Path of the Total Solar Eclipse of 1404 Jan 12

Fred Espenak

Introduction

The following table delineates the path of the Moon's umbral shadow during the Total Solar Eclipse of 1404 Jan 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 1404 Jan 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
Limits52°43.1'N156°04.0'W51°04.9'N157°04.6'W51°53.3'N156°35.6'W 1.029 - 190 km 01m49.1s
18:30 - - 47°30.7'N148°10.4'W51°00.6'N154°26.9'W 1.029 125° 193 km 01m52.5s
18:3250°50.8'N151°22.1'W46°01.6'N144°06.2'W48°02.8'N146°47.2'W 1.031 132° 208 km 02m06.2s
18:3448°44.3'N145°40.2'W45°02.5'N141°10.5'W46°45.6'N143°06.8'W 1.032 11° 135° 217 km 02m13.5s
18:3647°35.4'N142°15.4'W44°17.8'N138°47.2'W45°52.1'N140°20.8'W 1.033 13° 138° 225 km 02m19.1s
18:3846°46.5'N139°36.5'W43°42.4'N136°43.7'W45°11.3'N138°02.9'W 1.033 15° 140° 231 km 02m23.9s
18:4046°08.8'N137°22.6'W43°13.5'N134°53.7'W44°38.7'N136°02.8'W 1.034 16° 142° 237 km 02m28.1s
18:4245°38.7'N135°25.0'W42°49.6'N133°13.6'W44°12.1'N134°15.1'W 1.034 17° 144° 242 km 02m31.8s
18:4445°14.3'N133°39.0'W42°29.7'N131°41.1'W43°50.3'N132°36.6'W 1.035 19° 146° 247 km 02m35.2s
18:4644°54.3'N132°01.7'W42°13.2'N130°14.8'W43°32.2'N131°05.3'W 1.035 20° 147° 252 km 02m38.2s
18:4844°37.9'N130°31.1'W41°59.6'N128°53.3'W43°17.4'N129°39.7'W 1.035 21° 149° 256 km 02m41.0s
18:5044°24.7'N129°06.0'W41°48.6'N127°35.9'W43°05.4'N128°18.7'W 1.035 21° 151° 260 km 02m43.5s
18:5244°14.2'N127°45.2'W41°39.7'N126°21.9'W42°55.8'N127°01.6'W 1.036 22° 152° 264 km 02m45.8s
18:5444°06.0'N126°28.1'W41°33.0'N125°10.7'W42°48.4'N125°47.7'W 1.036 23° 154° 267 km 02m47.8s
18:5644°00.0'N125°14.1'W41°28.1'N124°02.0'W42°43.0'N124°36.5'W 1.036 24° 156° 270 km 02m49.6s
18:5843°56.0'N124°02.6'W41°25.0'N122°55.3'W42°39.5'N123°27.5'W 1.036 24° 157° 273 km 02m51.3s
19:0043°53.9'N122°53.2'W41°23.6'N121°50.3'W42°37.7'N122°20.5'W 1.036 25° 159° 275 km 02m52.7s
19:0243°53.4'N121°45.6'W41°23.7'N120°46.9'W42°37.6'N121°15.1'W 1.036 25° 160° 277 km 02m54.0s
19:0443°54.7'N120°39.5'W41°25.3'N119°44.7'W42°39.1'N120°11.1'W 1.037 25° 162° 278 km 02m55.1s
19:0643°57.5'N119°34.7'W41°28.4'N118°43.4'W42°42.0'N119°08.1'W 1.037 26° 164° 279 km 02m56.0s
19:0844°01.8'N118°30.8'W41°32.9'N117°43.1'W42°46.4'N118°06.1'W 1.037 26° 165° 280 km 02m56.7s
19:1044°07.7'N117°27.7'W41°38.8'N116°43.3'W42°52.3'N117°04.8'W 1.037 26° 167° 280 km 02m57.2s
19:1244°15.0'N116°25.2'W41°46.0'N115°44.1'W42°59.6'N116°04.0'W 1.037 26° 168° 280 km 02m57.6s
19:1444°23.8'N115°23.0'W41°54.6'N114°45.2'W43°08.2'N115°03.5'W 1.037 26° 170° 279 km 02m57.8s
19:1644°34.0'N114°21.0'W42°04.5'N113°46.4'W43°18.3'N114°03.3'W 1.037 26° 171° 278 km 02m57.8s
19:1844°45.7'N113°19.1'W42°15.9'N112°47.7'W43°29.8'N113°03.0'W 1.037 26° 173° 277 km 02m57.7s
19:2044°58.9'N112°16.9'W42°28.5'N111°48.8'W43°42.8'N112°02.5'W 1.037 26° 175° 276 km 02m57.4s
19:2245°13.7'N111°14.4'W42°42.6'N110°49.5'W43°57.2'N111°01.8'W 1.037 26° 176° 274 km 02m56.9s
19:2445°30.0'N110°11.3'W42°58.2'N109°49.8'W44°13.1'N110°00.5'W 1.037 26° 178° 272 km 02m56.3s
19:2645°48.0'N109°07.5'W43°15.2'N108°49.5'W44°30.5'N108°58.4'W 1.037 25° 179° 270 km 02m55.5s
19:2846°07.6'N108°02.6'W43°33.8'N107°48.3'W44°49.6'N107°55.5'W 1.037 25° 181° 267 km 02m54.5s
19:3046°29.1'N106°56.4'W43°54.0'N106°46.1'W45°10.4'N106°51.4'W 1.036 25° 183° 264 km 02m53.3s
19:3246°52.5'N105°48.8'W44°16.0'N105°42.6'W45°33.0'N105°46.0'W 1.036 24° 184° 261 km 02m51.9s
19:3447°18.0'N104°39.2'W44°39.7'N104°37.5'W45°57.6'N104°38.8'W 1.036 24° 186° 258 km 02m50.4s
19:3647°45.7'N103°27.4'W45°05.4'N103°30.7'W46°24.2'N103°29.6'W 1.036 23° 188° 255 km 02m48.7s
19:3848°15.9'N102°12.8'W45°33.3'N102°21.6'W46°53.1'N102°18.0'W 1.036 23° 189° 251 km 02m46.7s
19:4048°48.8'N100°55.0'W46°03.4'N101°10.0'W47°24.6'N101°03.5'W 1.036 22° 191° 248 km 02m44.6s
19:4249°24.9'N099°33.2'W46°36.2'N099°55.3'W47°58.8'N099°45.5'W 1.035 21° 193° 244 km 02m42.2s
19:4450°04.6'N098°06.6'W47°11.9'N098°36.9'W48°36.3'N098°23.3'W 1.035 20° 194° 240 km 02m39.6s
19:4650°48.5'N096°33.9'W47°50.8'N097°14.0'W49°17.5'N096°55.9'W 1.035 19° 196° 236 km 02m36.8s
19:4851°37.5'N094°53.4'W48°33.7'N095°45.6'W50°03.1'N095°22.1'W 1.035 18° 198° 232 km 02m33.6s
19:5052°33.0'N093°02.8'W49°21.2'N094°10.3'W50°54.0'N093°40.0'W 1.034 17° 200° 228 km 02m30.1s
19:5253°37.0'N090°58.3'W50°14.3'N092°26.0'W51°51.8'N091°47.0'W 1.034 15° 202° 223 km 02m26.2s
19:5454°53.1'N088°33.0'W51°14.8'N090°29.9'W52°58.7'N089°38.8'W 1.033 14° 205° 219 km 02m21.8s
19:5656°28.8'N085°33.3'W52°25.2'N088°17.0'W54°18.9'N087°07.7'W 1.033 12° 207° 213 km 02m16.7s
19:5858°45.5'N081°18.2'W53°50.4'N085°38.0'W56°01.2'N083°56.7'W 1.032 211° 208 km 02m10.5s
20:00 - - 55°41.9'N082°11.3'W58°35.8'N079°08.6'W 1.031 215° 200 km 02m01.7s
Limits63°10.8'N072°56.6'W61°51.4'N070°31.4'W62°30.9'N071°40.7'W 1.029 - 191 km 01m49.8s

ΔT = 311.2 seconds

Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration
Event Time
TD
Time
UT1
Latitude Longitude Sun
Altitude
Sun
Azimuth
Path Width Central
Duration
Greatest Eclipse19:20:44.219:15:33.043°15.9'N115°34.8'W 26.2° 171.1° 278.6 km02m57.85s
Greatest Duration19:20:34.919:15:23.743°15.1'N114°21.5'W 26.2° 170.9° 278.7 km02m57.85s

Explanation of Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration

Links for the Total Solar Eclipse of 1404 Jan 12

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Eclipse Predictions

Predictions for the Total Solar Eclipse of 1404 Jan 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 311.2 seconds for this eclipse. The uncertainty in ΔT is 20.0 seconds corresponding to a standard error in longitude of the eclipse path of ± 0.08°.

Acknowledgments

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

Permission is granted to reproduce eclipse data when accompanied by a link to this page and an acknowledgment:

"Eclipse Predictions by Fred Espenak, EclipseWise.com"

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