Path of the Total Solar Eclipse of 1440 Feb 03

Fred Espenak

Introduction

The following table delineates the path of the Moon's umbral shadow during the Total Solar Eclipse of 1440 Feb 03 . 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 1440 Feb 03
UT1 Northern Limit Southern Limit Central Line M:S Sun Sun Path Central
Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Ratio Alt. Azm. Width Duration
Limits52°28.6'N068°07.8'W50°15.7'N068°37.9'W51°20.6'N068°24.1'W 1.031 - 240 km 01m52.1s
12:02 - - 47°33.1'N056°26.3'W49°41.3'N061°21.8'W 1.032 118° 257 km 02m02.6s
12:0450°58.4'N061°32.7'W47°02.9'N053°04.5'W48°46.4'N056°22.5'W 1.033 123° 271 km 02m10.8s
12:0650°05.4'N056°31.6'W46°44.6'N050°24.5'W48°18.6'N053°03.1'W 1.034 11° 126° 282 km 02m16.5s
12:0849°39.2'N053°11.4'W46°33.4'N048°08.5'W48°02.3'N050°24.2'W 1.035 13° 128° 291 km 02m21.1s
12:1049°24.3'N050°31.7'W46°27.3'N046°08.3'W47°52.8'N048°08.6'W 1.035 14° 130° 298 km 02m25.0s
12:1249°16.3'N048°15.3'W46°24.9'N044°19.5'W47°48.1'N046°08.4'W 1.036 15° 133° 305 km 02m28.4s
12:1449°13.0'N046°14.3'W46°25.5'N042°39.3'W47°47.2'N044°19.4'W 1.036 17° 135° 310 km 02m31.4s
12:1649°13.4'N044°24.5'W46°28.7'N041°05.8'W47°49.2'N042°38.9'W 1.036 18° 137° 315 km 02m34.0s
12:1849°16.9'N042°43.1'W46°34.1'N039°37.8'W47°53.8'N041°04.9'W 1.037 19° 138° 319 km 02m36.4s
12:2049°22.8'N041°08.2'W46°41.5'N038°14.1'W48°00.6'N039°36.3'W 1.037 19° 140° 323 km 02m38.5s
12:2249°31.0'N039°38.6'W46°50.7'N036°54.1'W48°09.4'N038°11.9'W 1.037 20° 142° 325 km 02m40.4s
12:2449°41.2'N038°13.1'W47°01.5'N035°37.1'W48°19.9'N036°51.1'W 1.037 21° 144° 327 km 02m42.1s
12:2649°53.2'N036°51.1'W47°13.8'N034°22.6'W48°32.1'N035°33.2'W 1.037 21° 146° 329 km 02m43.5s
12:2850°06.9'N035°32.0'W47°27.7'N033°10.3'W48°45.9'N034°17.7'W 1.038 22° 147° 330 km 02m44.8s
12:3050°22.3'N034°15.2'W47°42.9'N031°59.6'W49°01.2'N033°04.2'W 1.038 22° 149° 330 km 02m45.9s
12:3250°39.2'N033°00.2'W47°59.5'N030°50.4'W49°18.0'N031°52.3'W 1.038 22° 151° 330 km 02m46.8s
12:3450°57.6'N031°46.7'W48°17.4'N029°42.3'W49°36.2'N030°41.7'W 1.038 22° 153° 330 km 02m47.5s
12:3651°17.6'N030°34.4'W48°36.7'N028°35.1'W49°55.8'N029°32.1'W 1.038 23° 154° 329 km 02m48.0s
12:3851°39.1'N029°22.9'W48°57.3'N027°28.5'W50°16.8'N028°23.2'W 1.038 23° 156° 327 km 02m48.4s
12:4052°02.0'N028°12.0'W49°19.2'N026°22.3'W50°39.2'N027°14.7'W 1.038 23° 158° 325 km 02m48.6s
12:4252°26.6'N027°01.3'W49°42.5'N025°16.3'W51°03.1'N026°06.5'W 1.038 23° 159° 323 km 02m48.6s
12:4452°52.7'N025°50.6'W50°07.2'N024°10.2'W51°28.5'N024°58.2'W 1.038 23° 161° 321 km 02m48.4s
12:4653°20.5'N024°39.7'W50°33.4'N023°03.9'W51°55.4'N023°49.7'W 1.038 23° 163° 318 km 02m48.1s
12:4853°50.0'N023°28.1'W51°01.0'N021°57.0'W52°23.9'N022°40.6'W 1.038 23° 165° 315 km 02m47.6s
12:5054°21.3'N022°15.6'W51°30.2'N020°49.4'W52°54.0'N021°30.7'W 1.038 22° 167° 312 km 02m46.9s
12:5254°54.6'N021°01.9'W52°01.0'N019°40.8'W53°26.0'N020°19.6'W 1.038 22° 168° 309 km 02m46.1s
12:5455°30.0'N019°46.6'W52°33.6'N018°30.8'W53°59.9'N019°07.1'W 1.038 22° 170° 305 km 02m45.1s
12:5656°07.7'N018°29.2'W53°08.2'N017°19.2'W54°35.8'N017°52.8'W 1.038 21° 172° 302 km 02m43.9s
12:5856°48.0'N017°09.3'W53°44.7'N016°05.5'W55°14.1'N016°36.2'W 1.037 21° 174° 298 km 02m42.5s
13:0057°31.0'N015°46.1'W54°23.5'N014°49.4'W55°54.8'N015°16.7'W 1.037 20° 176° 294 km 02m40.9s
13:0258°17.3'N014°19.0'W55°04.8'N013°30.3'W56°38.3'N013°53.9'W 1.037 19° 178° 291 km 02m39.1s
13:0459°07.4'N012°46.9'W55°48.9'N012°07.5'W57°25.1'N012°26.8'W 1.037 19° 180° 287 km 02m37.0s
13:0660°01.9'N011°08.6'W56°36.2'N010°40.3'W58°15.5'N010°54.5'W 1.037 18° 182° 283 km 02m34.8s
13:0861°01.7'N009°22.1'W57°27.2'N009°07.5'W59°10.3'N009°15.6'W 1.036 17° 184° 279 km 02m32.2s
13:1062°08.4'N007°24.9'W58°22.6'N007°27.7'W60°10.5'N007°28.2'W 1.036 16° 186° 275 km 02m29.4s
13:1263°24.1'N005°12.6'W59°23.4'N005°39.0'W61°17.4'N005°29.5'W 1.036 15° 189° 271 km 02m26.1s
13:1464°52.7'N002°37.9'W60°31.0'N003°38.4'W62°33.3'N003°15.1'W 1.035 13° 191° 266 km 02m22.4s
13:1666°42.2'N000°35.1'E61°47.6'N001°21.2'W64°02.0'N000°37.1'W 1.035 11° 194° 262 km 02m18.1s
13:1869°16.4'N005°13.9'E63°17.1'N001°20.9'E65°51.3'N002°40.7'E 1.034 198° 257 km 02m12.9s
13:20 - - 65°07.7'N004°45.6'E68°24.4'N007°27.7'E 1.033 203° 251 km 02m05.7s
Limits73°59.4'N014°28.6'E72°40.7'N020°33.4'E73°20.9'N017°43.5'E 1.031 - 243 km 01m52.9s

ΔT = 263.4 seconds

Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration
Event Time
TD
Time
UT1
Latitude Longitude Sun
Altitude
Sun
Azimuth
Path Width Central
Duration
Greatest Eclipse12:45:46.512:41:23.150°55.6'N027°33.5'W 22.9° 158.9° 323.8 km02m48.58s
Greatest Duration12:45:36.512:41:13.150°53.6'N026°33.1'W 22.9° 158.8° 324.0 km02m48.58s

Explanation of Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration

Links for the Total Solar Eclipse of 1440 Feb 03

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Eclipse Predictions

Predictions for the Total Solar Eclipse of 1440 Feb 03 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 263.4 seconds for this eclipse. The uncertainty in ΔT is 20.0 seconds corresponding to a standard error in longitude of the eclipse path of ± 0.08°.

Acknowledgments

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

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