The following table delineates the path of the Moon's umbral shadow during the Total Solar Eclipse of 1230 May 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).
The global visibility of the eclipse is shown on an Orthographic Map . The features of this map are described in the Key to Solar Eclipse Path Tables. The path of the eclipse is displayed in greater detail on a Google Map .
M:S Central
Universal Northern Limit Southern Limit Central Line Diam. Sun Sun Path Line
------------------ ------------------ ------------------ Ratio Alt Azm Width Durat.
Time Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude
° ´ ° ´ ° ´ ° ´ ° ´ ° ´ ° ° km
Limits 54 58.2N 004 14.3W 51 55.3N 000 58.8E 53 24.2N 001 27.9W 1.052 0 - 473 02m26.0s
04:04 - - 59 09.6N 015 43.3E 57 18.2N 006 41.9E 1.054 6 62 495 02m37.5s
04:06 56 09.9N 001 39.4W 60 48.2N 018 31.4E 59 38.1N 010 50.2E 1.055 9 66 502 02m43.9s
04:08 59 41.9N 004 53.0E 62 16.0N 020 55.7E 61 27.3N 013 48.4E 1.056 12 69 504 02m48.6s
04:10 61 49.3N 008 15.0E 63 36.7N 023 05.5E 63 02.2N 016 15.1E 1.056 13 72 505 02m52.4s
04:12 63 34.6N 010 47.6E 64 52.3N 025 05.6E 64 28.5N 018 23.3E 1.057 15 75 504 02m55.7s
04:14 65 08.1N 012 54.7E 66 04.1N 026 59.4E 65 48.9N 020 19.6E 1.057 16 77 503 02m58.6s
04:16 66 34.2N 014 45.7E 67 12.9N 028 48.9E 67 04.9N 022 07.8E 1.057 17 79 501 03m01.1s
04:18 67 55.1N 016 25.8E 68 19.2N 030 35.8E 68 17.5N 023 50.4E 1.058 19 82 499 03m03.4s
04:20 69 12.1N 017 58.0E 69 23.4N 032 21.6E 69 27.5N 025 29.5E 1.058 19 84 497 03m05.5s
04:22 70 26.2N 019 24.4E 70 25.9N 034 07.6E 70 35.4N 027 06.3E 1.058 20 87 495 03m07.3s
04:24 71 37.9N 020 46.6E 71 26.9N 035 54.8E 71 41.5N 028 42.3E 1.059 21 89 493 03m09.0s
04:26 72 47.8N 022 05.5E 72 26.6N 037 44.6E 72 46.2N 030 18.7E 1.059 22 91 491 03m10.5s
04:28 73 56.2N 023 22.9E 73 25.2N 039 38.1E 73 49.6N 031 56.6E 1.059 22 94 489 03m11.8s
04:30 75 03.3N 024 38.8E 74 22.7N 041 36.8E 74 52.0N 033 37.5E 1.059 23 96 487 03m12.9s
04:32 76 09.5N 025 54.7E 75 19.1N 043 42.1E 75 53.5N 035 22.6E 1.059 23 99 485 03m13.9s
04:34 77 15.0N 027 11.3E 76 14.7N 045 56.1E 76 54.1N 037 13.9E 1.059 23 102 483 03m14.8s
04:36 78 19.8N 028 29.8E 77 09.3N 048 21.0E 77 54.1N 039 13.4E 1.059 24 105 482 03m15.5s
04:38 79 24.2N 029 51.6E 78 03.0N 050 59.6E 78 53.4N 041 24.0E 1.060 24 108 480 03m16.1s
04:40 80 28.3N 031 18.5E 78 55.5N 053 55.3E 79 52.0N 043 49.3E 1.060 24 111 479 03m16.6s
04:42 81 32.1N 032 53.1E 79 46.9N 057 12.8E 80 50.0N 046 34.5E 1.060 24 115 478 03m16.9s
04:44 82 35.9N 034 39.3E 80 36.9N 060 57.7E 81 47.2N 049 46.9E 1.060 24 119 477 03m17.1s
04:46 83 39.7N 036 43.7E 81 25.1N 065 17.5E 82 43.5N 053 37.1E 1.060 24 124 476 03m17.2s
04:48 84 43.5N 039 17.6E 82 10.9N 070 21.6E 83 38.3N 058 21.6E 1.060 24 130 475 03m17.1s
04:50 85 47.3N 042 44.4E 82 53.7N 076 21.9E 84 30.9N 064 25.8E 1.060 24 137 475 03m16.9s
04:52 86 50.7N 047 57.9E 83 32.3N 083 31.8E 85 20.1N 072 29.3E 1.060 24 146 474 03m16.6s
04:54 87 52.5N 057 35.6E 84 05.2N 092 04.2E 86 03.2N 083 30.5E 1.060 24 158 474 03m16.1s
04:56 88 46.9N 081 58.9E 84 30.4N 102 05.9E 86 36.1N 098 34.6E 1.059 24 174 474 03m15.5s
04:58 89 01.0N 143 51.5E 84 45.9N 113 28.8E 86 52.5N 117 46.0E 1.059 23 194 474 03m14.7s
05:00 88 14.6N 177 04.9W 84 49.6N 125 41.9E 86 47.2N 138 23.0E 1.059 23 215 475 03m13.8s
05:02 87 10.2N 163 26.9W 84 40.8N 137 55.7E 86 20.8N 156 23.3E 1.059 22 234 475 03m12.8s
05:04 86 00.4N 156 45.1W 84 19.6N 149 20.9E 85 38.7N 170 06.4E 1.059 22 249 476 03m11.6s
05:06 84 47.3N 152 31.2W 83 47.6N 159 27.5E 84 45.9N 179 50.0W 1.059 21 260 477 03m10.2s
05:08 83 31.1N 149 22.7W 83 06.5N 168 07.9E 83 45.9N 172 18.8W 1.059 20 268 478 03m08.7s
05:10 82 11.5N 146 46.6W 82 17.8N 175 29.6E 82 40.3N 166 27.9W 1.058 20 275 479 03m06.9s
05:12 80 47.9N 144 26.8W 81 22.8N 178 14.0W 81 29.9N 161 42.2W 1.058 19 280 480 03m05.0s
05:14 79 19.2N 142 13.9W 80 22.0N 172 49.0W 80 14.7N 157 39.1W 1.058 18 285 481 03m02.8s
05:16 77 44.1N 140 00.6W 79 15.8N 168 02.8W 78 54.3N 154 03.2W 1.057 17 290 483 03m00.4s
05:18 76 00.0N 137 40.3W 78 04.0N 163 45.0W 77 27.9N 150 43.2W 1.057 15 294 485 02m57.7s
05:20 74 02.5N 135 03.6W 76 46.2N 159 46.7W 75 53.8N 147 29.9W 1.057 14 298 486 02m54.6s
05:22 71 41.6N 131 53.1W 75 21.2N 155 59.7W 74 09.2N 144 13.5W 1.056 12 302 488 02m51.0s
05:24 68 21.2N 127 08.1W 73 47.1N 152 15.4W 72 08.5N 140 40.9W 1.055 10 306 489 02m46.6s
05:26 - - 72 00.2N 148 23.3W 69 37.6N 136 24.5W 1.055 7 310 488 02m41.0s
05:28 - - 69 52.2N 144 05.1W 65 10.0N 128 45.1W 1.053 2 318 482 02m30.7s
Limits 64 42.7N 121 25.6W 62 20.1N 129 33.4W 63 31.1N 125 46.7W 1.052 0 - 478 02m26.8s
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Predictions for the Total Solar Eclipse of 1230 May 14 were generated using the VSOP87/ELP2000-82 solar and lunar ephemerides and a value of ΔT = 645.5 seconds. The accuracy of the northern and southern edges of the eclipse path are limited to approximately 1-2 kilometers due to the lunar limb profile.
All eclipse calculations are by Fred Espenak, and he assumes full responsibility for their accuracy. Permission is freely granted to reproduce this data when accompanied by an acknowledgment:
"Eclipse Predictions by Fred Espenak, NASA's GSFC"
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