Path of the Total Solar Eclipse of 1539 Apr 18

Fred Espenak

Introduction

The following table delineates the path of the Moon's umbral shadow during the Total Solar Eclipse of 1539 Apr 18 . 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 1539 Apr 18
UT1 Northern Limit Southern Limit Central Line M:S Sun Sun Path Central
Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Ratio Alt. Azm. Width Duration
Limits13°01.6'S095°16.4'W14°28.4'S094°42.0'W13°45.0'S094°59.1'W 1.049 - 171 km 02m34.7s
12:3211°26.6'S089°42.6'W11°50.5'S085°42.9'W11°35.3'S087°31.2'W 1.052 74° 180 km 02m50.7s
12:3409°20.8'S083°45.9'W10°06.4'S081°05.0'W09°42.6'S082°22.7'W 1.054 14° 73° 188 km 03m03.6s
12:3607°52.4'S080°14.2'W08°44.7'S077°54.9'W08°17.9'S079°02.9'W 1.055 18° 72° 193 km 03m12.8s
12:3806°37.5'S077°32.9'W07°33.4'S075°24.4'W07°04.9'S076°27.5'W 1.056 21° 72° 197 km 03m20.5s
12:4005°30.2'S075°19.8'W06°28.6'S073°17.8'W05°58.9'S074°17.9'W 1.057 24° 72° 200 km 03m27.4s
12:4204°28.0'S073°25.2'W05°28.2'S071°27.6'W04°57.7'S072°25.6'W 1.058 26° 72° 203 km 03m33.6s
12:4403°29.5'S071°43.9'W04°31.2'S069°49.5'W04°00.0'S070°46.0'W 1.058 29° 72° 206 km 03m39.3s
12:4602°34.0'S070°12.7'W03°36.9'S068°20.7'W03°05.1'S069°16.1'W 1.059 31° 72° 208 km 03m44.7s
12:4801°40.9'S068°49.5'W02°44.8'S066°59.4'W02°12.6'S067°53.9'W 1.059 33° 72° 210 km 03m49.8s
12:5000°49.8'S067°32.9'W01°54.6'S065°44.2'W01°21.9'S066°38.0'W 1.060 35° 72° 212 km 03m54.6s
12:5200°00.3'S066°21.6'W01°05.9'S064°34.2'W00°32.8'S065°27.4'W 1.060 37° 72° 214 km 03m59.2s
12:5400°47.7'N065°15.0'W00°18.7'S063°28.6'W00°14.8'N064°21.3'W 1.061 39° 72° 215 km 04m03.6s
12:5601°34.4'N064°12.2'W00°27.4'N062°26.7'W01°01.2'N063°19.0'W 1.061 40° 73° 216 km 04m07.8s
12:5802°20.0'N063°12.9'W01°12.3'N061°28.1'W01°46.4'N062°20.1'W 1.062 42° 73° 218 km 04m11.9s
13:0003°04.6'N062°16.5'W01°56.3'N060°32.4'W02°30.7'N061°24.1'W 1.062 43° 73° 219 km 04m15.8s
13:0203°48.3'N061°22.8'W02°39.4'N059°39.2'W03°14.0'N060°30.6'W 1.063 45° 73° 220 km 04m19.6s
13:0404°31.1'N060°31.4'W03°21.6'N058°48.3'W03°56.6'N059°39.5'W 1.063 46° 74° 221 km 04m23.2s
13:0605°13.2'N059°42.0'W04°03.1'N057°59.4'W04°38.3'N058°50.3'W 1.063 48° 74° 221 km 04m26.7s
13:0805°54.5'N058°54.5'W04°43.9'N057°12.3'W05°19.4'N058°03.0'W 1.064 49° 75° 222 km 04m30.1s
13:1006°35.2'N058°08.6'W05°24.1'N056°26.8'W05°59.8'N057°17.4'W 1.064 51° 75° 223 km 04m33.4s
13:1207°15.3'N057°24.2'W06°03.6'N055°42.8'W06°39.6'N056°33.2'W 1.064 52° 76° 223 km 04m36.6s
13:1407°54.8'N056°41.1'W06°42.6'N055°00.0'W07°18.9'N055°50.3'W 1.064 53° 76° 224 km 04m39.6s
13:1608°33.8'N055°59.3'W07°21.1'N054°18.5'W07°57.6'N055°08.6'W 1.065 55° 77° 224 km 04m42.6s
13:1809°12.3'N055°18.5'W07°59.0'N053°38.1'W08°35.8'N054°28.0'W 1.065 56° 78° 225 km 04m45.5s
13:2009°50.3'N054°38.8'W08°36.5'N052°58.6'W09°13.5'N053°48.4'W 1.065 57° 79° 225 km 04m48.2s
13:2210°27.9'N053°59.9'W09°13.5'N052°20.0'W09°50.8'N053°09.6'W 1.065 58° 79° 226 km 04m50.9s
13:2411°05.0'N053°21.8'W09°50.1'N051°42.2'W10°27.7'N052°31.7'W 1.066 60° 80° 226 km 04m53.5s
13:2611°41.7'N052°44.4'W10°26.3'N051°05.1'W11°04.1'N051°54.5'W 1.066 61° 81° 226 km 04m56.0s
13:2812°18.1'N052°07.6'W11°02.1'N050°28.6'W11°40.2'N051°17.9'W 1.066 62° 82° 226 km 04m58.4s
13:3012°54.0'N051°31.5'W11°37.5'N049°52.8'W12°15.9'N050°41.9'W 1.066 63° 83° 226 km 05m00.7s
13:3213°29.7'N050°55.8'W12°12.6'N049°17.4'W12°51.2'N050°06.3'W 1.066 64° 85° 227 km 05m02.9s
13:3414°04.9'N050°20.6'W12°47.3'N048°42.5'W13°26.2'N049°31.3'W 1.066 65° 86° 227 km 05m05.0s
13:3614°39.9'N049°45.8'W13°21.6'N048°08.0'W14°00.9'N048°56.6'W 1.067 66° 87° 227 km 05m07.1s
13:3815°14.5'N049°11.3'W13°55.7'N047°33.8'W14°35.2'N048°22.3'W 1.067 68° 89° 227 km 05m09.0s
13:4015°48.9'N048°37.1'W14°29.4'N047°00.0'W15°09.3'N047°48.3'W 1.067 69° 90° 227 km 05m10.9s
13:4216°22.9'N048°03.2'W15°02.9'N046°26.4'W15°43.0'N047°14.5'W 1.067 70° 92° 227 km 05m12.7s
13:4416°56.7'N047°29.4'W15°36.0'N045°53.0'W16°16.4'N046°40.9'W 1.067 71° 94° 227 km 05m14.4s
13:4617°30.2'N046°55.8'W16°08.8'N045°19.7'W16°49.6'N046°07.5'W 1.067 72° 96° 227 km 05m16.0s
13:4818°03.4'N046°22.3'W16°41.4'N044°46.6'W17°22.5'N045°34.2'W 1.067 72° 99° 227 km 05m17.5s
13:5018°36.3'N045°48.8'W17°13.7'N044°13.6'W17°55.1'N045°01.0'W 1.067 73° 101° 227 km 05m18.9s
13:5219°09.0'N045°15.4'W17°45.7'N043°40.6'W18°27.4'N044°27.8'W 1.068 74° 104° 227 km 05m20.2s
13:5419°41.4'N044°42.0'W18°17.5'N043°07.6'W18°59.5'N043°54.6'W 1.068 75° 108° 227 km 05m21.4s
13:5620°13.6'N044°08.5'W18°49.0'N042°34.6'W19°31.4'N043°21.3'W 1.068 76° 111° 227 km 05m22.6s
13:5820°45.6'N043°34.9'W19°20.2'N042°01.5'W20°02.9'N042°48.0'W 1.068 77° 115° 226 km 05m23.6s
14:0021°17.3'N043°01.2'W19°51.2'N041°28.4'W20°34.3'N042°14.5'W 1.068 77° 119° 226 km 05m24.6s
14:0221°48.7'N042°27.3'W20°21.9'N040°55.0'W21°05.4'N041°40.9'W 1.068 78° 124° 226 km 05m25.5s
14:0422°19.9'N041°53.2'W20°52.4'N040°21.5'W21°36.2'N041°07.1'W 1.068 78° 129° 226 km 05m26.2s
14:0622°50.9'N041°18.9'W21°22.7'N039°47.8'W22°06.8'N040°33.1'W 1.068 79° 134° 226 km 05m26.9s
14:0823°21.7'N040°44.3'W21°52.7'N039°13.9'W22°37.2'N039°58.9'W 1.068 79° 140° 226 km 05m27.5s
14:1023°52.2'N040°09.3'W22°22.4'N038°39.7'W23°07.3'N039°24.3'W 1.068 79° 146° 226 km 05m28.0s
14:1224°22.5'N039°34.1'W22°52.0'N038°05.1'W23°37.2'N038°49.4'W 1.068 79° 153° 225 km 05m28.3s
14:1424°52.5'N038°58.4'W23°21.3'N037°30.3'W24°06.9'N038°14.1'W 1.068 79° 159° 225 km 05m28.6s
14:1625°22.4'N038°22.3'W23°50.3'N036°55.0'W24°36.3'N037°38.5'W 1.068 79° 165° 225 km 05m28.8s
14:1825°51.9'N037°45.8'W24°19.1'N036°19.3'W25°05.5'N037°02.4'W 1.068 79° 171° 225 km 05m28.9s
14:2026°21.3'N037°08.7'W24°47.6'N035°43.2'W25°34.5'N036°25.8'W 1.068 78° 177° 225 km 05m28.9s
14:2226°50.4'N036°31.1'W25°16.0'N035°06.6'W26°03.2'N035°48.7'W 1.068 78° 182° 224 km 05m28.8s
14:2427°19.3'N035°53.0'W25°44.0'N034°29.4'W26°31.6'N035°11.0'W 1.068 77° 187° 224 km 05m28.6s
14:2627°47.9'N035°14.2'W26°11.8'N033°51.7'W26°59.8'N034°32.8'W 1.068 77° 191° 224 km 05m28.2s
14:2828°16.2'N034°34.7'W26°39.4'N033°13.4'W27°27.8'N033°53.9'W 1.068 76° 196° 224 km 05m27.8s
14:3028°44.3'N033°54.6'W27°06.7'N032°34.4'W27°55.5'N033°14.3'W 1.068 75° 199° 223 km 05m27.3s
14:3229°12.2'N033°13.6'W27°33.7'N031°54.7'W28°22.9'N032°34.0'W 1.068 74° 203° 223 km 05m26.6s
14:3429°39.8'N032°31.9'W28°00.5'N031°14.3'W28°50.1'N031°53.0'W 1.068 74° 206° 223 km 05m25.9s
14:3630°07.1'N031°49.3'W28°27.0'N030°33.1'W29°16.9'N031°11.1'W 1.068 73° 209° 222 km 05m25.0s
14:3830°34.1'N031°05.8'W28°53.2'N029°51.1'W29°43.6'N030°28.4'W 1.067 72° 212° 222 km 05m24.0s
14:4031°00.8'N030°21.4'W29°19.1'N029°08.2'W30°09.9'N029°44.7'W 1.067 71° 214° 222 km 05m22.9s
14:4231°27.2'N029°36.0'W29°44.7'N028°24.4'W30°35.9'N029°00.1'W 1.067 70° 217° 221 km 05m21.7s
14:4431°53.3'N028°49.4'W30°10.0'N027°39.6'W31°01.6'N028°14.4'W 1.067 69° 219° 221 km 05m20.4s
14:4632°19.1'N028°01.8'W30°35.0'N026°53.7'W31°27.0'N027°27.7'W 1.067 68° 221° 220 km 05m19.0s
14:4832°44.5'N027°12.9'W30°59.7'N026°06.8'W31°52.0'N026°39.9'W 1.067 67° 223° 220 km 05m17.4s
14:5033°09.6'N026°22.9'W31°24.0'N025°18.7'W32°16.7'N025°50.8'W 1.067 66° 225° 220 km 05m15.8s
14:5233°34.3'N025°31.4'W31°48.0'N024°29.4'W32°41.1'N025°00.4'W 1.067 65° 227° 219 km 05m14.0s
14:5433°58.7'N024°38.6'W32°11.6'N023°38.8'W33°05.0'N024°08.7'W 1.066 64° 228° 219 km 05m12.1s
14:5634°22.6'N023°44.3'W32°34.8'N022°46.8'W33°28.6'N023°15.6'W 1.066 62° 230° 218 km 05m10.0s
14:5834°46.1'N022°48.4'W32°57.6'N021°53.3'W33°51.7'N022°21.0'W 1.066 61° 232° 218 km 05m07.9s
15:0035°09.1'N021°50.8'W33°20.0'N020°58.4'W34°14.4'N021°24.7'W 1.066 60° 233° 217 km 05m05.6s
15:0235°31.7'N020°51.5'W33°41.9'N020°01.8'W34°36.7'N020°26.8'W 1.066 59° 235° 216 km 05m03.2s
15:0435°53.7'N019°50.3'W34°03.4'N019°03.4'W34°58.4'N019°27.0'W 1.066 58° 236° 216 km 05m00.7s
15:0636°15.3'N018°47.1'W34°24.4'N018°03.3'W35°19.7'N018°25.4'W 1.065 56° 238° 215 km 04m58.0s
15:0836°36.2'N017°41.8'W34°44.8'N017°01.1'W35°40.4'N017°21.8'W 1.065 55° 239° 214 km 04m55.2s
15:1036°56.6'N016°34.3'W35°04.7'N015°56.9'W36°00.5'N016°15.9'W 1.065 54° 241° 214 km 04m52.3s
15:1237°16.2'N015°24.3'W35°24.0'N014°50.5'W36°20.0'N015°07.8'W 1.065 53° 242° 213 km 04m49.2s
15:1437°35.2'N014°11.8'W35°42.6'N013°41.7'W36°38.8'N013°57.2'W 1.064 51° 243° 212 km 04m46.0s
15:1637°53.5'N012°56.6'W36°00.6'N012°30.4'W36°56.9'N012°44.0'W 1.064 50° 245° 211 km 04m42.7s
15:1838°10.9'N011°38.4'W36°17.8'N011°16.3'W37°14.2'N011°27.9'W 1.064 48° 246° 211 km 04m39.2s
15:2038°27.4'N010°17.0'W36°34.2'N009°59.3'W37°30.6'N010°08.8'W 1.063 47° 248° 210 km 04m35.5s
15:2238°43.0'N008°52.2'W36°49.7'N008°39.1'W37°46.2'N008°46.3'W 1.063 46° 249° 209 km 04m31.7s
15:2438°57.5'N007°23.7'W37°04.3'N007°15.4'W38°00.8'N007°20.3'W 1.063 44° 251° 208 km 04m27.8s
15:2639°10.9'N005°51.0'W37°17.8'N005°47.9'W38°14.2'N005°50.3'W 1.062 42° 252° 207 km 04m23.6s
15:2839°23.0'N004°13.8'W37°30.2'N004°16.3'W38°26.5'N004°16.0'W 1.062 41° 254° 206 km 04m19.3s
15:3039°33.6'N002°31.7'W37°41.3'N002°40.0'W38°37.4'N002°36.9'W 1.062 39° 255° 205 km 04m14.8s
15:3239°42.7'N000°44.0'W37°51.0'N000°58.6'W38°46.8'N000°52.4'W 1.061 37° 257° 204 km 04m10.1s
15:3439°49.9'N001°10.0'E37°59.1'N000°48.6'E38°54.5'N000°58.1'E 1.061 36° 259° 202 km 04m05.2s
15:3639°55.1'N003°11.2'E38°05.4'N002°42.5'E39°00.2'N002°55.5'E 1.060 34° 260° 201 km 04m00.0s
15:3839°57.9'N005°20.8'E38°09.5'N004°44.0'E39°03.7'N005°00.9'E 1.060 32° 262° 199 km 03m54.6s
15:4039°57.8'N007°40.3'E38°11.2'N006°54.5'E39°04.5'N007°15.7'E 1.059 30° 264° 198 km 03m48.8s
15:4239°54.2'N010°11.9'E38°09.8'N009°15.9'E39°02.1'N009°42.0'E 1.058 27° 266° 196 km 03m42.7s
15:4439°46.3'N012°58.7'E38°04.7'N011°50.9'E38°55.7'N012°22.7'E 1.058 25° 268° 194 km 03m36.1s
15:4639°32.7'N016°05.6'E37°54.8'N014°43.4'E38°44.0'N015°22.1'E 1.057 22° 270° 192 km 03m28.9s
15:4839°11.0'N019°41.4'E37°38.3'N018°00.3'E38°25.1'N018°47.9'E 1.056 19° 273° 190 km 03m20.9s
15:5038°36.4'N024°04.0'E37°11.9'N021°54.5'E37°55.0'N022°55.1'E 1.055 15° 276° 187 km 03m11.7s
15:5237°34.7'N030°07.3'E36°27.4'N026°58.0'E37°03.1'N028°24.5'E 1.053 11° 280° 182 km 03m00.0s
Limits35°07.4'N041°00.5'E33°40.8'N040°16.5'E34°24.1'N040°38.2'E 1.050 - 173 km 02m36.6s

ΔT = 158.1 seconds

Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration
Event Time
TD
Time
UT1
Latitude Longitude Sun
Altitude
Sun
Azimuth
Path Width Central
Duration
Greatest Eclipse14:15:05.814:12:27.623°44.1'N039°20.9'W 79.2° 154.0° 225.3 km05m28.42s
Greatest Duration14:21:20.814:18:42.725°15.8'N036°49.4'W 78.6° 172.9° 224.7 km05m28.92s

Explanation of Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration

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Eclipse Predictions

Predictions for the Total Solar Eclipse of 1539 Apr 18 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 158.1 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°.

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

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