Path of the Total Solar Eclipse of -1572 Dec 24

Fred Espenak

Introduction

The following table delineates the path of the Moon's umbral shadow during the Total Solar Eclipse of -1572 Dec 24 . 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 -1572 Dec 24
UT1 Northern Limit Southern Limit Central Line M:S Sun Sun Path Central
Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Ratio Alt. Azm. Width Duration
Limits15°49.2'S059°03.1'E15°59.7'S058°55.0'E15°54.4'S058°59.0'E 1.006 - 24 km 00m17.4s
01:4020°14.4'S068°19.3'E20°05.2'S067°18.5'E20°10.0'S067°49.1'E 1.008 10° 112° 36 km 00m28.3s
01:4222°17.6'S072°08.4'E22°15.4'S071°16.6'E22°16.6'S071°42.5'E 1.010 14° 110° 42 km 00m33.8s
01:4423°53.3'S074°57.1'E23°54.9'S074°08.5'E23°54.2'S074°32.9'E 1.011 18° 108° 47 km 00m38.1s
01:4625°15.1'S077°16.1'E25°19.4'S076°29.1'E25°17.4'S076°52.6'E 1.012 21° 107° 50 km 00m41.8s
01:4826°28.1'S079°16.5'E26°34.5'S078°30.4'E26°31.4'S078°53.5'E 1.012 23° 106° 53 km 00m45.1s
01:5027°34.7'S081°04.2'E27°42.9'S080°18.6'E27°38.9'S080°41.4'E 1.013 25° 104° 56 km 00m48.1s
01:5228°36.5'S082°42.5'E28°46.3'S081°57.2'E28°41.5'S082°19.8'E 1.014 28° 103° 58 km 00m50.9s
01:5429°34.5'S084°13.5'E29°45.7'S083°28.4'E29°40.2'S083°51.0'E 1.014 29° 102° 60 km 00m53.5s
01:5630°29.2'S085°38.7'E30°41.8'S084°53.8'E30°35.6'S085°16.3'E 1.015 31° 101° 62 km 00m56.0s
01:5831°21.3'S086°59.3'E31°35.1'S086°14.5'E31°28.3'S086°36.9'E 1.015 33° 99° 63 km 00m58.4s
02:0032°11.0'S088°16.1'E32°26.0'S087°31.3'E32°18.6'S087°53.7'E 1.015 35° 98° 65 km 01m00.6s
02:0232°58.7'S089°29.6'E33°14.8'S088°44.9'E33°06.9'S089°07.3'E 1.016 36° 97° 66 km 01m02.7s
02:0433°44.6'S090°40.5'E34°01.8'S089°55.8'E33°53.3'S090°18.2'E 1.016 38° 95° 67 km 01m04.8s
02:0634°28.9'S091°49.1'E34°47.0'S091°04.5'E34°38.0'S091°26.8'E 1.016 39° 94° 69 km 01m06.8s
02:0835°11.6'S092°55.7'E35°30.8'S092°11.2'E35°21.3'S092°33.5'E 1.017 40° 92° 70 km 01m08.6s
02:1035°53.0'S094°00.7'E36°13.1'S093°16.3'E36°03.2'S093°38.6'E 1.017 42° 91° 71 km 01m10.5s
02:1236°33.2'S095°04.3'E36°54.2'S094°20.0'E36°43.8'S094°42.2'E 1.017 43° 89° 71 km 01m12.2s
02:1437°12.1'S096°06.7'E37°34.1'S095°22.5'E37°23.2'S095°44.7'E 1.018 44° 88° 72 km 01m13.9s
02:1637°50.0'S097°08.1'E38°12.8'S096°24.1'E38°01.5'S096°46.1'E 1.018 45° 86° 73 km 01m15.5s
02:1838°26.8'S098°08.6'E38°50.5'S097°24.8'E38°38.8'S097°46.8'E 1.018 46° 84° 74 km 01m17.0s
02:2039°02.7'S099°08.5'E39°27.2'S098°24.9'E39°15.0'S098°46.7'E 1.018 48° 83° 74 km 01m18.5s
02:2239°37.6'S100°07.7'E40°03.0'S099°24.4'E39°50.3'S099°46.1'E 1.018 49° 81° 75 km 01m19.9s
02:2440°11.6'S101°06.5'E40°37.8'S100°23.5'E40°24.8'S100°45.1'E 1.019 50° 79° 75 km 01m21.3s
02:2640°44.8'S102°05.0'E41°11.7'S101°22.2'E40°58.3'S101°43.7'E 1.019 51° 77° 76 km 01m22.6s
02:2841°17.1'S103°03.2'E41°44.8'S102°20.8'E41°31.0'S102°42.1'E 1.019 52° 75° 76 km 01m23.9s
02:3041°48.6'S104°01.2'E42°17.1'S103°19.2'E42°02.9'S103°40.3'E 1.019 52° 73° 77 km 01m25.1s
02:3242°19.4'S104°59.2'E42°48.6'S104°17.6'E42°34.1'S104°38.5'E 1.019 53° 71° 77 km 01m26.2s
02:3442°49.4'S105°57.1'E43°19.3'S105°16.0'E43°04.4'S105°36.6'E 1.019 54° 69° 77 km 01m27.3s
02:3643°18.6'S106°55.1'E43°49.3'S106°14.5'E43°34.0'S106°34.9'E 1.020 55° 67° 78 km 01m28.3s
02:3843°47.1'S107°53.2'E44°18.5'S107°13.2'E44°02.9'S107°33.3'E 1.020 56° 64° 78 km 01m29.3s
02:4044°14.9'S108°51.5'E44°47.0'S108°12.1'E44°31.0'S108°31.9'E 1.020 56° 62° 78 km 01m30.2s
02:4244°42.0'S109°50.0'E45°14.7'S109°11.3'E44°58.4'S109°30.7'E 1.020 57° 60° 79 km 01m31.1s
02:4445°08.4'S110°48.8'E45°41.7'S110°10.8'E45°25.1'S110°29.9'E 1.020 58° 57° 79 km 01m31.9s
02:4645°34.0'S111°48.0'E46°08.0'S111°10.8'E45°51.1'S111°29.5'E 1.020 58° 54° 79 km 01m32.7s
02:4845°59.0'S112°47.6'E46°33.6'S112°11.2'E46°16.4'S112°29.5'E 1.020 59° 52° 79 km 01m33.4s
02:5046°23.3'S113°47.6'E46°58.5'S113°12.1'E46°41.0'S113°29.9'E 1.020 60° 49° 79 km 01m34.0s
02:5246°46.9'S114°48.1'E47°22.7'S114°13.5'E47°04.9'S114°30.9'E 1.020 60° 46° 79 km 01m34.6s
02:5447°09.8'S115°49.1'E47°46.2'S115°15.5'E47°28.0'S115°32.4'E 1.020 60° 43° 79 km 01m35.1s
02:5647°32.1'S116°50.7'E48°08.9'S116°18.2'E47°50.5'S116°34.5'E 1.020 61° 40° 79 km 01m35.6s
02:5847°53.6'S117°52.9'E48°31.0'S117°21.5'E48°12.3'S117°37.3'E 1.020 61° 37° 79 km 01m36.0s
03:0048°14.4'S118°55.7'E48°52.3'S118°25.5'E48°33.4'S118°40.7'E 1.021 62° 34° 79 km 01m36.4s
03:0248°34.5'S119°59.2'E49°12.9'S119°30.2'E48°53.7'S119°44.8'E 1.021 62° 31° 79 km 01m36.7s
03:0448°53.9'S121°03.5'E49°32.7'S120°35.7'E49°13.4'S120°49.7'E 1.021 62° 28° 79 km 01m36.9s
03:0649°12.6'S122°08.4'E49°51.8'S121°42.1'E49°32.3'S121°55.3'E 1.021 62° 25° 79 km 01m37.1s
03:0849°30.6'S123°14.1'E50°10.2'S122°49.2'E49°50.4'S123°01.7'E 1.021 62° 21° 79 km 01m37.3s
03:1049°47.8'S124°20.6'E50°27.8'S123°57.2'E50°07.8'S124°09.0'E 1.021 62° 18° 79 km 01m37.4s
03:1250°04.3'S125°28.0'E50°44.6'S125°06.0'E50°24.5'S125°17.0'E 1.021 63° 15° 79 km 01m37.4s
03:1450°20.0'S126°36.1'E51°00.6'S126°15.8'E50°40.3'S126°26.0'E 1.021 62° 11° 79 km 01m37.3s
03:1650°35.0'S127°45.1'E51°15.8'S127°26.5'E50°55.4'S127°35.8'E 1.021 62° 79 km 01m37.3s
03:1850°49.1'S128°55.0'E51°30.2'S128°38.1'E51°09.7'S128°46.6'E 1.021 62° 79 km 01m37.1s
03:2051°02.5'S130°05.9'E51°43.8'S129°50.6'E51°23.1'S129°58.3'E 1.020 62° 78 km 01m36.9s
03:2251°15.0'S131°17.6'E51°56.5'S131°04.2'E51°35.7'S131°10.9'E 1.020 62° 358° 78 km 01m36.6s
03:2451°26.7'S132°30.2'E52°08.3'S132°18.7'E51°47.5'S132°24.5'E 1.020 62° 355° 78 km 01m36.3s
03:2651°37.6'S133°43.8'E52°19.2'S133°34.2'E51°58.4'S133°39.0'E 1.020 61° 351° 78 km 01m35.9s
03:2851°47.6'S134°58.4'E52°29.3'S134°50.7'E52°08.4'S134°54.5'E 1.020 61° 348° 78 km 01m35.5s
03:3051°56.7'S136°13.9'E52°38.4'S136°08.2'E52°17.6'S136°11.1'E 1.020 61° 345° 77 km 01m35.0s
03:3252°04.9'S137°30.4'E52°46.6'S137°26.8'E52°25.7'S137°28.6'E 1.020 60° 342° 77 km 01m34.4s
03:3452°12.2'S138°47.9'E52°53.8'S138°46.3'E52°33.0'S138°47.1'E 1.020 60° 339° 77 km 01m33.8s
03:3652°18.5'S140°06.4'E53°00.0'S140°06.9'E52°39.2'S140°06.6'E 1.020 59° 335° 76 km 01m33.1s
03:3852°23.8'S141°25.9'E53°05.2'S141°28.5'E52°44.5'S141°27.2'E 1.020 59° 332° 76 km 01m32.4s
03:4052°28.2'S142°46.5'E53°09.3'S142°51.2'E52°48.8'S142°48.7'E 1.020 58° 329° 76 km 01m31.6s
03:4252°31.6'S144°08.0'E53°12.4'S144°14.9'E52°52.0'S144°11.3'E 1.020 57° 326° 75 km 01m30.8s
03:4452°33.9'S145°30.6'E53°14.4'S145°39.6'E52°54.2'S145°35.0'E 1.019 57° 324° 75 km 01m29.9s
03:4652°35.1'S146°54.2'E53°15.3'S147°05.3'E52°55.2'S146°59.6'E 1.019 56° 321° 74 km 01m28.9s
03:4852°35.2'S148°18.8'E53°15.0'S148°32.1'E52°55.1'S148°25.3'E 1.019 55° 318° 74 km 01m27.9s
03:5052°34.2'S149°44.5'E53°13.5'S149°59.9'E52°53.9'S149°52.1'E 1.019 54° 315° 73 km 01m26.8s
03:5252°32.1'S151°11.3'E53°10.8'S151°28.8'E52°51.5'S151°19.9'E 1.019 54° 312° 73 km 01m25.6s
03:5452°28.7'S152°39.1'E53°06.9'S152°58.7'E52°47.8'S152°48.8'E 1.019 53° 310° 72 km 01m24.4s
03:5652°24.1'S154°08.1'E53°01.7'S154°29.8'E52°42.9'S154°18.8'E 1.018 52° 307° 72 km 01m23.2s
03:5852°18.2'S155°38.2'E52°55.1'S156°01.9'E52°36.7'S155°49.9'E 1.018 51° 304° 71 km 01m21.8s
04:0052°11.1'S157°09.4'E52°47.2'S157°35.1'E52°29.2'S157°22.1'E 1.018 50° 302° 71 km 01m20.5s
04:0252°02.5'S158°41.9'E52°37.8'S159°09.4'E52°20.2'S158°55.5'E 1.018 49° 299° 70 km 01m19.0s
04:0451°52.5'S160°15.5'E52°27.0'S160°45.0'E52°09.8'S160°30.1'E 1.018 48° 297° 69 km 01m17.5s
04:0651°41.1'S161°50.5'E52°14.7'S162°21.7'E51°58.0'S162°06.0'E 1.017 47° 294° 68 km 01m15.9s
04:0851°28.1'S163°26.9'E52°00.7'S163°59.8'E51°44.5'S163°43.2'E 1.017 46° 292° 68 km 01m14.3s
04:1051°13.6'S165°04.7'E51°45.1'S165°39.3'E51°29.4'S165°21.8'E 1.017 44° 290° 67 km 01m12.6s
04:1250°57.3'S166°44.1'E51°27.8'S167°20.2'E51°12.6'S167°02.0'E 1.017 43° 287° 66 km 01m10.8s
04:1450°39.3'S168°25.1'E51°08.6'S169°02.8'E50°54.0'S168°43.8'E 1.016 42° 285° 65 km 01m09.0s
04:1650°19.4'S170°08.0'E50°47.5'S170°47.1'E50°33.6'S170°27.4'E 1.016 41° 283° 64 km 01m07.1s
04:1849°57.6'S171°53.0'E50°24.4'S172°33.4'E50°11.0'S172°13.0'E 1.016 39° 280° 63 km 01m05.1s
04:2049°33.5'S173°40.2'E49°59.0'S174°21.8'E49°46.4'S174°00.8'E 1.015 38° 278° 61 km 01m03.1s
04:2249°07.2'S175°30.0'E49°31.3'S176°12.7'E49°19.3'S175°51.2'E 1.015 37° 276° 60 km 01m00.9s
04:2448°38.4'S177°22.7'E49°01.0'S178°06.5'E48°49.8'S177°44.5'E 1.015 35° 274° 59 km 00m58.7s
04:2648°06.9'S179°18.8'E48°27.8'S179°56.4'W48°17.5'S179°41.1'E 1.014 33° 271° 57 km 00m56.4s
04:2847°32.3'S178°41.1'W47°51.5'S177°55.4'W47°42.0'S178°18.3'W 1.014 32° 269° 56 km 00m53.9s
04:3046°54.3'S176°36.2'W47°11.7'S175°49.7'W47°03.1'S176°13.0'W 1.013 30° 267° 54 km 00m51.4s
04:3246°12.3'S174°25.4'W46°27.7'S173°38.2'W46°20.1'S174°01.9'W 1.013 28° 264° 52 km 00m48.7s
04:3445°25.6'S172°07.4'W45°38.9'S171°19.4'W45°32.4'S171°43.5'W 1.012 26° 262° 50 km 00m45.8s
04:3644°33.2'S169°40.1'W44°44.2'S168°51.3'W44°38.8'S169°15.8'W 1.012 24° 260° 48 km 00m42.8s
04:3843°33.7'S167°00.1'W43°42.0'S166°10.5'W43°38.0'S166°35.4'W 1.011 21° 257° 45 km 00m39.5s
04:4042°24.4'S164°02.4'W42°29.6'S163°11.4'W42°27.1'S163°37.0'W 1.010 19° 255° 42 km 00m35.8s
04:4241°00.7'S160°36.7'W41°02.0'S159°43.5'W41°01.5'S160°10.2'W 1.009 15° 252° 38 km 00m31.7s
04:4439°11.5'S156°19.0'W39°06.5'S155°20.7'W39°09.2'S155°50.0'W 1.008 11° 249° 33 km 00m26.6s
04:4636°04.1'S149°13.8'W35°34.5'S147°35.8'W35°50.5'S148°26.8'W 1.006 244° 24 km 00m18.4s
Limits33°43.6'S144°01.6'W33°51.7'S143°53.7'W33°47.6'S143°57.7'W 1.004 - 19 km 00m13.8s

ΔT = 36579.8 seconds

Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration
Event Time
TD
Time
UT1
Latitude Longitude Sun
Altitude
Sun
Azimuth
Path Width Central
Duration
Greatest Eclipse13:22:00.303:12:20.550°27.2'S027°21.2'W 62.5° 14.2° 79.1 km01m37.38s
Greatest Duration13:21:28.603:11:48.850°22.9'S125°10.7'E 62.5° 15.1° 79.1 km01m37.38s

Explanation of Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration

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Eclipse Predictions

Predictions for the Total Solar Eclipse of -1572 Dec 24 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 36579.8 seconds for this eclipse. The uncertainty in ΔT is 2127.4 seconds corresponding to a standard error in longitude of the eclipse path of ± 8.89°.

Acknowledgments

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

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