Path of the Annular Solar Eclipse of -1253 May 16

Fred Espenak

Introduction

The following table delineates the path of the Moon's antumbral shadow during the Annular Solar Eclipse of -1253 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 .

Annular Solar Eclipse of -1253 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
Limits07°02.2'N118°56.8'E04°42.9'N120°20.7'E05°52.1'N119°39.2'E 0.937 - 289 km 04m00.1s
21:48 - - 08°36.1'N131°03.6'E08°27.1'N127°23.3'E 0.940 75° 285 km 04m05.5s
21:5010°00.0'N127°46.2'E09°57.2'N133°54.8'E10°03.1'N131°10.7'E 0.941 13° 76° 283 km 04m08.5s
21:5211°27.6'N131°09.2'E11°06.8'N136°07.8'E11°19.2'N133°48.9'E 0.942 16° 77° 281 km 04m10.8s
21:5412°39.8'N133°37.6'E12°09.7'N137°58.7'E12°25.8'N135°54.9'E 0.942 19° 78° 279 km 04m12.7s
21:5613°43.9'N135°38.0'E13°08.1'N139°34.7'E13°26.6'N137°41.3'E 0.943 21° 78° 277 km 04m14.5s
21:5814°42.8'N137°20.7'E14°03.0'N141°00.0'E14°23.3'N139°14.3'E 0.943 23° 79° 275 km 04m16.0s
22:0015°38.1'N138°51.0'E14°55.3'N142°17.0'E15°16.9'N140°37.2'E 0.944 25° 80° 273 km 04m17.5s
22:0216°30.5'N140°12.0'E15°45.5'N143°27.4'E16°08.2'N141°52.4'E 0.944 27° 80° 271 km 04m18.8s
22:0417°20.8'N141°25.7'E16°33.9'N144°32.5'E16°57.4'N143°01.5'E 0.945 29° 81° 269 km 04m20.1s
22:0618°09.2'N142°33.5'E17°20.8'N145°33.1'E17°45.0'N144°05.4'E 0.945 31° 82° 267 km 04m21.4s
22:0818°56.1'N143°36.5'E18°06.4'N146°30.0'E18°31.2'N145°05.1'E 0.945 32° 83° 265 km 04m22.5s
22:1019°41.6'N144°35.4'E18°50.8'N147°23.6'E19°16.1'N146°01.2'E 0.946 33° 84° 263 km 04m23.6s
22:1220°26.1'N145°30.9'E19°34.3'N148°14.4'E20°00.1'N146°54.2'E 0.946 35° 84° 261 km 04m24.7s
22:1421°09.5'N146°23.3'E20°16.8'N149°02.7'E20°43.0'N147°44.5'E 0.946 36° 85° 259 km 04m25.8s
22:1621°52.0'N147°13.2'E20°58.5'N149°48.9'E21°25.1'N148°32.5'E 0.947 37° 86° 257 km 04m26.8s
22:1822°33.8'N148°00.8'E21°39.5'N150°33.2'E22°06.5'N149°18.3'E 0.947 39° 87° 255 km 04m27.8s
22:2023°14.8'N148°46.4'E22°19.9'N151°15.9'E22°47.2'N150°02.4'E 0.947 40° 88° 253 km 04m28.7s
22:2223°55.2'N149°30.3'E22°59.6'N151°57.0'E23°27.2'N150°44.8'E 0.947 41° 89° 251 km 04m29.6s
22:2424°35.0'N150°12.6'E23°38.7'N152°36.8'E24°06.7'N151°25.8'E 0.947 42° 90° 249 km 04m30.5s
22:2625°14.2'N150°53.5'E24°17.4'N153°15.4'E24°45.6'N152°05.5'E 0.948 43° 91° 247 km 04m31.4s
22:2825°52.9'N151°33.1'E24°55.5'N153°53.0'E25°24.0'N152°44.1'E 0.948 44° 93° 245 km 04m32.2s
22:3026°31.2'N152°11.6'E25°33.2'N154°29.6'E26°02.0'N153°21.6'E 0.948 45° 94° 243 km 04m33.1s
22:3227°09.1'N152°49.2'E26°10.4'N155°05.4'E26°39.5'N153°58.2'E 0.948 46° 95° 241 km 04m33.9s
22:3427°46.5'N153°25.9'E26°47.3'N155°40.3'E27°16.7'N154°34.1'E 0.948 47° 96° 239 km 04m34.7s
22:3628°23.6'N154°01.8'E27°23.8'N156°14.7'E27°53.5'N155°09.1'E 0.949 48° 97° 238 km 04m35.4s
22:3829°00.3'N154°37.0'E27°59.9'N156°48.4'E28°29.9'N155°43.6'E 0.949 49° 99° 236 km 04m36.2s
22:4029°36.7'N155°11.6'E28°35.7'N157°21.6'E29°06.0'N156°17.5'E 0.949 49° 100° 234 km 04m36.9s
22:4230°12.7'N155°45.6'E29°11.2'N157°54.4'E29°41.7'N156°50.9'E 0.949 50° 102° 233 km 04m37.6s
22:4430°48.5'N156°19.2'E29°46.4'N158°26.8'E30°17.2'N157°23.8'E 0.949 51° 103° 231 km 04m38.3s
22:4631°24.0'N156°52.5'E30°21.3'N158°58.8'E30°52.4'N157°56.5'E 0.949 52° 105° 230 km 04m39.0s
22:4831°59.3'N157°25.3'E30°55.9'N159°30.6'E31°27.3'N158°28.8'E 0.949 52° 106° 228 km 04m39.6s
22:5032°34.2'N157°58.0'E31°30.2'N160°02.1'E32°02.0'N159°00.8'E 0.949 53° 108° 227 km 04m40.3s
22:5233°09.0'N158°30.4'E32°04.3'N160°33.5'E32°36.4'N159°32.7'E 0.950 54° 109° 225 km 04m40.9s
22:5433°43.5'N159°02.6'E32°38.2'N161°04.8'E33°10.6'N160°04.5'E 0.950 54° 111° 224 km 04m41.5s
22:5634°17.8'N159°34.7'E33°11.8'N161°36.0'E33°44.6'N160°36.1'E 0.950 55° 113° 223 km 04m42.1s
22:5834°51.9'N160°06.8'E33°45.2'N162°07.1'E34°18.3'N161°07.7'E 0.950 56° 115° 221 km 04m42.6s
23:0035°25.8'N160°38.8'E34°18.4'N162°38.3'E34°51.9'N161°39.3'E 0.950 56° 116° 220 km 04m43.2s
23:0235°59.5'N161°10.9'E34°51.3'N163°09.5'E35°25.2'N162°11.0'E 0.950 57° 118° 219 km 04m43.7s
23:0436°33.0'N161°43.1'E35°24.1'N163°40.8'E35°58.3'N162°42.7'E 0.950 57° 120° 218 km 04m44.2s
23:0637°06.4'N162°15.4'E35°56.7'N164°12.3'E36°31.3'N163°14.6'E 0.950 57° 122° 217 km 04m44.7s
23:0837°39.5'N162°47.9'E36°29.0'N164°43.9'E37°04.0'N163°46.6'E 0.950 58° 124° 216 km 04m45.1s
23:1038°12.5'N163°20.6'E37°01.2'N165°15.8'E37°36.6'N164°18.9'E 0.950 58° 127° 215 km 04m45.6s
23:1238°45.4'N163°53.6'E37°33.2'N165°47.9'E38°09.0'N164°51.5'E 0.950 58° 129° 214 km 04m46.0s
23:1439°18.0'N164°26.8'E38°05.0'N166°20.4'E38°41.3'N165°24.3'E 0.950 59° 131° 213 km 04m46.4s
23:1639°50.6'N165°00.5'E38°36.6'N166°53.2'E39°13.3'N165°57.5'E 0.950 59° 133° 212 km 04m46.8s
23:1840°22.9'N165°34.5'E39°08.0'N167°26.4'E39°45.2'N166°31.1'E 0.950 59° 135° 211 km 04m47.1s
23:2040°55.1'N166°09.0'E39°39.3'N168°00.0'E40°16.9'N167°05.2'E 0.950 59° 138° 211 km 04m47.5s
23:2241°27.2'N166°43.9'E40°10.4'N168°34.1'E40°48.5'N167°39.7'E 0.950 60° 140° 210 km 04m47.8s
23:2441°59.1'N167°19.5'E40°41.3'N169°08.7'E41°19.9'N168°14.8'E 0.950 60° 142° 209 km 04m48.1s
23:2642°30.8'N167°55.6'E41°12.0'N169°43.8'E41°51.1'N168°50.4'E 0.950 60° 145° 209 km 04m48.3s
23:2843°02.4'N168°32.3'E41°42.6'N170°19.6'E42°22.2'N169°26.7'E 0.950 60° 147° 208 km 04m48.6s
23:3043°33.9'N169°09.7'E42°13.0'N170°56.0'E42°53.1'N170°03.6'E 0.950 60° 150° 208 km 04m48.8s
23:3244°05.1'N169°47.9'E42°43.2'N171°33.1'E43°23.9'N170°41.2'E 0.950 60° 152° 207 km 04m49.0s
23:3444°36.3'N170°26.9'E43°13.2'N172°11.0'E43°54.4'N171°19.7'E 0.950 60° 154° 207 km 04m49.1s
23:3645°07.3'N171°06.8'E43°43.0'N172°49.6'E44°24.8'N171°58.9'E 0.950 60° 157° 206 km 04m49.3s
23:3845°38.1'N171°47.5'E44°12.6'N173°29.1'E44°55.0'N172°39.0'E 0.950 59° 159° 206 km 04m49.4s
23:4046°08.7'N172°29.3'E44°42.1'N174°09.5'E45°25.1'N173°20.1'E 0.950 59° 162° 206 km 04m49.5s
23:4246°39.2'N173°12.0'E45°11.3'N174°50.9'E45°54.9'N174°02.2'E 0.950 59° 164° 206 km 04m49.5s
23:4447°09.5'N173°55.9'E45°40.4'N175°33.3'E46°24.6'N174°45.3'E 0.950 59° 167° 205 km 04m49.5s
23:4647°39.6'N174°41.0'E46°09.2'N176°16.7'E46°54.1'N175°29.5'E 0.950 58° 169° 205 km 04m49.5s
23:4848°09.6'N175°27.3'E46°37.8'N177°01.3'E47°23.3'N176°15.0'E 0.950 58° 171° 205 km 04m49.5s
23:5048°39.3'N176°14.9'E47°06.2'N177°47.1'E47°52.4'N177°01.7'E 0.950 58° 174° 205 km 04m49.4s
23:5249°08.8'N177°04.0'E47°34.3'N178°34.1'E48°21.2'N177°49.7'E 0.950 57° 176° 205 km 04m49.3s
23:5449°38.1'N177°54.5'E48°02.2'N179°22.5'E48°49.8'N178°39.1'E 0.950 57° 179° 205 km 04m49.2s
23:5650°07.2'N178°46.6'E48°29.8'N179°47.7'W49°18.1'N179°30.0'E 0.950 56° 181° 205 km 04m49.0s
23:5850°36.0'N179°40.4'E48°57.2'N178°56.4'W49°46.2'N179°37.5'W 0.950 56° 183° 205 km 04m48.8s
00:0051°04.6'N179°24.1'W49°24.3'N178°03.6'W50°14.0'N178°43.3'W 0.950 55° 186° 206 km 04m48.5s
00:0251°32.8'N178°26.7'W49°51.0'N177°09.1'W50°41.5'N177°47.4'W 0.950 55° 188° 206 km 04m48.2s
00:0452°00.8'N177°27.3'W50°17.5'N176°12.8'W51°08.7'N176°49.6'W 0.950 54° 190° 206 km 04m47.9s
00:0652°28.4'N176°25.9'W50°43.6'N175°14.7'W51°35.5'N175°49.9'W 0.950 54° 193° 206 km 04m47.6s
00:0852°55.7'N175°22.2'W51°09.3'N174°14.7'W52°02.0'N174°48.1'W 0.950 53° 195° 207 km 04m47.2s
00:1053°22.7'N174°16.2'W51°34.7'N173°12.7'W52°28.2'N173°44.1'W 0.949 52° 197° 207 km 04m46.7s
00:1253°49.2'N173°07.7'W51°59.6'N172°08.5'W52°53.9'N172°37.8'W 0.949 51° 199° 208 km 04m46.2s
00:1454°15.3'N171°56.5'W52°24.1'N171°02.0'W53°19.2'N171°29.1'W 0.949 51° 202° 208 km 04m45.7s
00:1654°40.9'N170°42.6'W52°48.2'N169°53.1'W53°44.0'N170°17.8'W 0.949 50° 204° 209 km 04m45.2s
00:1855°06.0'N169°25.8'W53°11.7'N168°41.8'W54°08.3'N169°03.8'W 0.949 49° 206° 209 km 04m44.6s
00:2055°30.6'N168°05.9'W53°34.6'N167°27.7'W54°32.0'N167°46.9'W 0.949 48° 209° 210 km 04m43.9s
00:2255°54.5'N166°42.6'W53°57.0'N166°10.9'W54°55.2'N166°27.0'W 0.949 47° 211° 211 km 04m43.2s
00:2456°17.8'N165°15.9'W54°18.8'N164°51.1'W55°17.7'N165°03.9'W 0.949 47° 213° 212 km 04m42.5s
00:2656°40.4'N163°45.5'W54°39.9'N163°28.2'W55°39.5'N163°37.4'W 0.948 46° 216° 213 km 04m41.7s
00:2857°02.1'N162°11.1'W55°00.2'N162°02.0'W56°00.5'N162°07.3'W 0.948 45° 218° 214 km 04m40.9s
00:3057°23.0'N160°32.5'W55°19.7'N160°32.4'W56°20.7'N160°33.4'W 0.948 44° 220° 215 km 04m40.0s
00:3257°43.0'N158°49.5'W55°38.3'N158°59.0'W56°40.0'N158°55.5'W 0.948 43° 223° 216 km 04m39.1s
00:3458°01.9'N157°01.8'W55°56.0'N157°21.7'W56°58.3'N157°13.2'W 0.948 42° 225° 217 km 04m38.1s
00:3658°19.6'N155°09.1'W56°12.7'N155°40.3'W57°15.4'N155°26.5'W 0.947 41° 228° 219 km 04m37.0s
00:3858°36.1'N153°11.0'W56°28.2'N153°54.6'W57°31.4'N153°34.9'W 0.947 39° 230° 220 km 04m35.9s
00:4058°51.1'N151°07.1'W56°42.4'N152°04.1'W57°46.1'N151°38.1'W 0.947 38° 233° 222 km 04m34.8s
00:4259°04.5'N148°57.1'W56°55.3'N150°08.7'W57°59.2'N149°35.8'W 0.947 37° 235° 223 km 04m33.6s
00:4459°16.2'N146°40.5'W57°06.6'N148°07.9'W58°10.8'N147°27.6'W 0.946 36° 238° 225 km 04m32.3s
00:4659°25.9'N144°16.8'W57°16.3'N146°01.4'W58°20.5'N145°13.0'W 0.946 34° 241° 227 km 04m31.0s
00:4859°33.3'N141°45.2'W57°24.1'N143°48.7'W58°28.1'N142°51.5'W 0.946 33° 244° 229 km 04m29.6s
00:5059°38.1'N139°05.1'W57°29.7'N141°29.3'W58°33.5'N140°22.4'W 0.946 32° 246° 231 km 04m28.1s
00:5259°40.0'N136°15.5'W57°33.0'N139°02.5'W58°36.2'N137°45.1'W 0.945 30° 250° 234 km 04m26.5s
00:5459°38.5'N133°15.3'W57°33.6'N136°27.6'W58°35.8'N134°58.4'W 0.945 28° 253° 236 km 04m24.9s
00:5659°32.9'N130°02.9'W57°31.1'N133°43.5'W58°32.0'N132°01.3'W 0.944 27° 256° 239 km 04m23.1s
00:5859°22.5'N126°36.1'W57°25.0'N130°48.9'W58°24.0'N128°52.0'W 0.944 25° 259° 242 km 04m21.2s
01:0059°06.2'N122°51.8'W57°14.5'N127°42.2'W58°11.0'N125°28.3'W 0.944 23° 263° 246 km 04m19.2s
01:0258°42.0'N118°45.0'W56°58.8'N124°20.7'W57°51.8'N121°46.6'W 0.943 21° 267° 249 km 04m17.0s
01:0458°07.2'N114°06.8'W56°36.5'N120°40.5'W57°24.3'N117°41.4'W 0.942 18° 271° 254 km 04m14.6s
01:0657°15.8'N108°37.6'W56°05.4'N116°35.4'W56°45.2'N113°02.4'W 0.942 15° 275° 259 km 04m11.9s
01:0855°51.1'N101°27.3'W55°21.3'N111°53.0'W55°47.2'N107°27.1'W 0.941 12° 280° 266 km 04m08.6s
01:10 - - 54°15.0'N106°04.5'W54°06.1'N099°37.5'W 0.940 287° 275 km 04m04.1s
Limits52°23.5'N088°05.4'W50°14.4'N090°28.9'W51°18.7'N089°19.0'W 0.938 - 288 km 03m58.4s

ΔT = 30028.3 seconds

Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration
Event Time
TD
Time
UT1
Latitude Longitude Sun
Altitude
Sun
Azimuth
Path Width Central
Duration
Greatest Eclipse07:49:22.623:28:54.342°36.2'N044°15.7'E 59.8° 148.2° 207.9 km04m48.68s
Greatest Duration08:04:41.523:44:13.246°27.9'N174°50.1'E 58.6° 166.9° 205.4 km04m49.53s

Explanation of Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration

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Eclipse Predictions

Predictions for the Annular Solar Eclipse of -1253 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 30028.3 seconds for this eclipse. The uncertainty in ΔT is 1196.0 seconds corresponding to a standard error in longitude of the eclipse path of ± 5.00°.

Acknowledgments

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

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