Path of the Annular Solar Eclipse of 1238 Dec 08

Fred Espenak

Introduction

The following table delineates the path of the Moon's antumbral shadow during the Annular Solar Eclipse of 1238 Dec 08 . 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 1238 Dec 08
UT1 Northern Limit Southern Limit Central Line M:S Sun Sun Path Central
Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Ratio Alt. Azm. Width Duration
Limits14°42.2'N052°30.1'E11°40.4'N050°55.6'E13°11.3'N051°43.2'E 0.903 - 376 km 06m58.6s
02:5411°13.9'N059°50.2'E09°51.0'N055°00.3'E10°24.3'N057°45.0'E 0.905 115° 369 km 07m13.3s
02:5608°59.8'N064°06.5'E07°02.1'N060°46.2'E07°58.7'N062°32.0'E 0.906 12° 116° 364 km 07m27.3s
02:5807°24.7'N066°57.7'E05°19.4'N064°01.0'E06°20.6'N065°33.0'E 0.907 16° 117° 360 km 07m37.3s
03:0006°06.7'N069°12.7'E03°57.8'N066°28.4'E05°01.2'N067°53.3'E 0.908 19° 117° 357 km 07m45.9s
03:0204°58.9'N071°06.1'E02°48.0'N068°30.2'E03°52.6'N069°50.4'E 0.909 22° 117° 355 km 07m53.6s
03:0403°58.2'N072°45.1'E01°46.0'N070°15.2'E02°51.4'N071°32.1'E 0.909 25° 117° 352 km 08m00.8s
03:0603°02.8'N074°13.5'E00°49.7'N071°48.4'E01°55.6'N073°02.7'E 0.910 27° 117° 350 km 08m07.5s
03:0802°11.6'N075°33.7'E00°02.2'S073°12.6'E01°04.1'N074°24.7'E 0.910 29° 118° 348 km 08m13.9s
03:1001°23.8'N076°47.4'E00°50.6'S074°29.8'E00°16.1'N075°40.0'E 0.910 31° 118° 346 km 08m20.1s
03:1200°38.9'N077°55.7'E01°36.1'S075°41.1'E00°29.1'S076°49.7'E 0.911 33° 118° 344 km 08m26.1s
03:1400°03.6'S078°59.6'E02°19.0'S076°47.7'E01°11.8'S077°54.9'E 0.911 34° 118° 343 km 08m31.9s
03:1600°44.0'S079°59.8'E02°59.8'S077°50.3'E01°52.3'S078°56.2'E 0.912 36° 118° 341 km 08m37.6s
03:1801°22.5'S080°56.7'E03°38.8'S078°49.5'E02°31.0'S079°54.1'E 0.912 38° 118° 340 km 08m43.1s
03:2001°59.3'S081°50.7'E04°16.0'S079°45.6'E03°08.0'S080°49.2'E 0.912 39° 118° 338 km 08m48.5s
03:2202°34.6'S082°42.3'E04°51.7'S080°39.2'E03°43.5'S081°41.7'E 0.912 41° 118° 337 km 08m53.8s
03:2403°08.5'S083°31.7'E05°26.0'S081°30.4'E04°17.6'S082°32.0'E 0.913 42° 118° 335 km 08m59.0s
03:2603°41.1'S084°19.1'E05°59.1'S082°19.7'E04°50.4'S083°20.3'E 0.913 43° 118° 334 km 09m04.2s
03:2804°12.6'S085°04.8'E06°31.0'S083°07.1'E05°22.1'S084°06.8'E 0.913 45° 118° 333 km 09m09.2s
03:3004°43.0'S085°48.9'E07°01.8'S083°52.8'E05°52.7'S084°51.7'E 0.913 46° 118° 332 km 09m14.2s
03:3205°12.4'S086°31.5'E07°31.6'S084°37.1'E06°22.3'S085°35.1'E 0.914 47° 118° 331 km 09m19.1s
03:3405°40.9'S087°12.9'E08°00.5'S085°20.1'E06°51.0'S086°17.3'E 0.914 49° 118° 330 km 09m23.9s
03:3606°08.4'S087°53.2'E08°28.6'S086°01.8'E07°18.8'S086°58.2'E 0.914 50° 118° 329 km 09m28.6s
03:3806°35.2'S088°32.3'E08°55.8'S086°42.5'E07°45.7'S087°38.1'E 0.914 51° 118° 328 km 09m33.3s
03:4007°01.1'S089°10.5'E09°22.2'S087°22.2'E08°11.9'S088°17.0'E 0.915 52° 118° 327 km 09m37.9s
03:4207°26.2'S089°47.8'E09°47.9'S088°00.9'E08°37.3'S088°55.0'E 0.915 54° 118° 326 km 09m42.5s
03:4407°50.7'S090°24.2'E10°12.8'S088°38.9'E09°02.0'S089°32.2'E 0.915 55° 118° 325 km 09m47.0s
03:4608°14.4'S090°59.9'E10°37.1'S089°16.0'E09°26.0'S090°08.6'E 0.915 56° 118° 324 km 09m51.4s
03:4808°37.5'S091°34.9'E11°00.7'S089°52.5'E09°49.4'S090°44.3'E 0.915 57° 118° 323 km 09m55.7s
03:5008°59.9'S092°09.3'E11°23.7'S090°28.3'E10°12.1'S091°19.4'E 0.915 58° 118° 323 km 10m00.0s
03:5209°21.8'S092°43.1'E11°46.1'S091°03.5'E10°34.2'S091°53.9'E 0.915 59° 118° 322 km 10m04.2s
03:5409°43.0'S093°16.4'E12°07.9'S091°38.2'E10°55.7'S092°27.9'E 0.916 60° 119° 321 km 10m08.3s
03:5610°03.6'S093°49.1'E12°29.2'S092°12.4'E11°16.6'S093°01.3'E 0.916 61° 119° 321 km 10m12.3s
03:5810°23.7'S094°21.4'E12°49.9'S092°46.2'E11°37.0'S093°34.3'E 0.916 63° 119° 320 km 10m16.3s
04:0010°43.3'S094°53.3'E13°10.1'S093°19.5'E11°56.9'S094°06.9'E 0.916 64° 119° 320 km 10m20.2s
04:0211°02.3'S095°24.8'E13°29.7'S093°52.5'E12°16.2'S094°39.2'E 0.916 65° 119° 319 km 10m24.0s
04:0411°20.8'S095°55.9'E13°48.9'S094°25.1'E12°35.1'S095°11.0'E 0.916 66° 120° 319 km 10m27.7s
04:0611°38.8'S096°26.7'E14°07.5'S094°57.4'E12°53.4'S095°42.6'E 0.916 67° 120° 318 km 10m31.4s
04:0811°56.4'S096°57.3'E14°25.7'S095°29.4'E13°11.2'S096°13.8'E 0.916 68° 120° 318 km 10m34.9s
04:1012°13.4'S097°27.5'E14°43.4'S096°01.2'E13°28.6'S096°44.8'E 0.917 69° 121° 317 km 10m38.3s
04:1212°30.0'S097°57.5'E15°00.6'S096°32.7'E13°45.5'S097°15.6'E 0.917 70° 121° 317 km 10m41.7s
04:1412°46.1'S098°27.3'E15°17.4'S097°04.0'E14°02.0'S097°46.1'E 0.917 71° 121° 317 km 10m44.9s
04:1613°01.7'S098°56.9'E15°33.7'S097°35.2'E14°17.9'S098°16.5'E 0.917 72° 122° 316 km 10m48.1s
04:1813°16.9'S099°26.3'E15°49.6'S098°06.2'E14°33.5'S098°46.7'E 0.917 73° 123° 316 km 10m51.1s
04:2013°31.7'S099°55.5'E16°05.1'S098°37.0'E14°48.6'S099°16.7'E 0.917 74° 124° 316 km 10m54.0s
04:2213°46.0'S100°24.6'E16°20.1'S099°07.7'E15°03.3'S099°46.6'E 0.917 74° 124° 316 km 10m56.8s
04:2413°59.9'S100°53.6'E16°34.7'S099°38.4'E15°17.5'S100°16.4'E 0.917 75° 126° 316 km 10m59.5s
04:2614°13.4'S101°22.5'E16°48.8'S100°08.9'E15°31.3'S100°46.1'E 0.917 76° 127° 315 km 11m02.1s
04:2814°26.5'S101°51.3'E17°02.6'S100°39.4'E15°44.7'S101°15.7'E 0.917 77° 128° 315 km 11m04.6s
04:3014°39.1'S102°20.0'E17°15.9'S101°09.9'E15°57.7'S101°45.3'E 0.917 78° 130° 315 km 11m06.9s
04:3214°51.3'S102°48.7'E17°28.8'S101°40.3'E16°10.3'S102°14.8'E 0.917 79° 132° 315 km 11m09.1s
04:3415°03.2'S103°17.3'E17°41.3'S102°10.7'E16°22.5'S102°44.4'E 0.917 80° 134° 315 km 11m11.1s
04:3615°14.6'S103°45.9'E17°53.4'S102°41.1'E16°34.2'S103°13.8'E 0.917 81° 137° 315 km 11m13.0s
04:3815°25.6'S104°14.5'E18°05.1'S103°11.5'E16°45.6'S103°43.3'E 0.917 81° 141° 315 km 11m14.8s
04:4015°36.2'S104°43.1'E18°16.4'S103°41.9'E16°56.5'S104°12.8'E 0.917 82° 145° 315 km 11m16.4s
04:4215°46.4'S105°11.8'E18°27.3'S104°12.4'E17°07.0'S104°42.4'E 0.917 83° 150° 315 km 11m17.9s
04:4415°56.2'S105°40.4'E18°37.7'S104°43.0'E17°17.2'S105°12.0'E 0.917 83° 156° 315 km 11m19.2s
04:4616°05.7'S106°09.1'E18°47.8'S105°13.6'E17°26.9'S105°41.6'E 0.917 84° 163° 315 km 11m20.4s
04:4816°14.7'S106°37.9'E18°57.5'S105°44.3'E17°36.3'S106°11.3'E 0.917 84° 171° 315 km 11m21.4s
04:5016°23.3'S107°06.7'E19°06.7'S106°15.1'E17°45.2'S106°41.1'E 0.917 84° 180° 315 km 11m22.2s
04:5216°31.6'S107°35.6'E19°15.6'S106°46.0'E17°53.7'S107°11.0'E 0.917 84° 189° 315 km 11m22.9s
04:5416°39.4'S108°04.6'E19°24.0'S107°17.0'E18°01.9'S107°41.0'E 0.917 84° 199° 315 km 11m23.5s
04:5616°46.8'S108°33.7'E19°32.0'S107°48.2'E18°09.6'S108°11.1'E 0.917 84° 208° 315 km 11m23.8s
04:5816°53.9'S109°02.9'E19°39.7'S108°19.5'E18°16.9'S108°41.4'E 0.917 84° 215° 315 km 11m24.0s
05:0017°00.5'S109°32.3'E19°46.9'S108°51.0'E18°23.9'S109°11.8'E 0.917 83° 222° 315 km 11m24.0s
05:0217°06.8'S110°01.8'E19°53.6'S109°22.7'E18°30.4'S109°42.4'E 0.917 83° 228° 316 km 11m23.9s
05:0417°12.6'S110°31.5'E20°00.0'S109°54.5'E18°36.5'S110°13.1'E 0.917 82° 233° 316 km 11m23.5s
05:0617°18.1'S111°01.4'E20°05.9'S110°26.5'E18°42.2'S110°44.0'E 0.917 81° 237° 316 km 11m23.1s
05:0817°23.1'S111°31.4'E20°11.5'S110°58.8'E18°47.4'S111°15.2'E 0.917 80° 240° 316 km 11m22.4s
05:1017°27.7'S112°01.7'E20°16.6'S111°31.3'E18°52.3'S111°46.5'E 0.917 80° 243° 316 km 11m21.5s
05:1217°31.9'S112°32.1'E20°21.2'S112°04.0'E18°56.7'S112°18.1'E 0.917 79° 245° 316 km 11m20.5s
05:1417°35.7'S113°02.8'E20°25.4'S112°37.0'E19°00.7'S112°49.9'E 0.917 78° 247° 316 km 11m19.3s
05:1617°39.1'S113°33.7'E20°29.2'S113°10.2'E19°04.3'S113°21.9'E 0.917 77° 248° 317 km 11m18.0s
05:1817°42.0'S114°04.9'E20°32.5'S113°43.7'E19°07.4'S113°54.3'E 0.917 76° 250° 317 km 11m16.4s
05:2017°44.5'S114°36.4'E20°35.4'S114°17.6'E19°10.1'S114°26.9'E 0.917 75° 251° 317 km 11m14.7s
05:2217°46.6'S115°08.2'E20°37.8'S114°51.7'E19°12.4'S114°59.8'E 0.917 74° 252° 317 km 11m12.8s
05:2417°48.2'S115°40.2'E20°39.8'S115°26.2'E19°14.2'S115°33.1'E 0.917 73° 253° 317 km 11m10.8s
05:2617°49.4'S116°12.6'E20°41.2'S116°01.0'E19°15.5'S116°06.6'E 0.917 72° 253° 318 km 11m08.6s
05:2817°50.1'S116°45.4'E20°42.2'S116°36.1'E19°16.3'S116°40.6'E 0.917 71° 254° 318 km 11m06.2s
05:3017°50.4'S117°18.5'E20°42.7'S117°11.7'E19°16.7'S117°14.9'E 0.917 70° 254° 318 km 11m03.6s
05:3217°50.2'S117°51.9'E20°42.7'S117°47.7'E19°16.6'S117°49.6'E 0.917 69° 255° 318 km 11m00.9s
05:3417°49.5'S118°25.8'E20°42.3'S118°24.0'E19°16.0'S118°24.7'E 0.917 68° 255° 319 km 10m58.1s
05:3617°48.3'S119°00.1'E20°41.2'S119°00.9'E19°14.9'S119°00.2'E 0.916 67° 255° 319 km 10m55.0s
05:3817°46.6'S119°34.9'E20°39.7'S119°38.2'E19°13.3'S119°36.2'E 0.916 66° 255° 319 km 10m51.8s
05:4017°44.4'S120°10.1'E20°37.6'S120°16.0'E19°11.1'S120°12.7'E 0.916 65° 256° 320 km 10m48.5s
05:4217°41.6'S120°45.9'E20°35.0'S120°54.3'E19°08.5'S120°49.7'E 0.916 64° 256° 320 km 10m45.0s
05:4417°38.4'S121°22.1'E20°31.8'S121°33.1'E19°05.2'S121°27.2'E 0.916 63° 256° 320 km 10m41.4s
05:4617°34.5'S121°59.0'E20°28.0'S122°12.6'E19°01.4'S122°05.3'E 0.916 62° 256° 321 km 10m37.6s
05:4817°30.1'S122°36.4'E20°23.6'S122°52.6'E18°57.1'S122°44.0'E 0.916 61° 256° 321 km 10m33.7s
05:5017°25.2'S123°14.4'E20°18.6'S123°33.3'E18°52.1'S123°23.4'E 0.916 60° 256° 322 km 10m29.7s
05:5217°19.6'S123°53.1'E20°13.0'S124°14.7'E18°46.5'S124°03.4'E 0.916 59° 256° 322 km 10m25.5s
05:5417°13.4'S124°32.6'E20°06.8'S124°56.8'E18°40.2'S124°44.1'E 0.915 58° 256° 323 km 10m21.2s
05:5617°06.5'S125°12.7'E19°59.8'S125°39.7'E18°33.3'S125°25.6'E 0.915 57° 255° 323 km 10m16.7s
05:5816°59.0'S125°53.7'E19°52.2'S126°23.4'E18°25.8'S126°07.9'E 0.915 56° 255° 324 km 10m12.2s
06:0016°50.7'S126°35.5'E19°43.8'S127°08.0'E18°17.5'S126°51.0'E 0.915 55° 255° 324 km 10m07.5s
06:0216°41.8'S127°18.2'E19°34.7'S127°53.5'E18°08.5'S127°35.1'E 0.915 53° 255° 325 km 10m02.7s
06:0416°32.1'S128°01.9'E19°24.8'S128°40.0'E17°58.7'S128°20.2'E 0.915 52° 255° 326 km 09m57.7s
06:0616°21.6'S128°46.7'E19°14.1'S129°27.6'E17°48.1'S129°06.3'E 0.914 51° 255° 326 km 09m52.7s
06:0816°10.2'S129°32.5'E19°02.5'S130°16.4'E17°36.6'S129°53.6'E 0.914 50° 254° 327 km 09m47.5s
06:1015°58.0'S130°19.6'E18°50.0'S131°06.5'E17°24.3'S130°42.1'E 0.914 48° 254° 328 km 09m42.3s
06:1215°44.9'S131°08.1'E18°36.6'S131°57.9'E17°11.0'S131°32.0'E 0.914 47° 254° 329 km 09m36.9s
06:1415°30.7'S131°57.9'E18°22.1'S132°50.8'E16°56.7'S132°23.3'E 0.914 46° 254° 330 km 09m31.4s
06:1615°15.6'S132°49.3'E18°06.6'S133°45.3'E16°41.4'S133°16.2'E 0.913 45° 253° 331 km 09m25.8s
06:1814°59.3'S133°42.4'E17°49.9'S134°41.6'E16°24.9'S134°10.9'E 0.913 43° 253° 332 km 09m20.0s
06:2014°41.8'S134°37.4'E17°31.9'S135°39.9'E16°07.2'S135°07.4'E 0.913 42° 253° 333 km 09m14.2s
06:2214°23.0'S135°34.5'E17°12.6'S136°40.3'E15°48.2'S136°06.1'E 0.913 40° 252° 334 km 09m08.2s
06:2414°02.8'S136°34.0'E16°51.9'S137°43.3'E15°27.7'S137°07.2'E 0.912 39° 252° 335 km 09m02.1s
06:2613°41.0'S137°36.0'E16°29.5'S138°49.0'E15°05.7'S138°11.0'E 0.912 37° 252° 337 km 08m55.8s
06:2813°17.5'S138°41.0'E16°05.4'S139°57.8'E14°41.9'S139°17.8'E 0.912 36° 252° 338 km 08m49.4s
06:3012°52.1'S139°49.4'E15°39.2'S141°10.2'E14°16.1'S140°28.2'E 0.911 34° 251° 340 km 08m42.9s
06:3212°24.6'S141°01.7'E15°10.8'S142°26.9'E13°48.2'S141°42.5'E 0.911 32° 251° 341 km 08m36.1s
06:3411°54.5'S142°18.6'E14°39.8'S143°48.5'E13°17.7'S143°01.6'E 0.911 30° 250° 343 km 08m29.2s
06:3611°21.6'S143°41.0'E14°05.6'S145°16.0'E12°44.2'S144°26.4'E 0.910 28° 250° 345 km 08m22.0s
06:3810°45.1'S145°10.1'E13°27.8'S146°51.0'E12°07.2'S145°58.2'E 0.910 26° 250° 347 km 08m14.5s
06:4010°04.5'S146°47.7'E12°45.4'S148°35.3'E11°25.8'S147°38.9'E 0.909 24° 249° 349 km 08m06.7s
06:4209°18.4'S148°36.1'E11°57.1'S150°32.0'E10°38.7'S149°31.1'E 0.909 22° 249° 352 km 07m58.4s
06:4408°25.1'S150°39.7'E11°00.5'S152°46.4'E09°44.0'S151°39.5'E 0.908 19° 248° 355 km 07m49.4s
06:4607°21.1'S153°05.9'E09°51.2'S155°28.4'E08°37.8'S154°12.6'E 0.907 16° 248° 358 km 07m39.4s
06:4805°58.8'S156°11.6'E08°18.1'S159°03.7'E07°11.2'S157°30.5'E 0.906 12° 248° 362 km 07m27.6s
06:5003°50.5'S160°59.2'E05°01.3'S166°37.3'E04°44.5'S163°03.6'E 0.905 247° 369 km 07m10.2s
Limits01°09.9'S167°00.7'E04°12.2'S168°31.1'E02°41.2'S167°45.2'E 0.903 - 375 km 06m57.7s

ΔT = 622.1 seconds

Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration
Event Time
TD
Time
UT1
Latitude Longitude Sun
Altitude
Sun
Azimuth
Path Width Central
Duration
Greatest Eclipse05:02:11.904:51:49.817°53.0'S104°32.5'E 84.4° 188.5° 315.1 km11m22.88s
Greatest Duration05:09:36.304:59:14.318°21.3'S109°00.2'E 83.4° 219.8° 315.4 km11m24.03s

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Predictions for the Annular Solar Eclipse of 1238 Dec 08 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 622.1 seconds for this eclipse. The uncertainty in ΔT is 27.0 seconds corresponding to a standard error in longitude of the eclipse path of ± 0.11°.

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"

The use of diagrams and maps is permitted provided that they are unaltered (except for re-sizing) and the embedded credit line is not removed or covered.