Path of the Total Solar Eclipse of 1554 Jan 03

Fred Espenak

Introduction

The following table delineates the path of the Moon's umbral shadow during the Total Solar Eclipse of 1554 Jan 03 . 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 1554 Jan 03
UT1 Northern Limit Southern Limit Central Line M:S Sun Sun Path Central
Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Ratio Alt. Azm. Width Duration
Limits16°36.3'S128°56.5'E17°27.2'S128°24.7'E17°01.7'S128°40.7'E 1.029 - 108 km 01m31.7s
21:0819°30.2'S136°12.2'E19°00.9'S132°14.2'E19°22.3'S134°28.7'E 1.031 111° 115 km 01m41.8s
21:1021°40.8'S141°34.8'E21°58.9'S139°22.6'E21°51.0'S140°30.9'E 1.033 13° 108° 123 km 01m53.8s
21:1223°07.7'S145°09.7'E23°38.1'S143°20.2'E23°23.6'S144°16.2'E 1.035 17° 107° 127 km 02m01.9s
21:1424°16.6'S148°01.8'E24°54.1'S146°23.7'E24°35.9'S147°13.7'E 1.036 20° 105° 130 km 02m08.6s
21:1625°14.9'S150°29.3'E25°57.5'S148°58.5'E25°36.7'S149°44.7'E 1.037 23° 104° 133 km 02m14.6s
21:1826°05.9'S152°40.2'E26°52.5'S151°14.9'E26°29.6'S151°58.3'E 1.037 26° 102° 136 km 02m20.1s
21:2026°51.4'S154°39.3'E27°41.3'S153°18.2'E27°16.7'S153°59.4'E 1.038 28° 101° 138 km 02m25.2s
21:2227°32.5'S156°29.2'E28°25.3'S155°11.7'E27°59.2'S155°51.1'E 1.039 30° 100° 140 km 02m30.0s
21:2428°10.1'S158°12.0'E29°05.5'S156°57.5'E28°38.1'S157°35.4'E 1.039 32° 99° 141 km 02m34.5s
21:2628°44.6'S159°48.8'E29°42.4'S158°37.1'E29°13.8'S159°13.6'E 1.040 34° 97° 143 km 02m38.8s
21:2829°16.6'S161°20.8'E30°16.5'S160°11.6'E29°46.8'S160°46.8'E 1.040 36° 96° 144 km 02m43.0s
21:3029°46.3'S162°48.6'E30°48.2'S161°41.8'E30°17.5'S162°15.8'E 1.041 38° 95° 145 km 02m47.0s
21:3230°14.0'S164°12.8'E31°17.7'S163°08.3'E30°46.0'S163°41.1'E 1.041 40° 93° 147 km 02m50.8s
21:3430°39.8'S165°33.9'E31°45.2'S164°31.6'E31°12.7'S165°03.3'E 1.042 41° 92° 148 km 02m54.5s
21:3631°04.0'S166°52.3'E32°11.0'S165°52.2'E31°37.6'S166°22.8'E 1.042 43° 91° 149 km 02m58.1s
21:3831°26.6'S168°08.4'E32°35.1'S167°10.3'E32°01.0'S167°39.8'E 1.042 44° 90° 150 km 03m01.5s
21:4031°47.8'S169°22.3'E32°57.8'S168°26.2'E32°22.9'S168°54.7'E 1.043 46° 88° 151 km 03m04.9s
21:4232°07.7'S170°34.2'E33°19.0'S169°40.2'E32°43.5'S170°07.7'E 1.043 47° 87° 151 km 03m08.1s
21:4432°26.4'S171°44.5'E33°38.9'S170°52.5'E33°02.8'S171°18.9'E 1.043 49° 86° 152 km 03m11.3s
21:4632°43.8'S172°53.2'E33°57.6'S172°03.2'E33°20.8'S172°28.6'E 1.044 50° 84° 153 km 03m14.3s
21:4833°00.2'S174°00.4'E34°15.1'S173°12.4'E33°37.8'S173°36.9'E 1.044 51° 83° 154 km 03m17.2s
21:5033°15.5'S175°06.4'E34°31.5'S174°20.4'E33°53.6'S174°43.9'E 1.044 53° 81° 154 km 03m20.0s
21:5233°29.8'S176°11.2'E34°46.9'S175°27.2'E34°08.4'S175°49.6'E 1.044 54° 80° 155 km 03m22.8s
21:5433°43.2'S177°14.9'E35°01.2'S176°32.9'E34°22.3'S176°54.3'E 1.045 55° 78° 156 km 03m25.4s
21:5633°55.6'S178°17.6'E35°14.6'S177°37.7'E34°35.1'S177°58.0'E 1.045 56° 77° 156 km 03m28.0s
21:5834°07.1'S179°19.4'E35°27.0'S178°41.5'E34°47.1'S179°00.8'E 1.045 57° 75° 157 km 03m30.4s
22:0034°17.8'S179°39.7'W35°38.5'S179°44.4'E34°58.2'S179°57.3'W 1.045 59° 73° 157 km 03m32.7s
22:0234°27.6'S178°39.6'W35°49.1'S179°13.4'W35°08.4'S178°56.2'W 1.045 60° 71° 158 km 03m35.0s
22:0434°36.7'S177°40.3'W35°58.8'S178°12.0'W35°17.8'S177°55.8'W 1.046 61° 70° 158 km 03m37.2s
22:0634°44.9'S176°41.6'W36°07.8'S177°11.2'W35°26.4'S176°56.1'W 1.046 62° 68° 159 km 03m39.2s
22:0834°52.4'S175°43.6'W36°15.9'S176°11.1'W35°34.2'S175°57.0'W 1.046 63° 66° 159 km 03m41.2s
22:1034°59.1'S174°46.2'W36°23.2'S175°11.6'W35°41.2'S174°58.6'W 1.046 64° 64° 159 km 03m43.1s
22:1235°05.2'S173°49.3'W36°29.8'S174°12.6'W35°47.5'S174°00.7'W 1.046 65° 61° 160 km 03m44.8s
22:1435°10.5'S172°53.0'W36°35.6'S173°14.2'W35°53.0'S173°03.4'W 1.046 66° 59° 160 km 03m46.5s
22:1635°15.1'S171°57.2'W36°40.6'S172°16.3'W35°57.8'S172°06.5'W 1.047 67° 57° 160 km 03m48.1s
22:1835°19.0'S171°01.9'W36°45.0'S171°18.8'W36°02.0'S171°10.1'W 1.047 68° 54° 161 km 03m49.6s
22:2035°22.2'S170°07.0'W36°48.6'S170°21.8'W36°05.4'S170°14.2'W 1.047 69° 51° 161 km 03m51.0s
22:2235°24.8'S169°12.5'W36°51.5'S169°25.1'W36°08.1'S169°18.6'W 1.047 70° 48° 161 km 03m52.2s
22:2435°26.7'S168°18.4'W36°53.7'S168°28.9'W36°10.2'S168°23.5'W 1.047 70° 45° 161 km 03m53.4s
22:2635°28.0'S167°24.6'W36°55.2'S167°33.0'W36°11.6'S167°28.7'W 1.047 71° 42° 162 km 03m54.5s
22:2835°28.7'S166°31.2'W36°56.1'S166°37.5'W36°12.4'S166°34.2'W 1.047 72° 39° 162 km 03m55.5s
22:3035°28.7'S165°38.2'W36°56.3'S165°42.3'W36°12.5'S165°40.1'W 1.047 73° 35° 162 km 03m56.4s
22:3235°28.1'S164°45.4'W36°55.8'S164°47.4'W36°11.9'S164°46.3'W 1.047 73° 31° 162 km 03m57.1s
22:3435°26.9'S163°52.9'W36°54.7'S163°52.8'W36°10.8'S163°52.8'W 1.047 74° 27° 162 km 03m57.8s
22:3635°25.1'S163°00.7'W36°52.9'S162°58.5'W36°09.0'S162°59.5'W 1.047 74° 23° 162 km 03m58.4s
22:3835°22.7'S162°08.7'W36°50.5'S162°04.5'W36°06.6'S162°06.5'W 1.047 75° 18° 163 km 03m58.9s
22:4035°19.7'S161°16.9'W36°47.5'S161°10.6'W36°03.5'S161°13.8'W 1.047 75° 13° 163 km 03m59.2s
22:4235°16.0'S160°25.4'W36°43.8'S160°17.0'W35°59.9'S160°21.2'W 1.047 75° 163 km 03m59.5s
22:4435°11.9'S159°34.0'W36°39.5'S159°23.6'W35°55.6'S159°28.9'W 1.047 76° 163 km 03m59.7s
22:4635°07.1'S158°42.9'W36°34.5'S158°30.4'W35°50.8'S158°36.7'W 1.047 76° 358° 163 km 03m59.7s
22:4835°01.7'S157°51.8'W36°29.0'S157°37.4'W35°45.3'S157°44.7'W 1.047 76° 353° 163 km 03m59.7s
22:5034°55.8'S157°01.0'W36°22.8'S156°44.5'W35°39.3'S156°52.8'W 1.047 76° 348° 163 km 03m59.5s
22:5234°49.2'S156°10.2'W36°16.0'S155°51.8'W35°32.6'S156°01.1'W 1.047 75° 343° 163 km 03m59.3s
22:5434°42.1'S155°19.5'W36°08.6'S154°59.2'W35°25.4'S155°09.5'W 1.047 75° 338° 163 km 03m59.0s
22:5634°34.4'S154°29.0'W36°00.6'S154°06.7'W35°17.5'S154°18.0'W 1.047 75° 333° 163 km 03m58.5s
22:5834°26.2'S153°38.5'W35°52.0'S153°14.3'W35°09.1'S153°26.5'W 1.047 74° 329° 163 km 03m58.0s
23:0034°17.3'S152°48.0'W35°42.7'S152°22.0'W35°00.0'S152°35.1'W 1.047 74° 325° 163 km 03m57.3s
23:0234°07.9'S151°57.6'W35°32.9'S151°29.7'W34°50.4'S151°43.8'W 1.047 73° 320° 163 km 03m56.6s
23:0433°57.8'S151°07.1'W35°22.4'S150°37.4'W34°40.1'S150°52.5'W 1.047 73° 317° 163 km 03m55.7s
23:0633°47.2'S150°16.7'W35°11.3'S149°45.2'W34°29.3'S150°01.1'W 1.047 72° 313° 163 km 03m54.8s
23:0833°36.0'S149°26.2'W34°59.6'S148°53.0'W34°17.8'S149°09.8'W 1.047 71° 309° 162 km 03m53.8s
23:1033°24.3'S148°35.6'W34°47.2'S148°00.7'W34°05.8'S148°18.4'W 1.047 71° 306° 162 km 03m52.6s
23:1233°11.9'S147°45.0'W34°34.2'S147°08.3'W33°53.1'S147°26.9'W 1.047 70° 303° 162 km 03m51.4s
23:1432°58.9'S146°54.3'W34°20.6'S146°15.9'W33°39.8'S146°35.3'W 1.047 69° 300° 162 km 03m50.1s
23:1632°45.3'S146°03.4'W34°06.4'S145°23.4'W33°25.8'S145°43.6'W 1.047 68° 298° 162 km 03m48.7s
23:1832°31.0'S145°12.3'W33°51.4'S144°30.7'W33°11.3'S144°51.8'W 1.047 67° 295° 162 km 03m47.2s
23:2032°16.2'S144°21.0'W33°35.9'S143°37.9'W32°56.1'S143°59.7'W 1.046 66° 293° 161 km 03m45.5s
23:2232°00.7'S143°29.5'W33°19.6'S142°44.8'W32°40.2'S143°07.5'W 1.046 65° 291° 161 km 03m43.8s
23:2431°44.5'S142°37.7'W33°02.7'S141°51.5'W32°23.7'S142°14.9'W 1.046 64° 289° 161 km 03m42.1s
23:2631°27.7'S141°45.6'W32°45.1'S140°57.9'W32°06.5'S141°22.1'W 1.046 63° 287° 160 km 03m40.2s
23:2831°10.3'S140°53.2'W32°26.8'S140°04.0'W31°48.6'S140°28.9'W 1.046 62° 285° 160 km 03m38.2s
23:3030°52.1'S140°00.3'W32°07.8'S139°09.7'W31°30.0'S139°35.3'W 1.046 61° 283° 160 km 03m36.1s
23:3230°33.2'S139°07.0'W31°48.0'S138°15.0'W31°10.7'S138°41.3'W 1.046 60° 281° 159 km 03m34.0s
23:3430°13.6'S138°13.1'W31°27.5'S137°19.8'W30°50.7'S137°46.8'W 1.045 59° 279° 159 km 03m31.7s
23:3629°53.3'S137°18.8'W31°06.2'S136°24.0'W30°29.9'S136°51.8'W 1.045 58° 278° 159 km 03m29.4s
23:3829°32.2'S136°23.7'W30°44.1'S135°27.7'W30°08.3'S135°56.1'W 1.045 57° 276° 158 km 03m27.0s
23:4029°10.3'S135°28.0'W30°21.2'S134°30.7'W29°45.9'S134°59.7'W 1.045 55° 275° 158 km 03m24.5s
23:4228°47.6'S134°31.5'W29°57.4'S133°32.8'W29°22.6'S134°02.5'W 1.045 54° 274° 157 km 03m21.9s
23:4428°24.0'S133°34.1'W29°32.7'S132°34.2'W28°58.5'S133°04.5'W 1.044 53° 272° 157 km 03m19.2s
23:4627°59.5'S132°35.7'W29°07.1'S131°34.6'W28°33.4'S132°05.5'W 1.044 52° 271° 156 km 03m16.4s
23:4827°34.0'S131°36.3'W28°40.5'S130°33.9'W28°07.4'S131°05.5'W 1.044 50° 270° 155 km 03m13.6s
23:5027°07.6'S130°35.6'W28°12.9'S129°32.0'W27°40.4'S130°04.2'W 1.043 49° 268° 155 km 03m10.6s
23:5226°40.1'S129°33.7'W27°44.1'S128°28.7'W27°12.3'S129°01.6'W 1.043 47° 267° 154 km 03m07.5s
23:5426°11.5'S128°30.1'W27°14.2'S127°24.0'W26°43.1'S127°57.5'W 1.043 46° 266° 153 km 03m04.4s
23:5625°41.8'S127°24.9'W26°43.1'S126°17.5'W26°12.6'S126°51.6'W 1.043 45° 265° 152 km 03m01.1s
23:5825°10.7'S126°17.8'W26°10.6'S125°09.0'W25°40.9'S125°43.9'W 1.042 43° 264° 151 km 02m57.7s
00:0024°38.3'S125°08.5'W25°36.7'S123°58.4'W25°07.7'S124°33.9'W 1.042 42° 263° 150 km 02m54.2s
00:0224°04.3'S123°56.7'W25°01.1'S122°45.2'W24°32.9'S123°21.4'W 1.041 40° 262° 149 km 02m50.6s
00:0423°28.7'S122°42.1'W24°23.9'S121°29.1'W23°56.5'S122°06.1'W 1.041 38° 261° 148 km 02m46.9s
00:0622°51.2'S121°24.2'W23°44.6'S120°09.6'W23°18.2'S120°47.4'W 1.041 36° 260° 147 km 02m43.0s
00:0822°11.7'S120°02.5'W23°03.2'S118°46.0'W22°37.7'S119°24.7'W 1.040 35° 259° 145 km 02m39.0s
00:1021°29.8'S118°36.1'W22°19.2'S117°17.7'W21°54.8'S117°57.4'W 1.040 33° 258° 144 km 02m34.8s
00:1220°45.2'S117°04.3'W21°32.3'S115°43.7'W21°09.0'S116°24.5'W 1.039 31° 257° 142 km 02m30.4s
00:1419°57.3'S115°25.8'W20°41.9'S114°02.5'W20°19.9'S114°44.7'W 1.038 29° 256° 140 km 02m25.7s
00:1619°05.4'S113°38.9'W19°47.1'S112°12.2'W19°26.6'S112°56.1'W 1.038 26° 255° 138 km 02m20.8s
00:1818°08.6'S111°40.9'W18°46.8'S110°09.9'W18°28.1'S110°56.1'W 1.037 24° 254° 135 km 02m15.5s
00:2017°05.2'S109°27.9'W17°38.9'S107°50.8'W17°22.5'S108°40.2'W 1.036 21° 253° 132 km 02m09.7s
00:2215°52.3'S106°52.8'W16°20.0'S105°06.2'W16°06.7'S106°00.6'W 1.035 18° 252° 129 km 02m03.2s
00:2414°23.9'S103°40.5'W14°41.5'S101°35.7'W14°33.7'S102°39.8'W 1.034 14° 251° 125 km 01m55.6s
00:2612°21.6'S099°04.3'W12°09.9'S095°56.0'W12°19.1'S097°37.5'W 1.032 250° 118 km 01m45.0s
Limits08°57.5'S090°48.7'W09°48.8'S090°18.2'W09°23.1'S090°33.5'W 1.030 - 109 km 01m32.1s

ΔT = 146.3 seconds

Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration
Event Time
TD
Time
UT1
Latitude Longitude Sun
Altitude
Sun
Azimuth
Path Width Central
Duration
Greatest Eclipse22:49:36.622:47:10.335°47.7'S158°42.9'W 75.6° 355.4° 162.9 km03m59.72s
Greatest Duration22:48:41.022:46:14.735°50.2'S158°30.3'W 75.6° 357.7° 162.9 km03m59.73s

Explanation of Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration

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Eclipse Predictions

Predictions for the Total Solar Eclipse of 1554 Jan 03 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 146.3 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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