Path of the Total Solar Eclipse of -1188 May 16

Fred Espenak

Introduction

The following table delineates the path of the Moon's umbral shadow during the Total Solar Eclipse of -1188 May 16 . 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 -1188 May 16
UT1 Northern Limit Southern Limit Central Line M:S Sun Sun Path Central
Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Ratio Alt. Azm. Width Duration
Limits30°41.6'S100°53.4'E31°11.7'S101°02.0'E30°56.6'S100°57.7'E 1.016 - 57 km 00m58.9s
23:4828°38.4'S107°20.6'E29°35.4'S106°17.8'E29°06.2'S106°52.1'E 1.018 68° 63 km 01m07.7s
23:5026°26.7'S113°25.9'E27°14.2'S113°07.7'E26°50.3'S113°17.4'E 1.020 12° 65° 69 km 01m18.9s
23:5224°59.4'S117°06.3'E25°45.8'S116°58.8'E25°22.5'S117°03.0'E 1.021 16° 63° 73 km 01m26.4s
23:5423°48.4'S119°54.9'E24°34.6'S119°53.2'E24°11.4'S119°54.4'E 1.022 19° 61° 76 km 01m32.6s
23:5622°46.7'S122°14.6'E23°33.2'S122°16.7'E23°09.9'S122°15.9'E 1.023 22° 60° 79 km 01m38.2s
23:5821°51.4'S124°15.1'E22°38.1'S124°20.1'E22°14.7'S124°17.9'E 1.023 25° 59° 81 km 01m43.2s
00:0021°00.7'S126°01.9'E21°47.8'S126°09.1'E21°24.2'S126°05.8'E 1.024 27° 58° 83 km 01m47.9s
00:0220°13.7'S127°38.3'E21°01.1'S127°47.3'E20°37.3'S127°43.0'E 1.025 29° 57° 85 km 01m52.3s
00:0419°29.6'S129°06.3'E20°17.3'S129°16.9'E19°53.4'S129°11.8'E 1.025 31° 56° 87 km 01m56.5s
00:0618°47.9'S130°27.6'E19°36.1'S130°39.6'E19°11.9'S130°33.8'E 1.026 33° 55° 88 km 02m00.5s
00:0818°08.4'S131°43.3'E18°56.9'S131°56.5'E18°32.6'S131°50.1'E 1.026 35° 54° 90 km 02m04.3s
00:1017°30.7'S132°54.3'E18°19.5'S133°08.5'E17°55.0'S133°01.5'E 1.026 36° 53° 91 km 02m08.0s
00:1216°54.6'S134°01.1'E17°43.8'S134°16.2'E17°19.1'S134°08.9'E 1.027 38° 53° 92 km 02m11.5s
00:1416°19.9'S135°04.5'E17°09.4'S135°20.4'E16°44.6'S135°12.6'E 1.027 39° 52° 93 km 02m15.0s
00:1615°46.5'S136°04.7'E16°36.4'S136°21.4'E16°11.4'S136°13.2'E 1.027 41° 51° 95 km 02m18.3s
00:1815°14.3'S137°02.2'E16°04.5'S137°19.5'E15°39.3'S137°11.0'E 1.028 42° 50° 96 km 02m21.5s
00:2014°43.2'S137°57.2'E15°33.7'S138°15.2'E15°08.4'S138°06.3'E 1.028 44° 49° 97 km 02m24.6s
00:2214°13.0'S138°50.1'E15°03.8'S139°08.6'E14°38.4'S138°59.5'E 1.028 45° 48° 98 km 02m27.6s
00:2413°43.8'S139°41.0'E14°34.9'S140°00.0'E14°09.3'S139°50.6'E 1.029 46° 48° 99 km 02m30.6s
00:2613°15.4'S140°30.1'E14°06.9'S140°49.6'E13°41.1'S140°40.0'E 1.029 47° 47° 100 km 02m33.4s
00:2812°47.9'S141°17.6'E13°39.6'S141°37.6'E13°13.7'S141°27.7'E 1.029 49° 46° 100 km 02m36.2s
00:3012°21.1'S142°03.7'E13°13.1'S142°24.0'E12°47.0'S142°14.0'E 1.029 50° 45° 101 km 02m38.9s
00:3211°54.9'S142°48.4'E12°47.2'S143°09.1'E12°21.0'S142°58.9'E 1.029 51° 44° 102 km 02m41.5s
00:3411°29.5'S143°32.0'E12°22.1'S143°53.0'E11°55.7'S143°42.6'E 1.030 52° 43° 103 km 02m44.0s
00:3611°04.7'S144°14.4'E11°57.6'S144°35.7'E11°31.1'S144°25.1'E 1.030 53° 42° 104 km 02m46.4s
00:3810°40.6'S144°55.8'E11°33.7'S145°17.4'E11°07.0'S145°06.7'E 1.030 54° 41° 104 km 02m48.7s
00:4010°17.0'S145°36.3'E11°10.3'S145°58.1'E10°43.6'S145°47.3'E 1.030 55° 40° 105 km 02m51.0s
00:4209°53.9'S146°15.9'E10°47.5'S146°37.9'E10°20.7'S146°27.0'E 1.030 56° 38° 106 km 02m53.2s
00:4409°31.4'S146°54.7'E10°25.3'S147°16.9'E09°58.3'S147°05.9'E 1.031 57° 37° 106 km 02m55.3s
00:4609°09.5'S147°32.8'E10°03.6'S147°55.2'E09°36.5'S147°44.1'E 1.031 58° 36° 107 km 02m57.3s
00:4808°48.0'S148°10.3'E09°42.3'S148°32.8'E09°15.1'S148°21.7'E 1.031 59° 35° 107 km 02m59.3s
00:5008°27.0'S148°47.2'E09°21.6'S149°09.8'E08°54.3'S148°58.6'E 1.031 60° 33° 108 km 03m01.1s
00:5208°06.5'S149°23.5'E09°01.3'S149°46.2'E08°33.9'S149°34.9'E 1.031 61° 32° 109 km 03m02.9s
00:5407°46.4'S149°59.3'E08°41.5'S150°22.1'E08°13.9'S150°10.8'E 1.031 62° 30° 109 km 03m04.6s
00:5607°26.8'S150°34.6'E08°22.1'S150°57.5'E07°54.4'S150°46.1'E 1.031 63° 28° 110 km 03m06.2s
00:5807°07.6'S151°09.5'E08°03.1'S151°32.5'E07°35.3'S151°21.1'E 1.031 64° 27° 110 km 03m07.8s
01:0006°48.9'S151°44.1'E07°44.6'S152°07.0'E07°16.7'S151°55.6'E 1.031 64° 25° 110 km 03m09.2s
01:0206°30.5'S152°18.3'E07°26.5'S152°41.2'E06°58.5'S152°29.8'E 1.032 65° 23° 111 km 03m10.6s
01:0406°12.6'S152°52.2'E07°08.7'S153°15.1'E06°40.6'S153°03.7'E 1.032 66° 21° 111 km 03m11.8s
01:0605°55.1'S153°25.8'E06°51.4'S153°48.7'E06°23.2'S153°37.3'E 1.032 66° 19° 112 km 03m13.0s
01:0805°37.9'S153°59.1'E06°34.4'S154°22.1'E06°06.2'S154°10.7'E 1.032 67° 17° 112 km 03m14.1s
01:1005°21.2'S154°32.3'E06°17.9'S154°55.2'E05°49.5'S154°43.8'E 1.032 67° 14° 112 km 03m15.1s
01:1205°04.8'S155°05.3'E06°01.7'S155°28.1'E05°33.2'S155°16.7'E 1.032 68° 12° 113 km 03m16.0s
01:1404°48.8'S155°38.1'E05°45.9'S156°00.9'E05°17.3'S155°49.5'E 1.032 68° 113 km 03m16.8s
01:1604°33.2'S156°10.8'E05°30.4'S156°33.5'E05°01.8'S156°22.2'E 1.032 69° 113 km 03m17.6s
01:1804°17.9'S156°43.5'E05°15.3'S157°06.0'E04°46.6'S156°54.8'E 1.032 69° 113 km 03m18.2s
01:2004°03.1'S157°16.0'E05°00.6'S157°38.4'E04°31.8'S157°27.2'E 1.032 69° 114 km 03m18.7s
01:2203°48.5'S157°48.5'E04°46.2'S158°10.8'E04°17.4'S157°59.7'E 1.032 70° 358° 114 km 03m19.2s
01:2403°34.4'S158°21.0'E04°32.2'S158°43.1'E04°03.3'S158°32.1'E 1.032 70° 355° 114 km 03m19.5s
01:2603°20.6'S158°53.4'E04°18.5'S159°15.5'E03°49.5'S159°04.5'E 1.032 70° 352° 114 km 03m19.7s
01:2803°07.2'S159°26.0'E04°05.2'S159°47.8'E03°36.2'S159°36.9'E 1.032 70° 350° 114 km 03m19.9s
01:3002°54.1'S159°58.5'E03°52.2'S160°20.2'E03°23.1'S160°09.4'E 1.032 70° 347° 114 km 03m19.9s
01:3202°41.4'S160°31.2'E03°39.6'S160°52.7'E03°10.5'S160°41.9'E 1.032 70° 344° 114 km 03m19.9s
01:3402°29.0'S161°03.9'E03°27.3'S161°25.2'E02°58.2'S161°14.6'E 1.032 70° 341° 114 km 03m19.7s
01:3602°17.0'S161°36.8'E03°15.4'S161°57.9'E02°46.2'S161°47.3'E 1.032 70° 338° 114 km 03m19.5s
01:3802°05.4'S162°09.8'E03°03.8'S162°30.7'E02°34.6'S162°20.2'E 1.032 69° 335° 114 km 03m19.1s
01:4001°54.1'S162°43.0'E02°52.6'S163°03.7'E02°23.3'S162°53.3'E 1.032 69° 332° 114 km 03m18.7s
01:4201°43.2'S163°16.4'E02°41.7'S163°36.8'E02°12.5'S163°26.6'E 1.032 69° 330° 114 km 03m18.1s
01:4401°32.6'S163°50.0'E02°31.2'S164°10.2'E02°01.9'S164°00.1'E 1.032 68° 327° 114 km 03m17.5s
01:4601°22.4'S164°23.9'E02°21.1'S164°43.8'E01°51.8'S164°33.8'E 1.032 68° 325° 114 km 03m16.7s
01:4801°12.6'S164°58.1'E02°11.3'S165°17.7'E01°42.0'S165°07.9'E 1.031 67° 322° 114 km 03m15.9s
01:5001°03.2'S165°32.5'E02°01.8'S165°51.9'E01°32.5'S165°42.2'E 1.031 67° 320° 114 km 03m14.9s
01:5200°54.2'S166°07.3'E01°52.8'S166°26.5'E01°23.5'S166°16.9'E 1.031 66° 318° 113 km 03m13.8s
01:5400°45.5'S166°42.5'E01°44.1'S167°01.4'E01°14.8'S166°51.9'E 1.031 66° 316° 113 km 03m12.7s
01:5600°37.3'S167°18.1'E01°35.8'S167°36.6'E01°06.5'S167°27.3'E 1.031 65° 314° 113 km 03m11.4s
01:5800°29.4'S167°54.0'E01°27.9'S168°12.3'E00°58.7'S168°03.1'E 1.031 64° 312° 112 km 03m10.1s
02:0000°22.0'S168°30.5'E01°20.3'S168°48.5'E00°51.2'S168°39.4'E 1.031 63° 310° 112 km 03m08.6s
02:0200°14.9'S169°07.4'E01°13.2'S169°25.1'E00°44.1'S169°16.2'E 1.031 63° 309° 112 km 03m07.1s
02:0400°08.3'S169°44.9'E01°06.5'S170°02.3'E00°37.4'S169°53.5'E 1.031 62° 307° 111 km 03m05.4s
02:0600°02.1'S170°22.9'E01°00.2'S170°40.0'E00°31.2'S170°31.4'E 1.030 61° 306° 111 km 03m03.6s
02:0800°03.6'N171°01.6'E00°54.3'S171°18.4'E00°25.4'S171°09.9'E 1.030 60° 305° 110 km 03m01.8s
02:1000°08.9'N171°40.9'E00°48.9'S171°57.4'E00°20.0'S171°49.0'E 1.030 59° 303° 109 km 02m59.8s
02:1200°13.7'N172°20.9'E00°43.9'S172°37.1'E00°15.1'S172°28.9'E 1.030 58° 302° 109 km 02m57.8s
02:1400°18.0'N173°01.6'E00°39.3'S173°17.5'E00°10.7'S173°09.5'E 1.030 57° 301° 108 km 02m55.7s
02:1600°21.9'N173°43.2'E00°35.3'S173°58.8'E00°06.7'S173°50.9'E 1.030 56° 300° 107 km 02m53.4s
02:1800°25.2'N174°25.6'E00°31.7'S174°40.9'E00°03.3'S174°33.2'E 1.029 55° 299° 107 km 02m51.1s
02:2000°28.0'N175°09.0'E00°28.7'S175°24.0'E00°00.4'S175°16.4'E 1.029 54° 298° 106 km 02m48.7s
02:2200°30.2'N175°53.4'E00°26.2'S176°08.1'E00°02.0'N176°00.6'E 1.029 53° 297° 105 km 02m46.2s
02:2400°31.9'N176°38.8'E00°24.2'S176°53.2'E00°03.8'N176°45.9'E 1.029 52° 297° 104 km 02m43.6s
02:2600°32.9'N177°25.4'E00°22.9'S177°39.5'E00°05.0'N177°32.4'E 1.029 51° 296° 103 km 02m40.8s
02:2800°33.3'N178°13.3'E00°22.1'S178°27.1'E00°05.6'N178°20.1'E 1.028 50° 295° 102 km 02m38.1s
02:3000°33.1'N179°02.5'E00°22.0'S179°16.1'E00°05.5'N179°09.2'E 1.028 49° 295° 101 km 02m35.2s
02:3200°32.1'N179°53.2'E00°22.6'S179°53.4'W00°04.8'N179°59.8'E 1.028 47° 294° 100 km 02m32.2s
02:3400°30.4'N179°14.4'W00°23.9'S179°01.3'W00°03.3'N179°08.0'W 1.028 46° 293° 99 km 02m29.1s
02:3600°27.9'N178°20.4'W00°25.9'S178°07.4'W00°01.0'N178°14.1'W 1.027 45° 293° 98 km 02m25.9s
02:3800°24.6'N177°24.3'W00°28.8'S177°11.6'W00°02.1'S177°18.1'W 1.027 43° 292° 97 km 02m22.7s
02:4000°20.3'N176°26.1'W00°32.5'S176°13.6'W00°06.1'S176°20.0'W 1.027 42° 292° 95 km 02m19.3s
02:4200°15.1'N175°25.6'W00°37.2'S175°13.2'W00°11.1'S175°19.6'W 1.026 41° 292° 94 km 02m15.8s
02:4400°08.8'N174°22.4'W00°43.0'S174°10.1'W00°17.1'S174°16.4'W 1.026 39° 291° 93 km 02m12.2s
02:4600°01.3'N173°16.2'W00°49.9'S173°03.9'W00°24.3'S173°10.3'W 1.026 38° 291° 91 km 02m08.5s
02:4800°07.5'S172°06.6'W00°58.0'S171°54.4'W00°32.7'S172°00.7'W 1.025 36° 290° 90 km 02m04.7s
02:5000°17.7'S170°53.2'W01°07.6'S170°40.9'W00°42.6'S170°47.2'W 1.025 34° 290° 88 km 02m00.7s
02:5200°29.6'S169°35.2'W01°18.8'S169°22.8'W00°54.2'S169°29.2'W 1.024 33° 290° 86 km 01m56.6s
02:5400°43.3'S168°12.0'W01°31.8'S167°59.3'W01°07.6'S168°05.9'W 1.024 31° 289° 84 km 01m52.3s
02:5600°59.3'S166°42.5'W01°47.0'S166°29.4'W01°23.2'S166°36.2'W 1.023 29° 289° 82 km 01m47.9s
02:5801°17.9'S165°05.2'W02°04.8'S164°51.6'W01°41.4'S164°58.6'W 1.023 27° 289° 80 km 01m43.2s
03:0001°39.8'S163°18.1'W02°25.9'S163°03.6'W02°02.9'S163°11.1'W 1.022 24° 289° 78 km 01m38.2s
03:0202°05.9'S161°18.2'W02°51.1'S161°02.4'W02°28.5'S161°10.6'W 1.021 22° 288° 75 km 01m32.9s
03:0402°37.8'S159°00.3'W03°22.2'S158°42.6'W03°00.0'S158°51.7'W 1.020 19° 288° 72 km 01m27.1s
03:0603°18.4'S156°14.8'W04°02.0'S155°53.6'W03°40.1'S156°04.6'W 1.020 16° 288° 69 km 01m20.5s
03:0804°14.5'S152°38.7'W04°58.1'S152°09.8'W04°36.2'S152°24.8'W 1.018 11° 287° 64 km 01m12.6s
03:1005°59.8'S146°18.8'W06°55.3'S144°54.5'W06°26.4'S145°41.5'W 1.016 287° 56 km 00m59.9s
Limits07°18.3'S141°49.0'W07°46.2'S141°54.2'W07°32.3'S141°51.6'W 1.015 - 52 km 00m53.7s

ΔT = 28770.1 seconds

Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration
Event Time
TD
Time
UT1
Latitude Longitude Sun
Altitude
Sun
Azimuth
Path Width Central
Duration
Greatest Eclipse09:28:19.301:28:49.203°30.8'S039°38.0'E 70.0° 348.3° 114.4 km03m19.92s
Greatest Duration09:29:28.401:29:58.303°23.3'S160°08.9'E 70.0° 346.6° 114.4 km03m19.94s

Explanation of Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration

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Eclipse Predictions

Predictions for the Total Solar Eclipse of -1188 May 16 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 28770.1 seconds for this eclipse. The uncertainty in ΔT is 1034.0 seconds corresponding to a standard error in longitude of the eclipse path of ± 4.32°.

Acknowledgments

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

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