Path of the Total Solar Eclipse of -1285 Feb 10

Fred Espenak

Introduction

The following table delineates the path of the Moon's umbral shadow during the Total Solar Eclipse of -1285 Feb 10 . 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 -1285 Feb 10
UT1 Northern Limit Southern Limit Central Line M:S Sun Sun Path Central
Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Ratio Alt. Azm. Width Duration
Limits33°43.7'N038°10.9'W31°48.2'N038°21.4'W32°45.2'N038°16.3'W 1.038 - 204 km 02m20.6s
09:42 - - 28°42.0'N027°31.3'W30°31.0'N030°43.7'W 1.041 116° 222 km 02m37.6s
09:4431°20.5'N029°45.5'W28°05.4'N024°30.1'W29°36.4'N026°47.2'W 1.042 11° 118° 233 km 02m47.6s
09:4630°36.1'N026°15.0'W27°42.5'N022°07.5'W29°06.0'N024°00.6'W 1.043 14° 120° 241 km 02m55.1s
09:4830°10.4'N023°39.0'W27°27.7'N020°07.2'W28°46.8'N021°46.0'W 1.043 16° 121° 249 km 03m01.4s
09:5029°54.4'N021°30.7'W27°18.5'N018°21.6'W28°34.8'N019°50.9'W 1.044 18° 123° 255 km 03m06.9s
09:5229°44.7'N019°39.8'W27°13.6'N016°46.8'W28°27.8'N018°09.1'W 1.044 19° 124° 261 km 03m11.8s
09:5429°39.6'N018°01.2'W27°11.9'N015°20.3'W28°24.7'N016°37.3'W 1.045 21° 126° 267 km 03m16.3s
09:5629°38.2'N016°31.7'W27°13.0'N014°00.3'W28°24.6'N015°13.1'W 1.045 22° 127° 271 km 03m20.4s
09:5829°39.6'N015°09.5'W27°16.5'N012°45.7'W28°27.2'N013°55.0'W 1.046 24° 128° 276 km 03m24.1s
10:0029°43.5'N013°53.0'W27°22.0'N011°35.5'W28°31.9'N012°41.9'W 1.046 25° 129° 280 km 03m27.6s
10:0229°49.5'N012°41.2'W27°29.3'N010°29.1'W28°38.7'N011°33.1'W 1.046 26° 131° 283 km 03m30.8s
10:0429°57.4'N011°33.5'W27°38.3'N009°26.0'W28°47.1'N010°27.9'W 1.047 27° 132° 286 km 03m33.8s
10:0630°07.0'N010°29.3'W27°48.7'N008°25.7'W28°57.2'N009°25.7'W 1.047 28° 133° 289 km 03m36.5s
10:0830°18.1'N009°27.9'W28°00.6'N007°27.8'W29°08.7'N008°26.3'W 1.047 28° 135° 291 km 03m39.1s
10:1030°30.7'N008°29.2'W28°13.7'N006°32.1'W29°21.6'N007°29.1'W 1.047 29° 136° 293 km 03m41.4s
10:1230°44.6'N007°32.6'W28°28.1'N005°38.3'W29°35.7'N006°34.1'W 1.048 30° 137° 294 km 03m43.5s
10:1430°59.7'N006°38.0'W28°43.6'N004°46.3'W29°51.0'N005°40.8'W 1.048 30° 138° 295 km 03m45.5s
10:1631°16.0'N005°45.2'W29°00.2'N003°55.7'W30°07.5'N004°49.2'W 1.048 31° 140° 296 km 03m47.3s
10:1831°33.5'N004°53.8'W29°17.9'N003°06.4'W30°25.1'N003°58.9'W 1.048 31° 141° 296 km 03m48.8s
10:2031°52.1'N004°03.8'W29°36.7'N002°18.4'W30°43.7'N003°10.0'W 1.048 32° 142° 296 km 03m50.3s
10:2232°11.7'N003°15.0'W29°56.4'N001°31.3'W31°03.4'N002°22.1'W 1.048 32° 144° 296 km 03m51.5s
10:2432°32.4'N002°27.3'W30°17.1'N000°45.2'W31°24.1'N001°35.2'W 1.048 33° 145° 296 km 03m52.6s
10:2632°54.1'N001°40.4'W30°38.9'N - 31°45.8'N000°49.2'W 1.048 33° 146° 295 km 03m53.5s
10:2833°16.9'N000°54.4'W31°01.5'N000°44.6'E32°08.5'N000°04.0'W 1.049 33° 148° 294 km 03m54.3s
10:3033°40.6'N000°09.0'W31°25.2'N001°28.5'E32°32.2'N000°40.7'E 1.049 33° 149° 292 km 03m54.9s
10:3234°05.4'N000°35.8'E31°49.7'N002°12.0'E32°56.9'N001°24.8'E 1.049 34° 151° 291 km 03m55.3s
10:3434°31.2'N001°20.1'E32°15.3'N002°55.0'E33°22.5'N002°08.4'E 1.049 34° 152° 289 km 03m55.6s
10:3634°58.0'N002°04.1'E32°41.8'N003°37.6'E33°49.2'N002°51.7'E 1.049 34° 153° 287 km 03m55.8s
10:3835°25.8'N002°47.8'E33°09.3'N004°20.0'E34°16.8'N003°34.7'E 1.049 34° 155° 285 km 03m55.8s
10:4035°54.8'N003°31.3'E33°37.8'N005°02.3'E34°45.5'N004°17.5'E 1.049 34° 156° 283 km 03m55.6s
10:4236°24.7'N004°14.7'E34°07.3'N005°44.4'E35°15.2'N005°00.3'E 1.049 34° 158° 281 km 03m55.3s
10:4436°55.9'N004°58.1'E34°37.8'N006°26.6'E35°46.0'N005°43.1'E 1.049 34° 159° 278 km 03m54.8s
10:4637°28.1'N005°41.7'E35°09.4'N007°08.8'E36°17.9'N006°25.9'E 1.049 33° 161° 276 km 03m54.2s
10:4838°01.5'N006°25.4'E35°42.0'N007°51.2'E36°51.0'N007°09.0'E 1.049 33° 162° 273 km 03m53.5s
10:5038°36.2'N007°09.4'E36°15.9'N008°33.9'E37°25.2'N007°52.3'E 1.049 33° 164° 271 km 03m52.6s
10:5239°12.1'N007°53.9'E36°50.8'N009°17.0'E38°00.6'N008°36.0'E 1.048 33° 165° 268 km 03m51.5s
10:5439°49.4'N008°38.9'E37°27.1'N010°00.5'E38°37.3'N009°20.3'E 1.048 32° 166° 266 km 03m50.3s
10:5640°28.2'N009°24.6'E38°04.6'N010°44.6'E39°15.4'N010°05.1'E 1.048 32° 168° 263 km 03m49.0s
10:5841°08.4'N010°11.1'E38°43.5'N011°29.5'E39°54.9'N010°50.8'E 1.048 31° 169° 261 km 03m47.4s
11:0041°50.2'N010°58.5'E39°23.8'N012°15.2'E40°35.9'N011°37.3'E 1.048 31° 171° 258 km 03m45.8s
11:0242°33.8'N011°47.2'E40°05.6'N013°01.9'E41°18.6'N012°25.0'E 1.048 30° 172° 256 km 03m44.0s
11:0443°19.2'N012°37.1'E40°49.1'N013°49.8'E42°03.0'N013°13.9'E 1.048 30° 174° 253 km 03m42.0s
11:0644°06.7'N013°28.7'E41°34.4'N014°39.1'E42°49.3'N014°04.3'E 1.048 29° 175° 250 km 03m39.8s
11:0844°56.4'N014°22.2'E42°21.6'N015°29.9'E43°37.6'N014°56.4'E 1.047 28° 177° 248 km 03m37.5s
11:1045°48.5'N015°17.8'E43°10.8'N016°22.7'E44°28.2'N015°50.5'E 1.047 28° 178° 245 km 03m35.0s
11:1246°43.4'N016°16.1'E44°02.4'N017°17.7'E45°21.3'N016°47.1'E 1.047 27° 180° 243 km 03m32.3s
11:1447°41.3'N017°17.5'E44°56.6'N018°15.2'E46°17.2'N017°46.4'E 1.047 26° 182° 240 km 03m29.5s
11:1648°42.8'N018°22.5'E45°53.6'N019°15.7'E47°16.3'N018°49.1'E 1.046 25° 183° 238 km 03m26.4s
11:1849°48.3'N019°32.1'E46°53.9'N020°19.9'E48°19.0'N019°55.8'E 1.046 24° 185° 235 km 03m23.0s
11:2050°58.8'N020°47.3'E47°57.9'N021°28.5'E49°25.9'N021°07.4'E 1.046 22° 186° 233 km 03m19.4s
11:2252°15.1'N022°09.6'E49°06.4'N022°42.3'E50°37.9'N022°25.1'E 1.045 21° 188° 230 km 03m15.6s
11:2453°38.8'N023°41.1'E50°20.2'N024°02.9'E51°56.1'N023°50.6'E 1.045 20° 190° 228 km 03m11.3s
11:2655°12.2'N025°25.1'E51°40.6'N025°32.0'E53°22.1'N025°26.2'E 1.044 18° 192° 225 km 03m06.7s
11:2856°59.0'N027°27.4'E53°09.3'N027°12.5'E54°58.5'N027°16.0'E 1.044 16° 194° 222 km 03m01.6s
11:3059°06.7'N029°59.1'E54°49.3'N029°09.1'E56°49.6'N029°26.7'E 1.043 14° 197° 220 km 02m55.7s
11:3261°53.9'N033°29.3'E56°45.9'N031°30.1'E59°04.5'N032°12.6'E 1.042 11° 200° 217 km 02m48.7s
11:3467°25.5'N041°22.6'E59°10.2'N034°34.2'E62°08.1'N036°14.6'E 1.041 204° 213 km 02m39.5s
Limits68°58.1'N043°53.9'E67°50.0'N047°54.1'E68°24.6'N045°59.0'E 1.039 - 207 km 02m22.0s

ΔT = 30662.7 seconds

Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration
Event Time
TD
Time
UT1
Latitude Longitude Sun
Altitude
Sun
Azimuth
Path Width Central
Duration
Greatest Eclipse19:09:19.410:38:16.734°20.8'N124°26.0'W 33.8° 155.1° 284.7 km03m55.76s
Greatest Duration19:07:54.710:36:52.034°01.0'N003°10.3'E 33.8° 154.1° 286.2 km03m55.79s

Explanation of Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration

Links for the Total Solar Eclipse of -1285 Feb 10

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Eclipse Predictions

Predictions for the Total Solar Eclipse of -1285 Feb 10 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 30662.7 seconds for this eclipse. The uncertainty in ΔT is 1280.0 seconds corresponding to a standard error in longitude of the eclipse path of ± 5.35°.

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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