Path of the Total Solar Eclipse of 2271 Jan 12

Fred Espenak

Introduction

The following table delineates the path of the Moon's umbral shadow during the Total Solar Eclipse of 2271 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 2271 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
Limits29°47.0'N027°25.9'E28°47.1'N027°12.6'E29°16.9'N027°19.2'E 1.025 - 109 km 01m33.4s
05:10 - - 26°09.0'N033°45.7'E27°48.1'N030°59.7'E 1.026 117° 115 km 01m40.5s
05:1226°36.0'N035°42.6'E24°24.1'N038°28.6'E25°27.5'N037°12.8'E 1.028 10° 120° 125 km 01m54.2s
05:1425°15.7'N039°34.3'E23°21.0'N041°33.6'E24°17.3'N040°37.1'E 1.029 14° 122° 131 km 02m02.6s
05:1624°22.3'N042°21.6'E22°34.9'N043°59.5'E23°28.0'N043°12.6'E 1.030 16° 123° 136 km 02m09.5s
05:1823°42.2'N044°37.8'E21°59.0'N046°02.9'E22°50.2'N045°21.8'E 1.031 19° 125° 140 km 02m15.4s
05:2023°10.6'N046°34.8'E21°29.9'N047°51.3'E22°19.9'N047°14.2'E 1.032 21° 126° 144 km 02m20.8s
05:2222°45.0'N048°18.5'E21°06.0'N049°28.6'E21°55.2'N048°54.5'E 1.032 23° 127° 148 km 02m25.7s
05:2422°24.0'N049°52.3'E20°46.2'N050°57.6'E21°34.9'N050°25.8'E 1.033 24° 128° 151 km 02m30.3s
05:2622°06.7'N051°18.4'E20°29.7'N052°19.8'E21°18.0'N051°49.9'E 1.033 26° 129° 154 km 02m34.6s
05:2821°52.4'N052°38.3'E20°16.1'N053°36.6'E21°04.1'N053°08.1'E 1.034 27° 130° 157 km 02m38.6s
05:3021°40.7'N053°53.0'E20°04.9'N054°48.8'E20°52.6'N054°21.5'E 1.034 29° 131° 160 km 02m42.4s
05:3221°31.2'N055°03.5'E19°55.8'N055°57.1'E20°43.4'N055°30.8'E 1.034 30° 133° 162 km 02m46.0s
05:3421°23.8'N056°10.3'E19°48.6'N057°02.0'E20°36.1'N056°36.7'E 1.035 31° 134° 165 km 02m49.3s
05:3621°18.1'N057°13.9'E19°43.2'N058°04.1'E20°30.5'N057°39.5'E 1.035 32° 135° 167 km 02m52.5s
05:3821°14.1'N058°14.8'E19°39.3'N059°03.5'E20°26.6'N058°39.6'E 1.035 33° 136° 169 km 02m55.5s
05:4021°11.5'N059°13.2'E19°36.9'N060°00.8'E20°24.1'N059°37.4'E 1.035 34° 137° 171 km 02m58.4s
05:4221°10.4'N060°09.5'E19°35.8'N060°56.0'E20°23.0'N060°33.1'E 1.036 35° 138° 173 km 03m01.1s
05:4421°10.4'N061°03.8'E19°36.0'N061°49.4'E20°23.1'N061°26.9'E 1.036 36° 139° 175 km 03m03.6s
05:4621°11.7'N061°56.5'E19°37.3'N062°41.2'E20°24.4'N062°19.1'E 1.036 37° 141° 177 km 03m06.0s
05:4821°14.1'N062°47.6'E19°39.8'N063°31.5'E20°26.8'N063°09.8'E 1.036 38° 142° 178 km 03m08.2s
05:5021°17.6'N063°37.3'E19°43.3'N064°20.5'E20°30.3'N063°59.2'E 1.037 38° 143° 180 km 03m10.3s
05:5221°22.1'N064°25.8'E19°47.8'N065°08.4'E20°34.9'N064°47.3'E 1.037 39° 144° 181 km 03m12.2s
05:5421°27.6'N065°13.1'E19°53.3'N065°55.1'E20°40.3'N065°34.4'E 1.037 40° 146° 182 km 03m14.0s
05:5621°34.0'N065°59.5'E19°59.8'N066°40.9'E20°46.8'N066°20.4'E 1.037 40° 147° 183 km 03m15.7s
05:5821°41.3'N066°44.9'E20°07.1'N067°25.9'E20°54.1'N067°05.6'E 1.037 41° 148° 183 km 03m17.2s
06:0021°49.5'N067°29.5'E20°15.4'N068°10.0'E21°02.3'N067°49.9'E 1.037 41° 150° 184 km 03m18.6s
06:0221°58.6'N068°13.4'E20°24.5'N068°53.4'E21°11.4'N068°33.6'E 1.037 42° 151° 184 km 03m19.8s
06:0422°08.5'N068°56.6'E20°34.4'N069°36.2'E21°21.3'N069°16.5'E 1.037 42° 153° 185 km 03m20.9s
06:0622°19.2'N069°39.2'E20°45.2'N070°18.4'E21°32.1'N069°59.0'E 1.038 42° 154° 185 km 03m21.9s
06:0822°30.7'N070°21.3'E20°56.8'N071°00.1'E21°43.7'N070°40.8'E 1.038 43° 155° 185 km 03m22.7s
06:1022°43.1'N071°03.0'E21°09.2'N071°41.4'E21°56.0'N071°22.3'E 1.038 43° 157° 185 km 03m23.4s
06:1222°56.2'N071°44.2'E21°22.4'N072°22.3'E22°09.2'N072°03.4'E 1.038 43° 158° 185 km 03m23.9s
06:1423°10.1'N072°25.2'E21°36.3'N073°02.8'E22°23.1'N072°44.1'E 1.038 43° 160° 184 km 03m24.4s
06:1623°24.9'N073°05.8'E21°51.1'N073°43.1'E22°37.9'N073°24.5'E 1.038 44° 161° 184 km 03m24.7s
06:1823°40.4'N073°46.3'E22°06.6'N074°23.1'E22°53.4'N074°04.8'E 1.038 44° 163° 183 km 03m24.8s
06:2023°56.7'N074°26.6'E22°23.0'N075°03.0'E23°09.7'N074°44.9'E 1.038 44° 164° 183 km 03m24.9s
06:2224°13.7'N075°06.8'E22°40.1'N075°42.8'E23°26.8'N075°24.9'E 1.038 44° 166° 182 km 03m24.8s
06:2424°31.6'N075°46.9'E22°58.0'N076°22.5'E23°44.6'N076°04.8'E 1.038 44° 167° 181 km 03m24.5s
06:2624°50.3'N076°27.1'E23°16.7'N077°02.2'E24°03.3'N076°44.7'E 1.038 44° 169° 180 km 03m24.2s
06:2825°09.8'N077°07.3'E23°36.2'N077°42.0'E24°22.8'N077°24.7'E 1.038 43° 170° 179 km 03m23.7s
06:3025°30.1'N077°47.7'E23°56.6'N078°21.9'E24°43.2'N078°04.8'E 1.038 43° 172° 178 km 03m23.1s
06:3225°51.3'N078°28.2'E24°17.7'N079°01.9'E25°04.3'N078°45.1'E 1.038 43° 174° 177 km 03m22.3s
06:3426°13.3'N079°09.0'E24°39.7'N079°42.2'E25°26.3'N079°25.6'E 1.038 43° 175° 176 km 03m21.5s
06:3626°36.2'N079°50.2'E25°02.6'N080°22.7'E25°49.2'N080°06.4'E 1.038 42° 177° 175 km 03m20.5s
06:3827°00.0'N080°31.7'E25°26.4'N081°03.6'E26°13.0'N080°47.6'E 1.038 42° 178° 174 km 03m19.4s
06:4027°24.8'N081°13.6'E25°51.1'N081°44.9'E26°37.7'N081°29.2'E 1.037 42° 180° 172 km 03m18.1s
06:4227°50.5'N081°56.1'E26°16.8'N082°26.6'E27°03.4'N082°11.3'E 1.037 41° 181° 171 km 03m16.8s
06:4428°17.2'N082°39.2'E26°43.4'N083°09.0'E27°30.1'N082°54.0'E 1.037 41° 182° 170 km 03m15.3s
06:4628°45.0'N083°23.0'E27°11.0'N083°52.0'E27°57.8'N083°37.4'E 1.037 40° 184° 168 km 03m13.7s
06:4829°13.8'N084°07.6'E27°39.7'N084°35.7'E28°26.6'N084°21.6'E 1.037 40° 185° 167 km 03m12.0s
06:5029°43.8'N084°53.2'E28°09.6'N085°20.3'E28°56.5'N085°06.6'E 1.037 39° 187° 165 km 03m10.1s
06:5230°15.0'N085°39.7'E28°40.5'N086°05.9'E29°27.5'N085°52.7'E 1.037 38° 188° 164 km 03m08.1s
06:5430°47.5'N086°27.5'E29°12.8'N086°52.5'E29°59.9'N086°39.8'E 1.037 38° 190° 162 km 03m06.0s
06:5631°21.4'N087°16.6'E29°46.3'N087°40.3'E30°33.5'N087°28.3'E 1.036 37° 191° 160 km 03m03.8s
06:5831°56.6'N088°07.2'E30°21.2'N088°29.6'E31°08.6'N088°18.2'E 1.036 36° 193° 159 km 03m01.4s
07:0032°33.5'N088°59.4'E30°57.6'N089°20.4'E31°45.2'N089°09.7'E 1.036 35° 194° 157 km 02m59.0s
07:0233°12.0'N089°53.7'E31°35.6'N090°12.9'E32°23.5'N090°03.0'E 1.036 34° 195° 155 km 02m56.3s
07:0433°52.3'N090°50.1'E32°15.3'N091°07.5'E33°03.5'N090°58.5'E 1.035 33° 197° 154 km 02m53.6s
07:0634°34.7'N091°49.0'E32°56.9'N092°04.3'E33°45.4'N091°56.3'E 1.035 32° 198° 152 km 02m50.6s
07:0835°19.2'N092°50.8'E33°40.5'N093°03.8'E34°29.5'N092°57.0'E 1.035 31° 200° 150 km 02m47.6s
07:1036°06.2'N093°56.0'E34°26.5'N094°06.3'E35°16.0'N094°00.8'E 1.035 30° 201° 148 km 02m44.4s
07:1236°56.0'N095°05.2'E35°15.0'N095°12.4'E36°05.1'N095°08.3'E 1.034 29° 203° 146 km 02m41.0s
07:1437°49.0'N096°19.0'E36°06.5'N096°22.6'E36°57.3'N096°20.3'E 1.034 27° 204° 144 km 02m37.4s
07:1638°45.7'N097°38.5'E37°01.3'N097°37.8'E37°53.0'N097°37.5'E 1.033 26° 206° 142 km 02m33.6s
07:1839°46.7'N099°05.0'E38°00.1'N098°59.0'E38°52.8'N099°01.2'E 1.033 25° 207° 140 km 02m29.5s
07:2040°53.1'N100°40.2'E39°03.6'N100°27.7'E39°57.7'N100°33.0'E 1.033 23° 209° 138 km 02m25.2s
07:2242°06.3'N102°26.8'E40°12.8'N102°05.9'E41°08.7'N102°15.1'E 1.032 21° 211° 135 km 02m20.5s
07:2443°28.3'N104°28.8'E41°29.5'N103°56.5'E42°27.9'N104°11.1'E 1.031 19° 213° 133 km 02m15.4s
07:2645°02.8'N106°53.6'E42°56.1'N106°04.7'E43°58.1'N106°26.9'E 1.031 17° 215° 130 km 02m09.8s
07:2846°57.2'N109°55.5'E44°37.4'N108°39.2'E45°45.2'N109°13.6'E 1.030 14° 217° 126 km 02m03.3s
07:3049°31.7'N114°15.7'E46°43.3'N111°59.9'E48°03.0'N112°58.9'E 1.029 10° 221° 122 km 01m55.2s
07:32 - - 49°48.8'N117°17.0'E52°01.1'N120°04.7'E 1.027 227° 115 km 01m42.3s
Limits54°54.1'N124°30.4'E54°02.5'N125°24.4'E54°28.2'N124°57.8'E 1.025 - 111 km 01m34.8s

ΔT = 420.0 seconds

Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration
Event Time
TD
Time
UT1
Latitude Longitude Sun
Altitude
Sun
Azimuth
Path Width Central
Duration
Greatest Eclipse06:28:07.706:21:07.723°19.2'N073°22.2'E 43.6° 165.2° 182.5 km03m24.81s
Greatest Duration06:26:26.706:19:26.723°05.1'N074°33.8'E 43.6° 163.9° 183.0 km03m24.86s

Explanation of Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration

Links for the Total Solar Eclipse of 2271 Jan 12

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Eclipse Predictions

Predictions for the Total Solar Eclipse of 2271 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 420.0 seconds for this eclipse. The uncertainty in ΔT is 109.2 seconds corresponding to a standard error in longitude of the eclipse path of ± 0.46°.

Acknowledgments

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

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