Path of the Annular Solar Eclipse of 1288 Apr 02

Fred Espenak

Introduction

The following table delineates the path of the Moon's antumbral shadow during the Annular Solar Eclipse of 1288 Apr 02 . 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 1288 Apr 02
UT1 Northern Limit Southern Limit Central Line M:S Sun Sun Path Central
Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Ratio Alt. Azm. Width Duration
Limits51°08.3'N120°13.5'W49°20.6'N118°45.9'W50°13.4'N119°28.4'W 0.978 - 216 km 01m17.0s
13:2251°37.0'N117°04.0'W52°06.4'N106°23.7'W52°04.6'N110°03.1'W 0.980 85° 205 km 01m14.1s
13:2453°10.9'N109°44.8'W53°05.4'N103°22.3'W53°10.8'N106°08.2'W 0.981 89° 200 km 01m12.9s
13:2654°14.7'N106°02.8'W53°59.3'N100°54.7'W54°08.2'N103°14.6'W 0.981 11° 92° 195 km 01m11.9s
13:2855°11.1'N103°14.9'W54°50.4'N098°47.4'W55°01.4'N100°51.4'W 0.982 13° 94° 190 km 01m11.1s
13:3056°03.7'N100°55.1'W55°39.5'N096°53.8'W55°52.0'N098°47.0'W 0.982 14° 97° 186 km 01m10.5s
13:3256°54.1'N098°53.0'W56°27.2'N095°10.2'W56°40.9'N096°55.5'W 0.982 15° 99° 182 km 01m09.9s
13:3457°42.9'N097°03.2'W57°13.9'N093°34.0'W57°28.5'N095°13.4'W 0.983 16° 101° 178 km 01m09.4s
13:3658°30.6'N095°22.4'W57°59.9'N092°03.7'W58°15.3'N093°38.4'W 0.983 17° 103° 175 km 01m08.9s
13:3859°17.6'N093°48.5'W58°45.4'N090°38.0'W59°01.5'N092°09.0'W 0.983 18° 105° 171 km 01m08.5s
13:4060°04.0'N092°20.0'W59°30.5'N089°15.9'W59°47.2'N090°44.0'W 0.983 19° 107° 168 km 01m08.2s
13:4260°50.1'N090°55.7'W60°15.3'N087°56.7'W60°32.7'N089°22.5'W 0.983 19° 109° 165 km 01m07.9s
13:4461°36.1'N089°34.8'W61°00.0'N086°39.7'W61°17.9'N088°03.7'W 0.983 20° 111° 163 km 01m07.7s
13:4662°21.9'N088°16.5'W61°44.6'N085°24.5'W62°03.1'N086°47.1'W 0.984 21° 113° 160 km 01m07.4s
13:4863°07.7'N087°00.3'W62°29.2'N084°10.5'W62°48.3'N085°32.1'W 0.984 21° 115° 158 km 01m07.3s
13:5063°53.6'N085°45.6'W63°13.8'N082°57.4'W63°33.6'N084°18.3'W 0.984 21° 117° 156 km 01m07.1s
13:5264°39.7'N084°32.0'W63°58.6'N081°44.8'W64°19.0'N083°05.2'W 0.984 22° 119° 154 km 01m07.0s
13:5465°26.0'N083°19.1'W64°43.6'N080°32.3'W65°04.6'N081°52.4'W 0.984 22° 121° 152 km 01m06.9s
13:5666°12.7'N082°06.4'W65°28.8'N079°19.4'W65°50.5'N080°39.6'W 0.984 22° 123° 151 km 01m06.8s
13:5866°59.7'N080°53.6'W66°14.4'N078°06.0'W66°36.8'N079°26.4'W 0.984 22° 125° 149 km 01m06.8s
14:0067°47.3'N079°40.3'W67°00.3'N076°51.5'W67°23.5'N078°12.4'W 0.984 22° 127° 148 km 01m06.8s
14:0268°35.3'N078°26.0'W67°46.6'N075°35.5'W68°10.7'N076°57.2'W 0.984 22° 129° 147 km 01m06.9s
14:0469°24.0'N077°10.3'W68°33.4'N074°17.7'W68°58.4'N075°40.2'W 0.984 22° 131° 147 km 01m06.9s
14:0670°13.3'N075°52.6'W69°20.7'N072°57.4'W69°46.7'N074°21.1'W 0.984 22° 133° 146 km 01m07.0s
14:0871°03.5'N074°32.5'W70°08.7'N071°34.2'W70°35.7'N072°59.2'W 0.984 22° 135° 146 km 01m07.2s
14:1071°54.5'N073°09.3'W70°57.3'N070°07.3'W71°25.4'N071°33.8'W 0.984 22° 137° 146 km 01m07.3s
14:1272°46.4'N071°42.1'W71°46.6'N068°36.1'W72°16.0'N070°04.2'W 0.984 22° 140° 146 km 01m07.5s
14:1473°39.5'N070°10.0'W72°36.7'N066°59.4'W73°07.6'N068°29.4'W 0.984 22° 142° 146 km 01m07.7s
14:1674°33.8'N068°31.7'W73°27.7'N065°16.2'W74°00.2'N066°48.2'W 0.984 21° 145° 147 km 01m08.0s
14:1875°29.5'N066°45.8'W74°19.7'N063°25.0'W74°53.9'N064°59.0'W 0.983 21° 147° 147 km 01m08.2s
14:2076°26.7'N064°50.0'W75°12.8'N061°23.9'W75°49.0'N062°59.8'W 0.983 20° 150° 148 km 01m08.6s
14:2277°25.6'N062°41.6'W76°07.0'N059°10.3'W76°45.4'N060°47.9'W 0.983 20° 153° 150 km 01m08.9s
14:2478°26.5'N060°16.3'W77°02.4'N056°41.1'W77°43.4'N058°19.5'W 0.983 19° 156° 151 km 01m09.3s
14:2679°29.6'N057°28.0'W77°59.2'N053°51.4'W78°43.0'N055°29.3'W 0.983 19° 160° 153 km 01m09.7s
14:2880°35.1'N054°07.1'W78°57.3'N050°34.7'W79°44.6'N052°09.3'W 0.983 18° 164° 155 km 01m10.2s
14:3081°43.2'N049°57.5'W79°56.8'N046°41.2'W80°48.0'N048°06.9'W 0.982 17° 169° 158 km 01m10.7s
14:3282°54.2'N044°30.0'W80°57.4'N041°55.8'W81°53.2'N043°01.6'W 0.982 16° 175° 161 km 01m11.2s
14:3484°07.5'N036°46.6'W81°58.8'N035°54.3'W82°59.8'N036°17.0'W 0.982 15° 182° 165 km 01m11.8s
14:3685°20.9'N024°38.0'W82°59.8'N027°56.2'W84°06.2'N026°45.6'W 0.981 14° 192° 169 km 01m12.5s
14:3886°25.0'N003°02.5'W83°57.5'N016°53.1'W85°07.8'N012°16.9'W 0.981 12° 207° 174 km 01m13.3s
14:4086°46.9'N034°35.3'E84°45.6'N000°58.1'W85°51.5'N010°40.4'E 0.981 11° 231° 181 km 01m14.2s
14:4285°28.1'N075°26.4'E85°09.5'N021°33.6'E85°47.7'N042°57.5'E 0.980 264° 189 km 01m15.3s
14:44 - - 84°44.8'N049°11.2'E84°13.7'N075°48.3'E 0.979 297° 202 km 01m16.7s
Limits80°38.3'N108°02.0'E79°32.5'N098°14.6'E80°06.5'N102°47.8'E 0.977 - 224 km 01m19.0s

ΔT = 509.1 seconds

Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration
Event Time
TD
Time
UT1
Latitude Longitude Sun
Altitude
Sun
Azimuth
Path Width Central
Duration
Greatest Eclipse14:11:24.114:02:55.068°32.4'N078°29.7'W 22.4° 129.7° 147.1 km01m06.90s
Greatest Duration13:28:37.713:20:08.650°13.4'N119°28.4'W 0.0° 77.5° 216.1 km01m16.99s

Explanation of Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration

Links for the Annular Solar Eclipse of 1288 Apr 02

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Eclipse Predictions

Predictions for the Annular Solar Eclipse of 1288 Apr 02 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 509.1 seconds for this eclipse. The uncertainty in ΔT is 22.6 seconds corresponding to a standard error in longitude of the eclipse path of ± 0.09°.

Acknowledgments

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

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