Path of the Total Solar Eclipse of 1516 Dec 23

Fred Espenak

Introduction

The following table delineates the path of the Moon's umbral shadow during the Total Solar Eclipse of 1516 Dec 23 . 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 1516 Dec 23
UT1 Northern Limit Southern Limit Central Line M:S Sun Sun Path Central
Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Ratio Alt. Azm. Width Duration
Limits23°49.4'N083°30.9'W23°41.0'N083°34.0'W23°45.2'N083°32.4'W 1.005 - 16 km 00m16.7s
12:2419°45.7'N074°23.6'W19°23.5'N074°11.0'W19°34.6'N074°17.2'W 1.008 10° 119° 27 km 00m29.9s
12:2617°53.3'N070°22.7'W17°30.6'N070°15.5'W17°42.0'N070°19.0'W 1.009 15° 120° 32 km 00m36.7s
12:2816°31.1'N067°29.4'W16°07.4'N067°24.8'W16°19.2'N067°27.0'W 1.010 18° 122° 35 km 00m42.1s
12:3015°23.9'N065°08.9'W14°59.2'N065°06.0'W15°11.5'N065°07.3'W 1.011 21° 122° 38 km 00m46.8s
12:3214°26.1'N063°08.7'W14°00.6'N063°07.1'W14°13.3'N063°07.8'W 1.011 23° 123° 41 km 00m51.0s
12:3413°35.2'N061°22.6'W13°08.7'N061°22.0'W13°21.9'N061°22.2'W 1.012 26° 124° 43 km 00m54.9s
12:3612°49.3'N059°47.0'W12°22.1'N059°47.2'W12°35.7'N059°47.0'W 1.013 28° 125° 45 km 00m58.6s
12:3812°07.6'N058°19.6'W11°39.6'N058°20.4'W11°53.6'N058°19.9'W 1.013 30° 126° 47 km 01m02.1s
12:4011°29.2'N056°58.7'W11°00.5'N057°00.0'W11°14.8'N056°59.3'W 1.014 32° 126° 49 km 01m05.4s
12:4210°53.7'N055°43.1'W10°24.3'N055°45.0'W10°39.0'N055°44.0'W 1.014 33° 127° 50 km 01m08.5s
12:4410°20.7'N054°32.2'W09°50.6'N054°34.4'W10°05.6'N054°33.2'W 1.014 35° 128° 52 km 01m11.6s
12:4609°49.8'N053°25.0'W09°19.0'N053°27.6'W09°34.4'N053°26.3'W 1.015 37° 128° 53 km 01m14.5s
12:4809°20.9'N052°21.3'W08°49.5'N052°24.2'W09°05.2'N052°22.6'W 1.015 38° 129° 55 km 01m17.3s
12:5008°53.6'N051°20.4'W08°21.7'N051°23.6'W08°37.7'N051°21.9'W 1.016 40° 130° 56 km 01m20.0s
12:5208°28.0'N050°22.1'W07°55.5'N050°25.5'W08°11.7'N050°23.7'W 1.016 41° 130° 57 km 01m22.7s
12:5408°03.8'N049°26.1'W07°30.7'N049°29.7'W07°47.2'N049°27.8'W 1.016 42° 131° 58 km 01m25.2s
12:5607°40.9'N048°32.1'W07°07.3'N048°35.8'W07°24.1'N048°33.9'W 1.016 44° 132° 60 km 01m27.7s
12:5807°19.2'N047°40.0'W06°45.2'N047°43.8'W07°02.2'N047°41.8'W 1.017 45° 133° 61 km 01m30.1s
13:0006°58.7'N046°49.5'W06°24.2'N046°53.4'W06°41.4'N046°51.3'W 1.017 46° 134° 62 km 01m32.4s
13:0206°39.2'N046°00.4'W06°04.3'N046°04.4'W06°21.7'N046°02.3'W 1.017 47° 134° 63 km 01m34.6s
13:0406°20.8'N045°12.7'W05°45.4'N045°16.8'W06°03.1'N045°14.7'W 1.017 48° 135° 63 km 01m36.8s
13:0606°03.3'N044°26.3'W05°27.5'N044°30.3'W05°45.4'N044°28.3'W 1.018 49° 136° 64 km 01m38.8s
13:0805°46.7'N043°41.0'W05°10.5'N043°45.0'W05°28.6'N043°42.9'W 1.018 51° 137° 65 km 01m40.8s
13:1005°31.0'N042°56.7'W04°54.4'N043°00.7'W05°12.7'N042°58.6'W 1.018 52° 138° 66 km 01m42.8s
13:1205°16.1'N042°13.3'W04°39.2'N042°17.3'W04°57.7'N042°15.3'W 1.018 53° 139° 67 km 01m44.6s
13:1405°02.0'N041°30.8'W04°24.8'N041°34.8'W04°43.4'N041°32.8'W 1.018 54° 140° 68 km 01m46.4s
13:1604°48.7'N040°49.1'W04°11.1'N040°53.0'W04°29.9'N040°51.0'W 1.019 54° 142° 68 km 01m48.1s
13:1804°36.1'N040°08.1'W03°58.2'N040°12.0'W04°17.1'N040°10.0'W 1.019 55° 143° 69 km 01m49.7s
13:2004°24.2'N039°27.8'W03°46.0'N039°31.6'W04°05.1'N039°29.7'W 1.019 56° 144° 70 km 01m51.3s
13:2204°13.0'N038°48.1'W03°34.5'N038°51.8'W03°53.8'N038°49.9'W 1.019 57° 145° 70 km 01m52.8s
13:2404°02.5'N038°09.0'W03°23.7'N038°12.6'W03°43.1'N038°10.8'W 1.019 58° 147° 71 km 01m54.2s
13:2603°52.6'N037°30.4'W03°13.6'N037°33.8'W03°33.1'N037°32.1'W 1.019 59° 148° 71 km 01m55.5s
13:2803°43.3'N036°52.3'W03°04.1'N036°55.6'W03°23.7'N036°53.9'W 1.019 59° 150° 72 km 01m56.7s
13:3003°34.7'N036°14.6'W02°55.3'N036°17.7'W03°15.0'N036°16.1'W 1.019 60° 152° 72 km 01m57.9s
13:3203°26.7'N035°37.2'W02°47.1'N035°40.3'W03°06.9'N035°38.7'W 1.019 61° 153° 73 km 01m59.0s
13:3403°19.2'N035°00.3'W02°39.5'N035°03.2'W02°59.4'N035°01.7'W 1.020 61° 155° 73 km 02m00.0s
13:3603°12.4'N034°23.7'W02°32.4'N034°26.4'W02°52.4'N034°25.0'W 1.020 62° 157° 73 km 02m00.9s
13:3803°06.1'N033°47.3'W02°26.0'N033°49.9'W02°46.1'N033°48.6'W 1.020 62° 159° 74 km 02m01.7s
13:4003°00.4'N033°11.3'W02°20.2'N033°13.6'W02°40.3'N033°12.4'W 1.020 63° 161° 74 km 02m02.5s
13:4202°55.3'N032°35.4'W02°14.9'N032°37.6'W02°35.1'N032°36.5'W 1.020 63° 163° 74 km 02m03.1s
13:4402°50.7'N031°59.8'W02°10.2'N032°01.8'W02°30.5'N032°00.8'W 1.020 64° 165° 74 km 02m03.7s
13:4602°46.6'N031°24.3'W02°06.1'N031°26.1'W02°26.4'N031°25.2'W 1.020 64° 167° 75 km 02m04.2s
13:4802°43.1'N030°49.0'W02°02.5'N030°50.6'W02°22.8'N030°49.8'W 1.020 64° 169° 75 km 02m04.6s
13:5002°40.2'N030°13.8'W01°59.5'N030°15.2'W02°19.8'N030°14.5'W 1.020 64° 171° 75 km 02m04.9s
13:5202°37.7'N029°38.7'W01°57.0'N029°39.9'W02°17.4'N029°39.3'W 1.020 65° 174° 75 km 02m05.1s
13:5402°35.8'N029°03.6'W01°55.1'N029°04.7'W02°15.5'N029°04.1'W 1.020 65° 176° 75 km 02m05.3s
13:5602°34.4'N028°28.6'W01°53.7'N028°29.5'W02°14.1'N028°29.0'W 1.020 65° 178° 75 km 02m05.3s
13:5802°33.6'N027°53.6'W01°52.9'N027°54.3'W02°13.2'N027°54.0'W 1.020 65° 181° 75 km 02m05.3s
14:0002°33.3'N027°18.7'W01°52.6'N027°19.1'W02°12.9'N027°18.9'W 1.020 65° 183° 75 km 02m05.2s
14:0202°33.5'N026°43.6'W01°52.8'N026°43.9'W02°13.2'N026°43.8'W 1.020 65° 185° 75 km 02m05.0s
14:0402°34.2'N026°08.6'W01°53.6'N026°08.6'W02°13.9'N026°08.6'W 1.020 65° 188° 75 km 02m04.7s
14:0602°35.5'N025°33.4'W01°55.0'N025°33.2'W02°15.2'N025°33.3'W 1.020 64° 190° 75 km 02m04.3s
14:0802°37.3'N024°58.2'W01°56.8'N024°57.8'W02°17.1'N024°58.0'W 1.020 64° 192° 74 km 02m03.8s
14:1002°39.6'N024°22.8'W01°59.3'N024°22.2'W02°19.5'N024°22.5'W 1.020 64° 194° 74 km 02m03.3s
14:1202°42.5'N023°47.2'W02°02.3'N023°46.5'W02°22.4'N023°46.9'W 1.020 63° 197° 74 km 02m02.7s
14:1402°45.9'N023°11.5'W02°05.9'N023°10.5'W02°25.9'N023°11.0'W 1.020 63° 199° 74 km 02m01.9s
14:1602°49.9'N022°35.5'W02°10.0'N022°34.4'W02°30.0'N022°35.0'W 1.019 63° 201° 73 km 02m01.1s
14:1802°54.4'N021°59.3'W02°14.7'N021°58.0'W02°34.6'N021°58.7'W 1.019 62° 203° 73 km 02m00.2s
14:2002°59.5'N021°22.9'W02°20.0'N021°21.4'W02°39.8'N021°22.2'W 1.019 62° 205° 72 km 01m59.3s
14:2203°05.2'N020°46.1'W02°25.9'N020°44.4'W02°45.6'N020°45.3'W 1.019 61° 206° 72 km 01m58.2s
14:2403°11.5'N020°09.0'W02°32.4'N020°07.2'W02°51.9'N020°08.1'W 1.019 60° 208° 72 km 01m57.1s
14:2603°18.3'N019°31.5'W02°39.5'N019°29.5'W02°58.9'N019°30.6'W 1.019 60° 210° 71 km 01m55.8s
14:2803°25.8'N018°53.6'W02°47.2'N018°51.5'W03°06.5'N018°52.6'W 1.019 59° 211° 70 km 01m54.5s
14:3003°33.9'N018°15.3'W02°55.5'N018°13.0'W03°14.7'N018°14.2'W 1.019 58° 213° 70 km 01m53.2s
14:3203°42.6'N017°36.5'W03°04.5'N017°34.1'W03°23.6'N017°35.3'W 1.019 58° 214° 69 km 01m51.7s
14:3403°51.9'N016°57.1'W03°14.2'N016°54.6'W03°33.1'N016°55.9'W 1.018 57° 216° 69 km 01m50.2s
14:3604°02.0'N016°17.2'W03°24.6'N016°14.6'W03°43.3'N016°15.9'W 1.018 56° 217° 68 km 01m48.6s
14:3804°12.7'N015°36.6'W03°35.6'N015°33.9'W03°54.2'N015°35.3'W 1.018 55° 218° 67 km 01m46.9s
14:4004°24.1'N014°55.4'W03°47.4'N014°52.6'W04°05.8'N014°54.0'W 1.018 54° 220° 66 km 01m45.1s
14:4204°36.3'N014°13.4'W04°00.0'N014°10.6'W04°18.2'N014°12.0'W 1.018 53° 221° 66 km 01m43.3s
14:4404°49.3'N013°30.6'W04°13.3'N013°27.7'W04°31.3'N013°29.2'W 1.018 52° 222° 65 km 01m41.4s
14:4605°03.0'N012°46.9'W04°27.5'N012°44.0'W04°45.2'N012°45.5'W 1.017 51° 223° 64 km 01m39.4s
14:4805°17.6'N012°02.3'W04°42.4'N011°59.3'W05°00.0'N012°00.9'W 1.017 50° 224° 63 km 01m37.4s
14:5005°33.0'N011°16.6'W04°58.3'N011°13.7'W05°15.6'N011°15.2'W 1.017 49° 225° 62 km 01m35.3s
14:5205°49.3'N010°29.8'W05°15.1'N010°26.8'W05°32.2'N010°28.4'W 1.017 48° 226° 61 km 01m33.1s
14:5406°06.6'N009°41.7'W05°32.9'N009°38.8'W05°49.8'N009°40.3'W 1.016 47° 227° 60 km 01m30.8s
14:5606°24.9'N008°52.3'W05°51.7'N008°49.4'W06°08.3'N008°50.9'W 1.016 46° 228° 59 km 01m28.5s
14:5806°44.3'N008°01.3'W06°11.6'N007°58.5'W06°28.0'N008°00.0'W 1.016 45° 228° 58 km 01m26.1s
15:0007°04.8'N007°08.7'W06°32.7'N007°06.0'W06°48.8'N007°07.4'W 1.016 43° 229° 57 km 01m23.6s
15:0207°26.6'N006°14.2'W06°55.0'N006°11.7'W07°10.8'N006°13.0'W 1.015 42° 230° 56 km 01m21.0s
15:0407°49.7'N005°17.7'W07°18.7'N005°15.3'W07°34.2'N005°16.6'W 1.015 41° 231° 54 km 01m18.4s
15:0608°14.3'N004°18.8'W07°43.9'N004°16.6'W07°59.1'N004°17.8'W 1.015 39° 231° 53 km 01m15.7s
15:0808°40.4'N003°17.4'W08°10.6'N003°15.4'W08°25.5'N003°16.5'W 1.014 38° 232° 52 km 01m12.8s
15:1009°08.2'N002°13.0'W08°39.2'N002°11.3'W08°53.7'N002°12.2'W 1.014 36° 233° 50 km 01m09.9s
15:1209°38.0'N001°05.1'W09°09.7'N001°03.8'W09°23.8'N001°04.5'W 1.014 35° 233° 49 km 01m06.9s
15:1410°10.0'N000°06.6'E09°42.4'N000°07.6'E09°56.2'N000°07.0'E 1.013 33° 234° 47 km 01m03.8s
15:1610°44.5'N001°23.0'E10°17.7'N001°23.6'E10°31.1'N001°23.2'E 1.013 31° 235° 45 km 01m00.6s
15:1811°21.9'N002°44.9'E10°55.9'N002°45.0'E11°08.9'N002°44.9'E 1.012 30° 235° 43 km 00m57.2s
15:2012°02.7'N004°13.5'E11°37.6'N004°13.0'E11°50.1'N004°13.2'E 1.012 28° 236° 41 km 00m53.7s
15:2212°47.7'N005°50.5'E12°23.5'N005°49.3'E12°35.6'N005°49.8'E 1.011 25° 237° 39 km 00m50.0s
15:2413°38.0'N007°38.3'E13°14.8'N007°36.2'E13°26.4'N007°37.2'E 1.010 23° 237° 37 km 00m46.0s
15:2614°35.3'N009°40.8'E14°13.1'N009°37.6'E14°24.2'N009°39.1'E 1.010 21° 238° 34 km 00m41.7s
15:2815°42.5'N012°04.7'E15°21.4'N012°00.0'E15°31.9'N012°02.2'E 1.009 18° 239° 31 km 00m37.0s
15:3017°05.7'N015°04.0'E16°45.9'N014°57.0'E16°55.8'N015°00.4'E 1.008 14° 240° 27 km 00m31.5s
15:3219°03.1'N019°20.4'E18°44.2'N019°08.3'E18°53.7'N019°14.2'E 1.006 242° 22 km 00m24.4s
Limits22°43.9'N027°41.0'E22°37.6'N027°43.3'E22°40.7'N027°42.1'E 1.003 - 12 km 00m12.6s

ΔT = 178.2 seconds

Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration
Event Time
TD
Time
UT1
Latitude Longitude Sun
Altitude
Sun
Azimuth
Path Width Central
Duration
Greatest Eclipse14:00:49.313:57:51.102°13.3'N028°41.3'W 64.8° 180.5° 75.1 km02m05.31s
Greatest Duration13:59:15.913:56:17.702°13.9'N028°23.9'W 64.8° 178.7° 75.1 km02m05.34s

Explanation of Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration

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Eclipse Predictions

Predictions for the Total Solar Eclipse of 1516 Dec 23 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 178.2 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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