Path of the Annular Solar Eclipse of 1556 Nov 02

Fred Espenak

Introduction

The following table delineates the path of the Moon's antumbral shadow during the Annular Solar Eclipse of 1556 Nov 02 . 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 1556 Nov 02
UT1 Northern Limit Southern Limit Central Line M:S Sun Sun Path Central
Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Ratio Alt. Azm. Width Duration
Limits54°47.0'N026°53.7'E51°25.9'N024°32.6'E53°05.9'N025°39.4'E 0.907 - 401 km 07m15.1s
05:44 - - 45°49.6'N038°04.6'E49°30.7'N034°39.1'E 0.909 128° 387 km 07m31.4s
05:4650°44.6'N036°39.8'E43°55.8'N041°45.3'E46°49.4'N040°14.8'E 0.910 12° 132° 378 km 07m44.0s
05:4847°58.9'N042°09.7'E42°22.3'N044°31.8'E44°54.9'N043°46.5'E 0.911 15° 135° 373 km 07m53.1s
05:5046°01.6'N045°37.9'E41°00.7'N046°47.6'E43°20.4'N046°27.6'E 0.912 18° 138° 368 km 08m00.8s
05:5244°24.9'N048°16.2'E39°47.2'N048°43.2'E41°57.8'N048°39.5'E 0.912 20° 140° 365 km 08m07.7s
05:5443°00.6'N050°25.8'E38°39.8'N050°24.3'E40°43.5'N050°32.0'E 0.913 22° 142° 362 km 08m14.0s
05:5641°44.8'N052°16.4'E37°37.1'N051°54.3'E39°35.3'N052°10.5'E 0.913 24° 143° 359 km 08m19.9s
05:5840°35.4'N053°53.1'E36°38.3'N053°15.7'E38°31.8'N053°38.4'E 0.914 26° 145° 357 km 08m25.4s
06:0039°31.0'N055°19.4'E35°42.6'N054°30.0'E37°32.4'N054°57.8'E 0.914 27° 146° 355 km 08m30.6s
06:0238°30.7'N056°37.4'E34°49.7'N055°38.5'E36°36.1'N056°10.5'E 0.914 29° 148° 354 km 08m35.6s
06:0437°33.8'N057°48.7'E33°59.1'N056°42.0'E35°42.7'N057°17.4'E 0.915 30° 149° 352 km 08m40.4s
06:0636°39.8'N058°54.4'E33°10.6'N057°41.4'E34°51.8'N058°19.6'E 0.915 32° 150° 351 km 08m45.0s
06:0835°48.2'N059°55.5'E32°24.0'N058°37.1'E34°02.9'N059°17.7'E 0.915 33° 151° 350 km 08m49.5s
06:1034°59.0'N060°52.6'E31°39.0'N059°29.6'E33°16.0'N060°12.3'E 0.915 34° 153° 349 km 08m53.8s
06:1234°11.6'N061°46.2'E30°55.6'N060°19.4'E32°30.7'N061°03.8'E 0.916 35° 154° 348 km 08m58.0s
06:1433°26.1'N062°36.8'E30°13.5'N061°06.6'E31°47.1'N061°52.6'E 0.916 37° 155° 348 km 09m02.1s
06:1632°42.2'N063°24.8'E29°32.6'N061°51.7'E31°04.8'N062°39.0'E 0.916 38° 156° 347 km 09m06.0s
06:1831°59.7'N064°10.4'E28°53.0'N062°34.8'E30°23.8'N063°23.2'E 0.916 39° 157° 347 km 09m09.9s
06:2031°18.6'N064°53.9'E28°14.4'N063°16.2'E29°44.1'N064°05.6'E 0.917 40° 159° 346 km 09m13.6s
06:2230°38.7'N065°35.6'E27°36.8'N063°55.9'E29°05.4'N064°46.2'E 0.917 41° 160° 346 km 09m17.3s
06:2430°00.0'N066°15.6'E27°00.1'N064°34.2'E28°27.8'N065°25.3'E 0.917 42° 161° 346 km 09m20.8s
06:2629°22.4'N066°54.1'E26°24.4'N065°11.2'E27°51.2'N066°02.9'E 0.917 43° 162° 346 km 09m24.3s
06:2828°45.8'N067°31.3'E25°49.4'N065°47.0'E27°15.5'N066°39.4'E 0.917 43° 163° 346 km 09m27.7s
06:3028°10.1'N068°07.2'E25°15.3'N066°21.7'E26°40.6'N067°14.6'E 0.917 44° 165° 346 km 09m31.0s
06:3227°35.3'N068°42.0'E24°41.9'N066°55.4'E26°06.6'N067°48.8'E 0.918 45° 166° 346 km 09m34.2s
06:3427°01.4'N069°15.8'E24°09.2'N067°28.2'E25°33.3'N068°22.1'E 0.918 46° 167° 347 km 09m37.3s
06:3626°28.3'N069°48.6'E23°37.3'N068°00.2'E25°00.8'N068°54.5'E 0.918 46° 169° 347 km 09m40.3s
06:3825°56.0'N070°20.6'E23°05.9'N068°31.4'E24°29.0'N069°26.1'E 0.918 47° 170° 347 km 09m43.3s
06:4025°24.4'N070°51.9'E22°35.2'N069°02.0'E23°57.9'N069°57.0'E 0.918 48° 171° 348 km 09m46.1s
06:4224°53.5'N071°22.5'E22°05.1'N069°31.9'E23°27.4'N070°27.2'E 0.918 48° 172° 348 km 09m48.9s
06:4424°23.3'N071°52.4'E21°35.5'N070°01.3'E22°57.6'N070°56.8'E 0.918 49° 174° 349 km 09m51.6s
06:4623°53.7'N072°21.8'E21°06.5'N070°30.1'E22°28.3'N071°25.9'E 0.918 50° 175° 350 km 09m54.2s
06:4823°24.8'N072°50.6'E20°38.1'N070°58.5'E21°59.6'N071°54.5'E 0.918 50° 177° 351 km 09m56.8s
06:5022°56.4'N073°19.0'E20°10.2'N071°26.4'E21°31.5'N072°22.6'E 0.918 51° 178° 351 km 09m59.2s
06:5222°28.7'N073°47.0'E19°42.7'N071°54.0'E21°03.9'N072°50.4'E 0.919 51° 179° 352 km 10m01.5s
06:5422°01.5'N074°14.6'E19°15.8'N072°21.2'E20°36.9'N073°17.8'E 0.919 52° 181° 353 km 10m03.8s
06:5621°34.8'N074°41.8'E18°49.3'N072°48.1'E20°10.3'N073°44.8'E 0.919 52° 182° 354 km 10m05.9s
06:5821°08.7'N075°08.8'E18°23.3'N073°14.8'E19°44.3'N074°11.6'E 0.919 52° 184° 355 km 10m08.0s
07:0020°43.2'N075°35.5'E17°57.8'N073°41.2'E19°18.8'N074°38.2'E 0.919 53° 185° 357 km 10m10.0s
07:0220°18.1'N076°02.0'E17°32.7'N074°07.4'E18°53.7'N075°04.5'E 0.919 53° 187° 358 km 10m11.8s
07:0419°53.5'N076°28.2'E17°08.1'N074°33.5'E18°29.1'N075°30.6'E 0.919 53° 189° 359 km 10m13.6s
07:0619°29.4'N076°54.4'E16°43.9'N074°59.4'E18°05.0'N075°56.6'E 0.919 54° 190° 360 km 10m15.3s
07:0819°05.8'N077°20.4'E16°20.1'N075°25.2'E17°41.3'N076°22.5'E 0.919 54° 192° 362 km 10m16.8s
07:1018°42.7'N077°46.3'E15°56.7'N075°50.9'E17°18.0'N076°48.3'E 0.919 54° 193° 363 km 10m18.3s
07:1218°20.1'N078°12.1'E15°33.7'N076°16.5'E16°55.2'N077°14.1'E 0.919 54° 195° 365 km 10m19.6s
07:1417°57.8'N078°37.9'E15°11.2'N076°42.2'E16°32.8'N077°39.8'E 0.919 54° 196° 366 km 10m20.8s
07:1617°36.1'N079°03.7'E14°49.0'N077°07.8'E16°10.9'N078°05.5'E 0.919 54° 198° 367 km 10m22.0s
07:1817°14.8'N079°29.5'E14°27.2'N077°33.5'E15°49.3'N078°31.2'E 0.919 54° 200° 369 km 10m22.9s
07:2016°53.9'N079°55.3'E14°05.9'N077°59.2'E15°28.2'N078°56.9'E 0.919 54° 201° 371 km 10m23.8s
07:2216°33.5'N080°21.2'E13°44.9'N078°25.0'E15°07.5'N079°22.8'E 0.919 54° 203° 372 km 10m24.5s
07:2416°13.5'N080°47.2'E13°24.3'N078°50.9'E14°47.2'N079°48.7'E 0.919 54° 204° 374 km 10m25.2s
07:2615°53.9'N081°13.4'E13°04.1'N079°16.9'E14°27.3'N080°14.8'E 0.919 54° 206° 375 km 10m25.6s
07:2815°34.7'N081°39.7'E12°44.3'N079°43.1'E14°07.9'N080°41.0'E 0.919 54° 208° 377 km 10m26.0s
07:3015°16.0'N082°06.1'E12°24.8'N080°09.4'E13°48.8'N081°07.4'E 0.919 54° 209° 378 km 10m26.2s
07:3214°57.7'N082°32.8'E12°05.8'N080°36.0'E13°30.1'N081°34.0'E 0.919 54° 211° 380 km 10m26.3s
07:3414°39.9'N082°59.7'E11°47.2'N081°02.8'E13°11.9'N082°00.8'E 0.919 54° 212° 382 km 10m26.2s
07:3614°22.5'N083°26.9'E11°28.9'N081°29.8'E12°54.0'N082°27.9'E 0.919 53° 214° 383 km 10m26.0s
07:3814°05.5'N083°54.3'E11°11.1'N081°57.1'E12°36.6'N082°55.3'E 0.919 53° 215° 385 km 10m25.6s
07:4013°48.9'N084°22.1'E10°53.6'N082°24.8'E12°19.6'N083°22.9'E 0.919 53° 217° 386 km 10m25.1s
07:4213°32.8'N084°50.2'E10°36.5'N082°52.8'E12°03.0'N083°51.0'E 0.919 52° 218° 388 km 10m24.5s
07:4413°17.1'N085°18.7'E10°19.9'N083°21.1'E11°46.8'N084°19.4'E 0.919 52° 219° 389 km 10m23.7s
07:4613°01.8'N085°47.7'E10°03.6'N083°49.9'E11°31.1'N084°48.2'E 0.919 52° 221° 390 km 10m22.7s
07:4812°47.0'N086°17.1'E09°47.8'N084°19.1'E11°15.8'N085°17.5'E 0.918 51° 222° 392 km 10m21.6s
07:5012°32.7'N086°46.9'E09°32.4'N084°48.7'E11°00.9'N085°47.2'E 0.918 51° 223° 393 km 10m20.3s
07:5212°18.8'N087°17.3'E09°17.4'N085°18.9'E10°46.4'N086°17.4'E 0.918 50° 224° 394 km 10m18.8s
07:5412°05.4'N087°48.3'E09°02.8'N085°49.6'E10°32.5'N086°48.2'E 0.918 50° 226° 395 km 10m17.2s
07:5611°52.5'N088°19.8'E08°48.7'N086°20.9'E10°19.0'N087°19.6'E 0.918 49° 227° 396 km 10m15.4s
07:5811°40.1'N088°52.1'E08°35.1'N086°52.8'E10°05.9'N087°51.7'E 0.918 48° 228° 397 km 10m13.4s
08:0011°28.1'N089°25.0'E08°21.9'N087°25.4'E09°53.4'N088°24.4'E 0.918 48° 229° 398 km 10m11.3s
08:0211°16.7'N089°58.7'E08°09.2'N087°58.7'E09°41.3'N088°57.8'E 0.918 47° 230° 398 km 10m09.0s
08:0411°05.9'N090°33.3'E07°57.0'N088°32.7'E09°29.8'N089°32.1'E 0.918 46° 231° 399 km 10m06.5s
08:0610°55.6'N091°08.7'E07°45.4'N089°07.6'E09°18.8'N090°07.1'E 0.918 46° 232° 399 km 10m03.9s
08:0810°45.8'N091°45.0'E07°34.2'N089°43.3'E09°08.3'N090°43.1'E 0.917 45° 233° 400 km 10m01.0s
08:1010°36.7'N092°22.4'E07°23.6'N090°20.0'E08°58.4'N091°20.1'E 0.917 44° 234° 400 km 09m58.0s
08:1210°28.2'N093°00.9'E07°13.5'N090°57.8'E08°49.1'N091°58.1'E 0.917 43° 235° 400 km 09m54.8s
08:1410°20.3'N093°40.6'E07°04.1'N091°36.6'E08°40.5'N092°37.3'E 0.917 43° 236° 400 km 09m51.4s
08:1610°13.1'N094°21.6'E06°55.3'N092°16.5'E08°32.4'N093°17.7'E 0.917 42° 237° 400 km 09m47.9s
08:1810°06.7'N095°04.1'E06°47.1'N092°57.8'E08°25.1'N093°59.5'E 0.917 41° 238° 400 km 09m44.1s
08:2010°01.0'N095°48.1'E06°39.6'N093°40.4'E08°18.5'N094°42.7'E 0.916 40° 239° 400 km 09m40.2s
08:2209°56.1'N096°33.8'E06°32.8'N094°24.6'E08°12.6'N095°27.5'E 0.916 39° 239° 400 km 09m36.0s
08:2409°52.2'N097°21.4'E06°26.9'N095°10.3'E08°07.6'N096°14.0'E 0.916 38° 240° 399 km 09m31.7s
08:2609°49.1'N098°11.0'E06°21.7'N095°57.9'E08°03.5'N097°02.5'E 0.916 37° 241° 399 km 09m27.2s
08:2809°47.1'N099°03.0'E06°17.4'N096°47.4'E08°00.2'N097°53.1'E 0.916 35° 241° 398 km 09m22.4s
08:3009°46.2'N099°57.6'E06°14.0'N097°39.2'E07°58.1'N098°46.0'E 0.915 34° 242° 398 km 09m17.4s
08:3209°46.5'N100°55.1'E06°11.7'N098°33.3'E07°57.0'N099°41.6'E 0.915 33° 243° 397 km 09m12.2s
08:3409°48.2'N101°56.0'E06°10.6'N099°30.2'E07°57.2'N100°40.2'E 0.915 32° 243° 397 km 09m06.8s
08:3609°51.5'N103°00.8'E06°10.6'N100°30.1'E07°58.7'N101°42.2'E 0.915 30° 244° 396 km 09m01.1s
08:3809°56.6'N104°10.0'E06°12.1'N101°33.6'E08°01.8'N102°48.1'E 0.914 29° 245° 396 km 08m55.2s
08:4010°03.7'N105°24.7'E06°15.1'N102°41.1'E08°06.7'N103°58.6'E 0.914 27° 245° 395 km 08m48.9s
08:4210°13.2'N106°45.9'E06°19.9'N103°53.3'E08°13.6'N105°14.6'E 0.914 26° 246° 395 km 08m42.3s
08:4410°25.8'N108°15.2'E06°26.8'N105°11.2'E08°23.0'N106°37.2'E 0.913 24° 246° 394 km 08m35.3s
08:4610°42.2'N109°55.1'E06°36.2'N106°35.9'E08°35.4'N108°08.1'E 0.913 22° 247° 394 km 08m27.9s
08:4811°03.8'N111°49.4'E06°48.7'N108°09.2'E08°51.6'N109°49.7'E 0.912 20° 247° 394 km 08m19.9s
08:5011°32.8'N114°05.1'E07°05.1'N109°53.7'E09°13.0'N111°46.0'E 0.912 18° 248° 393 km 08m11.2s
08:5212°14.4'N116°57.6'E07°26.8'N111°53.6'E09°41.8'N114°04.2'E 0.911 15° 249° 394 km 08m01.4s
08:5413°26.7'N121°21.2'E07°56.2'N114°16.6'E10°23.3'N116°59.9'E 0.910 11° 249° 395 km 07m49.8s
08:56 - - 08°39.1'N117°20.4'E11°35.9'N121°29.6'E 0.909 250° 397 km 07m33.8s
Limits15°19.8'N127°23.8'E11°37.0'N127°43.1'E13°27.1'N127°32.9'E 0.907 - 401 km 07m15.3s

ΔT = 144.1 seconds

Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration
Event Time
TD
Time
UT1
Latitude Longitude Sun
Altitude
Sun
Azimuth
Path Width Central
Duration
Greatest Eclipse07:22:12.007:19:47.815°30.3'N078°18.2'E 54.5° 201.1° 370.4 km10m23.72s
Greatest Duration07:34:27.907:32:03.813°29.5'N081°34.8'E 53.8° 210.7° 380.1 km10m26.28s

Explanation of Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration

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Eclipse Predictions

Predictions for the Annular Solar Eclipse of 1556 Nov 02 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 144.1 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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