Path of the Total Solar Eclipse of 1218 Jan 28

Fred Espenak

Introduction

The following table delineates the path of the Moon's umbral shadow during the Total Solar Eclipse of 1218 Jan 28 . 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 1218 Jan 28
UT1 Northern Limit Southern Limit Central Line M:S Sun Sun Path Central
Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Ratio Alt. Azm. Width Duration
Limits49°45.1'S031°30.8'W50°57.5'S032°52.6'W50°21.2'S032°11.1'W 1.033 - 163 km 01m39.7s
07:0252°31.3'S022°03.4'W - - 50°35.2'S031°26.0'W 1.033 115° 164 km 01m40.6s
07:0454°33.4'S014°20.1'W54°03.3'S022°40.7'W54°27.2'S018°05.5'W 1.036 10° 104° 175 km 01m56.5s
07:0655°49.7'S008°57.0'W56°02.7'S015°21.8'W56°00.0'S011°58.9'W 1.038 14° 99° 180 km 02m04.0s
07:0856°47.0'S004°28.4'W57°20.8'S010°01.9'W57°06.3'S007°07.9'W 1.039 17° 94° 183 km 02m10.0s
07:1057°32.7'S000°30.8'W58°20.3'S005°31.5'W57°58.3'S002°55.2'W 1.039 19° 90° 185 km 02m15.1s
07:1258°10.3'S003°06.3'E59°08.2'S001°29.8'W58°40.6'S000°53.4'E 1.040 22° 86° 187 km 02m19.7s
07:1458°41.6'S006°28.4'E59°47.9'S002°12.6'E59°15.9'S004°25.3'E 1.041 24° 82° 189 km 02m23.8s
07:1659°07.9'S009°38.9'E60°21.1'S005°41.0'E59°45.4'S007°44.4'E 1.041 25° 78° 191 km 02m27.7s
07:1859°29.9'S012°40.1'E60°49.0'S008°58.5'E60°10.2'S010°53.5'E 1.042 27° 75° 192 km 02m31.3s
07:2059°48.2'S015°33.5'E61°12.5'S012°07.3'E60°30.9'S013°54.4'E 1.042 29° 71° 193 km 02m34.6s
07:2260°03.3'S018°20.2'E61°32.0'S015°08.7'E60°48.2'S016°48.2'E 1.043 30° 68° 194 km 02m37.8s
07:2460°15.5'S021°01.0'E61°48.2'S018°03.7'E61°02.2'S019°36.0'E 1.043 31° 65° 195 km 02m40.8s
07:2660°25.1'S023°36.6'E62°01.2'S020°53.1'E61°13.5'S022°18.3'E 1.043 33° 61° 196 km 02m43.6s
07:2860°32.3'S026°07.4'E62°11.5'S023°37.5'E61°22.1'S024°55.6'E 1.044 34° 58° 197 km 02m46.2s
07:3060°37.3'S028°33.7'E62°19.1'S026°17.1'E61°28.4'S027°28.4'E 1.044 35° 55° 197 km 02m48.8s
07:3260°40.3'S030°55.9'E62°24.4'S028°52.3'E61°32.4'S029°56.9'E 1.044 36° 51° 198 km 02m51.2s
07:3460°41.3'S033°14.3'E62°27.5'S031°23.3'E61°34.4'S032°21.4'E 1.044 37° 48° 199 km 02m53.4s
07:3660°40.6'S035°28.9'E62°28.5'S033°50.4'E61°34.5'S034°42.0'E 1.045 38° 45° 199 km 02m55.6s
07:3860°38.3'S037°40.0'E62°27.6'S036°13.7'E61°32.9'S036°59.0'E 1.045 39° 42° 200 km 02m57.6s
07:4060°34.4'S039°47.8'E62°24.9'S038°33.3'E61°29.5'S039°12.4'E 1.045 40° 38° 201 km 02m59.5s
07:4260°29.0'S041°52.3'E62°20.5'S040°49.3'E61°24.6'S041°22.4'E 1.045 41° 35° 201 km 03m01.4s
07:4460°22.2'S043°53.6'E62°14.4'S043°01.9'E61°18.2'S043°29.2'E 1.046 42° 32° 202 km 03m03.0s
07:4660°14.1'S045°52.0'E62°06.9'S045°11.1'E61°10.3'S045°32.7'E 1.046 42° 29° 202 km 03m04.6s
07:4860°04.8'S047°47.4'E61°57.9'S047°16.9'E61°01.2'S047°33.2'E 1.046 43° 26° 203 km 03m06.1s
07:5059°54.4'S049°40.0'E61°47.6'S049°19.6'E60°50.8'S049°30.6'E 1.046 44° 23° 203 km 03m07.5s
07:5259°42.8'S051°29.8'E61°36.1'S051°19.2'E60°39.2'S051°25.1'E 1.046 44° 20° 203 km 03m08.8s
07:5459°30.1'S053°17.0'E61°23.3'S053°15.7'E60°26.5'S053°16.8'E 1.046 45° 17° 204 km 03m10.0s
07:5659°16.4'S055°01.7'E61°09.3'S055°09.2'E60°12.7'S055°05.7'E 1.046 45° 13° 204 km 03m11.1s
07:5859°01.8'S056°43.9'E60°54.3'S057°00.0'E59°57.9'S056°52.0'E 1.047 46° 10° 205 km 03m12.1s
08:0058°46.3'S058°23.7'E60°38.3'S058°47.9'E59°42.1'S058°35.8'E 1.047 46° 205 km 03m13.0s
08:0258°29.9'S060°01.2'E60°21.2'S060°33.2'E59°25.4'S060°17.0'E 1.047 47° 206 km 03m13.7s
08:0458°12.6'S061°36.5'E60°03.3'S062°15.8'E59°07.8'S061°55.9'E 1.047 47° 206 km 03m14.4s
08:0657°54.6'S063°09.7'E59°44.4'S063°56.0'E58°49.3'S063°32.5'E 1.047 47° 358° 206 km 03m15.0s
08:0857°35.8'S064°40.9'E59°24.7'S065°33.8'E58°30.1'S065°06.8'E 1.047 48° 355° 207 km 03m15.5s
08:1057°16.2'S066°10.1'E59°04.2'S067°09.3'E58°10.0'S066°39.1'E 1.047 48° 352° 207 km 03m16.0s
08:1256°55.9'S067°37.4'E58°42.9'S068°42.6'E57°49.3'S068°09.3'E 1.047 48° 350° 208 km 03m16.3s
08:1456°35.0'S069°03.0'E58°20.8'S070°13.8'E57°27.8'S069°37.6'E 1.047 48° 347° 208 km 03m16.5s
08:1656°13.4'S070°26.9'E57°58.0'S071°43.1'E57°05.6'S071°04.1'E 1.047 48° 344° 208 km 03m16.6s
08:1855°51.1'S071°49.2'E57°34.5'S073°10.4'E56°42.7'S072°28.9'E 1.047 48° 341° 209 km 03m16.7s
08:2055°28.2'S073°09.9'E57°10.4'S074°35.9'E56°19.2'S073°52.0'E 1.047 48° 338° 209 km 03m16.6s
08:2255°04.7'S074°29.3'E56°45.6'S075°59.7'E55°55.1'S075°13.5'E 1.047 48° 335° 209 km 03m16.5s
08:2454°40.7'S075°47.3'E56°20.1'S077°21.9'E55°30.4'S076°33.6'E 1.047 48° 333° 210 km 03m16.2s
08:2654°16.0'S077°04.0'E55°54.1'S078°42.7'E55°05.0'S077°52.3'E 1.047 48° 330° 210 km 03m15.9s
08:2853°50.8'S078°19.6'E55°27.4'S080°02.0'E54°39.1'S079°09.7'E 1.047 48° 327° 210 km 03m15.5s
08:3053°25.0'S079°34.1'E55°00.2'S081°20.0'E54°12.6'S080°25.9'E 1.047 48° 324° 211 km 03m14.9s
08:3252°58.7'S080°47.6'E54°32.3'S082°36.9'E53°45.5'S081°41.1'E 1.047 47° 322° 211 km 03m14.3s
08:3452°31.8'S082°00.2'E54°03.9'S083°52.7'E53°17.9'S082°55.2'E 1.047 47° 319° 211 km 03m13.6s
08:3652°04.3'S083°11.9'E53°34.9'S085°07.5'E52°49.7'S084°08.5'E 1.047 47° 317° 211 km 03m12.8s
08:3851°36.4'S084°23.0'E53°05.4'S086°21.4'E52°21.0'S085°21.0'E 1.047 46° 314° 212 km 03m11.9s
08:4051°07.9'S085°33.4'E52°35.2'S087°34.5'E51°51.7'S086°32.8'E 1.046 46° 312° 212 km 03m11.0s
08:4250°38.8'S086°43.3'E52°04.5'S088°47.0'E51°21.8'S087°44.0'E 1.046 45° 309° 212 km 03m09.9s
08:4450°09.2'S087°52.8'E51°33.2'S089°59.0'E50°51.4'S088°54.7'E 1.046 45° 307° 212 km 03m08.7s
08:4649°39.0'S089°02.0'E51°01.4'S091°10.5'E50°20.4'S090°05.0'E 1.046 44° 305° 212 km 03m07.5s
08:4849°08.3'S090°10.9'E50°28.9'S092°21.8'E49°48.8'S091°15.1'E 1.046 44° 302° 212 km 03m06.1s
08:5048°36.9'S091°19.8'E49°55.8'S093°32.8'E49°16.6'S092°25.1'E 1.046 43° 300° 213 km 03m04.7s
08:5248°05.0'S092°28.6'E49°22.1'S094°43.9'E48°43.8'S093°35.0'E 1.046 42° 298° 213 km 03m03.2s
08:5447°32.5'S093°37.6'E48°47.8'S095°55.0'E48°10.4'S094°45.1'E 1.045 42° 296° 213 km 03m01.5s
08:5646°59.3'S094°46.9'E48°12.7'S097°06.4'E47°36.3'S095°55.4'E 1.045 41° 294° 212 km 02m59.8s
08:5846°25.4'S095°56.6'E47°37.0'S098°18.2'E47°01.5'S097°06.2'E 1.045 40° 292° 212 km 02m57.9s
09:0045°50.9'S097°06.9'E47°00.5'S099°30.6'E46°26.0'S098°17.5'E 1.045 39° 290° 212 km 02m56.0s
09:0245°15.6'S098°18.0'E46°23.1'S100°43.9'E45°49.7'S099°29.7'E 1.045 38° 288° 212 km 02m54.0s
09:0444°39.5'S099°30.0'E45°45.0'S101°58.2'E45°12.6'S100°42.9'E 1.044 37° 286° 212 km 02m51.8s
09:0644°02.5'S100°43.3'E45°05.9'S103°13.7'E44°34.6'S101°57.2'E 1.044 36° 284° 211 km 02m49.6s
09:0843°24.7'S101°57.9'E44°25.9'S104°30.9'E43°55.7'S103°13.2'E 1.044 35° 282° 211 km 02m47.2s
09:1042°45.9'S103°14.4'E43°44.7'S105°50.0'E43°15.7'S104°30.9'E 1.043 34° 280° 210 km 02m44.7s
09:1242°06.0'S104°32.9'E43°02.4'S107°11.4'E42°34.6'S105°50.8'E 1.043 33° 278° 209 km 02m42.0s
09:1441°24.9'S105°53.9'E42°18.7'S108°35.6'E41°52.3'S107°13.4'E 1.043 32° 276° 208 km 02m39.3s
09:1640°42.4'S107°17.9'E41°33.5'S110°03.2'E41°08.5'S108°39.1'E 1.042 30° 275° 207 km 02m36.3s
09:1839°58.5'S108°45.5'E40°46.5'S111°35.0'E40°23.1'S110°08.7'E 1.042 29° 273° 206 km 02m33.2s
09:2039°12.8'S110°17.4'E39°57.6'S113°11.9'E39°35.8'S111°43.0'E 1.042 27° 271° 204 km 02m29.9s
09:2238°25.1'S111°54.7'E39°06.2'S114°55.1'E38°46.4'S113°23.2'E 1.041 26° 269° 203 km 02m26.4s
09:2437°35.0'S113°38.7'E38°11.8'S116°46.6'E37°54.2'S115°10.7'E 1.041 24° 267° 201 km 02m22.7s
09:2636°41.9'S115°31.3'E37°13.6'S118°48.9'E36°58.7'S117°07.8'E 1.040 22° 266° 198 km 02m18.6s
09:2835°44.9'S117°35.2'E36°10.4'S121°06.2'E35°58.9'S119°17.9'E 1.039 19° 264° 195 km 02m14.2s
09:3034°42.9'S119°55.0'E34°59.9'S123°45.8'E34°52.9'S121°46.5'E 1.038 17° 262° 191 km 02m09.2s
09:3233°33.3'S122°38.7'E33°37.2'S127°03.7'E33°37.6'S124°44.8'E 1.038 14° 260° 187 km 02m03.4s
09:3432°10.9'S126°04.0'E31°46.9'S131°50.3'E32°04.6'S128°40.6'E 1.036 10° 257° 180 km 01m56.2s
09:3630°17.2'S131°14.0'E - - 29°13.2'S136°57.7'E 1.034 252° 165 km 01m42.4s
Limits27°58.4'S138°31.4'E29°14.7'S139°26.8'E28°36.4'S138°58.8'E 1.033 - 162 km 01m39.5s

ΔT = 676.6 seconds

Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration
Event Time
TD
Time
UT1
Latitude Longitude Sun
Altitude
Sun
Azimuth
Path Width Central
Duration
Greatest Eclipse08:30:13.608:18:57.056°31.6'S070°18.9'E 48.3° 339.6° 208.8 km03m16.65s
Greatest Duration08:29:03.008:17:46.456°45.4'S072°19.4'E 48.3° 341.2° 208.6 km03m16.66s

Explanation of Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration

Links for the Total Solar Eclipse of 1218 Jan 28

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Eclipse Predictions

Predictions for the Total Solar Eclipse of 1218 Jan 28 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 676.6 seconds for this eclipse. The uncertainty in ΔT is 29.0 seconds corresponding to a standard error in longitude of the eclipse path of ± 0.12°.

Acknowledgments

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

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