Path of the Total Solar Eclipse of -1555 Jul 22

Fred Espenak

Introduction

The following table delineates the path of the Moon's umbral shadow during the Total Solar Eclipse of -1555 Jul 22 . 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 -1555 Jul 22
UT1 Northern Limit Southern Limit Central Line M:S Sun Sun Path Central
Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Ratio Alt. Azm. Width Duration
Limits56°38.3'S043°04.0'E57°52.4'S044°44.2'E57°15.0'S043°52.1'E 1.023 - 168 km 01m34.6s
05:5051°47.5'S051°49.6'E - - 54°47.2'S048°15.7'E 1.024 40° 175 km 01m42.1s
05:5250°01.9'S055°13.6'E54°40.9'S050°29.8'E52°02.8'S053°23.0'E 1.026 35° 186 km 01m51.8s
05:5448°47.0'S057°46.0'E52°28.2'S054°44.4'E50°30.0'S056°27.5'E 1.026 10° 32° 193 km 01m58.0s
05:5647°48.0'S059°52.6'E51°04.4'S057°35.5'E49°21.6'S058°51.1'E 1.027 12° 30° 200 km 02m02.9s
05:5846°59.3'S061°42.8'E50°01.2'S059°52.6'E48°27.0'S060°52.5'E 1.028 14° 28° 206 km 02m07.1s
06:0046°18.0'S063°21.8'E49°10.3'S061°50.0'E47°41.6'S062°39.4'E 1.028 15° 26° 212 km 02m10.8s
06:0245°42.5'S064°52.4'E48°27.8'S063°34.4'E47°03.0'S064°16.2'E 1.028 16° 24° 217 km 02m14.1s
06:0445°11.6'S066°16.7'E47°51.7'S065°09.4'E46°29.8'S065°45.2'E 1.029 17° 22° 222 km 02m17.0s
06:0644°44.6'S067°35.8'E47°20.7'S066°37.3'E46°01.0'S067°08.3'E 1.029 18° 20° 227 km 02m19.7s
06:0844°20.9'S068°50.8'E46°53.8'S067°59.6'E45°35.9'S068°26.7'E 1.029 19° 19° 232 km 02m22.1s
06:1044°00.2'S070°02.4'E46°30.5'S069°17.6'E45°14.0'S069°41.3'E 1.029 20° 17° 236 km 02m24.2s
06:1243°42.1'S071°11.2'E46°10.3'S070°31.9'E44°55.0'S070°52.7'E 1.030 20° 16° 240 km 02m26.1s
06:1443°26.3'S072°17.7'E45°52.9'S071°43.3'E44°38.5'S072°01.4'E 1.030 21° 14° 244 km 02m27.9s
06:1643°12.8'S073°22.2'E45°38.0'S072°52.3'E44°24.3'S073°08.0'E 1.030 22° 12° 247 km 02m29.4s
06:1843°01.3'S074°25.1'E45°25.4'S073°59.3'E44°12.3'S074°12.9'E 1.030 22° 11° 250 km 02m30.7s
06:2042°51.8'S075°26.7'E45°15.0'S075°04.7'E44°02.4'S075°16.2'E 1.030 22° 253 km 02m31.9s
06:2242°44.0'S076°27.1'E45°06.5'S076°08.7'E43°54.3'S076°18.4'E 1.030 23° 255 km 02m32.8s
06:2442°38.1'S077°26.7'E45°00.1'S077°11.7'E43°48.1'S077°19.5'E 1.030 23° 257 km 02m33.6s
06:2642°33.8'S078°25.6'E44°55.4'S078°13.9'E43°43.7'S078°20.0'E 1.030 23° 258 km 02m34.2s
06:2842°31.2'S079°24.0'E44°52.6'S079°15.5'E43°41.0'S079°19.9'E 1.031 23° 259 km 02m34.7s
06:3042°30.3'S080°22.2'E44°51.6'S080°16.7'E43°40.0'S080°19.5'E 1.031 23° 260 km 02m35.0s
06:3242°30.9'S081°20.1'E44°52.3'S081°17.8'E43°40.7'S081°19.0'E 1.031 23° 260 km 02m35.0s
06:3442°33.2'S082°18.2'E44°54.8'S082°19.0'E43°43.0'S082°18.5'E 1.031 23° 359° 260 km 02m35.0s
06:3642°37.1'S083°16.4'E44°59.0'S083°20.4'E43°47.1'S083°18.3'E 1.031 23° 357° 259 km 02m34.7s
06:3842°42.7'S084°15.1'E45°05.0'S084°22.3'E43°52.9'S084°18.4'E 1.031 23° 356° 258 km 02m34.3s
06:4042°49.9'S085°14.3'E45°12.9'S085°24.8'E44°00.4'S085°19.2'E 1.030 23° 354° 256 km 02m33.7s
06:4242°58.9'S086°14.3'E45°22.8'S086°28.3'E44°09.8'S086°20.9'E 1.030 22° 353° 254 km 02m32.9s
06:4443°09.7'S087°15.2'E45°34.6'S087°33.0'E44°21.1'S087°23.6'E 1.030 22° 351° 251 km 02m31.9s
06:4643°22.5'S088°17.4'E45°48.5'S088°39.2'E44°34.4'S088°27.7'E 1.030 22° 350° 248 km 02m30.8s
06:4843°37.2'S089°21.1'E46°04.7'S089°47.2'E44°49.8'S089°33.4'E 1.030 21° 348° 245 km 02m29.5s
06:5043°54.1'S090°26.5'E46°23.4'S090°57.4'E45°07.5'S090°41.0'E 1.030 21° 347° 242 km 02m27.9s
06:5244°13.3'S091°34.1'E46°44.8'S092°10.3'E45°27.7'S091°51.1'E 1.030 20° 345° 238 km 02m26.2s
06:5444°35.1'S092°44.3'E47°09.2'S093°26.5'E45°50.7'S093°04.1'E 1.030 19° 344° 234 km 02m24.2s
06:5644°59.7'S093°57.6'E47°37.0'S094°46.8'E46°16.8'S094°20.6'E 1.029 19° 342° 230 km 02m22.0s
06:5845°27.6'S095°14.6'E48°08.9'S096°12.0'E46°46.4'S095°41.4'E 1.029 18° 340° 225 km 02m19.6s
07:0045°59.1'S096°36.3'E48°45.5'S097°43.7'E47°20.2'S097°07.6'E 1.029 17° 339° 220 km 02m16.9s
07:0246°35.1'S098°03.8'E49°28.1'S099°23.7'E47°59.1'S098°40.7'E 1.029 16° 337° 215 km 02m13.8s
07:0447°16.4'S099°38.7'E50°18.4'S101°15.1'E48°44.3'S100°22.7'E 1.028 14° 335° 210 km 02m10.4s
07:0648°04.4'S101°23.5'E51°19.6'S103°23.0'E49°37.7'S102°17.3'E 1.028 13° 333° 205 km 02m06.5s
07:0849°01.6'S103°22.1'E52°37.6'S105°57.8'E50°43.1'S104°30.2'E 1.027 11° 330° 199 km 02m02.0s
07:1050°12.2'S105°41.7'E54°29.4'S109°27.6'E52°07.9'S107°14.3'E 1.026 328° 192 km 01m56.5s
07:1251°45.9'S108°38.6'E - - 54°15.4'S111°08.7'E 1.026 324° 183 km 01m48.8s
Limits57°35.8'S118°54.4'E58°49.3'S117°04.1'E58°12.2'S118°01.5'E 1.024 - 171 km 01m36.7s

ΔT = 36222.8 seconds

Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration
Event Time
TD
Time
UT1
Latitude Longitude Sun
Altitude
Sun
Azimuth
Path Width Central
Duration
Greatest Eclipse16:35:06.806:31:23.943°40.3'S070°19.4'W 23.2° 0.9° 260.0 km02m35.04s
Greatest Duration16:35:47.306:32:04.543°40.7'S081°21.3'E 23.2° 0.4° 260.0 km02m35.04s

Explanation of Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration

Links for the Total Solar Eclipse of -1555 Jul 22

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Eclipse Predictions

Predictions for the Total Solar Eclipse of -1555 Jul 22 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 36222.8 seconds for this eclipse. The uncertainty in ΔT is 2073.3 seconds corresponding to a standard error in longitude of the eclipse path of ± 8.66°.

Acknowledgments

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

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