Path of the Hybrid Solar Eclipse of -1578 May 08

Fred Espenak

Introduction

The following table delineates the path of the Moon's umbral shadow during the Hybrid Solar Eclipse of -1578 May 08 . 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 .

Hybrid Solar Eclipse of -1578 May 08
UT1 Northern Limit Southern Limit Central Line M:S Sun Sun Path Central
Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Ratio Alt. Azm. Width Duration
Limits66°43.2'S022°21.5'W67°06.5'S021°52.6'W66°54.8'S022°07.2'W 0.992 - 48 km 00m33.5s
09:2864°35.9'S014°45.2'W - - 65°44.7'S017°51.2'W 0.992 52° 44 km 00m31.7s
09:3061°39.8'S005°56.9'W62°29.7'S007°12.0'W62°03.5'S006°31.7'W 0.994 42° 33 km 00m25.7s
09:3259°49.3'S001°08.3'W60°22.8'S001°43.4'W60°05.6'S001°25.1'W 0.995 12° 37° 28 km 00m22.4s
09:3458°21.4'S002°24.1'E58°46.7'S002°04.3'E58°33.8'S002°14.5'E 0.996 14° 33° 24 km 00m19.9s
09:3657°06.1'S005°15.8'E57°26.2'S005°03.7'E57°16.0'S005°09.9'E 0.996 16° 30° 21 km 00m17.7s
09:3855°59.3'S007°41.3'E56°15.7'S007°33.9'E56°07.4'S007°37.7'E 0.997 18° 27° 18 km 00m15.7s
09:4054°58.7'S009°48.6'E55°12.3'S009°44.0'E55°05.4'S009°46.3'E 0.997 19° 24° 16 km 00m14.0s
09:4254°03.0'S011°42.3'E54°14.3'S011°39.5'E54°08.6'S011°40.9'E 0.997 21° 22° 14 km 00m12.4s
09:4453°11.2'S013°25.4'E53°20.7'S013°23.8'E53°15.9'S013°24.6'E 0.998 22° 20° 12 km 00m10.9s
09:4652°22.7'S015°00.1'E52°30.6'S014°59.3'E52°26.6'S014°59.7'E 0.998 23° 18° 11 km 00m09.5s
09:4851°36.9'S016°27.8'E51°43.5'S016°27.6'E51°40.2'S016°27.7'E 0.998 24° 16° 9 km 00m08.2s
09:5050°53.6'S017°49.8'E50°59.0'S017°49.9'E50°56.3'S017°49.9'E 0.999 26° 14° 8 km 00m07.1s
09:5250°12.4'S019°07.0'E50°16.8'S019°07.3'E50°14.6'S019°07.1'E 0.999 26° 12° 6 km 00m05.9s
09:5449°33.0'S020°20.0'E49°36.6'S020°20.3'E49°34.8'S020°20.2'E 0.999 27° 10° 5 km 00m04.9s
09:5648°55.4'S021°29.4'E48°58.2'S021°29.8'E48°56.8'S021°29.6'E 0.999 28° 4 km 00m04.0s
09:5848°19.3'S022°35.7'E48°21.4'S022°36.1'E48°20.4'S022°35.9'E 0.999 29° 3 km 00m03.1s
10:0047°44.6'S023°39.4'E47°46.1'S023°39.7'E47°45.4'S023°39.5'E 1.000 30° 2 km 00m02.3s
10:0247°11.3'S024°40.6'E47°12.2'S024°40.9'E47°11.7'S024°40.8'E 1.000 30° 2 km 00m01.5s
10:0446°39.1'S025°39.8'E46°39.6'S025°40.0'E46°39.3'S025°39.9'E 1.000 31° 1 km 00m00.8s
10:0646°08.0'S026°37.2'E46°08.2'S026°37.2'E46°08.1'S026°37.2'E 1.000 31° 0 km 00m00.2s
10:0845°38.0'S027°32.9'E45°37.8'S027°32.8'E45°37.9'S027°32.8'E 1.000 32° 359° 0 km 00m00.4s
10:1045°09.1'S028°27.2'E45°08.5'S028°27.0'E45°08.8'S028°27.1'E 1.000 32° 357° 1 km 00m00.9s
10:1244°41.0'S029°20.2'E44°40.2'S029°19.9'E44°40.6'S029°20.1'E 1.000 33° 355° 1 km 00m01.4s
10:1444°13.8'S030°12.2'E44°12.8'S030°11.8'E44°13.3'S030°12.0'E 1.000 33° 354° 2 km 00m01.8s
10:1643°47.5'S031°03.2'E43°46.3'S031°02.7'E43°46.9'S031°02.9'E 1.000 33° 352° 2 km 00m02.1s
10:1843°22.0'S031°53.3'E43°20.6'S031°52.7'E43°21.3'S031°53.0'E 1.000 34° 351° 3 km 00m02.4s
10:2042°57.3'S032°42.8'E42°55.8'S032°42.1'E42°56.6'S032°42.4'E 1.000 34° 349° 3 km 00m02.6s
10:2242°33.4'S033°31.6'E42°31.8'S033°30.9'E42°32.6'S033°31.3'E 1.001 34° 347° 3 km 00m02.8s
10:2442°10.2'S034°20.0'E42°08.5'S034°19.2'E42°09.4'S034°19.6'E 1.001 34° 346° 3 km 00m03.0s
10:2641°47.7'S035°07.9'E41°46.0'S035°07.1'E41°46.8'S035°07.5'E 1.001 34° 344° 3 km 00m03.0s
10:2841°25.9'S035°55.6'E41°24.2'S035°54.7'E41°25.0'S035°55.1'E 1.001 34° 343° 3 km 00m03.0s
10:3041°04.7'S036°43.0'E41°03.1'S036°42.1'E41°03.9'S036°42.6'E 1.001 34° 341° 3 km 00m03.0s
10:3240°44.3'S037°30.3'E40°42.7'S037°29.4'E40°43.5'S037°29.9'E 1.001 34° 340° 3 km 00m02.9s
10:3440°24.5'S038°17.6'E40°22.9'S038°16.7'E40°23.7'S038°17.2'E 1.001 34° 338° 3 km 00m02.8s
10:3640°05.3'S039°05.0'E40°03.9'S039°04.1'E40°04.6'S039°04.5'E 1.000 34° 337° 3 km 00m02.6s
10:3839°46.8'S039°52.4'E39°45.5'S039°51.6'E39°46.2'S039°52.0'E 1.000 34° 335° 3 km 00m02.3s
10:4039°28.9'S040°40.1'E39°27.8'S040°39.4'E39°28.4'S040°39.8'E 1.000 34° 333° 2 km 00m02.0s
10:4239°11.7'S041°28.1'E39°10.8'S041°27.5'E39°11.2'S041°27.8'E 1.000 34° 332° 2 km 00m01.7s
10:4438°55.1'S042°16.5'E38°54.4'S042°16.1'E38°54.7'S042°16.3'E 1.000 34° 330° 1 km 00m01.3s
10:4638°39.1'S043°05.5'E38°38.7'S043°05.2'E38°38.9'S043°05.3'E 1.000 33° 329° 1 km 00m00.8s
10:4838°23.8'S043°55.0'E38°23.6'S043°54.9'E38°23.7'S043°55.0'E 1.000 33° 327° 0 km 00m00.3s
10:5038°09.1'S044°45.3'E38°09.3'S044°45.4'E38°09.2'S044°45.3'E 1.000 33° 326° 0 km 00m00.3s
10:5237°55.1'S045°36.4'E37°55.6'S045°36.8'E37°55.4'S045°36.6'E 1.000 32° 325° 1 km 00m00.9s
10:5437°41.8'S046°28.4'E37°42.7'S046°29.1'E37°42.3'S046°28.8'E 1.000 32° 323° 2 km 00m01.6s
10:5637°29.2'S047°21.6'E37°30.5'S047°22.6'E37°29.8'S047°22.1'E 1.000 31° 322° 3 km 00m02.4s
10:5837°17.3'S048°16.0'E37°19.1'S048°17.4'E37°18.2'S048°16.7'E 0.999 31° 320° 4 km 00m03.2s
11:0037°06.1'S049°11.8'E37°08.5'S049°13.7'E37°07.3'S049°12.8'E 0.999 30° 319° 5 km 00m04.0s
11:0236°55.8'S050°09.3'E36°58.7'S050°11.7'E36°57.2'S050°10.5'E 0.999 29° 317° 6 km 00m05.0s
11:0436°46.2'S051°08.5'E36°49.7'S051°11.6'E36°48.0'S051°10.1'E 0.999 29° 316° 7 km 00m06.0s
11:0636°37.6'S052°09.9'E36°41.8'S052°13.7'E36°39.6'S052°11.8'E 0.999 28° 314° 8 km 00m07.0s
11:0836°29.8'S053°13.7'E36°34.8'S053°18.3'E36°32.3'S053°16.0'E 0.998 27° 313° 10 km 00m08.1s
11:1036°23.1'S054°20.2'E36°28.9'S054°25.8'E36°26.0'S054°23.0'E 0.998 26° 312° 11 km 00m09.3s
11:1236°17.5'S055°29.8'E36°24.2'S055°36.6'E36°20.8'S055°33.2'E 0.998 25° 310° 13 km 00m10.6s
11:1436°13.1'S056°43.2'E36°20.8'S056°51.4'E36°16.9'S056°47.2'E 0.998 24° 309° 15 km 00m11.9s
11:1636°10.1'S058°00.9'E36°18.9'S058°10.7'E36°14.4'S058°05.8'E 0.997 23° 307° 17 km 00m13.3s
11:1836°08.6'S059°23.8'E36°18.7'S059°35.7'E36°13.6'S059°29.7'E 0.997 22° 306° 19 km 00m14.8s
11:2036°08.9'S060°53.1'E36°20.5'S061°07.4'E36°14.7'S061°00.1'E 0.997 20° 304° 21 km 00m16.5s
11:2236°11.4'S062°30.2'E36°24.8'S062°47.8'E36°18.0'S062°38.8'E 0.996 19° 303° 23 km 00m18.2s
11:2436°16.5'S064°17.4'E36°32.1'S064°39.4'E36°24.2'S064°28.2'E 0.996 17° 301° 26 km 00m20.1s
11:2636°25.1'S066°18.2'E36°43.4'S066°46.5'E36°34.1'S066°32.1'E 0.995 15° 299° 29 km 00m22.2s
11:2836°38.5'S068°38.6'E37°00.6'S069°16.6'E36°49.3'S068°57.1'E 0.995 13° 297° 32 km 00m24.6s
11:3036°59.4'S071°30.4'E37°27.6'S072°26.3'E37°13.1'S071°57.1'E 0.994 11° 295° 36 km 00m27.4s
11:3237°35.0'S075°25.6'E38°17.7'S077°12.6'E37°54.9'S076°14.2'E 0.993 292° 42 km 00m31.1s
Limits39°20.5'S084°23.4'E39°50.3'S084°23.9'E39°35.3'S084°23.7'E 0.991 - 52 km 00m37.1s

ΔT = 36723.1 seconds

Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration
Event Time
TD
Time
UT1
Latitude Longitude Sun
Altitude
Sun
Azimuth
Path Width Central
Duration
Greatest Eclipse20:42:32.310:30:29.240°58.9'S116°31.8'W 34.4° 340.8° 3.3 km00m02.99s
Greatest Duration19:39:55.309:27:52.266°54.8'S022°07.2'W 0.0° 56.3° 47.6 km00m33.50s

Explanation of Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration

Links for the Hybrid Solar Eclipse of -1578 May 08

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Eclipse Predictions

Predictions for the Hybrid Solar Eclipse of -1578 May 08 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 36723.1 seconds for this eclipse. The uncertainty in ΔT is 2149.1 seconds corresponding to a standard error in longitude of the eclipse path of ± 8.98°.

Acknowledgments

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

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