Path of the Annular Solar Eclipse of 1241 Apr 12

Fred Espenak

Introduction

The following table delineates the path of the Moon's antumbral shadow during the Annular Solar Eclipse of 1241 Apr 12 . 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 1241 Apr 12
UT1 Northern Limit Southern Limit Central Line M:S Sun Sun Path Central
Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Ratio Alt. Azm. Width Duration
Limits77°05.1'S175°50.7'E78°22.0'S167°42.0'W77°51.3'S176°38.2'W 0.938 - 414 km 04m35.8s
22:2867°47.7'S168°48.1'W - - 74°05.0'S171°13.0'W 0.939 14° 396 km 04m40.1s
22:3065°34.5'S166°10.5'W - - 69°51.2'S166°17.2'W 0.941 378 km 04m45.2s
22:3263°42.9'S164°08.4'W73°04.2'S163°31.4'W67°12.6'S163°34.9'W 0.941 11° 368 km 04m48.4s
22:3462°05.0'S162°27.5'W69°22.4'S160°37.8'W65°07.2'S161°35.1'W 0.942 13° 361 km 04m51.0s
22:3660°36.9'S161°00.8'W66°52.2'S158°42.9'W63°20.3'S159°58.0'W 0.942 15° 356 km 04m53.2s
22:3859°16.1'S159°44.3'W64°51.2'S157°12.1'W61°45.7'S158°35.3'W 0.943 17° 359° 352 km 04m55.1s
22:4058°01.1'S158°35.6'W63°07.2'S155°55.3'W60°20.1'S157°22.6'W 0.943 18° 357° 349 km 04m56.9s
22:4256°50.9'S157°33.0'W61°34.9'S154°47.8'W59°01.3'S156°17.4'W 0.943 19° 355° 347 km 04m58.5s
22:4455°44.7'S156°35.2'W60°11.0'S153°47.0'W57°48.0'S155°17.8'W 0.944 21° 354° 345 km 04m59.9s
22:4654°41.9'S155°41.5'W58°53.8'S152°51.4'W56°39.3'S154°22.8'W 0.944 22° 352° 344 km 05m01.3s
22:4853°42.1'S154°51.1'W57°41.8'S151°59.9'W55°34.5'S153°31.5'W 0.944 23° 351° 343 km 05m02.6s
22:5052°44.9'S154°03.4'W56°34.4'S151°11.6'W54°32.9'S152°43.3'W 0.944 23° 349° 342 km 05m03.8s
22:5251°50.0'S153°18.2'W55°30.6'S150°26.0'W53°34.2'S151°57.6'W 0.945 24° 348° 342 km 05m04.9s
22:5450°57.1'S152°35.0'W54°30.1'S149°42.7'W52°38.1'S151°14.1'W 0.945 25° 346° 342 km 05m05.9s
22:5650°06.2'S151°53.5'W53°32.4'S149°01.1'W51°44.2'S150°32.4'W 0.945 26° 345° 343 km 05m06.8s
22:5849°16.9'S151°13.5'W52°37.3'S148°21.2'W50°52.3'S149°52.3'W 0.945 26° 344° 343 km 05m07.7s
23:0048°29.3'S150°34.9'W51°44.4'S147°42.5'W50°02.3'S149°13.4'W 0.945 27° 342° 344 km 05m08.6s
23:0247°43.1'S149°57.3'W50°53.5'S147°05.0'W49°14.1'S148°35.8'W 0.945 27° 341° 346 km 05m09.3s
23:0446°58.2'S149°20.8'W50°04.4'S146°28.4'W48°27.3'S147°59.1'W 0.945 28° 339° 347 km 05m10.0s
23:0646°14.6'S148°45.0'W49°17.1'S145°52.6'W47°42.1'S147°23.2'W 0.946 28° 338° 349 km 05m10.7s
23:0845°32.2'S148°10.0'W48°31.3'S145°17.4'W46°58.1'S146°48.0'W 0.946 29° 337° 350 km 05m11.3s
23:1044°50.9'S147°35.6'W47°47.0'S144°42.8'W46°15.4'S146°13.4'W 0.946 29° 336° 353 km 05m11.8s
23:1244°10.6'S147°01.6'W47°04.0'S144°08.5'W45°33.9'S145°39.2'W 0.946 29° 334° 355 km 05m12.3s
23:1443°31.4'S146°28.1'W46°22.3'S143°34.6'W44°53.6'S145°05.5'W 0.946 30° 333° 357 km 05m12.8s
23:1642°53.0'S145°54.9'W45°41.8'S143°00.9'W44°14.2'S144°32.0'W 0.946 30° 332° 360 km 05m13.2s
23:1842°15.6'S145°21.9'W45°02.4'S142°27.4'W43°35.9'S143°58.7'W 0.946 30° 330° 363 km 05m13.5s
23:2041°39.0'S144°49.0'W44°24.1'S141°53.9'W42°58.6'S143°25.5'W 0.946 30° 329° 366 km 05m13.8s
23:2241°03.3'S144°16.3'W43°46.8'S141°20.3'W42°22.1'S142°52.3'W 0.946 30° 328° 369 km 05m14.0s
23:2440°28.3'S143°43.5'W43°10.5'S140°46.6'W41°46.5'S142°19.1'W 0.946 30° 326° 372 km 05m14.2s
23:2639°54.1'S143°10.7'W42°35.2'S140°12.8'W41°11.8'S141°45.8'W 0.946 30° 325° 375 km 05m14.3s
23:2839°20.7'S142°37.7'W42°00.7'S139°38.6'W40°37.9'S141°12.2'W 0.946 30° 324° 379 km 05m14.4s
23:3038°48.0'S142°04.6'W41°27.2'S139°04.1'W40°04.8'S140°38.5'W 0.946 30° 323° 382 km 05m14.4s
23:3238°16.0'S141°31.2'W40°54.5'S138°29.2'W39°32.5'S140°04.3'W 0.946 30° 321° 386 km 05m14.4s
23:3437°44.7'S140°57.4'W40°22.7'S137°53.7'W39°01.0'S139°29.8'W 0.946 30° 320° 390 km 05m14.3s
23:3637°14.1'S140°23.2'W39°51.6'S137°17.7'W38°30.2'S138°54.7'W 0.946 30° 319° 394 km 05m14.1s
23:3836°44.1'S139°48.6'W39°21.5'S136°40.9'W38°00.1'S138°19.1'W 0.946 30° 318° 398 km 05m13.9s
23:4036°14.8'S139°13.3'W38°52.1'S136°03.4'W37°30.8'S137°42.8'W 0.946 30° 316° 401 km 05m13.6s
23:4235°46.2'S138°37.5'W38°23.5'S135°24.9'W37°02.2'S137°05.8'W 0.946 29° 315° 405 km 05m13.3s
23:4435°18.2'S138°00.9'W37°55.7'S134°45.4'W36°34.3'S136°27.9'W 0.946 29° 314° 409 km 05m12.9s
23:4634°50.9'S137°23.4'W37°28.8'S134°04.8'W36°07.1'S135°49.0'W 0.946 29° 313° 412 km 05m12.4s
23:4834°24.3'S136°45.0'W37°02.6'S133°22.9'W35°40.7'S135°09.1'W 0.946 28° 312° 416 km 05m11.9s
23:5033°58.3'S136°05.6'W36°37.3'S132°39.5'W35°15.0'S134°27.9'W 0.946 28° 310° 419 km 05m11.3s
23:5233°33.0'S135°25.0'W36°12.8'S131°54.5'W34°50.1'S133°45.4'W 0.946 27° 309° 422 km 05m10.6s
23:5433°08.4'S134°43.2'W35°49.3'S131°07.7'W34°25.9'S133°01.3'W 0.945 27° 308° 425 km 05m09.8s
23:5632°44.5'S133°59.8'W35°26.6'S130°18.8'W34°02.6'S132°15.6'W 0.945 26° 307° 428 km 05m09.0s
23:5832°21.3'S133°14.9'W35°04.9'S129°27.6'W33°40.0'S131°27.9'W 0.945 26° 306° 430 km 05m08.1s
00:0031°58.9'S132°28.1'W34°44.2'S128°33.6'W33°18.4'S130°38.0'W 0.945 25° 304° 432 km 05m07.1s
00:0231°37.3'S131°39.3'W34°24.7'S127°36.5'W32°57.7'S129°45.7'W 0.945 24° 303° 433 km 05m06.0s
00:0431°16.6'S130°48.1'W34°06.3'S126°35.7'W32°37.9'S128°50.5'W 0.945 23° 302° 434 km 05m04.8s
00:0630°56.7'S129°54.3'W33°49.3'S125°30.7'W32°19.3'S127°52.1'W 0.944 22° 301° 434 km 05m03.5s
00:0830°37.8'S128°57.5'W33°33.8'S124°20.5'W32°01.8'S126°49.8'W 0.944 21° 300° 434 km 05m02.1s
00:1030°20.0'S127°57.2'W33°20.1'S123°03.9'W31°45.6'S125°42.9'W 0.944 20° 299° 434 km 05m00.5s
00:1230°03.3'S126°52.7'W33°08.4'S121°39.3'W31°30.9'S124°30.6'W 0.944 19° 297° 433 km 04m58.8s
00:1429°48.0'S125°43.3'W32°59.5'S120°04.1'W31°18.1'S123°11.5'W 0.943 18° 296° 431 km 04m57.0s
00:1629°34.3'S124°27.9'W32°54.0'S118°14.3'W31°07.3'S121°43.8'W 0.943 16° 295° 429 km 04m54.9s
00:1829°22.4'S123°05.0'W32°53.8'S116°01.9'W30°59.3'S120°04.7'W 0.943 15° 293° 426 km 04m52.6s
00:2029°12.7'S121°32.6'W33°02.8'S113°08.6'W30°55.1'S118°09.4'W 0.942 13° 292° 423 km 04m50.0s
00:2229°06.0'S119°47.1'W33°39.0'S108°09.6'W30°56.5'S115°48.6'W 0.942 11° 290° 419 km 04m46.8s
00:2429°03.5'S117°42.7'W - - 31°08.4'S112°38.7'W 0.941 288° 414 km 04m42.8s
00:2629°07.7'S115°06.6'W - - 32°12.0'S105°21.5'W 0.939 284° 408 km 04m34.5s
Limits30°30.0'S104°37.1'W34°25.5'S104°02.2'W32°24.3'S104°20.1'W 0.939 - 408 km 04m33.5s

ΔT = 616.2 seconds

Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration
Event Time
TD
Time
UT1
Latitude Longitude Sun
Altitude
Sun
Azimuth
Path Width Central
Duration
Greatest Eclipse23:36:44.623:26:28.441°03.7'S144°12.3'W 30.4° 324.9° 376.1 km05m14.34s
Greatest Duration23:39:46.423:29:30.240°13.0'S140°46.9'W 30.4° 323.0° 381.5 km05m14.40s

Explanation of Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration

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Eclipse Predictions

Predictions for the Annular Solar Eclipse of 1241 Apr 12 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 616.2 seconds for this eclipse. The uncertainty in ΔT is 26.8 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.

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