Path of the Total Solar Eclipse of -1231 Mar 14

Fred Espenak

Introduction

The following table delineates the path of the Moon's umbral shadow during the Total Solar Eclipse of -1231 Mar 14 . 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 -1231 Mar 14
UT1 Northern Limit Southern Limit Central Line M:S Sun Sun Path Central
Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Ratio Alt. Azm. Width Duration
Limits17°04.7'N050°05.8'W15°16.2'N049°47.0'W16°10.0'N049°56.2'W 1.043 - 194 km 02m25.6s
09:4416°35.3'N044°16.2'W14°33.1'N038°01.5'W15°31.2'N040°40.3'W 1.046 100° 214 km 02m46.6s
09:4616°30.7'N039°24.7'W14°40.7'N034°58.8'W15°34.8'N037°01.8'W 1.047 13° 101° 224 km 02m56.1s
09:4816°39.0'N036°18.1'W14°53.3'N032°34.4'W15°45.7'N034°20.5'W 1.048 16° 102° 231 km 03m03.5s
09:5016°52.5'N033°52.4'W15°09.1'N030°32.7'W16°00.5'N032°08.6'W 1.049 19° 103° 237 km 03m09.9s
09:5217°09.0'N031°50.1'W15°27.1'N028°46.4'W16°17.8'N030°15.2'W 1.050 21° 104° 242 km 03m15.5s
09:5417°27.7'N030°03.6'W15°46.7'N027°11.3'W16°37.0'N028°35.0'W 1.050 23° 105° 247 km 03m20.6s
09:5617°48.0'N028°28.6'W16°07.7'N025°44.9'W16°57.6'N027°04.6'W 1.051 25° 106° 251 km 03m25.3s
09:5818°09.5'N027°02.4'W16°29.7'N024°25.4'W17°19.5'N025°42.1'W 1.051 26° 107° 254 km 03m29.7s
10:0018°32.2'N025°43.2'W16°52.7'N023°11.7'W17°42.3'N024°25.9'W 1.052 28° 108° 258 km 03m33.7s
10:0218°55.7'N024°29.8'W17°16.6'N022°02.8'W18°06.0'N023°14.9'W 1.052 29° 109° 261 km 03m37.5s
10:0419°20.1'N023°21.2'W17°41.2'N020°58.1'W18°30.5'N022°08.3'W 1.052 30° 110° 263 km 03m41.1s
10:0619°45.2'N022°16.8'W18°06.5'N019°56.9'W18°55.7'N021°05.6'W 1.053 32° 111° 265 km 03m44.4s
10:0820°11.0'N021°15.9'W18°32.4'N018°58.7'W19°21.5'N020°06.2'W 1.053 33° 112° 267 km 03m47.6s
10:1020°37.4'N020°18.0'W18°58.8'N018°03.3'W19°48.0'N019°09.6'W 1.053 34° 113° 268 km 03m50.6s
10:1221°04.4'N019°22.9'W19°25.9'N017°10.4'W20°14.9'N018°15.7'W 1.054 35° 114° 270 km 03m53.3s
10:1421°31.9'N018°30.2'W19°53.4'N016°19.5'W20°42.5'N017°23.9'W 1.054 36° 116° 271 km 03m56.0s
10:1621°59.9'N017°39.6'W20°21.4'N015°30.7'W21°10.5'N016°34.3'W 1.054 37° 117° 271 km 03m58.4s
10:1822°28.4'N016°50.9'W20°49.9'N014°43.5'W21°39.0'N015°46.4'W 1.054 38° 118° 272 km 04m00.7s
10:2022°57.4'N016°04.0'W21°18.9'N013°57.9'W22°07.9'N015°00.1'W 1.055 38° 119° 272 km 04m02.9s
10:2223°26.8'N015°18.5'W21°48.3'N013°13.7'W22°37.4'N014°15.3'W 1.055 39° 121° 272 km 04m04.9s
10:2423°56.7'N014°34.5'W22°18.1'N012°30.8'W23°07.2'N013°31.9'W 1.055 40° 122° 272 km 04m06.8s
10:2624°27.1'N013°51.6'W22°48.4'N011°49.1'W23°37.5'N012°49.6'W 1.055 41° 123° 272 km 04m08.6s
10:2824°57.9'N013°09.9'W23°19.1'N011°08.4'W24°08.3'N012°08.4'W 1.055 41° 125° 271 km 04m10.2s
10:3025°29.1'N012°29.2'W23°50.2'N010°28.6'W24°39.4'N011°28.2'W 1.055 42° 126° 271 km 04m11.7s
10:3226°00.8'N011°49.5'W24°21.7'N009°49.7'W25°11.0'N010°48.9'W 1.056 42° 127° 270 km 04m13.1s
10:3426°32.8'N011°10.5'W24°53.6'N009°11.5'W25°43.0'N010°10.3'W 1.056 43° 129° 269 km 04m14.3s
10:3627°05.4'N010°32.2'W25°25.9'N008°34.0'W26°15.4'N009°32.5'W 1.056 43° 130° 268 km 04m15.4s
10:3827°38.3'N009°54.6'W25°58.7'N007°57.1'W26°48.3'N008°55.2'W 1.056 44° 132° 267 km 04m16.4s
10:4028°11.7'N009°17.5'W26°31.9'N007°20.7'W27°21.5'N008°18.5'W 1.056 44° 133° 266 km 04m17.3s
10:4228°45.6'N008°41.0'W27°05.4'N006°44.8'W27°55.2'N007°42.3'W 1.056 44° 135° 265 km 04m18.1s
10:4429°19.9'N008°04.8'W27°39.4'N006°09.3'W28°29.4'N007°06.5'W 1.056 44° 137° 264 km 04m18.8s
10:4629°54.6'N007°29.0'W28°13.9'N005°34.1'W29°04.0'N006°31.0'W 1.056 45° 138° 263 km 04m19.3s
10:4830°29.8'N006°53.5'W28°48.7'N004°59.2'W29°39.0'N005°55.8'W 1.056 45° 140° 261 km 04m19.7s
10:5031°05.5'N006°18.2'W29°24.1'N004°24.5'W30°14.5'N005°20.8'W 1.056 45° 141° 260 km 04m20.1s
10:5231°41.7'N005°43.0'W29°59.8'N003°49.9'W30°50.4'N004°45.9'W 1.056 45° 143° 259 km 04m20.3s
10:5432°18.4'N005°07.9'W30°36.1'N003°15.4'W31°26.9'N004°11.1'W 1.056 45° 145° 257 km 04m20.4s
10:5632°55.6'N004°32.9'W31°12.8'N002°41.0'W32°03.8'N003°36.4'W 1.056 45° 146° 256 km 04m20.4s
10:5833°33.3'N003°57.8'W31°49.9'N002°06.5'W32°41.3'N003°01.6'W 1.056 45° 148° 254 km 04m20.2s
11:0034°11.5'N003°22.5'W32°27.6'N001°31.8'W33°19.2'N002°26.7'W 1.056 45° 150° 253 km 04m20.0s
11:0234°50.3'N002°47.1'W33°05.9'N000°57.1'W33°57.7'N001°51.6'W 1.056 45° 151° 252 km 04m19.7s
11:0435°29.7'N002°11.5'W33°44.6'N000°22.0'W34°36.8'N001°16.2'W 1.056 45° 153° 250 km 04m19.2s
11:0636°09.7'N001°35.5'W34°23.9'N000°13.3'E35°16.4'N000°40.6'W 1.056 45° 155° 249 km 04m18.7s
11:0836°50.4'N000°59.1'W35°03.8'N000°49.0'E35°56.6'N000°04.5'W 1.056 44° 157° 247 km 04m18.0s
11:1037°31.6'N000°22.2'W35°44.3'N001°25.1'E36°37.5'N000°32.0'E 1.056 44° 158° 246 km 04m17.2s
11:1238°13.6'N000°15.3'E36°25.4'N002°01.8'E37°19.0'N001°09.1'E 1.056 44° 160° 244 km 04m16.3s
11:1438°56.3'N000°53.4'E37°07.1'N002°39.1'E38°01.2'N001°46.8'E 1.056 43° 162° 243 km 04m15.3s
11:1639°39.7'N001°32.3'E37°49.5'N003°17.2'E38°44.1'N002°25.2'E 1.056 43° 163° 241 km 04m14.2s
11:1840°23.9'N002°12.1'E38°32.7'N003°56.0'E39°27.8'N003°04.5'E 1.056 43° 165° 240 km 04m13.0s
11:2041°08.9'N002°52.8'E39°16.5'N004°35.7'E40°12.2'N003°44.8'E 1.056 42° 167° 239 km 04m11.7s
11:2241°54.8'N003°34.7'E40°01.2'N005°16.5'E40°57.5'N004°26.1'E 1.056 41° 169° 237 km 04m10.2s
11:2442°41.6'N004°17.9'E40°46.7'N005°58.5'E41°43.6'N005°08.7'E 1.056 41° 170° 236 km 04m08.7s
11:2643°29.4'N005°02.5'E41°33.1'N006°41.8'E42°30.7'N005°52.6'E 1.055 40° 172° 234 km 04m07.0s
11:2844°18.3'N005°48.8'E42°20.4'N007°26.5'E43°18.7'N006°38.1'E 1.055 40° 174° 233 km 04m05.2s
11:3045°08.2'N006°36.8'E43°08.7'N008°12.9'E44°07.8'N007°25.3'E 1.055 39° 175° 232 km 04m03.3s
11:3245°59.4'N007°27.0'E43°58.1'N009°01.2'E44°58.0'N008°14.5'E 1.055 38° 177° 230 km 04m01.2s
11:3446°51.9'N008°19.5'E44°48.6'N009°51.5'E45°49.5'N009°05.9'E 1.055 37° 179° 229 km 03m59.0s
11:3647°45.7'N009°14.6'E45°40.4'N010°44.3'E46°42.2'N009°59.8'E 1.054 36° 181° 228 km 03m56.7s
11:3848°41.1'N010°12.7'E46°33.5'N011°39.7'E47°36.4'N010°56.5'E 1.054 35° 182° 226 km 03m54.2s
11:4049°38.1'N011°14.4'E47°28.0'N012°38.1'E48°32.1'N011°56.5'E 1.054 34° 184° 225 km 03m51.6s
11:4250°37.0'N012°20.0'E48°24.1'N013°40.0'E49°29.5'N013°00.2'E 1.054 33° 186° 224 km 03m48.9s
11:4451°37.8'N013°30.3'E49°21.9'N014°46.0'E50°28.8'N014°08.2'E 1.053 32° 188° 222 km 03m45.9s
11:4652°41.0'N014°46.1'E50°21.6'N015°56.5'E51°30.1'N015°21.3'E 1.053 31° 190° 221 km 03m42.8s
11:4853°46.6'N016°08.4'E51°23.5'N017°12.5'E52°33.8'N016°40.2'E 1.053 30° 192° 220 km 03m39.5s
11:5054°55.2'N017°38.4'E52°27.7'N018°34.9'E53°40.1'N018°06.2'E 1.052 29° 194° 218 km 03m36.0s
11:5256°07.1'N019°18.0'E53°34.7'N020°05.0'E54°49.4'N019°40.7'E 1.052 27° 196° 217 km 03m32.3s
11:5457°22.9'N021°09.5'E54°44.8'N021°44.3'E56°02.1'N021°25.7'E 1.052 26° 198° 216 km 03m28.3s
11:5658°43.4'N023°16.1'E55°58.5'N023°35.2'E57°19.0'N023°23.8'E 1.051 24° 201° 214 km 03m24.0s
11:5860°09.8'N025°42.9'E57°16.7'N025°40.7'E58°40.9'N025°38.9'E 1.051 22° 203° 213 km 03m19.4s
12:0061°43.5'N028°37.7'E58°40.2'N028°05.5'E60°09.1'N028°16.9'E 1.050 20° 206° 211 km 03m14.3s
12:0263°27.3'N032°13.9'E60°10.5'N030°56.6'E61°45.4'N031°27.4'E 1.049 18° 210° 209 km 03m08.7s
12:0465°26.0'N036°58.7'E61°50.0'N034°26.1'E63°33.0'N035°27.8'E 1.048 15° 214° 208 km 03m02.2s
12:0667°51.2'N044°03.4'E63°42.7'N038°57.5'E65°38.6'N040°56.3'E 1.047 12° 220° 205 km 02m54.5s
12:0871°52.9'N061°43.7'E65°58.3'N045°29.3'E68°21.3'N049°56.6'E 1.046 228° 203 km 02m44.0s
Limits72°51.0'N068°18.7'E71°09.5'N070°04.6'E72°00.1'N069°15.0'E 1.044 - 198 km 02m27.6s

ΔT = 29602.8 seconds

Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration
Event Time
TD
Time
UT1
Latitude Longitude Sun
Altitude
Sun
Azimuth
Path Width Central
Duration
Greatest Eclipse19:09:14.210:55:51.432°01.1'N127°19.8'W 45.2° 146.3° 256.0 km04m20.36s
Greatest Duration19:08:10.010:54:47.231°41.3'N003°57.5'W 45.2° 145.4° 256.7 km04m20.38s

Explanation of Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration

Links for the Total Solar Eclipse of -1231 Mar 14

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Eclipse Predictions

Predictions for the Total Solar Eclipse of -1231 Mar 14 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 29602.8 seconds for this eclipse. The uncertainty in ΔT is 1140.5 seconds corresponding to a standard error in longitude of the eclipse path of ± 4.77°.

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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