Path of the Annular Solar Eclipse of 1491 May 08

Fred Espenak

Introduction

The following table delineates the path of the Moon's antumbral shadow during the Annular Solar Eclipse of 1491 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 .

Annular Solar Eclipse of 1491 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
Limits29°02.5'N096°34.0'W26°42.3'N094°35.4'W27°51.8'N095°33.6'W 0.940 - 312 km 03m41.3s
11:36 - - 31°05.4'N083°45.7'W30°22.2'N089°00.6'W 0.942 71° 306 km 03m45.3s
11:3831°46.1'N089°22.0'W32°35.3'N080°29.3'W32°25.4'N084°10.8'W 0.943 11° 74° 301 km 03m48.8s
11:4033°43.6'N084°43.9'W33°49.1'N077°54.6'W33°52.5'N080°59.1'W 0.944 15° 76° 296 km 03m51.4s
11:4235°08.8'N081°34.9'W34°53.8'N075°43.4'W35°04.8'N078°26.4'W 0.944 17° 78° 293 km 03m53.5s
11:4436°20.0'N079°03.1'W35°52.3'N073°47.6'W36°08.5'N076°16.0'W 0.945 20° 80° 289 km 03m55.4s
11:4637°22.9'N076°53.0'W36°46.2'N072°02.7'W37°06.2'N074°20.5'W 0.945 22° 82° 286 km 03m57.2s
11:4838°20.0'N074°57.4'W37°36.5'N070°26.1'W37°59.5'N072°35.6'W 0.946 24° 83° 283 km 03m58.8s
11:5039°12.9'N073°12.1'W38°23.9'N068°55.9'W38°49.4'N070°58.7'W 0.946 25° 85° 280 km 04m00.3s
11:5240°02.5'N071°34.8'W39°08.9'N067°30.9'W39°36.5'N069°28.2'W 0.947 27° 87° 277 km 04m01.8s
11:5440°49.3'N070°03.6'W39°51.8'N066°10.2'W40°21.2'N068°02.7'W 0.947 29° 88° 274 km 04m03.2s
11:5641°33.8'N068°37.4'W40°32.9'N064°52.9'W41°03.8'N066°41.3'W 0.947 30° 90° 271 km 04m04.6s
11:5842°16.3'N067°15.2'W41°12.4'N063°38.6'W41°44.8'N065°23.3'W 0.948 31° 91° 269 km 04m05.9s
12:0042°57.1'N065°56.4'W41°50.5'N062°26.8'W42°24.1'N064°08.2'W 0.948 33° 93° 266 km 04m07.1s
12:0243°36.4'N064°40.4'W42°27.3'N061°17.1'W43°02.1'N062°55.5'W 0.948 34° 95° 264 km 04m08.3s
12:0444°14.3'N063°26.7'W43°02.9'N060°09.1'W43°38.8'N061°44.9'W 0.948 35° 96° 262 km 04m09.5s
12:0644°51.0'N062°15.0'W43°37.4'N059°02.7'W44°14.3'N060°36.0'W 0.949 36° 98° 259 km 04m10.7s
12:0845°26.5'N061°05.0'W44°10.9'N057°57.6'W44°48.8'N059°28.5'W 0.949 37° 100° 257 km 04m11.8s
12:1046°01.0'N059°56.4'W44°43.5'N056°53.5'W45°22.3'N058°22.3'W 0.949 38° 101° 255 km 04m12.8s
12:1246°34.5'N058°48.9'W45°15.1'N055°50.4'W45°54.9'N057°17.1'W 0.949 39° 103° 253 km 04m13.9s
12:1447°07.1'N057°42.4'W45°46.0'N054°48.1'W46°26.5'N056°12.8'W 0.949 40° 105° 251 km 04m14.9s
12:1647°38.8'N056°36.8'W46°16.0'N053°46.4'W46°57.4'N055°09.1'W 0.950 41° 107° 249 km 04m15.8s
12:1848°09.7'N055°31.8'W46°45.3'N052°45.2'W47°27.5'N054°06.1'W 0.950 42° 109° 248 km 04m16.8s
12:2048°39.8'N054°27.3'W47°13.9'N051°44.5'W47°56.8'N053°03.5'W 0.950 43° 110° 246 km 04m17.7s
12:2249°09.2'N053°23.1'W47°41.7'N050°44.0'W48°25.3'N052°01.3'W 0.950 43° 112° 244 km 04m18.6s
12:2449°37.9'N052°19.3'W48°08.9'N049°43.7'W48°53.2'N050°59.3'W 0.950 44° 114° 243 km 04m19.4s
12:2650°05.8'N051°15.6'W48°35.4'N048°43.6'W49°20.4'N049°57.5'W 0.950 45° 116° 241 km 04m20.3s
12:2850°33.1'N050°12.1'W49°01.2'N047°43.6'W49°47.0'N048°55.7'W 0.950 46° 118° 240 km 04m21.1s
12:3050°59.7'N049°08.5'W49°26.4'N046°43.5'W50°12.9'N047°53.9'W 0.951 46° 120° 239 km 04m21.8s
12:3251°25.7'N048°04.8'W49°51.0'N045°43.3'W50°38.1'N046°52.0'W 0.951 47° 122° 237 km 04m22.6s
12:3451°51.1'N047°00.9'W50°15.0'N044°43.0'W51°02.8'N045°49.9'W 0.951 47° 125° 236 km 04m23.3s
12:3652°15.8'N045°56.8'W50°38.4'N043°42.4'W51°26.8'N044°47.7'W 0.951 48° 127° 235 km 04m23.9s
12:3852°39.9'N044°52.4'W51°01.2'N042°41.6'W51°50.2'N043°45.1'W 0.951 48° 129° 234 km 04m24.6s
12:4053°03.4'N043°47.6'W51°23.4'N041°40.5'W52°13.1'N042°42.2'W 0.951 49° 131° 233 km 04m25.2s
12:4253°26.3'N042°42.3'W51°45.0'N040°39.0'W52°35.3'N041°38.9'W 0.951 49° 133° 232 km 04m25.8s
12:4453°48.5'N041°36.6'W52°06.0'N039°37.1'W52°56.9'N040°35.1'W 0.951 50° 136° 231 km 04m26.3s
12:4654°10.2'N040°30.3'W52°26.5'N038°34.8'W53°18.0'N039°30.8'W 0.951 50° 138° 230 km 04m26.8s
12:4854°31.3'N039°23.5'W52°46.3'N037°31.9'W53°38.4'N038°26.0'W 0.951 51° 141° 229 km 04m27.3s
12:5054°51.7'N038°15.9'W53°05.6'N036°28.5'W53°58.3'N037°20.6'W 0.951 51° 143° 229 km 04m27.7s
12:5255°11.6'N037°07.7'W53°24.3'N035°24.5'W54°17.5'N036°14.5'W 0.951 51° 145° 228 km 04m28.2s
12:5455°30.8'N035°58.8'W53°42.3'N034°19.9'W54°36.1'N035°07.8'W 0.951 51° 148° 227 km 04m28.5s
12:5655°49.4'N034°49.0'W53°59.8'N033°14.7'W54°54.2'N034°00.4'W 0.951 52° 151° 227 km 04m28.9s
12:5856°07.4'N033°38.4'W54°16.7'N032°08.8'W55°11.6'N032°52.2'W 0.951 52° 153° 226 km 04m29.2s
13:0056°24.8'N032°27.0'W54°33.0'N031°02.1'W55°28.4'N031°43.3'W 0.951 52° 156° 226 km 04m29.5s
13:0256°41.5'N031°14.7'W54°48.6'N029°54.7'W55°44.6'N030°33.5'W 0.951 52° 158° 225 km 04m29.7s
13:0456°57.5'N030°01.5'W55°03.7'N028°46.6'W56°00.1'N029°22.9'W 0.951 52° 161° 225 km 04m29.9s
13:0657°12.9'N028°47.3'W55°18.1'N027°37.6'W56°15.0'N028°11.4'W 0.951 52° 164° 225 km 04m30.1s
13:0857°27.6'N027°32.1'W55°31.8'N026°27.9'W56°29.2'N026°59.0'W 0.951 52° 166° 225 km 04m30.2s
13:1057°41.6'N026°15.8'W55°44.9'N025°17.3'W56°42.7'N025°45.7'W 0.951 52° 169° 224 km 04m30.3s
13:1257°54.9'N024°58.6'W55°57.4'N024°05.8'W56°55.6'N024°31.4'W 0.951 52° 172° 224 km 04m30.4s
13:1458°07.5'N023°40.3'W56°09.1'N022°53.5'W57°07.7'N023°16.2'W 0.951 52° 174° 224 km 04m30.4s
13:1658°19.4'N022°20.9'W56°20.2'N021°40.3'W57°19.2'N022°00.0'W 0.951 52° 177° 224 km 04m30.4s
13:1858°30.5'N021°00.4'W56°30.5'N020°26.1'W57°29.9'N020°42.8'W 0.951 52° 180° 224 km 04m30.4s
13:2058°40.8'N019°38.8'W56°40.2'N019°11.1'W57°39.9'N019°24.6'W 0.951 52° 183° 224 km 04m30.3s
13:2258°50.4'N018°16.1'W56°49.1'N017°55.1'W57°49.1'N018°05.4'W 0.951 51° 185° 225 km 04m30.2s
13:2458°59.1'N016°52.2'W56°57.3'N016°38.1'W57°57.5'N016°45.1'W 0.951 51° 188° 225 km 04m30.0s
13:2659°07.0'N015°27.2'W57°04.7'N015°20.2'W58°05.2'N015°23.8'W 0.951 51° 191° 225 km 04m29.8s
13:2859°14.1'N014°01.0'W57°11.3'N014°01.3'W58°12.0'N014°01.5'W 0.951 51° 194° 225 km 04m29.6s
13:3059°20.3'N012°33.7'W57°17.1'N012°41.5'W58°18.1'N012°38.0'W 0.951 50° 196° 226 km 04m29.3s
13:3259°25.6'N011°05.1'W57°22.2'N011°20.7'W58°23.2'N011°13.5'W 0.951 50° 199° 226 km 04m29.0s
13:3459°30.0'N009°35.5'W57°26.3'N009°58.9'W58°27.5'N009°48.0'W 0.951 49° 202° 227 km 04m28.6s
13:3659°33.5'N008°04.6'W57°29.7'N008°36.1'W58°30.9'N008°21.3'W 0.951 49° 204° 227 km 04m28.2s
13:3859°36.0'N006°32.6'W57°32.1'N007°12.3'W58°33.4'N006°53.6'W 0.951 48° 207° 228 km 04m27.8s
13:4059°37.5'N004°59.4'W57°33.6'N005°47.5'W58°34.9'N005°24.8'W 0.951 48° 210° 229 km 04m27.3s
13:4259°38.0'N003°25.0'W57°34.3'N004°21.7'W58°35.5'N003°54.9'W 0.950 47° 213° 230 km 04m26.8s
13:4459°37.4'N001°49.4'W57°34.0'N002°54.8'W58°35.1'N002°23.9'W 0.950 47° 215° 230 km 04m26.3s
13:4659°35.8'N000°12.7'W57°32.7'N001°26.9'W58°33.6'N000°51.8'W 0.950 46° 218° 231 km 04m25.7s
13:4859°33.1'N001°25.2'E57°30.4'N000°02.0'E58°31.1'N000°41.5'E 0.950 46° 221° 232 km 04m25.0s
13:5059°29.2'N003°04.4'E57°27.1'N001°31.9'E58°27.6'N002°15.8'E 0.950 45° 223° 233 km 04m24.4s
13:5259°24.1'N004°44.8'E57°22.7'N003°03.0'E58°22.9'N003°51.3'E 0.950 44° 226° 234 km 04m23.7s
13:5459°17.9'N006°26.4'E57°17.2'N004°35.1'E58°17.0'N005°28.0'E 0.950 43° 228° 236 km 04m22.9s
13:5659°10.3'N008°09.3'E57°10.7'N006°08.4'E58°10.0'N007°05.9'E 0.950 43° 231° 237 km 04m22.1s
13:5859°01.5'N009°53.6'E57°02.9'N007°42.9'E58°01.8'N008°45.0'E 0.949 42° 233° 238 km 04m21.3s
14:0058°51.3'N011°39.2'E56°54.0'N009°18.5'E57°52.2'N010°25.4'E 0.949 41° 236° 240 km 04m20.4s
14:0258°39.7'N013°26.3'E56°43.8'N010°55.4'E57°41.4'N012°07.2'E 0.949 40° 239° 241 km 04m19.5s
14:0458°26.6'N015°14.9'E56°32.3'N012°33.7'E57°29.1'N013°50.4'E 0.949 39° 241° 243 km 04m18.6s
14:0658°11.9'N017°05.1'E56°19.4'N014°13.4'E57°15.5'N015°35.1'E 0.949 38° 244° 245 km 04m17.6s
14:0857°55.7'N018°57.1'E56°05.1'N015°54.7'E57°00.2'N017°21.5'E 0.948 37° 246° 247 km 04m16.5s
14:1057°37.7'N020°51.1'E55°49.3'N017°37.5'E56°43.4'N019°09.6'E 0.948 36° 249° 249 km 04m15.4s
14:1257°17.9'N022°47.3'E55°32.0'N019°22.2'E56°24.9'N020°59.8'E 0.948 35° 251° 251 km 04m14.3s
14:1456°56.1'N024°45.9'E55°13.0'N021°08.9'E56°04.6'N022°52.1'E 0.948 34° 253° 253 km 04m13.1s
14:1656°32.2'N026°47.3'E54°52.1'N022°57.9'E55°42.4'N024°47.0'E 0.947 33° 256° 255 km 04m11.9s
14:1856°05.9'N028°51.9'E54°29.4'N024°49.3'E55°18.0'N026°44.6'E 0.947 31° 258° 258 km 04m10.6s
14:2055°37.2'N031°00.2'E54°04.6'N026°43.7'E54°51.4'N028°45.5'E 0.947 30° 261° 260 km 04m09.2s
14:2255°05.6'N033°13.0'E53°37.5'N028°41.3'E54°22.2'N030°50.3'E 0.947 29° 263° 263 km 04m07.8s
14:2454°30.7'N035°31.3'E53°07.8'N030°42.9'E53°50.2'N032°59.6'E 0.946 27° 266° 266 km 04m06.3s
14:2653°52.1'N037°56.3'E52°35.4'N032°49.1'E53°15.0'N035°14.4'E 0.946 26° 268° 269 km 04m04.8s
14:2853°09.0'N040°29.9'E51°59.6'N035°00.9'E52°36.0'N037°36.1'E 0.945 24° 271° 273 km 04m03.1s
14:3052°20.3'N043°14.9'E51°20.1'N037°19.8'E51°52.4'N040°06.5'E 0.945 22° 274° 277 km 04m01.3s
14:3251°24.3'N046°15.7'E50°36.0'N039°47.6'E51°03.2'N042°48.5'E 0.944 20° 276° 281 km 03m59.4s
14:3450°17.9'N049°40.2'E49°46.1'N042°27.3'E50°06.6'N045°46.6'E 0.944 18° 279° 285 km 03m57.4s
14:3648°54.8'N053°45.5'E48°48.5'N045°23.6'E48°59.4'N049°09.1'E 0.943 15° 282° 291 km 03m55.0s
14:3846°54.4'N059°26.4'E47°40.0'N048°45.2'E47°34.8'N053°13.7'E 0.942 12° 286° 297 km 03m52.3s
14:40 - - 46°13.1'N052°51.3'E45°30.0'N059°00.8'E 0.941 291° 305 km 03m48.5s
Limits43°34.5'N068°34.2'E41°18.2'N066°06.3'E42°25.9'N067°18.6'E 0.939 - 316 km 03m43.6s

ΔT = 204.1 seconds

Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration
Event Time
TD
Time
UT1
Latitude Longitude Sun
Altitude
Sun
Azimuth
Path Width Central
Duration
Greatest Eclipse13:11:31.513:08:07.556°30.0'N027°45.6'W 52.2° 166.4° 224.6 km04m30.24s
Greatest Duration13:17:48.213:14:24.157°10.1'N023°01.0'W 52.1° 174.9° 224.3 km04m30.43s

Explanation of Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration

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Eclipse Predictions

Predictions for the Annular Solar Eclipse of 1491 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 204.1 seconds for this eclipse. The uncertainty in ΔT is 20.0 seconds corresponding to a standard error in longitude of the eclipse path of ± 0.08°.

Acknowledgments

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

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