'W 1.039 83° 141° 132 km 03m44.1s
17:5805°32.1'N090°53.4'W04°31.2'N090°15.5'W05°01.7'N090°34.5'W 1.039 84° 150° 132 km 03m44.2s
18:0005°52.4'N090°21.0'W04°51.5'N089°43.2'W05°21.9'N090°02.1'W 1.039 84° 160° 132 km 03m44.2s
18:0206°12.7'N089°48.6'W05°11.8'N089°10.9'W05°42.2'N089°29.8'W 1.039 84° 170° 132 km 03m44.1s
18:0406°33.0'N089°16.1'W05°32.1'N088°38.6'W06°02.5'N088°57.4'W 1.039 84° 180° 132 km 03m43.9s
18:0606°53.3'N088°43.6'W05°52.4'N088°06.1'W06°22.8'N088°24.9'W 1.039 83° 189° 132 km 03m43.6s
18:0807°13.6'N088°10.9'W06°12.7'N087°33.6'W06°43.2'N087°52.3'W 1.039 83° 197° 132 km 03m43.2s
18:1007°34.0'N087°38.1'W06°33.1'N087°01.0'W07°03.5'N087°19.6'W 1.039 82° 203° 131 km 03m42.8s
18:1207°54.4'N087°05.1'W06°53.4'N086°28.2'W07°23.9'N086°46.7'W 1.039 81° 209° 131 km 03m42.2s
18:1408°14.8'N086°32.0'W07°13.8'N085°55.2'W07°44.3'N086°13.6'W 1.039 80° 213° 131 km 03m41.6s
18:1608°35.2'N085°58.6'W07°34.3'N085°22.0'W08°04.7'N085°40.3'W 1.039 79° 217° 131 km 03m40.8s
18:1808°55.6'N085°24.9'W07°54.7'N084°48.6'W08°25.2'N085°06.8'W 1.039 79° 220° 131 km 03m40.0s
18:2009°16.1'N084°51.0'W08°15.2'N084°14.9'W08°45.6'N084°33.0'W 1.039 78° 223° 130 km 03m39.1s
18:2209°36.6'N084°16.7'W08°35.7'N083°40.9'W09°06.1'N083°58.8'W 1.039 77° 226° 130 km 03m38.1s
18:2409°57.1'N083°42.1'W08°56.2'N083°06.5'W09°26.6'N083°24.4'W 1.039 76° 228° 130 km 03m37.0s
18:2610°17.7'N083°07.1'W09°16.8'N082°31.8'W09°47.2'N082°49.5'W 1.039 75° 230° 129 km 03m35.9s
18:2810°38.2'N082°31.7'W09°37.4'N081°56.7'W10°07.8'N082°14.2'W 1.038 74° 231° 129 km 03m34.6s
18:3010°58.8'N081°55.8'W09°58.0'N081°21.2'W10°28.4'N081°38.5'W 1.038 73° 233° 129 km 03m33.2s
18:3211°19.5'N081°19.4'W10°18.7'N080°45.1'W10°49.0'N081°02.3'W 1.038 71° 234° 128 km 03m31.8s
18:3411°40.1'N080°42.5'W10°39.4'N080°08.6'W11°09.7'N080°25.6'W 1.038 70° 235° 128 km 03m30.3s
18:3612°00.8'N080°05.0'W11°00.1'N079°31.5'W11°30.4'N079°48.3'W 1.038 69° 236° 127 km 03m28.7s
18:3812°21.5'N079°26.8'W11°20.9'N078°53.7'W11°51.2'N079°10.4'W 1.038 68° 237° 127 km 03m27.0s
18:4012°42.3'N078°48.0'W11°41.7'N078°15.4'W12°11.9'N078°31.8'W 1.038 67° 238° 126 km 03m25.2s
18:4213°03.1'N078°08.5'W12°02.5'N077°36.3'W12°32.7'N077°52.5'W 1.038 66° 239° 126 km 03m23.3s
18:4413°23.9'N077°28.2'W12°23.4'N076°56.4'W12°53.6'N077°12.4'W 1.037 65° 240° 125 km 03m21.3s
18:4613°44.7'N076°47.0'W12°44.3'N076°15.8'W13°14.5'N076°31.5'W 1.037 64° 241° 125 km 03m19.3s
18:4814°05.6'N076°05.0'W13°05.3'N075°34.3'W13°35.4'N075°49.7'W 1.037 62° 242° 124 km 03m17.1s
18:5014°26.5'N075°22.0'W13°26.3'N074°51.8'W13°56.4'N075°07.0'W 1.037 61° 242° 124 km 03m14.9s
18:5214°47.5'N074°37.9'W13°47.4'N074°08.3'W14°17.4'N074°23.2'W 1.037 60° 243° 123 km 03m12.6s
18:5415°08.5'N073°52.7'W14°08.5'N073°23.7'W14°38.4'N073°38.4'W 1.036 59° 244° 122 km 03m10.2s
18:5615°29.5'N073°06.4'W14°29.6'N072°38.0'W14°59.5'N072°52.3'W 1.036 57° 245° 122 km 03m07.7s
18:5815°50.6'N072°18.7'W14°50.9'N071°51.0'W15°20.7'N072°05.0'W 1.036 56° 245° 121 km 03m05.1s
19:0016°11.7'N071°29.6'W15°12.1'N071°02.6'W15°41.8'N071°16.3'W 1.036 55° 246° 120 km 03m02.4s
19:0216°32.8'N070°39.1'W15°33.4'N070°12.7'W16°03.1'N070°26.0'W 1.035 54° 246° 119 km 02m59.7s
19:0416°54.0'N069°46.8'W15°54.8'N069°21.3'W16°24.4'N069°34.2'W 1.035 52° 247° 118 km 02m56.8s
19:0617°15.3'N068°52.8'W16°16.3'N068°28.0'W16°45.7'N068°40.6'W 1.035 51° 248° 117 km 02m53.9s
19:0817°36.5'N067°56.9'W16°37.8'N067°32.9'W17°07.1'N067°45.1'W 1.035 49° 248° 117 km 02m50.8s
19:1017°57.9'N066°58.8'W16°59.3'N066°35.7'W17°28.5'N066°47.4'W 1.034 48° 249° 115 km 02m47.7s
19:1218°19.2'N065°58.4'W17°21.0'N065°36.2'W17°50.0'N065°47.5'W 1.034 47° 250° 114 km 02m44.4s
19:1418°40.7'N064°55.4'W17°42.7'N064°34.2'W18°11.6'N064°45.0'W 1.034 45° 250° 113 km 02m41.1s
19:1619°02.1'N063°49.6'W18°04.5'N063°29.4'W18°33.2'N063°39.7'W 1.033 43° 251° 112 km 02m37.6s
19:1819°23.6'N062°40.6'W18°26.4'N062°21.5'W18°54.9'N062°31.3'W 1.033 42° 252° 111 km 02m34.0s
19:2019°45.2'N061°28.1'W18°48.3'N061°10.2'W19°16.7'N061°19.4'W 1.032 40° 252° 110 km 02m30.3s
19:2220°06.8'N060°11.6'W19°10.4'N059°54.9'W19°38.5'N060°03.5'W 1.032 39° 253° 108 km 02m26.5s
19:2420°28.5'N058°50.6'W19°32.5'N058°35.1'W20°00.5'N058°43.1'W 1.032 37° 254° 107 km 02m22.5s
19:2620°50.3'N057°24.2'W19°54.8'N057°10.2'W20°22.5'N057°17.5'W 1.031 35° 255° 105 km 02m18.4s
19:2821°12.0'N055°51.8'W20°17.2'N055°39.3'W20°44.5'N055°45.8'W 1.031 33° 255° 104 km 02m14.1s
19:3021°33.9'N054°12.1'W20°39.7'N054°01.2'W21°06.7'N054°07.0'W 1.030 31° 256° 102 km 02m09.6s
19:3221°55.8'N052°23.5'W21°02.3'N052°14.6'W21°29.0'N052°19.4'W 1.029 29° 257° 100 km 02m04.9s
19:3422°17.8'N050°24.0'W21°25.2'N050°17.2'W21°51.4'N050°21.0'W 1.029 26° 258° 98 km 01m59.9s
19:3622°39.9'N048°10.4'W21°48.2'N048°06.1'W22°14.0'N048°08.6'W 1.028 24° 259° 95 km 01m54.5s
19:3823°02.0'N045°37.6'W22°11.5'N045°36.3'W22°36.7'N045°37.4'W 1.027 21° 260° 93 km 01m48.7s
19:4023°24.3'N042°36.6'W22°35.2'N042°39.2'W22°59.7'N042°38.4'W 1.026 18° 262° 89 km 01m42.2s
19:4223°46.7'N038°47.8'W22°59.3'N038°56.6'W23°23.0'N038°52.8'W 1.025 14° 263° 86 km 01m34.6s
19:4424°09.2'N033°06.4'W23°24.6'N033°30.0'W23°46.9'N033°19.3'W 1.023 266° 80 km 01m24.4s
Limits24°21.9'N024°23.6'W23°43.3'N024°25.2'W24°02.6'N024°24.5'W 1.021 - 71 km 01m10.4s

ΔT = 545.8 seconds

Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration
Event Time
TD
Time
UT1
Latitude Longitude Sun
Altitude
Sun
Azimuth
Path Width Central
Duration
Greatest Eclipse18:09:29.718:00:23.905°26.0'N092°12.5'W 83.9° 162.2° 132.2 km03m44.14s
Greatest Duration18:07:57.517:58:51.705°10.4'N090°20.5'W 83.9° 154.3° 132.3 km03m44.16s

Explanation of Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration

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Eclipse Predictions

Predictions for the Total Solar Eclipse of 1271 Mar 12 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 545.8 seconds for this eclipse. The uncertainty in ΔT is 24.1 seconds corresponding to a standard error in longitude of the eclipse path of ± 0.10°.

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