Path of the Total Solar Eclipse of 1230 May 14

Fred Espenak

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 .


Total Solar Eclipse of 1230 May 14

  
                                                                      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

ΔT = 645.5 seconds


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Acknowledgments

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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2009 Jun 11