Path of the Total Solar Eclipse of -1206 May 06

Fred Espenak

Introduction

The following table delineates the path of the Moon's umbral shadow during the Total Solar Eclipse of -1206 May 06 . 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 -1206 May 06
UT1 Northern Limit Southern Limit Central Line M:S Sun Sun Path Central
Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Ratio Alt. Azm. Width Duration
Limits38°25.5'S151°16.1'W38°49.3'S151°11.1'W38°37.4'S151°13.6'W 1.012 - 44 km 00m44.5s
16:4235°14.5'S139°26.5'W35°59.2'S140°10.6'W35°36.7'S139°47.6'W 1.015 10° 67° 55 km 00m59.7s
16:4433°45.5'S134°52.5'W34°28.2'S135°17.2'W34°06.7'S135°04.4'W 1.016 14° 63° 59 km 01m07.3s
16:4632°35.0'S131°33.9'W33°17.3'S131°49.7'W32°56.1'S131°41.4'W 1.017 18° 61° 62 km 01m13.4s
16:4831°34.1'S128°53.5'W32°16.5'S129°03.6'W31°55.3'S128°58.2'W 1.018 21° 59° 65 km 01m18.6s
16:5030°39.5'S126°37.1'W31°22.1'S126°43.1'W31°00.7'S126°39.9'W 1.019 23° 58° 67 km 01m23.3s
16:5229°49.4'S124°37.6'W30°32.3'S124°40.4'W30°10.8'S124°38.7'W 1.020 26° 56° 69 km 01m27.6s
16:5429°02.7'S122°50.7'W29°45.9'S122°50.8'W29°24.3'S122°50.5'W 1.020 28° 55° 71 km 01m31.7s
16:5628°18.8'S121°13.6'W29°02.3'S121°11.6'W28°40.5'S121°12.4'W 1.021 30° 53° 73 km 01m35.6s
16:5827°37.2'S119°44.5'W28°21.0'S119°40.5'W27°59.1'S119°42.3'W 1.021 31° 52° 75 km 01m39.2s
17:0026°57.6'S118°21.9'W27°41.7'S118°16.3'W27°19.6'S118°19.0'W 1.021 33° 51° 76 km 01m42.7s
17:0226°19.7'S117°04.9'W27°04.1'S116°57.9'W26°41.8'S117°01.2'W 1.022 35° 50° 77 km 01m46.0s
17:0425°43.3'S115°52.6'W26°27.9'S115°44.3'W26°05.5'S115°48.3'W 1.022 36° 49° 79 km 01m49.2s
17:0625°08.1'S114°44.5'W25°53.0'S114°34.9'W25°30.5'S114°39.6'W 1.023 38° 48° 80 km 01m52.3s
17:0824°34.2'S113°39.9'W25°19.3'S113°29.2'W24°56.7'S113°34.4'W 1.023 39° 46° 81 km 01m55.3s
17:1024°01.3'S112°38.4'W24°46.7'S112°26.8'W24°24.0'S112°32.5'W 1.023 41° 45° 82 km 01m58.2s
17:1223°29.5'S111°39.8'W24°15.0'S111°27.2'W23°52.2'S111°33.4'W 1.023 42° 44° 83 km 02m01.0s
17:1422°58.5'S110°43.7'W23°44.3'S110°30.3'W23°21.3'S110°36.9'W 1.024 43° 43° 84 km 02m03.7s
17:1622°28.4'S109°49.8'W23°14.3'S109°35.6'W22°51.3'S109°42.6'W 1.024 44° 42° 85 km 02m06.3s
17:1821°59.0'S108°57.9'W22°45.2'S108°43.0'W22°22.1'S108°50.4'W 1.024 46° 41° 86 km 02m08.8s
17:2021°30.4'S108°07.9'W22°16.8'S107°52.3'W21°53.5'S108°00.0'W 1.024 47° 40° 87 km 02m11.2s
17:2221°02.4'S107°19.6'W21°49.0'S107°03.4'W21°25.7'S107°11.4'W 1.025 48° 38° 88 km 02m13.5s
17:2420°35.1'S106°32.7'W21°21.9'S106°15.9'W20°58.5'S106°24.2'W 1.025 49° 37° 89 km 02m15.8s
17:2620°08.4'S105°47.3'W20°55.4'S105°30.0'W20°31.9'S105°38.5'W 1.025 50° 36° 89 km 02m18.0s
17:2819°42.3'S105°03.1'W20°29.4'S104°45.3'W20°05.8'S104°54.1'W 1.025 51° 35° 90 km 02m20.1s
17:3019°16.8'S104°20.1'W20°04.0'S104°01.8'W19°40.4'S104°10.8'W 1.025 52° 33° 91 km 02m22.1s
17:3218°51.7'S103°38.1'W19°39.1'S103°19.4'W19°15.4'S103°28.7'W 1.026 53° 32° 92 km 02m24.1s
17:3418°27.2'S102°57.1'W19°14.8'S102°38.0'W18°50.9'S102°47.5'W 1.026 54° 30° 92 km 02m25.9s
17:3618°03.1'S102°17.1'W18°50.9'S101°57.5'W18°27.0'S102°07.2'W 1.026 55° 29° 93 km 02m27.7s
17:3817°39.6'S101°37.8'W18°27.4'S101°17.9'W18°03.5'S101°27.8'W 1.026 56° 28° 93 km 02m29.5s
17:4017°16.4'S100°59.3'W18°04.4'S100°39.1'W17°40.4'S100°49.2'W 1.026 57° 26° 94 km 02m31.1s
17:4216°53.7'S100°21.5'W17°41.9'S100°01.0'W17°17.8'S100°11.2'W 1.026 57° 24° 95 km 02m32.7s
17:4416°31.4'S099°44.4'W17°19.7'S099°23.6'W16°55.5'S099°33.9'W 1.026 58° 23° 95 km 02m34.2s
17:4616°09.5'S099°07.8'W16°57.9'S098°46.7'W16°33.7'S098°57.2'W 1.026 59° 21° 96 km 02m35.6s
17:4815°48.0'S098°31.8'W16°36.6'S098°10.4'W16°12.3'S098°21.1'W 1.027 60° 19° 96 km 02m36.9s
17:5015°26.9'S097°56.2'W16°15.6'S097°34.7'W15°51.2'S097°45.4'W 1.027 60° 17° 97 km 02m38.1s
17:5215°06.2'S097°21.1'W15°55.0'S096°59.4'W15°30.6'S097°10.2'W 1.027 61° 16° 97 km 02m39.3s
17:5414°45.8'S096°46.4'W15°34.7'S096°24.5'W15°10.3'S096°35.4'W 1.027 61° 14° 98 km 02m40.4s
17:5614°25.8'S096°12.1'W15°14.8'S095°49.9'W14°50.3'S096°01.0'W 1.027 62° 12° 98 km 02m41.4s
17:5814°06.2'S095°38.1'W14°55.3'S095°15.8'W14°30.7'S095°26.9'W 1.027 63° 98 km 02m42.3s
18:0013°46.9'S095°04.3'W14°36.1'S094°41.9'W14°11.4'S094°53.1'W 1.027 63° 99 km 02m43.2s
18:0213°27.9'S094°30.9'W14°17.2'S094°08.3'W13°52.5'S094°19.5'W 1.027 63° 99 km 02m44.0s
18:0413°09.2'S093°57.6'W13°58.6'S093°34.9'W13°33.9'S093°46.2'W 1.027 64° 99 km 02m44.6s
18:0612°50.9'S093°24.5'W13°40.4'S093°01.7'W13°15.7'S093°13.1'W 1.027 64° 100 km 02m45.2s
18:0812°32.9'S092°51.6'W13°22.5'S092°28.7'W12°57.7'S092°40.1'W 1.027 64° 358° 100 km 02m45.7s
18:1012°15.3'S092°18.8'W13°04.9'S091°55.8'W12°40.1'S092°07.3'W 1.027 65° 356° 100 km 02m46.2s
18:1211°57.9'S091°46.1'W12°47.6'S091°23.1'W12°22.8'S091°34.6'W 1.027 65° 353° 100 km 02m46.5s
18:1411°40.9'S091°13.5'W12°30.6'S090°50.4'W12°05.8'S091°01.9'W 1.027 65° 351° 101 km 02m46.8s
18:1611°24.2'S090°40.9'W12°14.0'S090°17.7'W11°49.1'S090°29.3'W 1.027 65° 348° 101 km 02m46.9s
18:1811°07.7'S090°08.3'W11°57.6'S089°45.1'W11°32.7'S089°56.7'W 1.027 65° 346° 101 km 02m47.0s
18:2010°51.6'S089°35.6'W11°41.5'S089°12.5'W11°16.6'S089°24.1'W 1.027 65° 343° 101 km 02m47.0s
18:2210°35.8'S089°03.0'W11°25.8'S088°39.8'W11°00.8'S088°51.4'W 1.027 65° 341° 101 km 02m46.9s
18:2410°20.4'S088°30.2'W11°10.3'S088°07.1'W10°45.3'S088°18.7'W 1.027 65° 338° 101 km 02m46.7s
18:2610°05.2'S087°57.4'W10°55.2'S087°34.3'W10°30.2'S087°45.8'W 1.027 65° 336° 101 km 02m46.5s
18:2809°50.3'S087°24.4'W10°40.3'S087°01.3'W10°15.3'S087°12.9'W 1.027 65° 334° 101 km 02m46.1s
18:3009°35.7'S086°51.3'W10°25.7'S086°28.2'W10°00.7'S086°39.7'W 1.027 64° 331° 101 km 02m45.7s
18:3209°21.5'S086°17.9'W10°11.5'S085°54.9'W09°46.5'S086°06.4'W 1.027 64° 329° 101 km 02m45.1s
18:3409°07.5'S085°44.4'W09°57.5'S085°21.4'W09°32.5'S085°32.9'W 1.027 64° 327° 101 km 02m44.5s
18:3608°53.9'S085°10.6'W09°43.9'S084°47.7'W09°18.9'S084°59.2'W 1.027 63° 325° 101 km 02m43.8s
18:3808°40.6'S084°36.5'W09°30.5'S084°13.7'W09°05.6'S084°25.1'W 1.027 63° 323° 101 km 02m43.0s
18:4008°27.6'S084°02.1'W09°17.5'S083°39.3'W08°52.6'S083°50.8'W 1.027 62° 321° 101 km 02m42.1s
18:4208°14.9'S083°27.4'W09°04.8'S083°04.7'W08°39.9'S083°16.1'W 1.026 62° 319° 100 km 02m41.1s
18:4408°02.6'S082°52.3'W08°52.4'S082°29.7'W08°27.5'S082°41.0'W 1.026 61° 317° 100 km 02m40.0s
18:4607°50.6'S082°16.7'W08°40.3'S081°54.2'W08°15.5'S082°05.5'W 1.026 61° 315° 100 km 02m38.9s
18:4807°38.9'S081°40.8'W08°28.5'S081°18.4'W08°03.8'S081°29.6'W 1.026 60° 313° 100 km 02m37.6s
18:5007°27.6'S081°04.3'W08°17.1'S080°42.0'W07°52.4'S080°53.2'W 1.026 59° 312° 99 km 02m36.3s
18:5207°16.6'S080°27.3'W08°06.0'S080°05.1'W07°41.3'S080°16.2'W 1.026 59° 310° 99 km 02m34.9s
18:5407°06.0'S079°49.7'W07°55.3'S079°27.6'W07°30.7'S079°38.7'W 1.026 58° 309° 98 km 02m33.3s
18:5606°55.8'S079°11.5'W07°44.9'S078°49.6'W07°20.3'S079°00.6'W 1.026 57° 307° 98 km 02m31.7s
18:5806°45.9'S078°32.7'W07°34.8'S078°10.8'W07°10.4'S078°21.8'W 1.026 56° 306° 97 km 02m30.1s
19:0006°36.4'S077°53.1'W07°25.2'S077°31.4'W07°00.8'S077°42.3'W 1.025 55° 304° 97 km 02m28.3s
19:0206°27.3'S077°12.7'W07°15.9'S076°51.2'W06°51.6'S077°02.0'W 1.025 54° 303° 96 km 02m26.4s
19:0406°18.6'S076°31.6'W07°07.0'S076°10.1'W06°42.8'S076°20.9'W 1.025 54° 302° 95 km 02m24.4s
19:0606°10.3'S075°49.5'W06°58.5'S075°28.1'W06°34.5'S075°38.9'W 1.025 53° 301° 95 km 02m22.4s
19:0806°02.5'S075°06.4'W06°50.5'S074°45.2'W06°26.5'S074°55.9'W 1.025 52° 300° 94 km 02m20.3s
19:1005°55.2'S074°22.3'W06°42.8'S074°01.2'W06°19.0'S074°11.9'W 1.024 51° 299° 93 km 02m18.1s
19:1205°48.3'S073°37.1'W06°35.7'S073°16.1'W06°12.0'S073°26.7'W 1.024 50° 298° 92 km 02m15.8s
19:1405°41.9'S072°50.6'W06°29.0'S072°29.7'W06°05.5'S072°40.3'W 1.024 48° 297° 91 km 02m13.4s
19:1605°36.0'S072°02.8'W06°22.8'S071°42.0'W05°59.4'S071°52.5'W 1.024 47° 296° 90 km 02m10.9s
19:1805°30.7'S071°13.6'W06°17.2'S070°52.9'W05°54.0'S071°03.3'W 1.023 46° 295° 89 km 02m08.3s
19:2005°25.9'S070°22.7'W06°12.1'S070°02.1'W05°49.0'S070°12.5'W 1.023 45° 294° 88 km 02m05.6s
19:2205°21.8'S069°30.1'W06°07.6'S069°09.6'W05°44.7'S069°20.0'W 1.023 44° 294° 87 km 02m02.9s
19:2405°18.4'S068°35.7'W06°03.7'S068°15.2'W05°41.1'S068°25.5'W 1.023 43° 293° 86 km 02m00.1s
19:2605°15.6'S067°39.1'W06°00.5'S067°18.6'W05°38.1'S067°29.0'W 1.022 41° 292° 84 km 01m57.1s
19:2805°13.6'S066°40.2'W05°58.0'S066°19.7'W05°35.9'S066°30.1'W 1.022 40° 292° 83 km 01m54.1s
19:3005°12.4'S065°38.7'W05°56.4'S065°18.2'W05°34.4'S065°28.5'W 1.022 38° 291° 82 km 01m50.9s
19:3205°12.2'S064°34.3'W05°55.6'S064°13.7'W05°33.9'S064°24.1'W 1.021 37° 290° 80 km 01m47.7s
19:3405°12.9'S063°26.5'W05°55.8'S063°05.8'W05°34.4'S063°16.3'W 1.021 35° 290° 78 km 01m44.3s
19:3605°14.8'S062°15.0'W05°57.0'S061°54.1'W05°35.9'S062°04.7'W 1.020 34° 289° 77 km 01m40.8s
19:3805°17.9'S060°59.2'W05°59.5'S060°38.0'W05°38.7'S060°48.7'W 1.020 32° 289° 75 km 01m37.2s
19:4005°22.4'S059°38.2'W06°03.4'S059°16.6'W05°42.9'S059°27.6'W 1.020 30° 288° 73 km 01m33.4s
19:4205°28.6'S058°11.1'W06°08.9'S057°49.1'W05°48.8'S058°00.3'W 1.019 29° 288° 71 km 01m29.5s
19:4405°36.8'S056°36.6'W06°16.3'S056°13.9'W05°56.6'S056°25.4'W 1.019 27° 287° 69 km 01m25.3s
19:4605°47.5'S054°52.9'W06°26.2'S054°29.2'W06°06.9'S054°41.2'W 1.018 24° 287° 66 km 01m20.9s
19:4806°01.2'S052°57.1'W06°39.1'S052°32.0'W06°20.2'S052°44.7'W 1.017 22° 286° 64 km 01m16.2s
19:5006°19.1'S050°44.7'W06°56.1'S050°17.6'W06°37.6'S050°31.4'W 1.016 19° 286° 61 km 01m11.1s
19:5206°43.1'S048°07.7'W07°19.3'S047°37.1'W07°01.2'S047°52.7'W 1.016 16° 285° 57 km 01m05.3s
19:5407°17.4'S044°47.9'W07°53.2'S044°10.4'W07°35.3'S044°29.6'W 1.014 12° 285° 53 km 00m58.5s
19:5608°17.3'S039°39.6'W08°56.2'S038°34.5'W08°36.6'S039°08.5'W 1.013 284° 46 km 00m48.9s
Limits09°46.1'S032°55.2'W10°07.6'S032°56.7'W09°56.8'S032°55.9'W 1.011 - 39 km 00m39.4s

ΔT = 29116.4 seconds

Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration
Event Time
TD
Time
UT1
Latitude Longitude Sun
Altitude
Sun
Azimuth
Path Width Central
Duration
Greatest Eclipse02:23:40.718:18:24.311°29.4'S148°30.9'E 65.1° 345.4° 101.0 km02m47.03s
Greatest Duration02:24:10.418:18:54.111°25.4'S089°42.0'W 65.1° 344.8° 101.0 km02m47.03s

Explanation of Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration

Links for the Total Solar Eclipse of -1206 May 06

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Eclipse Predictions

Predictions for the Total Solar Eclipse of -1206 May 06 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 29116.4 seconds for this eclipse. The uncertainty in ΔT is 1077.9 seconds corresponding to a standard error in longitude of the eclipse path of ± 4.50°.

Acknowledgments

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

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