Path of the Total Solar Eclipse of -1526 Jan 06

Fred Espenak

Introduction

The following table delineates the path of the Moon's umbral shadow during the Total Solar Eclipse of -1526 Jan 06 . 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 -1526 Jan 06
UT1 Northern Limit Southern Limit Central Line M:S Sun Sun Path Central
Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Ratio Alt. Azm. Width Duration
Limits61°06.3'S117°34.0'E62°04.2'S113°30.8'E61°35.3'S115°36.2'E 1.023 - 239 km 01m06.3s
18:4867°56.2'S125°46.6'E - - 65°12.6'S119°53.9'E 1.025 144° 249 km 01m11.7s
18:5070°36.6'S128°21.9'E66°25.8'S118°05.7'E68°55.1'S123°27.7'E 1.026 140° 256 km 01m17.0s
18:5272°46.1'S130°13.3'E69°44.5'S120°39.6'E71°26.6'S125°24.9'E 1.027 10° 138° 259 km 01m20.5s
18:5474°39.2'S131°40.3'E72°09.0'S121°59.5'E73°31.9'S126°43.0'E 1.027 12° 136° 260 km 01m23.3s
18:5676°21.6'S132°50.2'E74°10.5'S122°41.7'E75°22.4'S127°35.3'E 1.028 14° 134° 261 km 01m25.6s
18:5877°56.6'S133°46.3'E75°58.3'S122°55.0'E77°03.1'S128°06.4'E 1.028 15° 133° 261 km 01m27.6s
19:0079°25.9'S134°29.7'E77°36.6'S122°40.9'E78°36.6'S128°16.6'E 1.028 16° 132° 262 km 01m29.3s
19:0280°50.8'S134°59.9'E79°07.8'S121°56.9'E80°04.6'S128°03.9'E 1.029 17° 131° 262 km 01m30.8s
19:0482°12.1'S135°14.6'E80°33.1'S120°36.4'E81°28.0'S127°22.4'E 1.029 18° 131° 262 km 01m32.2s
19:0683°30.4'S135°08.5'E81°53.2'S118°27.7'E82°47.5'S126°01.7'E 1.029 19° 132° 262 km 01m33.4s
19:0884°46.2'S134°30.8'E83°08.4'S115°11.1'E84°03.4'S123°41.9'E 1.029 20° 133° 262 km 01m34.5s
19:1085°59.6'S132°56.8'E84°17.9'S110°12.7'E85°15.3'S119°44.7'E 1.030 20° 136° 262 km 01m35.4s
19:1287°10.6'S129°21.6'E85°20.3'S102°36.0'E86°22.2'S112°49.3'E 1.030 21° 142° 262 km 01m36.2s
19:1488°17.9'S119°53.9'E86°12.1'S090°54.4'E87°20.5'S099°56.1'E 1.030 21° 154° 262 km 01m36.9s
19:1689°11.3'S083°08.8'E86°46.8'S073°45.2'E88°00.4'S075°38.1'E 1.030 22° 178° 262 km 01m37.5s
19:1888°56.4'S009°22.9'E86°56.2'S052°25.8'E88°03.7'S041°27.6'E 1.030 22° 211° 262 km 01m38.0s
19:2087°57.2'S012°04.8'W86°38.2'S032°22.9'E87°29.5'S015°30.6'E 1.030 22° 236° 262 km 01m38.4s
19:2286°52.5'S018°36.0'W85°59.6'S017°34.6'E86°36.7'S001°31.9'E 1.030 23° 249° 262 km 01m38.7s
19:2485°46.8'S021°22.5'W85°08.9'S007°43.5'E85°36.7'S005°59.7'W 1.030 23° 255° 262 km 01m38.9s
19:2684°41.0'S022°41.4'W84°11.7'S001°14.7'E84°33.7'S010°21.1'W 1.030 23° 259° 263 km 01m39.0s
19:2883°35.2'S023°17.9'W83°10.7'S003°06.0'W83°29.1'S013°01.2'W 1.030 23° 260° 263 km 01m39.0s
19:3082°29.4'S023°30.5'W82°07.5'S006°04.6'W82°23.8'S014°42.1'W 1.030 23° 261° 264 km 01m39.0s
19:3281°23.5'S023°28.5'W81°02.7'S008°08.8'W81°17.9'S015°45.7'W 1.030 23° 261° 264 km 01m38.8s
19:3480°17.6'S023°16.4'W79°56.8'S009°35.1'W80°11.5'S016°24.1'W 1.030 23° 261° 265 km 01m38.5s
19:3679°11.4'S022°57.4'W78°49.9'S010°34.2'W79°04.6'S016°44.8'W 1.030 22° 260° 265 km 01m38.1s
19:3878°04.9'S022°32.9'W77°42.1'S011°12.9'W77°57.1'S016°52.2'W 1.030 22° 259° 266 km 01m37.7s
19:4076°57.9'S022°02.8'W76°33.3'S011°35.6'W76°49.0'S016°49.0'W 1.030 22° 258° 266 km 01m37.1s
19:4275°50.2'S021°29.3'W75°23.4'S011°45.5'W75°40.1'S016°37.4'W 1.030 21° 257° 267 km 01m36.4s
19:4474°41.8'S020°52.1'W74°12.3'S011°44.7'W74°30.2'S016°18.5'W 1.030 21° 256° 268 km 01m35.7s
19:4673°32.5'S020°11.2'W72°59.8'S011°34.4'W73°19.2'S015°53.0'W 1.029 20° 255° 268 km 01m34.8s
19:4872°21.9'S019°26.6'W71°45.5'S011°15.5'W72°06.7'S015°21.5'W 1.029 20° 253° 269 km 01m33.8s
19:5071°09.9'S018°38.2'W70°29.3'S010°48.5'W70°52.6'S014°43.9'W 1.029 19° 252° 270 km 01m32.6s
19:5269°56.1'S017°45.5'W69°10.6'S010°13.2'W69°36.5'S014°00.2'W 1.029 18° 251° 270 km 01m31.4s
19:5468°40.2'S016°48.0'W67°48.8'S009°29.2'W68°17.7'S013°09.7'W 1.028 17° 249° 270 km 01m29.9s
19:5667°21.6'S015°44.7'W66°23.1'S008°35.5'W66°55.8'S012°11.8'W 1.028 16° 247° 270 km 01m28.4s
19:5865°59.6'S014°34.6'W64°52.1'S007°30.4'W65°29.7'S011°04.8'W 1.028 15° 245° 270 km 01m26.6s
20:0064°33.1'S013°15.8'W63°13.9'S006°10.4'W63°58.1'S009°46.6'W 1.027 14° 244° 269 km 01m24.5s
20:0263°00.7'S011°45.6'W61°25.0'S004°29.5'W62°18.7'S008°13.2'W 1.027 12° 242° 268 km 01m22.1s
20:0461°19.8'S009°59.2'W59°17.2'S002°13.9'W60°27.4'S006°17.2'W 1.026 10° 239° 265 km 01m19.3s
20:0659°25.5'S007°47.4'W56°23.0'S001°26.1'E58°14.4'S003°40.8'W 1.025 236° 260 km 01m15.7s
20:0857°05.0'S004°46.5'W - - 54°57.1'S000°54.2'E 1.024 232° 248 km 01m10.0s
Limits51°47.3'S003°47.7'E53°08.4'S006°32.1'E52°27.3'S005°07.4'E 1.023 - 234 km 01m05.4s

ΔT = 35613.9 seconds

Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration
Event Time
TD
Time
UT1
Latitude Longitude Sun
Altitude
Sun
Azimuth
Path Width Central
Duration
Greatest Eclipse05:21:24.819:27:50.983°34.1'S161°39.3'W 22.9° 260.3° 263.1 km01m39.05s
Greatest Duration05:20:47.319:27:13.483°54.3'S012°07.7'W 22.9° 259.9° 263.0 km01m39.05s

Explanation of Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration

Links for the Total Solar Eclipse of -1526 Jan 06

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Eclipse Predictions

Predictions for the Total Solar Eclipse of -1526 Jan 06 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 35613.9 seconds for this eclipse. The uncertainty in ΔT is 1982.0 seconds corresponding to a standard error in longitude of the eclipse path of ± 8.28°.

Acknowledgments

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

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