Path of the Total Solar Eclipse of 1568 Sep 21

Fred Espenak

Introduction

The following table delineates the path of the Moon's umbral shadow during the Total Solar Eclipse of 1568 Sep 21 . 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 1568 Sep 21
UT1 Northern Limit Southern Limit Central Line M:S Sun Sun Path Central
Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Ratio Alt. Azm. Width Duration
Limits27°43.5'N048°43.6'E26°24.5'N048°43.1'E27°03.9'N048°43.5'E 1.043 - 146 km 02m20.3s
02:4227°14.4'N055°42.4'E25°43.5'N057°02.3'E26°28.7'N056°28.2'E 1.045 97° 153 km 02m35.6s
02:4426°29.4'N062°32.9'E24°58.6'N063°00.4'E25°43.8'N062°48.8'E 1.047 13° 100° 159 km 02m50.1s
02:4625°52.8'N066°43.6'E24°21.3'N066°54.8'E25°06.8'N066°50.7'E 1.049 17° 102° 163 km 03m00.4s
02:4825°19.3'N069°57.0'E23°47.1'N069°58.8'E24°33.0'N069°59.1'E 1.050 21° 104° 166 km 03m09.0s
02:5024°47.6'N072°38.2'E23°14.9'N072°33.3'E24°01.1'N072°36.8'E 1.051 24° 105° 169 km 03m16.6s
02:5224°17.2'N074°57.9'E22°44.1'N074°47.9'E23°30.4'N074°53.9'E 1.051 26° 106° 171 km 03m23.6s
02:5423°47.8'N077°02.2'E22°14.2'N076°48.0'E23°00.8'N076°55.9'E 1.052 29° 107° 173 km 03m30.1s
02:5623°19.1'N078°54.5'E21°45.2'N078°36.8'E22°31.9'N078°46.4'E 1.053 31° 108° 175 km 03m36.2s
02:5822°51.0'N080°37.4'E21°16.9'N080°16.6'E22°03.8'N080°27.7'E 1.053 33° 109° 177 km 03m42.0s
03:0022°23.5'N082°12.5'E20°49.1'N081°49.0'E21°36.1'N082°01.4'E 1.054 35° 110° 178 km 03m47.5s
03:0221°56.4'N083°41.1'E20°21.8'N083°15.2'E21°09.0'N083°28.7'E 1.054 37° 111° 180 km 03m52.8s
03:0421°29.8'N085°04.2'E19°55.0'N084°36.0'E20°42.2'N084°50.6'E 1.055 39° 112° 181 km 03m57.9s
03:0621°03.5'N086°22.4'E19°28.6'N085°52.3'E20°15.9'N086°07.8'E 1.055 40° 113° 183 km 04m02.7s
03:0820°37.6'N087°36.5'E19°02.5'N087°04.5'E19°49.9'N087°20.9'E 1.056 42° 114° 184 km 04m07.4s
03:1020°11.9'N088°46.8'E18°36.8'N088°13.1'E19°24.2'N088°30.4'E 1.056 43° 114° 185 km 04m11.9s
03:1219°46.6'N089°53.9'E18°11.3'N089°18.6'E18°58.8'N089°36.7'E 1.056 45° 115° 186 km 04m16.3s
03:1419°21.5'N090°58.0'E17°46.2'N090°21.3'E18°33.6'N090°40.0'E 1.057 47° 116° 187 km 04m20.5s
03:1618°56.6'N091°59.5'E17°21.2'N091°21.4'E18°08.8'N091°40.8'E 1.057 48° 117° 188 km 04m24.6s
03:1818°32.0'N092°58.5'E16°56.6'N092°19.2'E17°44.1'N092°39.2'E 1.057 49° 118° 189 km 04m28.6s
03:2018°07.6'N093°55.4'E16°32.1'N093°14.9'E17°19.7'N093°35.5'E 1.058 51° 118° 190 km 04m32.4s
03:2217°43.4'N094°50.3'E16°07.9'N094°08.6'E16°55.5'N094°29.8'E 1.058 52° 119° 191 km 04m36.0s
03:2417°19.4'N095°43.4'E15°43.8'N095°00.7'E16°31.4'N095°22.3'E 1.058 54° 120° 192 km 04m39.6s
03:2616°55.5'N096°34.8'E15°20.0'N095°51.1'E16°07.6'N096°13.2'E 1.058 55° 121° 193 km 04m43.0s
03:2816°31.9'N097°24.7'E14°56.3'N096°40.0'E15°43.9'N097°02.6'E 1.059 56° 122° 193 km 04m46.3s
03:3016°08.4'N098°13.1'E14°32.8'N097°27.6'E15°20.5'N097°50.6'E 1.059 57° 122° 194 km 04m49.5s
03:3215°45.0'N099°00.3'E14°09.5'N098°13.9'E14°57.1'N098°37.3'E 1.059 59° 123° 195 km 04m52.6s
03:3415°21.9'N099°46.2'E13°46.3'N098°59.0'E14°34.0'N099°22.8'E 1.059 60° 124° 195 km 04m55.6s
03:3614°58.8'N100°31.1'E13°23.3'N099°43.1'E14°10.9'N100°07.3'E 1.059 61° 125° 196 km 04m58.4s
03:3814°35.9'N101°14.8'E13°00.4'N100°26.2'E13°48.1'N100°50.7'E 1.060 62° 126° 197 km 05m01.1s
03:4014°13.2'N101°57.7'E12°37.7'N101°08.4'E13°25.3'N101°33.2'E 1.060 63° 127° 197 km 05m03.7s
03:4213°50.6'N102°39.6'E12°15.1'N101°49.7'E13°02.7'N102°14.8'E 1.060 65° 128° 198 km 05m06.2s
03:4413°28.1'N103°20.7'E11°52.6'N102°30.2'E12°40.3'N102°55.6'E 1.060 66° 130° 198 km 05m08.6s
03:4613°05.7'N104°01.1'E11°30.3'N103°10.0'E12°17.9'N103°35.7'E 1.060 67° 131° 199 km 05m10.8s
03:4812°43.5'N104°40.7'E11°08.1'N103°49.1'E11°55.7'N104°15.1'E 1.060 68° 132° 199 km 05m13.0s
03:5012°21.4'N105°19.7'E10°46.0'N104°27.6'E11°33.6'N104°53.8'E 1.061 69° 134° 200 km 05m15.0s
03:5211°59.4'N105°58.1'E10°24.0'N105°05.5'E11°11.6'N105°31.9'E 1.061 70° 135° 200 km 05m16.9s
03:5411°37.5'N106°35.9'E10°02.1'N105°42.9'E10°49.7'N106°09.5'E 1.061 71° 137° 200 km 05m18.7s
03:5611°15.7'N107°13.2'E09°40.4'N106°19.8'E10°27.9'N106°46.6'E 1.061 72° 139° 201 km 05m20.4s
03:5810°54.0'N107°50.1'E09°18.7'N106°56.3'E10°06.3'N107°23.3'E 1.061 73° 141° 201 km 05m21.9s
04:0010°32.5'N108°26.5'E08°57.1'N107°32.4'E09°44.7'N107°59.5'E 1.061 74° 143° 202 km 05m23.4s
04:0210°11.0'N109°02.6'E08°35.7'N108°08.1'E09°23.3'N108°35.4'E 1.061 75° 146° 202 km 05m24.7s
04:0409°49.6'N109°38.2'E08°14.3'N108°43.5'E09°01.9'N109°10.9'E 1.061 76° 149° 202 km 05m25.9s
04:0609°28.4'N110°13.6'E07°53.1'N109°18.6'E08°40.6'N109°46.1'E 1.061 77° 152° 203 km 05m27.0s
04:0809°07.2'N110°48.7'E07°31.9'N109°53.4'E08°19.5'N110°21.1'E 1.061 77° 156° 203 km 05m28.0s
04:1008°46.1'N111°23.5'E07°10.8'N110°28.0'E07°58.4'N110°55.8'E 1.061 78° 160° 203 km 05m28.9s
04:1208°25.1'N111°58.1'E06°49.9'N111°02.4'E07°37.4'N111°30.3'E 1.061 79° 165° 203 km 05m29.6s
04:1408°04.3'N112°32.6'E06°29.0'N111°36.6'E07°16.6'N112°04.6'E 1.061 79° 170° 204 km 05m30.2s
04:1607°43.5'N113°06.8'E06°08.2'N112°10.7'E06°55.8'N112°38.8'E 1.061 80° 176° 204 km 05m30.7s
04:1807°22.7'N113°41.0'E05°47.5'N112°44.7'E06°35.1'N113°12.9'E 1.061 80° 182° 204 km 05m31.1s
04:2007°02.1'N114°15.1'E05°26.8'N113°18.7'E06°14.4'N113°46.9'E 1.061 81° 188° 204 km 05m31.4s
04:2206°41.6'N114°49.1'E05°06.3'N113°52.6'E05°53.9'N114°20.8'E 1.061 81° 195° 204 km 05m31.5s
04:2406°21.2'N115°23.0'E04°45.8'N114°26.5'E05°33.5'N114°54.7'E 1.061 81° 202° 204 km 05m31.6s
04:2606°00.8'N115°57.0'E04°25.5'N115°00.4'E05°13.1'N115°28.7'E 1.061 80° 209° 204 km 05m31.5s
04:2805°40.5'N116°31.0'E04°05.2'N115°34.3'E04°52.8'N116°02.6'E 1.061 80° 215° 205 km 05m31.3s
04:3005°20.3'N117°05.1'E03°45.0'N116°08.3'E04°32.6'N116°36.7'E 1.061 80° 221° 205 km 05m30.9s
04:3205°00.2'N117°39.2'E03°24.9'N116°42.5'E04°12.5'N117°10.8'E 1.061 79° 227° 205 km 05m30.5s
04:3404°40.2'N118°13.5'E03°04.8'N117°16.7'E03°52.5'N117°45.1'E 1.061 79° 232° 205 km 05m29.9s
04:3604°20.3'N118°47.9'E02°44.9'N117°51.2'E03°32.5'N118°19.5'E 1.061 78° 236° 205 km 05m29.2s
04:3804°00.4'N119°22.5'E02°25.0'N118°25.8'E03°12.7'N118°54.1'E 1.061 77° 240° 205 km 05m28.4s
04:4003°40.6'N119°57.2'E02°05.2'N119°00.6'E02°52.9'N119°28.9'E 1.061 77° 244° 205 km 05m27.5s
04:4203°20.9'N120°32.3'E01°45.5'N119°35.7'E02°33.2'N120°03.9'E 1.061 76° 247° 205 km 05m26.4s
04:4403°01.3'N121°07.6'E01°25.8'N120°11.1'E02°13.6'N120°39.3'E 1.061 75° 249° 205 km 05m25.2s
04:4602°41.8'N121°43.2'E01°06.3'N120°46.9'E01°54.0'N121°14.9'E 1.061 74° 252° 204 km 05m23.9s
04:4802°22.3'N122°19.1'E00°46.8'N121°23.0'E01°34.6'N121°51.0'E 1.061 73° 254° 204 km 05m22.5s
04:5002°03.0'N122°55.5'E00°27.5'N121°59.4'E01°15.2'N122°27.4'E 1.061 72° 256° 204 km 05m21.0s
04:5201°43.7'N123°32.2'E00°08.2'N122°36.4'E00°55.9'N123°04.2'E 1.061 71° 258° 204 km 05m19.3s
04:5401°24.5'N124°09.5'E00°11.0'S123°13.8'E00°36.7'N123°41.5'E 1.061 70° 259° 204 km 05m17.5s
04:5601°05.4'N124°47.2'E00°30.1'S123°51.7'E00°17.6'N124°19.3'E 1.060 69° 260° 203 km 05m15.6s
04:5800°46.3'N125°25.4'E00°49.2'S124°30.1'E00°01.4'S124°57.6'E 1.060 68° 262° 203 km 05m13.6s
05:0000°27.4'N126°04.3'E01°08.1'S125°09.2'E00°20.3'S125°36.6'E 1.060 67° 263° 203 km 05m11.4s
05:0200°08.5'N126°43.8'E01°26.9'S125°48.9'E00°39.2'S126°16.2'E 1.060 66° 264° 202 km 05m09.2s
05:0400°10.3'S127°23.9'E01°45.7'S126°29.4'E00°57.9'S126°56.5'E 1.060 64° 265° 202 km 05m06.8s
05:0600°28.9'S128°04.9'E02°04.3'S127°10.6'E01°16.6'S127°37.5'E 1.060 63° 266° 202 km 05m04.3s
05:0800°47.5'S128°46.6'E02°22.9'S127°52.6'E01°35.1'S128°19.4'E 1.059 62° 266° 201 km 05m01.6s
05:1001°06.0'S129°29.2'E02°41.3'S128°35.5'E01°53.6'S129°02.1'E 1.059 61° 267° 201 km 04m58.9s
05:1201°24.4'S130°12.7'E02°59.6'S129°19.4'E02°12.0'S129°45.8'E 1.059 60° 267° 200 km 04m56.0s
05:1401°42.7'S130°57.3'E03°17.9'S130°04.3'E02°30.2'S130°30.5'E 1.059 58° 268° 199 km 04m53.0s
05:1602°00.9'S131°42.9'E03°36.0'S130°50.3'E02°48.4'S131°16.4'E 1.059 57° 269° 199 km 04m49.9s
05:1802°18.9'S132°29.8'E03°54.0'S131°37.5'E03°06.4'S132°03.4'E 1.058 56° 269° 198 km 04m46.6s
05:2002°36.9'S133°17.9'E04°11.8'S132°26.0'E03°24.3'S132°51.7'E 1.058 55° 269° 197 km 04m43.2s
05:2202°54.7'S134°07.5'E04°29.5'S133°15.9'E03°42.1'S133°41.4'E 1.058 53° 270° 196 km 04m39.7s
05:2403°12.5'S134°58.5'E04°47.1'S134°07.3'E03°59.7'S134°32.6'E 1.058 52° 270° 196 km 04m36.1s
05:2603°30.1'S135°51.2'E05°04.5'S135°00.4'E04°17.2'S135°25.5'E 1.057 51° 270° 195 km 04m32.3s
05:2803°47.5'S136°45.7'E05°21.8'S135°55.4'E04°34.6'S136°20.2'E 1.057 49° 270° 194 km 04m28.4s
05:3004°04.8'S137°42.2'E05°38.9'S136°52.3'E04°51.8'S137°16.9'E 1.057 48° 271° 193 km 04m24.4s
05:3204°22.0'S138°40.9'E05°55.9'S137°51.4'E05°08.8'S138°15.8'E 1.056 46° 271° 191 km 04m20.2s
05:3404°39.0'S139°42.0'E06°12.6'S138°52.9'E05°25.7'S139°17.0'E 1.056 45° 271° 190 km 04m15.8s
05:3604°55.8'S140°45.8'E06°29.1'S139°57.0'E05°42.3'S140°21.0'E 1.056 43° 271° 189 km 04m11.3s
05:3805°12.3'S141°52.5'E06°45.4'S141°04.2'E05°58.8'S141°27.9'E 1.055 42° 271° 188 km 04m06.7s
05:4005°28.7'S143°02.7'E07°01.4'S142°14.7'E06°15.0'S142°38.3'E 1.055 40° 271° 186 km 04m01.9s
05:4205°44.9'S144°16.7'E07°17.2'S143°29.1'E06°30.9'S143°52.4'E 1.054 38° 271° 185 km 03m56.8s
05:4406°00.7'S145°35.1'E07°32.6'S144°47.7'E06°46.6'S145°10.9'E 1.054 36° 271° 183 km 03m51.6s
05:4606°16.3'S146°58.5'E07°47.7'S146°11.4'E07°01.9'S146°34.4'E 1.053 34° 271° 181 km 03m46.2s
05:4806°31.5'S148°28.0'E08°02.4'S147°41.0'E07°16.8'S148°03.9'E 1.053 32° 271° 179 km 03m40.5s
05:5006°46.2'S150°04.6'E08°16.6'S149°17.7'E07°31.3'S149°40.5'E 1.052 30° 271° 177 km 03m34.5s
05:5207°00.5'S151°50.1'E08°30.2'S151°02.9'E07°45.2'S151°25.8'E 1.052 28° 271° 175 km 03m28.2s
05:5407°14.1'S153°46.7'E08°43.1'S152°58.9'E07°58.5'S153°22.0'E 1.051 26° 270° 172 km 03m21.5s
05:5607°26.9'S155°58.0'E08°55.0'S155°09.1'E08°10.9'S155°32.6'E 1.050 23° 270° 169 km 03m14.3s
05:5807°38.6'S158°29.8'E09°05.7'S157°38.8'E08°22.0'S158°03.2'E 1.049 20° 270° 166 km 03m06.3s
06:0007°48.5'S161°33.5'E09°14.5'S160°38.2'E08°31.4'S161°04.6'E 1.048 17° 269° 163 km 02m57.3s
06:0207°55.2'S165°37.3'E09°20.0'S164°31.1'E08°37.5'S165°02.3'E 1.047 12° 269° 158 km 02m46.4s
06:0407°50.0'S173°28.6'E09°15.7'S171°03.1'E08°33.1'S172°04.4'E 1.044 267° 150 km 02m29.2s
Limits07°41.5'S176°47.6'E08°59.9'S176°47.2'E08°20.8'S176°47.2'E 1.043 - 144 km 02m19.1s

ΔT = 135.7 seconds

Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration
Event Time
TD
Time
UT1
Latitude Longitude Sun
Altitude
Sun
Azimuth
Path Width Central
Duration
Greatest Eclipse04:25:00.304:22:44.605°46.3'N113°59.4'E 80.6° 197.6° 204.3 km05m31.56s
Greatest Duration04:25:43.404:23:27.705°38.9'N114°45.6'E 80.6° 200.1° 204.3 km05m31.57s

Explanation of Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration

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Eclipse Predictions

Predictions for the Total Solar Eclipse of 1568 Sep 21 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 135.7 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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