Path of the Total Solar Eclipse of 1277 Oct 28

Fred Espenak

Introduction

The following table delineates the path of the Moon's umbral shadow during the Total Solar Eclipse of 1277 Oct 28 . 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 1277 Oct 28
UT1 Northern Limit Southern Limit Central Line M:S Sun Sun Path Central
Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Ratio Alt. Azm. Width Duration
Limits72°55.1'N082°51.4'E72°02.6'N077°42.6'E72°29.8'N080°10.7'E 1.034 - 199 km 02m03.9s
04:34 - - 65°07.1'N088°05.9'E69°23.8'N084°54.9'E 1.035 158° 201 km 02m11.2s
04:3668°13.9'N089°17.1'E62°03.8'N091°53.2'E64°39.3'N091°06.2'E 1.037 164° 206 km 02m23.1s
04:3864°23.4'N093°50.9'E59°46.8'N094°31.1'E61°53.6'N094°19.2'E 1.038 12° 168° 209 km 02m30.4s
04:4061°50.0'N096°39.5'E57°53.0'N096°36.2'E59°44.6'N096°41.1'E 1.039 14° 171° 212 km 02m36.1s
04:4259°47.3'N098°48.5'E56°13.9'N098°21.6'E57°55.8'N098°36.5'E 1.039 16° 173° 215 km 02m41.1s
04:4458°02.4'N100°35.5'E54°45.1'N099°53.6'E56°20.1'N100°15.1'E 1.040 18° 175° 218 km 02m45.4s
04:4656°29.6'N102°08.3'E53°24.2'N101°15.9'E54°53.9'N101°42.2'E 1.040 19° 177° 220 km 02m49.3s
04:4855°05.7'N103°31.0'E52°09.5'N102°30.9'E53°35.1'N103°00.7'E 1.041 21° 179° 223 km 02m52.9s
04:5053°48.7'N104°46.1'E50°59.8'N103°40.2'E52°22.1'N104°12.7'E 1.041 22° 181° 225 km 02m56.1s
04:5252°37.2'N105°55.4'E49°54.4'N104°44.8'E51°14.0'N105°19.5'E 1.041 23° 182° 228 km 02m59.1s
04:5451°30.5'N107°00.1'E48°52.7'N105°45.5'E50°09.9'N106°22.2'E 1.042 24° 184° 230 km 03m01.9s
04:5650°27.6'N108°01.0'E47°54.1'N106°43.2'E49°09.4'N107°21.4'E 1.042 25° 186° 233 km 03m04.5s
04:5849°28.2'N108°58.7'E46°58.4'N107°38.2'E48°11.9'N108°17.8'E 1.042 26° 187° 236 km 03m06.8s
05:0048°31.8'N109°53.9'E46°05.2'N108°31.0'E47°17.2'N109°11.7'E 1.042 27° 189° 238 km 03m09.0s
05:0247°38.0'N110°47.0'E45°14.2'N109°21.9'E46°24.9'N110°03.7'E 1.043 27° 190° 241 km 03m11.0s
05:0446°46.6'N111°38.2'E44°25.3'N110°11.3'E45°34.9'N110°53.9'E 1.043 28° 192° 243 km 03m12.9s
05:0645°57.4'N112°27.9'E43°38.3'N110°59.2'E44°46.8'N111°42.8'E 1.043 29° 193° 246 km 03m14.6s
05:0845°10.2'N113°16.4'E42°53.0'N111°46.1'E44°00.7'N112°30.4'E 1.043 29° 195° 249 km 03m16.1s
05:1044°24.9'N114°03.8'E42°09.4'N112°32.0'E43°16.2'N113°17.0'E 1.043 30° 196° 251 km 03m17.5s
05:1243°41.2'N114°50.3'E41°27.3'N113°17.1'E42°33.4'N114°02.8'E 1.043 30° 198° 254 km 03m18.7s
05:1442°59.1'N115°36.1'E40°46.6'N114°01.5'E41°52.1'N114°47.9'E 1.043 30° 199° 257 km 03m19.8s
05:1642°18.6'N116°21.3'E40°07.3'N114°45.5'E41°12.1'N115°32.5'E 1.044 31° 201° 259 km 03m20.7s
05:1841°39.4'N117°06.1'E39°29.2'N115°29.0'E40°33.6'N116°16.7'E 1.044 31° 202° 262 km 03m21.5s
05:2041°01.6'N117°50.7'E38°52.4'N116°12.3'E39°56.3'N117°00.6'E 1.044 31° 204° 264 km 03m22.2s
05:2240°25.1'N118°35.0'E38°16.8'N116°55.4'E39°20.2'N117°44.3'E 1.044 31° 205° 267 km 03m22.7s
05:2439°49.8'N119°19.4'E37°42.2'N117°38.5'E38°45.3'N118°28.0'E 1.044 31° 207° 269 km 03m23.1s
05:2639°15.6'N120°03.7'E37°08.8'N118°21.6'E38°11.6'N119°11.7'E 1.044 31° 208° 272 km 03m23.4s
05:2838°42.7'N120°48.3'E36°36.5'N119°04.8'E37°39.0'N119°55.6'E 1.044 31° 209° 274 km 03m23.5s
05:3038°10.8'N121°33.1'E36°05.2'N119°48.3'E37°07.4'N120°39.7'E 1.044 31° 211° 276 km 03m23.4s
05:3237°40.1'N122°18.3'E35°34.9'N120°32.2'E36°36.9'N121°24.2'E 1.044 31° 212° 278 km 03m23.3s
05:3437°10.4'N123°04.0'E35°05.6'N121°16.4'E36°07.4'N122°09.1'E 1.044 31° 214° 280 km 03m22.9s
05:3636°41.8'N123°50.3'E34°37.4'N122°01.3'E35°39.0'N122°54.7'E 1.044 31° 215° 282 km 03m22.5s
05:3836°14.3'N124°37.3'E34°10.1'N122°46.7'E35°11.6'N123°40.9'E 1.044 31° 217° 283 km 03m21.9s
05:4035°47.8'N125°25.2'E33°43.8'N123°33.0'E34°45.2'N124°27.9'E 1.043 30° 218° 285 km 03m21.1s
05:4235°22.3'N126°14.2'E33°18.5'N124°20.1'E34°19.9'N125°15.9'E 1.043 30° 219° 286 km 03m20.2s
05:4434°58.0'N127°04.2'E32°54.2'N125°08.2'E33°55.6'N126°05.0'E 1.043 30° 221° 286 km 03m19.1s
05:4634°34.7'N127°55.6'E32°30.9'N125°57.5'E33°32.3'N126°55.2'E 1.043 29° 222° 287 km 03m17.9s
05:4834°12.6'N128°48.6'E32°08.7'N126°48.1'E33°10.1'N127°46.9'E 1.043 29° 223° 287 km 03m16.5s
05:5033°51.6'N129°43.2'E31°47.6'N127°40.2'E32°49.0'N128°40.2'E 1.043 28° 225° 286 km 03m14.9s
05:5233°31.8'N130°39.8'E31°27.5'N128°34.0'E32°29.1'N129°35.4'E 1.043 28° 226° 286 km 03m13.2s
05:5433°13.3'N131°38.7'E31°08.6'N129°29.7'E32°10.4'N130°32.5'E 1.042 27° 227° 284 km 03m11.3s
05:5632°56.1'N132°40.1'E30°51.0'N130°27.6'E31°53.0'N131°32.1'E 1.042 26° 229° 283 km 03m09.2s
05:5832°40.4'N133°44.6'E30°34.6'N131°28.0'E31°36.9'N132°34.4'E 1.042 25° 230° 281 km 03m06.9s
06:0032°26.2'N134°52.5'E30°19.7'N132°31.3'E31°22.3'N133°39.8'E 1.042 24° 231° 278 km 03m04.4s
06:0232°13.8'N136°04.6'E30°06.3'N133°37.8'E31°09.3'N134°48.9'E 1.041 24° 233° 275 km 03m01.7s
06:0432°03.3'N137°21.5'E29°54.5'N134°48.3'E30°58.2'N136°02.3'E 1.041 22° 234° 271 km 02m58.7s
06:0631°55.0'N138°44.4'E29°44.6'N136°03.4'E30°49.0'N137°20.9'E 1.041 21° 235° 267 km 02m55.5s
06:0831°49.4'N140°14.8'E29°36.9'N137°23.9'E30°42.2'N138°45.9'E 1.040 20° 237° 262 km 02m51.9s
06:1031°47.1'N141°54.8'E29°31.7'N138°51.3'E30°38.3'N140°18.8'E 1.040 18° 238° 257 km 02m48.0s
06:1231°49.0'N143°47.7'E29°29.5'N140°27.3'E30°37.9'N142°02.1'E 1.039 17° 240° 251 km 02m43.7s
06:1431°56.8'N145°59.2'E29°31.2'N142°14.7'E30°42.1'N143°59.6'E 1.039 15° 241° 244 km 02m38.8s
06:1632°13.7'N148°41.1'E29°38.0'N144°17.9'E30°52.9'N146°18.1'E 1.038 13° 243° 236 km 02m33.2s
06:1832°49.3'N152°26.7'E29°52.5'N146°45.2'E31°14.6'N149°12.3'E 1.037 10° 245° 226 km 02m26.3s
06:20 - - 30°20.4'N149°56.5'E32°01.4'N153°31.9'E 1.036 247° 213 km 02m16.7s
Limits34°36.6'N160°03.3'E32°44.5'N160°06.2'E33°39.8'N160°04.8'E 1.034 - 197 km 02m03.6s

ΔT = 531.2 seconds

Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration
Event Time
TD
Time
UT1
Latitude Longitude Sun
Altitude
Sun
Azimuth
Path Width Central
Duration
Greatest Eclipse05:36:00.305:27:09.037°52.7'N117°23.7'E 31.4° 208.8° 273.1 km03m23.45s
Greatest Duration05:37:20.805:28:29.637°31.1'N120°06.4'E 31.4° 209.8° 274.6 km03m23.48s

Explanation of Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration

Links for the Total Solar Eclipse of 1277 Oct 28

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Eclipse Predictions

Predictions for the Total Solar Eclipse of 1277 Oct 28 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 531.2 seconds for this eclipse. The uncertainty in ΔT is 23.5 seconds corresponding to a standard error in longitude of the eclipse path of ± 0.10°.

Acknowledgments

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

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