Path of the Annular Solar Eclipse of 1538 Oct 22

Fred Espenak

Introduction

The following table delineates the path of the Moon's antumbral shadow during the Annular Solar Eclipse of 1538 Oct 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 .

Annular Solar Eclipse of 1538 Oct 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
Limits57°24.2'N139°59.9'E54°03.6'N137°57.0'E55°43.3'N138°54.9'E 0.910 - 391 km 06m56.2s
21:58 - - 49°26.6'N151°41.7'E53°12.8'N146°53.5'E 0.911 123° 379 km 07m07.8s
22:0054°15.7'N149°32.3'E47°30.9'N156°07.8'E50°21.1'N154°12.5'E 0.912 11° 129° 369 km 07m20.7s
22:0251°23.6'N156°26.5'E45°56.6'N159°21.5'E48°25.1'N158°23.9'E 0.913 15° 133° 362 km 07m29.4s
22:0449°25.2'N160°30.2'E44°34.4'N161°56.7'E46°49.7'N161°29.8'E 0.914 17° 136° 357 km 07m36.6s
22:0647°47.6'N163°31.3'E43°20.1'N164°07.0'E45°26.2'N163°59.6'E 0.914 20° 138° 354 km 07m42.9s
22:0846°22.3'N165°57.4'E42°11.7'N165°59.8'E44°10.8'N166°05.8'E 0.915 22° 140° 350 km 07m48.6s
22:1045°05.3'N168°00.7'E41°07.8'N167°39.6'E43°01.3'N167°55.4'E 0.915 24° 142° 348 km 07m53.8s
22:1243°54.4'N169°47.8'E40°07.7'N169°09.0'E41°56.5'N169°32.3'E 0.916 26° 144° 345 km 07m58.7s
22:1442°48.4'N171°22.5'E39°10.6'N170°30.3'E40°55.4'N170°59.4'E 0.916 27° 145° 343 km 08m03.4s
22:1641°46.3'N172°47.6'E38°16.1'N171°44.7'E39°57.5'N172°18.5'E 0.917 29° 147° 341 km 08m07.8s
22:1840°47.4'N174°04.9'E37°23.9'N172°53.3'E39°02.3'N173°31.0'E 0.917 30° 148° 340 km 08m12.0s
22:2039°51.4'N175°15.8'E36°33.7'N173°57.2'E38°09.4'N174°38.0'E 0.917 32° 150° 338 km 08m16.0s
22:2238°57.8'N176°21.4'E35°45.2'N174°56.8'E37°18.6'N175°40.3'E 0.917 33° 151° 337 km 08m19.9s
22:2438°06.3'N177°22.3'E34°58.3'N175°52.7'E36°29.6'N176°38.5'E 0.918 34° 152° 336 km 08m23.6s
22:2637°16.8'N178°19.2'E34°12.9'N176°45.5'E35°42.3'N177°33.2'E 0.918 36° 154° 335 km 08m27.3s
22:2836°28.9'N179°12.8'E33°28.7'N177°35.4'E34°56.4'N178°24.7'E 0.918 37° 155° 334 km 08m30.7s
22:3035°42.6'N179°56.7'W32°45.8'N178°22.8'E34°11.9'N179°13.5'E 0.918 38° 156° 333 km 08m34.1s
22:3234°57.7'N179°08.9'W32°03.9'N179°07.9'E33°28.6'N179°59.9'E 0.919 39° 157° 333 km 08m37.4s
22:3434°14.0'N178°23.5'W31°23.1'N179°51.0'E32°46.5'N179°15.9'W 0.919 40° 159° 332 km 08m40.6s
22:3633°31.6'N177°40.1'W30°43.2'N179°27.7'W32°05.4'N178°33.7'W 0.919 41° 160° 332 km 08m43.7s
22:3832°50.3'N176°58.7'W30°04.3'N178°48.1'W31°25.3'N177°53.2'W 0.919 42° 161° 331 km 08m46.7s
22:4032°10.0'N176°19.0'W29°26.1'N178°10.0'W30°46.2'N177°14.4'W 0.919 43° 162° 331 km 08m49.6s
22:4231°30.7'N175°40.8'W28°48.8'N177°33.2'W30°07.9'N176°37.0'W 0.919 44° 164° 331 km 08m52.5s
22:4430°52.3'N175°04.1'W28°12.1'N176°57.7'W29°30.4'N176°00.9'W 0.920 45° 165° 331 km 08m55.2s
22:4630°14.7'N174°28.6'W27°36.2'N176°23.4'W28°53.7'N175°26.0'W 0.920 46° 166° 331 km 08m57.9s
22:4829°38.0'N173°54.2'W27°01.0'N175°50.1'W28°17.8'N174°52.2'W 0.920 46° 167° 331 km 09m00.5s
22:5029°02.0'N173°21.0'W26°26.4'N175°17.7'W27°42.5'N174°19.4'W 0.920 47° 169° 331 km 09m03.0s
22:5228°26.8'N172°48.6'W25°52.4'N174°46.2'W27°07.9'N173°47.5'W 0.920 48° 170° 331 km 09m05.5s
22:5427°52.2'N172°17.2'W25°18.9'N174°15.5'W26°33.9'N173°16.5'W 0.920 49° 172° 331 km 09m07.9s
22:5627°18.3'N171°46.6'W24°46.1'N173°45.6'W26°00.6'N172°46.2'W 0.920 49° 173° 331 km 09m10.2s
22:5826°45.0'N171°16.7'W24°13.7'N173°16.3'W25°27.8'N172°16.7'W 0.921 50° 174° 332 km 09m12.4s
23:0026°12.4'N170°47.4'W23°41.9'N172°47.6'W24°55.6'N171°47.7'W 0.921 50° 176° 332 km 09m14.6s
23:0225°40.3'N170°18.8'W23°10.6'N172°19.5'W24°23.9'N171°19.3'W 0.921 51° 177° 333 km 09m16.7s
23:0425°08.8'N169°50.7'W22°39.7'N171°51.9'W23°52.8'N170°51.5'W 0.921 52° 179° 333 km 09m18.7s
23:0624°37.9'N169°23.1'W22°09.4'N171°24.7'W23°22.1'N170°24.1'W 0.921 52° 180° 334 km 09m20.7s
23:0824°07.4'N168°55.9'W21°39.4'N170°58.0'W22°51.9'N169°57.2'W 0.921 53° 182° 335 km 09m22.5s
23:1023°37.5'N168°29.2'W21°09.9'N170°31.6'W22°22.2'N169°30.7'W 0.921 53° 183° 336 km 09m24.3s
23:1223°08.1'N168°02.8'W20°40.8'N170°05.6'W21°53.0'N169°04.5'W 0.921 54° 185° 336 km 09m26.1s
23:1422°39.1'N167°36.7'W20°12.2'N169°39.9'W21°24.2'N168°38.6'W 0.921 54° 186° 337 km 09m27.7s
23:1622°10.6'N167°10.9'W19°43.9'N169°14.4'W20°55.8'N168°13.0'W 0.921 54° 188° 338 km 09m29.3s
23:1821°42.6'N166°45.4'W19°16.0'N168°49.2'W20°27.8'N167°47.6'W 0.921 55° 190° 339 km 09m30.8s
23:2021°15.0'N166°20.1'W18°48.5'N168°24.2'W20°00.3'N167°22.5'W 0.921 55° 191° 340 km 09m32.2s
23:2220°47.9'N165°54.9'W18°21.4'N167°59.3'W19°33.2'N166°57.5'W 0.921 55° 193° 341 km 09m33.6s
23:2420°21.2'N165°29.9'W17°54.6'N167°34.6'W19°06.4'N166°32.6'W 0.921 55° 195° 343 km 09m34.8s
23:2619°54.9'N165°05.1'W17°28.2'N167°10.0'W18°40.1'N166°07.9'W 0.921 56° 196° 344 km 09m36.0s
23:2819°29.0'N164°40.3'W17°02.2'N166°45.4'W18°14.1'N165°43.2'W 0.921 56° 198° 345 km 09m37.1s
23:3019°03.5'N164°15.5'W16°36.5'N166°20.9'W17°48.6'N165°18.6'W 0.921 56° 200° 346 km 09m38.1s
23:3218°38.4'N163°50.8'W16°11.2'N165°56.5'W17°23.3'N164°54.0'W 0.921 56° 201° 348 km 09m39.0s
23:3418°13.7'N163°26.1'W15°46.2'N165°32.0'W16°58.5'N164°29.4'W 0.921 56° 203° 349 km 09m39.8s
23:3617°49.4'N163°01.4'W15°21.5'N165°07.5'W16°34.0'N164°04.8'W 0.921 56° 205° 351 km 09m40.5s
23:3817°25.4'N162°36.6'W14°57.2'N164°42.9'W16°09.9'N163°40.2'W 0.921 56° 206° 352 km 09m41.1s
23:4017°01.9'N162°11.7'W14°33.2'N164°18.3'W15°46.1'N163°15.4'W 0.921 56° 208° 354 km 09m41.7s
23:4216°38.7'N161°46.7'W14°09.5'N163°53.5'W15°22.7'N162°50.5'W 0.921 56° 210° 355 km 09m42.1s
23:4416°15.9'N161°21.6'W13°46.1'N163°28.6'W14°59.6'N162°25.6'W 0.921 56° 211° 357 km 09m42.4s
23:4615°53.5'N160°56.3'W13°23.1'N163°03.6'W14°36.8'N162°00.4'W 0.921 56° 213° 358 km 09m42.7s
23:4815°31.4'N160°30.8'W13°00.4'N162°38.4'W14°14.5'N161°35.1'W 0.921 55° 215° 360 km 09m42.8s
23:5015°09.7'N160°05.1'W12°38.1'N162°12.9'W13°52.4'N161°09.5'W 0.921 55° 216° 362 km 09m42.8s
23:5214°48.4'N159°39.2'W12°16.0'N161°47.2'W13°30.7'N160°43.7'W 0.921 55° 218° 363 km 09m42.7s
23:5414°27.4'N159°12.9'W11°54.3'N161°21.3'W13°09.4'N160°17.6'W 0.921 55° 219° 365 km 09m42.5s
23:5614°06.8'N158°46.4'W11°32.9'N160°55.0'W12°48.4'N159°51.2'W 0.921 54° 221° 366 km 09m42.2s
23:5813°46.6'N158°19.5'W11°11.9'N160°28.4'W12°27.8'N159°24.5'W 0.921 54° 222° 368 km 09m41.7s
00:0013°26.7'N157°52.3'W10°51.1'N160°01.5'W12°07.5'N158°57.5'W 0.921 54° 224° 370 km 09m41.1s
00:0213°07.2'N157°24.7'W10°30.8'N159°34.2'W11°47.5'N158°30.0'W 0.921 53° 225° 371 km 09m40.4s
00:0412°48.1'N156°56.6'W10°10.7'N159°06.4'W11°28.0'N158°02.1'W 0.921 53° 226° 373 km 09m39.6s
00:0612°29.4'N156°28.0'W09°51.0'N158°38.3'W11°08.8'N157°33.8'W 0.921 52° 228° 374 km 09m38.7s
00:0812°11.1'N155°59.0'W09°31.6'N158°09.6'W10°49.9'N157°04.9'W 0.921 52° 229° 376 km 09m37.6s
00:1011°53.2'N155°29.4'W09°12.6'N157°40.4'W10°31.4'N156°35.6'W 0.921 51° 230° 377 km 09m36.4s
00:1211°35.6'N154°59.2'W08°54.0'N157°10.6'W10°13.3'N156°05.6'W 0.921 51° 232° 378 km 09m35.1s
00:1411°18.5'N154°28.4'W08°35.7'N156°40.3'W09°55.6'N155°35.0'W 0.921 50° 233° 380 km 09m33.6s
00:1611°01.8'N153°56.8'W08°17.8'N156°09.2'W09°38.3'N155°03.8'W 0.920 49° 234° 381 km 09m32.0s
00:1810°45.5'N153°24.6'W08°00.3'N155°37.5'W09°21.4'N154°31.9'W 0.920 49° 235° 382 km 09m30.2s
00:2010°29.6'N152°51.5'W07°43.2'N155°05.1'W09°04.9'N153°59.2'W 0.920 48° 236° 383 km 09m28.3s
00:2210°14.2'N152°17.6'W07°26.5'N154°31.9'W08°48.9'N153°25.6'W 0.920 47° 237° 384 km 09m26.3s
00:2409°59.3'N151°42.8'W07°10.2'N153°57.8'W08°33.2'N152°51.2'W 0.920 47° 238° 385 km 09m24.1s
00:2609°44.8'N151°07.0'W06°54.3'N153°22.8'W08°18.1'N152°15.9'W 0.920 46° 239° 386 km 09m21.7s
00:2809°30.9'N150°30.2'W06°38.9'N152°46.8'W08°03.4'N151°39.5'W 0.920 45° 240° 386 km 09m19.2s
00:3009°17.4'N149°52.2'W06°24.0'N152°09.8'W07°49.2'N151°02.1'W 0.920 44° 241° 387 km 09m16.6s
00:3209°04.6'N149°13.0'W06°09.5'N151°31.6'W07°35.5'N150°23.4'W 0.919 43° 242° 387 km 09m13.8s
00:3408°52.2'N148°32.4'W05°55.5'N150°52.2'W07°22.3'N149°43.5'W 0.919 42° 243° 388 km 09m10.8s
00:3608°40.5'N147°50.3'W05°42.1'N150°11.5'W07°09.7'N149°02.2'W 0.919 41° 243° 388 km 09m07.6s
00:3808°29.4'N147°06.6'W05°29.3'N149°29.3'W06°57.8'N148°19.4'W 0.919 40° 244° 388 km 09m04.3s
00:4008°19.0'N146°21.2'W05°17.0'N148°45.6'W06°46.4'N147°34.9'W 0.919 39° 245° 388 km 09m00.8s
00:4208°09.3'N145°33.9'W05°05.4'N148°00.2'W06°35.7'N146°48.7'W 0.918 38° 246° 388 km 08m57.2s
00:4408°00.4'N144°44.4'W04°54.4'N147°12.9'W06°25.7'N146°00.5'W 0.918 37° 246° 388 km 08m53.3s
00:4607°52.4'N143°52.6'W04°44.2'N146°23.6'W06°16.5'N145°10.0'W 0.918 36° 247° 388 km 08m49.3s
00:4807°45.2'N142°58.1'W04°34.7'N145°32.1'W06°08.2'N144°17.2'W 0.918 35° 248° 388 km 08m45.0s
00:5007°39.1'N142°00.6'W04°26.1'N144°38.0'W06°00.8'N143°21.6'W 0.917 33° 248° 388 km 08m40.6s
00:5207°34.1'N140°59.7'W04°18.4'N143°41.1'W05°54.4'N142°23.0'W 0.917 32° 249° 387 km 08m35.9s
00:5407°30.4'N139°54.9'W04°11.7'N142°41.0'W05°49.1'N141°20.9'W 0.917 31° 249° 387 km 08m31.0s
00:5607°28.1'N138°45.5'W04°06.2'N141°37.3'W05°45.1'N140°14.7'W 0.917 29° 250° 386 km 08m25.8s
00:5807°27.5'N137°30.6'W04°02.0'N140°29.5'W05°42.5'N139°03.8'W 0.916 28° 250° 386 km 08m20.4s
01:0007°29.0'N136°09.2'W03°59.2'N139°16.7'W05°41.6'N137°47.4'W 0.916 26° 251° 386 km 08m14.6s
01:0207°32.8'N134°39.6'W03°58.1'N137°58.2'W05°42.8'N136°24.2'W 0.915 24° 251° 385 km 08m08.5s
01:0407°39.8'N132°59.5'W03°59.1'N136°32.6'W05°46.4'N134°52.6'W 0.915 22° 252° 385 km 08m02.0s
01:0607°50.8'N131°05.1'W04°02.6'N134°58.2'W05°53.1'N133°10.2'W 0.914 20° 252° 384 km 07m54.9s
01:0808°07.8'N128°49.6'W04°09.3'N133°12.3'W06°04.0'N131°12.9'W 0.914 18° 253° 384 km 07m47.1s
01:1008°34.7'N125°58.7'W04°20.3'N131°10.7'W06°20.9'N128°53.6'W 0.913 15° 253° 384 km 07m38.4s
01:1209°24.3'N121°44.5'W04°37.7'N128°45.3'W06°48.0'N125°56.9'W 0.912 12° 254° 385 km 07m28.0s
01:14 - - 05°06.2'N125°38.1'W07°39.5'N121°28.4'W 0.911 254° 386 km 07m13.7s
Limits10°59.9'N115°09.7'W07°22.4'N115°05.5'W09°10.0'N115°08.2'W 0.910 - 390 km 06m56.2s

ΔT = 158.6 seconds

Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration
Event Time
TD
Time
UT1
Latitude Longitude Sun
Altitude
Sun
Azimuth
Path Width Central
Duration
Greatest Eclipse23:38:39.523:36:01.016°33.8'N164°44.4'W 56.0° 204.6° 350.7 km09m40.52s
Greatest Duration23:51:50.923:49:12.314°01.1'N161°19.7'W 55.3° 215.5° 361.0 km09m42.80s

Explanation of Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration

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Eclipse Predictions

Predictions for the Annular Solar Eclipse of 1538 Oct 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 158.6 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°.

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

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