Path of the Total Solar Eclipse of -1489 Jan 17

Fred Espenak

Introduction

The following table delineates the path of the Moon's umbral shadow during the Total Solar Eclipse of -1489 Jan 17 . 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 -1489 Jan 17
UT1 Northern Limit Southern Limit Central Line M:S Sun Sun Path Central
Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Ratio Alt. Azm. Width Duration
Limits24°51.9'S035°55.6'E25°44.6'S035°16.4'E25°18.3'S035°36.2'E 1.031 - 116 km 01m36.7s
03:0629°04.5'S045°52.9'E28°53.8'S042°28.4'E29°02.7'S044°17.7'E 1.034 112° 126 km 01m51.7s
03:0830°59.1'S050°38.0'E31°19.4'S048°13.3'E31°10.5'S049°28.0'E 1.036 14° 109° 131 km 02m01.7s
03:1032°20.6'S054°09.9'E32°53.4'S052°06.5'E32°37.8'S053°09.7'E 1.037 18° 106° 135 km 02m09.3s
03:1233°25.6'S057°06.8'E34°06.3'S055°15.6'E33°46.6'S056°12.5'E 1.038 21° 104° 138 km 02m15.8s
03:1434°20.0'S059°42.2'E35°06.6'S057°59.6'E34°43.8'S058°52.0'E 1.039 24° 102° 140 km 02m21.6s
03:1635°07.0'S062°02.7'E35°58.2'S060°26.7'E35°33.0'S061°15.7'E 1.039 26° 101° 143 km 02m26.9s
03:1835°48.1'S064°12.2'E36°43.3'S062°41.8'E36°16.1'S063°27.9'E 1.040 29° 99° 144 km 02m31.8s
03:2036°24.6'S066°13.1'E37°23.2'S064°47.5'E36°54.2'S065°31.2'E 1.041 31° 97° 146 km 02m36.5s
03:2236°57.1'S068°07.1'E37°58.7'S066°45.9'E37°28.2'S067°27.4'E 1.041 33° 95° 148 km 02m41.0s
03:2437°26.3'S069°55.4'E38°30.7'S068°38.3'E37°58.8'S069°17.7'E 1.042 35° 94° 149 km 02m45.2s
03:2637°52.6'S071°38.8'E38°59.4'S070°25.6'E38°26.3'S071°03.1'E 1.042 36° 92° 150 km 02m49.3s
03:2838°16.4'S073°18.2'E39°25.4'S072°08.7'E38°51.1'S072°44.2'E 1.043 38° 90° 151 km 02m53.2s
03:3038°37.7'S074°53.9'E39°48.9'S073°48.0'E39°13.5'S074°21.7'E 1.043 40° 89° 153 km 02m56.9s
03:3238°57.0'S076°26.5'E40°10.0'S075°24.1'E39°33.7'S075°56.0'E 1.043 41° 87° 154 km 03m00.5s
03:3439°14.4'S077°56.2'E40°29.1'S076°57.3'E39°51.9'S077°27.5'E 1.044 43° 85° 155 km 03m04.0s
03:3639°29.9'S079°23.4'E40°46.3'S078°27.9'E40°08.2'S078°56.3'E 1.044 44° 84° 156 km 03m07.3s
03:3839°43.8'S080°48.3'E41°01.7'S079°56.1'E40°22.9'S080°22.9'E 1.045 46° 82° 156 km 03m10.6s
03:4039°56.1'S082°11.0'E41°15.4'S081°22.2'E40°35.9'S081°47.3'E 1.045 47° 80° 157 km 03m13.7s
03:4240°07.0'S083°31.9'E41°27.6'S082°46.4'E40°47.4'S083°09.8'E 1.045 49° 79° 158 km 03m16.7s
03:4440°16.5'S084°50.9'E41°38.2'S084°08.8'E40°57.4'S084°30.4'E 1.045 50° 77° 159 km 03m19.6s
03:4640°24.7'S086°08.3'E41°47.5'S085°29.4'E41°06.1'S085°49.4'E 1.046 51° 75° 159 km 03m22.4s
03:4840°31.6'S087°24.1'E41°55.4'S086°48.5'E41°13.5'S087°06.9'E 1.046 53° 73° 160 km 03m25.1s
03:5040°37.3'S088°38.5'E42°02.1'S088°06.1'E41°19.7'S088°22.8'E 1.046 54° 71° 161 km 03m27.7s
03:5240°41.9'S089°51.5'E42°07.5'S089°22.3'E41°24.7'S089°37.4'E 1.046 55° 70° 161 km 03m30.2s
03:5440°45.4'S091°03.1'E42°11.8'S090°37.2'E41°28.6'S090°50.6'E 1.047 56° 68° 162 km 03m32.6s
03:5640°47.9'S092°13.6'E42°14.9'S091°50.9'E41°31.4'S092°02.7'E 1.047 57° 66° 162 km 03m34.9s
03:5840°49.3'S093°22.8'E42°16.9'S093°03.3'E41°33.1'S093°13.5'E 1.047 58° 64° 163 km 03m37.1s
04:0040°49.8'S094°30.9'E42°17.9'S094°14.6'E41°33.9'S094°23.1'E 1.047 60° 62° 163 km 03m39.2s
04:0240°49.3'S095°38.0'E42°17.9'S095°24.7'E41°33.6'S095°31.7'E 1.047 61° 59° 164 km 03m41.2s
04:0440°47.9'S096°44.0'E42°16.9'S096°33.8'E41°32.4'S096°39.2'E 1.048 62° 57° 164 km 03m43.1s
04:0640°45.7'S097°49.0'E42°15.0'S097°41.9'E41°30.3'S097°45.7'E 1.048 63° 55° 165 km 03m44.9s
04:0840°42.5'S098°53.0'E42°12.1'S098°48.9'E41°27.3'S098°51.3'E 1.048 64° 53° 165 km 03m46.6s
04:1040°38.6'S099°56.2'E42°08.4'S099°55.0'E41°23.4'S099°55.8'E 1.048 65° 50° 166 km 03m48.2s
04:1240°33.8'S100°58.4'E42°03.8'S101°00.2'E41°18.7'S100°59.5'E 1.048 66° 48° 166 km 03m49.8s
04:1440°28.2'S101°59.8'E41°58.3'S102°04.5'E41°13.2'S102°02.3'E 1.048 66° 45° 166 km 03m51.2s
04:1640°21.9'S103°00.3'E41°52.0'S103°07.9'E41°06.9'S103°04.2'E 1.048 67° 42° 167 km 03m52.5s
04:1840°14.8'S104°00.0'E41°44.9'S104°10.4'E40°59.8'S104°05.3'E 1.049 68° 39° 167 km 03m53.7s
04:2040°07.0'S104°59.0'E41°37.0'S105°12.1'E40°51.9'S105°05.6'E 1.049 69° 36° 167 km 03m54.8s
04:2239°58.4'S105°57.2'E41°28.3'S106°13.0'E40°43.3'S106°05.2'E 1.049 70° 33° 168 km 03m55.8s
04:2439°49.2'S106°54.6'E41°18.9'S107°13.1'E40°34.0'S107°03.9'E 1.049 70° 30° 168 km 03m56.7s
04:2639°39.2'S107°51.4'E41°08.7'S108°12.5'E40°23.9'S108°01.9'E 1.049 71° 26° 168 km 03m57.5s
04:2839°28.6'S108°47.5'E40°57.8'S109°11.1'E40°13.2'S108°59.3'E 1.049 72° 22° 168 km 03m58.3s
04:3039°17.3'S109°42.9'E40°46.2'S110°09.0'E40°01.7'S109°55.9'E 1.049 72° 18° 169 km 03m58.9s
04:3239°05.4'S110°37.6'E40°34.0'S111°06.2'E39°49.6'S110°51.8'E 1.049 73° 14° 169 km 03m59.4s
04:3438°52.8'S111°31.8'E40°21.0'S112°02.7'E39°36.9'S111°47.2'E 1.049 73° 10° 169 km 03m59.8s
04:3638°39.6'S112°25.4'E40°07.3'S112°58.5'E39°23.4'S112°41.9'E 1.049 74° 169 km 04m00.1s
04:3838°25.8'S113°18.4'E39°53.0'S113°53.8'E39°09.4'S113°36.0'E 1.049 74° 169 km 04m00.4s
04:4038°11.3'S114°10.8'E39°38.1'S114°48.4'E38°54.7'S114°29.5'E 1.049 74° 356° 170 km 04m00.5s
04:4237°56.2'S115°02.7'E39°22.5'S115°42.4'E38°39.4'S115°22.4'E 1.049 74° 352° 170 km 04m00.5s
04:4437°40.6'S115°54.2'E39°06.3'S116°35.9'E38°23.4'S116°14.9'E 1.049 74° 347° 170 km 04m00.5s
04:4637°24.3'S116°45.1'E38°49.4'S117°28.9'E38°06.9'S117°06.8'E 1.049 74° 342° 170 km 04m00.3s
04:4837°07.5'S117°35.6'E38°32.0'S118°21.3'E37°49.7'S117°58.2'E 1.049 74° 337° 170 km 04m00.1s
04:5036°50.0'S118°25.7'E38°13.9'S119°13.2'E37°32.0'S118°49.2'E 1.049 74° 333° 170 km 03m59.7s
04:5236°32.0'S119°15.3'E37°55.2'S120°04.7'E37°13.6'S119°39.8'E 1.049 74° 328° 170 km 03m59.3s
04:5436°13.5'S120°04.6'E37°35.9'S120°55.7'E36°54.7'S120°29.9'E 1.049 73° 324° 170 km 03m58.8s
04:5635°54.3'S120°53.5'E37°16.0'S121°46.3'E36°35.2'S121°19.7'E 1.049 73° 319° 170 km 03m58.1s
04:5835°34.6'S121°42.1'E36°55.5'S122°36.5'E36°15.1'S122°09.1'E 1.049 73° 315° 170 km 03m57.4s
05:0035°14.3'S122°30.4'E36°34.4'S123°26.4'E35°54.4'S122°58.1'E 1.049 72° 312° 170 km 03m56.6s
05:0234°53.4'S123°18.4'E36°12.7'S124°16.0'E35°33.1'S123°46.9'E 1.049 71° 308° 171 km 03m55.7s
05:0434°31.9'S124°06.2'E35°50.5'S125°05.2'E35°11.3'S124°35.4'E 1.049 71° 304° 171 km 03m54.8s
05:0634°09.9'S124°53.7'E35°27.6'S125°54.2'E34°48.8'S125°23.7'E 1.049 70° 301° 171 km 03m53.7s
05:0833°47.3'S125°41.1'E35°04.2'S126°42.9'E34°25.8'S126°11.7'E 1.049 69° 298° 170 km 03m52.5s
05:1033°24.2'S126°28.4'E34°40.1'S127°31.5'E34°02.2'S126°59.6'E 1.049 69° 295° 170 km 03m51.3s
05:1233°00.4'S127°15.5'E34°15.5'S128°19.9'E33°38.0'S127°47.4'E 1.049 68° 293° 170 km 03m50.0s
05:1432°36.1'S128°02.5'E33°50.2'S129°08.1'E33°13.2'S128°35.0'E 1.049 67° 290° 170 km 03m48.6s
05:1632°11.1'S128°49.5'E33°24.3'S129°56.3'E32°47.8'S129°22.6'E 1.048 66° 288° 170 km 03m47.1s
05:1831°45.6'S129°36.5'E32°57.9'S130°44.5'E32°21.8'S130°10.2'E 1.048 65° 285° 170 km 03m45.5s
05:2031°19.4'S130°23.6'E32°30.7'S131°32.6'E31°55.2'S130°57.7'E 1.048 64° 283° 170 km 03m43.8s
05:2230°52.7'S131°10.7'E32°03.0'S132°20.8'E31°27.9'S131°45.4'E 1.048 63° 281° 170 km 03m42.1s
05:2430°25.3'S131°57.9'E31°34.6'S133°09.0'E31°00.0'S132°33.2'E 1.048 62° 279° 170 km 03m40.2s
05:2629°57.2'S132°45.4'E31°05.5'S133°57.5'E30°31.5'S133°21.1'E 1.048 61° 277° 169 km 03m38.3s
05:2829°28.5'S133°33.1'E30°35.8'S134°46.1'E30°02.3'S134°09.3'E 1.048 60° 276° 169 km 03m36.3s
05:3028°59.1'S134°21.1'E30°05.3'S135°35.0'E29°32.3'S134°57.7'E 1.047 59° 274° 169 km 03m34.3s
05:3228°29.0'S135°09.4'E29°34.1'S136°24.2'E29°01.7'S135°46.5'E 1.047 58° 272° 169 km 03m32.1s
05:3427°58.2'S135°58.1'E29°02.2'S137°13.9'E28°30.3'S136°35.7'E 1.047 57° 271° 168 km 03m29.9s
05:3627°26.6'S136°47.4'E28°29.5'S138°04.0'E27°58.2'S137°25.3'E 1.047 55° 269° 168 km 03m27.6s
05:3826°54.2'S137°37.2'E27°56.1'S138°54.6'E27°25.3'S138°15.6'E 1.047 54° 268° 168 km 03m25.2s
05:4026°21.1'S138°27.7'E27°21.7'S139°45.9'E26°51.6'S139°06.5'E 1.046 53° 267° 167 km 03m22.7s
05:4225°47.0'S139°19.0'E26°46.6'S140°38.0'E26°17.0'S139°58.2'E 1.046 52° 266° 167 km 03m20.1s
05:4425°12.1'S140°11.1'E26°10.4'S141°30.9'E25°41.5'S140°50.7'E 1.046 51° 264° 166 km 03m17.5s
05:4624°36.3'S141°04.2'E25°33.4'S142°24.9'E25°05.0'S141°44.2'E 1.046 49° 263° 166 km 03m14.7s
05:4823°59.4'S141°58.5'E24°55.3'S143°19.9'E24°27.5'S142°38.9'E 1.045 48° 262° 165 km 03m11.9s
05:5023°21.5'S142°54.0'E24°16.0'S144°16.3'E23°49.0'S143°34.8'E 1.045 46° 261° 164 km 03m09.0s
05:5222°42.5'S143°51.0'E23°35.7'S145°14.1'E23°09.3'S144°32.2'E 1.045 45° 260° 164 km 03m05.9s
05:5422°02.2'S144°49.6'E22°54.0'S146°13.6'E22°28.3'S145°31.3'E 1.044 44° 259° 163 km 03m02.8s
05:5621°20.6'S145°50.1'E22°11.0'S147°15.1'E21°46.0'S146°32.3'E 1.044 42° 258° 162 km 02m59.6s
05:5820°37.6'S146°52.8'E21°26.4'S148°18.8'E21°02.2'S147°35.4'E 1.044 40° 257° 161 km 02m56.2s
06:0019°52.9'S147°58.0'E20°40.2'S149°25.1'E20°16.8'S148°41.2'E 1.043 39° 256° 160 km 02m52.8s
06:0219°06.5'S149°06.1'E19°52.1'S150°34.4'E19°29.6'S149°49.8'E 1.043 37° 255° 159 km 02m49.2s
06:0418°18.2'S150°17.5'E19°02.0'S151°47.2'E18°40.4'S151°01.9'E 1.042 35° 255° 157 km 02m45.4s
06:0617°27.6'S151°32.9'E18°09.4'S153°04.2'E17°48.8'S152°18.1'E 1.042 34° 254° 156 km 02m41.5s
06:0816°34.4'S152°53.1'E17°14.1'S154°26.3'E16°54.6'S153°39.3'E 1.041 32° 253° 154 km 02m37.4s
06:1015°38.1'S154°19.1'E16°15.4'S155°54.6'E15°57.2'S155°06.4'E 1.041 30° 252° 152 km 02m33.1s
06:1214°38.2'S155°52.3'E15°12.8'S157°30.7'E14°55.9'S156°40.9'E 1.040 27° 251° 150 km 02m28.5s
06:1413°33.8'S157°34.6'E14°05.1'S159°16.9'E13°49.9'S158°25.1'E 1.040 25° 251° 148 km 02m23.6s
06:1612°23.5'S159°29.3'E12°50.8'S161°16.8'E12°37.6'S160°22.3'E 1.039 22° 250° 145 km 02m18.3s
06:1811°05.1'S161°41.1'E11°27.0'S163°36.6'E11°16.7'S162°37.9'E 1.038 19° 249° 142 km 02m12.5s
06:2009°34.5'S164°19.8'E09°48.2'S166°29.1'E09°42.2'S165°23.0'E 1.037 16° 249° 138 km 02m05.7s
06:2207°41.9'S167°48.2'E07°38.5'S170°30.3'E07°42.0'S169°05.8'E 1.035 11° 248° 132 km 01m57.2s
Limits02°40.7'S178°26.7'E03°35.6'S179°01.5'E03°08.1'S178°44.0'E 1.032 - 118 km 01m38.6s

ΔT = 34829.4 seconds

Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration
Event Time
TD
Time
UT1
Latitude Longitude Sun
Altitude
Sun
Azimuth
Path Width Central
Duration
Greatest Eclipse14:24:49.204:44:19.838°20.7'S029°07.7'W 74.3° 346.0° 169.9 km04m00.46s
Greatest Duration14:22:14.104:41:44.738°41.4'S115°15.7'E 74.2° 352.2° 169.7 km04m00.54s

Explanation of Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration

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Eclipse Predictions

Predictions for the Total Solar Eclipse of -1489 Jan 17 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 34829.4 seconds for this eclipse. The uncertainty in ΔT is 1865.8 seconds corresponding to a standard error in longitude of the eclipse path of ± 7.80°.

Acknowledgments

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

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