Path of the Total Solar Eclipse of 1242 Sep 26

Fred Espenak

Introduction

The following table delineates the path of the Moon's umbral shadow during the Total Solar Eclipse of 1242 Sep 26 . 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 1242 Sep 26
UT1 Northern Limit Southern Limit Central Line M:S Sun Sun Path Central
Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Ratio Alt. Azm. Width Duration
Limits36°23.4'N049°43.5'E35°35.8'N049°40.6'E35°59.6'N049°42.1'E 1.026 - 88 km 01m26.5s
02:4236°00.5'N054°21.6'E35°04.3'N055°16.1'E35°32.1'N054°53.4'E 1.027 98° 92 km 01m33.6s
02:4434°43.1'N063°37.3'E33°47.8'N063°36.2'E34°15.3'N063°37.7'E 1.030 12° 103° 100 km 01m47.3s
02:4633°43.8'N068°25.1'E32°48.1'N068°12.6'E33°15.8'N068°19.5'E 1.031 16° 106° 105 km 01m55.7s
02:4832°50.0'N071°59.2'E31°53.9'N071°40.0'E32°21.8'N071°50.1'E 1.032 20° 108° 108 km 02m02.5s
02:5031°59.1'N074°53.8'E31°02.8'N074°29.8'E31°30.8'N074°42.2'E 1.033 23° 110° 111 km 02m08.4s
02:5231°10.4'N077°22.6'E30°14.0'N076°54.8'E30°42.1'N077°09.1'E 1.034 26° 112° 113 km 02m13.8s
02:5430°23.3'N079°33.1'E29°26.8'N079°02.2'E29°54.9'N079°18.0'E 1.034 28° 113° 116 km 02m18.7s
02:5629°37.5'N081°29.6'E28°41.0'N080°56.1'E29°09.1'N081°13.1'E 1.035 30° 114° 118 km 02m23.3s
02:5828°52.8'N083°15.1'E27°56.3'N082°39.2'E28°24.4'N082°57.4'E 1.036 32° 116° 120 km 02m27.6s
03:0028°08.9'N084°51.5'E27°12.5'N084°13.6'E27°40.6'N084°32.8'E 1.036 34° 117° 121 km 02m31.7s
03:0227°25.9'N086°20.4'E26°29.6'N085°40.7'E26°57.6'N086°00.7'E 1.037 36° 118° 123 km 02m35.6s
03:0426°43.6'N087°42.8'E25°47.4'N087°01.5'E26°15.4'N087°22.4'E 1.037 38° 119° 125 km 02m39.3s
03:0626°02.0'N088°59.8'E25°05.8'N088°17.0'E25°33.8'N088°38.6'E 1.037 40° 120° 126 km 02m42.9s
03:0825°20.9'N090°12.0'E24°24.9'N089°27.9'E24°52.8'N089°50.1'E 1.038 41° 120° 127 km 02m46.3s
03:1024°40.4'N091°20.0'E23°44.5'N090°34.6'E24°12.3'N090°57.4'E 1.038 43° 121° 129 km 02m49.5s
03:1224°00.4'N092°24.2'E23°04.6'N091°37.6'E23°32.4'N092°01.0'E 1.039 44° 122° 130 km 02m52.7s
03:1423°20.8'N093°25.0'E22°25.2'N092°37.5'E22°52.9'N093°01.4'E 1.039 46° 123° 131 km 02m55.7s
03:1622°41.7'N094°22.9'E21°46.2'N093°34.4'E22°13.8'N093°58.8'E 1.039 47° 124° 132 km 02m58.6s
03:1822°02.9'N095°18.1'E21°07.7'N094°28.6'E21°35.2'N094°53.5'E 1.040 49° 124° 133 km 03m01.4s
03:2021°24.6'N096°10.8'E20°29.5'N095°20.5'E20°56.9'N095°45.7'E 1.040 50° 125° 134 km 03m04.1s
03:2220°46.6'N097°01.3'E19°51.6'N096°10.2'E20°19.0'N096°35.8'E 1.040 52° 126° 135 km 03m06.7s
03:2420°08.9'N097°49.7'E19°14.1'N096°57.9'E19°41.4'N097°23.9'E 1.040 53° 127° 136 km 03m09.2s
03:2619°31.6'N098°36.3'E18°36.9'N097°43.8'E19°04.2'N098°10.1'E 1.041 54° 127° 137 km 03m11.6s
03:2818°54.6'N099°21.1'E18°00.1'N098°28.0'E18°27.2'N098°54.7'E 1.041 56° 128° 137 km 03m14.0s
03:3018°17.8'N100°04.4'E17°23.5'N099°10.7'E17°50.6'N099°37.7'E 1.041 57° 129° 138 km 03m16.2s
03:3217°41.4'N100°46.3'E16°47.2'N099°52.0'E17°14.2'N100°19.2'E 1.041 58° 130° 139 km 03m18.4s
03:3417°05.2'N101°26.8'E16°11.1'N100°32.0'E16°38.0'N100°59.5'E 1.042 60° 130° 139 km 03m20.4s
03:3616°29.2'N102°06.1'E15°35.3'N101°10.8'E16°02.2'N101°38.5'E 1.042 61° 131° 140 km 03m22.4s
03:3815°53.5'N102°44.2'E14°59.7'N101°48.5'E15°26.5'N102°16.4'E 1.042 62° 132° 141 km 03m24.3s
03:4015°18.0'N103°21.3'E14°24.3'N102°25.2'E14°51.1'N102°53.3'E 1.042 63° 133° 141 km 03m26.1s
03:4214°42.8'N103°57.4'E13°49.2'N103°00.9'E14°15.9'N103°29.2'E 1.042 64° 134° 142 km 03m27.9s
03:4414°07.7'N104°32.6'E13°14.2'N103°35.7'E13°40.9'N104°04.2'E 1.043 65° 135° 142 km 03m29.5s
03:4613°32.9'N105°07.0'E12°39.5'N104°09.8'E13°06.1'N104°38.4'E 1.043 67° 136° 143 km 03m31.1s
03:4812°58.3'N105°40.6'E12°04.9'N104°43.1'E12°31.5'N105°11.9'E 1.043 68° 137° 143 km 03m32.7s
03:5012°23.8'N106°13.5'E11°30.6'N105°15.7'E11°57.1'N105°44.7'E 1.043 69° 138° 144 km 03m34.1s
03:5211°49.5'N106°45.8'E10°56.4'N105°47.7'E11°22.9'N106°16.8'E 1.043 70° 139° 144 km 03m35.5s
03:5411°15.4'N107°17.5'E10°22.3'N106°19.1'E10°48.8'N106°48.3'E 1.043 71° 140° 145 km 03m36.8s
03:5610°41.5'N107°48.6'E09°48.5'N106°49.9'E10°14.9'N107°19.3'E 1.043 72° 142° 145 km 03m38.0s
03:5810°07.8'N108°19.2'E09°14.8'N107°20.3'E09°41.2'N107°49.8'E 1.044 73° 143° 145 km 03m39.1s
04:0009°34.2'N108°49.4'E08°41.2'N107°50.3'E09°07.6'N108°19.9'E 1.044 74° 145° 146 km 03m40.2s
04:0209°00.7'N109°19.1'E08°07.8'N108°19.9'E08°34.2'N108°49.5'E 1.044 75° 147° 146 km 03m41.2s
04:0408°27.4'N109°48.5'E07°34.5'N108°49.1'E08°00.9'N109°18.8'E 1.044 76° 150° 146 km 03m42.1s
04:0607°54.2'N110°17.5'E07°01.4'N109°17.9'E07°27.8'N109°47.8'E 1.044 77° 152° 147 km 03m43.0s
04:0807°21.2'N110°46.3'E06°28.3'N109°46.5'E06°54.7'N110°16.4'E 1.044 78° 155° 147 km 03m43.8s
04:1006°48.3'N111°14.7'E05°55.4'N110°14.9'E06°21.8'N110°44.8'E 1.044 79° 159° 147 km 03m44.5s
04:1206°15.6'N111°43.0'E05°22.7'N110°43.1'E05°49.1'N111°13.0'E 1.044 80° 163° 147 km 03m45.1s
04:1405°43.0'N112°11.1'E04°50.0'N111°11.0'E05°16.4'N111°41.1'E 1.044 81° 167° 148 km 03m45.7s
04:1605°10.4'N112°39.0'E04°17.5'N111°38.9'E04°43.9'N112°08.9'E 1.044 81° 173° 148 km 03m46.2s
04:1804°38.1'N113°06.8'E03°45.0'N112°06.6'E04°11.5'N112°36.7'E 1.044 82° 179° 148 km 03m46.6s
04:2004°05.8'N113°34.5'E03°12.7'N112°34.2'E03°39.2'N113°04.4'E 1.044 82° 186° 148 km 03m47.0s
04:2203°33.6'N114°02.1'E02°40.5'N113°01.9'E03°07.0'N113°32.0'E 1.044 83° 194° 149 km 03m47.2s
04:2403°01.6'N114°29.8'E02°08.3'N113°29.5'E02°34.9'N113°59.6'E 1.044 83° 203° 149 km 03m47.5s
04:2602°29.6'N114°57.4'E01°36.3'N113°57.1'E02°02.9'N114°27.2'E 1.044 83° 212° 149 km 03m47.6s
04:2801°57.8'N115°25.1'E01°04.4'N114°24.7'E01°31.0'N114°54.9'E 1.044 83° 220° 149 km 03m47.7s
04:3001°26.0'N115°52.8'E00°32.5'N114°52.5'E00°59.3'N115°22.6'E 1.044 83° 229° 149 km 03m47.6s
04:3200°54.4'N116°20.6'E00°00.8'N115°20.3'E00°27.6'N115°50.5'E 1.044 82° 236° 149 km 03m47.6s
04:3400°22.8'N116°48.6'E00°30.9'S115°48.3'E00°04.1'S116°18.5'E 1.044 82° 243° 149 km 03m47.4s
04:3600°08.7'S117°16.7'E01°02.5'S116°16.5'E00°35.6'S116°46.6'E 1.044 81° 248° 149 km 03m47.2s
04:3800°40.0'S117°45.0'E01°34.0'S116°44.9'E01°07.0'S117°15.0'E 1.044 80° 253° 149 km 03m46.9s
04:4001°11.3'S118°13.6'E02°05.4'S117°13.5'E01°38.4'S117°43.5'E 1.044 79° 257° 149 km 03m46.5s
04:4201°42.5'S118°42.4'E02°36.7'S117°42.4'E02°09.6'S118°12.4'E 1.044 78° 261° 149 km 03m46.0s
04:4402°13.6'S119°11.5'E03°08.0'S118°11.6'E02°40.8'S118°41.6'E 1.044 78° 264° 149 km 03m45.5s
04:4602°44.7'S119°40.9'E03°39.2'S118°41.2'E03°11.9'S119°11.0'E 1.044 77° 266° 149 km 03m44.9s
04:4803°15.6'S120°10.7'E04°10.3'S119°11.1'E03°43.0'S119°40.9'E 1.044 76° 269° 149 km 03m44.2s
04:5003°46.5'S120°40.9'E04°41.4'S119°41.5'E04°13.9'S120°11.2'E 1.044 75° 271° 149 km 03m43.5s
04:5204°17.3'S121°11.5'E05°12.3'S120°12.3'E04°44.8'S120°41.9'E 1.044 74° 272° 149 km 03m42.6s
04:5404°48.0'S121°42.6'E05°43.2'S120°43.6'E05°15.6'S121°13.1'E 1.044 73° 274° 149 km 03m41.7s
04:5605°18.6'S122°14.3'E06°14.0'S121°15.4'E05°46.3'S121°44.8'E 1.044 72° 275° 149 km 03m40.7s
04:5805°49.2'S122°46.5'E06°44.8'S121°47.9'E06°17.0'S122°17.1'E 1.044 70° 276° 149 km 03m39.6s
05:0006°19.6'S123°19.3'E07°15.5'S122°20.9'E06°47.5'S122°50.1'E 1.043 69° 277° 149 km 03m38.5s
05:0206°50.0'S123°52.7'E07°46.1'S122°54.7'E07°18.0'S123°23.7'E 1.043 68° 278° 148 km 03m37.2s
05:0407°20.4'S124°26.9'E08°16.6'S123°29.1'E07°48.5'S123°58.0'E 1.043 67° 278° 148 km 03m35.9s
05:0607°50.6'S125°01.9'E08°47.1'S124°04.4'E08°18.8'S124°33.1'E 1.043 66° 279° 148 km 03m34.5s
05:0808°20.8'S125°37.6'E09°17.5'S124°40.4'E08°49.1'S125°09.0'E 1.043 65° 280° 147 km 03m33.0s
05:1008°50.9'S126°14.3'E09°47.8'S125°17.4'E09°19.3'S125°45.8'E 1.043 64° 280° 147 km 03m31.4s
05:1209°20.9'S126°51.9'E10°18.0'S125°55.4'E09°49.4'S126°23.6'E 1.043 62° 280° 147 km 03m29.7s
05:1409°50.9'S127°30.5'E10°48.1'S126°34.4'E10°19.5'S127°02.4'E 1.042 61° 281° 146 km 03m28.0s
05:1610°20.7'S128°10.2'E11°18.2'S127°14.5'E10°49.4'S127°42.3'E 1.042 60° 281° 146 km 03m26.1s
05:1810°50.5'S128°51.0'E11°48.2'S127°55.8'E11°19.3'S128°23.4'E 1.042 59° 281° 145 km 03m24.2s
05:2011°20.2'S129°33.1'E12°18.0'S128°38.4'E11°49.1'S129°05.7'E 1.042 58° 281° 145 km 03m22.2s
05:2211°49.8'S130°16.6'E12°47.8'S129°22.4'E12°18.7'S129°49.5'E 1.042 56° 282° 144 km 03m20.0s
05:2412°19.3'S131°01.6'E13°17.5'S130°07.9'E12°48.3'S130°34.7'E 1.041 55° 282° 143 km 03m17.8s
05:2612°48.6'S131°48.1'E13°47.1'S130°55.0'E13°17.8'S131°21.5'E 1.041 54° 282° 142 km 03m15.5s
05:2813°17.9'S132°36.4'E14°16.5'S131°43.8'E13°47.2'S132°10.0'E 1.041 52° 282° 142 km 03m13.1s
05:3013°47.1'S133°26.5'E14°45.9'S132°34.5'E14°16.4'S133°00.4'E 1.041 51° 282° 141 km 03m10.5s
05:3214°16.2'S134°18.6'E15°15.1'S133°27.3'E14°45.5'S133°52.9'E 1.040 50° 281° 140 km 03m07.9s
05:3414°45.1'S135°13.0'E15°44.1'S134°22.3'E15°14.5'S134°47.6'E 1.040 48° 281° 139 km 03m05.1s
05:3615°13.8'S136°09.8'E16°13.0'S135°19.8'E15°43.4'S135°44.7'E 1.040 47° 281° 138 km 03m02.3s
05:3815°42.5'S137°09.2'E16°41.7'S136°20.0'E16°12.0'S136°44.5'E 1.039 45° 281° 137 km 02m59.3s
05:4016°10.9'S138°11.5'E17°10.2'S137°23.1'E16°40.5'S137°47.2'E 1.039 44° 281° 135 km 02m56.2s
05:4216°39.1'S139°17.1'E17°38.5'S138°29.6'E17°08.8'S138°53.2'E 1.039 42° 280° 134 km 02m52.9s
05:4417°07.2'S140°26.4'E18°06.6'S139°39.7'E17°36.8'S140°02.9'E 1.038 40° 280° 133 km 02m49.5s
05:4617°34.9'S141°39.8'E18°34.3'S140°53.9'E18°04.6'S141°16.7'E 1.038 39° 280° 131 km 02m46.0s
05:4818°02.4'S142°57.8'E19°01.8'S142°12.9'E18°32.0'S142°35.2'E 1.038 37° 279° 130 km 02m42.3s
05:5018°29.6'S144°21.2'E19°28.9'S143°37.3'E18°59.1'S143°59.0'E 1.037 35° 279° 128 km 02m38.4s
05:5218°56.4'S145°50.8'E19°55.5'S145°07.9'E19°25.9'S145°29.1'E 1.037 33° 278° 126 km 02m34.3s
05:5419°22.7'S147°27.8'E20°21.6'S146°45.9'E19°52.1'S147°06.6'E 1.036 31° 278° 124 km 02m30.0s
05:5619°48.4'S149°13.7'E20°47.1'S148°32.9'E20°17.7'S148°53.0'E 1.035 29° 277° 122 km 02m25.4s
05:5820°13.5'S151°10.7'E21°11.8'S150°30.8'E20°42.5'S150°50.4'E 1.035 27° 276° 120 km 02m20.5s
06:0020°37.6'S153°21.8'E21°35.4'S152°42.9'E21°06.4'S153°02.0'E 1.034 24° 275° 117 km 02m15.2s
06:0221°00.4'S155°52.1'E21°57.7'S155°14.0'E21°29.0'S155°32.6'E 1.033 21° 274° 114 km 02m09.3s
06:0421°21.4'S158°50.6'E22°17.9'S158°12.7'E21°49.6'S158°31.1'E 1.032 18° 273° 111 km 02m02.8s
06:0621°39.2'S162°36.5'E22°34.7'S161°57.4'E22°06.9'S162°16.3'E 1.031 14° 271° 106 km 01m55.0s
06:0821°49.5'S168°14.5'E22°43.7'S167°26.9'E22°16.6'S167°49.5'E 1.029 269° 100 km 01m44.4s
Limits21°33.6'S176°34.5'E22°23.1'S176°36.5'E21°58.4'S176°35.4'E 1.027 - 91 km 01m29.7s

ΔT = 612.6 seconds

Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration
Event Time
TD
Time
UT1
Latitude Longitude Sun
Altitude
Sun
Azimuth
Path Width Central
Duration
Greatest Eclipse04:35:35.504:25:23.002°12.8'N111°45.1'E 83.0° 208.8° 148.8 km03m47.56s
Greatest Duration04:38:57.404:28:44.801°19.2'N115°05.3'E 82.8° 223.5° 149.0 km03m47.66s

Explanation of Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration

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Eclipse Predictions

Predictions for the Total Solar Eclipse of 1242 Sep 26 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 612.6 seconds for this eclipse. The uncertainty in ΔT is 26.7 seconds corresponding to a standard error in longitude of the eclipse path of ± 0.11°.

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